Chapter 049
After Sun Xiaogang was taken out of the dark and narrow cell, he squinted at the dark night under the many lanterns in front of the cell. He wondered why he had taken them out so late.
Prisoners in ancient times did not wear handcuffs and shackles like today's prisoners, but shackles. Because Chen Yuntian and the other three were important players in the "demotion of gods" case, the shackles and shackles they wore were naturally very heavy and could be transferred.
According to the relevant regulations of Tang Dynasty, Qianlu and Chang put heavy yoke on them, that is, the heavy yoke whose head and hands were connected with a wooden board.
When they had to walk a long way, their feet were not shackled with heavy shackles, but only lighter shackles were used to ensure that their walking was not affected.
This made Sun Xiaogang feel very uncomfortable. In his time, this kind of thing had long since disappeared, and he had not even seen it in the information. Now that it was suddenly worn, it really felt like being thrown into the eighteenth level of hell.
However, please don’t describe Sun Xiaogang’s feelings as being like eighteen levels of hell.
Because, in the prehistoric civilization period of Sun Xiaogang's earth, there was no such thing as eighteen levels of hell, and of course there was no such concept.
"You Tang people are really barbaric," Sun Xiaogang said angrily as he looked at Chen Yuntian and saw him silently walking towards the carriage wearing heavy shackles.
"What does the barbarism here have to do with the civilization you have there? Your world is all unrealistic dreams. But what is before us now is the real world. You just have to live with it." Chen Yuntian didn't.
Said angrily.
The county government office was particularly quiet at night. Except for the faint light from the red or yellowish lanterns illuminating the road in front of the three people, the surroundings were still dark and gloomy.
Because Chen Yuntian and Zhu Guangcai were stripped of their official uniforms and put on shackles, the jailer didn't know their identities very well. He just thought they were ordinary prisoners and poked the three of them with sticks if they didn't like them. Chen Yun was so angry.
Tian gritted his teeth, hoping that as soon as he got out, he would order his subordinates to execute all the jailors who disrespected him.
But how could the jailer care about his fantasy? They didn't know that the prisoner walking in front of him was actually a high-ranking official of the court. They could only tell from the size of the shackles he was wearing that he was a serious criminal. So they didn't like it.
Just poke it with a stick.
Because Lu and Chang issued orders to the jailers before leaving, they were strictly forbidden to speak on the way, and they were also forbidden to turn on lights. In this way, as soon as they walked out of the side door, all the lanterns they brought were blown out.
"Do you want us to walk moping like blind men?" Chen Yuntian was very emotionally unstable and could get angry at every turn.
"Shut up!" A jailer stepped forward angrily and stabbed Chen Yuntian in the back with a stick.
"Ouch!" Chen Yuntian screamed and fell to the ground.
"What's going on?" Yao Mingyang, who was leading the team to the Xinxuan detention center, heard the noise behind him, reined in his horse and asked the accompanying prison chief next to him.
"I don't know either."
"Then you go ask them and tell them not to make any noise and move forward quietly."
"Okay." The prison head turned the horse's head and went to the back to check the situation.
At this time, Chen Yuntian was still lying on the ground without moving, and the jailer was cursing and kicking him hard?
"What's wrong?" the cell leader asked.
"This kid refused to leave and kept yelling and scolding."
"Can't we just shut his mouth?" the prison boss said impatiently.
"But he won't go anywhere now."
"Why don't you leave?" the cell leader jumped off his horse and asked Chen Yuntian angrily.
"Do you only know who I am?" Chen Yuntian was lying on the ground, rolling in pain.
"who?"
"Chen Yuntian, the fourth-ranking Huaihua Zhonglang general of the Tang Dynasty."
"Who do I think I am?" The prison boss couldn't help but stepped forward and kicked Chen Yuntian: "Now that you are on death row, do you still expect your title to save your life?"
Chen Yun was in such a bad mood that he didn't know what to do. If this kind of thing had not happened and he was treated with such rude treatment, he would have cut this kind of slave in half with his knife. But now it is really like a tiger in Pingyang being bullied by a dog. The dignified Tang Dynasty Si
Is it okay for a famous general to be beaten and kicked by guards who don't even understand the rank of a general?
"Don't beat him. He is your general of the Tang Dynasty. If he is released in the future, don't you little jailers want to die?" Sun Xiaogang, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer, so he stepped forward to block the cell head and shouted.
road.
"Do you dare to come and stir up trouble?" Seeing another death row inmate coming, the cell leader was so angry that he slapped Sun Xiaogang in the face.
"You, you." Sun Xiaogang was angry: "Why do you hit people?" Because his hands were tied with heavy shackles along with his head, he could not move his hands or feet even though he was angry.
"What's wrong?" Yao Mingyang asked angrily when he saw that the prison boss had not come back to report the news. He turned his horse around and walked in front of them.
"These two death row inmates are deliberately causing trouble." The cell leader was furious because he was hit by the death row inmate. He lost control of his emotions and ignored Yao Mingyang. He stepped forward and kicked Sun Xiaogang again.
"Stop!" Yao Mingyang was so angry that he jumped off his horse, raised his hand and slapped the prison boss several times.
"You," the cell leader was stunned by the sudden slap. Only then did he remember that this high-ranking official in front of him was heard to be sent from Luoyang, so he hurriedly knelt down, trembling all over, and waited to be dealt with.
"Asshole," Yao Mingyang kicked forward again: "Don't you know who you are hitting?"
"He said it was Chen Yuntian, a fourth-grade Huaihua Zhonglang general." The prison boss was so frightened that he did not dare to raise his head, but kept trembling.
"You know and you beat him?"
"But now he is a prisoner on death row for treason." The cell leader said with a cry.
"And you!" Yao Mingyang vented his anger on the jailer who had just caused trouble by poking Chen Yuntian with a stick: "You dare to hit the fourth-rank general of the Tang Dynasty, and you don't care how many heads you have."
"General, you are short-sighted and deserve to die." The jailer then realized that he had caused a big trouble and immediately ran to Chen Yuntian and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Get up." Sun Xiaogang is a prehistoric civilization on earth, so he naturally does not understand the etiquette and hierarchical privileges of ancient people. Seeing these low-class people being so humble, he feels very disgusted.
"But I'm afraid that the general will kill me in the future." The little jailer still knelt in front of Chen Yuntian tremblingly. After listening to Sun Xiaogang's words, he said with a cry again.
"Get up." Chen Yuntian breathed a sigh of relief and said to the little jailer kneeling in front of him: "I will listen to him and promise not to kill you. Don't worry."
Under the influence of Sun Xiaogang these days, Chen Yuntian's understanding of nature and society has improved a lot. Although he still relies on his status and sense of superiority to be unforgiving, he is no longer like before, threatening to kill people at every turn.
He has begun to admire Qiu Siyuan, these foreign visitors.
"Just listen to General Chen and get up!" Although Yao Mingyang is an official sent by the Ministry of Justice to handle the case of demotion, but as a Tang official who entered the officialdom through the imperial examination, he is very clear about officialdom routines. So for someone like Cui Jianfeng
, Chen Yuntian, Zhu Guangcai and other military generals did not dare to be rude.
The cell leader and the jailer then stood up tremblingly and stood aside.
"General Chen," Yao Mingyang smiled awkwardly: "Please calm down. We will find another place for you according to Jiang's request and escort you to your new cell quietly in the dead of night. I have no other intention. Please forgive me."
"What's the shameful thing you do in secret like this?" Chen Yuntian sneered contemptuously.
"We are just following Jiang's instructions. I don't know what it means. Maybe we are afraid of being robbed by your people, so we quietly moved you to another place?"
"That's okay," Chen Yuntian glared at the jailer who was still standing there tremblingly, not daring to express his anger, and shouted, "Why don't you help me up quickly?"
"Yes, yes." The two jailers hurried forward to help Chen Yuntian stand up.
Although Chen Yuntian was a fourth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty, he was still put on the shackles because he was involved in a rebellion case, which was a capital crime.
It's not that easy to stand up after falling to the ground after being put on such a heavy shackle that connects the head and hands.
Only then did the two jailers realize that they had gotten into a big trouble, so they could only support Chen Yuntian, wait carefully, and move forward slowly, not daring to get angry.
In ancient times, the hierarchy between officials and people was strict and the estrangement was deep, but that was all.
Chapter completed!