Chapter 894: Surrender
Zhu Zihou's wife didn't understand why he made the decision to beg for bones in such a jubilant mood.
"Master, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children and grandchildren. The marriage of the youngest granddaughters has not yet been settled, and this time back to the hometown, where are there any good families. ”
Hearing his plan, Mrs. Zhu was worried.
At home, Zhu Zihou didn't have the feeling of being so old in the court, and his eyes glared: "Women, what do you know?"
"According to your plan, when will you marry your granddaughter and great-granddaughter?"
Mrs. Zhu was speechless, she really planned to do so. The Zhu family has been proud in Beijing for decades, and the daughters of the powerful families of the family have to pay tribute to her when they see her.
If you don't take advantage of this time to set the marriage of your children and grandchildren, when Emperor Qinglong takes back Zhu Zihou's authority, where will those people still take the Zhu family in their eyes.
But at home, Zhu Zihou has always said the same. When he said this, Mrs. Zhu had no choice but to stop talking.
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. After all, it was an old husband and wife, so Zhu Zihou said a few more words: "You can so much heart?"
"They don't fight, no matter how well they marry now, they can't stand up, and in the end they still have to rely on their own abilities. When you and I return to heaven in a hundred years, we will close our eyes and kick our legs, and you will still be able to take care of it?"
Hearing him say this, Mrs. Zhu knew that he had made up her mind, and she didn't say anything more at the moment.
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The prison of the Criminal Department is full of prisoners. In the prison of only about a dozen people, there were more than 30 people alive. Don't say sleep, it's difficult to even half-lean.
The temperature inside the cell was unpleasant, dark and damp, and the smell of feces and dreads. When did these pampered old and young masters suffer like this in the past, they immediately complained.
It wasn't until two days ago that all the 180 members of the Guan family were pulled out and beheaded, and the cell was considered to be a little free. Those who remained were in constant fear, fearing that one day the butcher's knife would fall on their heads.
Emperor Qinglong issued an order, but the people of the Gao family and the Cheng family did not know the news in prison. The jailers were also impatient to deal with such a prisoner involved in a major case of rebellion, and they all hid far away.
In addition, today's celebration of the victory in the Northland has made them even more unaware and disciplined.
The former prince of the Marquis of Anping was unkempt at this time, and he could no longer see his past demeanor. Most of the incriminating evidence against them was what he did for the deposed prince.
Unexpectedly, I didn't catch it from the dragon's work, but it got to the point where it is now?
He sat silently on the straw mat, his father had been beheaded, and the past glory of the Anping Marquis Mansion was no longer to be thought about. What we have to think about now is how to save the lives of our families.
It's just that it's useless for him to think about it now.
As the night deepened, with the sound of chains, a jailer opened the cell door and shouted, "Where is Cheng Jinghao? Come out!"
Cheng Jinghao shrank in the corner of the wall, dazed. Some time ago, he was still worried that the people who used to play together in Beijing would no longer call him. Now, he is locked up here, and his future is uncertain.
He really didn't react.
Hearing his name called, he reflexively walked over and replied, "Here I am." ”
The jailer looked at him impatiently, shackled his hands, and ordered, "Follow me." ”
When he got outside, the jailer locked him aside and went out to negotiate with the people himself. Cheng Jinghao stood in the darkness, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
Why do so many people just call themselves out? Could it be that the people they offended in the past now see that they are down, and come to seek revenge?
However, after thinking about it, he didn't feel that he had such an enemy.
In the outer room, the jailer changed his impatience with Cheng Jinghao, nodded and said, "Lord Shizi, I brought out the people you wanted." ”
Liu Qiran held a horsewhip inlaid with gold and jade in his hand, and stood with his hands in his hands. The jailer is a cheap job, he only nodded to indicate that he understood, and he stepped forward to negotiate.
Gao Yi took a letter of silver and stuffed it into the jailer's arms, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I've worked hard for you." ”
The jailer smiled again and again, and said, "It's not hard. As long as the prince remembers it, return the person before departure. "When I was in prison, I was registered. When the time comes, you will see people alive and corpses when you die.
These prisoners will be exiled for 3,000 miles, but where they will go, they will have to wait for the verdict of the criminal department.
However, even the original Shangshu of the Criminal Department was imprisoned, and everything was piled up on Quan Moxian's head. Naturally, he wanted to be busy with more urgent matters, and he couldn't take care of these prisoners at the moment.
Therefore, this jailer dared to hand over the person to Liu Qiran in private.
Liu Qiran nodded, which was a promise.
He took the lead out of the house and turned over on his horse, and Gao Yi took Cheng Jinghao into a tattered donkey cart.
Gao Yi is Liu Qiran's long-term follower, Cheng Jinghao saw him, why didn't he understand that Liu Qiran was looking for trouble with him? Just as he was begging for mercy, Gao Yi took a rag and gagged him, making him unable to make a sound.
A horse and a cart, passing through the crowd celebrating the victory, entered Nantong Lane and stopped in front of the Longyang Pavilion.
Gao Yi pulled Cheng Jinghao off the carriage and ripped off the rags that blocked his mouth. Liu Qiran got off the horse and looked at him with cold eyes.
Cheng Jinghao stumbled, and when he saw the surrounding scenery clearly, the hairs on his body stood up.
He climbed to the feet of Liu Qiran, and repeatedly admitted his mistake: "Lord Shizi, it's my fault, please have a lot of them, let me go." ”
"You see, I'm so unlucky, the Cheng family is finished. Please remember the past feelings and let me go. At this time, Cheng Jinghao didn't have any face, so he just begged not to enter this place.
Liu Qiran looked at him condescendingly, unmoved.
"What did I say that day? I'll let you try, and you really try?" patted him on the cheek with a horsewhip, Liu Qiran said disdainfully: "I don't have the ability, and I want to disobey the yang and the yin." You don't pee on yourself, whatever!"
He really looked down on Cheng Jinghao.
Even among the gentlemen, he is the most unknown among them. Fighting and sparing his life is not ruthless enough, and he is reluctant to face at the critical moment. It's just relying on the shadow left by the ancestors, and living in a muddy way.
"Yes, yes, yes! The lesson of the prince is that I am not a thing! You don't have to worry about people like me, you don't have to lower your status. ”
Liu Qiran smiled dumbly and said, "I can't see it, you can take it quickly at this time." ”
Seeing him smile, Cheng Jinghao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's because I think badly, you have a lot of adults, so naturally you won't worry about people like me." ”
At this time, he was clever and knew how to use words to block Liu Qiran.
It's a pity that since Liu Qiran was once called the Demon King of the Mixed World, how could he be held by his simple words.