The sign with the words "I am here in person" is really too scary.

He didn't allow the Jin Yiwei at the yamen gate to think too much. Even if the other party wanted to rush into the yamen gate and kill the commander, he didn't dare to have any doubts.

You might even wonder if you could get a high-ranking official like Tongzhi, Zhenfu, or Qianhu later if you cut him off with a knife.

Tiqi bowed and his posture was so humble that outsiders could notice it: "What are you going to do? Can I ask the younger one to report to the commander?"

Gao Yangzhi always lowered his head. He was very unwilling to reveal his identity as a secret guard, so he just whispered: "Go to the prison."

Not much to say, only three words.

The Jinyi Guard Tiqi, who was leading the way, had already dreamed up a grand narrative and shocking conspiracy in his mind.

It seems that there is no hope of becoming a member of thousands of households.

Tiqi walked in front with his head lowered.

After a while, the two of them appeared in the courtyard of a locust tree with a fallen leaf.

The bare locust tree branches, even in today's sunny weather, look so abrupt and eerie, making people think of many bad things.

Normal people would not plant a locust tree in their own yard, which is very unlucky. But when it comes to supernatural beings, those families always have a few deciduous locust trees.

This is very unreasonable, but people can always take the initiative to help the author imagine a gloomy scene that the author cannot describe when looking at this word.

But Gao Yangzhi thought it was good to have a locust tree planted in Jinyiwei.

Here, ghosts are far less scary than people.

Looking at the dark steps going down in front of me, there are waves of gray disgust emerging from inside. If you get closer, you can feel the hairs on your hair, and there is a biting coldness.

This is probably Jinyiwei's prison.

Gao Yangzhi turned around and glanced at Tiqi, who was already waiting beside him: "What happened today."

Tiqi immediately looked around and saw that there were not many people in the yamen at this time. He immediately nodded and whispered: "I haven't seen the superior come here. The prison is dark. Today there are only a few dazzled old officials serving the prisoners. Don’t worry if it’s a bad trip.”

As he spoke, Tiqi carefully bowed his head and exited the Sophora Tree Courtyard.

Gao Yangzhi shook his head and smiled coldly.

Once something is done, there can be no trace left, but tomorrow is Hongwu's 25th Enke Trial. Even if his arrival is revealed in a few days, it is no longer an important matter.

Bending down and walking into the dark steps, Gao Yangzhi felt that he was descending into the abyss of hell. If Tianmai hadn't sent him the token that he now kept close to his heart, and Tai As Sun said, he was very reluctant to come to Jinyiwei's prison.

I am the one who wants to walk in Wenhua Palace.

I also registered for the current examination.

But as a secret guard, he was not allowed to consider these things.

I absolutely cannot let Mr. Xie know about this matter. Although he is my husband, some things are best hidden in the darkness and slowly rot like some people and things in this prison.

is the best.

Finally, Gao Yangzhi adapted to the coldness around him and was able to straighten his back.

Not far away, in front of a table were several old officials who had been working in prison all year round to repair people. They were hunched over and lying on a rotten wooden table.

On the table and on the ground were several wine jars that had been carelessly discarded.

Today, the Jin Yiwei has dragged the last ten scholars who fought in front of the Book and Newspaper Bureau three months ago to Baihu Street in front of the Yamen and beat them to death with canes.

At this moment, Gao Yangzhi's ears could vaguely hear the moans of those people coming from the darkness.

According to the explanation Jin Yiwei gave to the court a few days ago, all the more than a thousand scholars imprisoned in the imperial prison will be released before dark today.

Many of them are going to participate in the Enke Examination tomorrow. Jinyiwei is a law-abiding yamen and will never do anything to hinder the imperial court from recruiting talents from all over the world.

Although there have been slanders in the court, and many people have even continued to submit memorials in these days, the emperor has not gone to court to handle state affairs for three months. It seems that the studies at the main hall are far more important than state affairs.

All the memorials submitted were ignored by the grandson.

This made those officials in the imperial court who were still thinking about rescuing the thousands of scholars here feel like they were punched on the quilt.

Under the premise that the military did not support, even secretly rejoiced, and the civil servants could not unify their voices, those people gradually seemed to have forgotten the people in the Jinyiwei Yamen.

After all, there are still thousands of people in Yingtian City who are really going to take part in the examination tomorrow.

Gao Yang stopped and counted the light-transmitting windows on one side of the cage, counting from one to seven, and finally stopped.

"Tang Keke."

The sound was very small, covered up by the surrounding moans and the biting sounds of the insects and rats, and did not spread out.

Gao Yangzhi stood in front of the cage, staring calmly at the dark cage.

He seemed very calm, not even the slightest bit anxious.

Slowly, there was a sound of fumbling in the cage.

A hoarse voice breathed deeply into the turbid air in the prison that seemed to have been frozen for decades.

Snapped.

A pair of hands reached out from the darkness and grasped the cage fence in front of Gao Yangzhi.

Then, Tang Keke's cheeks, which had not lost weight but were much whiter, were revealed.

Probably exposed to the light from the darkness, Tang Keke squinted his eyes, glanced around vaguely, and then asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"

"Stop high."

Gao Yangzhi responded and squatted down.

Tang Keke muttered in a low voice: "Gao Yangzhi?"

Then, under Gao Yangzhi's gaze, his eyes slowly became clear.

"Gao Yangzhi!"

"It's you!"

Tang Keke, who had recovered his eyesight, looked at Gao Yangzhi who appeared in front of him, and shouted in a low voice with surprise on his face.

"Silence." Gao Yangzhi reminded in a low voice with a solemn expression. Under Tang Keke's eyes that gradually became puzzled, he continued: "The third master asked me to come."

"Third Master?"

Tang Keke muttered in confusion, then his eyes burst out with a bright light, and then he stared at Gao Yangzhi: "You are from the secret guard!"

Gao Yangzhi nodded as a response to this question.

Tang Keke smiled slightly, with an ambiguous expression on his face, then put his hands on the ground and turned around, leaning his back against the fence.

"Tomorrow is the day to try it out, right?"

Gao Yangzhi nodded: "Yes tomorrow."

"Presumably, you are a member of the secret guard, and you don't know this. So you came to look for me today, and you don't know either."

Gao Yangzhi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded silently: "Sir, I don't know."

Tang Keke took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled it.

He turned back and glanced at Gao Yangzhi: "Let me guess, tomorrow will be Enke's trial, and the Third Master will definitely take action this time. The size of the bait that is thrown out will determine the size of the fish that can be caught.

The third master wants to make his master's knowledge popular all over the world once and for all. The Enke Examination in the 25th year of Hongwu will be a tragedy.

There should be no slander in the court, let alone in the world.

Therefore, Third Master needs a reason and an excuse."

Having said this, Tang Keke turned around suddenly, grabbed the two fences in front of him with both hands, and stared at Gao Yangzhi.

He said word for word: "So, Third Master needs me to die!"

Gao Yangzhi lowered his head indifferently and took out a brown paper bag from his sleeve.

It's a small, square piece with a slight bulge in the middle.

"After taking it, bruises will appear on the body, which can be interpreted as being beaten to death. The medicine works quickly and there is no pain."

Gao Yangzhi explained and stuffed the medicine bag into Tang Keke's fingers.

Then, he stood up slowly, waved his sleeves outward with both hands, and bowed in salute.

"Please go to death!"

Tang Keke stared at the medicine bag in his hand, silently twitching his cheeks and smiling.

He stood up with some unsteady steps, took a deep look at Gao Yangzhi outside the fence cage, nodded, just stared at Gao Yangzhi, stepped back step by step, and disappeared into the darkness.

Gao Yangzhi's mouth twitched a few times.

His eyes were fixed on the depths of the cage that he could not see clearly.

"Straight bitch!"

"The Ming Dynasty will last forever!"

With a bang, Tang Keke's burly body in the darkness fell heavily to the ground.

Hearing the sound, Gao Yangzhi let out a long breath and took out a key from his arms.
To be continued...