The next day, until midnight, no one came to interrogate Doudou and Xiaoqian. For this reason, Doudou became a little anxious, and he and Xiaoqian lay down at the door of the cell and screamed.
"Hey, is anyone there? Let us out."
"Let us out, anyone?"
"We're hungry, we're thirsty, is anyone there?"
Hearing the shouts, the cell leader frowned and opened the cell door outside, walked over unhappily, looked at the two of them, knocked on the iron bars of the cell with the iron lock in his hand, and shouted angrily,
"What's the name? Mr. Fu Yamen has a prisoner to interrogate. After the interrogation, it will be your turn. I won't forget you, two little tricksters."
Hearing that the prison boss had wronged them, Xiaoqian shouted angrily,
"We are not careful, we are just lost."
However, the cell leader clicked his tongue disapprovingly, "Two kids, they are still very tough-mouthed. Just wait, the government officials will know everything. If you are careful, you will know after a quick check."
Xiaoqian licked her mouth with her tongue,
"Then you have to give us something to stutter, right? Water is fine too."
Doudou also answered, "Yes, we are not prisoners, why don't we have anything to eat or drink?"
The prison head glanced at the two children, with a contemptuous smile on his lips.
"Oh, you two stinky kids, these little mouths are really sharp. Let's save what we say later when the prefect comes to the court to ask questions."
After saying that, he glared at the two of them, turned around and went out, and the big iron door closed with a click.
Xiaoqian sighed helplessly,
"Oh, it was really hard to get out. Why did you go back in the direction?"
Doudou pursed his lips a little at a loss, "Yeah, it's all my fault. You reminded me halfway. I didn't listen to you. I should have known better and walked back."
Seeing that he was blaming herself, Xiaoqian hurriedly comforted him.
"I can't blame you. We didn't see anyone along the way, so we had nowhere to explore."
Doudou sat on the floor of the cell directly against the wall, resting his chin on his knees and said slowly:
"The Eastern Jin State and the Guning State are enemy countries. I heard my father say that six years ago he led troops to fight and came to the Gu'an State. Also, he had attacked the Gu'an State countless times, so there was no one from the Eastern Jin State.
Dare to come here, that's why there are no pedestrians on the road here."
Hearing what Doudou said, Xiaoqian suddenly raised her hand and nodded,
"Oh, I know. My grandfather said that Luoyang is very close to Gu'an State. He also said that the people of Gu'an State regard the people of Eastern Jin State as enemies, and they will beat and kill them when they see them. Oh! Why didn't I do it earlier?
What do you think?"
"What now? They won't kill us, right?"
"I don't know, Doudou, are you scared?"
Doudou nodded, then shook his head casually and regretfully, "I'm not afraid. If I were afraid, you would be even more afraid, so I'm not afraid."
Xiaoqian's eyes turned red, "But I miss my grandpa. He hasn't come back after being gone for half a year. If I die, he will be sad."
When she said this, she actually started sobbing. Seeing this, Doudou also wiped away her tears.
"It's all my fault for making random decisions. If I had told my mother, maybe this wouldn't have happened. If I died, my mother would definitely die of grief."
The two children talked and cried together.
Half an hour later, the cell door finally opened, and the same cell leader came in. He couldn't help but opened the iron lock on the cell door without saying anything, and shouted to the two of them unceremoniously:
"Go out, the prefect is going to interrogate you."
Hearing this, they both raised their sleeves to wipe the tears from their eyes, picked up their respective baggage, and followed the cell leader out of the cell door.
The government office was not far from the cell. After a while, the two of them were brought to the main hall.
Ning'an City is the capital of Guning Kingdom, so the Yamen is much larger than other cities.
This is equivalent to the Shuntian Mansion in the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The governor has great power. If something happens, he can meet the emperor directly. He also has to submit memorials to the emperor on time like other ministers. Generally, only those appointed by the emperor are qualified to serve in the palace.
This is bad.
Sitting in the courtroom was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a sharp look on his brows. At first glance, he gave people a majestic feeling.
Doudou and Xiaoqian stood in the hall, looking at him without fear,
Doudou raised his hand and clasped his fist at him with Jianghu etiquette:
"Sir, we just went in the wrong direction, so we entered here by mistake. Please be careful and let us go free."
Sitting in the main hall was Yu Xingbang, the prefect of Ning'an City.
He raised his eyebrows and looked at the two children standing in the hall. He did not scold them excessively, nor did he ask them to kneel down. Instead, he asked them meekly,
"What are your names?"
Doudou said it bluntly,
"My name is Su Liyang and her name is Zhuang Qian."
Mr. Yu nodded, "Where are you coming from? Where are you going? Why did you go the wrong way?"
Hearing his question, Doudou glanced at Xiaoqian warily.
"We are from Luoyang and were going to the capital to visit relatives. We didn't know the way, so we went in the opposite direction."
Luoyang?
Lord Yu frowned slightly,
"I heard that there are many official officers stationed in Luoyang. Do you know why?"
Doudou couldn't help but think to himself, it seems that the people from Guning Kingdom have been paying attention to Luoyang, otherwise why would they know about the arrival of officers and soldiers?
So he told the truth,
"Those officers and soldiers went to Jitou Mountain to suppress bandits."
Master Yu nodded again. From the words of these two children, he felt that they were not lying.
Seeing that he was silent, Doudou couldn't help but ask,
"Sir, since you have asked clearly what you want to ask, why not just let us go? We still have to go to the capital."
Hearing this, Mr. Yu was about to speak when suddenly someone came out from the backyard of the government office and shouted angrily:
"Can't let go."
This person is Hu Tianhe, the master of Gu'an City. Although he is a master, he once served as the teacher of the emperor of Guning. Because he acted too openly around the emperor, his character also changed after he was in a high position.
There was a big change, so the emperor placed him in Shuntian Mansion and took the position of master.
In fact, Yu Xingbang didn't buy his fault, so he was not allowed to participate in the affairs of the government office. He was just allowed to live in dignity and care in the government office. Anyway, the salary was provided by the court, but he had to interfere in everything.
One stroke.
Today I heard that two children from the Eastern Jin Dynasty were captured, and he wanted to take this opportunity to show off his majesty. Of course, he wanted more to make a contribution and regain his dignity in front of the emperor.
He came to the main hall and sat down, looking down at the two children standing under the hall with a condescending air.
Yu Xingbang glanced at him with some displeasure, "Master Hu, they are just two children, why can't they be let go?"