Kou Ji entered the cell and handed the food box in his hand to Ding Wei.
Ding Wei held the chain in one hand and took the food box in the other.
He placed the food box on the ground carelessly, and he opened it to reveal the contents.
The food box was prepared by Kou Zhun. Kou Ji didn't take a peek, so he didn't know what was inside. After Ding Wei opened it, he stretched his neck and took a look.
"Deer tail..."
A plate of steamed deer tail and a pot of turbid wine.
Putting the two things together, not only do they not match, they are also a bit out of place.
Kou Ji didn't understand Kou Zhun's intention in sending these two things to Ding Wei.
Could it be like the time when Kou Zhun asked him to send Lu Yijian away?
These two things are Ding Wei’s favorite things to eat?
"Brush it..."
While Kou Ji was thinking secretly, Ding Wei was like a mad cow, swinging the chain in his hand, knocking the food and wine in the food box to the ground, and then beating his head crazily with his fist.
When Kou Ji saw this, he looked stunned, "Are you really crazy?"
"I'm not crazy!"
Ding Wei suddenly stopped his hand and roared hysterically.
Kou Ji twitched his lips and said, "Then what are you doing?"
Ding Wei glared and said, "I feel unhappy."
Kou Ji thought about it: "Because of the wine and the dish?"
Ding Wei stood up, took two steps closer to Kou Ji, stared at Kou Ji, and asked, "Do you know what that one drink and one dish means?"
Kou Ji shook his head.
Ding Wei snorted coldly, "I don't know either. But I can see that your grandfather is humiliating me."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
Ordinary decapitated rice consists of big fish and meat. The decapitated rice prepared by Kou Zhun is obviously different from the ordinary ones, which means it has a special meaning.
Based on the relationship between Kou Zhun and Ding Wei, it is obvious that Kou Zhun does not have much good intentions towards Ding Wei, so the unusual decapitation meal that Kou Zhun asked Kou Ji to send must have a special meaning, and it is not a good thing.
meaning.
"Let the jailer prepare a table of food again. I want to have a good chat with you."
Ding said he was no longer crazy, he stared at Kou Ji and ordered.
Kou Ji thought for a while, took out two gold leaves from his arms, and threw them to the jailer.
"Go to Fanlou and grab a table with some good food."
"Young man, go right away."
The jailer raised his legs and walked out, but did not touch the gold leaf thrown by Kou Ji from beginning to end.
In his opinion, it was his blessing that Kou Ji could instruct him. How could he dare to take Kou Ji's money?
Although his official position is low, his monthly income, both overt and covert, is considerable, and a table in Fanlou is not enough to make him stretched.
If this table meeting can make him fall into Kou Ji's eyes, that would be better than anything else.
As soon as the jailer left.
Ding said that he was like Buddha, sitting cross-legged on the ground and saying nothing.
Kou Ji wanted to chat with Ding Wei, but Ding Wei looked like he didn't want to talk, so he couldn't force him.
Ding Wei had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, then suddenly looked at Kou Ji and asked, "Don't you ask me why we are so different in front of the drum and in the cell?"
Kou Ji thought for a moment and said seriously: "Maybe it's because he knows that his death is coming, so he feels relieved."
"Shit!"
Ding Wei cursed in a low voice.
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "The moment I saw Li Zhaoliang appeared in front of the Wengu drum with my secret letter, I knew that I would definitely die."
"The disastrous defeat of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Huaizhou was indeed my fault for being greedy for power and rash. I need to give an explanation to the world."
"..."
Kou Ji looked at Ding Wei in confusion. He couldn't believe that this traitor could actually say such sensible things.
Ding Wei didn't pay attention to Kou Ji's expression. He said to himself: "The reason why I did that in front of the Dengwen Drum is to suit your wishes and help you get the Queen Mother."
Kou Ji was stunned and said in confusion: "Bite the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother is your only life-saving straw. If you bite her, she will fall into this matter, but there is no way to save you. You are not asking for death.
Road?"
Ding Wei snorted coldly and asked: "Can she save me in the hands of your grandfather and the martial arts of the court?"
Kou Ji thought for a moment and shook his head, "In front of the drum, there were not only my grandfather and Wu Xun, but also the people of Bianjing City.
They want you to die, even if the late emperor is resurrected, they can only let you die."
Ding Wei smiled sinisterly and said: "In that case, why do I want to protect Liu E?
My wife and children were all killed by that bitch Zhou Huaizheng.
I don’t need Liu E to protect my wife and children, so why should I protect her?
I want to drag her into the water with me.
It was her idea to attack Xixia, and it was also her idea to send me out on the expedition.
When I left Beijing, she secretly told me that if I encountered something that could lead to meritorious deeds, I should not miss it.
So when I met Yelu Longxu, I had the idea to go up and capture him.
Even though the army was defeated in the end and I was at fault, she was also at fault.
Why is it that after what happened, even if I died, she would be safe and sound?"
Kou Ji frowned and said thoughtfully: "Since you want to bite the Queen Mother, why don't you expose all the scandalous things that the Queen Mother has done?"
Ding Wei chuckled and said, "If you want to know, I can tell you everything? But even if you know that she is full of evildoers? What can you do to her?"
Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Ding Wei continued: "Apart from leading officials to impeach her and live in seclusion, what can you do?
You can't kill her.
Since you can't kill her, what can you do even if you have more evidence against her?"
"hey-hey……"
Ding Wei laughed in a low voice and said: "This world is like this. It's hard for good people to get ahead, and bad people get better and better."
If you are a good person, you will be bullied for the rest of your life.
If you lead bad people, you will be rich and prosperous throughout your life."
Kou Ji groaned: "You are lying..."
Ding Wei shook his head and said: "What I said is true. Because I am a living example."
"I once wanted to be a good person, a good person, an upright official, an upright official with a long-lasting name... but no one gave me a chance."
"I was born with extraordinary talents. I have a photographic memory and the ability to draw inferences from one instance to another. Therefore, my knowledge far exceeds that of others, and I am known as a child prodigy.
Some people looked at me and praised me for becoming a great scholar.
And he also married his beloved daughter to me.
Someone read my article and praised me as the successor to Liu Zongyuan. No one in the past two hundred years can compare with me."
"I just listened to the praises one after another and entered the official career."
"After I became an official, I also upheld the attitude of being an upright official, an upright official who asked for orders for the people. I worked hard for the people and the official family, and governed many places successively.
It has quelled rebellions, strangled chaos, cured hunger, and repaired water.
I have done everything an upright official can and should do.
Even what an upright official cannot do, I have done it.
But every time I get promoted in the imperial court, I don't have my share.
I have clearly done so much for the court and the people, why was it that I was not included in the promotion?
The officials around me who don't do anything and just wait to die all day long can be sealed repeatedly.
This is unfair to me, and unfair to all upright officials in the world."
"I'm not willing to give in. I want to climb up. I want to climb up and have a look. I want to see what kind of officials are in charge of the Song Dynasty. Why are they blind?"
"In order to climb up the ladder, I gave up being an upright official and chose to become a slanderous minister.
On the first day when I chose to be a slanderer, I first recognized my ancestor."
"Do you think it's strange? Ever since I had a powerful ancestor, I've been getting promoted even if I do nothing..."
Ding Wei said, smiling as if he was joking.
But Kou Ji heard strong sarcasm in his tone.
Ding Wei continued: "Since I had a powerful ancestor, I had a successful career and was promoted to Bianjing City.
After arriving in Bianjing City, I discovered that my great ancestor was not enough to be seen in Bianjing City.
So I recognized another ancestor for myself, a fairy ancestor.
Since I had my immortal ancestors, I have been favored by the late emperor and been promoted to the position of participating in political affairs.
If I hadn't specially invited your grandfather back to Bianjing City because I felt that my qualifications were too low to control the ministers, I might still be able to take the position of Ping Zhangshi."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "What's the purpose of telling me your past?"
Ding Wei sneered and said: "I just want to tell you that the reason why I became like this is because I was forced.
This court does not need honest officials or officials."
Kou Ji stared at Ding Wei and said seriously: "You are wrong..."
"Yes! I was wrong. My mistake was not cruel enough. If I had not welcomed your grandfather to the capital, I would instead have relegated him to a borderland and died in a foreign land. I would not have ended up like this."
Kou Ji stared at Ding Wei coldly and said, "What I said about you is wrong. It has nothing to do with my grandfather, but refers to yourself.
From the moment you become an official, you do not become an official for the sake of the people. You do it purely to prove what others say about you and to gain glory and wealth.
After you use legitimate means and try hard again and again, but still get no results, you begin to decisively choose evil ways to achieve your goals.
Therefore, why you are like this today has nothing to do with the court or the world. It is purely because your own mind was not right from the beginning.
If your heart is right, you should work conscientiously to protect the people of your area.
Even if you are unable to enter the center because of the imperial court, you can still leave your name in the history of the world, and you will still be able to achieve glory and wealth."
Ding Wei said with a deep sarcasm on his face: "If you don't get into the central government, you won't be considered a high official. If you don't get into the central government, how can you leave your name in history?"
"How was Wei Zheng in the former Tang Dynasty? How was Tai Shigong in the Western Han Dynasty?"
Kou Ji questioned.
Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said: "They are ancient people, and all they met were Ming masters..."
"You mean to say that the late emperor was not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so you can't become Tai Shigong or Wei Zheng?"
"good!"
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Then I will find you someone who can stand upright in the hands of the late Emperor."
"I don't believe there is such a person."
"What do you think of Qingjian City Zhong Shiheng?"
Ding Wei was stunned, his expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Is that person of yours Zhong Shiheng?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Yes, Zhong Shiheng!"
After a pause, Kou Ji added: "Now it's time to call him Zhongjinglue.
After the Battle of Xixia, the imperial court established two economic and strategic administrators in the newly added area. One of them was Zhong Shiheng.
You sent someone to deliver the imperial edict, so you don’t know it.”
Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Zhong Shiheng's uncle is the great Confucian Zhong Fang."
"So what?"
Kou Ji asked: "Although Zhong Fang was a famous Confucian in the Song Dynasty, he declined the invitations from the imperial court several times.
From an official perspective, Zhong Fang could not help Zhong Shiheng much.
Zhong Shiheng's current status is entirely due to himself.
In the past, the imperial court sent him to Qingjian to build a city, so he silently rushed to Qingjian to build a city.
He built the city in Qingjian for many years. After the city was completed, he guarded it for many years.
During this period, did he have any complaints?
Not a word.
He built a city on a piece of wasteland, and spent decades making the empty city prosperous.
In addition to repeatedly praising him, did the imperial court give him a rapid promotion?
No!
If he has the same thoughts as you and feels that the court is treating him unfairly, he just wants to pursue an official position.
Then I'm afraid there wouldn't be Qingjian City, nor would there be the current Zhongjinglue.
Although Jinglue is more than a star and a half worse than Cenzhi Zhengshi, who dares to say that Jinglue is not a high-ranking official?
Who mentions Zhong Shiheng and doesn’t give him a few words of praise?
How dare the historians who compile history books not mention his achievements in the history books?"
After saying this, Kou Ji stared at Ding Wei and said in a deep voice: "So your ending today has nothing to do with anyone.
It's purely your own fault.
Until now, you still can't see clearly your own problem, and you are still here blaming others.
You have the nerve to teach me your fallacies."
Kou Ji stood up slowly, shook his sleeves, and said calmly: "Ding said, cleverness leads to misunderstanding, and he is talking about you.
I used to think you were a character, but now it seems like you are just that.
If you insist on blaming your fault on others, then you should blame the person who married his daughter to you, and you should also blame the person who praised you as being like Liu Zongyuan.
If they hadn't given you the ambition to be proud, how could you have become like this?"
After saying these words, Kou Ji shook his sleeves and left.
He didn't want to stay in the cell any longer, and he didn't want to waste any time talking to Ding Wei, a man who never repented until his death.
Ding said he had never heard of the story about hurting Zhongyong.
Otherwise, he will definitely be humble when others are praising him desperately.
Among smart people, there are always people who like to think they are noble, and always feel that they are smarter than others, so they should be better than others in everything.
This type of people will always lose themselves in the praise of others, and eventually go astray, harming others and themselves.
Ding Wei is the best example.
Kou Ji came out of the cell and bumped into the jailer who came to deliver food and drinks.
In order to catch up with Kou Ji, the jailer also spent a lot of money and ordered sixteen dishes in one go.
Every one of them is a first-class dish.
But when he saw Kou Ji standing outside the cell, he was a little dumbfounded.