Around dusk, Zhao Hongrun, Shen Yu, and Lu Mu were brought back to Dali Temple by a group of Dali Temple officials.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun was a little puzzled. Na Luo Rong was obviously the son of Luo Wenzhong, a doctor in the Ministry of official affairs. How could he move the official of Dali Temple?
This doubt lasted until the three of them were taken to the prison of Dali Temple by the official.
It turned out that Pei Na, the jailer of Dali Temple, was a former classmate of Luo Rong's father, Luo Wenzhong. Luo Rong called him uncle, and the two families had a good relationship.
At first, Luo Rong planned to take revenge on a waterside pavilion, but the warning from Xu Shang, the chief steward of a waterside pavilion, made him take it seriously. So he sent someone to inquire about it, and then he learned that the financial backer behind the waterside pavilion was The background was so great that he could not afford to offend him, so he gave up the idea of revenge on a waterside pavilion.
If a waterside pavilion cannot be moved, it means that Miss Su from Cuixiaoxuan cannot be moved either. In this case, the only person who can turn to Zhao Hongrun for the evil in his heart is.
So, he went to Dali Temple and found his father's former classmate, Pei Ya, the jailer of Dali Temple. Thanks to Pei Ya's relationship, he called a group of errands in Dali Temple and blocked the alley of Fangshui Pavilion. Waiting for Zhao Hongrun to come out, he was taken to Dali Temple.
As for what happened next, it was nothing more than a clever excuse to accuse Zhao Hongrun of an unfounded crime. Although he would not be killed, at least he would be peeled off and taught a lesson.
After imprisoning Zhao Hongrun, Shen Yu, and Lu Mu into the prison cell where prisoners were tortured, Pei Na, the prison chief of Dali Temple, put aside the others and looked Zhao Hongrun and others up and down. He saw that these three people were indeed dressed as ordinary people, and they did not look like ordinary people. He came from a rich and powerful family, so he called Luo Rong aside and whispered.
"My dear nephew, please don't kill anyone, otherwise I will be in big trouble for my uncle."
As we all know, the criminal law of the Wei Dynasty has a death penalty rule. However, if human life is involved, whether it is the death of a criminal or the victim, it must be reported to the Ministry of Punishment, which will review it again. Dali Temple only has the power to decide the case and temporarily imprison the person, and the final decision must be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. .
Therefore, if a prisoner imprisoned in Dali Temple suddenly dies for no reason, the jailer will bear a heavy responsibility.
"Uncle Pei, don't worry, my nephew will teach that boy a lesson." Luo Rong said quickly.
"That's good." Pei Na nodded, thinking that as long as no one was killed, it would be fine.
He waved his hand and dismissed the others, leaving only his trusted confidant, the jailer. After all, if word of private executions spread, his position as jailer would not be preserved.
Seeing the rest of the crowd retreating, Luo Rong became proud. He picked up a whip as thick as a finger from the wooden table filled with torture instruments, and flicked it twice on the ground.
As he expected, the look of fear suddenly appeared in the eyes of the young child in his eyes.
"Is it now that I know I'm afraid? It's too late!" Luo Rong said with a sneer.
He didn't know that Zhao Hongrun's eyes were not filled with fear, but disbelief.
Indeed, Zhao Hongrun found it unbelievable that Dali Temple, which has always been known for impartial law enforcement, could be so dirty in private: even if it was using power for personal gain, it would dare to use lynching. It was simply lawless!
"Is this really the Dali Temple?" Zhao Hongrun said coldly: "I don't know, I thought it was a place where filth and people gather and gather evil!"
Pei Na, the jailer of Dali Temple, frowned when he heard this and shouted loudly: "How outrageous!...How can I, the great Dali Temple, allow you to slander me?"
"No, no, no, it's not me who is slandering, but you, sir, who are tearing down Dali Temple's sign of impartial law enforcement!"
"You...come on, shut up!" The jailer Pei Na didn't know whether it was out of guilt or anger, so he immediately ordered the jailer to gag Zhao Hongrun's mouth with a cloth.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Luo Rong and smiled coldly: "Hit her... With this whip, all of you will die!"
Just kidding, lynching a dignified prince is definitely an unpardonable death penalty!
Pei Na was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Hongrun's cold eyes and murmured a little in his heart.
However, Luo Rong didn't care at all and laughed: "Who do you think you are?... You guys, take off his clothes for me!"
"Woo-"
Shen Yu and Lu Mu yelled at the top of their lungs with their eyes wide open, as if their eyes were about to pop out. Unfortunately, their mouths had long been blocked by cloth.
In full view of everyone, Zhao Hongrun was stripped of his upper body clothes, revealing a string of gold locks around his neck.
"Good guy."
A jailer stared at the golden locks with his mouth open, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.
But unfortunately, with the jailer Pei Cai here, he couldn't dare to embezzle it, so he had to hand it over to Pei Cai honestly.
"Huh?"
As soon as he got this string of gold locks, Pei Da immediately felt that it was quite heavy. It was obvious that the gold used to make this string of gold locks was of excellent quality.
"It seems that this boy's family is quite wealthy... Well, in this case, I can still make a fortune by sending a letter to his family later..."
Pei Na nodded secretly and looked at the golden locks carefully. He judged that this should be the longevity lock given to this son by his elders. No, the son's name was engraved on it in Yang script. .
"Hongrun"
"Hmm? Hong?"
Pei Na was agitated and looked at the longevity lock carefully again. He was shocked to find that the front of the longevity lock was engraved with the word "Hongrun", and the back was actually engraved with a huge character "Ji".
Pei Da's heart skipped a beat.
You must know that "Ji" is the ancient surname of the Wei royal family, and "Hong" is the middle name of contemporary princes according to their seniority. It is self-evident what these three words mean when put together.
Pei Na felt his vision go dark. He looked up and saw Luo Rong raising his whip to whip the fourteen-year-old boy. He quickly shouted to stop: "Good nephew! Wait a minute!"
At this moment, in Pei Na's eyes, it was a critical moment, because if the whip was really struck, as the other party said, all of them would die.
"Uncle Pei, what's wrong?" Luo Rong looked at Pei A in confusion.
Pei Na glanced at Zhao Hongrun with frightened eyes, pulled Luo Rong and walked out of the prison cell.
When he walked to a deserted place, Pei Na was sweating profusely and said to Luo Rong: "Xiannie, you have caused trouble, you have caused a huge disaster!"
"What does Uncle Pei mean by this?" Luo Rong's face became more confused.
Seeing this, Pei Na then put the golden lock in his hand into Luo Rong's hand and whispered: "Go back home quickly, give this thing to your father, and ask him to come over... Maybe he has a way to resolve this disaster? "
Luo Rong looked at the longevity lock in his hand in confusion. After taking a closer look, his face suddenly turned pale and he stammered: "He...that boy is...he is actually..."
"Go quickly!"
Luo Rong was in chaos. After all, he was not a person who knew the heights of the world. Naturally, he knew what it meant to imprison a prince privately.
Not caring to say goodbye to Pei Na, Luo Rong rushed away, leaving Pei Na alone walking back and forth outside the prison cell, sweating profusely.
About half an hour later, Luo Rong came back with a gray complexion. At this time, a slap mark was clearly visible on his face, making half of his face swollen.
And behind him, followed a court official in court uniform. Unsurprisingly, it must be his father, Luo Wenzhong, a doctor in the civil service department of the court.
"Brother Luo." When he saw Luo Wenzhong, Pei Yao, who had been walking back and forth outside the prison cell for an unknown amount of time, seemed to have found his backbone, and hurriedly said the aforementioned bitter words: "Nephew Rong Xian has caused a huge disaster this time!"
Compared to Pei Na, Luo Wenzhong was obviously much calmer. He pursed his lips toward the prison cell and asked, "Are you still in there?"
"No!" Pei Na said with a bitter look on his face: "How dare I go in!"
Luo Wenzhong thought for a while and said: "This matter cannot be rushed. You can find an unoccupied cell and we can discuss it in detail."
Pei Na nodded repeatedly and led the Luo family and his son to an empty prison cell.
Looking outside the room, Pei Na carefully closed the door of the prison cell and couldn't help but recount the pain: "Brother Luo, what do you think should be done about this matter? To lynching the prince is a heinous crime.
ah!"
"Isn't this a lynching?" Luo Wenzhong said with relief: "Brother Pei Xian, don't be anxious, there may be room for maneuver in this matter. Rong'er, why don't you want the matter to come to an end?"
At that time, Luo Wenzhong saw the longevity lock and heard that his son had arrested the owner of the longevity lock in the prison cell of Dali Temple. He was so angry that he gave his son a slap in the face and rushed over quickly.
In fact, he knew nothing about the specific situation of Dali Temple.
The disaster was imminent, so Luo Rong dared not hide anything, so he told Luo Wenzhong and Pei Na what happened truthfully, but they only heard the two frown.
"The Eighth Prince clearly didn't want to have any conflict with you at that time, but you, an unfilial son, still wanted to provoke others!" After hearing what happened, Luo Wenzhong became even more angry and wanted to raise his hand to slap this unfilial son again.
Perhaps seeing that half of Luo Rong's face was swollen, Pei Ca couldn't bear to persuade him: "Brother Luo, it won't help to blame the good nephew now. Why don't we think about how to deal with the aftermath? We can't keep that person locked up in Dali.
Temple?...I heard from my nephew that when he was arresting the eighth prince,
Someone took the opportunity to run away. If nothing goes wrong, it must be Zong Wei who is beside the Eighth Prince... When the prince is in danger, Zong Wei has the right to call in the imperial guards. Maybe it won't be long before the imperial guards in the palace will take care of me.
The temple is surrounded by people, and by then, it will be too late!”
Luo Wenzhong glared at his son and said bitterly: "Do you think I'm not in a hurry? It's really... this unfilial son has caused too much trouble!"
Seeing her father glaring at her fiercely, Luo Rong panicked in her heart and whispered: "How about reconciliation? The eighth prince changed his clothes, left the palace in disguise, and went to the land of fireworks and willow alleys. He did not reveal the conflict with the child.
I am obviously afraid that my identity will be exposed, so why not take action on this matter and reconcile with him... After all, it is not a glorious thing for a prince to go in and out of Fireworks Willow Alley."
"This is a good idea!" Pei Dai's eyes lit up.
Luo Wenzhong glanced at his son unexpectedly, and the anger in his eyes subsided a little: "Your idea is good, but you have offended the Eighth Prince. Even if he chooses to reconcile with you now, there is no guarantee that he will come to you in the future.
When settling accounts after the fall, can you fight against a prince?"
"Then... what should we do?" Pei Na and Luo Rong looked at each other.
I saw Luo Wenzhong stroking his beard and said calmly: "I'll just stop doing it..."
"Kill him?" Luo Rong looked horrified.
Luo Wenzhong frowned and glared at his son, and said angrily: "Idiot! To kill the current prince, do you want my Luo family to be raided and beheaded?"
"What does Brother Luo mean?" Pei Na asked awkwardly, because his thoughts just now were no different from Luo Rong's.
"The only plan now is to prove the Eighth Prince's crime, so that we can get out of it."
As he spoke, he whispered a few words to Pei Na and Luo Rong.