After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

As the sun sets, the usually quiet and deserted Yiyuan Garden is filled with traffic.

"San San Lang is here."

"Young Yingzi, you are here."

Seeing Yingge on crutches, the students greeted him one after another, no longer avoiding him as before, but becoming more friendly and reliable. Yingge was someone who had confronted this group of soldiers directly...

"I just woke up and was about to go home, but I heard that Qinghe was arrested. I was also very confused. Why was Qinghe arrested? Is he a suspect?"

The boys said with red eyes, "If they arrest people randomly, they are crazy. They are crazy."

Other students also echoed this, and there was a lot of noise here. The teachers squeezed in to calm them down, "Don't make a noise, don't make a noise, the master of the Zhang family and Mr. Zichun from the prefectural school are in there, the matter will be resolved soon, everyone just be patient." After saying that, they pointed to the officers and soldiers who were standing guard on the side to go to the capital.

Yingge said, "Then there is no other way. Let's all go up a little further and see what explanation we can give."

"In the end, they release the people, and then they arrest them all again."

How should I respond to this? The teacher had just felt relieved when he brought it up again.

"No, they won't arrest people randomly."

After hearing this, the Anxie students no longer wanted to speak. "Let's just wait quietly for a while. If things are not clear, just arrest us all." There were voices of fear and anger, but they all shouted out.

Yingge raised her hand to stop them, "Everyone, please stop arguing..."

The students around her looked at her.

"We'll just wait here."

The students all looked forward, and the teachers all breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, some students knew their limits, otherwise how would today end?

Outside Yi Garden, dozens of students were waiting. The atmosphere was unusually quiet, but inside Yi Garden the atmosphere was indeed tense.

"We can guarantee that these students will not do such things." Mr. Zichun said.

Liao Chengyi sat on the chair with a relaxed and friendly expression and said, "From what Lord Shang said, doesn't that mean you are always with these students? If you say so, I can't guarantee that my subordinates won't arrest the wrong people." After saying that, he raised his hand and signaled the general officer next to him.

The general immediately understood and said, "We saw him carrying these papers with our own eyes."

Mr. Zichun said, "Oh, this is what you are talking about. I know that Qingyu was picked up by him. His brother Qinghe also picked up a lot of them before and gave them to us. At that time, I told him not to spread the news. He must have collected them after picking them up and then gave them to the gentlemen in our academy. I can testify to this."

Liao Chengyi smiled and said without saying anything, "Students... Are you referring to those students outside the school? Aren't they here to testify for you, or for me?"

Mr. Zichun's face suddenly darkened, and he slammed the table and said, "Liao Chengyi, I respect you as an important official of the court, please don't push your luck, just stop it."

Liao Chengyi stood up and said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, I'm really sorry. We will apologize to you right away. What's the matter with Mr. Zichun's temper?..." After saying this, he did not give in at all.

The eldest master of the Su family, who had been silent, said, "I wonder how Lord Liao can release the people?"

Liao Cheng said, "Master Su, you will release him after the matter is investigated thoroughly."

If this matter was handed over to Lord Zhang for questioning, even if nothing was found out, he would be in trouble. The eldest master of the Su family suddenly changed his expression, and his hands on his knees tightened unconsciously. He stood up and said, "I wonder if I can see my son now."

Liao Chengyi said, "Of course." He raised his hand and said, "Go to the prison and ask if Lord Zhang has finished the interrogation?"

Originally, Master Su was happy to hear that it was OK, but then he heard that Su Qinghe was already interrogating him. This news made him look ashen. His youngest son was now being interrogated by Zhang Zhe...

Mr. Zhang interrogated...

The Su family had experienced several generations of wealth and never spoiled their children, but Su Qinghe had never been sick since he was a child, nor had he suffered any hardship, and there was not even a single scar on his body...

Now someone told him that his youngest son was being interrogated....That was a cruel official in the capital. Master Su's breathing stopped for a moment. My son...

There were no prison cells in Yi Garden, and the selected women were still kept in the garden as before, while those who were taken out of the government prison were locked up in the servants' rooms of Yi Garden.

In the servants' room, all the furniture, tables, chairs, benches, etc. were cleared out, leaving only four empty walls. The windows were covered with a layer of black gauze, which was used as a prison cell. The light inside was dark, and eight people could not be locked up in the room. There was only a separate toilet. There were too many people, it was not airtight, and it was dark, plus the smell made the whole room stinky and bloody... The strong smell of blood must be because a lot of punishments were used here.

"My dear, you are new here, don't worry, we haven't used any punishment in this room yet."

Su Qinghe heard the man talking and nodded towards the place where the sound came from. Someone also pointed out considerately, "The people in that room over there have been punished. We were all listening next door, hearing screams."

There was a hint of relief in his voice, as if he had accepted the fact of being punished and caught. Perhaps only people in despair have the strength to persevere.

Su Qinghe asked, "Who are you all? How long have you been imprisoned here?"

"Speaking of which, we were also very unlucky. Let me start with myself. I was a peddler. I was just passing by Yiyuan to sell goods, and I was arrested."

"I'm a clerk in the shop next to Yiyuan. I opened the shop to do business in the morning, and someone threw something at the door. It was a bloody shirt, and then..." Anyway, there were all kinds of reasons, and everyone spoke one by one.

"Oh, by the way, there is another student imprisoned here."

Student, Su Qinghe immediately thought of who it was. He quickly walked to the corner and faced the motionless boy.

Someone tried to call him, but there was no response. Su Qinghe also walked over and tried to wake him up.

"It is said that when he first came, he cried every day and no amount of persuasion could help. Now he is so scared that he doesn't cry anymore. He just sleeps every day, sleeps every day, and is in a daze."

"I was so timid and scared."

"Who isn't afraid? We are all the same. No one knows how long we will be locked up, right? Maybe we will be locked up until we die, wuwuwu..."

Su Qinghe walked closer, squatted down and asked, "Zhu Niang?"

The young man didn't move. Su Qinghe thought for a moment and said, "Daniu, your sister is here to see you."

The young boy screamed, climbed up from the haystack, and kept saying "My sister, my sister." Then he started crying again and stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes.

It seems that it is him. Su Qinghe looked at the young man in front of him. He didn't know Zhu Nian before, and he believed that there were not many people he could know in the academy except other classmates. It was rather dark here. Zhu Nian's clothes were messy and dirty, his face was thin, his eyes were smiling but lifeless, and he looked dazed.

His image is different from what is described in the academy, but after this incident, it is not surprising that people change.

Su Qinghe said, "Zhu Nian, don't be afraid. I am your classmate. Su Qinghe, you may not know me."

Zhu Nian just kept crying, murmuring "My sister, I'm just going to find my sister..."

The person next to him kindly reminded him, "Don't ask him. He won't say anything. He must have been scared silly."

"Zhu Nian, don't cry, I will rescue you."

At this point, a voice came from outside the door: "Hmm, what a deep friendship between classmates."

After hearing this voice, the people who were originally speaking and crying suddenly showed fear and shrank back unconsciously, "It's Master Zhang..."

Although those who were imprisoned here had never seen Lord Zhang, they were not unfamiliar with this voice. You know, the screams coming from the next room meant that Lord Zhang was present, and they could even hear flattering voices around them. And this Lord Zhang was the one who continued to interrogate the prisoner even if he was unconscious.

The door was opened, and the night poured into the room, but it did not bring a single ray of light into the room. Only a tall and thin figure could be seen standing at the door.

Is this scene finally coming? Are they finally going to be asked something? Thinking of the screams they heard before, everyone trembled in their hearts.

Su Qinghe "Get up and follow me. I want to ask you a few questions." Zhang Zhe said.

Hush, it turned out that he was interrogating the young man next to him. Everyone's eyes were cast on Su Qinghe at the same time. They had adapted to the light here and could now see the young man in front of them clearly.

Although the boy's clothes were disheveled, the fabric was of good quality and his behavior just now revealed the demeanor of a child of aristocratic family. It was obvious that he was the child of a wealthy family before he was imprisoned. A child from such a family would not be able to endure such torture.

Su Qinghe was neither panicked nor angry, he just asked, "My Lord, please tell me what you want to ask me."

"Did you do those flyer things?" Zhang Zhe was smart when investigating a case and didn't ramble on. He always got to the point quickly. Although these criminals liked to hide, they were always better than him.

He wanted to see how long this young man could bear the consequences. It seemed that he had to be more careful so as not to scare the young man to death. After all, such things were not uncommon.

"Yes, it's me."

Zhang Zhe said, "Yes? It's you?"

Su Qinghe said, "Yes, you asked me, didn't you? I wrote the flyers and posted them during school hours."

Zhang Zhe laughed inexplicably, "Why, you want to take all the blame by yourself?"

Su Qinghe said, "Do you think I am protecting my accomplices? No, I am not like you think. I have no accomplices. I just feel sorry for Zhu Nian and simply disagree with what you have done. So I have to do this openly and honestly. There is no need to hide. I believe there are many people like me. You have arrested me today, and there will be more in the future."

Zhang Zhe smiled and said, "Well said." Then he turned and left, and the door was slammed shut.

Is this the end of the interrogation? Many people in the room exclaimed, and before they could react, Su Qinghe sat down with his clothes lifted, patted Zhu Nian who was still a little dazed, and said, "Don't worry, we will be fine."

"Young man, are you admitting your guilt?" the person next to him asked tremblingly.

"I am timid and afraid of pain. I can be exempted from punishment after I confess my guilt."

The people in the room were shocked. “Is this possible?”

So is this considered courageous or timid? "The timid ones are afraid of punishment, but how can the courageous ones dare to provoke those officials who came to the capital?"

This unsolvable question can only be left to them to figure out on their own.