Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1026
Shangguan Bingyun said solemnly: "Rescue Zhao Pu from Emperor Song and send him to Jiangnan."

Bai Zixuan's heart skipped a beat, and with a wry smile, he said, "Your Majesty really thinks highly of me. This is indeed a major event, a major event that can affect the general situation of the world."

Shangguan Bingyun said: "Your Majesty has passed down an order that Shiwa, Zhou Jie, and Huang Louping are at your disposal. In addition, other forces of the Security Department in Song Dynasty will also fully cooperate with you."

Bai Zixuan looked better, and said: "If Shiwa, Zhou Jie, and Huang Louping can help and let them listen to me, then I will have a certain share in this big event."

Shangguan Bingyun suddenly said: "Do you have any news about Cui Xi and Shui'er in Tianji Mansion?"

Bai Zixuan was stunned for a moment, and said: "Hu Sanguang's security department can't find any news about that Mozun boy, so how could our Tianji Mansion know about it?"

Shangguan Bingyun said with some disappointment: "Your Majesty dispatched five hundred experts from the Special Forces Brigade and the Ministry of Security to me, and set up the Shadow Guard Division to be fully responsible for rescuing Shui'er, but so far, I haven't even found Cui Xi's whereabouts." .”

After a pause, Shangguan Bingyun said again: "Has there been any strange things happening in Jianghu recently?"

Bai Zixuan frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Recently, a strange thing happened in Jianghu."

Shangguan Bingyun asked: "What kind of strange thing?"

Bai Zixuan said: "There are several first-class masters in Jianghu who died one after another. The strange thing is that the hearts of these masters have disappeared."

Shangguan Bingyun's eyes lit up, he was overjoyed, and said: "Give me all the information on this matter."

Bai Zixuan didn't know that Cui Xi's magic skill could improve his power by refining the heart of someone with high martial arts skills. Although he was a little puzzled why Shangguan Bingyun was so sure that this matter had something to do with Cui Xi, he didn't ask any further questions, and immediately The subordinates on the ship called and prepared relevant information.

After Shangguan Bingyun took the information prepared by Bai Zixuan, he walked slowly from the side of the boat to the stern.

In the shadows at the stern, there was a delicate boat.She floated towards the hut, but the boat slid away immediately.

Bai Zixuan leaned on the side of the boat, watching her quietly.Starry.Bai Zixuan was a little obsessed with a light boat rippling in the sea of ​​stars, and the veil danced by the wind, more like a fairy.Regarding how Shangguan Bingyun was subdued by Ye Chen, only the ghost doctor, Yu Daoxiang, Bai Canghai, and Hu Sanguang knew about it, but Bai Zixuan did not know about it, so he has always wondered why Shangguan Bingyun would He is so devoted to Ye Chen.

Bai Zixuan stretched his legs and lay comfortably on the chair, his eyes fixed on the background of Shangguan Bingyun until it landed on the shore and disappeared.

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The official yamen of Song State can be used to take prisoners.In Kaifeng, the capital, there are even more places like this. Counting from the Kaifeng government yamen, there are as many as six yamen with the right to take custody.And those criminals involved in the government, as well as those criminals who have committed the most heinous crimes, are often detained in the prisons of the Ministry of Punishment, the walls of Dali Temple, and the prisons of Songwei Mansion.This is the so-called sky prison that the common people regard as an abyss and always appear in storytelling stories.

But in fact, in the eyes of Song court officials, Tianlao refers to the prison of Dali Temple in Song Dynasty.In fact, the prison here is indeed called the prison of heaven.Because it is more difficult to rescue the people inside than to ascend to the sky.However, sky prisons are often located underground, and the prison in Dali Temple is also located underground.But few people know that the real dungeon does not refer to the dungeon known to ordinary people, or the dungeon that ordinary ministers have entered.It is located fifty steps west of the main hall of Dali Temple, in the dark underground with a depth of five feet, consisting of two prison cells.This place is deep in the ground, it is very secret, and criminals in the ordinary sense cannot enter.

The sky prison here has been passed down for more than 100 years, even dating back to the end of Tang Dynasty.Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, this place has played a very powerful and terrifying role in the Song Dynasty. High-ranking officials who were arrested were often imprisoned here, and those powerful figures with unique skills were also locked here underground for many years. The level of this big prison gradually surpassed that of the Ministry of Punishment and the Kaifeng Mansion, and it became a veritable heavenly prison.

The Heavenly Prison is near the Dali Temple. If you go out from the main entrance of the square and gloomy building, you only need to turn a corner to the side, and you will see the two extremely heavy iron gates.Inside Dali Temple, there is naturally a secret road leading directly to the prison here. You only need to go back from the Daping courtyard behind Dali Temple, pass a small door, and you can go straight to it.

No matter from which direction you enter the prison of Dali Temple, the first scene you see is a deep passage. The cell responsible for guarding felons is deep underground, and the guards are extremely strict. There is no fear of robbery or the like. things happen.

As the passage went down, the air became more and more stagnant, and the lights became more and more dim. Although there were good ventilation equipment below, the filthy atmosphere of more than 100 years was mixed.It always makes people feel an inexplicable sense of terror and suffocation.

Go down to the deepest part along the passage, pass through several floors of ordinary sill houses, and then arrive at the cells at the bottom of Dali Temple, which is where the real sky prison mentioned above is located.The guards here are the strictest.What is different today is that two thousand elite imperial troops are temporarily stationed around the periphery of Dali Temple.And the entire prison in Dali Temple is filled with countless masters.But these masters are not only the masters of Dali Temple.

For example, the masters of the Forbidden Army, the Ouchi guards in the palace, several detectives from the Ministry of Punishment, and the masters of the Song Wei Mansion.

Zhao Pu, who conspired against the emperor and assassinated the emperor, is now being held in the lowest floor of the Great Prison of Dali Temple. Perhaps even this big man who once had a lot of power and was almost on the verge of ascending to the rank of Ninth Five-Year Lord, he made a decree last year. When building the sky prison, I never thought that one day, I would be imprisoned in this place.

The ground is damp and dark.However, there are no traces of moss on all the stone steps and walls. It seems that Dali Temple has taken great care of the place.The pale yellow torch made of specially made bright oil was burning outside the deepest cell of the prison, clearly illuminating the ghostly land of the underworld.

On the lowest floor, there are only two cells, which are dug out of the underground granite. I don’t know how deep or thick the walls are behind. An iron door won't be too thin.

This is the most gloomy place in the Song Dynasty, and few people are qualified to be locked up here.Counting from Song Guoli, the deepest real prison room in the underground, the No. 1 Privy Council envoy in the army, Li Jixun, Duke of Longxi, was only imprisoned for seven days.

And today, Zhao Pu was also imprisoned here.

The iron door of the cell was not closed, and the firelight shone in, and all the arrangements in the cell could be clearly seen.A bed, a basin of water, and a few things are not just weeds, rats, and sludge as people imagined. On the contrary, this cell is extremely clean, but it is too clean and simple, and not even a cockroach can be seen. Only.

Zhao Pu was lying on the bed, breathing slowly, his eyes closed tightly, and some gray hair was scattered around his face.This generation of power ministers who made Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao hate him seems to have aged more than ten years in just a few days, his previously fair and ruddy face has also turned into an unhealthy pale color, and even his body is also in a short period of time. time collapsed.This is not just a mental blow, but he has tried to commit suicide more than ten times within ten days of coming here, but except for one time when he injured himself, he failed even once.But also because of this injury, countless people were frightened.At the same time, it also made his breathing difficult. Every time he inhaled, his shriveled chest would be like an aging machine. He struggled a few times, and his throat made a sound like a broken bellows.

On the long wooden bench outside the cell, there were seven people sitting one after the other, Zhang Dong, the commander-in-chief of Song Weifu, Li Ziwu, the commander-in-chief of the assassination department, He Zhixiang, the chief arrester of the criminal department, two other experts in the palace, and Eunuchs and imperial physicians.

Among the seven people, if Zhang Dong has important matters and has the right to leave at any time, the others will always look at the old man, to ensure that the other party will not die, that the other party will not escape, and that the other party will always maintain the current state of affairs. In a semi-comatose state, he stayed until half a month later at the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, before the imperial city, under the gaze of all the people, to accept the anger of His Majesty the Emperor, and was executed by thousands of cuts.

Zhang Dong's face was slightly pale, and he quietly watched the old man on the bed, not knowing what was going on in his heart.Li Ziwu had been watching Zhang Dong out of the corner of his eye. Li Mingxuan, the new prime minister of the Song Dynasty, speculated that Ye Chen might mobilize their forces to rescue Zhao Pu and send him to Jiangnan.And Li Mingxuan suspected that Zhang Dong might be Ye Chen's secret son, so Li Ziwu had to pay attention to Zhang Dong in this case.

Li Ziwu was not very worried that Zhao Pu would escape. At this time, the sky prison of Dali Temple was completely controlled by the military. Under the control of the masters of the first floor, kill to the bottom floor.It is completely impossible to save Zhao Pu.

However, no matter how well-protected the place is, even if it is a sky prison, people need to implement it and do things, and as long as they are people, they need to eat, drink and scatter.Naturally, there are loopholes in eating and drinking. The food used for eating and drinking. The officials in Dali Temple have their own cooks who have been cooking in the dining hall of Dali Temple for many years.So the real hole is over 'Lazar'.

It has to be said that whether it is Zhang Dong, Li Ziwu, the Dali Temple Minister, or the general who commands two thousand elite soldiers outside the Dali Temple, they are all cautious and have thought of this point.

(End of this chapter)