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Chapter 33 Heavenly Prison...

Xu Boqing was wearing a flying fish suit, and he had the imperial badge of the 'Chief of the Palace of Compassionate Ning' on it...

The soldiers in charge of inspecting the imperial city not only did not embarrass him when they learned that he was visiting relatives in Tianlao, but also enthusiastically pointed out the way...

The Heavenly Prison is a detention institution in the hands of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Punishment is directly under the emperor's orders, so this Heavenly Prison can also be said to be a prison directly controlled by the imperial court...

The prison is divided into two prisons, upper and lower.

The people imprisoned above are either rich or noble. They either have backgrounds and backers, or courtiers who annoyed the emperor in the court and were sent in, but have the opportunity to return to their posts.

The prisons below are more complicated. There are quack masters who have committed crimes and cannot be imprisoned in ordinary dungeons;

Originally, in Xu He's capacity as the inspection department, if he really committed a crime, he would be locked up in a dungeon at most, which was not up to the standard for entering the sky prison.

But because it was an order given by the emperor after he was assassinated, no one who didn't have a good eye dared to mention it, so the soldiers who were on duty that day were basically dragging their families and their mouths and were imprisoned in the sky prison...

When Xu Boqing arrived in the sky prison, he happened to meet the jailer for a change of value. The prison officer on duty had not yet arrived, so he received a small jailer.

Although the position of the jailer in the sky prison is humble, he has great power. After all, he works in the sky prison all year round. It is too easy to trip the prisoners in the sky prison.

Moreover, this position is still the emperor's grain that can be inherited by immediate family members, and it belongs to the golden rice bowl that can inherit the father's business.

Passed down from generation to generation, and seeing many high-ranking officials, these prison guards have already developed a pair of "piercing eyes", as fine as monkeys.

Seeing a young eunuch wearing a flying fish suit and holding the badge of 'Chief of Internal Affairs of the Palace of Compassionate Peace' coming to the prison, the guards on duty rushed over to lead the way.

It is stated that something happened at Prison Secretary Hu's family and he was delayed for a while, and he was still on his way to exchange value. If there is anything the father-in-law can do for him, he can speak up.

And Xu Boqing did not despise him, and politely stated that he was here to visit relatives, and asked him to help him find out where Xu He, the head of the inspection department, was detained.

After finding out where his second uncle was being held, he was escorted by two jailers to the prison.

Unlike the comfortable environment in prison, the environment in prison is extremely harsh and dark, even with oil lamps hanging in the corners, it still looks dim.

There are old fritters in it that are clamoring that there is not enough food;
There are great injustices who cry bitterly;
There are also stubborn people who are beaten all over the ground and howl, but still speak wild words;

It's more of the kind of people who are squatting in the corner and have become numb.

Accompanied by two jailers, Xu Boqing finally saw the second uncle's family in the cell of No. Bingwu...

At this time, Xu He was unkempt, unshaven, and sitting in a corner of the cell with blank eyes. Compared with two months ago, he seemed to be more than ten years old at this time!

And next to him is his wife, Li Shi, who also looks haggard and has a sad face.

In addition to their husband and wife, there was a hulking and bearded man in the cell, who looked like a middle-aged green forest hero, but in fact he was Xu Da who had just grown up.

Xu Da was sitting at the door of the cell, and he was the first to notice someone coming. At first he saw it was a young eunuch wearing a flying fish suit, and thought it was some eunuch from Dongchang who came to the cell to look for someone, so he spit secretly and didn't care.

Wait for the young eunuch to come closer.

Under the light, he suddenly froze for a moment, and was surprised to find that the young eunuch had an indescribably familiar feeling.

After seeing the young eunuch's face, he stared at him even more, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief with an expression of hell.

"Dazi..."

Xu Boqing stopped in front of the Bingwu cell with a complicated expression, and softly called his cousin Xu Da by his nickname.

Xu Da, who had been in a dazed state, twisted his thigh directly after hearing the familiar voice, and stood up jerkily after feeling the pain.

"You...you...you are...Brother Qing?"

At this time, Xu He and Li Shi who were in the cell also noticed something, and when they looked outside the cell, they were also stunned there, with even more exaggerated facial expressions than their son Xu Da.

Especially Xu He, with a look of horror and disbelief on his face, his lips were pursed, but he didn't know what to say.

"Second Uncle... Aunt... Dazi, it's me."

Xu Boqing also knew that he had changed a lot from before, so he forced a smile on his face, pointed to his face and said, "I am Boqing."

"Are you really Boqing!!?", "Brother Qing??"

Xu He ran barefoot to the cell without any shoes on, and after seeing his nephew's face and clothes, he asked with horror, "Boqing, you...how did you become an eunuch? "

Xu Da also reacted, subconsciously glanced under his cousin, and said in a low voice: "Brother Qing, uncle, you are such a precious son, how can you be willing to send you into the palace?"

Xu He also seemed to have thought of something at this time, and asked with a changed expression: "Did your father let you enter the palace? Did he let you enter the palace to find a way to save our family?"

"Confused, confused!!!"

At this time, my aunt Li Shi also ran over, and said angrily: "Brother is confused, sister-in-law died young, and the Xu family is only a single seedling like you, how could he let you enter the palace!?"

Xu Da also said in a low voice: "Brother Qing, I'm not talking about you. Let's release it after His Majesty's anger subsides. Why did you... why did you cut that thing?"

"..."

When Xu Boqing saw that his second uncle's family was not thinking about how to get them out, but caring about his "physical condition", he was moved but also a little embarrassed.

Accompanied by jailers, it is certainly impossible to tell the truth.

So he half-truthfully recounted the process from Jianyang Xu's encounter with bandits, to his own escape, to how to enter the palace.

What can be said is true, and what cannot be said is changed a little, and he is said to be a real eunuch, because he has made meritorious service in saving the empress dowager, and he can only come here because of the appreciation of the nobles.

When Xu He heard that his eldest brother died of banditry, and that his nephew was arrested for defecting to him, and sent to the cleansing room, his eyes were full of tears, and he staggered back a few steps.

It is said that men don't flick their tears lightly, but he sat on the ground with grief from his heart, and couldn't help crying anymore...

Aunt Li also went over to help, wiping the corners of her eyes.

But cousin Xu Da was gnashing his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was a bit hideous.

Even the two jailers who accompanied him couldn't help shaking their heads when they heard his experience, sighing secretly about the hardships of the world.

Before Xu Boqing had time to say a few words of relief, he saw someone coming at the end of the passage of the prison, and the person was very well dressed, and there was a jailer behind him, obviously he was not a small person.

"Prisoner Hu is here..."

The accompanying jailer gave a soft reminder.

The middle-aged man who was called Hu Prisoner was all smiles, and he bowed his hands and said from a long distance: "The humble job was delayed for a while because of something at home. .”

"You're welcome, Mr. Hu..."

Xu Boqing saw that his posture was very low and didn't hold back, so he also cupped his hands and said: "I have no important business to come here. I went to visit relatives in prison without the permission of Prison Secretary Hu, and I also hope that Prison Secretary Hu Haihan .”

"Hahaha, Eunuch Xu is too polite..."

Prison Secretary Hu smiled, and he was also relieved.

After glancing at the grief-stricken Xu He and his family of three in the cell, he looked at the jailer behind him with a serious face, and scolded, "Didn't you be asked to transfer Xu Xunjian's family to prison a long time ago? Why are you still here?" This!?"

The jailer was also an old fritter, so he slapped himself twice, and said: "The villain forgot about this while drinking, and I hope the jailer will punish him..."

Prison Secretary Hu glanced at him, and scolded, "Why are you standing here, why don't you hurry up and make arrangements?"

"Yes, yes, the villain will go now."

Seeing the jailer bowing and retreating, Warden Hu turned around and put on a smile and said: "The gang of rascals below don't remember anything, so Eunuch Xu laughed."

Xu Boqing also knew that he was just acting for himself, so he cupped his hands to show his gratitude.

Prison Secretary Hu chuckled, and said meaningfully: "This prison is dark and not like a place to talk. If it is convenient for Xu Gonggong, can you show me the face and move to the Prison Secretary's house to talk to each other?"

Xu Boqing also knew that although everyone was well aware of the matter of 'hunting people', it still needed face anyway, so naturally it couldn't be discussed in public like a business.

So he nodded slightly, made a reassuring look with his second uncle's family, and stretched out his hand to signal, "Prisoner Hu, please."

"Eunuch Xu, please~"

(End of this chapter)