Chapter 77: Use the golden finger

"I will find out this matter within ten days." Li Shimin looked at the people who were kneeling in groups and had to promise.

The reason why Li Shimin promised ten days was because he wanted Yi Fan to stay in prison for a few more days to see if anyone came to rescue him.

After Cui Bao put Yi Fan into prison, he wrote memorials overnight. The memorials listed several types of evidence of Yi Fan's rebellion. For example, a large number of weapons were found in the escort agency. Yi Fan had no official position, but gathered a large number of martial arts practitioners, and searched for crossbows and arrows from Yi Fan, which was as ironclad as a mountain of evidence.

The next morning, Cui Bao couldn't wait to enter the prison. When he arrived in front of Yi Fan's cell, he saw Yi Fan's eyes sinking and his expression was haggard, and he felt very happy.

Yi Fan glanced at Cui Bao weakly, and was not surprised by Cui Bao's arrival. He humiliated him in front of many people that day, so how could Cui Bao not give it back twice as much? What's more, Cui Bao once said that he would never stop with Yi Fan.

"Oh, isn't this a famous little god in our Chang'an City? Why is it so godless?" Cui Bao looked like a victorious attitude and said sarcastically: "Since the little god is not very energetic, why should I let this county come to cheer you up, how about it?"

Cui Bao ordered the yamen runners following behind him, "Come on, invite this little god out for the county, and prepare all the torture tools. This county wants to wake up the little god."

The iron chains were clattering, and soon the door of the prison was opened. Two yamen runners came in and tried to capture Yi Fan.

Jing Li, who was in the same cell as Yi Fan, stepped forward and wrapped his hands with iron chains around. The two yamen runners' hands were entangled between his hands by Jing Li.

"Ah!, it hurts... it hurts."

The two yamen runners stretched out their hands, twisted their bodies diagonally, and shouted in pain.

Seeing that his subordinates were being restrained, Cui Bao was not upset, as if he was not concerned about his subordinates' lives and death. He just heard him continue to say in that sarcastic tone: "Oh, I can't tell, you still have a loyal dog."

As soon as Cui Bao said this, Jing Li tried his best to move outward, and then he heard two screams. Looking at the hands of the two yamen runners, Jing Li had been twisted into two pieces with iron chains. Jing Li shook the remaining flesh and blood on the iron chains.

Jing Li's eyes were cold, and he was dragging his anklet on his feet, walking towards Cui Bao step by step, step by step, and stepped on the blood flowing from the two yamen runners' broken wrists, which was just one step at a time.

Seeing this, Cui Bao hurriedly ordered someone to lock the cell back. Seeing that his goal was achieved, Jing Li stopped moving forward. Even when he was in this prison, Jing Li was still performing his duties and protecting Yi Fan.

Yi Fan looked tired, looked at Cui Bao outside the cell, and said loudly: "You call him a dog today, and I want you to kneel in front of him and learn to bark."

Cui Bao laughed wildly and said, "Do you think you can still go out alive?"

Yi Fan sneered: "Can I go out alive? Just wait and see."

Cui Bao said disdainfully: "Do you really think you are a god? What kind of sin is rebellion? You won't know? Besides, now that you are in my hands, I can kill you at any time."

Yi Fan closed his eyes and stopped talking because as Cui Bao said, he was really the meat on Cui Bao’s chopping board, and he could slaughter it.

What Yi Fan didn't know was that Cui Bao really didn't dare to kill Yi Fan easily, because during the Zhenguan period, the execution of every death row prisoner had to be approved by Li Shimin.

Although this may not be of use to Yi Fan, because Li Shimin wants to kill him now. If Cui Bao kills Yi Fan, Li Shimin will be happy to see it.

However, Yi Fan didn't know that Cui Bao didn't dare to kill him easily, and Cui Bao didn't know that Li Shimin wanted to kill Yi Fan. The three parties reached a balance that was not tacit.

Cui Bao was about to order Yi Fan and Jing Li to be detained, and a yamen runner came to report.

"County Master, Duke of Song is here."

When Cui Bao heard that Duke Xiao Yu of Song was coming, he dared not be negligent and hurried to pay a visit.

The reason why Cui Bao went to see Xiao Yu so eagerly was not because of Xiao Yu's identity as a Duke, but because Xiao Yu was the Xiao clan of Lanling. Once upon a time, the Xiao clan of Lanling was not much weaker than the Qiwang of the Five Clans. After all, this was a family that established two dynasties.

Shortly after Cui Bao left anxiously, three men in black robes arrived at the cell under the leadership of the prison head.

In the cell, several yamen runners were trembling and carried away the two men with their wrists tied by Jing Li, and passed by three men in black robes.

The prison head smiled and led the man in the black robe to the door of Yi Fan's cell, saying, "Masters, the person you are looking for is here."

The man in black robe looked at Yi Fan and Jing Li, and saw one of the man in black robe threw several silos of copper coins to the prison head, saying, "Go and give us the wind, and your benefits will naturally be indispensable."

The prison head put away the copper coins and smiled even brighter, saying, "Don't worry, you guys, you've been in this industry for a while and you've never made any mistakes."

When the prison head walked away, the three of them pulled off the black robe on their heads, and only two of them shouted, "Brother."

The person who came was Li Ke, Yi Feng and Yi Yun.

Yi Fan smiled with relief and said, "Do you bring food?"

Yi Feng and Yi Yun hurriedly opened the food box and arranged it.

Yi Fan dragged the iron chain, picked up the food and started eating, and even greeted Jing Li while eating.

After Yi Fan had enough wine and had enough food, he said, "Thank you, Brother Zheng."

Li Ke said embarrassedly: "Ping An has suffered. I really have no shame to see you for my brother. You have been busy with me these days, but I can't do anything at this time. I don't know that my father knows that you are wronged, so why don't he clarify for you."

In fact, Li Ke had already guessed the whole story, but it was difficult to tell. After all, Li Shimin was his father, so he had to use the above excuses.

Yi Fan just smiled and said, "Maybe he has forgotten me as a little person!"

But in my heart I drew a fork for this emperor forever, and those favors that were accumulated from history were not left. I also labeled the profession of the emperor as an unreliable and unreliable.

Yi Fan really wanted to scold Li Shimin, but now his life and death are still in the hands of others, and he must pass this level before he can talk about anything else.

"Brother Zhengzhi, do me a favor, can you?"

Li Ke felt guilty and responded without thinking: "Even if Ping An is, even if he wins off my title as Prince, he will do whatever he wants."

Yi Fan, who was in danger, would not be polite. Yi Fan first asked Yi Feng, and Yi Yun asked: "How is the restaurant? Has it been investigated?"

The two shook their heads, Yi Yun glanced at Li Ke and said, "The government promised to find out the matter within ten days, but it was only banned our industry and did not investigate it. It will be hard to say after ten days."

Yi Fan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You two go back and find a way to enter the study room, look for the wall behind the bookshelf on the south side. There is a secret lattice on it. Take me the box inside, the faster the better."

The two took the order and went.

At this point, Yi Fan can only use his golden fingers.
Chapter completed!