"Just remember it." Yuan Su continued to look straight ahead, still not looking at Huo Siyu.
Warden Huo did not show any dissatisfaction and still had a smile on his face. The difference between a mere eighth-rank Juren warden and a third-rank Hanlin assistant minister was like the difference between heaven and earth.
"Do you know this person?"
Huo Siyu's body trembled, he bent down and said respectfully: "I recognize him, Fang Yun Fang Zhenguo, I have seen him in the Ten Nations Competition on the screen of the academy."
"How do you deal with it?" Yuan Su asked.
"We treat everyone equally, regardless of status!" Huo Siyu suddenly straightened his chest, looking righteous.
"Good! If you can really do it, it will be a great contribution to the country. I will definitely recommend you as an 'official scholar' and appoint you as a county magistrate to show your talents."
Huo Siyu was overjoyed, bowed deeply, and said, "How could I be so worthy of your attention? I am so grateful! So grateful!"
"Whether you can become an 'official scholar' and a local official depends on your performance in the next half month!" Yuan Su said.
"I will do my duty conscientiously and will never let you down!" Huo Siyu smiled, but the chill in his tone was even colder than the harsh winter.
"Very good! I will personally take him to the death row. By the way, there are two people from the Hall of Punishment staying here temporarily, please entertain them well."
"Of course, of course." Huo Siyu immediately smiled and looked at the two Jinshi with the word "Xing" embroidered on their chests. One of them had a sarcastic look on his face, and the other turned his head to look the other way.
The smile on Siyu Huo's face froze, but returned to normal in an instant. He cursed in his heart but dared not say a single disrespectful word. This Jinshi from the Criminal Palace could hold his head high in front of the Grand Secretary.
Everyone moved forward, except for Fang Yun, who heard the rattling sound of chains under his feet.
The shackles and fetters on Fang Yun were the heaviest. The shackles weighed 40 kilograms and the fetters weighed 30 kilograms, enough to crush a strong young man, but Fang Yun ignored them and walked steadily.
The jailer standing by secretly smacked his lips as he watched, this thing was used to lock up university scholars or demons.
The group walked forward, bypassing the main hall of the Tiger Prison, bypassing the cells above ground, and entering the cells underground.
Fang Yun stepped in, and felt a cold wind blowing on his face. An indescribable mixed stench entered his nose and went straight into his head, choking Fang Yun so much that his eyes went dark. This stench contained all kinds of smells such as rotting corpses, rotten food, and excrement.
Fang Yun had no choice but to send his talent into his nose to block out the bad smell.
It was winter, and it was only dry and cold outside, but the underground cell was damp and cold to the bone. It was as if the cold air was surrounding him all the time, penetrating his body and penetrating deep into his internal organs.
Fortunately, Fang Yun had eaten the dragon ball, undergone several initiations of talent, and finally been injected with a large amount of life force by Emperor Luo on the Dragon Platform. He was immune to cold and heat, and would not feel uncomfortable even if the temperature was twice as low.
Those uneducated jailers were wearing very thick cotton clothes, but they were shivering slightly. Fang Yun and the scholars in the Ministry of Justice wore very little, but they were the most resistant to the cold.
Yuan Su didn't say anything, and neither did anyone else.
Everyone went down the stairs and entered the dungeon for serious criminals.
There were newly replaced torches hanging on the walls of the dungeon. The cold wind blew through, making a beeping sound. The cell was dark, but in the eyes of the reader it was as bright as day.
Fang Yun originally thought that the people here would cry out that they were wronged when they met the high officials. But when he looked around, what caught his eyes were dirty faces, desperate eyes, and lingering death intentions, which hurt his eyes.
Fang Yun's heart shuddered. He knew and had seen quite a lot, but he had never seen such a person.
But in this small cell, which was only ten feet in radius, there were five or six people imprisoned. They had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in this narrow space. You can imagine how terrible the living environment was.
Fang Yun took a closer look and found that there were people standing or lying motionless in almost every cell. All of them had been stripped naked, their skin was blue and white, and they were no longer breathing. Some were missing limbs, and some had teeth marks on their bodies.
Those who were still alive were either constantly moving or huddled in a corner, shivering.
Fang Yun's originally calm heart suddenly started beating. He had heard of these things, but seeing them with his own eyes made it difficult for him to suppress his surprise.
If he were to describe these people, Fang Yun only had two words in his mind: despair and numbness. If he were to add another word, it would be waiting to die.
These people's eyes no longer have the spirit that humans should have.
The crowd continued walking in the corridor. On both sides of the corridor were cells of similar size, separated by iron bars.
Finally, Yuan Su, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, stopped in front of a cell where four corpses were lying, each with their clothes stripped off.
"Ding Shisan" was written on the top of the cell.
"Prison Master Huo, I see that Ding Shisan's cell is empty, how about giving it to Fang Yun?"
"Your Excellency is right. This cell is suitable for Fang Yun to live in." Prison Chief Huo said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll send it..."
A Jinshi from the Criminal Hall said, "Wait! Although Fang Zhenguo is a suspect, he has not been convicted. Entering this Tiger Prison is already the limit. If he continues to stay in such a cell, it would be too much. Even an enemy of the aristocratic family should not be treated like this!"
Yuan Su was silent. Prison Chief Huo smiled bitterly and said, "Master of the Criminal Court, you don't know that this cell has the best lighting. We can see the sun for an hour every day. Other places can't even see the sun. Master Yuan is kind-hearted and let him live here."
Yuan Su looked at Huo Siyu in surprise. He didn't expect that this scholar was so eloquent. He nodded with satisfaction.
Another Jinshi from the Criminal Hall laughed coldly, took out a sign and threw it to Prison Master Huo, saying, "Clean this cell immediately and put new straw on it. If you dare to disobey, beware of the guillotine in the Criminal Hall!"
Huo Siyu's body trembled violently. Every scholar had been taught how terrifying the Punishment Hall was. The more they knew, the more afraid they were of it. He held the Punishment Hall token tremblingly and looked at Yuan Su helplessly.
Yuan Su smiled and said, "I originally wanted to ask Huo Siyu to clear the place before letting Fang Yun in. I didn't expect you two to misunderstand. Huo Siyu, only Fang Yun is allowed to live in this house, and no one is allowed to disturb him."
"Yes, sir! Go find someone to clean this place up!" Huo Siyu hurried to do it.
Soon, the jailers outside rushed in and cleaned up Ding Shisan's cell. Although it was nothing compared to an ordinary room, it was like a fairyland compared to other cells.
Those desperate and numb eyes finally changed. Some were envious, some were hateful, and some had murderous intent. In the eyes of a very small number of people, hope was rekindled.
"Take off the shackles!" Yuan Su said.
"Yes, sir." Several jailers stepped forward to remove the shackles on Fang Yun's shoulders, but did not touch the shackles.
"Body search!" Yuan Su said again.
The two jailers immediately searched him.
Fang Yun had already given the Yinjiangbei to Yang Yuhuan, and placed the animal skins and other items in the study, leaving him with nothing else.
"My Lord, it's clean, there's nothing at all!"
"Search again!" Yuan Su's voice was a little louder.
"Useless thing!" Huo Siyu cursed and hurried forward to search him personally.
Nothing was found.
"That's all. However, Fang Yun is a Saintly Scholar. In order to prevent him from escaping from prison, his palace should be sealed!"
After Yuan Su finished speaking, a cunning look flashed in his eyes, and he took out a pale golden holy page from his sleeve.
Unfolding the holy page, there was a word "Seal" written on it. This word was clearly written with pen and ink, but in the eyes of everyone it seemed like the trajectory of the Holy Path, sealing the sky and locking the earth, and even their own souls seemed to be locked up.
The other readers subconsciously turned their heads away and didn't look at this word.
The two Jinshi from the Criminal Hall frowned, but didn't say anything.
Fang Yun looked at the holy page coldly and said, "The Zong family and the Lei family are really good at tricks. They are willing to waste such an important thing on me."
"You are Fang Zhenguo, anything can happen! Go!" Yuan Su threw the seal page to Fang Yun. The page turned into light and entered Fang Yun's forehead, turning into countless chains that trapped Fang Yun's Wen Palace, completely isolating the power of his Wen Palace from his body.
Without Wen Gong's talent support, all kinds of foul smells in the dungeon once again entered Fang Yun's nostrils.
"Prison Officer Huo, Fang Yun is a serious criminal in the Holy Court. If you make any mistakes, I will bring your head to see me!" Yuan Su turned and left. Prison Officer Huo hurriedly followed.
The two scholars from the Criminal Hall bowed to Fang Yun and turned to leave.
Fang Yun entered the cell with shackles on his feet. The jailer quickly locked the door and then quickly left.
Suddenly, the torch at the door flickered, and the jailer left the dungeon with the torch. Then with a clang, the dungeon door was locked.
The dim moonlight outside shone into the dungeon, which not only failed to make the dungeon look bright, but made it even more eerie.
Fang Yun looked around the cell. It was about ten feet long and wide, and was surrounded by iron bars, solid and sturdy. There was a one-foot square window on the north wall of the cell, which also had steel bars, and cold wind poured in from there.
The four bodies before were frozen to death.
Fang Yun smiled indifferently. The cold wind was like a spring breeze to him.
Fang Yun withdrew his hand and squeezed the iron bar, then let go, leaving a faint handprint on it.
There was hay on the ground and a freshly cleaned toilet, but nothing else, not even a bed or bedding.
"I never thought that I would live in a place like this one day." Fang Yun shook his head, sat on the ground, leaning against the cage on one side.
Before Fang Yun could sit firmly, four people in the adjacent west cage suddenly stretched out their hands through the iron bars. One grabbed Fang Yun's head, one grabbed Fang Yun's neck, and two grabbed Fang Yun's arms.
Fang Yun seemed to have eyes behind his head. The moment his arms were grabbed, he grabbed one hand with each other and pulled. With a "swish" sound, there was a broken arm in each hand and blood splattered everywhere.
"Ah..." the two people screamed.
Fang Yun put down his arms, and then with lightning speed, he grabbed the hand on his head with one hand and the hand on his neck with the other hand. His movements were so fast that the two men didn't even have time to react.
Fang Yun suddenly stood up and pulled forward. There were two more tearing sounds, and two more arms appeared in his hands.
Four men in the west cell were rolling on the ground screaming. They were already weak to begin with, and now their arms were broken. They howled for a while and then fainted on the ground.
It was freezing cold at the moment, and the four men with broken arms fainted again and would soon die. The people in the other cells looked at the four men with green eyes, but with Fang Yun there, no one dared to move.
Fang Yun casually threw the four arms to the people in the cell on the east side, and then there seemed to be a chewing sound coming from inside...
"If you want to die, just come!"
Fang Yun snorted coldly and continued to sit on the ground leaning against the iron fence. He thought that the four people might not be sent by Yuan Su to kill him, but he deliberately placed the four people here, and he must know that the four people had killed the neighboring prisoners. (To be continued...)