With a squeak, the door of the Dongchang prison was opened by a snow-white stall. That stall is the leader of the fan who is in charge of this period of prison, and under Li Zhi's gaze at this time, this leader is full of cold sweat and trembling.

opened the door of this section of the prison, but this fan did not dare to take Li Zhi to Cui Changwu. He fell to his knees and shouted in mourning, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The little one is really doing what he is told! When the day came... At the beginning, Wang Dehua wanted to punish Master Cui, how dare the little one disobey? ”

"In my small heart, I respect the courage of Lord Shoufu very much, and there is no difficulty in the slightest!"

Li Zhi looked at this fan leader coldly, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Li Zhi rushed from the Wuqing battlefield to Beijing in a hurry, not busy with ascending the throne. In fact, Li Zhilai came in such a hurry, mainly because he wanted to see Cui Changwu as soon as possible and see what Cui Changwu had become now.

In terms of selfishness, Cui Changwu is Li Zhi's brother-in-law, and he is like a brother. On the public, Cui Changwu is Li Zhi's confidant minister, and he has charged for Li Zhi at critical moments many times, which is indispensable. Lee Sik attaches great importance to Choi Chang-mo. Now that Cui Changwu has been imprisoned in Dongchang Prison by Zhu Youzhen for nearly four months, Li Zhi is very worried about Cui Changwu's situation.

The Fanzi of Dongchang fled after the Tiger Ben Army entered the city, and many of them even fled directly out of the city. It took Han Jinxin some effort to find the stall that managed the key to the dungeon, and caught him in a small village outside the city.

And judging from the panicked appearance of this fanzi stall, Cui Changwu looks very bad.

Li Zhi let out a breath from his nose, and without waiting for Fanzi to lead the way, he strode towards the prison. However, the prison was heavily locked, and Li Zhi only walked twenty meters before he encountered an iron gate and was blocked in his way.

Zhong Feng saw Li Zhizhi blocking, and kicked the stall head in the face violently, kicking the stall head to the ground and rolling twice. "Dog-in! Noisy balls? If you don't open the door quickly, destroy your three clans! ”

When the stall leader heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't have any idea. He got up from the ground with a lot of urine and ran in front of Li Zhi as fast as he could, and it took a long time to open the iron door.

"Jun... Junshang, Shousuke is in front. ”

Li Zhi took a few steps forward, but he smelled a disgusting rancid smell. This smell is rarely smelled by Li Zhi, like the smell of pork that has been left out for too long.

Li Zhi's face sank, his feet stagnated, and his pace forward couldn't help but slow down.

On either side of the prison were a number of prisoners. Many of these people were Cui Changwu's subordinates, and some were even old officials in Tianjin, and Zhong Feng hurriedly beckoned people to open these cells and release the cadres in the prison.

The head of the fan stall ran forward more than 100 meters hand and foot, walked to the innermost cell, and opened the cell door. Then he knelt on the ground with a thud and said on his knees, "Your Majesty, Shousuke is inside." ”

Only then did Li Sik realize that the rancid stench was coming from Choi Chang-moo's cell.

Li Zhi was a little afraid to move forward, closed his eyes for a while, and then gritted his teeth and raised his feet and walked into Cui Changwu's cell.

In the cell, Li Zhi saw a patient shivering on the grass. The man was in a near-comatose state, his hair was disheveled, and his hair was so dirty that it stuck together and became strands of it. His body was covered with scars from the flogging, and red marks were stained on his prison clothes. The prison clothes used to appear to be white, but now they have turned black and gray.

Obviously, this is the tortured Cui Changwu.

There was a foul smell coming from the cell, and Li Zhi looked at it, and finally found that the smell was coming from Choi Chang-moo's feet. Cui Changwu's little feet were probably tortured by torture instruments, and the whole thing festered. The wound was covered with yellow pus and gave off a disgusting smell.

Seeing Choi Chang-moo's appearance, Li Sik couldn't bear to close his eyes.

Shen Yuji, the medical officer next to Li Zhi, hurriedly walked up, touched Cui Changwu's forehead, untied Cui Changwu's prison clothes and looked at his body, and finally looked at Cui Changwu's legs and feet, and took a breath.

Li Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Shen, how is it?" ”

Shen Yuji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Cui has a high fever because of the suppuration of the wound on his foot. Fortunately, the wound has not been suppurating for a long time, and the other wounds are not infected. Now it seems that if you cut off both legs, you can still save life. ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi's brows tightened.

Zhong Feng said angrily: "Shen Yuji, Cui Xianggong is the king's confidant!" If he loses his feet, what will he do in the future? ”

Shen Yuji shook his head and said, "Uncle Zhenbei, there is no way for the petty official. According to the prince's medical skills and the petty official's medical experience, amputation is the only way. ”

When the stall outside the cell heard these words, he was so frightened that he urinated and peed his pants. His face was like paper, and he kowtowed desperately on the ground, and soon his forehead was broken, and his head was bloody.

Li Zhi frowned and did not speak.

Hearing everyone's discussions, Cui Changwu, who was trembling on the ground, woke up in a daze and opened his eyes.

"The king... Rajah...? ”

Li Sik squatted down and grabbed Choi Changwu's hand.

Choi Chang-woo looked at Li Zhi's face carefully, and after looking at it for a long time, he confirmed that it was indeed Li Zhi, and suddenly laughed. The face full of scars, dirty, and red from high fever laughed, which made Li Zhi's heart tighten.

"Fruit... Really... Sure enough, it's... The prince won. ”

Li Zhi nodded and squeezed Cui Changwu's hand hard.

Shen Yuji knelt in front of Cui Changwu and said, "Master Cui, I'm afraid your legs won't be saved." ”

Cui Changwu was stunned when he heard this, tried to look down at his purulent legs, and finally smiled.

After thinking for a long time, Cui Changwu said: "Wang... Lord Wang, don't... Don't get angry with your subordinates' legs. Although Zhu Youzhen is perverse, but... But..."

Cui Changwu coughed violently a few times, and then said: "But, but he was still determined to reform and save the country before." He... After all, he once supported the prince and fought with the Jiangbei army. If I kill him, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the prince. If the reputation of the prince is damaged, I am afraid that there will be resistance when implementing various policies, and it will take a lot of time to kill people. ”

With a sigh of relief, Cui Changwu said: "If the time is delayed, the people of the world will have to suffer for a few more years." ”

Li Zhi sighed, grabbed Cui Changwu's hand with both hands, and said, "Shousuke, don't worry, I have my own ideas." ”

Choi Chang-woo looked at Lee Sik and smiled. He was in a high fever, and his physical strength could not support it at all. After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, tilted his head and fell into a coma again.

Zhong Feng gritted his teeth and said, "The order to torture Cui Xianggong must have been issued by Wang Dehua. ”

Li Zhi looked at Cui Changwu on the ground, and the anger in his eyes became more and more angry.

"Right now, pass on my order to divide the five horses of Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang, at the entrance of the vegetable market!"