Officials are indispensable for three meals a day, and late-night snacks are particularly important. If you can’t eat well, you will be hungry and scream all night long.
Zhang Wu carried the bucket and was about to distribute meat porridge to the officials one by one.
Even in spring and summer, the prison at night is very cold, and as soon as you enter the prison gate, you will feel cold.
Liu Zhengjun was still pretending to be crazy, and he went crazy and was mentally insane. He cried and laughed, and he didn't know what he was murmuring.
Even the eunuchs from the palace were inquiring about his reality and standing outside the prison room for a while, they shook their heads secretly, believing that he was really crazy.
Lao Liu had asked his descendants to hand over all the property, books, and all the property.
Liu Qing was indeed "touched".
When criticizing Liu Zhengjun for being "loyal to the emperor" and being a model for civil and military officials in the court.
Those who the emperor praised were, in theory, Lao Liu should be released from prison.
But the official documents for pardoning him were stuck in the Ministry of Personnel, delaying them layer by layer and not sending them down.
After several days, no one gave orders to the prison guards in the prison to release Lao Liu out of prison.
Zhang Wu became a prisoner for many years and knew the nature of these people in the officialdom best.
The emperor had a great will, but he only asked to issue orders. The specific implementation depends on the mood of the officials below.
There are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom. If you don’t want to let you out of prison, it’s normal to delay for two years.
If the incident is revealed and the emperor finds out and is questioned, he will push it down.
I found a low-level official to be punished, and said that I was busy with official business. I didn’t have time to deal with the official documents that day, and the next day, I came again, and I put the old official documents underneath and forgot to deal with them.
Even though the emperor knew that he was a scapegoat, there must be someone behind the scenes, so he could only get angry and couldn't do anything.
At most, the minor official is beheaded, the person behind the scenes is recorded in the black book, and then find reasons to liquidate it.
But if you want to forgive the released person, you will have to die unjustly in prison.
Zhang Wu opened the door of Prison No. 1, lowered his head and entered the prison room, placed a bowl of meat porridge in the hand of demented Liu Zhengjun, leaned over to hold his ears:
"Eat and drink enough, prepare to get out of prison."
Lao Liu was shocked and said nothing, but just kept holding a big bowl and ate wildly, like a hungry wild dog encountering the smell of meat, eating meat porridge everywhere, as if he was going to jail.
I vented my grievances.
Zhang Wu shook his head silently. After this big change, Lao Liu was almost ruined.
He is almost sixty years old, and he is not a young Cheng Gou, so he is likely to be unable to recover.
Carrying the bucket to the next door, Prison No. 2.
The fourth-rank official who originally lived had supernatural powers and was the only official who was released from prison. The prison room was empty and the Yuanwailang was placed.
"Mr. Xue, we're meeting again."
Zhang Wu calmly pushed a bowl of meat porridge to prison.
It's just ordinary porridge, there is no poison in it.
He was not going to let the Yuanwailang die in prison, so as not to be implicated.
As for torture, I never thought about it.
These are all low-level methods that I played in the early years. Now I use them, which are both wisdom-reducing and old-fashioned. Zhang Wu thinks it is boring, and the readers don’t like to read it.
The light in the prison was dim and dazed. Before the establishment of the Tianzhu, Lao Xue worked in the Yongchang County Office, so he naturally knew the ruthlessness of the lower-level prisoners.
If a tiger falls into a flat sun, he is bullied by a dog. His mentality must be corrected, otherwise he will never know how to die.
He took the bowl with both hands and placed it in front of him. Lao Xue didn't dare to let it go, so he bowed his hands and said gratefully:
"Thank you guys for the meal."
"You're kind to you, sir."
Zhang Wu nodded, Anran received the other party's gratitude, and asked in confusion:
"The last time I met you, my grandmother, was so charming that I would never forget you for my life. I wish I could follow you, but why did I end up in such a field now?"
"Last time..."
Lao Xue's face became a little unnatural.
Last time, I wanted to ask someone to repair the wall just because I was healthy and didn’t like it.
It took so long before it fell into the hands of others.
Lao Xue felt that this retribution came a little quickly.
Of course, Zhang Wu did not mention the broken leg, so he naturally wouldn't mention it either, just sighed and said:
"I don't know what crazy my Shangguan was, but suddenly impeached me to His Majesty. Until now, I feel like I'm in a dream."
"Not it?"
Zhang Wu pretended to be surprised and said:
"I heard that you and the Minister of Justice, but you have been classmates and friends for many years. After entering the government, you have supported each other and have deep brotherhood. We ordinary people have heard of you who are trying to get into each other. How could that person suddenly
Betray you, sir?"
Lao Xue Xu was hungry and picked up the meat porridge and drank it without saying a word.
Seeing this, Zhang Wu did not ask again and was about to take the bucket away.
But Lao Xue may be depressed, or he may know that he can't escape death, and said slowly with a low voice:
"Whatever is a thing of the past? No matter how deep the friendship is, it is far less important than the interests."
"Benefit?"
Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment, shook his head in disbelief and said:
"If someone is willing to put a knife on me and have a loyalty of this, even if he has ten million taels of silver, I will never sell him."
"It doesn't take ten million taels, only 300,000 taels are enough."
Lao Xue said something that made him disheartened and full of self-deprecating.
Zhang Wu was stunned and thought to himself that Liu Zhengjun had such magical powers.
He himself was in prison and could not remove the position of Lao Xue. I just asked someone to buy your official position with money.
He doesn't need to pay money himself, he just needs to send a letter, afraid that the officials and men who he confesses will raise money.
After thinking about it, Zhang Wu pretended to be puzzled and asked:
"Shangguan is so accusing you of your Majesty, because of your wise wisdom, you should always be aware of everything. Isn't this obviously wronging you?"
"Your Majesty has indeed wronged me."
Lao Xue sighed, his eyes dimmed.
Zhang Wu was wearing a look of regret for you, and took a spoonful of thick porridge from the bottom of the bucket, and said to Lao Xue in a bowl:
"My Lord, I wish you to clear your grievances as soon as possible."
After saying that, he left with his fists and went to serve other officials.
Liu Zhengjun, who was licking the bowl next door, suddenly looked up, his eyes shining.
The next day, Lao Liu's family came to visit the prison.
At night, Zhang Wu and Guai Er were on a round of vigilance. He went to bed early that night, while Guai Er carried a bucket to share the midnight snack for everyone.
Suddenly, the sound of swords and infantry marching outside the prison changed his expression, as if he was facing a great enemy.
More than a dozen imperial guards with swords broke into the prison, held a torch and illuminated the prison. The leader asked coldly:
"Who is Xue Shen?"
"I, I am!"
Lao Xue tried his best to stretch his head out of the prison railing, thinking that the emperor was going to interrogate him and that he was expected to be released from prison.
The leader's big hand waved:
"take away!"
The imperial guards rushed forward and lifted Lao Xue out of the prison room.
Seeing that it was not for him, Guai Er relaxed and ran two steps forward and asked:
"Sir, I don't know what this Lord Xue has done. I'll ask for a little bit and have an explanation to the prison chief."
The leading imperial guard glanced at Uncle Guai and said coldly:
"Liu Zhengjun, the former county magistrate of Yong'an, reported that this guy was dissatisfied with Your Majesty's judgment and wrongly accused his loyal ministers... and passed on His Majesty's order to execute Xue Shen Lingchi!"
Guai Er was creepy.
Old Xue froze all over and turned around and screamed in panic:
"I'm wronged!"
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I still have another chapter, but I still owe 21 chapters. Tonight is not enough, and the update will be held during the day tomorrow.