Chapter 159 is Chengcheng’s Uncle Tianjiao!

The cell where Yu Xingmian and Zhang Dingan were held required one to pass through a secret door.

Lu Yao led a few people and turned left and right. Finally, he reached out and fiddled with a potted plant twice, and the secret door behind it slowly opened.

A deeper corridor suddenly appeared in front of them.

The air pressure here was much lower than outside. It was early morning with the sun at its highest point in the sky. The cells on both sides of the corridor were filled with prisoners, but it was so quiet that not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Jiang Yingcheng obediently let her Uncle Lu lead her, looking around curiously as she was led to the cell at the deepest end of the corridor.

At this point, the quiet journey finally saw some changes.

Zhang Dingan saw Lu Yao and the little princess standing outside the door, and he took a few steps and walked up to the group of people.

After staying quiet in the imperial prison for such a long time, he slowly recalled the weirdness of the whole incident.

When Lu Yao read out the contents of the letter in the court, he was too nervous and was brought here by the imperial guards without any resistance. But now thinking about it, he clearly remembered that he glanced at the official who received the letter while being escorted, and saw that he was still standing behind the crowd, watching him being escorted out of Chongyun Palace with horror on his face.

If the Royal Guards really had such solid evidence, why would they imprison him alone and let his accomplices go unpunished? !

Thinking of this, Zhang Dingan said in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, I have never done anything to corrupt the law. If what you said in the court is true, I am willing to take the blame for not being strict with you. I hope you can help me. I want to explain my situation in person."

Lu Yao sneered.

He had expected this old fox to do this, and he had prepared for a tough fight, but...

[Yeah?] Jiang Yingcheng turned his attention away from the cell next to him, and belatedly realized what the person opposite him had said, [You're still not convinced?!]

She sighed sincerely: [How stubborn...]

Several people in the corridor looked disdainful.

Who says it isn't?

You looked so guilty that you were about to faint in the court, and now that you have come to your senses, you want to pretend that nothing happened?

There is no such good thing.

Jiang Yingcheng suddenly shook Lu Yao's arm twice: "Uncle Lu, who is imprisoned in here?"

Lu Yao, who was waiting for the young man to make some crazy revelations, was completely stunned.

The happiest person eating melons in the court is the little girl in front of him. Could she forget what Zhang Dingan looks like so quickly?

"Your Highness, this is the former Minister of Works, Mr. Zhang Dingan." Lu Yao still responded cooperatively.

The young man said in a long tone, "Oh~" in a weird tone: "It's Zhang Dingan, the master who was dragged out by the imperial guards like a pile of mud this morning~"

She even emphasized the pronunciation of the four words "a beach of rotten mud".

She turned her head with sparkling eyes, staring at Zhang Dingan, who was in the cell with a sullen face, and said crisply, "You are standing so straight now, Cheng Cheng almost couldn't recognize you!"

Zhang Dingan: “…”

Lu Yao: “…”

A few people in the dust said: "..."

Everyone present was stunned by this taunt and couldn't recover for a long time. Jiang Yingcheng suddenly let go of Lu Yao's hand, and ran to the group of people carrying large and small bags. He searched inside and finally returned to the cell door with a paper bag in his hand.

"Hey~ This is for Lord Zhang~" She grabbed the wooden bars of the cell with one hand and reached inside with the other hand with great effort.

Lu Yao was so frightened by the scene in front of him that his heart almost jumped out of his throat. He was afraid that Zhang Dingan would suddenly explode and do something bad to the young man.

Fortunately, Zhang Dingan just lowered his head in a daze and reached out to take the package: "What is it?"

Jiang Yingcheng pursed her lips and retreated back to her Uncle Lu's side, then pulled her Uncle Chen forward, and then she replied with a sense of security: "It's meat buns~"

After a pause, she added in her mind: [Meat, meat buns to beat the dog~]

"Throwing a meat bun at a dog?" A pleasant voice suddenly came from the cell inside Zhang Ding'an, almost overlapping with the young man's thoughts.

The expressions of everyone present were horrified, only Jiang Yingcheng's eyes suddenly burst into bright light.

[Tianjiao! It’s Chengcheng’s Uncle Tianjiao! ! ]

A tall figure slowly walked from the dark corner into the light, and the face carved by the blade gradually became clearer.

Years in prison did not diminish his arrogance, but instead gave him a unique calmness. However -

Lu Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Xingmian, you sneaked out again, right?"

This statement is even made in a declarative tone.

Yu Xingmian was wearing a well-tailored black uniform. The brand new fabric was spotless and did not match the atmosphere of the entire cell. It was obvious that the clothes were as new as they could be.

Yu Xingmian first glanced at the young man with interest, then turned his face cold and said impatiently to Lu Yao: "You came at the wrong time."

If Lu Yao still appeared only once every few months like before, he would not have noticed the problem with his clothes.

Lu Yao: “???”

Listen to what you say, is it human language? !

"Seven years ago, Lord Zhang Ding'an came to Beijing from a small border town for the first time and became a seventh-rank official in Beijing," Yu Xingmian ignored Lu Yao's fierce look and suddenly spoke, "At that time, the first person he visited in Beijing was Lord Zhuang Xuyao, who was only a fourth-rank official at the time."

Yu Xingmian ignored the stunned expressions of the people around him, and lazily turned the ring on his finger twice with his head down: "At that time, this Lord Zhang must have wanted to be a good official, but Lord Zhuang always hated forming cliques for personal gain, so he directly rejected him."

"Then, by chance, he got together with Pan Chengbi."

"In the second year after arriving in Beijing, he was promoted to a higher rank for his meritorious service in exposing his colleagues for taking bribes."

"In the third year, he was promoted to the highest position because he destroyed a private salt smuggling operation on his own..."

Yu Xingmian's unhurried voice echoed slowly in the small space, clearly outlining Zhang Ding'an's career as an official. Then, when everyone's expressions became very solemn, he changed the subject -

"All the cannon fodder he used to get promoted were pawns abandoned by Pan Chengbi," he said, finally looking up and sneered at Zhang Dingan, "There were several officials who wanted these achievements at the time, but none of them were as good at flattery as Lord Zhang."

Zhang Dingan was so angry that he instinctively walked towards the cell where Yu Xingmian was. "What nonsense! How dare you, you rude boy - ah!!"

Yu Xingmian pulled Zhang Dingan's arm that was stretched into his cell, and after pulling him closer, he suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard in the knee.

The look he gave from top to bottom was full of contempt.

"Rubbish."