() "Let's go and have a look. I'll leave this to No. 8 of Group A." Although Ximen Qing felt strange, seeing is believing and he couldn't help but go and take a look.

Next Ximen Qing asked: "Are there any of our own people in Kaifeng Mansion Prison?"

"Yes." No. 26, Group A, immediately guessed what Ximen Qing was thinking: "There is a provincial-level surnamed Shi in there, who is one of our own."

"Okay! Pass the news here to Mr. Qian. Don't reveal it to Tan." Ximen Qing nodded and said: "We are not going to Kaifeng Mansion, let's go to the prison first!"

Group A's No. 26 also knew that they were powerful. He nodded and called two policemen in black to escort Zhang Tianxi to the Imperial City Prison. He also brought the news to Qian Gang. He led Ximen Qing and the other three to leave.

"Don't worry, sir. The ones I've called here are all my brothers."

Ximen Qing ordered Hua Tong'er and two other boys to drive the cart back, and Lu Zhishen and Wu Song picked out four of the horses beside them, including the big black horse that Lu Zhishen had ridden before.

"The situation is urgent, let's ride over there!"

Ximen Qing saw that all four horses were saddled and bridleed, and he was secretly glad that although he could ride a horse, he could only ride a horse with saddles and bridles, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing to ride naked.

The four of them raced away, and Group A was assigned a bay-red horse on the 26th. They were secretly surprised that such good horses were rare in Bianliang.

At this point, Ximen Qing didn't care whether he was running rampant on the street. Fortunately, he knew Route 26 of Group A by heart and chose the less crowded road; the Kaifeng Mansion Prison was not a prosperous place either.

On the way, we finally arrived at the prison gate without any danger.

Ximen Qing wanted to deceive others, so the four of them tied their horses to a nearby tea shop, sat in a private room, ordered a pot of tea, and asked Group A No. 26 to go find the stone festival level first.

After half a cup of tea, Shi Jie followed No. 26 from Group A and came in through the back door of the tea shop. When they got to the private room, they closed the door and saluted: "I pay my respects to you, the official!"

"Without the gift." Ximen Qing asked directly, "Can I accept a filial piety into prison just now?"

The Shi Jieji's face turned slightly yellow, and he cupped his hands and replied: "It is indeed the case. When the superiors sent it over, they didn't say much. They just said that they should take good care of it. The little man was also surprised when he saw that he was a seven or eight-year-old child.

When I was little, I thought I couldn't be locked up with other prisoners, so I was temporarily detained in an unmanned cell, far away from other prisoners."

"Very good." Ximen Qing nodded and said, "I want to meet this kid."

The Shi Jiejie agreed without thinking: "This matter is not difficult, but the prison is an important place, and it will be inconvenient if there are too many people. If the adults want to see it, I can sneak you in secretly."

Ximen Qing immediately stood up and ordered: "Second brother, senior brother, please wait here. I'll be back as soon as I go."

Wu Song and Lu Zhishen responded and sat down to drink tea; Ximen Qing and Group A No. 26 followed Shi Jiejie out of the back door of the tea shop. Everyone did not enter through the prison gate, but walked around a small circle and passed by Shi Jieshen.

Jie level knocked on the side door and sneaked in.

Once inside, the light was extremely dim. Although there were many lamps lit inside, they were all weak and instead blended into the darkness.

Ximen Qing smelled some bad smell in his nose, and secretly sighed that these days, every cell has the same character; Shi Jie-level knew everything about it, and Group A No. 26 saw that Ximen Qing's steps were suspicious due to the darkness, so he helped him

Follow closely.

Shi Jiejie turned a few steps in front and pointed with his hand: "The cell on the left is where the child is imprisoned."

Ximen Qing asked Shi Jieji to open the cell door and go in. There was a child huddled in the corner, but the light was too dark to see clearly. Shi Jieji went to pick up an oil lamp and came in, and finally he could see the child clearly.

Trembling all over, he looked at the three of him with horrified eyes.

It had been a while since Ergouzi was thrown into this cell, and he had stopped crying long ago. When he saw three people coming in, he didn't know what happened for a while, and was scared to death.

Ximen Qing asked Shi Jieji to hold the oil lamp closer and took a look at him. He seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this child.

Er Gouzi had already seen Ximen Qing clearly through the bright light, and his fear suddenly disappeared. He rushed over and kowtowed: "High official!"

Ximen Qing still didn't remember: "Who are you? How do you know me?"

"Master, the younger one is Ergouzi! Ergouzi from Qinjia Village!"

Ergouzi threw himself directly into Ximen Qing's arms, tears welling up in his eyes!

"Qinjia Village!"

Ximen Qing immediately remembered the snotty Ergouzi and confronted the tearful child in front of him.

"Sir, you really know this kid!" Shi Jie-level and No. 26 from Group A were both a little surprised.

"You guys go out and wait for a while, leave the light behind." Ximen Qing calmly ordered: "Someone, I want to question this child."

Shijie-level and Group A No. 26 withdrew as promised. Ximen Qing let Er Gouzi hold his thigh and cry for a while. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that things seemed even stranger than he thought.

Why didn't Ergouzi stay in Qinjiacun and come to Bianliang?

Judging from various signs, Er Gouzi seemed to have come alone.

Ximen Qing remembered that when he was as old as Ergouzi, he didn't dare to go out alone, let alone from Huaizhou to Bianliang!

Something must have happened in Qinjiacun!

The more Ximen Qing thought about it, the worse it became. He shook Ergouzi and whispered: "Ergouzi, please stop crying now and tell me, what happened to Qinjia Village?"

"Dead.!" Ergouzi managed to spit out two words, and immediately started crying again.

"Who died?" Ximen Qing asked doubtfully: "Is it someone in your family who died? Didn't the village take care of you?"

"They are all dead." Ergouzi wiped his tears hard and squeezed out three words from his cry.

"Huh?" Ximen Qing suddenly felt that the situation was serious: "Don't cry first, talk about the matter carefully. Tell me what happened to Qinjia Village? Why did you come to Bianliang? How did you go to Liang Mansion?"

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After a while, Ximen Qing walked out of the cell door with a heavy heart, accompanied by Ergouzi who was hugging his thigh and not letting go.

"I want to take this child back." Ximen Qing said in a rare serious tone: "Shijie level, please take more care of the matters here."

No. 26 of Group A stood with his hands down. No matter what decision Ximen Qing made, even if it seemed a little unreasonable, he would absolutely obey it unconditionally.

Qian Gui specifically explained this point.

But Shi Jie-level has some concerns. He obviously heard some background from No. 26 of Group A: "This is not a small case, a home invasion and murder, and it also took two lives. Sir, please don't embarrass the young one."

Although this Shijie-level person is one of his own, he is obviously unable to bear this responsibility in this situation.

"Break into a house and kill people?" Ximen Qing sneered and touched Er Gouzi's head: "Shijie level, do you believe it?"

"The villain doesn't believe it either, but the superiors handed this child over to the villain and put him in prison. Now that the adults have taken him away, the superiors asked, the villain can't hand him over, what should I do?" Shi Jiejie was scratched by Ximen Qing's sneer.

Feeling numb, but still gritted his teeth and replied.

"I'll take the person away." Ximen Qing said coldly, which made Shi Jie-level feel irresistible: "This child is of great importance, so I will take care of it first. If you want someone from above, ask them to go to the Imperial City Department to ask for it!"

As he spoke, Ximen Qing said to Group A No. 26: "Let's go to the Imperial City Division!"

"yes!"

The two took Er Gouzi and left. Shi Jiejie swallowed his saliva and sent Ximen Qing and No. 26 of Group A out the side door anxiously. He then said: "My lord, at least leave a token for me.

Good job."

Before Shijie-level finished speaking, No. 26 of Group A stuffed a hard object into his hand. He spread it out and saw that it was the waist badge of the Imperial City Division. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Ximen Qing and Group A No. 26 took Ergouzi to the tea shop. Ximen Qing shook his head and said, "I can't tell you are soft-hearted."

Group A's No. 26's face twitched twice: "That Shijie-level guy is doing things for us and didn't throw this kid among other prisoners. He's already considered a good person."

"Good people!" Ximen Qing laughed and said, "What's the use of being good these days? I don't want to be a good person!"

Lu Zhishen and Wu Song had already seen Ximen Qing coming back from upstairs. They hurriedly dropped some coins and rushed downstairs. They were surprised to see Ximen Qing bring a child out of the prison.

"Could this be the illegitimate son of a high official?" Lu Zhishen asked in a low voice, stroking his bald head.

Wu Song had already recognized Ergouzi and hurriedly asked Ximen Qing: "Why is this child here?"

"Let's go to the Imperial City Division." Ximen Qing said, "There is something wrong with Qinjia Village."

"Qinjia Village?" Wu Song was even more confused and untied the horse from the side and brought it over. Ximen Qing got on the horse and held Er Gouzi in front of him.

Everyone else also got on their horses and hurried to the Imperial City Division.

At the same time, two people from Kaifeng Prefecture were drinking in a street shop with their heads groaning. They saw four horses galloping towards them from a distance, and pedestrians were trying to avoid them.

"Let me tell you, isn't that Bai Ma the official Ximen of the Imperial City Department?" Someone pointed his head outside and said, "Brother, what should I do?"

The other one was already a bit drunk, so he forced his drunken eyes to look: "Brother, who says it's not the case? Wait, the child that Mr. Ximen is holding looks familiar."

"Haha, isn't that the prisoner who was admitted to prison this morning? What's his name, Ergouzi?" The Dutou from before laughed and said, "Brother, you drank too much and you don't recognize him? He's wearing a bloody suit, haha."

As soon as the words fell, both of them jumped up and said in unison: "Why is it in Ximen Qing's hands!"

The two of them rushed out of the door of the foot shop. The four riders had already rushed over. How could they catch up?

Those who had drunk too much were so frightened that they were all drunk. The two of them looked at each other and hurriedly ran to Kaifeng Mansion.

Such important matters must of course be reported to Yao Tuiguan for final decision!

"Two officials, drink money! I haven't given you the drink money yet."
Chapter completed!