Chapter 407: Prison
After all, the dead pig is still afraid of boiling water. This trick of playing scoundrels is not effective in the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei specializes in treating all kinds of disobediences, so Zhou Kui is considered to be a disaster.
Zhou Kui, who was taken to the imperial prison, screamed like a pig, but was driven away by two Jinyiwei in Zhu Cilang's helpless and anxious eyes.
Looking at the poor grandfather, Zhu Cilang couldn't help but feel funny secretly. But Wangcai and Meng Fanchao were scared to death. If Chongzhen knew about this, the consequences would be extremely serious.
"Your Highness, let's release the father-in-law as soon as possible? If this is a big deal, something will happen?" Meng Fanchao persuaded worriedly.
Finally, I saw Zhou Kui was scared and must not fail at this time. Zhu Cilang shook his head: "No, let's wait and see. Next, let's watch our performance."
Meng Fanchao was stunned: "Performance?"
It was the first time Zhou Kui had been to the Zhao Prison when he grew up so old. The two Jinyiwei who escorted him were expressionless. When the prison guards in Zhao Prison heard that it was the father-in-law who came, they were very polite.
Even the torture room they arranged for Zhou Kui was unique. Here in the imperial prison, Zhou Kui's cell had the highest treatment standard.
There was a toilet bucket with a lid in the cell, a bed, a table and even a chair, and a new quilt was even covered on the bed. This was unimaginable for other prisoners in the imperial prison.
Other prisoners can only deal with cockroaches and mice, lice are their neighbors and fleas are their friends.
Only Zhou Kui's room is different. Although Zhou Kui's room is simple to furnish, it can have necessary daily necessities. Most importantly, his cell actually has a small window, which allows you to enjoy the short sunshine.
Logically speaking, no prisoner will enjoy such high treatment. For nothing else, I am afraid that there will be too many utensils in the cell and the prisoner will easily have the idea of committing suicide.
After all, a table, a chair, or even a quilt may be a tool for prisoners to commit suicide. And they don’t seem to be worried about Zhou Kui, as if they know that Zhou Kui is afraid of death.
The jailer was also very polite. Perhaps it was because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's orders, or because he was afraid of his identity as the other father-in-law. The jailer sent four side dishes, a roast chicken and a pot of wine.
For prison, all this was a luxury. However, Zhou Kui didn't even look at it and sat on the bed in a daze.
He seemed to have been touched by someone, and then suddenly turned into a wax figure, sitting there motionless, as if it had become petrified.
"Hey, you said that this father-in-law has been sitting there for half an hour, and I haven't seen him move. You said, this father-in-law is really determined."
"I'll bet with you that the father-in-law will sit there in the next half hour."
"I don't believe it."
"How about bet on fifty copper coins?"
"make a deal."
The two jailers looked at Zhou Kui in the cell from a distance, and they whispered in a low voice, making their bets.
In the Beizhen Fushi, Zhu Cilang was also a little restless when he sat in the yamen. Soon, a hand came down to report: "Your Highness, as you ordered, the father-in-law has been arranged to be in the imperial prison. The villain sent wine and food to him, but the father-in-law didn't seem to move, just sat there in a daze."
It was really my own grandfather. Zhou Kui's words and deeds were almost the same as Zhu Cixuan thought. Hearing his subordinates' rewards, Zhu Cixuan finally smiled: "Continue."
The subordinate nodded and bowed his order to go.
After another half an hour, Zhou Kui was still sitting on the head of the bed. One of the prisoners was depressed and sent fifty cents of money from his arms, while the other prisoners snatched it and put it in his arms proudly.
Suddenly, a prisoner covered in blood screaming while dragged him back from the torture room. At this time, Zhou Kui finally had a slight reaction.
He turned around and saw a guy covered in blood and was beaten with his own eyes. The guy screamed and kept begging: "Let me die, kill me, please. As long as I die, I will do anything, anything..."
Zhou Kui was only frightened to see what kind of torture it made the prisoner seek death. Moreover, as long as he was asked to die, he would confess everything.
How terrifying torture a person has encountered, he will say these words with no hope. The imperial prison is indeed worthy of his reputation.
At the Beizhen Fushiya Office, someone soon came to report: "Your Highness, the prince has eaten wine in the imperial prison. Although the food he delivered did not move, he picked up the wine pot."
Zhu Cilang nodded slightly: "I understand, continue."
The death row prisoner who knew what crime was committed was thrown into the cell next to Zhou Kui. The prisoner was covered in blood and could no longer see his original appearance. Zhou Kui watched with his own eyes, and the prisoner's broken right leg exposed his white leg bones.
Zhou Kui's body trembled, and he had to numb himself with his glasses of wine...
"Accuse the prisoner Pu Yuquan!" Several dusty Jinyiwei walked into the cell. The men walked into a room with a cold expression, and they walked to a room with a decisive expression, opened the copper lock with the key, and lifted a white-haired old man out.
Zhou Kui was shocked and rushed to the prison door. Through the fence, he saw that the prisoner who was escorted away was not Pu Yuquan.
Zhou Kui's heart was pounding, but fortunately Pu Yuquan didn't seem to notice him. Zhou Kui hurriedly turned around and leaned against the prison door and sat down, still feeling shocked.
After a while, screams came from behind the wall on the right. In addition, there seemed to be a sound of whip whipping, boiling water, soldering iron, clamping stick, and various creepy sounds mixed with screams...
"Stop fighting, I will recruit you all. It's me, my father-in-law and I have done it. There are a total of 23,000 shi of military rations. We sold them to grain merchants in three batches..."
Zhou Kui lay on the wall of the cell and became more and more frightened as he heard it. The screams mixed with the noise of various torture instruments, Zhou Kui finally couldn't stand it: "Come, come, come! Hurry, invite the prince to me, hurry!"
"Report! Your Highness, the prince, is crazy in the imperial prison. He must see Your Highness. Your Highness, please see..."
Zhu Cilang seemed to be waiting for this moment, so he left the case and said: "Leave."
When Zhu Cixuan arrived in the imperial prison, when he saw Zhou Kui, Zhou Kui shivered like a quail in a cage: "Crown Prince, Prince, save me, save me."
Zhou Kui was indeed scared and Zhu Cilang felt a little guilty. After all, this was his own grandfather. Isn’t it a bit too much to do this?
However, Zhu Cixuan soon felt that he had not done too much. Originally, it was not an exaggeration to have the various crimes that Zhou Kui had committed enough for him to die ten times. If it weren't for his grandfather's sake, he would have killed him long ago.
"Grandpa, don't worry. I'm not doing it outside to find a way for you."
This time, Zhou Kui was enlightened and begged: "Money can be as much as you spend. Get me out quickly, I don't want to stay here for a quarter of an hour. Prince, I'm a man of old bones and can't stand the tossing."
Chapter completed!