The prison of the city department.
Ji Yunshu had previously received the token from Li Cheng.
With it, she could move freely within the city department.
The prison cell was the same!
The jailer in charge of the dungeon also recognized her.
When he saw her, he greeted her politely, "Teacher Ji."
Ji Yunshu said, "We want to go in and see Fangtong and Jiang Wenhe."
"Alright, follow me."
Before entering, Jing Rong turned to Lang Po. "You and Bai Yin wait outside."
"Yes!"
Lang Po stayed outside.
As soon as they entered the prison, a damp smell assaulted their nostrils.
Just as it entered the nose, it made people feel disgusted.
All the prisons in the world were the same!
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong followed the prison guard until they reached the cell where Fangtong and Jiang Wenhe were being held.
The two of them were sitting inside with their knees curled up. Their clothes were dirty, and even their hair was disheveled.
It was obvious that they were suffering inside!
But Bing Zheng was not imprisoned inside.
Bing Zheng was sentenced to five years in prison because he had wrongly accused Du Mubai of stealing the poem.
Now, he was locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
When the two people who were curled up inside saw the person who came, they immediately got up and rushed to the front of the wooden pile.
Their eyes widened as they struggled to speak. "Let us out! We didn't kill anyone! "
Their voice tore through the small and tightly sealed prison.
It was ear-piercing.
The prison guard glared at them fiercely, then used the broadsword in his hand to hit the wooden stakes twice.
"Behave yourself!"
"We really didn't kill anyone! We were wrongly accused!"
"Stop shouting! The case is still under investigation. We don't know whether you were wrongly accused or not. If you shout again, I'll let you taste the power of the whip. "
He threatened.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Rong's eyes turned cold. "Is this how the city's department treats suspects?"
How ironic!
"… This!" The prison guard was at a loss for words. He quickly changed his expression. "It's a misunderstanding. I was just trying to scare them. Of course, I wouldn't really let them suffer the whip."
"Alright, there's nothing else for you to do here."
"Alright, alright. I'll leave first. Call me if you need anything." The prison guard retreated.
Ji Yunshu looked at the two stubble-faced men in front of her. Where was the slightest trace of their scholarly temperament?
Fang Tong and Jang Wen were also staring at the man in front of them.
Seeing them as saviors.
Fang Tong frowned with tears in his eyes. He said innocently, "I know you suspect that Jiang Wen and I killed Du Mubai, so you locked us up here. But we won't kill anyone. We can't do that."
Hehe.
Ji Yunshu calmly replied, "Since you can accuse him of stealing poems, why wouldn't you kill him?" "Nonsense! We really don't. " Jang Wen was so excited that he slapped the wooden stake in front of him. "We were indeed jealous that he was chosen by Marquis Pingyang and accepted as a disciple. But at that time, after he was driven out of Marquis Pingyang's Mansion, he had nothing, and his reputation was ruined. No one liked him! That being the case.
Why would we want to kill him? And we also said that on the night that Du Mubai was killed, we were strolling around the bookstore! The owner of the bookstore can testify for us. If you don't believe it, you can ask him. "
Ji Yunshu replied, "Someone will naturally investigate this."
"Then after the investigation, will you let us go?"
"Not yet."
"Why?"
"If the case is not investigated in detail, there will be unforeseen events."
"…" Fang Tong and Jang Wen were speechless. How could they have guessed that accusing Du Mubai of stealing poems back then would bring them the calamity of being imprisoned? Not only that, but they would also be disqualified from studying for the rest of their lives. This blow was a hundred times more terrible than shortening their lives. They had planned to leave Gaoding last night because they didn't want to stay and make a fool of themselves.
How could they have known that as soon as they stepped out of the city, the guards of the city department would stop them and throw them all the way into this damp and disgusting prison cell!
Now that they thought about it, what they did that year was really not worth it.
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret.
"Actually, we came here because we have something to ask you." Ji Yunshu made it clear.
Fang Tong and Jang Wen looked at each other. "We have said what we need to say. What else do you want to ask?"
"You live under the same roof as Du Mubai. Although you don't have a good relationship with him, you have lived together for several months. More or less, you have some understanding of him."
"What do you want to ask?"
"Du Mubai is an eccentric person, and he doesn't have many friends. Apart from you and Marquis Pingyang, he must have had dealings with other people, right? Do you know? "
Fang Tong suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Fang Tong took two steps back and squatted down on the straw. He crossed his legs and said, "Who would want to be friends with someone like him? Not to mention his eccentric personality, most people want to drag him down from his position as a student of Marquis Pingyang. Who would want to have dealings with him except us?
No one wants to have dealings with him. Except … "
'Huh?'
He immediately stopped talking. It seemed that he couldn't say the last words, and he didn't dare to.
"Except who?"
Fang Tong's expression changed greatly. He couldn't help but look elsewhere. "Nobody!"
Obviously, it was not normal.
Even Jang Wen's expression didn't look good.
Ji Yunshu narrowed her eyes and asked, "Who is it? If you don't tell me, I will be even more suspicious. "
"…" Fang Tong and Jang Wen looked at each other.
"Still not going to tell me?"
After hesitating for a long time, they still refused to speak.
Jing Rong didn't have the patience nor the good temper of Ji Yunshu.
His eyes were cold. He took a step forward and grabbed Jang Wen's wrist, who was still standing in front of the wooden pole.
He squeezed hard!
His eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Tell me? Or not? "
"Ah! It hurts! " Jang Wen's face contorted in pain. As he tightened his grip on his wrist, his body slowly drooped down. He cried, "I really don't know anything!"
Fang Tong panicked.
He got up, but he didn't know how to save Jang Wen.
Jing Rong's eyes were fierce, and his fingers tightened.
"If you don't tell me, I'll break your hand."
"I … I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
"Who?"
"It's … it's Xue He."
'Xue He again!'
Ji Yunshu had suspected him before.
But she didn't ask him about it.
Now it seemed that it was time to ask him.
But …
She changed her mind.
Not long after Du Mubai was disqualified, Xue He was also disqualified by Marquis Pingyang. Logically speaking, such a person should be as desperate as Du Mubai. How could he help Du Mubai?
Moreover, they were competitors!
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