At dusk, Yan Jiuchao and the others were brought to the dungeon of the West City.
There was a banquet in the City Lord Manor today, and the officials of the magistrate prefecture had gone to attend early. As a result, the prisoners imprisoned today were not interrogated and could only be locked up first.
Yan Jiuchao had never been imprisoned in his life. It was quite a new experience.
The prison of Nanzhao was the same as the Great Zhou. It was divided into a water prison, a prison, and a dungeon. The water prison was a place to torture people and was usually used to imprison those who did not confess. The prison was used to imprison the relatives of the royal family. As for “commoners” like them who bought fake travel passes, they were usually locked in the dungeon.
However, there were also differences in the dungeon. The deeper they were locked up, the more serious the crime. The people at the door usually had lighter crimes. Logically speaking, they had yet to be convicted and should not be locked up in the dungeon immediately. However, there was no one to interrogate them, so they could only be thrown in first.
After the guards handed over the dozen or so prisoners who were suspicious because of the travel pass to the prison guard, they returned to the city gate to continue working.
The prison guard led the group to the torture room and took a pair of handcuffs. “Alright, give me your hands.”
Before he could finish speaking, he heard two cracking sounds. It was a new prisoner who took the initiative to pick up the handcuffs on the table and put them on.
The prison guard : “…”
How much did he want to be handcuffed?
Since he was handcuffed, this pair was unnecessary. The prison guard turned around and hung the handcuffs back on the wall. However, in the blink of an eye, when he turned around and planned to take the prison clothes to scare them, the cabinet of the prison clothes had already been pulled open by the handcuffed brother. The brother quickly changed into a clean prison uniform and did not forget to put on the foot handcuffs.
Uh… Well, the ankle cuffs were for felons… Do you need to wear ankle cuffs because of a fake travel pass? And that prison uniform. The f*cking crime has yet to be convicted. Why are you wearing a prison uniform?!
“Oh.” Yan Jiuchao looked down at his clothes and was quite satisfied.
The prison guard was speechless again.
When the others saw the young man change into the prison uniform and put on the handcuffs, they also followed suit. In a short while, other than Jiang Hai and Yu Wan, more than ten suspects were all dressed up.
The prison guard, who wanted to show off his strength but had nowhere to use it: You really don’t have to be so self-aware…
The prisoners were divided into men and women. Yu Wan, who was disguised as a man, was brought to the male prisoner’s place with Yan Jiuchao and Jiang Hai. However, they were not in the same cell. Yu Wan and Yan Jiuchao were separated by a cell. Jiang Hai was slightly further away, about three to four cells away.
At this moment, Yu Wan was really glad that she had disguised herself as a man. Otherwise, she would have been worried if she could not guard Yan Jiuchao. Although they were separated by a cell, she could hear Yan Jiuchao’s steady breathing with her hearing and was slightly relieved.
After leaving the Great Zhou, they realized that there was always someone better. In the Great Zhou, he was the heir of Yan City, who was second only to one person. Other than the Emperor, no one dared to touch him, let alone let him be imprisoned. That was something that could make the Emperor confiscate their family assets and wipe out their entire family if they pointed a finger at him. However, they were no longer in the Great Zhou, so they could not rely on their status.
It was not that he had never thought of using his identity as a member of the Great Zhou Imperial Family to enter Nanzhao openly, but that would be too eye-catching. Perhaps he would be schemed against before he could obtain the antidote.
Although he had suffered a little now, it was not impossible to escape. At most, they would be more cautious in the future.
“It’s time to eat!” The prison guard brought the food over one by one.
Yu Wan took a look. It was porridge and bitter pickled vegetables mixed with sand. It was disgusting at a glance. Fortunately, she and Yan Jiuchao had eaten many pancakes in the carriage when they had nothing to do. They were not hungry now, but Jiang Hai, who had been driving all afternoon, was probably starving.
Now that she was in jail, she naturally couldn’t care less about this. Yu Wan quietly leaned against the wall, planning to close her eyes to rest first and wait for an opportunity to escape in the middle of the night.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of the cell door opening. Another unlucky fellow was captured. She did not plan to pay attention to him, but for some reason, she opened her eyes and realized that the new person was a green-clothed monk wearing a bamboo hat. The bamboo hat was wide, and his face was covered in darkness.
Yu Wan’s gaze froze. Wait, wasn’t this the young monk who lived next door to her and Yan Jiuchao in Qinghe Town? Why was he in West City too? Why was he also arrested and thrown into jail? Did he not have a travel pass like them, or did he do something else?
Yu Wan had only met him by chance and was only puzzled. She did not plan to ask him for clarification.
