The prison of the Imperial Supervision Office is nicknamed the "Death Sanatorium" in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital. In accordance with the laws of the empire, the Ombudsman is responsible for monitoring illegal and misconduct among imperial officials and nobles. The Ombudsman has the right to supervise and collect various criminal evidence, but it does not have the final judgment.
As we all know, the Ombudsman Office is actually divided into internal and external divisions, and the outer division is also responsible for openly accepting various anonymous reports, and under its command is a group of mysterious spies who are responsible for supervising the wind assessment of local officials from all over the empire. And the inner hall is the real core place. When some important figures in the imperial capital fall, they are usually sent to the inner hall of the Supervision Office for processing.
in other words. If you are just an official the size of a sesame seed in one place, even if you are charged with treason, you are not qualified to enter the Supervision Office. Those who can enter are either the prime minister or the ministers of various ministries, or important military personnel. There is no certain level. This "death sanatorium" is absolutely impossible for you to enter.
There are ups and downs in the officialdom, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, and often the rich and powerful who are the attention of thousands of people today will become prisoners the next day. As for the prisoner today, maybe the situation will change the next day. You can walk out of the prison of the Supervisory Office swaggeringly, and the official will be reinstated. So, in the dungeon room of the Inspectorate. Treat the honorable prisoners held here. In fact, it is extremely preferential treatment. In addition to the poor living conditions, other places eat, wear and live. Often the people in charge here try their best to satisfy, and boiling literature opens the door to convenience. After all, the prisoners here were all powerful and wealthy figures before they came in, and no one dared to offend them rashly. Although he is in trouble now, maybe he will go out after two days. At that time, if you offend such a powerful person. The people in the dungeon here will have to suffer.
Therefore, the prisoners held here are often very comfortable. It is even said that in addition to food and clothing, even women who want to be sent in as long as you are willing to spend money.
This unspoken rule is actually known to everyone in the imperial capital. But the big bosses and senior officials of any department turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, because people always have luck. Maybe one day I will fall into that place when I am in trouble, not to mention that it is a frivolous thing to offend people, so why bother? The trick of being an official is to make fewer unnecessary enemies.
Therefore, the condition of the prison in the Supervisory Office is so good and the treatment is so good that it has even earned the reputation of a "sanatorium". but. The word death is also indispensable. It is a felony to be able to enter here. After all, after recuperating, you can go home and continue to be a powerful person. Or go directly to the execution ground... It depends on everyone's fortune.
Before Du Wei came to the inner prison of the Supervisory Office, he had heard about these things, but after seeing them, he realized that they were not as exaggerated as the rumors outside.
The Imperial Supervision Office was set up in the south of the city, in the imperial capital amidst tall buildings and forests. However, the Supervision Office was only composed of a large group of small buildings with three or four floors, and a small road that was not spacious. The road is deep and there is not enough sunlight. The green pine trees on both sides, in this environment, have a slightly more gloomy atmosphere. The gate of the Supervisory Office is not grandly built, on the contrary, it has a bit of old and decayed taste. Especially the open space next to the gate, which is specially used to park carriages, is so small that it is almost chilling.
Which government office in any part of the imperial capital is not magnificently built? As the Imperial State-level Chief Inspectorate. The parking lot is so small that it can only accommodate three or five carriages at most.
But it's also understandable: Well, which nobleman would run here if he has nothing to do
After the coup, the Supervisory Office detained many rich and aristocratic ministers who participated in the coup, and there were still many who did not riot on the spot. But the person who was dug out afterwards belonged to the First Prince's party, and was also invited here to drink tea by the people from the Supervision Office. This made the originally gloomy Supervision Office more popular. The soldiers standing guard at the gate were members of the Guards Corps drawn from around the imperial capital, each with a murderous look on their faces.
Du Wei was named hereditary duke by the regent. And after the coup, so many glorious palace titles were hung on his head, such as palace magic consultant, university scholar, great astrologer, etc. Now counting it, he is almost the hottest number one celebrity in the entire imperial capital. Yes, such a person came to the Supervision Office. The head of the Supervision Office, the Minister of Supervision, happened to be away, and I don't know if he avoided it on purpose, but only Baron Roberski, who was in charge of the inner hall, came out with someone to greet him.
Du Wei was riding a white horse, followed by two court magicians in red. The two Chen princes gave him the inner court guards. Sitting on the horse, he glanced at the people from the Supervision Office who greeted him in front of him. He turned over and got off the horse, and handed the whip to the attendant, with a sincere look on his face: "Thank you, Lord Robinski."
"Your Excellency the Duke is here today..." That Robinsky, as a figure in the Ombudsman Office, has greeted and sent him over the years. Naturally, he is a person who has been in service for a long time and has become a fine person. While speculating in his heart, he asked in an interview: "Could it be that the regent has something..."
"No." Du Wei shook his head. First cast a reassuring look at the other party: "I am here for a private matter. I want to see Earl Raymond."
Robinsky immediately understood the meaning, who in the imperial capital doesn't know the origin of the identity of the newly promoted duke? It was expected that he would come to visit his father now. Robinski hurriedly dispersed his followers, took a person with him and led Du Wei inside.
The prison in the inner hall looks like a shrunken castle made of boulders from a distance, only about three stories high. It is said that the origin of this castle is also quite interesting.
Before the Roland Empire unified the mainland, the imperial capital was still the capital of a medium-sized small country in the middle of the mainland. The prison castle in the Supervision Office was originally the royal palace of that small country. It's just that later, Emperor Aragon established an empire to unify the mainland, and Emperor Ding was based in this city, and a majestic palace was built in addition. The original Little Palace of Mieguo was naturally abandoned, and when the city wall of the imperial capital was built, half of the Little Palace of Mieguo was also demolished due to lack of stone materials. Most of the stone materials have been filled on the walls of the imperial capital. And the rest of the land is not demolished. Later, it was seen that the small palace of Mieguo was built so solidly that it simply became the prison of the Supervision Bureau.
It used to be the royal palace of a country back then. Now it has become a place where subordinates are held in prison. The dramatic changes in history are really touching.
The castle piled up with huge gray stones looks thick and steady from the outside. Walking in, I immediately felt a cool air blowing towards my face, and the thick and hard boulders completely blocked the heat of the sun. The interior of the castle is full of eerie feeling. The oil lamps on both sides added to the coldness.
Du Wei's boots trampled on the icy rock, and as Baron Robinski walked up the steps, a huge subway gate was in front of him, and several heavily armed warriors were wearing armor. Holding an ax and gun, there are archers patrolling on a watchtower next to it, and a group of heavily armed soldiers is not far away. Obviously the guards are still very strict.
The iron gate slowly rose, and Baron Robinski led Du Wei inside. After going up two steps, turn left and walk into a corridor. The corridor in this old castle is also full of thick and cold boulders. It is just a room on the corridor. The doors are all solid and fully closed. There is only a small opening left on each gate of the subway gate, which can barely send in some food every day.
"Earl Raymond's status is different. I have already arranged a spacious single room for him." Robinski knew that he was about to pat the new Duke's horse at this moment. He repeatedly introduced: "Lord Earl Raymond, I also knew him at the beginning. He is here now, so of course he won't suffer any hardships. I let people eat three meals a day, all of which are delicious and delicious, and afternoon tea is delivered every day. Mr. Earl has been in a good mood these two days, but he is not very talkative. He just sits in his room and reads a book every day. Yesterday he ordered me to send in a set of "General History of the Mainland". Now is the time.
He should have just had afternoon tea and was reading a book..."
Du Wei sighed and looked at the supervisor of the Supervisory Office. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Baron."
Turning around a corridor, Du Wei suddenly stopped, and heard a short woman's chuckle faintly from an iron gate passing by. The smell of dust.
Naturally, Robinski also heard this, and his expression was a little ugly at the moment. Although this insider activity is already a hidden rule that everyone knows well, after all, Du Wei in front of him is the new Duke, and this semi The earth boy probably doesn't understand the tricks, if he tells it in front of the regent after returning...
Thinking of this, Roberski's head was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't help secretly regretting that he shouldn't have accepted the five hundred gold coins from the prisoner in this room, and found him a red card from Fengyue Circle in the south of the city. But in fact, the overnight fee for the red-card prostitute was only three hundred, so it goes without saying that Robinski himself swallowed two hundred of it.
Du Wei just smiled lightly, and said leisurely: "It seems that the rumors are indeed true, and this "Death Sanatorium" is also worthy of the name." He casually pointed to the subway door with a woman's voice and said with a smile: "Which adult is the closed place here?" ?”
"Yes..." Robinski wiped his cold sweat and said, "It's General Longbottom."
Du Wei was just asking casually at first, but when Robersky answered the name, he couldn't help but pay attention to it, and his heart moved: "General Longbottom? Is he still locked up here?"
Although Du Wei didn't have a deep understanding of the aristocratic circle in the imperial capital. But he had still heard of the name "Longbottom". Speaking of which, this person can be regarded as an outlier.
The expedition across the desert that the empire had fought against other races in the northwest twenty years ago had won a "tragedy victory" after wasting money and people. It was originally planned to cut grass and roots, but was blocked by the temple. Although the war was won, it lost its meaning, and it also planted a disaster for the empire.
after. The empire stationed 20,000 cavalry all year round on the foreign grassland behind the northwest desert. The 20,000 cavalry really spent countless gold coins every year, because there was a desert between the empire and the 20,000 troops hanging out alone. And equipment replacement and so on and so on. It all cost several times the price, and the empire's finances almost used the financial resources to support a legion to maintain 20,000 cavalry every year.
And this General Longbottom. Seven or eight years ago. He used to be the general who commanded the 20,000 cavalry. Speaking of this person's weirdness, it is really a bit emotional. This guy came from a lowly aristocratic family (really rich and powerful aristocrats. Who would be willing to be taken to the ghost place of the alien grassland behind the desert to become an official?), relying on his true skills to become a commanding officer, But there is no war on the mainland. He was finally sent to the northwest to command the 20,000 "high-priced cavalry".
This guy has since added a series of nicknames: butcher, executioner. Madman, lecherous general. Etc., etc.
Speaking of this person's ability, it is true that he is good at riding on horseback and commanding troops. And his character is so dumbfounding: this person is greedy for money, lustful, and greedy. He has an extreme and irritable personality, what to do... You can say that he is decisive and reckless, or you can say that he is decisive.
In short, later, a certain military leader made an evaluation of him, which was surprisingly apt, and gave him a nickname: Two Hundred and Five Generals.
Even Du Wei has heard of several famous deeds of General Longbottom. Originally, he brought the 20,000 cavalry. It is to deter the alien race in the grassland, but not to easily rub against the alien race on weekdays. But this guy actually accepted a bribe of 300 gold from the leader of one of the tribes of the grassland aliens, and then led 3,000 people to help him wipe out the other tribe that night. Afterwards, several tribes on the grassland united to seek justice, and he actually sold the tribe that bribed him, and turned his gun to help other tribes wipe out the tribe that bribed him. A lot of benefits have been gained, more than 5,000 cattle and sheep alone, and his soldiers. Almost everyone has an extra set of cow and sheep fur woolen shoes.
As a result, things broke out and caused a lot of diplomatic troubles for the empire. Many bigwigs above really hate this troublesome two hundred and five. But no one really wants to go to that broken place in the northwest, and there is no one to replace him for a while, so he can only stay there.
There is one more thing: because there is a desert in the middle, the imperial military's support for the 20,000 cavalry often cannot be delivered on time.
When the war horses are replaced in a certain year. The 20,000 cavalry had 500 old horses that needed to be replaced, but there was no news from the imperial army after a full three-month delay.
General Longbottom was furious and immediately brought 5,000 people with him. Pretending to be a horse thief, he swept across the two tribes on the edge of the grassland overnight. Robbed hundreds of good horses. A tribe of 2,000 people was killed by him, and he also brought back thousands of cattle and sheep where he could, and slaughtered and burned those who could not!
"Never leave a hair on those savages." (This is his original words).
He has done this robbery by pretending to be a horse thief more than once, and he was nicknamed "Dogs and chickens don't stay behind". The most unacceptable to the honest gentlemen in the imperial capital, he actually condoned his subordinates to prostitutes.
Originally, it was normal for Qiu Ba, a soldier with a low name, to seek out prostitutes to vent his feelings on weekdays, but this guy was able to do such unscrupulous things aboveboard. The most glorious time he had brought thousands of The man overturned the desert and emptied several brothels in a small town on the edge. He kept all the whores inside for three days. Thousands of people made a fuss in that small town, and even fought with the local guards. The army fought a few times.
In the words of the two hundred and five: "The soldiers are all men, are they men? They are all dead! Damn, all of them are suffering on the grassland. They don't go home for a few years. They spend their whole lives. I haven't even touched a woman before. Is there such a mother who makes people serve as soldiers! All my subordinates are dead men, the military department doesn't care about the lower body, I care!"
When this man was on the ground, the 20,000 people under him believed in him almost like a god, and they dared to break through mountains of swords and seas of fire with a single point of a spear. These people are almost half-bandits and half-army in the northwest. There was even one time when the chief of a certain tribe married his daughter. The lecherous general intercepted the sending team after he heard that he led them halfway. Regardless of the local customs, he flashed his saber, Be sure to see what the bride looks like.
In the local custom, a girl before she gets married is not allowed to be looked at by others, but this lecherous general didn't care, he tore off the girl's veil, and after reading it, he left a sentence: "Mom, you have a pockmarked face. My little concubine Shui Ling." After speaking, he led the people away.
Afterwards, the two tribes failed to marry, and the bride who had been looked at by others was sent back, and she could never get married again.
It also caused a big fight between the two tribes. The tribe of the bride's natal family brought men and horses to settle accounts with this lecherous general. Facing tens of thousands of people. He dared to take people into formation on the grassland and confront them all day and night.
In the end, someone from the tribe came to negotiate and reprimanded the 250th general for violating the customs of the grassland tribes. The general pouted at the time and said, "Isn't it just to see the face! Let's do it, this pockmarked girl. Others don't want it. I want it! Send it to my camp, I just marry her!"
At that time, the 250th general actually said in front of the envoy sent by the other tribe: "Damn, I will look at her face during the day, and strip her naked at night to look at her body. I can look at whatever I want! I am tired of looking at her, and I can still see her." Let him vent his anger when he has nothing to do. From now on, he will have a beating in the morning, one at noon and one in the evening, and another beating in the evening when he has nothing to eat! Hmph, what a big deal!"
In this way, he took a house of concubines.
Speaking of the deeds of the 250th general, there are many more. Du Wei looked at it almost as a legendary novel. At the end, people like Du Wei couldn't help sighing.
Where is this two hundred and five? What a talent! ∷ Killing on the grassland. To grab, to be greedy. It seems rude and greedy, but what it does is actually a matter of differentiation and governance! Snatching a bride is to destroy the marriage between other people's big tribes. Marrying one's own is even more meaningful... Not to mention that he is definitely a good hand in commanding the army!
So talented, so talented!
But in the end, the two hundred and five generals were unlucky. Not only did he rob with troops, but he even robbed the empire's caravans! Just about eight years ago, he led people to rob a famous caravan on the mainland. The caravan carried dozens of carts of goods across the desert. He robbed him before entering the grassland, and dozens of carts of goods were all gone. Also killed more than 200 people. When this matter was revealed, no one spoke to him again.
However, after Du Wei read this paragraph later, he learned from some places that the caravan robbed by General 250 was all selling metal ores!
There are no mountains and no minerals on the grasslands! Cattle, sheep, food and clothing can be self-sufficient, but soldiers' swords, guns and weapons cannot grow from the grass. Nor can it be born from cattle and sheep! So on the grassland, the most lacking place is iron! The two hundred and fifty generals robbed the caravan.
It was vaguely a caravan sent by a certain noble family in the court. For their own self-interest, they dared to sell ironware to those prairie wolves!
It is said that the two hundred and fifty generals robbed this kind of caravan. It wasn't once or twice, and finally pissed off some nobles in the imperial capital. As a result, he was dismissed and brought back to the imperial capital for trial. Du Wei didn't know what happened after that. Thinking about it back then, this 250-year-old genius probably died unjustly.
But I didn't expect that this guy is still locked up in the Supervision Office, and he is still fucking rich in prostitutes...
The Baron Robinski was stunned for such a long time when Du Wei heard the name of Lombardo, the 250th general, feeling uneasy. He is the guard here, of course he knows that this 250th general has offended many nobles, and he is still alive today because after he was arrested, the 20,000 cavalrymen under him made trouble. Boiling literature, and the wife he married was the daughter of a tribal chief on the grassland, and a large amount of gold was spent in the officialdom of the imperial capital, which saved the life of the 250th general, but he neither tried nor released Man, it has been closed for so many years.
Look at the appearance of this young duke... Could it be that among the nobles whom the 250th General offended back then, there was also the Luo Lin family
"This... Your Excellency the Duke?"
Finally, Du Wei showed a smile on his face, dispelling Baron Robinski's worries: "Oh, it's all right."
Du Wei shook his head, just took two steps, and suddenly stopped, then turned around and glanced at the iron gate, thought for a while, and said, "By the way, this General Longbottom, what do you like most on weekdays?"
"Like?" Baron Robinski was taken aback for a moment, thinking what else could this guy like? Good food, good drink, and women...other than that, nothing.
What a smart person Du Wei is, you can guess it just by looking at the other party's expression. He thought for a while, and suddenly said: "That's right. I don't know much about these situations... How much would it cost for a night to find a woman like the one who is now... accompanying General Longbottom?"
"Huh?" Robinsky almost rolled his eyes... Could it be that the Duke became lustful after hearing the bitch in the room snort? Grandma, if this can also win the newly promoted grand duke, I will let my daughter go to the duke's house tonight to hum every day! If he can get close to the grand duke, the future is boundless!
His mind was full of distracting thoughts. He hurriedly said: "It doesn't cost much... five hundred... ah no, three hundred! Throw out three hundred gold coins, and the chick inside will have to stay with her for a whole day."
three hundred
Du Wei raised his eyebrows. Although the 800 gold coins are a huge sum of money for ordinary people, Du Wei still seems to be very cheap. Aside from other things, the ecstasy cave where the real nobles gathered outside the imperial capital that Prince Chen took him back then cost tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of gold coins at every turn.
In comparison, these three hundred gold coins can be regarded as a relatively "mass" consumption level.
Du Wei smiled: "How about a better place?" Since you are giving favors, you might as well give them a little bit older.
Robinsky's face was covered with cold sweat. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the young duke would pull himself to talk about the prices of these romantic lands. He tremblingly said: "Well, my lord, the south of the city is no different than other places. The south of the city is the place where Pingming gathers. Regions, the cost in this area, no matter how high it is, the red-card goblins in several famous places in the south of the city. The highest overnight stay is only a thousand children and eight hundred. One more zero is not enough." After a pause, Robinski swallowed hard. Said: "But this General Longbottom is weird. He doesn't like those fairies who are really delicate and expensive. He just likes this kind of cheap place. He said that whores should be let go, hot and unrestrained, then Most of the high-priced prostitutes are... Well, what did he say... Oh, pretending! He said that the more expensive the more the pretense, and before he touched his hands, he would spill a lot of gold coins, and he really wanted to pull them on the bed It's not too much fun...so...he also said that I'm doing it for whoring, not for the saint... "
Du Wei almost covered his stomach with laughter. Loudly said: "Wonderful man! Wonderful man!"
After finishing speaking, Du Wei pointed at the door and said in a low voice: "Baron Robinski, from now on, you will feed this Baron Longbottom with food and drink. Go to the south of the city in one breath, um, according to the general’s preferences, find ten or eight, and then send one in every two days.” After a pause, he said: “Tomorrow I will send someone to give you 20,000 gold coins first. Come. Find me when you run out."
Robinski's eyes widened, and he couldn't help showing a strange expression. He turned his head and took a deep look at the big iron gate, thinking: I'm afraid the two hundred and five generals are going to be lucky, and I don't know how he got on it. This red-hot juvenile Grand Duke
I was thinking about how to think of a way. I returned the two hundred gold coins that I had blackmailed Longbottom. I dare not offend such a person who will become prosperous in the future... While hesitating, Du Wei had already walked to the front and turned back, "Let's go, Baron Robinski , take me to see my father."