Chapter 1822 Rong Li's Postscript 10

Maoyuan is a famous private manor at the north gate of Kyoto. Originally, Maoyuan was a theatre troupe. Later, the stage collapsed, and some wealthy merchants turned it into a residential garden, which was specially rented to wealthy people from other places who came to Beijing to do business.

The most recent time, Maoyuan was rented by Mr. Lin, the first grain merchant in Chongzhou, to entertain his foreign friends. Mr. Lin rented it for three months, and within three months, the entire Maoyuan was his.

Because they knew the special nature of Maoyuan, when Jingzhao Yin swaggered out of Maoyuan to catch a murderer, the people exploded.

Those who watched the excitement watched the excitement, and those who spread private words spread private words. Before the trial began, a large number of people gathered outside the Jingzhao Yin government office. Everyone was asking, which wealthy businessman from other places was this, and why did he kill people?

Deng Tu was detained in the main hall. At that time, he was no longer as arrogant as before. He was only trembling with fear, his lips were white and his face was blue.

Zhong Ziyu is the current tenant of Maoyuan, and Deng Tu is his guest. It is reasonable for him to come with him. Seeing that Deng Tu was absent-minded, Zhong Ziyu took advantage of the fact that the official had not arrived yet and quietly reminded Deng Tu: "Master Deng must not admit his identity as a Ningguo person, never!"

Deng Tu said in horror: "But I don't know that I am a foreigner. What if they want me to go to jail and pay for my life?"

Zhong Ziyu shook his head: "Even if I go to jail, there is Lin who will negotiate for you. But if your identity is confirmed, you entered the capital of the host country without the imperial order. This may be suspected of being a spy, which is the same as treason."

Deng Tu was frightened and confused. After a lot of choices, he felt that Lin Yu still wanted to do business with Ningguo and would protect himself anyway, so he reluctantly agreed: "I will definitely not tell, but... but if they ask me why I killed someone..."

"You can insist that you accidentally did it. Don't worry, I'm here."

Deng Tu was given a reassurance pill, his face was slightly relieved, but he was still uneasy in his heart.

After a while, Lord Hu, the presiding judge of Jingzhao, personally came up to the court. As soon as he came up, he slammed the gavel heavily.

Just this little noise frightened Deng Tu so much that he trembled all over. Lord Hu was very satisfied with the result and questioned him.

Deng Tu was not a man of firm will. He was questioned repeatedly. At first, he could still hold on to the "manslaughter by mistake", but after being questioned several times, he could not bear it and could not answer clearly.

Zhong Ziyu kept winking at Deng Tu, and Deng Tu saw it, but he was afraid and could not explain it clearly. In the end, he actually knocked to the ground and said with tears streaming down his face: "I am the uncle of Ningguo, you can't arrest me. I killed the high-ranking officials of Pingguo, not your Qingyun people. Even if you want to punish me, you should send me to Pingguo. You Qingyun officials have no right to touch me!"

He was not clear just now, but when he confessed his identity, he was eloquent.

Zhong Ziyu stared at Deng Tu with a headache. Deng Tu looked back with a guilty look, but he didn't dare to look at him.

Deng Tu and Han Tai both didn't have the household registration of Qingyun Country. To bring them from the vassal state to Qingyun Country, all the paperwork arrangements were done by Lin Yu. Now his identity was exposed. Even if he was suspected of being a spy, due to his status as a relative of the Ning Kingdom, the people of Qingyun Country would not necessarily kill him, but Lin Yu, who helped them smuggle, would definitely be charged with collusion with foreign countries and intentions to commit crimes. This crime could result in the death of the head at the lightest and the execution of the whole family at the worst.

With his life at stake, Deng Tu didn't care about his private feelings for Lin Yu.

Sure enough, upon hearing the other party's identity, Jingzhao Yin hesitated and turned to Lin Yu for punishment.

Zhong Ziyu knelt down and denied it directly, saying that he didn't know Deng Tu and Han Tai were high-ranking foreign officials at first, and only thought they were ordinary foreign merchants, so he interacted with them.

Jingzhao Yin didn't know whether he believed it or not, but because it involved the high-level officials of the vassal state, he didn't dare to deal with it privately. He first detained the two and said that he would report to the superiors before making a decision.

In this way, Deng Tu and Zhong Ziyu were imprisoned together.

In the dungeon, Deng Tu and Zhong Ziyu shared a room. Both of them were wearing prison uniforms. One huddled in a corner, trembling with fear, and the other leaned against the fence, closing his eyes to rest.

After a long time, Deng Tu apologized and said, "I'm sorry..."

Zhong Ziyu did not respond, and was as still as a mountain.

Deng Tu promised again, "If I am lucky enough to escape, I will definitely save you, Boss Lin, I..."

Zhong Ziyu suddenly laughed out loud.

Deng Tu was stunned.

Zhong Ziyu suppressed his smile again, but still did not speak, and continued to take a nap.

Deng Tu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell. In the following time, he no longer talked to Lin Yu, but just stayed in the corner, anxiously waiting.

He knew that when he was summoned again, it would be the time to confirm his identity, and then he would have a chance of survival.

After waiting for two days, watching the sky outside the skylight rise and fall from morning to night, Deng Tu finally couldn't stand it anymore and started to knock on the door like crazy.

"Let me out! I am the uncle of Ningguo, and my sister is the queen of Ningguo. You can't lock me up, let me out! Let me out!"

His heart-wrenching shouts were met with only the jailer's ruthless rebuke and beating.

Deng Tu was hit with a few sticks, and he grimaced in pain. Seeing Lin Yu sitting next to him, he got angry at him: "You are going to die too, you know? If I die, you can't live! Maybe you will die before me! You will die before me!"

Zhong Ziyu ate his lunch quietly, still ignoring Deng Tu.

Deng Tu was furious and was about to use force on Zhong Ziyu, but a prison guard happened to be patrolling and saw him and beat him. Deng Tu was beaten several more times. He didn't have time to get angry, and heard the warden ask Lin Yu: "How about changing your room?"

Deng Tu jumped up immediately: "You are not allowed to change rooms, he is mine! Where do you want to change him? If I want to die, he will die with me!"

The jailer frowned and looked at Deng Tu.

Zhong Ziyu handed the empty bowl to the jailer after finishing his meal, and said calmly: "It's very good here, please excuse me."

Zhong Ziyu didn't want to accompany the crazy Deng Tu, but before the big thing happened, he had to keep a close eye on Deng Tu to prevent things from happening.

The jailer knew Zhong Ziyu, and there were a few people who worked in this prison who didn't know Zhong Ziyu. He was a veteran who had been in prison for more than ten years.

Deng Tu counted on his fingers every day, waiting for the summons, but he waited and waited, and waited, and waited until four characters "正" were engraved on the wall, but he still hadn't arrived.

For twenty days, Deng Tu was on the verge of collapse. Every day he had to make a fuss and get beaten every day. After the beating, he would look for trouble with Zhong Ziyu. But every time he tried to take action, there would always be something wrong. The jailer came to patrol, but in the end he couldn't do anything bad and was beaten again.

Over time, Deng Tu finally figured out that Lin Yu, the charming and evil evildoer, must have seduced the jailer, so someone was protecting him. He no longer wanted to be rough with Lin Yu, but just stared at him with green eyes every day, like He was deeply afraid that if he looked wrongly, he would collude with the jailer and commit adultery, leaving him alone to die.

In this way, until the twenty-first day, Deng Tu was finally summoned.

Deng Tu thought he had finally got what he had been waiting for, and hurriedly followed him out. However, he was not taken to the hall, but was only taken to the back hall, and then he saw someone he looked very familiar to.

That man was his son, Deng Tu's eyes widened in shock.

When Deng Tu's son saw his father, he naturally knew that he was jealous of the eunuchs of Pingguo, which was why he ended up like this. He was very angry and did not bow to his father when he saw him. He said directly: "In order to redeem my father, the empress cried in front of the emperor. Heartbroken, I finally persuaded the emperor to spend 30,000 dans of food in exchange for my father. Today, I saved my father, but Ningguo will suffer losses and the treasury will be empty. Does my father know what will be waiting for you when you return to Ningguo? "

Deng Tu was frightened. After listening for a long time, he couldn't understand what it meant.