Chapter 11 Father and Daughter Meeting (2)

The carriage was slowly moving, and it was getting late when they arrived at the huge iron gate of the First Prison. The First Prison itself was a solid castle. At this moment, wind lights had already hung on the corner tower on the castle wall. The dizzy light could only shine on the surrounding three feet. A blurry black shadow could be seen on the city tower. They were patrolling imperial guards, with strict guards and birds unable to enter.

In the special secret room, Ma Jie was fiddling with his treasures and had already entered the state of selflessness. At this moment, the prison guard reported that Li Yao and the Hai brothers were returning and asked to go to prison.

It was of great importance. Ma Jie did not think that the three of them returned to the scene to make fun of themselves. He immediately put down his work, dressed neatly, and went to greet him.

When Li Yao and the Hai brothers escorted the revengeful criminals, there were a large number of followers behind him. When they turned back again, the three of them came alone, and there was also an ordinary gray black-peng carriage following him. Ma Jie had a very good eyesight and recognized Xu Yingyuan dressed in the coachman at a glance. These were quite surprised. He had already guessed who was on the carriage.

Ma Jie has been with Zhu Yinglong for many years. Although he cannot fully understand the emperor's thoughts, he still understands some of the most basic common sense. The emperor came in such an ordinary carriage and obviously did not want to reveal his identity. In addition, he did not come forward, so Li Yao and the Hai brothers were in front of him, which further showed that the emperor did not think that many people would know when he came over.

Ma Jie, who understood the truth, immediately ordered the imperial guards guarding the prison gate to open a side door, because the iron gate did not open often, and all the prison personnel went through this side door for trading, just enough to enter and exit the next carriage.

Although the First Prison was built by Zhu Yinglong, it was the first time he had set foot in this terrifying place since the First Prison was put into use.

The towering walls, ruthless faces, and cold bad environments form the style of the entire First Prison. This is indeed not a place where normal people can stay, and none of the prisoners imprisoned here are ordinary people.

The emperor came to the First Prison in person. Even though he knew that it was not for inspection, Ma Jie still felt a great look on his face.

"The emperor was chaotic and tired all the way. It would be better to go to the lower place of Weichen to rest first and then go to the area." Ma Jie suggested while leading the way in front.

"Okay, I've been traveling for most of the day and I'm hungry. I'm sending some food to me." Zhu Yinglong smiled. Although there is no shortage of food and drink on the carriage, those are cold things, which are not as comfortable as hot soup and hot dishes.

"This is what the empress should do, that is, the emperor should not dislike the empress's bad things here." Ma Jie smiled. Everyone in the world knew that the emperor liked delicious food, but was never picky.

"Okay, what do you eat for dinner today and what I eat. Our king and ministers don't distinguish each other at once, how about?" Zhu Yinglong suggested with a smile.

Ma Jie said a little embarrassedly: "Weichen ate beef stewed with potatoes tonight!"

"Potatoes are stewed with beef, this is a good thing. Why didn't I expect to eat this in the palace?" Zhu Yinglong's eyes lit up and he said with greed. The potatoes have been vigorously promoted and planted by the court for three years since they were brought to the Ming Dynasty by Westerners. In these three years, the small potatoes have nurtured many Ming people. Especially in the north, potatoes, such as Western things, have become one of the main dishes in the Ming people's bowls and are deeply loved by ordinary people.

Although potatoes are eaten in the palace, most of them are made of palace maids and one of the main vegetables of eunuchs. I think the emperor and concubines rarely eat them. Even if they want to eat them, the imperial chefs will carefully cook them. Of course, they taste very delicious, but the amount will be very small. As one of the staple foods of grain, as a side dish and staple food, the way to eat and make them are very different. The staple food in the palace is rice or other miscellaneous grains. As for potatoes, they are rarely eaten as staple food, and the traditional imperial chefs will not use them as staple food for the emperor to use. Therefore, Zhu Yinglong rarely eats the taste of cooking in this big pot.

Only the meat stewed from a large pot is the most delicious! This is rare in the palace, so Zhu Yinglong is feasting and praises him. In addition, he is in a good mood and tastes particularly delicious.

Magu and Li Yao also tasted it. They were not used to eating it, so they didn’t eat much, so they stopped eating it if they tasted it lightly.

As the exquisitely designed machine doors were opened, extremely shocked gazes flashed in Magu and Li Yao's eyes. Magu had never been to the First Prison, so everything here touched her very much. Li Yao was secretly shocked. It turned out that what she had visited before was just a wave on the water surface, but what she saw at this moment was the first veil that unraveled the mysterious first layer of the First Prison.

After listening to Ma Jie's introduction, Ma Gu and Li Yao slowly calmed down their shock. They were surprised that there were two different prison systems here, one on the ground and the other underground. The strict management system and the strict confidentiality system both opened their eyes, and they were amazed at the exquisite news agencies designed by Ma Jie.

To see Lan Lin, you have to go to the dark prison.

The dark prison is divided into three layers, consisting of an upside-down pyramid. The first layer is the largest, the second layer is the smallest, and the first layer is the most shameful prisoners, such as spies from the enemy country. The second layer is the more special prisoners, which are useful to the court or the country, but they hate prisoners from the court, which is a pity to kill them. The third layer is extremely dangerous or extremely important prisoners. There is no strict definition of prisoners in the third layer. In fact, as long as you enter the dark prison, you will almost never be able to live in the sun again.

There are good ventilation facilities in the Dark Prison, so it feels boring to be there.

Lan Lin was imprisoned on the third floor of the Dark Prison, so to go through the first and second floors of the Dark Prison to pass.

When Zhu Yinglong and others were on the first floor of the Dark Prison and walked towards the entrance of the second floor under the leadership of Ma Jie, intermittent singing always came to their ears, the singing was very ethereal and mysterious.

Usually most of the people who sing in prison are crazy, especially the singing voice seems to be a young girl.

Li Yao and Ma Gu also heard the illusory song, and their eyes were full of doubts, but they all knew that they could only listen to it and did not have the right to ask.

"Ma Jie, who is this singing woman?" Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but be curious in the end, and stopped to ask Ma Jie.

"Report to the emperor, it's Hai Lanzhu." Ma Jie replied carefully.

"It's her!" Zhu Yinglong said in surprise. It has been nearly two years since Wu Sangui brought him back. He forgot this woman early in the morning. Huang Taiji didn't seem to care about this concubine who was going to go. He sent people to search everywhere and then left nothing after more than a month.

"How long has Hailanzhu been here?" Zhu Yinglong asked. If he hadn't come here himself, he would have forgotten all this Mongolian woman long ago.

"Report to the emperor that Hai Lanzhu has been detained here since the First Prison was put into use." Ma Jie replied.

"So, she has been detained here for a year and a half." Zhu Yinglong calculated in his heart and asked.

“That’s right.”

"How is she here?" Hai Lanzhu is Huang Taiji's favorite concubine Guan Ju Gong Chen in history. Huang Taiji was depressed because of Chen's early death and eventually passed away. Therefore, in order to retaliate against the Dongjiang Incident, Zhu Yinglong sent someone to abduct Hai Lanzhu, and wanted to see what kind of woman Hai Lanzhu was, which could make a generation of heroes die for her!

"I read and practice calligraphy every day, play the piano, calligraphy and painting, but I rarely speak, and I hardly talk to anyone, and I accept it." Ma Jie summarized.

"Oh?" Zhu Yinglong looked at the direction where the singing voice came very strangely, thinking.

Li Yao and Ma Gu didn't know who Hai Lanzhu was. Although they had huge questions in their hearts, they didn't dare to ask, because there were too many secrets involved. This woman named Hai Lanzhu must have extremely important secrets or identities. These are things that they shouldn't ask as concubines and should let them know. The emperor would naturally say, otherwise he wouldn't have taken them into the dark prison.

Zhu Yinglong has no intention of seeing this Hai Lanzhu for the time being, but he has made up his mind that after he understands the complex relationship between Lan Lin, Xu Rongrong and Wuwei Sect, he will definitely come to see this Hai Lanzhu.

The singing was heard suddenly, and the passage suddenly returned to tranquility. Zhu Yinglong asked, "What song is she singing? I can't hear a single sentence clearly?"

Ma Jie smiled and explained: "This is Mongolian language. I didn't understand it at the beginning. Later, I found a prison guard who was very literate in Mongolian language among the internal police. I realized that this was a Mongolian song, the song was called "Warrior on the Grassland". The lyrics were: A beautiful Mongolian girl fell in love with a Mongolian warrior, but the warriors wanted to go to war with the leader of their tribe. After the warriors went to war, the girl sat in front of the yurt every day and looked at the direction of the warriors' warriors. Day after day, month after month, the warriors who went to war came back. They came back with countless gold, silver and jewelry, but among the joyful crowd, the girl did not

There was a warrior she liked, because the Mongolian warrior was unwilling to kill the enemy captives and women, old and weak, and was ordered to behead him by the leader of the tribe, and became the laughing stock of the warrior. The warrior died, and the girl was extremely sad. In her mind, this coward who was unwilling to kill the prisoners and women, old and weak, will always be a warrior on the grassland. In the end, this beautiful girl was attracted by the son of the tribe leader and wanted to marry her, but the girl was unwilling to do so, because the son of the tribe leader is a very cruel person. How could a weak girl resist the order of the tribe leader? In the end, she married his son, but on the night of the newlyweds, she committed suicide."

"What a pitiful couple of lovers!" Li Yao and Ma Gu were both moved.

Zhu Yinglong said silently after listening to it. The story in the lyrics is indeed very touching, but the real meaning of Hai Lanzhu singing this song is unpredictable. But this may be because she has thought too much, and it may not necessarily mean that everyone has their own intentions to do everything. After all, there are many people in this world doing meaningless things.

Li Yao and Magu were thinking in their hearts, would the beautiful Mongolian girl in the lyrics be this Mongolian girl named "Hai Lanzhu" herself?

Everyone walked through the second floor and quickly entered the third floor of the Dark Prison. The light here was much darker than the two floors above, but it was quite clean inside and there was no moldy smell.

All the prisoners in the dark prison are imprisoned alone. Each person has an independent stone room and a certain amount of room for activity. When they come here, even the best martial arts world's best can only become a good baby. As long as he has weaknesses, he will have a way to force him to submit!

Of course, the methods here are not omnipotent. For example, some people have no choice but to do anything to them. Such people do not eat the hard and hard, and are not afraid of life or death. Strict and cruel laws are useless to them. As long as they do not break through their mental defenses, physical pain will not matter to them.

The construction of the dark prison is arranged according to a certain formation, including the contribution of Song Xiance and Ma Jie to cooperate with him. Song Xiance abandoned literary Taoism and was well versed in Yin and Yang. The only nine palaces and eight trigrams formations would not defeat him. In this world, there are not many people who can break through the defense of the prison and sneak into the dark prison. There are probably not many people who can walk through the maze he designed and built. In addition, Ma Jie has endless mechanism traps, and people who don’t know how to walk will die and live.

"Your Majesty, there is the stone chamber that imprisons Lan Lin in front of you." Under Ma Jie's leadership, everyone entered a stone path, and Ma Jie pointed to the direction where he entered the corner of the stone path.

"You are all here, I want to see Lan Lin alone." Less than ten feet away from the corner, Zhu Yinglong turned around and said to Ma Jie and others.

"Emperor?" Magu cried in a tender voice, his eyes full of worry. Lan Lin is not an ordinary person. If something happens, it will be too late for everyone to help.

"Don't worry, Empress Yifei, there is a fence made of steel. As long as the emperor does not get close to the fence, Lan Lin's martial arts are now abandoned. Even if he has the ability to dominate the world, he will not be able to threaten the emperor." Ma Jie hurriedly explained.

"So that's how it is!" The worry in Magu and Li Yao's eyes faded a little.

"Are there any guards?" Zhu Yinglong asked.

"have."

"You go and get him out."

"Yes, the emperor." Ma Jie went over and transferred the guard and came back soon. Obviously, the direction where the guard left must be another passage.

"You two can go to see that Guo Xiong. You can ask you any questions. Just don't kill him. Even if this person is not the leader of those dead soldiers, he must have some connection with those dead soldiers!" Zhu Yinglong said to Magu and Li Yao with a smile.

"The emperor really asked me and Sister Yao to interrogate that Guo Xiong?" Magu immediately smiled and Li Yao also looked heartbroken.

"When did I tell lies?" Zhu Yinglong smiled, "But, Li Yao's voyage will be the chief trial, and you are a jury."

When Magu heard this, he suddenly felt a little mouth squinted, but after all, Li Yao discovered that Guo Xiong was inappropriate, so it was no exaggeration for her to be the presiding trial. She also knew that her current identity was a concubine. If she was the presiding trial system was incompatible, even if no one knew about this trial, she could not start this at will.

"Ma Jie, you will accompany Concubine Yi and Li Lu, and the Hai brothers will stay." Zhu Yinglong said to Ma Jie.

"I obey the order!" Ma Jie bowed and led Ma Gu and Li Yao to the interrogation room.

Zhu Yinglong watched the three of them leave and instructed Xu Yingyuan and the Hai brothers, and then walked towards the stone path that was turning right around the corner.

In fact, there was still a long way to the corner, about ten feet away, and then he came to a wall that seemed to have no way to go. The guards here had left. Zhu Yinglong had a general map of the news agency of the three-layer dark prison. The mechanism of the stone gate on the wall naturally could not defeat him. Soon, he found a little on the stone wall and pressed it gently.

The sound of "Zhaza..." suddenly broke out, and the stone wall in front of Zhu Yinglong suddenly cracked and quickly went deep into the walls on both sides. A spacious and bright stone chamber appeared in front of Zhu Yinglong.

The stone chamber is divided into two parts, and the middle is separated by a steel-cast fence, which is large and small on the other hand. I saw that behind the fence, the undressed man curled up only by the shadow of the corner of the stone wall. His hair was too long and he drooped down, covering his face and unable to see his appearance clearly.

Zhu Yinglong walked in, pressed the message button, and the stone door behind him slowly closed.

Lan Lin's martial arts were abolished, and his hearing and smell had greatly decreased. In addition, the dark prison was a place with no sunshine. Although he tried his best to do his best, he was still not as good as living in the sun. Lan Lin's black hair had turned gray in the past two years of prison life, and he seemed to have no heroic spirit that despises the world.

Lan Lin is no different from the old beggar begging on the street!

"Zhu Youjian, you are here." Lan Lin slowly raised his head and looked at Zhu Yinglong with his turbid eyes. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Unexpectedly, it was Lan Lin's first mouth. Although Zhu Yinglong was a little surprised, he was no longer Wu Xia Ameng. The most important thing to deal with a person like Lan Lin is to not let the other party see through his thoughts, and the more relaxed he is, the more unpredictable he is.

Since Lan Lin snatched the scheming, Zhu Yinglong naturally had to fight back, otherwise he would be caught by Lan Lin in his hands. He would still not get anything when he came here tonight. Instead, every time he was defeated, his confidence would be hit. This kind of psychological contest seems to have become one of the reasons why Zhu Yinglong did not want to kill Lan Lin in his heart, because his opponent was hard to find, and because Lan Lin was a good whetstone!

"Why, do you really want to see me?" Zhu Yinglong smiled casually and asked back.

"Of course not." Lan Lin said with a wry smile.

"Oh, have you suddenly woken up and told me about the secret in your heart?" Zhu Yinglong sneered, because he knew that if he asked "why", he would lose the initiative, so he transferred him over and asked the other party.

"Actually, I have opposed their rescue plan from the beginning." Lan Lin's low voice sounded, as if he wanted to say what he said to Zhu Yinglong, and his tone was very sincere.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be confused by Lan Lin's attitude of knowing the current affairs and working sincerely. Zhu Yinglong was different. When facing a crazy person, every word he said might be fake, so he had to cheer up to deal with this person.

"Even if you can go out, what can you do? A disabled old man." Zhu Yinglong spared no effort to sarcastically, but he had no thought of looking down on Lan Lin in his heart.

Surprisingly, Lan Lin did not refute, but instead seemed to have made accusations, and he seemed to feel a sense of a desperate situation.

"You are right. I'm just a disabled old man, and it's not worth their efforts." After a moment of silence, Lan Lin actually admitted in person that he was useless. Such words came from the mouth of a rebellious hero, which seemed to be a bit old.

Zhu Yinglong will believe it, hell!

"Since you think it's useless, then there's no need for me to keep you." Zhu Yinglong looked at Lan Lin extremely coldly, waiting for his reaction.

"You want to kill me?" Lan Lin looked up at Zhu Yinglong, his eyes showing extremely calmness, and he seemed to feel no surprise.

"I originally wanted to keep you and attract your subordinates to catch them all in one by one, but now, I think you're still dead!" Zhu Yinglong said slowly, as if he didn't care about Lan Lin's life and death at all.

"Death is also a relief for me." There was no abnormal fluctuation in Lan Lin's eyes, and it seemed that he had really realized it.
To be continued...