high official

Chapter 238
The Jinyiwei Imperial Prison, which makes people change their faces, is the highest-level prison in the world.To say that it has a high rank not only means that it is heavily guarded, but also because those who are qualified to be imprisoned are either vicious or high-ranking officials. It is definitely not a place for ordinary prisoners to stay.

And for so many years, none of the prisoners who came in was able to get out alive...

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

There are usually no lights in the prison, and it is pitch black no matter the day or night.Only when a prison guard came in, would he light the torches on the passageway, and the flames were so bright that the prisoners blocked their eyes, because their vision deteriorated rapidly after being in the dark for a long time, and they could not bear the stimulation of the light.

The condition of those prisoners who just came in is naturally much better, and they can recover their vision only after a little discomfort.

By the light of the torch, Zhou Xin, who was shackled in shackles in the innermost single cell, was sitting on a pile of straw, looking at the few people walking towards him.

Those people also looked at him, and then heard the Jinyiwei jailer leading the way whisper: "Eunuch Huang, this is the place."

"Open the door." A drake's voice sounded, and it sounded like a eunuch.

"Didn't you hear Eunuch Huang's words?" Jin Yiwei Qianhu who accompanied him ordered, "Open the door quickly."

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

"Put it here, you all avoid it." The man took off his cloak, and it turned out to be a eunuch.

"Is the father-in-law safe?" Jin Yiwei Qianhu worried.

"Everyone is locked up, what are you afraid of?" The eunuch said indifferently: "Go out, and I'm ordered to ask you alone."

"Yes." Qianhu didn't dare to bother to say anything, and led people out of the cell, and walked away.

The eunuch then sat down on the golden horse with swords and swords, looked at Zhou Xin who had closed his eyes again, and said: "Master Zhou, our family name is Huang, and we are the steward of Yitian Palace. I have come to ask you a few words by order."

Only then did Zhou Xin open his eyes, and saw the face of the middle-aged eunuch.

Eunuch Huang also looked closely at Zhou Xin and said, "I'm here to ask questions. You can't salute like this, so just sit down and answer."

"Excuse me, father-in-law." Zhou Xin nodded.

"Okay." Eunuch Huang cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty said that Zhou Xin should be Bigan, but where did you put the king, King Zhou?"

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

"You answered this sentence well, and I will repeat it truthfully." Eunuch Huang was taken aback for a moment, and then Fang continued: "Listen, the emperor said again, besides, you Zhou Xin is not Bigan. Bigan will do that kind of thing." Do you speculate about the emperor with malice and forge military orders? Shouldn’t all loyal ministers be dedicated to the emperor, Yao and Shun? Are you not benevolent, unrighteous, and untrustworthy to presume the emperor, are you not trying to gain a good name for yourself, and leave your name to the emperor?”

"I have absolutely no such intentions." Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment, and shook his head with difficulty, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable.He cared about the king's face and voluntarily took the blame, but the emperor questioned him like this, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone else.

"Whether you have the heart or not, the officials have already thought this way, you say you are hateful or not?" Eunuch Huang said in a muffled voice: "But the emperor said that Zhou Xin was not such a person in the past. Loyalty, you can’t be beaten to death with a stick this time.” He glanced at Zhou Xin, but didn’t see the excitement he expected, so he cursed secretly, and then said: “As long as you write a confession to the emperor to admit it, You made a mistake, apologized to Jin Yiwei, said that I was the one who framed Xu Yingxian first to protect myself, and the emperor will spare you and let you go home to reunite with your wife and children."

In the flames, Zhou Xin frowned tightly, his throat trembled a few times, and he squeezed the iron chain tightly with both hands to hold back the swearing. He never imagined that the emperor would even protect Jin Yiwei in front of the mountain of ironclad evidence!

"You don't want to toast and eat fine wine." Seeing him like this, the eunuch Huang stood up irritably, walked around the cell and said, "You don't understand the principle of beating dogs and deceiving the Lord, do you? Jin Yiwei is the emperor's dog." , although this dog is fierce, it is a good helper of the emperor's town house, but now you have beaten him. If the emperor doesn't punish you severely, and all the officials in the central government follow suit, how can the emperor's decree be implemented? No big mess? Now the emperor doesn't have the heart to punish you, as long as you admit your mistake, it's a great kindness, if you still have a trace of humanity, you will agree to it quickly. Otherwise, a rebellious minister like you is worse than a pig or a dog!"

Hearing Eunuch Huang's absurd words, Zhou Xin couldn't believe that such blatant and shameless words were actually spoken by Emperor Yongle, a look of pain appeared on his face, and he pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.

Because he really didn't know what to say, the emperor who was so selfish and defended his shortcomings, and treated his subjects like nothing, really let him down!
"Even if you are tired of working, you should think about your two sons and one daughter, your wife and mother?" Seeing that he was unmoved, Eunuch Huang threatened: "The Tiqi who was ordered to take them to Beijing is already on the way Now, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your family? Your mother is eighty, can she make it from Guangzhou to the capital alive?"

Hearing him talk about his old lady, the pain on Zhou Xin's face intensified, and there were faint tears in the corners of his eyes.An unfilial son and a disloyal minister made him more painful than Ling Chi's execution.

"Even if you don't care about the lives of your family members, you can't also care about the lives of others, right? Hu Yun, who helped you sue, and your subordinate named Wang Xian are now imprisoned by you. If you don't admit your mistake, they Everyone has to die, do you know this!"

I don't know where to start with a 21 history, Zhou Xin pursed his lips and closed his eyes tightly, letting the boundless guilt tear his heart to pieces.

"I know, you have been biting Jin Yiwei, and now you are making a fuss all over the world. It must be difficult for you to admit your mistake suddenly." Eunuch Huang said: "The emperor doesn't want you to figure it out right away, I'd better give it to you." Time..." He raised three fingers and said: "Three days, three days later I will come to get the notebook, you should think about it yourself."

Eunuch Huang shook his head after speaking, as if he was very angry at this man's stubbornness.He turned around and said loudly, "Open the door."

Jin Yiwei at the end of the passage hurried over and opened the door. Eunuch Huang came out and ordered: "Leave the tables and chairs here, and move a bed later, as well as pens, inks, papers and inkstone lampstands, etc., to Mr. Zhou's torture tools." , I will serve you with delicious food and drink these days, and we will come back after three days."

"Here." Jin Yiwei responded, and asked Eunuch Huang to go out: "My father-in-law is delicate, he can't stay in prison for long, please hurry up to get some breath."

"Alright." As they spoke, the group walked away, the torches were extinguished, and the cell gradually returned to silence.

Only then did Zhou Xin open his eyes, staring at the dark corridor, but his eyes were burning with raging fire...

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When eunuch Huang came out of the imperial prison, he was invited to the commander's signing room.

After sitting down, he took a few mouthfuls of fresh air, drank several bowls of tea, and cursed, "It's like a living hell inside."

"Hehe." Ji Gang said with a sinister smile, "Don't worry, with your brothers around, you won't go to hell."

"That is, is Ji Gong the King of Yama?" Eunuch Huang smiled flatteringly, "I followed your orders."

"What a coincidence, the emperor actually asked you to ask him something, it's really God's help." Ji Gang laughed.

"That's right," Eunuch Huang also said with a smile, "The emperor must be very angry when he saw that he answered irrelevant questions, but Mr. Ji, what I said later won't really frighten him, right?"

"It's possible." Ji Gang nodded.

"Ah, that would be self-defeating." Eunuch Huang stumbled.

"Hahaha..." Ji Gang laughed loudly: "How is it possible? In the past ten years, I have served [-] or [-] civil servants. You can know the temper of these people with your eyes closed! Don't worry, Zhou Xin People, the more you force him like this, the more he refuses to admit his mistake, and he is the same as that Fang Xiaoru!"

Hearing that Zhou Xin was like Fang Xiaoru, eunuch Huang's heart brightened, and he said with a smile, "Then I'm relieved." Then he got up and said, "Our family will be out for a while, and we have to go back to the palace to return to life."

"Yeah." Ji Gang nodded, but he didn't mean to stand up and see him off. Eunuch Huang knew that he was always arrogant, so he didn't take it seriously. When he went outside, he saw Fourth Master Zhu waiting there, and gave him a golden ticket. Send him out of the Zhenfusi Yamen.

After leaving Zhenfusi, Eunuch Huang's sedan chair did not go back to the palace, but went to Xuanwu Lake.Because the emperor doesn't 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 the past ten years, because the palace was built on the ground formed by filling the lake. After more than [-] years of completion, the foundation has subsided severely, and it is also damp. Powerful, disliked 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 imperial forbidden garden, named 'Beiyuan'.After the completion of the project, they moved in from the palace, and only returned to the palace when they went to court.

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

Zhu Di's sleeping palace, Yitian Hall, was built by the lake. The hall is majestic, surrounded by greenery, with brackets and cornices appearing and disappearing, just like a fairy palace.Looking out from the hall, you can see the blue waves of Xuanwu Lake, and a gust of breeze blows, sending the water vapor in the pool mixed with the fragrance of the exotic flowers on the mountain into the hall, which is refreshing.Faced with this gorgeous scenery, Emperor Zhu Di of Ming Dynasty felt a little irritable, because he thought of Zhou Xin's case again.

After the imperial trial in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Di has issued an order to bring in all the case files related to Zhou Xin, and read them carefully.He has basically determined that Zhou Xin has nothing to do with Zhu Yunqi, on the contrary, he has been pursuing this person wholeheartedly, which makes Zhu Di calm down a lot.

Moreover, the emperor also realized that it was true that Jin Yiwei had committed crimes in Hangzhou households in the name of investigating the case, causing a mess.

(End of this chapter)