The case of the Cui family and the king of Shu is the case that has had the most extensive influence and the largest scale of involvement in Jing Guo's past decades.
Not only dozens of officials and dignitaries in Kyoto were imprisoned because of this, but relevant officials in Shuzhou who were involved in the case were also escorted to Beijing and locked in cells in Dali Temple.
Overnight, from the high-ranking parents to the prisoners, no one knows what will be waiting for them. If they just resign from office, it is still a blessing in misfortune. Even if they are exiled into the army, it is not an unacceptable thing , I'm afraid that if you are too deeply involved by the king of Shu, you will be sent to the guillotine directly, then you will really have nothing...
At this time, in a certain cell in Tianlao, a young man was holding his abdomen, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and his body was trembling unceasingly.
"Zian, Zi'an, what's wrong with you..."
In the cell next door, a woman with an anxious expression on her face, tightly grasping the fence in the middle, asked with concern.
The young man was sweating coldly, but he raised his head, smiled and waved his hands, and said, "It's okay... I'm sick."
The woman looked at the sweating young man, turned her head, knelt down with a thud, and hissed, "Master Guancha, Zi'an has a bad spleen and stomach, please, please don't give him moldy food again... "
The official looked back, and said blankly: "It's all here, what else to choose..."
The woman was limp on the ground, and in another cell, someone mocked with disdain: "This is the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple, if you want to eat something good, I'm afraid the only thing you can eat is the beheading meal!"
In Jingguo, no matter where the prison is, there is an unwritten rule. Before the execution, the prisoner can enjoy a hearty meal. a nice family...
The moment the decapitation meal is eaten, it means that the prisoner is not long before his execution.
As soon as the man's mocking voice fell, there was a sound of iron chains being lowered suddenly at the door of a certain cell.
Several jailers opened the cell door, moved a set of tables and chairs in, and some people brought delicious food and wine one after another. The smell of the food and wine could be smelled by all the prisoners from a long distance away.
“Eight dishes and one soup…”
The prisoner who spoke just now counted the number of people and limply on the ground. The tangy aroma is not comparable to the moldy and rotten food they usually eat. Under what circumstances, the prison will give the prisoner such a Special treatment
Cut off the meal, this is the cut off the meal ah!
Jiang Xianwei's decapitation meal has arrived, can theirs be far behind
The woman grasped the railing with both hands, and panicked: "Zian, Zi'an..."
"Master Jiang, please..." Two guards helped the young man in the cell up and sat down at the table.
Jiang Zian stared blankly at the sumptuous meal in front of him, but he didn't have any appetite. When his stomach hurt just now, he thought that if he could eat a full meal, even death would be worth it.
Men are always changeable.
He has regretted it now, he doesn't want good wine and good food, and he doesn't want to have enough food, even if he is allowed to eat those moldy and rotten food every day, he is willing...
As long as you live, as long as you can live...
Jiang Zian struggled to sit up, shook his head and said, "I won't eat, I won't eat..."
"Why, don't these meals suit Brother Jiang's appetite?" Li Yi walked into the cell and said in surprise, "It doesn't matter, what Brother Jiang wants to eat, just tell me, and I'll ask someone to cook it again."
The voice was so familiar that it was engraved in his bones.
Jiang Zian turned his head and looked at a figure walking into the prison cell. He froze in place, as if struck by lightning.
"Li, brother Li..."
Li Yi walked into the cell, personally helped him to the table, and said with a smile, "Brother Jiang, long time no see."
…
Li Xuan and Li Mingzhu walked over side by side, seeing this scene, they couldn't help being surprised.
He prepared such a sumptuous meal just for the person in front of him
They didn't have much impression of this person at all.
Li Xuan came over and asked suspiciously, "Do you know each other?"
Li Yi nodded.
"Very familiar?"
"Brother Jiang and I..." Li Yi patted Jiang Zian on the shoulder and said, "It's a fateful friendship..."
"Fate..." Li Xuan murmured, and when he looked at the young man, his brows immediately frowned.
Li Yi pointed to the two of them, and introduced him: "This is the eldest princess, this is the son of Li Xuan."
The eldest princess is in power, and Li Xuan's son is in charge of the Academy of Sciences. How could Jiang Zian have never heard of these two names, and hurriedly got up to greet him, "The guilty minister sees the eldest princess, and sees His Royal Highness..."
Li Yi looked at the woman in the cell next door and asked, "This is..."
Jiang Zian lowered his head and said, "This is my wife."
Li Yi asked in surprise: "Brother Zi'an got married, when did it happen?"
Jiang Zi'an said, "Just last year."
Li Yi looked back at a jailer, who immediately understood, ran over in a hurry, opened the cell door, and invited the woman over.
"Zian, these guys..." The woman didn't know what happened, so she whispered nervously.
Jiang Zian quickly introduced: "This is Lord Li, this is Your Highness the Princess, and this is Your Highness..."
After another salute, Jiang Zian and the woman were reluctant to sit down at first, but after Li Yi persuaded them for a long time, they sat down nervously.
Li Yi knew that Li Mingzhu and Li Xuan must be full of doubts now, so he briefly described what happened in Shuzhou to them.
The fateful friendship is true. Without Jiang Zian, he and Ruyi would probably not be able to get out of the city safely, and naturally there would be no future events.
After knowing the inside story, Li Xuan looked at Jiang Zian's eyes, and the dissatisfaction just now disappeared.
Li Yi looked back at the Dali Temple official and asked, "What crime did he commit?"
The official of Dali Temple showed bitterness, and said: "I didn't commit any crime, but Mr. Jiang is under the command of the King of Shu..."
Jiang Zian lowered his head. Sometimes, a conviction does not require a specific charge. It is right to be involved with the wrong person.
He looked at Li Yi, with a look of hesitation on his face, and he said after a long time: "Master Li, Jiang Zi'an is not guilty of death, but based on the past, can you save my wife, she, she is innocent..."
"Zian!" The woman held his hand and said solemnly, "If you die, I will follow you right away..."
"Don't talk stupid!"
"I was born as a member of the Jiang family, and I will die as a ghost of the Jiang family..."
"Then I will divorce my wife..."
"By now, even if you want to rest, it's too late..."
…
Li Yi's complexion turned dark. He came here to reminisce about the old days, not to watch them show their affection. He coughed and said, "In the past few years, brother Zi'an has been wronged by the King of Shu."
Jiang Zian raised his head, a trace of confusion appeared on his face.
The woman had already understood Li Yi's implication, knelt down on the ground, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord..."
In the surrounding prison cells, everyone smelled the aroma and swallowed the rotten prison food. Although the severed head food was delicious, they felt that these smelly food were even more delicious in the world...
That woman... what's the use of kowtow, can kowtow save you from the death penalty
At this moment, they only feel that if they can eat meals like this for the rest of their lives, they will have nothing to ask for...