Chapter 212 of Volume 5: When a person is about to die, his heart is also kind
In the next two days, Ling Jie spent the next two days in the cell, eating the most ordinary rice and drinking the most ordinary water. He ate very little. The food intake for three days combined was not as much as he could eat in one meal before.
Duo. Lingjie's bed is close to the window. If you put your hand out of the iron bars outside the window, you can feel the rain falling from the sky.
"Tick tock... ^tick tock..." In the early morning, when the sky was just getting bright, Ling Jie stretched out his hand outside the window, feeling the raindrops falling from the sky. The late autumn rain was so cold that it chilled him to his bones.
Ling Jie's entire arm was stiff and pale, and no trace of blood could be seen. Today's temperature was less than one or two degrees, and a thin layer of frost mist and thin ice could still be seen on the ground. For ordinary people,
In such weather, it was too cold to cover up with two quilts, but Ling Jie stretched out his whole arm in the rain.
It seemed that only this cold cone of rain could help Ling Jie regain some sense, make him feel his own existence and have consciousness.
"Hey, brother, what are you doing with your hands outside in the cold weather? You don't mind the cold." A buddy from the lower floor suddenly spoke.
Ling Jie said calmly, "I'm about to lose consciousness. Even if such cold rain hits my hands, I still can't feel the coldness."
The buddy asked again, "For what crime was my brother imprisoned?"
Ling Jie didn't speak. He just slowly opened his eyes and saw some light coming in from the window. He didn't speak for a long time.
The guy below continued, "I am Li Qiang. I was imprisoned for murder. I will be executed tomorrow. I will never be able to see the sun rise the day after tomorrow."
"Who did you kill?" Li Qiang's words aroused Ling Jie's curiosity, and he spoke.
"Bad guy." Li Qiang's answer was simple.
"In your eyes, what kind of people are considered bad people?" Ling Jie thinks that it is difficult to distinguish between good people and bad people now. In everyone's heart, its definition is different. For example, killing a brother
Some people think it is unkind and unjust to seize wealth, but some people think it is a man's courage!
"He seduced my wife, do you think he is a bad person?" Li Qiang's voice was very calm. It could be heard that this person was not an ordinary person. Ling Jie would never think that he was an ordinary person who could speak so calmly in the face of death.
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"The affair between a man and a woman is usually a matter between two people. A slap in the face can't make a difference. If your wife is self-aware, she won't be seduced by him. Why do you only kill the man and not your wife?"
Li Qiang looked at the rain outside the window and said after a long time, "She is pregnant with a child. I'm not sure whether the child is mine or that man's, so I didn't take action."
"According to your statement, if it wasn't because your wife was pregnant with a child, you would have killed your wife as well, right?"
"Yes." Li Qiang said the answer directly without thinking.
"Do you regret it now?"
"If regret helps, I will."
"what will you do?"
"Kill my wife too."
"Why?"
"Because I found out later that the child my wife was carrying was not my child." Li Qiang's eyes revealed a strong sense of unwillingness and anger.
"You are a man. It's just that your idea is wrong."
Li Qiang sat up curiously. He stood up and looked at Ling Jie lying on the bed. Although he was watching from a distance, he felt that Ling Jie had an aura of insight into everything in the world. "What's wrong?"
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Ling Jie said, "Who said killing someone must go to jail or be sentenced?"
"This..." Li Qiang was stunned and stood there in a daze, speechless for a long time.
Ling Jie continued, "Think more with your brain. No one may know how many people you kill. As long as you do it well enough. In this way, after your hatred is vented, you are still free."
"But it's all too late. I've already appeared in the cell. This is my first time killing someone. I didn't expect to have to bear such consequences." Li Qiang said slowly.
"Brother, I can save my life. After you get out, cherish your life." Ling Jie sighed lightly. This brother did not commit a serious crime. It was okay to save his life. He was going to die anyway.
When people are about to die, their hearts are kind.
"You, you, what did you say?" Li Qiang felt that he heard wrong. Yes, he must have heard wrong.
"I said, I can save your life."
"Really, really, really?" Li Qiang rushed to the edge of Ling Jie's bed.
Ling Jie closed his eyes and nodded slowly, "I will also carry out the execution tomorrow. Before then, someone will come to visit me. I will tell him then and you can go out."
"This, this, this..." Li Qiang was so excited that his mind went blank for a moment and he didn't know what to say.
"Killing two people, what kind of crime is this? I think you are a real man and you really shouldn't risk your whole life for just two lives."
"If I can get out, Li Qiang's life will be yours from now on. I dare to ask my brother's name."
"Lingjie."
Li Qiang thought for a moment, then raised his eyes, pointed at Ling Jie and said in disbelief, "Are you the one, the Ling Jie who established the Nine Provinces Dynasty, Ninth Brother?"
Ling Jie lightly cracked his lips and nodded.
"Gulu." Li Qiang felt his throat was dry, and he bent his head in front of the bed, "Oh my god, you are Brother Ninth, the Ninth Brother who shocked the underworld world in the country. I never thought that I, Li Qiang, would meet Ninth Brother in this life.
Please pay your respects to Li Qiang."
Li Qiang said and was about to bow down. Ling Jie hurriedly sat up and helped him up, "Li Qiang, I am already a dying person, there is no need for this."
"Brother Jiu, you know, I have heard your legendary story four years ago and admire you very much. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to join the Jiuzhou Dynasty. Unfortunately, I was in college at that time and my family did not allow it. Later I
After graduation, I was ready to join you, but unfortunately, news came that the central government was planning to kill the Kyushu Dynasty..."
Ling Jie patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, sit up, what kind of man do you look like a half-prostrated man like that?"
Li Qiang sat up as instructed, and Ling Jie continued, "Those are in the past, so don't mention them."
"Brother Ninth, how could you... You won't die, you will definitely not die... Let me think about it, do I know anyone in the Public Security Bureau... Let me think about it..." Li Qiang finally met his idol,
I didn't expect that Ling Jie would be executed tomorrow, which made me feel very sad.
Ling Jie slapped him heavily on the shoulder and said, "Haha, don't think about it. Even if the Beijing Public Security Bureau comes, it will be useless."
"Even the director of public security, it's useless...Brother Ninth, what's wrong with you?"
Ling Jie said calmly, "The order to arrest me was issued personally by the head of state!"