The Jinyi Guard Imperial Prison is the highest-level prison in the world. To say that it has a high level not only means that it is heavily guarded, but also because it is qualified to be imprisoned, it is either extremely vicious or dignitary, and it is by no means a place where ordinary prisoners can stay.

And for all these years, no prisoner has been able to get out alive......

This is a real hell on earth, cold and damp, dark and dirty, mosquitoes and rats running everywhere, and the air is filled with a disgusting putrid smell, like the prisoners waiting to die in the cells behind the iron gates.

There are no lights in prison, and it is dark every night. It was only when the jailers came in that they lit the torches in the passageway, and the light of the fire was so bright that the prisoners blocked their eyes, because after a long time in the dark, their vision deteriorated dramatically, and they could not bear the stimulation of the light.

Those who had just come in were naturally much better, but they were a little uncomfortable and were able to regain their vision.

In the light of the torches, it can be seen that in the innermost single cell, Zhou Xin, who is shackled, is sitting on a pile of straw and looking at the few people who are walking towards him.

Those people also looked at him, and then they heard the Jinyi guard jailer who led the way whispered: "Father-in-law Huang, this is it." ”

"Open the door." A male duck's throat sounded, and when he heard it, he was a eunuch.

"Didn't you hear what Gonggong Huang said?" Jin Yi Wei Qianhu, who accompanied him, ordered: "Quickly open the door." ”

The jailer opened the door and brought in a chair and a table.

"Put it here, you all avoid it." The man took off his cloak, and sure enough, he was a eunuch.

"What about the safety of my father-in-law?" Jin Yi Wei Qianhu worried.

"People are locked up, what are you afraid of?" The eunuch said lightly: "Let's go out of the road, and ask questions separately by order." ”

"Yes." Qianhu didn't dare to bother, so he took people out of the cell and walked away.

The eunuch sat down with a big sword and a golden horse, looked at Zhou Xindao, whose eyes were closed again: "Lord Zhou, our family's surname is Huang, and we are the steward of the Yitian Palace, and I have come to ask you a few words." ”

Zhou Xin opened his eyes and saw the face of the middle-aged eunuch.

Eunuch Huang also looked at Zhou Xin tightly and said, "I came here to ask by order." You can't salute like this, so sit back and talk. ”

"Father-in-law, please ask." Zhou Xin nodded.

"Okay." Eunuch Huang cleared his throat and said, "The emperor said, you Zhou Xin should be compared, but where did you put the king, the king?" ”

Zhou Xin thought for a while and replied: "The Ming Dynasty is not the Shang Dynasty, there is no comparison, and there is no king. ”

"You replied well, I will play it truthfully." Eunuch Huang was stunned for a moment, and Fang continued: "Listen, the emperor said again, not to mention that you Zhou Xin is not comparable." Is it better than the kind of thing that maliciously speculates about the king and forges military orders? Shouldn't all loyal ministers be addressed to Jun Yaoshun? In this way, with your unkindness, injustice, and unbelief, do you not take a good name for yourself, and reproach your name on the king? ”

"The minister has no such intentions." Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment, shook his head with difficulty, and felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart. He took care of the king's face and voluntarily took up the black cauldron, but the emperor questioned him like this, and it was not easy for anyone to change.

"Whether you have this heart or not, the ministers have already thought like this, and you say you are hateful?" Eunuch Huang said in a sullen voice: "But the emperor said that Zhou Xin was not such a person in the past, he was conscientious for more than ten years, and he was loyal, and this time the ghost fan couldn't be killed with a stick," he glanced at Zhou Xin, but he didn't see the expected excitement, so he scolded secretly, and continued: "As long as you write a confession to admit your mistake to the emperor, apologize to Jinyiwei, and say that you are for self-protection, you will first frame Xu Yingxian, and the emperor will spare you from death, and you can also let you go home to reunite with your wife and children." ”

In the firelight, Zhou Xin's brows furrowed tightly, his throat shook a few times, and he held the iron chain tightly with both hands, so that he could not hold back the scolding, he never imagined that in front of the mountain of ironclad evidence, the emperor would have to protect the brocade guard

"You don't want to toast, you don't eat, you don't drink." Seeing him like this, the Huang eunuch stood up irritably, paced in the cell, and said, "You don't understand the truth of beating dogs and bullying the master, right?" Jin Yiwei is the emperor's dog, although this dog is fierce, but it is a good helper of the emperor's town, but now he has been beaten by you. If the emperor doesn't punish you severely, and those big people in the court and central government follow suit, how can the emperor's decree be implemented? Wouldn't the world be in chaos? Now the emperor can't bear to punish you, as long as you admit your mistake, this is a great mercy, as long as you still have a trace of human touch, you will agree to come down. Otherwise, a rebel like you would be as good as a pig and a dog."

Listening to Eunuch Huang's ridiculous words, Zhou Xin couldn't believe that such a naked and shameless remark was actually said by Emperor Yongle, and a painful look appeared on his face, and he pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.

Because he really didn't know how to talk about it, the emperor who was so selfish and protective of his shortcomings and treated his subjects like mustard was really disappointed to him

"Even if you are tired of living, you should think about your two sons and one daughter, wife and mother, right?" Seeing that he was unmoved, Eunuch Huang threatened: "The Tiqi who was ordered to take them into Beijing is already on the way, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family, right?" Your wife is eighty years old, can you get from Guangzhou to Beijing alive? ”

Hearing him talk about the old lady, the pain on Zhou Xin's face was even worse, and tears flashed faintly in the corners of his eyes. The unfilial son is not a loyal minister, which makes him more painful than Ling Chi's execution.

"Even if you don't care about the life or death of your family, you can't also care about the life or death of others, right? Hu Tong, who helped you sue at the beginning, and your subordinates named Wang Xian, are now implicated and imprisoned by you, if you don't admit your mistakes, they will all die one by one, do you know this?"

A twenty-one history, I don't know where to start, Zhou Xin pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes tightly, and let his boundless guilt tear his heart apart.

"I know that you have been biting Jinyiwei and not letting go, and now it is even more disturbed by the world, and it suddenly makes you admit your mistake, and you will definitely not turn around in your heart." Eunuch Huang said: "The emperor doesn't want you to figure it out right away, or give you time......" said and raised three fingers and said: "Three days, I'll take the notebook after three days, think about it yourself." ”

Eunuch Huang shook his head after speaking, as if he was very angry that this person was stubborn. Turning around, he shouted outside, "Open the door." ”

The brocade guard at the end of the passage hurriedly ran over and opened the door, and Eunuch Huang came out and ordered: "The tables and chairs will be left here, and a bed will be moved later, as well as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, lampstands, etc., and the torture tools will be given to Lord Zhou, and we will be served with good food and drink these days, and we will come back in three days."

"Whoa." Jinyi Wei responded, and then asked Eunuch Huang to come out and said: "My father-in-law is delicate, and he can't stay in prison for a long time, so please hurry up and change your breath." ”

"It's fine." As they spoke, the group walked away, the torches were extinguished, and silence gradually returned to the cell.

Only then did Zhou Xin open his eyes and stare at the dark corridor, but there was a raging fire burning in his eyes......

When Eunuch Huang came out of the Imperial Prison, he was invited to the commander's holding room.

Sitting still, he took a few breaths of fresh air, ate a few bowls of tea, and scolded: "It's like living hell inside." ”

"Huh." Ji Gang said with a smile: "Don't worry, with your brother here, you won't go to hell." ”

"That is, is Ji Gong the king of Yama?" Eunuch Huang smiled flatteringly: "I said it all according to your instructions." ”

"What a coincidence, the emperor even asked you to ask him, this is really God help me." Ji Gang said with a smile.

"Yes," Eunuch Huang also smiled: "The emperor must be very angry when he sees him answering what he asked, but Ji Gong, what I said later won't really scare him, right?" ”

"Possibly." Ji Gang nodded.

"Ah, that's self-defeating." Eunuch Huang stumbled.

"Haha......" Ji Gang laughed loudly: "How is it possible?" In the past ten years, there are not three thousand but two thousand Wenchen who have been cooked in this seat, and you can know the temper of these people with your eyes closed, you can rest assured, Zhou Xin is a person, the more he forces him like this, the more he refuses to admit his mistake, and that Fang Xiaoru is all the way."

Hearing him say that Zhou Xin was like Fang Xiaoru, Eunuch Huang's heart brightened, and he smiled: "Then I'll rest assured." Saying that, he got up and said, "It's not been a short time for our family to come out, so we have to go back to the palace to resume our lives." ”

"Hmm." Ji Gang nodded, but he didn't mean to get up to send him off, Eunuch Huang knew that he had always been arrogant, and he didn't care, and when he went out of the door, he saw Zhu Siye waiting there, stuffed him with a golden ticket, and sent him out of the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division.

After leaving the Zhenfu Division, Eunuch Huang's sedan chair did not return to the palace, but went to Xuanwu Lake. Because the emperor does not live in the palace......

The Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City is the emperor's bedroom, but Zhu Di has not slept in it for ten years, because the palace is built on the ground formed by filling the lake, and since its completion for more than 30 years, the foundation has settled greatly, and it is also very powerful, which is not liked by the emperor. There is another reason that cannot be said, that is, the Qianqing Palace is Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom, as long as Zhu Di closes his eyes, he will see his father's cold face, how can he sleep soundly?

Therefore, he ordered people to build a new palace by the Xuanwu Lake in the Royal Forbidden Garden, called Yuan. After the completion of the construction, it was moved from the Imperial Palace, and only the upper court would return to the palace.

At this time, the willows by the lake are lightly drooping, the green lotus on the water surface is green, the pink lotus buds are in full bloom, the lake is full of fragrance, and the scenery is charming.

Zhu Di's dormitory Yitian Palace, built on the lakeside, the palace is majestic, surrounded by ten thousand greens, and the eaves of the dougong are hidden from time to time, it is really like a fairy palace. Looking out of the hall, I saw the blue waves of Xuanwu Lake, a gust of breeze came slowly, and the water vapor in the pool mixed with the fragrance of the strange flowers on the mountain was sent into the hall, which was refreshing and pleasant. Faced with this gorgeous scenery, Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty felt a little irritable, because he remembered Zhou Xin's case again.

Since the royal trial of Wenhua Palace, Zhu Di has issued an order to transfer all the case files related to Zhou Xin, and he has read them carefully. He has basically determined that Zhou Xin has nothing to do with Zhu Yunkang, on the contrary, he has been pursuing this person very wholeheartedly, which makes Zhu Di a lot angry.

Moreover, the emperor also realized that Jin Yiwei acted in Hangzhou in the name of investigating the case, causing a miasma, and the situation was also true.

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