Li Xiao's lips opened slightly, wanting to continue talking, but he didn't know what to say. There's nothing to ask, and I can't think of what to ask. As Cai Xu said, the truth of the Wencheng Street case is indeed no longer important. He knows that too. This case, from a simple assassination at the beginning, to the fact that it later involved Dongchang and the procuratorate, and mixed with people from the Northland grassland, and now, it has a chaotic taste of officialdom.

Up to now, anyone can see that Cai Xu's father and son are just an outcast. Maybe the two of them really have nothing to do with the incident on Wencheng Street, there must be someone else's shadow behind the case on Wencheng Street. All in all, this case was forcibly closed, and the Cai family father and son were pushed to the forefront and closed, and the case was closed when the Cai family father and son were imprisoned a few days ago.

Xu is the emperor is impatient, maybe the people behind it have reached some consensus with the emperor, or maybe the emperor and those people got what they wanted, and achieved their goal, so this incident ended here, so the Cai family father and son carried the pot, so he was sent to plant chili peppers.

"Heh......" Li Xiao subconsciously took a step back, and his expression darkened. said that what kind of little poet was immortal, and what was favored by the emperor, but in fact, it was just a victim of politics. Inside and outside the prison, it's actually the same people. He sighed and asked, "Do you regret coming to Jingshi?" ”

This is asking Cai Xu, and it is also asking himself.

Cai Xu didn't answer immediately, but glanced back at his demented son.

If you want to say that the most innocent person in the whole incident, it is Cai Kun. Since Cai Kun was born, his life has been arranged. Of course, since the day he stepped into the officialdom and met that person, his future life has actually been decided. Today's imprisonment is not accidental, and he also knows that sooner or later he will be abandoned, and this is the price.

"Regrets? Why should I regret it? Cai Xu stood up, moved his numb legs, shook his sleeves, and continued with a smile: "The old man has been an official for twenty-six years, from a small historian of the Nine Grades to the dignified Five-Rank Cangzhou Governor, and then to the official servant, it can be said that he has a prosperous official fortune. For more than 20 years, I have seen countless people, and I have enjoyed blessings that ordinary people can't enjoy, I have had silver, I have women, I have power, and I have done most of the interesting things in the world. ”

"Regrets? What should I regret? Is it because of the prison uniform you are wearing now? Or is it because the family is ruined? Boy, the world isn't as simple as you think. Every day someone dies, every day someone falls, and every day someone climbs up. Today I don't have the seat of the squire, and soon the next person will sit on it, I don't choose the path I have now, there will be other people, life and death have their own destiny, why don't I choose a comfortable path to go......"

"Even if it's a cliff at the end?" Li Xiao stared at Cai Xu quietly and said. Although Cai Xu was talking with a smile, he could feel the uneasiness in the latter's heart.

"Huh." Cai Xu laughed, didn't look at his son, and then said, "Boy, let's go." ”

Li Xiao took a step back, his brows moved slightly, he stopped talking, sighed, and turned to leave.

I can't ask anything, today's trip is just the last struggle before going to plant peppers. From the start, he didn't have much hope. Of course, Cai Xu's father and son are in prison because they are in prison, and he has no deep hatred with Cai Kun. The rest of the two people in prison uniforms opposite him were the three poor people in this inconspicuous case. In other words, they are all pawns at the mercy of others, at least in these days. "At the mercy of ......"

"At the mercy of others? You have to be at the mercy of others. Cai Xu returned to the original sitting position, closed his eyes, and spoke lightly. His hands trembled imperceptibly, and his eyes trembled restlessly.

He continued: "Boy, the water in Jingshi is very, deep, your temperament is not suitable for here, so it's better to leave early." ”

This sentence came out like dust all over the ground, and then fell quickly, as if it had never existed. Cai Xu didn't know if Li Xiao heard the last sentence he said, and he didn't know why he said it. The boy is good, but he is in the wrong place. He has never blamed Li Xiao, nor has he blamed Cai Kun, today's situation can be said to be a good choice for him, no matter whether there is an assassination of Wencheng Street or not, he will be thrown out sooner or later to atone for his guilt.

It can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the officialdom, while enjoying the glory and wealth, he has to bear the same price, and his price is to bear this case of extermination. Of course, he didn't know who the person behind the assassination on Wencheng Street was, and he didn't have the heart to find out about this bullshit case.

"Alas......" For some reason, he missed the days when he was a child herding cattle in the field. It's a pity that I can't go back.

…… The dust settled. Li Xiao didn't know how he left the criminal department, this short interrogation was fruitless, and it was doomed from the beginning.

Cai Kun is already stupid, according to Xu Sheng, Cai Gongzi can't accept the reality of being a prisoner, he is stimulated and loses his mind, which is usually called dementia. This reason is a bit absurd, but Li Xiao didn't have the heart to find out.

There are many people in Jingshi, and the water in Jingshi is very deep and deep. For so many days, he deeply felt what Cai Xu said, not only above the temple, but also the small Yonghe Yamen is not simple. This seemingly calm Jingshi City is not calm at all. But it's not easy to leave. I regretted last night that I shouldn't have written a poem! In just one day, he got a lot of information, he had a hunch, the next days in Jingshi, I am afraid that it will not be idle, the incident on Wencheng Street is over, there are still things, the days have to continue, it is estimated that the work of planting peppers explained by Emperor Hao will not be simple.

Looking at the splendid palace in the distance, he always felt that he was being put on the throne by the emperor. This fellow of mine seems to have changed, and it is because of power.

Li Xiao smiled, to be honest, he didn't have the confidence that now that he was in the position of Emperor Hao, could he still maintain such a leisurely heart as he was now.

"Li Gongzi, but are you done asking?" Xu Sheng walked behind, and when he saw Li Xiao walking in a trance, he didn't bother at first, and waited until the two of them were out of prison and passed three or four moon gates before asking.

From the time Li Xiao entered the cell to the time he came out, it was only a short two quarters of an hour.

Frowning, Li Xiao nodded, paused for a moment, his face was a little tired, and said: "Father-in-law Xu waited for Li, today, I finished asking." ”

Somewhat tired. Since he crossed, he hasn't been as tired as he is today. Originally, the villagers recognized each other, and everyone should be happy, and the case on Wencheng Street was over, and everything seemed to be calm again, but he always felt uneasy.

It's a strange thing. As long as you know some insiders, you will understand that Cai Xu and his son are not the main culprits in Wencheng Street, but they have become the main culprits. The emperor made a final decision, the historian was recorded in the annals of history, and Cai Xu's father and son also confessed their guilt. Next, it's time to eat, drink, and do what's the matter.

Glancing back at the busy officials of the Criminal Department, under the bright skylight, people came and went, and those who passed by saluted and nodded. Bitter smiled, shrugged, and turned to leave.

Xu Sheng behind him was still smiling, turned his head sideways to look at an attic not far away, glanced at the person above, and followed Li Xiao.

The heavy doors of the prison slowly closed, as if they had never been opened.

In the prison, the jailers who had been sleepy and resting retreated one after another, and no one knew where they went.

Cai Xu sat cross-legged on the mat, his lips slightly opened. If you listen closer, what he is talking about is the one written by Li Xiao. While reading, laughing, and crying. The hands holding a string of round Buddha beads trembled imperceptibly.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the man standing outside the cell. Not Li Xiao, but a cripple with blind one of his eyes.

"Shi Gongzi, I have already said what you meant, can you let Kun'er live now?" Cai Xu looked at Shi Shifan, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his tone was pleading.

Cai Kun is a restless person, although he has been living under his arrangement for half his life, but since the incident in Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, he has changed a lot, and he began to slowly become disobedient. For the change in his son, he doesn't know whether to be happy or angry,

"What do we mean? And you still say so much nonsense in the end? Why, do you cherish your talents? Shi Shifan chuckled, his face gloomy, and moved his lame leg, his face was very strange, and under the slanting sunlight, it made people look a little infiltrated.

The crippled is not only the leg, but also an eye. When he was a child, he was disliked by his father because of this, and he almost died at an early age, if he hadn't grown up and showed his intelligence that was different from ordinary people, he helped the Shi family become the biggest minister in the court step by step, I'm afraid that now he is not as good as a dog.

Now he has everything on his own.

"Well, for the sake of what you have done for the Shi family, I don't care so much about you." He casually threw out a porcelain vase, and then said: "If it weren't for Cai Kun's nothingness to wander around and see something that shouldn't be seen, I really wouldn't be willing to throw you out so soon, the Shi family has raised so much waste, and you still have a bit of ability to govern Cangzhou." ”

The porcelain vase rolled a few times on the hay and stopped in front of Cai Xu. The porcelain vase on the ink painting wall was a little dead in Cai Xu's eyes at this time. He slowly picked up the porcelain bottle, laughed miserably, opened it, poured out a jet-black pill, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, but did not speak.

"Eat, this matter will be settled sooner, and we will be relieved sooner, and you don't have to continue to worry about it here." Shi Shifan turned around and limped towards the door, leaving only a faint sentence, without emotion, as if everything he had just done was an ordinary thing.

Cai Xu looked at the pill in his hand, glanced at Shi Shifan who was far away, and then looked at Cai Kun, who was looking back at him without a god, closed his eyes with a smile, and slowly put the pill into his mouth.

Cai Kun in the corner of "Tick ......" looked dazed, and a drop of crimson tears slowly flowed from his left eye......

The dust has settled!