Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

In the 19th year of Hongguang, autumn.

The autumn wind was bleak, Xu Chengxing died of illness at home, and the position of prime minister was left vacant.

The eyes of the court officials of Dayan were immediately set on this position below one person and above ten thousand people.

Emperor Hongguang had not spoken, and the court officials of Dayan did not dare to express their opinions easily.

Although Emperor Hongguang had been in charge of the court of Dayan for only a few years, he was well versed in the power of the emperor, had a deep mind, and his means far exceeded those of Emperor Jingzheng and the Queen Mother. If he did not speak, none of the court officials of Dayan dared to speak.

This situation lasted for ten days, and Emperor Hongguang suddenly summoned a group of ministers.

In the court, he issued an order to remove Lv Qinghou from the position of Minister of Personnel and put him in Tianlao.

There was only one reason, colluding with King Wei!

In an instant, the officials of Dayan were in an uproar.

After Lv Qinghou entered the government, he liked to make friends with literati and scholars, and his friends were all over the court of Dayan.

And every time the court of Dayan was reshuffled, he could stand on the right team.

When Emperor Jingzheng passed away, Lü Qinghou boarded the Queen Mother's ship and jumped from the position of Chief Clerk to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

After Emperor Hongguang came of age, he decisively joined the Hongguang Emperor's army and fully supported the Hongguang Emperor to ascend the throne.

Without Lü Qinghou's support, it would not be so easy for Hongguang Emperor to overthrow the Queen Mother, let alone control the court of Dayan.

Many ministers in the court of Dayan were skeptical about Lü Qinghou's collusion with King Wei, and several ministers who had a good relationship with Lü Qinghou stood up to protect Lü Qinghou.

As a result, Emperor Hongguang directly ordered these ministers to be thrown into the Tianlao and asked Xue Haichao to investigate thoroughly.

After Emperor Hongguang took charge of the court of Dayan, in order to balance the growing East Factory, he re-established the Jinyiwei, and Xue Haichao was reinstated as the commander of the Jinyiwei.

Xue Haichao immediately took the order and left. For a time, all the officials of Dayan fell silent.

At this time, all the officials of Dayan discovered that none of the people who really occupied the high positions in the court of Dayan spoke up to plead for Lv Qinghou.

Even Duke Weiyuan, who had a very good relationship with Lv Qinghou and was favored by Lv Qinghou, did not speak up to plead for Lv Qinghou, and stayed aside calmly.

Obviously, Emperor Hongguang had consulted with Duke Weiyuan and others before taking action.

"Lv Qinghou was thrown into the sky prison?"

Chu Chen happened to be in the imperial capital and learned the news.

Unlike the panicked Li Ji Miscellaneous Soup Shop, he was more curious.

He did not have any hatred for Lv Qinghou.

Perhaps Lv Qinghou had calculated him, and later intervened in the business of the Miscellaneous Soup Shop, forcing him to give up part of the business of the Miscellaneous Soup Shop, but these two things brought him a lot of benefits.

In the former, he got the Soul-Snatching Body-Forging Sutra from Lv Qinghou, and the name of the Transfer Pawn Shop also made the pawnshop business much better, bringing him a lot of money.

To be honest, he actually made money.

Without Lv Qinghou's support, the miscellaneous soup shop might make money, but it would never grow to the point where it is now, with more than 20 branches in the imperial capital.

The business is spread all over the capital, with more than 100 branches.

Because of this, Chu Chen can only get a share of one or two thousand taels of silver every month.

"Maybe, I can go to the Heavenly Prison to see this guy?"

Chu Chen suddenly had the idea of ​​going to the Heavenly Prison.

The Imperial Capital Heavenly Prison is strictly guarded, with 3,000 Heavenly Prison soldiers and two marrow-refining warriors guarding it. Ordinary people can't enter and leave the Heavenly Prison at will.

But is Chu Chen an ordinary person?

He is an existence who has cultivated both internal energy and external refining to the Xiantian realm. For him, the Heavenly Prison is still a place where he can come and go freely.

There is no Xiantian master guarding the Heavenly Prison.

...

The Heavenly Prison.

Located in the west of the Imperial Capital.

From the outside, it looks like a huge fortress, with strict security. A group of Tianlao soldiers are stationed here, and huge crossbows are placed everywhere.

The arrows of the crossbows flash with cold light, shocking all those who want to break into the Tianlao.

Some extremely vicious and serious criminals are imprisoned here, including martial arts masters.

In order to prevent people from escaping from prison or coming to rob the prison, the power guarding the Tianlao has always been sufficient. Even during the previous turmoil in the imperial capital, the power guarding the Tianlao has not been mobilized.

In fact, no one would be stupid enough to come to the Tianlao to rob the prison, not even the marrow refining warriors.

Although the marrow refining warriors are powerful, facing the siege of several marrow refining warriors, three thousand Tianlao soldiers, and many weapons in the army, they can only end up in defeat.

Only warriors who have broken through the Xiantian realm are qualified to come to the Tianlao to rob the prison.

Chu Chen did not rob the prison, but only went to the Tianlao to see Lu Qinghou, which was even more relaxed.

"Captain Song, how was Miss Lianxiang last night?"

"She is good at playing all kinds of music and singing. She is worthy of being the girl who almost became the oiran last year. She is very smooth."

"Captain Song, since you are so satisfied, why don't you go to Qunfangyuan to have some fun after your shift?"

"No, no, I am old. I can't compare to you young people. I have a tigress at home, watching me like a tiger. I have to go back to pay my taxes today."

The jailers of the Heavenly Prison were talking and laughing inside the prison.

Chu Chen used the Follow the Wind Body Skill to blend into the wind and passed in front of the jailers. No one noticed Chu Chen's trace. They just thought it was a breeze.

With Chu Chen's strength, it was too easy to avoid these jailers of the Heavenly Prison.

Even if a marrow refining warrior was in front of him, Chu Chen could easily hide from him.

Of course, even if Chu Chen accidentally revealed his whereabouts, I believe that this marrow refining warrior should be wise to pretend that he didn't see it.

After all, no one wants to die, right?

The main structure of the Heavenly Prison is located underground. It is built from top to bottom and is divided into three levels: A, B, and C. The C prison is on the top level and has relatively loose guards. The A prison is the most strictly guarded and is located on the bottom level.

Generally speaking, the A prison is for warriors with high martial arts skills, or officials who have committed serious crimes or death sentences.

There are two marrow refining warriors guarding the gate to the A prison.

Chu Chen used the Follow the Wind Body Skill and floated past the two of them.

"What is it?"

A marrow refining warrior frowned and realized something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Lao Li, what's wrong with you?"

Another marrow refining warrior looked at him in surprise and asked in confusion.

"Old Zhao, didn't you feel something floating over just now?"

"Did you? I think you drank too much yesterday, or you were drained by the Qunfangyuan, so you are so suspicious. How could anything float over?"

"Bullshit, I am a dragon, how could I be drained? I see that you have skinny arms and legs, which makes you look like you have been drained."

The two marrow-refining warriors laughed loudly, forgetting what happened just now.

The two men didn't know that they had just wandered around the gates of hell, but they also saved their lives because of these words.

Congratulations.

After Chu Chen entered the Jiazi Prison, he kept moving and went to the deepest part.

As the Minister of Personnel, Lv Qinghou committed the crime of colluding with King Wei. The place where he was imprisoned must be deep in the Jiazi Prison.

As expected, in the No. 1 cell of Jiazi Prison, Chu Chen saw the figure of Lv Qinghou.