Chapter 112 Eavesdropping

There is no time.

"I have to go." Shen Yu lowered her voice.

"Girl." Ge Liangji suddenly spoke and looked at her seriously, "Listen to me, don't investigate anymore. If you are also defeated by this, how can I explain to your father."

Shen Yu looked at him deeply, without saying a word, and walked towards the end of the dim prison.

As soon as she stood firm at the door, a group of people hurried over. The people leading the way in front were from the Dali Temple, and the Jinyiwei in flying fish clothes were behind.

Fortunately, it was not Zuo Zong, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, who led the way at the front door, otherwise he would definitely be recognized.

Before Shen Yu had time to think about it, the leader had already walked up to her. Seeing the prison warden, he was stunned, "Why are you here too?"

The prison warden said, "Sir, there is no way. He will be executed tomorrow. I am afraid that something will happen tonight, so I will come to keep an eye on him."

The temple warden nodded, showed his waist badge, and said, "I am here to assist the Jinyiwei to pick up the person under the order of the lord."

Shen Yu could not leave now, so she could only follow the jailer in, thinking that if she was exposed at this moment, this alley would have both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the alley battle cannot be carried out, and they cannot attack in groups, but can only take turns, but it also means that once the other party guards the exit, she cannot get out.

The jailer opened the door, and Ge Liangji in the prison looked up and saw Shen Yu coming back, and was stunned.

But he quickly adjusted his expression and said, "Jinyiwei, your majesty wants to see me."

The Jinyiwei has always been directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, and no one can mobilize it except Emperor Tongxu.

Shen Yu thought in her heart that Ge Liangji would be executed at noon tomorrow to appease the public anger, but why did Emperor Tongxu bring him there in the middle of the night?

Ge Liangji was taken out of the prison, and the prison was no longer important. The temple secretary threw the key in his hand and said, "Lock it."

He threw it in the direction of Shen Yu. Shen Yu caught it and felt a sinking feeling in her palm.

She couldn't tell which of the heavy keys was for locking the prison door.

She held the key, thinking that it was just a show. As for whether it was locked or not, no one would check.

Fortunately, the prison secretary was smart and snatched the key from Shen Yu's hand, impatiently saying, "You are so clumsy, I'll do it."

Shen Yu waited for him to lock the door and walked to the door together. The temple secretary sent away the Jinyiwei people and turned around to see the two people coming.

His eyes fell on Shen Yu, and a trace of suspicion suddenly flashed across his face.

Shen Yu saw something was wrong and said quickly: "It's good that the Jinyiwei took the person away. We can relax after taking him away and don't have to worry anymore."

The temple secretary turned his eyes and thought that it was right. Since the person had been taken away smoothly, it meant that there was no problem in the Dali Temple, and this shift was handed over.

The prison secretary said: "Sir, since the person has been taken away, let's follow the previous arrangements. The people below have been worried these days and are already very tired."

The temple secretary nodded and said: "Those who should hand over the shift should hand over the shift, everyone go back."

The prison secretary stretched and said with a smile: "I will take the brothers to have a drink. The brothers have been exhausted these days."

Then he patted Shen Yu's shoulder and said, "Let's go, have a drink with me, brother."

Shen Yu followed the prison secretary, and the prison secretary took her out of the Dali Temple, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when he was about to speak, Shen Yu made a gesture of silence and looked at the other end of the palace alley.

The Jinyiwei's men hadn't gone far yet, and the prison cart carrying Ge Liangji creaked on the stone road.

Shen Yu turned her head and whispered, "I won't go back yet. Tell him that I will be back at noon tomorrow at the latest."

The prison warden said "Ah", and before he could stop him, he saw a figure rising from the ground, flying over the wall, and disappearing into the darkness after a few somersaults.

"What a great skill!" The prison warden couldn't help but praise.

The Jinyiwei's prison cart was walking in the palace alley. Shen Yu ran quickly on the eaves, taking off the clothes of the Dali Temple jailer while running, leaving only a nightgown, and soon surpassed the group of people.

The Jinyiwei were all first-class experts, so she didn't dare to get too close. After running for a while, she quietly flew down the wall and crawled on the ground waiting for an opportunity to move.

The prison cart was getting closer and closer. She held the stone she picked up at random, aimed at the position and threw it. The stone hit the eaves and the tiles broke.

"Who is it!" The Jinyiwei stopped.

Tiles fell down with a clatter, and Shen Yu took advantage of their inattention to roll under the prison car, clinging to the bottom of the prison car, and followed the prison car into the palace.

The prison car seemed to have traveled a long way until it stopped in front of a palace.

Emperor Tongxu leaned on the couch, waiting for Ge Liangji to approach, he looked at him carefully, and suddenly said: "Old Ge, how did you become like this?"

Ge Liangji took two steps forward, and the iron shackles on his hands and feet clattered, "Your Majesty is the same."

"Old." Tongxu shook his head and said: "We are all old, at the beginning... that's it, sit down and have a cup of tea, we are also the emperor and the minister, I will bid you farewell."

Ge Liangji sat down behind the table, picked up the tea and took a sip, and praised: "Good tea."

"Can you taste what kind of tea it is?"

Ge Liangji shook his head.

Emperor Tongxu changed the subject as if he was just asking a question casually, "There is no one around me who can be trusted, and no one can speak freely."

Ge Liangji said: "Your Majesty thought that I am still a dead man and can take the secrets to the underground, so you let me come tonight, right?"

Emperor Tongxu sighed, "Old Ge, you used to be the Minister of Revenue. Standing in your position, you should see it most clearly. My country has been hollowed out by these parasites."

Ge Liangji smiled and said, "The termite in your majesty's mouth is actually a guilty minister."

Emperor Tongxu was stunned, "That's right."

Shen Yu lay on the roof and listened carefully. She took a small piece of the roof tile and could see everything below.

This was her first time seeing Emperor Tongxu. He was very different from what she imagined an emperor to look like. He looked no different from an ordinary old man, even more tired and vicissitudes.

The following conversation continued.

"I am an emperor, and I am frustrated." Emperor Tongxu drank a sip of strong tea to refresh himself. "Although I am an emperor, I am helpless like you. Sometimes I don't want to do this, but the situation forces me to do this."

"When I took over the Great Zhou from the previous emperor, it was already riddled with holes. I was also full of energy and thought about doing something, but I worked hard all my life and only solved one of the five major evils."

Fratrices, eunuchs fighting for power, treacherous and cunning, internal party struggles, and powerful enemies outside are the five major evils.

Emperor Tongxu got rid of the eunuchs, which was actually a great achievement.

"Six of my sons died in the fratricide, six." Emperor Tongxu had tears in his eyes.

"Now there are only a few of them left. Jifeng is fine like this. I envy him. He is the prince who lives the most freely. Zhaonian is benevolent. It is both good and bad for an emperor to be too benevolent. If he was born in a peaceful year, he would definitely become a good emperor, but he was born at the wrong time. This ruined country needs a courageous emperor. The prince is courageous and capable, but... that's it."

Ge Liangji said: "That's better than being a criminal. Now the children and families of criminals are exiled or become prostitutes."

The two chatted until dawn, just like old friends, and did not mention any key news.

Except for Emperor Tongxu's "that's it".

What is hidden in that helpless "that's it"? Is it related to the Yanliangguan case?