Chapter 145: Seven Levels of Imperial Prison(2/3)
"If it's on the third floor, even if it's half the area, it's a clear violation of the Qing Law and will be sentenced to imprisonment by the Sanfa Division."
"From the fourth floor all the way to the sixth floor, the prisoners are all death row prisoners. Either they will be executed at a later date, or they have not yet explained clearly."
"As for the seventh floor..."
At this point, Dou Zi paused and his tone became solemn: "Sister, I advise you not to go down."
"Why?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.
"It is said that the most dangerous people in the world are imprisoned inside."
Dou Zi said sadly.
"It's forbidden to do anything, why are you afraid they won't do it?"
Xu Chong was puzzled, "Unless... Yuchi cultivates Taoism?"
Yuchi Taoism can strengthen the basic physical body, and it does not belong to the category of strength or Taoism.
Theoretically, one can retain inhuman physical strength even after being imprisoned.
However, Dou Zi shook his head, "There are very few Yuchi cultivators. Except for our blood-clothed guards, most of them have to follow the path of Yuchi cultivators. In this case, we must be cautious and not easily break the law and take risks. What's more,
What's more... the strength of the rules at the seventh level will limit even the physical strength to an extremely weak level, even the ninth-turn golden body is no exception."
"If that's the case, what's the danger on the seventh floor?"
Xu Chong became increasingly puzzled.
"I'm not sure. Anyway, as long as you enter the seventh floor, you will eventually die, whether it is the criminal or the person responsible for interrogation."
Dou Zi shrugged, threw out the fishhook and said, "Go ahead, I will arrange a good place for you."
"good."
Xu Chong flew up.
The moment before falling into the vortex, Wu Xiangyi activated.
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Anguo Gongfu.
The gate of the Duke's Mansion, which was originally bustling with people, suddenly became deserted since the court meeting more than ten days ago.
At first, all the servants in the palace were panic-stricken, thinking that the old Duke had offended the royal prince, causing the dignitaries in the capital to avoid him.
After all, apart from the Ninth Five-Year-Old Lord, the only people who are greater than the Duke are the princes of the royal family.
However, after so many days, it was still calm, so the servants gradually felt relieved.
In addition to An Guogong Chen Zhong, and his eldest son, Chen Kai, the eldest son of the state.
"Father……"
In the study, Chen Kai looked at his old father worriedly.
"What, are you scared?"
Mr. An Guogong was there, "Don't worry, it's fine if Mr. Lou doesn't take action. If he does, he will have a complete plan."
"What the child is worried about is not the prime minister, but..."
Chen Kai gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
"It's the Duke's Mansion, right?"
Duke An Guo sighed, "We have no choice in this matter."
"Yu Qing, the Chen family's ancestral home is Yongzhou, where we have our roots."
"In principle, disaster relief is a matter of course."
"Yu Shi...you have made such a big mistake. If you want to keep the Duke's palace, you have no choice but to seek refuge with the Prime Minister."
There was a pop.
Chen Kai knelt down and cried bitterly: "My child brings down the whole clan and deserves death..."
This matter should start from the beginning of the year.
At the beginning of the year, Chen Kai was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in charge of auditing editions, tax collection and other matters.
The so-called three things a new official needs when taking office, and Chen Kai is an extremely motivated person.
So as soon as he took office, he took his subordinates to correct previous years' accounts and collect new data and register them.
In just one month, he completed the extremely tedious work and was recognized by the Minister of Revenue and colleagues.
The only thing was that as soon as the report was written and ready to be handed in the next day, it was lost that night.
Chen Kai didn't take it seriously at first, so he wrote a new one and submitted it.
However, it didn’t take long before news spread that granaries in various places had been robbed or destroyed by the Taiping Road...
How can Taipingdao know accurate information about granaries in various places?
There is no doubt that this was leaked by the missing report.
And the fact that the report was lost... was not just known to him.
"It's too late to say that now."
Duke An Guo waved his hand and looked puzzled: "It's just that I still don't understand how Taiping Dao did it... It's not like they are so rampant that they sneaked into the capital and went to the household department to steal, right?"
"Absolutely impossible."
Chen Kai wiped his eyes and said, "The Ministry of Revenue's security is stricter than that of the Ministry of Personnel. Even if Dou Tianyuan takes action himself, it is impossible to steal documents from the Ministry of Revenue."
"Forget it, the matter is over. I just hope that Prime Minister Lou can provide disaster relief smoothly and cover up this matter completely."
Duke An Guo sighed again, his face filled with sadness.
To be honest, he is not worried at all about disaster relief matters.
With so much food, Yongzhou's population has dropped so much, it's definitely enough.
What he was worried about was where An Guo Gongfu would go from here.
He completely surrendered to Lou Youzhi, and he might have been used as cannon fodder that day...
Just when I thought about this, a panicked voice came.
"Master, Master, it's not good!"
The housekeeper stumbled into the study without knocking.
An Guogong's expression changed and he shouted: "What happened, tell me quickly!"
"Sir, a lot of troops have come outside the mansion and have surrounded the Duke's mansion!"
The housekeeper trembled and said, "There are blood-clad guards, there are golden-armored pagodas..."
Blood-clad Guards and Golden-Armored Pagoda?
An Guogong's heart suddenly sank.
"Who is the leader?! Did he say why?"
Chen Kai stood up suddenly and grabbed the butler's collar.
"No...I didn't see the leader, so they surrounded the Duke's Mansion without saying a word."
The butler replied tremblingly.
"I am the leader."
A voice sounded, and Dou Tianyuan appeared in the study.
"Master Dou?"
Chen Kaixin was startled, let go of the butler and asked him to step back.
"I don't know what's going on, Mr. Dou, who surrounded my mansion innocently?"
An Guogong said with a serious face.
"This is the book of the Minister of Justice. Read it yourself."
Dou Tianyuan placed a memorial on his desk and sighed deeply.
"Ministry of Punishment..."
Anguo Gong's heart became even heavier.
And when he saw the content clearly, he felt like he was falling into an abyss.
‘To the Holy Emperor Qiqing:’
'Pan Shi, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, received a secret report a few months ago that Chen Kai, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, colluded with Taiping Dao to secretly leak information about granaries in various places. Now it has been found that this matter is true and is the truth.'
To be continued...