Chapter 2: First Snow (Part I)

Seeing the two people facing each other, Wang Xun couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The personalities of these two people are not similar, I really don't understand how they came together?

Zhang Xun is a flower exploration in the last years of the first century, full of economy, and his character and talent are not picky. But only one point, too unacceptable. That is, this person always speaks and does things in a serious way, and he abides by the teachings of the ancient sages when he treats others and disciplines, and he will never be accommodating until he has to. Although he has repeatedly hit a wall in the world, he still does not repent.

And Lei Wanchun went to the other extreme. He is a strong martial artist, and he acts completely as he pleases, ignoring all the rules and etiquette in the world. If it weren't for Zhang Xun, who he met later, he would have washed his hands decisively. It is estimated that on the sea fishing documents of the Criminal Department of Datang, sooner or later there will be Lei Wanchun.

But soon, Wang Xun understood the reason why these two people became friends.

Although Lei Wanchun couldn't get off the stage in front of outsiders, Zhang Xun didn't have the slightest look of anger on his face. Just arched his hand towards Lei Wanchun, and then gave up.

"Lao Lei's words today, when he is a big white" Seeing that the two were arguing, Wang Xun deliberately applauded loudly.

"It's just a mouthful of fallacies and heresies!" Zhang Xun shrugged his shoulders and put on a picture that I would not fight with you.

"That brother is still running his tongue with Lao Lei's mouth?" Just to see Zhang Xun's embarrassed appearance, Wang Xun asked knowingly.

"Fallacies and heresies are also reasonable!" Zhang Xun glanced at him and said awe-inspiringly. "Zhang is a disciple of a saint, debate is just debate, but in the future, I will figure out the key, and then argue back. If you can't say it, people will force others to shut up, which is the unfilial behavior of the Legalists, and it is not the work of true Confucianism! ”

After that, I also found it funny and laughed first. Wang Xun and Lei Wanchun also laughed. After laughing, the slight unhappiness caused by the different concepts of people and things was swept away, and the heart felt more and more that the other party was real and respectable.

Wannian County Yamen is not far from Pingkangli, out of the main gate of Fangkou, turn a few corners, and you will arrive. By the time the hour had passed, the magistrates had not yet begun their official duties. At the gate of the huge county government, the people were deserted and there were no people, only a messenger who had just changed shifts, leaning against the big drum at the door, his hands in the sleeves of his clothes, and his upper and lower eyelids were constantly fighting.

got off the mount early, threw the reins of the horse to the little guy who caught up from behind, Wang Xun tidied up his clothes, walked quickly to the officer, and saluted with his fists, "This big brother is invited." Dare to ask the eldest brother, is the grandson of the fast shift on duty today? ”

"Who are you looking for?" The yacha, who was pretending to sleep, was taken aback, picked up the water and fire stick that had dropped out of his side, and asked loudly.

Wang Xun smiled, took the officer's hand, and threw a string of copper coins into the other party's raised sleeve. "I'm looking for a grandson who is on fast duty. It's the one that's newly transferred. I'm his cousin Kong Youfang, bothering my eldest brother to come in and help me see if he's there? ”

"Looking for Sun Tou. Wait, I'll go in and show you! "Without looking down, the officer estimated the approximate number of copper coins by the weight of the sleeves alone. nodded at Wang Xun, who was generous, turned around and walked quickly into the county office.

Wang Xun shook his head lightly, flashed aside, and waited with a smile. After about half a tea time, Sun Renyu, who had received a large bribe from the Wang family yesterday, arrived with a confused face after following the duty officer. Seeing Wang Xun who greeted him with a smile, he was startled, quickly pulled the other party a few steps away, and asked in a low voice, "My little ancestor!" Why did you run to the yamen? It's not easy for my family to forget you, and you still hang around at the yamen, isn't this self-defeating? ”

"Hey, hey!" Wang Xun grinned stupidly, "As long as your grandson doesn't say it, who else in the yamen can recognize me?" Just now, I told them that it was your cousin, cousin, do you think we look alike? ”

"It's weird!" Sun Renyu was so angry that he jumped to his feet. "I'm an errand runner in the yamen, how dare I climb relatives with you little marquis. Tell me, what are you looking for me today! ”

"My cousin is such a happy person!" Wang Xun smiled again, took out a pair of jade bracelets from his personal pocket to make women happy, and handed it to Sun Renyu, "Look at this bracelet, is the texture okay?" Give it to my cousin or niece, and count it as a part of my uncle's heart! ”

"Let the little marquis break the bill again. How embarrassed I am, grandson! Sun Renyu quickly looked to both sides, and said politely, but the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and he grabbed the bracelet and hid it neatly in his sleeve. If I can do it, I can do it. But don't be too embarrassed for me, little marquis, after all, this is the yamen in the capital ........"

"I know, I know, it's definitely a trifle!" Wang Xun packed the ticket with a smile, "I have a friend, surnamed Yuwen, who was arrested by the yamen yesterday morning for some reason. A few of us want to go in and see if my cousin can make it easier! ”

"What?" Sun Renyu grinned, and the leek leaves on his teeth were clearly visible. "He's a key offender ordered by Jing Zhaoyin, you're not ........"

Reaching into his sleeve, he wanted to take out the jade bracelet and throw it back to Wang Xun, but he couldn't make up his mind after all. After hesitating, he stomped his feet and said in a low voice, "Go and wait for me at the corner gate behind the yamen, the one near the prison." I'll go in and make arrangements, and I'll look for you there in a quarter of an hour or so. ”

Wang Xun nodded tacitly, took Zhang Xun and Lei Wanchun, and turned to leave. After walking dozens of steps away from the yamen, slowly go around the root of the wall to the back corner door. After waiting there for a short time, the door was gently opened from the inside, and Sun Renyu's head poked out, and he shouted in a low voice, "Cousin, come over quickly." Follow me, don't look at it, don't say more! ”

The three of them were overjoyed, and immediately flashed into the yamen, followed Sun Renyu, first through a small garden, and then behind two high blue-gray walls, passed under a barbed wire fence covered with copper bells, and came to the prison gate.

"This is my cousin!" Sun Renyu greeted the cell boss and dodged to the side. Wang Xun immediately understood, stepped forward, and quickly stuffed a pair of small silver ingots into the other party's sleeves. The cell leader's eyes lit up suddenly, shooting out two cold rays like a wild wolf seeing its prey in the middle of the night, and then patted Wang Xun's shoulder like an old acquaintance who hadn't seen him for many years, and said politely with a smile, "Since it's Sun Tou's cousin, it's my own person." Follow Sun Tou in, pay attention, don't delay too long, the brothers are taking the big risk! ”

Wang Xun nodded yes, followed Sun Renyu, and quickly walked into the prison gate. Separated by one door, the gap between inside and outside is immediately like two heavens. I saw a stone path along the doorway that had existed for an unknown number of years leading to the depths of the prison, where sewage flowed sideways and filth was everywhere. Two rows of thick wooden fences were lined up opposite each other, and behind the fences, countless unkempt prisoners struggled to reach out with their hands and shouted at the officers at the door.

Wang Xun, who has been clothed and fed since he was a child, has never seen this kind of battle, and he was so smoked by the smell of the prison that he almost vomited the mutton soup he ate last night. I finally suppressed the hatred in my heart, and when I looked to both sides, I saw that the prison behind the fence was divided into small cells by an earthen wall, and each small room was either holding four or five prisoners, or only one person. They are both imprisoned, but the treatment is very different.

The cage for four or five prisoners was only a pile of straw for the prisoners to cover. And most of them are far away from the vents of the prison, and the light of day is not visible. There is only a prisoner's cage, bedding, tables and chairs. Even in some cages, even books, paper and pens are neatly arranged.

The restraints on the prisoners also varied widely. Some did not carry torture instruments at all, some only symbolically put an iron chain around their necks, and some were handcuffed and shackled for a moment. The most miserable person was his head, hands, and feet were firmly shackled together by five holes in the same plank, and the whole person was lying in the mud puddle, lifting his neck and slowly pouring out of breath. Hearing someone passing in front of him, there was a hint of nostalgia in his round eyes, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that it won't take two hours, and the whole person will become crippled if he doesn't die.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xun could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, raised his eyebrows, and said loudly: "I didn't expect the Jingshi Prison to be so filthy!" ”

"Hey, a group of prisoners, it would be nice to have a tile on their heads to cover the rain, can you still let them live in an inn?" Thinking that Zhang Xun and Wang Xun came together, it was very likely that they would be either rich or expensive, Sun Renyu didn't care about him, and lowered his voice to explain.

Zhang Xun refused to accept this feeling, pointed to the prisoner who was shackled to be slaughtered, and asked in a low voice: "What crime did he commit?" Are you going to torture him like this? What if you kill someone? At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is no royal law? ”

"Isn't that my rule?" Sun Renyu didn't expect Zhang Xun, who looked polite and polite, to be so unreasonable, frowned, and responded in a low voice, "Don't worry, you can't die after three days and three nights." This is famous for not dying, for hundreds of years, the yamen has treated guys who don't have long eyes like this. Who let him die cheaply, but he violated the king's law again? If those who are willing to pay money are treated the same as those who are not willing to pay money, the price of rice in the capital is so high, and the brothers don't all have to drink the northwest wind! ”

"!" Zhang Xun was so angry that he wanted to refute it again, and ordered Sun Renyu to let go of the prisoner who was about to be shackled to death, but was pulled aside by Lei Wanchun. "This friend of mine reads too much, it's a little unclear here!" While smiling at Sun Renyu, Lei Wanchun pointed to his head. "Reading too seriously, reading stupidly, yours, understand?"

For the sake of a pair of jade bracelets, Sun Renyu was too lazy to be more serious with the other party. He smiled and sped up his pace. A moment later, the group came to the deepest part of the cell, pointed to a cage that could not be reached with five fingers, and he whispered, "It's locked up here." It was Jing Zhaoyin who ordered it to be strictly guarded, so don't blame me. I will go out first and give an account to the brethren, and then I will come in for you in a quarter of an hour, and in a quarter of an hour. You guys have to leave on time! ”

With that, he stuffed the lantern in his hand to Wang Xun, turned around and left quickly.

Wang Xun thanked the other party with his hand, and then slowly lifted the lantern into the cage. Suddenly seeing the light, the prisoner in the cage trembled with fright and quickly fled backwards. The chains on the hands and feet should be rattled.

"It's me, Zida, I'm with Lao Lei and Lao Zhang to see you!" Wang Xun felt sour in his heart, and hurriedly whispered his identity.

"Jiro?" Yuwen Zida responded blankly, and then pounced like a baby with his biological parents. Holding the prison fence with both hands, he cried loudly: "Second brother, you are here." I knew you were going to find a way to save me. Hurry up, get me out, two days later, I'll be tortured to death by them! ”

"Did they torture you?" Seeing Yuwen Zida covered in blood, Wang Xun felt a pain in his heart, and forcibly suppressed his monstrous hatred and asked.

"Hmm!" Yuwen Zida's tears fell in strings, this time, it was no longer pretending. "Asked twice, hit me twice. The county magistrate surnamed Zhang said that if I don't confess again, I will be on the stick next time! ”

"Oh my God!" Wang Xun gasped, "What did they ask you to confess?" Have you recruited it? ”

"Not yet!" Yuwen Zida shook his head vigorously, lest Wang Xun not believe him. "I haven't done any of those things, how dare I confess. If it is recruited, it will definitely take less than half a month to be pushed out and cut off the head! ”

Wang Xun, Lei Wanchun, and Zhang Xun looked at each other, and inferred from the injuries that Yuwen Zida might have really survived the two punishments. With a bit of admiration, he asked in a low voice: "Who did you provoke, and what charges did they make you confess?" ”

Yuwen Zida hesitated again, and then shouted in a low voice: "I don't know who to provoke." They, they let me admit, formed a gang to commit murder, and robbed the people's girls on the street; instructed by others to humiliate court officials; In addition, there are also bullies and seizures of the people's land. Second brother, I haven't done it, I really haven't done anything! ”

Any one of them is a crime of killing the head, and there are four key words of "being instructed by others". Zhang Xun's heart tightened when he heard this, he took half a step forward, lowered his voice and emphasized, "Zida, as long as you haven't done it, no matter how painful it is, you have to survive." I'm Zhang Xun, listen to me, your case is a bit evil. If you still plan to live, think about it carefully, and tell you the truth to Erlang, who is the person behind you? ”

"No, no!" Yuwen Zida looked around weakly and denied it casually.

"Let's go, let's go, let this kid be beaten to death!" Seeing this time, Yuwen Zida still refused to tell the truth, Wang Xun was furious, lifted the lantern, turned around and left.

"Second brother, second brother. I'm really wronged! Seeing this, Yuwen Zida hurriedly hugged the fence and cried, "Second brother, don't go, if you leave, I will really die here!" ”

"Whether you die or not, it's none of my business. The surname Wang doesn't have a friend like you? said, you designed to humiliate Li Bai, who instructed it? What kind of business did you do in partnership with Boss Jia? ”

Hearing Wang Xun report Boss Jia's business name, Yuwen Zida was trembling again, raised his head and looked around, and looked around with a black rumbling to see who was still locked up around. He pointed to both sides with his hands, and then said loudly: "Second brother, don't force me." I, Yuwenzhi, do things by myself. Even if you die, you won't be able to pull anyone else! ”

Seeing Yuwen Zhi like this, Wang Xun finally understood what he was worried about. Leaning his ear over, he whispered, "I don't care who you're involved with." But you have to tell me today who you're helping with. Otherwise, as long as he refuses to come forward to save you, there are at least a hundred ways in the yamen to make you die in vain! ”

"I, I'm ......" Yu Wenzhi muttered to himself, gritted his teeth, and responded in a voice that was almost impossible to be heard, "Second brother, I didn't mean to hide it from you on purpose. I really don't want to implicate you. The person behind Boss Jia's surname is Zhu, and he opened a South Goods Village at the mouth of the West Market. As for the master behind it, no one in the whole Chang'an doesn't know! ”