Zhang Jieyuan said this to give Zhang Mei a lot of face, he didn't say it more ruthlessly, if this was left in the past, when he was still Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, he would have already scolded her for not being the Zhang family, and she still had to be killed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info was arrested and put in prison, lost his personal freedom, and couldn't even keep the minimum dignity of being a human being, he ate a prison meal that barely made ends meet, Brother Zhang was also arrested and interrogated, the Zhang family was gone, the future was dangerous, and he had experienced so many hardships, although it was only a short day, how could he not be a powerless civil official, how could he not have a lot of thoughts, and he also thought about whether it was his fault to do so. He was also moved by the dedication of this daughter who was disliked, isolated, abandoned, and even asked for her life, but he couldn't say it.

"My lord, do you really want to stay the course and send you and your family to the guillotine?" Peng Lingkong is sincere, and every sentence is a heart-wrenching word, "It is said that 'stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood.'" If you can't even save your life, how can you fulfill your personal ideals and ambitions, and what else can you do for the country? ”

Zhang Jieyuan still turned his back to Peng Lingkong and did not speak. What is it good to say, persist until now, and admit that it is all his fault?

"Your Excellency." Peng Lingkong didn't know what Zhang Jieyuan thought, he was very anxious and his tone was aggravated, he couldn't stay in the cell for too long, he would be in trouble when the jailer found him, and Zhang Mei still needed him.

"You get out of here first, it's always good to have someone outside to answer, don't worry, I will persuade my brother to think about it seriously." Zhang Runyuan and Zhang Jieyuan face each other, if he can't persuade him, Peng Lingkong's words are useless at all, and they catch him in vain.

"Adults think twice, don't be rash, 'useless is a scholar', in the face of power, you can only compromise and obey, or sacrifice. Two adults, I went out to accompany the eldest lady to kneel and beg the emperor to let us go and let the whole house go. After Peng Lingkong finished speaking, he disappeared and walked straight to the outside of the cell of Dali Temple, as he himself said, he had to find Zhang Mei when he went out, and knelt down to beg Yang Jian to let Zhang Fu go.

Brother Zhang was whipped to the point that his skin was open, and every whip on his body was a red blood mark, which was particularly painful, not to mention his clothes, which had already been beaten into pieces. After more than a dozen whips, he couldn't bear it anymore and begged for mercy, "Don't beat me again, I don't know if I'm killed, I really don't know where Zhang Mei's little slut is." However, what I can tell you is that my father and my uncle must have known where she was, and I have heard rumors from my family that they had looked for her. How are you going to ask both of them? I went and asked the two of them, and if they would not speak, I would advise them to tell you one by one, shall it be okay? Please, don't hit me. ”

It seems that what Brother Zhang said is true, and it is useless to ask no matter how hard he asks. "Stop. Drag it back. The people of Dali Temple sent Brother Zhang back to his cell.

"Brother Zhang." Seeing the blood on Brother Zhang's body, how could Zhang Jieyuan not feel distressed. He complained to the executioners of Dali Temple, "Why are you so ruthless that you beat a child like this." What is it for? ”

"He was just a sinner, so he was put in prison; He is already an adult, what a child. The executioner threw Brother Zhang on the ground in the cell and walked out, not wanting to stay here for a moment.

The jailer followed last, quickly locked the cell door, and diligently sent out the few people who had escorted Brother Zhang back.

As the eldest son of the long house, Brother Zhang enjoys the favor of everyone in the family, and has been pampered since he was a child, how can he suffer this kind of crime. The upper body was beaten so that there were many bright red blood marks, and it was still bleeding, so I didn't dare to lie down, so I could only sit. When he was finally able to return to his cell and see his dearest family, he wept bitterly.

Zhang Jieyuan and Zhang Runyuan held Brother Zhang's two hands with one hand, and their eyes were distressed and stayed on his wounds, "Why was it beaten like this, why is this?" What do they ask you? Why did you get sentenced? ”

"They asked me where Zhang Mei was, how did I know, I didn't know, they beat me." Brother Zhang cried, he hated Zhang Mei even more now after suffering so much, "Zhang Mei has always been haunted, many disasters and troubles in our family are brought by her, who knows that she has left our family, we have cut off relations with her, she can still harm our family and me." ”

"Why do they just ask you who don't know, and your father and I know her whereabouts, but don't ask us?" In the face of Brother Zhang, who was beaten for crimes, there was no need to hide it, Zhang Runyuan was strange, he couldn't understand that it was about Zhang Mei's interrogation, and Dali Temple chose Brother Zhang as the person to be arraigned.

"I don't know." Brother Zhang's hands trembled, he couldn't cry, he was scared, painful and resentful.

Zhang Jieyuan wanted to get the reason, "This must be for Zhang Mei selling them embroidery a few years ago, and the Dali Temple Communiqué has a personal vendetta." They are embarrassed to ask our brother directly, even now they are embarrassed to ask us directly, and first cut the child under the knife, so that we can see that the child has suffered this crime and automatically confess to them. ”

"I know that Zhang Mei, a dead girl, doesn't do good things, she causes trouble for others, and even harms her dearest people, and the whole family." Brother Zhang angrily put all the blame on Zhang Mei's head. He grabbed Zhang Jieyuan and Zhang Runyuan's hands and begged the two of them, "Dad, uncle, since you know, tell them quickly, otherwise I will have to be beaten to death by them." ”

"You don't have to worry, we just won't say it, and they won't interrogate you again for this matter, so that's it." Zhang Jieyuan's judgment is of course certain, Zhang Mei wants to kneel at the foot of the palace and beg Yang Jian to let him and the people of the Zhang Mansion go, and take the initiative to appear in front of everyone, it is obvious to all, how can I ask them about her whereabouts.

"Dad, you have to count what you say, I can't be interrogated by them alone, if there is a next time, I will have to be beaten to death by them." Brother Zhang was so frightened that he was still trembling, he was in unbearable pain, and deliberately screamed loudly, "Ah." Dad, I'm in so much pain, my trauma is very serious, can you ask the doctor to give me medicine? ”

"If they can drug you and hit you until you are injured, how can they bother to do this." asked Zhang Jieyuan to ask a doctor to treat Brother Zhang's injury, and he scolded him, "You are also a dignified seven-foot man, the eldest son of the family, you can't be a little promising, look like a man, and set a good example for your younger brothers and sisters?" ”

Brother Zhang just cried more painfully and made his voice louder, but he didn't dare to say a word to refute Zhang Jieyuan, his exaggerated and strong performance was the action of refutation.

Zhang Runyuan persuaded Zhang Jieyuan, "If the child has suffered this kind of crime, he naturally can't bear it, he can't stand it, no one cares, the cell environment is so bad, it is not good for the child's injury, don't get more and more serious, and it will be out of control in the end." Brother, you can put your life and death aside, and I am willing to accompany you to the end, but do you really bear to let the whole family die for your integrity, be condemned as a heinous sinner, and behead all over the house in full view of everyone, so that after our Zhang family is broken, we are still burdened with all kinds of infamy? Even if you and I die, what face will we have to see our fathers and fathers after death? ”