Outside Guo, Chang'an, in a dense bush.

This place is unusual. The new buds are swaying when the warm wind blows, and it even makes people feel relaxed and happy. But if you look carefully, this place looks like a flat and sunken piece, which is not proportional to the surrounding gentle terrain. If there is an expert in tomb robberies, it can be done from above.

If you look carefully, you will know at a glance that someone must have dug a hole nearby!

Moreover, the size of this underground hole is unbelievable. The entire dense forest connected from the north to the south is sunken into it. The trees are lush and lush, and the roots of the trees are not damaged. This is amazing. It shows that this hole is not only huge but also bottomless!

A carriage was driving along the forest path. Tang Guan was getting more and more frightened as he walked on the carriage. He thought that the kings would be interrogated and held in court, but he didn't expect that he would be tried directly in prison!

Especially the word "prison" surprised Tang Guan. He often heard the word "tianlao", and in his mind, the so-called "tianlao" was just a prison with tighter defense. Tang Guan was also a person who had been in a hard prison, but when he

At this point, he vaguely understood what Tianlao was.

When the car curtain was raised, Tang Guan didn't see a single building. Suddenly he seemed to notice something and looked at the land under the rolling wheels with some horror.

"Underground!" Tang Guan was shocked, and then he closed his eyes and said nothing. It seemed that he still didn't understand a lot of things.

After a while, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Tang Guan immediately stood up and walked out, but his eyes were still as green and lush. Just as Tang Guan's heart was darkening, an indistinguishable voice sounded: "Young Master, you are finally here."

Tang Guan heard the news and looked around, and saw an internal prison officer walking out of the bushes over there. The internal prison prisoner had a complex pattern on his body, and he was Tang Guan's old acquaintance Wang Eun Gong.[

"There are these guys everywhere." Tang Guan cursed in his heart. It seemed that Wu Zhao still had something to say before the trial. Just when he was about to respond, two more carriages drove up the left and right lanes.

Two people got out of the car, one with kind eyes and the other with a gloomy face. After they got out of the car and saw each other, they looked at each other and smiled. But when they saw Tang Guan's figure, the face of the old man with the gloomy face couldn't help but change.

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the kind-hearted man.

"Hey, just in time, everyone is here."

When Wang Gonggong saw the two people arriving, he greeted them with a smile. These two people were Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing. After Tang Guan saw the two people, he looked directly at Lai Junchen. Lai Junchen seemed to be shocked by his presence.

"Why is he here?" Lai Junchen glanced at Tang Guan with some confusion. Of course he knew what he was doing behind his back. He was also very proud of it because he saw with his own eyes that when Wu Zhao read the impeachment memorial, there was no

As angry as last time, he looked a little more serious.

I originally thought that Tang Guan would suffer this time, but he didn't expect that he would appear here. Apparently when Wu Zhao selected someone to interrogate the case, except for Tang Guan who knew who it was, neither he nor Zhou Xing knew anything about it.

When Tang Guan saw Lai Junchen looking at him, he actually raised his head and smiled at him. However, this smile made Lai Junchen feel trembling in his heart. Tang Guan's smile was so mysterious, and he felt guilty, so he didn't even dare to look at Tang Guan for a while.

At this time, Wang Gonggong saw the three people coming together and said with a smile: "The three ministers are all people whom your Majesty trusts. This time, your Majesty has a few words to give you before you try the case."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them stood with their hands folded, and the prince nodded and said: "For one, among the three ministers, Tang Hanlin is the chief judge."

Lai Junchen was shocked when he heard this, and Zhou Xing's eyes narrowed slightly. Seeing that the two of them had no objections, Wang Gonggong said again: "This is the second one. Although the thieves inside are rampant and rebels, after all, they are the head of the country."

Your Majesty, please don’t be so “neglectful”.”

Having said that, Wang Gonggong saw that the three of them didn't seem to have any reaction, and continued: "Thirdly, the husbands should know that the empress has the heart of a Bodhisattva and cannot bear to kill. As long as the thieves are recruited, the husbands will not be in trouble."

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After saying that, the prince covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Slave, do you want to say it again?"

"I am waiting for the order." The three of them lowered their heads with different expressions. Among them, Tang Guan smiled strangely, and then the prince nodded and said: "That slave has resigned."

After saying that, the prince turned his head and whispered a few instructions to the soldiers behind him, then turned and left.

Only then did Tang Guan and the others raise their heads, and Zhou Xing said with a smile: "Little Prince, I didn't expect His Majesty to trust you so much. It seems that Zhou is going to leave empty-handed this time."[

"My husband is joking. The students all rely on the power of these two husbands, especially those who have been envoys to the judiciary for many years and are stern and secretive. Qu Bing also wants to pay his respects today."

When Lai Junchen heard this, he laughed dryly: "Easy to say, easy to say."

After that, the few people said nothing more. Tang Guan saw that the two of them seemed to be familiar with this place. After exchanging greetings, he turned around and walked towards a dense bush. Upon seeing this, Tang Guan narrowed his eyes and followed closely.

There were soldiers opening the way in front of the three people, and soon they came to a stone wall. This stone wall was more than twenty feet high and had a smooth surface, but there was a square hole in the middle, which was bottomless. The soldiers on the left and right were seen taking something from their arms.

He took out a mold, clicked a pair, and then set the token-like object in the hollow.

Tang Guan couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he saw this scene, but then he felt relieved. The imaginary stone cave did not appear, but shouts came from inside the stone wall.

"Hey, ha."

"Hey, ha."

He saw the stone wall slowly moving forward, and the surrounding earth and rocks rolling around. A large hole was forced out of the stone wall from the inside out. Tang Guan glanced at the round rolling stone blocking the cave, and saw a deep tunnel appearing in front of him.

Dozens of strong men in front of the cave were panting.

"Good guy, although it is not fully automatic, it is still a big deal." Tang Guan looked at this scene and said to himself. Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen seemed to be extremely skillful and walked directly inside.

Upon seeing this, Tang Guan followed in with a calm expression. As soon as they entered, the strong men shouted again and even pulled the boulder back. Suddenly the outside suddenly closed. If you don't look carefully, you can't see a circle around the stone wall.

crack.

But just when Tang Guan was walking in the tunnel, thinking that it was over, he suddenly discovered that the tunnel with torches was just a passage.

While everyone was walking, there were two more soldiers guarding a cage-like object at the end of the tunnel. Tang Guan was stunned when he saw this thing, and then secretly glanced at the soles of his feet.

"Isn't this thing an elevator?"

In confusion, Tang Guan followed Zhou Xing and the others into the cage, and suddenly his feet trembled. As expected, a void appeared in front of him.

The soldier above slowly turned the cable in the wooden gate. Tang Guan looked down and couldn't help but his face froze. It turned out that there was a thick cable under the cage to fix the balance. He saw a figure below, shouting and shouting. This turned out to be a manpower.

version of the elevator.

It was about twenty feet from top to bottom. After seeing everything here, Tang Guan suddenly remembered that Chang Ying once said that Ma Lie turned over from the sky prison.

"How is it possible!?" Tang Guan was not surprised by these devices. After all, they were all done by manpower. But if this was really the legendary prison, how could Ma Lie escape from such a place!

At this moment, the cage crashed to the ground, and a group of soldiers rushed up. Only then did Tang Guan see the surrounding scene clearly. He saw that it was an open area similar to an ordinary prison structure, except that it was buried deep underground.

In fact, this Tianlao is not a secret to some veterans. Construction began as early as the Emperor Gaozu's time, it was put into use during Taizong's time, and it was fully repaired by Wu Zhao.

Tang Guan raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that the cells were in order, no different from the state government offices he had stayed in before. However, in front of the cells were not government officials, but groups of soldiers patrolling back and forth.
Chapter completed!