The Jingzhou fraud case was solved, and Chen Ping was put on a wooden shackle and pressed to the salt field that month.

Gu was guilty of his meritorious service and wanted to reduce his sentence. The imperial court gave permission to play, and the original ten-year labor sentence was changed to three years, and he was immediately sent to Liangzhou to serve.

The salt field is located in the northwest of Great Xia, tens of thousands of miles away from Beijing, and it has been on foot for more than a month, until the soles of the worn shoes come out of the blood blisters.

It's hot now, and there is nowhere to wash your clothes when you sweat in the hot weather, and you have to suffer from skin and flesh at every turn.

Halfway through the journey, no matter how firm your belief is, you will inevitably be wiped out by reality, and only regret remains.

In the final analysis, Chen Ping still can't endure hardship, and he can still endure hunger every day, but seeing the official riding a high-headed horse, he is dragged by shackles and walking, and he will be whipped if he takes a step slower, and he can't help but feel resentful if he can endure it.

Treating prisoners, they have the means to treat them honestly, Chen Ping escaped twice and was caught and beaten, and after there was no hope of escaping, he could only hate and look forward to rushing to the salt field as soon as possible.

When he stepped barefoot on the boundary of Liangzhou, looking at the desolate hills, Chen Ping licked the corners of his chapped lips and sighed sadly, "Three years?

"Hmph~ It's hard to get on the road, and when you enter the salt field, you will be able to appreciate what is called Shura Hell" The poor master in official uniform sneered, and whipped Chen Ping's tattered trousers and scolded, "Hurry up!"

His ankles hurt, Chen Ping carried the wooden flail and moved his feet with difficulty, fatigue and pain had long been unfelt, and in addition to hopelessness, he was infinitely afraid of service.

Entering Liangzhou City, the official sent to settle the horses and make up for the oil and water, while Chen Ping was handheld on a stake and ate rotten vegetable leaves.

Hungry and thirsty, ignoring the ridicule and scolding of his guys, Chen Ping picked up the rotten leaves on the ground and stuffed them into his mouth, even the swill poured into him completely ignored the floating objects inside......

"Prisoner under the stairs, prisoner under the steps...... Chen Ping squirmed and slowly sat on the ground, turning his worn wrist and sneering.

"Laugh at the fart! You can still laugh when you die, do you think you will have your life to come out alive after entering the salt works? Don't dream......" After the guy inquired about the length of service, he didn't even bother to serve food, and directly poured a bowl of swill for him to eat.

In that realm, let alone three years, strong men may not be able to withstand two years, basically more than two years are vertically in and out horizontally. Right now, when he looks at Chen Ping, it's no different from looking at a dead corpse.

"Ask the guy to bring another bowl of swill......" Chen Ping Muran turned to the guy, there was no pleading or resignation in his dead eyes, the bluffing guy felt pity, and he persuaded:

"It's not like there's no way out...... If you have money, you can't say that you can survive for two more years, and if you beg to die now, I think you should die by yourself, so as not to suffer a year of sin in vain."

"Thank you, ...... point," Chen Ping thanked him hoarsely. secretly thought that he Chen Ping was ridiculed a lot, but there were few times when he was so pitied...... No, he had done it before, but at that time he was arrogant and didn't take people's kindness seriously, and he felt humiliated and never said thank you.

The man was so grateful to him, turned around and went to the stove room to bring out the food that should have been given to him, and brought a bucket of water to him, and said, "I can only help you so much, don't tell people that I gave it......"

"Thank you" Chen Ping grinned, ignoring the shackles of the wooden flail, lying on the wooden barrel and scooping water to drink.

The man couldn't look down, and when he saw that there was no one around, he took a water ladle and fed him, "I heard people say, don't come out when you enter the salt field, you can do whatever you want, don't resist when you beat you, and don't do anything righteous, otherwise you will be assigned the hardest and most tiring work, and you won't be given ......food."

The guy chattered about the well-known secrets, and when he saw Chen Ping being taught, he thanked him again and again, touched his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I should have pressed the salt works to be all heinous bandits, and I don't seem to have committed a big crime when I see you like this, why are you sent to the salt works to work?"

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The past is unbearable, if I can come out alive, I will definitely repay my buddy for a meal."

The guy hurriedly shook his hand, don't mention anything that he doesn't repay, as long as he doesn't tell anyone that he delivered food privately.

After thinking about it, he whispered, "Our boundary, said to be a state, is only the size of a county, and then north is the land of Huyi, if you can escape, run north, cross the river, even if you enter the territory of the barbarians, the officials can't catch you if they want to."

"Isn't the north the land of Great Xia?" Chen Ping was surprised.

"In the past, but in recent years, the imperial court has withdrawn its defenses, coupled with the shortage of manpower, it is not often that there are bandits who cross the line and cause chaos, and it seems that they have also colluded with the bandits, as long as they cross the river, they basically don't care about life and death," the man whispered to him the news he had heard.

Chen Pingzuo thanked him, and secretly thought in his heart what if he escaped? His wife and children were all in Daxia, and even if he escaped, he would have no roots in duckweed, and he would not live long.

At noon on the second day, the official cha pressed Chen Ping to routinely parade through the streets, Liangzhou was short of materials, and few people wasted food to smash the prisoners.

From the scorching heat to the early autumn, he suffered all kinds of contempt and ridicule along the way, and now some encounters can no longer make Chen Ping angry, and the moment he stepped out of Liangzhou City with heavy shackles, he only had the fear of the future and the instinct to survive.

On the way, Chen Ping escaped again, and after being caught, he was beaten beyond recognition, and he was powerless to escape again. The servant cut off his water again, and it was good to be able to hurry under hunger, so how could he have the strength to run again?

Entering the small town at the foot of Liangshan, the poor master rode a horse and dragged Chen Ping through the streets, and the eyes were full of indifferent people, not at all like Liangzhou City.

People watched indifferently as the ragged prisoner passed by, and could not help but sigh and pity his plight.

As soon as he entered Liangzhou, life and death were fateful, and after seeing too many corpses being transported out of the salt works, the people here had long since extinguished their shame towards the prisoners.

This town is the only inhabited village around the salt works, and there are many families of prisoners who have moved their families to wait for their relatives to come out of the salt works.

It may be that only a few families are reunited, and most of them are exhausted to death in the salt works, and only one body can be recovered.

Looking forward to the bad news, some women returned to their hometowns to remarry, some stayed in the land of their deceased husbands and stayed here as widows, and some madly pounced on the servants and begged the old and weak women and children to bring some food for their families......

Chen Ping felt in his heart, I am afraid that if he enters the salt field, he will really have no way to live......

The poor master pushed away the food that was held up in front of him, drank and scolded a few words, and dragged Chen Ping forward, during which there was also a village woman kneeling in the middle of the road holding the money in exchange for work, and begged to meet her husband.

The official sneered and picked up the copper plate, and glanced at the village woman with disdain, "How can such a little be enough to bribe the guards?"

The woman was extremely disappointed at first, and then handed the food basket to the official with gratitude, and after three rings, she said in a trembling voice, "There is a labor official, please tell me on your behalf when you see my husband...... I'll wait for him to come back."

The official casually asked the man's name, and walked straight forward. Before they could leave the town, a team of officers and soldiers transporting corpses drove a carriage into the town, "Jia Wu and Zheng Heke have relatives here......?

The officers and men shouted routinely, and without waiting for the weeping family members to arrive, they laughed and chatted with the officials who escorted Chen Ping.

"There aren't many dead people today, only two corpses ......"

"Haha...... When winter comes, there will be more ......"

Hearing such a terrible chatter, Chen Ping felt like falling into a cold pool, human life is as worthless as mustard here, even the two of them can talk and laugh and compare it to talking about it, how can this cannibalistic realm survive?

Chen Ping broke free of the rope like crazy, and was subdued by a team of officers and soldiers before he could run a few meters, and the leader sneered, "This dog thing hasn't been extinguished yet?"

The official said in a cold voice with displeasure on his face, "It seems that the lesson is too light, I see that he is a scholar, so I want to be lenient, and I never want to trouble you."

"Well, it's good to be honest if you are hungry for two meals at the salt farm" The leader waved his hand, and two people set up the unconscious Chen Ping and threw it into the carriage, and the body was thrown aside at random and waited for the body to be collected.

"Now that the person has been delivered, I will ask you to give a report, and our brother will go back" The official errand traveled for two months, and he didn't bother to run a few miles to make the errand.

"Come on, you've worked hard all the way, it's better to settle down when you return home early, we'll do these little things for you, you can't survive for a year, it's okay to remember it or not," the leader replied indifferently.

"Don't mind, how can you say that this is also an errand within our share, so as not to be punished by the above, it is better to register in the register" The official said with a smile, and handed the village woman's filial piety to the officers and soldiers.

"Cheng, for the sake of the wine money, I'll run errands for you" picked up the money bag with a little disgust, and took the lead in waving his hand to greet the return trip.

The woman before saw that the official had received the money but did not do anything, so she pounced on her and begged, "Official, official...... You can answer the ...... of the people's women"

"Get out~ If you don't get out again, be careful that the master will whip you!" the official said viciously, and immediately untied the leather whip on his waist and slapped the woman a few times, until the woman couldn't help but let go of her hand, and then kicked and scolded and got on the horse and hurried away.

Three months later, Chen Ping went down to work in a single coat, and he still did not dare to slack off due to the freezing joint pain of the cold brine, so he hung the wooden barrel on the iron hook, and then shook the rope and waited for the next water lift.

Well salt is generally soluble in wells, and the brine is dried and fried in the sun, so that edible well salt can be obtained, and occasionally solid rock salt can be directly mined and eaten.

Chen Ping offended the officers and soldiers when he first arrived, and as soon as he arrived at the salt field, he was assigned to dig a well. After heavy physical labor, he was not given food, and he fainted from hunger within a few days.

Seeing that he had been relatively obedient these days, and did not want the labor he had just arrived to die, and that there was an urgent shortage of manpower in the mine, they threw a few dry and hard nests and sent him to work in the mine.

Chen Ping also brought a few winter clothes with him before he set off, but he was confiscated and pawned by several jailers before he was escorted, and if he didn't have the silver to honor the officials, he wouldn't have been mistreated along the way.

At this time, it is early winter, the weather suddenly turns cold, although the snow has not fallen but should have been put on a jacket, coupled with the large temperature difference between morning and evening here, it is also worse than the southern climate, there is no jacket to keep warm and soaked in cold water, not long before contracting rheumatism and bone pain.

Few prisoners in the mine were fully clothed, and even more so, they wore winter clothes to protect them from the cold, and occasionally a few of them were cared for from above, but they were only barely fed.

In the final analysis, the people who were escorted here were all powerless and powerless ordinary people, and those who had the money to dredge up had already been arranged to work in the site of frying and drying, and they would not do heavy physical work like them.

The night dew fell, and Chen Ping was not allowed to climb to the ground until he couldn't see his fingers. Wring out the brine on his trouser legs, he stood in a line with the other prisoners, and went back to sleep in the straw hut under the beating and scolding of the officers and soldiers.

At night, my joints hurt and I couldn't sleep, so I had to rub my palms to cover myself, and there was only a straw mat on my body to cover it.

The original 35 prisoners who worked with Chen Ping, plus the 6 new arrivals, died about a dozen around three months, leaving less than 30 people. Most of the old and infirm people will die if they can't survive March, but even if the foundation is good, they can't stand the whipping every day and work on an empty stomach.

Chen Ping kept in mind that the gang was counting on the points, and did things silently, and when he was beaten, he honestly begged for mercy, and the officers and soldiers saw that he was obedient, and then they stopped staring at him and beat him.

The man who died ten days ago was a reckless man, who was blinded by a few punches and kicks, and was crippled after a while, and starved for three days before he died.

The man he saved was not only not grateful, but also because of the three days of fasting to add punches and kicks to him, if it weren't for that, then a strong man would not have died in three days, and it was estimated that he would have been angry to death.

They all live in a shed, Chen Ping is tightly holding a few reckless, and he is rarely bullied under flattery, of course, in terms of food, he also pays close attention to them first, and he is hungry and skinny, and he has long been out of shape.

Fortunately, Chen Qingyin gave it in time, and before Chen Ping starved to death, he finally waited for a letter from home.

Chen Ping pinched the crumpled letter and cried tears, he knew that Chen Qing would not ignore him, and Daidi's life was saved......

The jailer was accustomed to this, so he threw him two nests and instructed, "The family has made money, so we naturally have to take care of one or two, but this person has a lot of eyes, and it is not good to take too much care of you, take a long look at yourself, don't offend people who shouldn't be offended, otherwise I won't be able to protect you!"

Chen Ping thanked him mournfully, swallowed the two nests and shrunk them aside to take a closer look.

After making the silver dotted, he will naturally no longer be beaten at every turn, and the heavy work will also be removed from him, and it will be changed to a lighter corner work.

Because the Liang family had no power and power, they only bribed a little silver, so Chen Ping was not transferred to the frying and drying field, and was still working in the mine.

Chen Ping is accustomed to ingratiation, although he is taken care of, he does not dare to cheat and cheat in his work.

Don't say that you are hardworking and willing to work, even if you just look at you unpleasantly, you can get a good meal. If you want to survive, in addition to judging the situation, you must also have silver to pay respect, and you must be able to get food from the outside at the worst, otherwise you can't even eat * if you live until you get out of prison.

On the day of the first snow, after eating three nests, the head beckoned to start work. Unlike in the past, the jailers who had been slack off were all neatly dressed and energetic to give lectures.

The soft whip that had been inseparable from the hands of the people before was replaced by a saber, and the cell boss shouted and redistributed the work, and all the ragged ones were sent to work in the wells, and even the yellow-skinned ones were not allowed to wander outside. In addition, it was repeatedly emphasized that it was not allowed to speak while working, and that it was not allowed to answer anything when asked.

These rules have been kept in mind since the beginning, and occasionally come down to inspect, if anyone can't control their mouths, except for death, it is really not good for themselves.

Chen Ping was transferred to the team of transporting halogen, and he struggled to pull up the board car, bowing his head like a scalper.

Seeing that he was struggling, the jailer only rewarded him with two feet, Chen Ping gritted his teeth and pulled the car to the drying field, unloaded the barrel and returned empty.

On the way back, Sun Hu ran into Chen Ping, and when he saw that there were no jailers nearby, he asked in a low voice, "Do you have a nest in your arms?"

Chen Ping had a meal, damn it! It's rare that he made three nests this time, and he wanted to save it for the evening to eat, but he didn't want to be seen by him, so he had to defend it sincerely, "No, breakfast is eaten in front of the cell boss, who dares to hide it privately?"

"Hmph~ Don't think that Xiao Jiu covers you and I don't dare to do anything to you, really I didn't see it?" Sun Hu bared his teeth and showed a malicious smile, and the bluffing Chen Ping immediately shrank his courage.

Just as he was about to hand over the head of the nest in his arms to him, he happened to be seen by the jailer who had returned from the release of water, "What are you doing? Don't you want to live? Don't you hurry up and work!"

The jailer was about to draw his whip and teach these two bastards a good lesson, when he reached out and touched the air, so he had to hurry a few steps and kick two feet and scolded, "If you dare to be lazy, I will kill you!

Chen Ping obediently took two feet before he dared to pull the cart and walk away. Seeing the nervous appearance of the official, he could guess that it must be a big man from above.

Sun Hu glared at Chen Ping fiercely before leaving, and his self-evident appearance frightened Chen Ping Ruirui uneasy. I should have eaten that nest if I knew it, and why did I have to save it for the evening?

It was noon, and everyone was not allowed to stop work at the time when it was supposed to be dinner.

I was tired all morning, and I was exhausted by hunger and cold. Because of being guarded, Chen Ping didn't have the time to steal the nest, so he had to face Sun Hu's cannibalistic gaze and continue to work without knowing it.

Fortunately, half an hour later, the man beckoned to dinner, and everyone was finally able to take the opportunity to rest for half an hour.

After the meal, the jailer was already hungry, leaving the two of them to take turns and shouting to go to the canteen to eat.

One person is three nests, but everyone was pleasantly surprised, devouring and eating, licking the residues on his hands without contentment, completely ignoring how dirty his black palms were.

Under Sun Hu's watchful eyes, Chen Ping didn't dare to take out the private nest, and as soon as the jailer left, Sun Hu immediately picked up Chen Ping and went to the place where he was carrying people to search for food.

During the break, the half-full prisoners were all spread on the ground to recuperate, and even if they had the strength, they would not care about Chen Ping's idle affairs.

Not to mention that the nest head was snatched away by Sun Hu, he was also beaten fat, and Chen Ping even cried and howled to let Sun Hu let him go. As he was walking back, a group of jailers happened to return, and when they saw Chen Ping's face bruised, his heart suddenly became angry.

It's so good that you don't want to die to make trouble at this juncture, isn't this looking for death?" "What are you two doing!"

Seeing that something was wrong, Sun Hu immediately revealed the matter of Chen Ping's private hiding of the nest, Chen Ping did not dare to disobey Sun Hu, let alone talk back to the jailer, and fell to the ground in fright.

Sun Hu relied on someone to support him, snorted and retreated to the side, and sure enough, the jailer who took the lead pinched Chen Ping's neck and lifted him up, shouting, "It seems that you have eaten too much?"

"Don't dare...... begging the adults to let go of the little ones......" Chen Ping peeked at Xiao Jiu, and saw that people were glaring at him fiercely, and he knew that this matter could not be good.

Hiding food privately is not a big deal, but now that people are patrolling, Chen Ping was beaten again with a blue nose and swollen face, and he was accidentally seen by others, and he didn't know that they were beaten.

"Lock it up first" The jailer glared at Sun Hu, who was causing trouble, and waved his hand to order someone to hide Chen Ping first, so as not to be discovered by the people above.

When Chen Ping heard this, he was so frightened that he almost became incontinent, but all those who were locked up were prisoners who had starved to death. immediately cried and promised not to commit it again, and crawled over on his knees, begging Xiao Jiu to intercede.

Xiao Jiu kicked him angrily, blaming him for not knowing anything, "When the people leave, they will let you out, and they will only be locked up for a few days, and you will not starve to death!"

Chen Ping was reassured, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he didn't want to kill him......

Without waiting for Chen Ping to be dragged away, a group of people coincidentally came in from outside, led by Zhao Mucheng, who supervised the imperial history of this trip, accompanied by Zheng Yu, the governor of Liangzhou, Ma Changsheng, the county governor, Song Keqing, the squire of the military department, Cao Fang, the salt and iron envoy of Liangzhou, and Li Yingqiu, the official of the criminal department......

Dozens of subordinate officials and their entourage alone walked in in a huge manner, not counting the officers and soldiers at all levels and jailers who opened the way ahead......

Chen Ping stared at the number one hundred and ten people dumbfounded, opened his mouth wide and secretly shouted, "It's over......"