Huang Rong and Qi Dali, according to their character and ability, know people well, and can always give them the right task.

didn't say that Huang Rong went to "persuade" Lu Shuang, but said that the beggar was strong and received Xin Er's order, so he left the Xin Mansion and went to the prison outside the Four Seasons Palace. The prison guards all knew him, and when they heard him coming, they all rushed to salute, and the jailer at the head made a surprise and said: "What a good day is today, the beggar is coming, and it is really a little prison to shine." ”

This jailer is similar to the beggar Dali, and he is also a person who has only skimmed some books, and "Pengsheng Shine" Yunyun is used here, and the word "small prison" is added in front of it, which is really ridiculous. The beggar was very useful, and he said, "Get up." I came today to meet Song Xian in accordance with the order of Gong Xin. Lead me and lead me to him. ”

Begging to go out now, maybe it is to show his identity, or it may be because when he was doing school work, he offended too many people, from the corrupt officials of the scholar clan to the Guyin light man who was rampant in the township, only he personally won no less than ten of them, but the officials of the Shi clan were just that, but those few Guyin light heroes were all well-known "heroes" in the five cities of Guyin, and there were many evil teenagers who acted for the tiger under their hands, so they were afraid of being retaliated against, but they never walked alone? When come? brought seven or eight retinues, most of them were sturdy Hu people in his department? There are also two clever Tang slaves? One of them, a roe deer? Described as haggard, missing an ear? Isn't it just that you've done school work too? was once regarded as the strongest political opponent by Beggar, and later accepted bribes from the Song side, although he was not convicted by Xin Er, who "missed the old", but he was inevitably alienated by Xin Er from then on? Bald Lianfan, who has lost power.

Pig Nozawa Hu Mu in the crowd? Now there are only two people who have been reused, Lan Baozhang and Qi Dali, Lan Baozhang is an upright character, and he looks down on people like Bal Lianfan, and Bald Lianfan can't stammer? So, after he lost power? Although he knew that he was begging for bribes from Song Fang, but for a living? ——The price of Guyin is expensive, and it is not easy to live in a big place? And have you lived in the "prosperous and convenient" valley for a long time? Bald Lian Fan doesn't want to go back to the pig field to herd sheep? So he still had to compromise, took the initiative to bow his head, almost bankrupt, and gave four or five heavy gifts to Qi Dali, and then he was accepted as a subordinate by Qi Dali "generously".

At this time, Gu Shou's entourage nodded the name of Bald Lianfan and said, "Old Bald, you are waiting for me here." ”

Bald Lian Fan took out a flattering smile, nodded his head, and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Qi Dali's gaze was fixed on the one ear of Bald Lianfan, Hu Mu on the bank of Pig Yeze is a remnant of the Huns, the hairstyle is a small braid, the top of the bare head, one ear is very conspicuous, he said: "Old bald, I don't explain to you, when I follow me, wear a hat to cover up your lack of ears a little." How are you disobedient and bald? Look for yourself what you look like, what do you look like! ”

At the end of summer, it is very hot in Longdi, wearing a thin pleated hakama, and sweating like rain after walking a few steps under the sun, do you want to wear a hat again? If you walk down the street, you will be more noticeable than an ear.

Under the eaves, Bald Lian Fan didn't dare to explain, and responded: "Yes, yes, the villain must wear a hat tomorrow." ”

The beggar vigorously left Bal Lianfan and the other entourage, followed the jailer, walked duck steps, held a big belly, swaggered across the courtyard, and entered the row of prisons on the west side of the courtyard.

There are two rows of prisons, one in the west and one in the south, with the gate on the north side and the jailer and jailer on the east side where the jailers and jailers work and rest. There are two rows of prisons with doors, and in the middle of the door is an aisle, with a wall on one side and a line on the other, all of which are ten cells.

The prison was dimly lit, and there was a torch at intervals on the wall, but only two or three were lit, and the light had little effect, so he entered the prison door, and under the faint light of the fire, a big black thing suddenly passed under the feet of the beggar, startled him, and he paused back, and said, "What is it?" ”

The jailer smiled and said, "Beggar Jun, when you used to send prisoners to the small prison, this thing was not uncommon, why, you haven't come for a few days, and you forgot it?" Oh, it's really a noble person who forgets things. ”

Beggar looked at it vigorously, and the big thing turned out to be a rat more than a foot long, but he saw that it was going to the depths of the prison along the wall on the right-hand side. The beggar vigorously touched the beard under his chin and said, "You guys are in such a prison, it's really a feng shui treasure, and rats can grow so big!" Damn, Lao Tzu had never seen such a big mouse in the deserted place of Pig Yeze back then. ”

"Yes, this mouse is too big, and there are a few cats in the little prison, but it doesn't work at all."

As they spoke, the two walked forward.

There are prisoners in the cell on the left-hand side, and Qi Dali saw an acquaintance, who was caught by him, who was originally a Sogdian merchant in the middle city of Guyin, probably when he was in the middle of the business, he was bought by Pu Qin, and actually started Pu Qin's fine work, and then Dingxi noticed it, and Qi Dali was ordered to take him down and send him here. The beggar stopped in front of the Sogdian cell, and saw two large rats lying on the dying man's lap, gnawing at his flesh, one of which had white bones exposed.

Although there are many times that beggars come to this prison, most of them take the prisoners and leave, basically without stopping too much, but this is the first time he has seen it, and he said in surprise: "No wonder the rats in your prison are so big, they grew up eating human flesh!" ”

The jailer was accustomed to this, and laughed, "Isn't it? ”

The beggar shook his head vigorously and sighed: "Although this is a human crime, he is also a human being, not to mention that he is still alive, how can he let the rats eat it, this is too miserable, right?" He said to the jailer, "You saw the one with one ear in my entourage, right?" It is my new slave. This beard has no length, and he is the best at catching rats, so I will leave him here and ask him to help you catch the rats in your prison. ”

The jailer said: "That villain recognizes him, and remembers that he used to be the school minister of Cao, and he doesn't mean to be a beggar slave now!" Also, to be a slave to the beggar, the villain said something from the heart, it is really more beautiful than doing school work! Flattering the beggar and saying, "The beggar is a nobleman, he still has mercy on the untouchable prisoner, and he is honest and benevolent, which is the blessing of the prisoner in prison." ”

These words were very pleasant, and he said: "Love the people and benevolent people, this is what Xin Gong often taught me!" Although my old beggar is a dull Hu man, Xin Gong's words have never been forgotten. ”

The jailer said, "Yes, the benevolence and righteousness of the Duke of Xin, who does not know the people of Mangu Yin City, no, Mandingxi?" Who doesn't preach? ”

The air in the prison was foul, making people feel sick and piercing their eyes, and they couldn't bear to stay here for a long time, and said, "Song Xian is in that prison? ”

"It's up ahead."

After two cells, the jailer stopped, pointed to the cell he had walked to, and said, "This is Song Xian's prison." ”

Unlike the cell where the Sogdian work was located, this cell was obviously cleaned and tidied up, not only was the floor clean, but the prisoners were not rested by weeds, but a simple couch, and there were cases next to the couch, on which wooden bowls and other objects were placed. The environment is different, and the treatment of the people in the prison is also different, and the beggar saw at a glance that there were three people lying and sitting on the couch! At the bottom was a fat woman lying on her back, and on top of it lay a man, whose head was now in the arms of another sitting fat woman.

Begging vigorously said: "Ming Gong asked me, can those two fat maids be sent to Song Xian, 'those two fat maids', they must be these two maids." He smacked his mouth twice and said, "This little life is like being in prison, Lao Tzu's eyes are hot!" And he said, "Aren't you afraid of the heat on a hot day?" "Although it is colder in prison than outside, it is still hotter in summer.

The jailer smiled and said, "Song Xian has always been like this since these two maidservants arrived. ”

The beggar let out a loud "oh" and ordered, "Call him up!" ”

The jailer unlocked the cell door, went inside, told the fat maid who was sitting to get up, grabbed Song Xian's bun, and pulled him up. Qi Dali also entered the prison and found that Song Xian had a piece of wood stuffed in his mouth, and there were ropes on both sides of the wood, which went around his head and tied it behind his head.

Beggar asked, "What's going on?" ”

The jailer replied, "The order of the Ministry of Punishment is to fill his mouth and not to untie it." ”

Qi Dali immediately thought that he had expected it, and thought: "This must not make him talk nonsense in prison and create rumors about Ming Gong." ”

It's just that Song Xian stuffed wood in his mouth, how could he complete the questioning under Xin Er's orders? I don't feel like it's difficult.

But he was also clever, and quickly thought of a solution, saying, "You take a pen and paper, I have something to ask him." ”

After a while, the jailer brought a pen and paper, and by the way, he also took a candlestick with a burning candle and placed it on the desk.

Begging vigorously to help Song Xian spread the paper on the case, studied the ink, stuffed the pen into his hand, took half a step back, condescendingly, and asked, "Gong Xin ordered me to ask you, what do you want to eat tomorrow night?" ”

Although Song Xian was imprisoned for less than a day, when he was imprisoned, the jailer beat him first according to Ji Chu's instructions, stuffed something in his mouth, and from morning to now, the water and rice have not entered, and his mental state is very bad. Listening to Qi Dali's words, Song Xian was a smart person, and immediately guessed the reason why Xin Er called Qi Dali to ask him this, knowing that the death date was not far away, or it was tomorrow, and when he was born and died, he sat down on the fat maid's belly, threw away the pen, raised his eyelids, and turned his face to the side arrogantly, neither looking at Qi Dali nor paying attention to him.

The beggar vigorously instructed the jailer: "Grab a few of the rats in your prison and let them in." ”

Song Xian didn't react.

The beggar rolled his eyes and said, "Take these two maidservants away." ”

Song Xian turned his head when he heard this, glaring angrily.

Beggar smiled vigorously, picked up the brush, stuffed it into his hand, clicked on the paper on the case, and said, "Write." ”

Pillow fat maid and play with it, this is the greatest pleasure of Song Xian's life, and the threat of begging vigorously can be regarded as hitting his weakness.

Song Xian hated to pick up the pen, borrowed the candlelight, and wrote a line on the paper.

When he finished writing, he picked up the paper vigorously, and he also recognized the Tang characters, half with the purpose of showing off to the jailer, and read it with recognition: "'Martyr me with these two maids, there is no other wish.'" Stunned, he looked at Song Xian and the two fat maids, the two fat maids heard the content of the beggar reading, their faces were pale, frightened, one cried, and Song Xian still raised his face upward, proud posture.

People martyred this custom, the Tang people banned it early, but occasionally, there are still many such customs among the Hu people, so the beggar was not stunned by Song Xian's request, stunned that he did not answer the question of what he wanted to eat tomorrow, shook the paper, frowned, and said: "What Xin Gong asked is, what do you want to eat tomorrow night, what kind of thing are you writing such a line?" He glanced at the two fat maids again, and said with a sneer, "Besides, on such a hot day, you lie down and fill your head with one, and you are not afraid of prickly heat?" Do you want them to be buried when they die? ”

Song Xian asked for paper and wrote another line of words.

Begging to read it vigorously, it was written: "'My heart is cold, death is like home, why worry about prickly heat'? There are still a few words in the back, which read, "I can't punish Xin Agua with hatred, avenge my brother, and take the right dynasty!" These words, begging vigorously should not be seen, ignored.

The resentful words behind it are not mentioned, if the twelve words of "my heart is cool" are seen by the celebrities of Guyin, it is indispensable, and I want to praise Song Xian for being worthy of being a showman of the valve clan, who is young, but he has already won the interest of nature, and died generously, and the merry man is also, but unfortunately the beggar and the jailer are both laymen, but they are completely incomprehensible. The beggar looked at the jailer and said, "Is he stupid?" ”

The jailer said, "I guess so. ”

The beggar stopped asking Song Xian, folded the paper, carefully put it in his arms, and ignored the sad and frightened eyes of Song Xian's two fat maids, turned around and walked out of the cell. The jailer took the candlestick, and Song Xian returned to the netherworld in prison. The beggar walked to the prison door, greeted the bright sunlight outside, and took a long breath of air, only for a short time in prison, but he had a feeling of being reincarnated. However, it was Guo who left Bal Lianfan behind, ordered him to help catch rats in prison, and begged to pay back the Xin Mansion.

It was twilight, and people were still coming and going outside the Xin Mansion and in the house.

The beggar tried to see him in the church.

In the hall, Yang Chao and Tang Ai didn't know when they came, and when they saw Xin Er passing the beggar to come in, they stopped talking and looked at him.

Begging vigorously and respectfully bowed down, first to Xin Er, and then to Yang Chao and Tang Ai.

After the ceremony, he got up, reported the experience of seeing Song Xian in prison, took the paper out of his arms, and presented it to Xin Er.

After listening to Qi Dali's report, Xin Er twisted the paper, looked at the two lines written by Song Xian, and motioned for Qi Dali to take it to Tang Ai and Yang Xian, with an angry face, and said: "Song Xian begged to martyr his two maids, why did the two of them think so?" ”

Yang Chao said: "The system of human martyrdom has been banned for a long time. Song Xian spread rumors that Ming Gong was the first, and now he asks for two maids to be martyred later, this person is in vain as a child of the Song family, and he has won the reputation of "Xiushi", not only for personal grievances, slander for Ming Gong, to destroy the public with private interests, and cruelty. Ming Gong, his request is categorically unacceptable! ”

Tang Ai didn't make any comments, but after reading it, he praised the sentence "My heart is cool" and said a few words that were a little elegant, and returned the paper to Xin Er.

Xin Er crumpled the paper in disgust, didn't want to look at it again, and said: "Shiliu regards the people, slaves and maids as 'non-class', and which of the people and slaves and maids is not born and raised by their parents, and they are also human? Although Song Xian's 'my heart' is elegant, this truth-seeking is mad and crazy, and it is indeed not allowed. He commanded the beggar and said, "If he doesn't answer my question, forget it, go down." ”

Unless the criminal who rebels and rebels and other heinous crimes, even if the crime has been convicted, the criminal who is to be executed does not mean that he can be killed, and the main punishment in the autumn is usually carried out in the autumn, Song Xian "spoke falsely", it is obvious that he can't keep him alive until the autumn, so he can only follow the example of executing his brother Song Fang, and also give him a special expedited punishment, Xin Er has already decided, and he will be punished tomorrow.

Begging vigorously to know that Yang Chao and Tang Ai should be discussing some important official business with Xin Er, and they promised to withdraw at the moment.

When he walked away, the three of them threw aside the trivial matter of preparing to kill Song Xian, and continued to discuss what they were just talking about.

What the three of them were talking about just now was a suggestion made by Yang Chao and Tang Ai to Xin Er together.

That is, Yang Chao and Tang Ai suggested that Xin Er send an envoy to see Huanmeng, and once again proposed to him to take advantage of the opportunity of the war between Qin and Wei to join forces and attack Guanzhong and Yuzhou.