In a wing room for night duty personnel to rest in the Neidong Factory, the outline of the furniture slowly appeared in the darkness of the room, and then the patterns on the furniture were gradually clearly visible.

On the kang in the corner of the room, a figure suddenly turned over and sat up. Xu Xianchun's eyes widened as he looked at the orange light that penetrated through the thin croissant tiles through the flower window.

He spent the whole night half-asleep and half-awake, as if he had a terrifying nightmare, in which he was taken to Dongchang and had an extraordinary conversation with Wang Chengen, the prince of the factory.

But when he opened his eyes and saw his surroundings, he realized that he was not dreaming.

Xu Xianchun supported his forehead with his right hand and maintained this position for a long time, until there was a knock on the door.

Xu Xianchun went out of the imperial city in the middle of a group of brocade guards who were on duty at night, but he did not walk towards his home, but walked around the imperial city to the brocade guard office above Xijiang Rice Lane.

After Xu Xianchun was demoted, the affairs of the edict were taken over by Liu Yingxi. He also changed from the master of the edict to an ordinary prison officer.

Since he was demoted, Xu Xianchun has been cautious not to enter the edict prison alone, so as not to be framed by the enemy because of the problems of the prisoners.

However, today he did not lock himself in a small duty room, but walked directly into the Imperial Prison, and the two prison officers on duty were a little surprised by Xu Xianchun's arrival.

A prison officer hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Xu Xianchun and asked, "Lord Baihu, but do you want to interrogate anyone?" ”

Xu Xianchun, who was standing in the prison, had completely recovered his former appearance, and he ordered expressionlessly: "Bring the prisoner in Xuanzi Room 19 to the interrogation room, and I will ask him something." ”

The prisoners in the Xuanzi prison were all evil Jiangyang thieves, and for Xu Xianchun's arraignment, the two prison officials did not suspect him, and immediately accepted the order to bring the prisoners up.

Xu Xianchun looked at the prisoner in front of him carefully, and there was a deep scar on the left side of his face, which made this Jiangyang thief, who was originally not good-looking, even more ferocious.

Hu Qi, who was looked up and down by Xu Xianchun, seemed to be sitting on pins and needles, his whole body shook unnaturally, and a flattering smile appeared on his face.

"My lord, the villain is really not a believer in the White Lotus Sect. The villain's brand was just accidentally obtained by robbing merchants on the road. If he knew that it was a token of the White Lotus Sect, the villain would not dare to take it with him. ”

Ignoring the prisoner's pleas for mercy, Xu Xianchun dragged a chair and sat in front of him, carefully observed his body and said, "I haven't seen him for more than a month, and the wounds on this body have healed very well." But you don't smell good, maybe I should bathe you with an iron brush, it's a good habit to keep it clean, don't you think? ”

Hu Qi closed his eyes, the muscles on his face kept trembling, he naturally tasted what it was like to take a bath with an iron brush.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and looked at Xu Xianchun from the neck down, and said hoarsely and desperately: "What do adults want me to recruit, I am willing to recruit anything, I just ask you to give me a good time when the time comes." ”

Xu Xianchun stared at Hu Qi's eyes, discerning how much credibility there was in what Hu Qi said.

When he finally determined that the evil Jiang Yang thief in front of him was on the verge of emotional collapse, he said calmly: "Hu Qi, do you want to go out?" ”

"No... What the? What did you just say, my lord? The villain didn't hear clearly. Hu Qi couldn't believe his ears.

"I mean, do you want to get out of prison?"

"If the adults can let the villain out, they will undoubtedly be the reborn parents of the villain, and the villain will set up a divine card for Engong in the future, praying day and night." Hu Qi was overjoyed and said busily.

"You don't have to do anything with the god card, as long as you do one thing for me, I will not only erase your past case record, but also get you the name of Jinyiwei, you..."

Before Xu Xianchun finished speaking, he heard the door of the interrogation room kicked open, and he immediately stopped his mouth and looked at the door in annoyance.

"Who, didn't I just order that no one should come near here?" Xu Xianchun reprimanded loudly.

"Xu Baihu, what a big official." A gloomy voice came in, and soon Xu Xianchun saw that Liu Yingxian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, walked in accompanied by the prison officer Zhang Huan.

It turned out that although Zhang Huan sent someone to bring up Xu Xianchun's prisoner, he also had a lot of eyes and reported to Liu Yingxi, the chief official who took over the edict.

As soon as he arrived at the official office, he had not yet taken a sip of tea when he heard the news of Xu Xianchun's interrogation of the prisoner, and Liu Yingxun immediately hurried over.

Although he took over Xu Xianchun's position, he still did not let go of Xu Xianchun. He snatched this position from Xu Xianchun, of course, he had to worry about whether Xu Xianchun could turn over.

If the notorious Xu Xianchun asks him to settle accounts after turning over, Liu Yingxian doesn't think he can survive the many torture instruments in Jinyiwei.

Therefore, since he came to power, he wanted to find a reason to drive Xu Xianchun out of the capital. But Xu Xianchun was really careful in doing things, so he couldn't find an excuse for a while.

Now Xu Xianchun interrogated the prisoner without going through himself, which is undoubtedly a crime, so he can't wait to come here, hoping to catch him.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Liu Yingxian was slightly happy in his heart, but he said with a gloomy face: "What are Xu Baihu doing here?" There are regulations for the arraignment of prisoners in this edict. What do you want to do when you interrogate death row inmates in private without saying this hello? ”

Xu Xianchun just bowed briefly to Liu Yingxian, and then said expressionlessly: "Although Xia Guan is no longer in charge of the edict prison, he is still the one hundred households in the edict prison, isn't it the duty of the prisoner to be interrogated?" How can this be considered a private arraignment? ”

Liu Ying's momentum was suddenly suffocated, but he quickly reacted, "I keep the name of the hundred households for you, but it is just to facilitate the handover of various affairs of the edict." You were impeached and demoted because of the many mistakes you made when you were in charge of the prison.

If you are interested, you should take the initiative to avoid suspicion and not contact these prisoners alone. Now that you not only do not avoid suspicion, but instead interrogate a death row inmate alone, do you want to collude with the prisoner and destroy the evidence of your violation of the law in the Imperial Prison? ”

"Lord Liu, this is a crime that you want to add, why bother with it. Everything the lower officials did was out of public interest, and the lower officials advised the adults to take care of the matter of the death row prisoners, and it was better to take care of it less. Xu Xianchun sneered.

"Are you threatening Shangguan? Don't think that you're still the same brocade guard in command of the old one, telling you that you're nothing now..."

Liu Yingxian scolded Xu Xianchun with spittle, but Xu Xianchun didn't reply, just stood there and sneered.

After Liu Yingxian was tired of scolding, he found that he seemed to be really helpless against Xu Xianchun now. Because he has no solid and reliable evidence in his hands.

When he was gritting his teeth, he suddenly saw Hu Qi who was locked in a chair next to him, and Liu Yingxun suddenly thought of a good idea.

"You death row prisoner, what did this brocade guard say to you just now. From the actual recruitment, the grandfather of the province will entertain you to enjoy the torture instruments here. Liu Yingxun suddenly said to Hu Qi.

Hu Qi, who was originally at a loss, was suddenly a little dumbfounded. He knew that no matter who he offended, he would not have good fruit to eat.

"Villain, my ears are not good, I didn't even hear what Lord Xu asked just now, my lord." Hu Qi lowered his head and said.

"Do you even dare to go against this official as a death row inmate? Zhang Huan..."Liu Yingxun said fiercely, and then called the name of the prison officer next to him.

"My subordinates are here, do you have any orders?" Zhang Xun replied respectfully to Liu Yingxian.

"Since this death row inmate has bad ears, what are you left to do, cut him off." Liu Yingxian said viciously.

Seeing that Zhang Huan immediately went to look for the knife, Hu Qi suddenly shouted: "This adult is slow, and the villain is willing to move." The adult said that he wanted the villain to pay 3,000 gold, so he released the villain from prison. The villain was just a white hand, and there were so many taels of silver, so when the villain was begging for mercy, the adult walked in. ”

Liu Yingxian looked at Hu Qi suspiciously for a long time, and felt that his eyes were very clear, and he should not be lying, so he turned his head to Xu Xianchun and said fiercely: "Xu Xianchun, do you still want to quibble?" It is a capital offense to buy stolen money and get prisoners out of prison. ”

Xu Xianchun didn't mean to forgive, just spread his hands and said, "Then wouldn't it be good for Lord Liu to send the lower officials to the edict?" ”

Xu Xianchun, who has always been relatively weak in front of power, suddenly became so hard that Liu Yingxun was a little hesitant to give an order to take people.

When the two were at a stalemate, suddenly a jailer outside the door came to report that the prince of Dongchang had a warrant, which was handed over to Liu Yingxi and Xu Xianchun, who were in charge of the edict.

Liu Yingxun and Xu Xianchun immediately put down the confrontation, arranged for one person to guard the interrogation room, and the two went to the front yard to accept the warrant from the prince.

“… Recently, the weather has been cold, and the Criminal Department and Jinyi Guard Prison have heard that it has been overcrowded. To avoid the unexplained death of prisoners in the prison, one of the 100 households Xu Xianchun was temporarily transferred from Jinyiwei to clear 100 households and clean up the prisoners in Jinyiwei and the Criminal Department. Choose the strong ones among the prisoners and go to Miyun to repair the Great Wall... Jinyi Wei, members of the criminal department, and so forth, must not obstruct the officer's work. ”

Liu Yingxun and Xu Xianchun were in the lobby of the front yard of the Imperial Prison and accepted Wang Chengen's warrant from a eunuch.

After sending the eunuch away, Liu Yingxian was silent, Xu Xianchun took the warrant and asked Liu Yingxian, "Lord Commander, do you still want to arrest the official?" If nothing happens, will the lower officials go back and continue to interrogate the prisoners? ”

Liu Yingxian barely squeezed out a smile on his face and said: "Xu Baihu, please take care of yourself, since there is a warrant from the factory official, how dare the lower officials stop it?" ”