Seeing Yan Qing's unmoved look, Yu Linglong punched the iron railing angrily, "I don't understand! You obviously don't have to go to this point! They have all left, reaching a place where the second prince can't reach. , what’s the point of your persistence?”
Yan Qing sighed inexplicably, "I didn't understand it before either. It can only be said that some things must be experienced before you can truly understand them."
"..." Yu Linglong was silent for a long time, "I will come to see you again."
"It's best not to come. I can't guarantee that I can still talk to you intact in the future." Yan Qing pretended to be relaxed and said, "That will only make you more troubled."
"I..." Just when she was about to say something, footsteps sounded in the prison.
Yu Linglong immediately raised her voice, "Didn't I ask you to stay outside?"
However, she soon realized that there were many and many footsteps, and more than one person entered the prison.
"who is it?"
The shadow had already raised the long bow in his hand.
Under the dim light of the fire, the figure of the visitor gradually appeared - there were four people on the other side, three of whom were wearing swords and dressed like guards. The leader was wearing a red brocade robe and a jade crown, looking like a noble prince.
"Ning Chunan?" Yu Linglong raised her eyebrows slightly.
"The correct name is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." Shadow muttered, "He is an annoying guy. But what is he doing here?"
"Who are you? Tell me your name." Ning Chunan stopped. He did not expect to meet the alchemist of the Privy Council in the prison.
"I... belong to Yu Linglong," she cupped her hands casually, "I am the third-rank guard of the Privy Council Office and I am inspecting the prison situation. I wonder what your highness is doing here?"
"I don't need to report my whereabouts to you, right?" Ning Chunan passed her and wanted to go deeper into the prison. "Just fulfill your responsibilities well."
However, before the fourth prince had taken a few steps, a cold light suddenly shot out from the dark passage and almost penetrated into the ground next to his feet!
It was actually an arrow that was completely black.
"W-Who is this person!" Ning Chunan was so frightened that he took several steps back. The guards also drew their swords and surrounded the fourth prince.
"There is no one over there, I am the archer." Yu Linglong shrugged, "Of course, I have no intention of harming His Highness, I just want to remind you that important prisoners of the Privy Council are being held there. If you go there directly, you may dangerous."
"Bold, what's your tone!"
"Are you threatening His Highness?" the guard yelled.
She was clearly behind her, but the arrow was shot from in front of her. Is this... also the ability of the alchemist? Ning Chunan's face darkened. But no matter what, her arrow was indeed aimed at herself.
How absurd! A third-grade official can truly threaten the safety of the royal family and regard their status as nothing - and what drives them to act so recklessly is their abilities far beyond ordinary people. "Qi-sensing person", he hated this word even more.
It's just that today is a day of celebration, and he doesn't want to waste his energy on arguing with the other party.
"Okay, put away all the swords! Is the prisoner you are talking about the ambassador of the Holy Wing Islands, Olina Okan?"
"Exactly this person."
"I have had some interactions with her, so I came to visit, and my eldest brother agreed to this matter. Now you have no doubts, right? Besides, as long as the shackles are not released, how will she hurt me? Your Privy Council Office The shackles cannot even control a prisoner."
The prince has something to say to Olina? Yu Linglong frowned slightly. This might be an opportunity to gather information, but it was the first time that the prince would ask this good-for-nothing fourth brother to do something. Many thoughts came to her mind, but when she saw the scarred Yan Qing in the prison, everything suddenly lost interest.
There were interrogators watching over Olina. The fourth prince was an ordinary person and obviously couldn't make any waves. Yu Linglong waved her hand and was about to let him pass - at this moment, she noticed Ning Chunan staring at the green sword on the torture frame, with a strong greed in his eyes.
One of Yu Linglong's usual pleasures was visiting brothels, and occasionally she would see similar looks in the eyes of some vulgar customers. But the fourth prince is more than just that. In addition to greed, he is also mixed with other emotions—hatred, pleasure, and a strong sense of cruelty. He seems to want to possess the other person, but also wants to destroy the other person.
An uncontrollable feeling of nausea surged into Yu Linglong's heart.
She couldn't help but think of another possibility.
That's why the fourth prince's so-called "something to say" is just an excuse.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and she has heard about it before - using power to find happiness from such forgotten women, and relying on their pain to satisfy their own desires. What's more, the Fourth Prince's abnormal obsession with those who sense Qi is not a secret among the senior officials of the Privy Council.
She couldn't control the Criminal Department, nor did she want to control it, but this was the prison of the Privy Council. Even if Olina was an enemy, she would not use this method to humiliate her.
Yu Linglong looked at the fourth prince's face and felt a sick feeling.
Ning Chunan looked away from Yan Qing and was about to move forward when Yu Linglong stopped him coldly.
"Stop."
This time, he was also a little impatient.
The enthronement ceremony was about to begin, and the eldest brother and the second brother had no time to pay attention to him. It was at this time that he had the opportunity to come to the prison. Who knew that he would be hindered again and again by a guard, which was simply annoying. Extremely.
"That's enough! Give me—"
As soon as Ning Chunan started speaking, a deafening bang suddenly came from above his head!
In an instant, the prison seemed to be shaking!
Dust rained down in the violent vibrations, and the torches swayed. The already dark cell was dark for a while, as if it might collapse at any time.
"The ground, the ground is shaking!"
For a while, there were constant screams in the prison, and the fourth prince clutched the guard with a pale face. Only Yu Linglong showed surprise, and then looked to the northwest with a solemn expression.
She realized that the shock just now did not come from her feet, but spread from the palace!
Something went wrong at the coronation ceremony.
…
A quarter of an hour ago, Xicheng District.
"Little sister, where is your family? Are they lost?"
This was the fourth resident who took the initiative to ask Qianyan, and Qianyan put on his usual sweet smile and said, "My parents went to buy me candied haws. They asked me to sit on the roadside and don't move. They said they would be back soon." "
"Then you must wait until they come!"
"Know it!"
After everyone left, Qian Yan turned his attention back to the ditch at his feet.
As a large-scale city, Shangyuan considered drainage, sewage and other issues at the beginning of its construction. The closer it is to the palace, the wider and deeper these ditches will be. Even in the rainy season, when the roads in the outer city are muddy, the palace can still maintain a clean and tidy appearance.
Moreover, these ditches are connected by secret passages to the landscape of the royal gardens. The water level in the landscape can be maintained by retracting and retracting the gates. At the same time, water can also be actively released on weekdays, and the underground ditches can be flushed based on the water level difference to prevent them from being blocked by sediment or fallen leaves.
A hundred years ago, Qian Yan visited the garden landscape of the palace with the ancestor of the Fang family and witnessed the entire process of water release from the river. Nowadays, Shangyuan City has expanded outwards in more than one circle, but the layout and direction of the internal drainage system have not changed at all, just like they did a hundred years ago.