Nine hundred and fortieth chapters guillotine meal
The case between the Cui family and the King of Shu was the case with the widest impact and the largest scale of involvement in Jingguo for decades.
Not only were dozens of officials and dignitaries in Kyoto imprisoned because of this, but relevant Shuzhou officials involved in the case were also escorted to Beijing and imprisoned in cells at Dali Temple.
Overnight, from being a high-ranking official to being a prisoner, no one knows what will be waiting for them. If they just resign, it will be a blessing in misfortune. Even if they are exiled to the army, it is not something difficult to accept.
, I am afraid that I will be involved too deeply by the King of Shu and be sent to the guillotine, but then there will really be nothing...
At this time, in a cell somewhere in Tianlao, a young man was covering his abdomen, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, and his body was shaking.
"Zian, Zian, what's wrong with you..."
In the cell next door, a woman looked anxious, clutching the middle fence tightly, and asked with concern.
The young man was covered in cold sweat, but he raised his head, smiled, waved his hands, and said, "It's okay... I've got this old problem."
The woman looked at the sweaty young man, turned her head, knelt down with a bang, and hissed: "Master Guan Cha, Zian has a bad spleen and stomach. Please, please don't give him moldy food anymore..."
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The official looked back and said expressionlessly: "We've already done this, what else can we choose..."
The woman collapsed weakly on the ground. In another cell, someone sneered disdainfully: "This is the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison. If you want to eat well, I'm afraid the only meal you can get is a beheading meal!"
In Jingguo, no matter where the prison is, there is an unwritten rule. Before the execution, the prisoner can enjoy a sumptuous meal. It is called "decapitation meal" in the hope that the prisoner can go on the road with enough food and go to the next life.
A good family...
The moment he eats the decapitation meal, it means that the prisoner is not far away from execution.
As soon as the man's sarcastic voice ended, there was a sudden sound of chains being lowered at the door of a certain cell.
Several jailers opened the cell door and moved a set of tables and chairs inside, and people served them wine and food one after another. The smell of wine and food could be smelled by the prisoners from a long distance away.
"Eight dishes and one soup..."
The prisoner who spoke just now counted the number of people and slumped on the ground. The fragrant aroma was not comparable to the moldy and rancid food they usually eat. Under what circumstances would a prisoner in the sky prison treat a prisoner like this?
preferential treatment?
A meal for one’s head, this is a meal for one’s head!
Jiang Xianwei's meal has arrived, can theirs be far behind?
The woman grabbed the railing with both hands and said in panic: "Zian, Zian..."
"Master Jiang, please..." Two jailers helped the young man in the cell up and sat at the table.
Jiang Zian stared blankly at the sumptuous meal in front of him, but he had no appetite at all. When he had a stomachache just now, he thought that if he could have a full meal, even death would be worth it.
Men are always changeable.
He regrets it now. He doesn't want good wine or good food, nor does he want to eat enough. Even if he is asked to eat moldy and sour food every day, he is willing to...
As long as you live, as long as you can live...
Jiang Zian struggled to sit up, shook his head and said, "I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat..."
"Why, are these meals not to Brother Jiang's taste?" Li Yi walked into the cell and said in surprise: "It doesn't matter. Whatever Brother Jiang wants to eat, just tell me and I will have someone make it again."
This voice was so familiar that it was engraved in his bones.
Jiang Zian turned around and looked at a figure walking into the cell. He was stunned in place, as if he had been 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."
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Li Xuan and Li Mingzhu walked over side by side and couldn't help but be surprised when they saw this scene.
He prepared such a sumptuous meal just for the people in front of him?
They didn't have much impression of this person at all.
Li Xuan came over and asked doubtfully: "Do you know each other?"
Li Yi nodded.
"Very familiar?"
"Brother Jiang and I..." Li Yi patted Jiang Zian's shoulder and said, "This is a life-and-death friendship..."
"It's a life..." Li Xuan murmured, and when he looked at the young man, his brows immediately wrinkled.
Li Yi pointed at the two of them and introduced him: "This is the eldest princess, and this is the Crown Prince Li Xuan."
The eldest princess is in power, and Crown Prince Li Xuan is in charge of the Academy of Sciences. How could Jiang Zian not have heard of these two names? He hurriedly stood up to greet him, "The guilty minister has met the eldest princess, and has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
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 said in surprise: "Brother Zian got married, when did it happen?"
Jiang Zian said: "Just last year."
Li Yi looked back at a jailer, who immediately understood and hurriedly ran over, opened the cell door, and invited the woman over.
"Zian, these guys..." The woman still didn't know what happened, and she was feeling uneasy, so she spoke in a low voice.
Jiang Zian quickly introduced: "This is Mr. Li, this is Her Royal Highness the Princess, and this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
After another greeting, Jiang Zian and the woman were reluctant to sit down at first. 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 to them what happened in Shuzhou.
The fateful friendship was real. If it weren't for Jiang Zian, he and Ruyi would not be able to leave the city safely, and naturally nothing would happen from now on.
After learning the inside story, the dissatisfaction in Li Xuan's eyes immediately disappeared when he looked at Jiang Zian.
Li Yi looked back at the Dali Temple official and asked, "What crime did he commit?"
The Dali Temple official looked bitter and said, "I haven't committed 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 crime. If you follow the wrong person, you should be implicated.
He looked at Li Yi, with a trace of hesitation on his face, and after a long time he said: "Master Li, Jiang Zian died unjustly, but judging from the past relationship, can you save my wife, she, she is innocent...
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"Zian!" The woman held his hand and said solemnly: "If you die, I will follow you immediately..."
"Don't say stupid things!"
"I am born as a member of the Jiang family, and die as a ghost of the Jiang family..."
"Then I will divorce my wife..."
"As of now, it's too late for you to divorce..."
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Li Yi's face turned a little dark. He came here to reminisce about old times, not to see them show off their affection. He coughed and said, "In recent years, Brother Zi'an has been wronged by the King of Shu."
Jiang Zian raised his head, with a trace of confusion on his face.
But the woman had already understood the implication of Li Yi's words. She knelt down on the ground and said repeatedly: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir..."
In the surrounding cells, everyone smelled the aroma and swallowed the rancid prison rice. Although the decapitated rice was delicious, they felt that these smelly meals were even more delicacies in the world...
That woman..., what's the use of kowtow? Can kowtow avoid the death penalty?
At this moment, they just feel that if they can eat meals like this for the rest of their lives, there will be nothing left for them...
