There is power to make the grinding ghost, and the jailer is the evil ghost in this cell.

In the early morning of the next day, Cui Hanzhang's breakfast treatment was rarely upgraded to thick rice porridge and wotou, and he finally didn't need to pinch his nose and drink rancid water. Seeing the smiling faces of the old guards piled up in front of him, Cui Hanzhang understood that he was aiming at the broken silver, torture on one side, and grace on the other hand, all of which were the routines of these jailers inside and out.

It is rare that Zuo Shiqi is not crazy, he washed his face in the gutter next to the cell for the first time, his messy hair was tied behind with straw rope, and the whole person looked a lot more energetic, and after seeing Cui Hanzhang, he nodded slightly, and he was also a fallen person at the end of the world, Cui Hanzhang divided him with half a bowl of rice porridge, and the two of them ate the prison meal quietly.

The benefits of practicing the kiln handle have gradually become apparent, and sleeping in this dark cell is no longer the initial cold, and the damp cell and the winter cold invade, and the first to crush the prisoner's body is the one. Although he had been tortured twice, Cui Hanzhang's recovery ability was still surprising, and the two shifts of jailers couldn't understand him when they looked at him jumping around every day.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, killing pigs and cutting New Year's meat, this is the day when Cui Hanzhang counted with his fingers.

After Zuo Shiqi had breakfast, he sat facing the wall, no longer having his previous crazy behavior, quiet, and a strange smell in the air.

At noon, he took advantage of the unpreparedness and threw two pieces of blood cloth of the same size at Cui Hanzhang, which seemed to be written by biting his finger.

Zuo Shiqi's legs were broken, and his two arms propped up half of his body to bow down, saying that he was already crazy and suddenly like this, which made Cui Hanzhang inexplicable, Zuo Shiqi took a deep breath and said: "Suffering this great disaster, Zuo knows that there is no hope to get out of the cage in this life." Brother Hanzhang's matter, I also heard a few ears in your conversation with Feng Yu, chasing after the wind and shadows tired of you suffering from this unwarranted disaster, it is estimated that you will be able to wash away your grievances in a few days, and now you have no way to repay the grace of your meal, and you still have to trouble entrusting a few things. First, please take this blood book, and the little one will hand it over to the old father at home, and the family should be grateful for reading this book. The second is that you need to find someone, Qiao Xiangrou, the eldest lady of the Qiao family in Qingyuan Mansion, to inform her that this life is over, so that she does not have to wait, and hand over the blood letter of termination of the contract. The third is to ask the monarch to draft a letter of resignation and hand it to the concubine Ruyi at home, and let her go free. ”。

Zuo Shiqi spoke quite quickly, his expression was calm, it didn't look like crazy words, and after speaking, Cui Hanzhang didn't have any time to react, so he kowtowed three times.

Han Zhang hurriedly said to stop him: "I can't make such a big gift, people who are in prison together, don't say that the younger brother is also trapped in prison, and he has the heart but is powerless." Even if he regains his freedom, he doesn't know the Year of the Monkey, and he may miss Brother Zuo's major event. ”

Zuo Shiqi didn't answer, just laughed. Hanzhang looked at his smiling face distorted because of physical pain, his psychology was full of bitterness, thinking that he was also a graceful and suave son, and now he didn't look like a person, a ghost was not like a ghost, it was really ruthless, and it had nothing to do with Yao Shun.

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. Whether it's Cui Hanzhang or Zuo Shiqi, even if it's the high-ranking imperial merchant Xiao Shi, no matter how much money you have, you won't be able to take away a single star when you die.

Zuo Shiqi's tears of laughter had already come out, and the sound of crazy laughter echoed in the empty cell, and everyone thought that he had committed madness again, but they didn't care.

The jailer Gua Wa was irritated by the laughter, and strode into the cell to kick and beat him, Cui Hanzhang and the others who saw this scene shook their heads and smiled bitterly, why bother.....

Suddenly, Zuo Shiqi relied on the power of Guawa's kick to violently hit the green wall of the cell, with a crisp "bang", the brain cracked in an instant, blood splashed everywhere, and even a little drop was splashed at Cui Hanzhang's feet, and the whole person knelt down by the green wall, slowly sliding to the ground like a puddle of mud, and he didn't look back at this dirty prison until he died.

is so resolute in death, and so aggrieved, presumably only one death can make this Qingyuan Meng Weijun, whose heart is higher than the sky, leave with dignity.

This scene really shocked Cui Hanzhang's heart, he saw an unyielding man who chose to leave with dignity in despair and helplessness, and the last stubbornness was determined to die, and the brains were mixed with blood and water, like red plums, and half of the green wall was instantly poured red.

The picture of this scene is like a freeze in time, deeply imprinted in Cui Hanzhang's mind, and he can't be waved away for a long time......

Maybe Zuo Shiqi will no longer be fettered after entrusting him, the fame of the imperial examination, and the wealth and profit are like half a life of flashy dreams for him, and with this collision, there is no longer any meaning, and life is unbearable. Maybe Zuo Shiqi's death is a relief, otherwise when he sees the tragedy of the death of his family in later generations, the tragic death of half a hundred old fathers, and the tragedy of his clan begging on the streets, I am afraid that life is worse than death.......

This scene shocked the jailer Guawa even more, staring at him with wide eyes and stunned there, or the old jailer was experienced, and after hearing the movement, he came in and quickly pulled him away. By the way, Cui Hanzhang, who was carrying the next cell, went straight to the torture room, Cui Hanzhang's mind was still in the shock just now, and he didn't feel the pain of flesh and skin until the torture came, and the pain in his heart instantly pulled him back to reality, the momentum of this old boy's torture was very different from the past, and his methods were tricky and vicious, and his consciousness was scattered in a few clicks.

After the North Prison cell found out that Zuo Shiqi had committed suicide, the jailer panicked and hurried to report to Lord Futai.

The felons of the imperial examination fraud case committed suicide in the North Prison, and they must have committed suicide in fear of crime, and I am afraid that they will never be able to wash it away in this life. When Xu Futai hurried to see this bloody scene of brain-bursting, he also had a shocked expression, there were still such fierce men in the world, and he ordered two jailers to give him clean water and clean face, and Xu Futai specially asked people to find him a pair of clean clothes to change into, and he was parked in the cell.

All afternoon, the cell was as quiet as death, only Cui Hanzhang's occasional screams in the torture room, the state of physical fainting and consciousness collapse kept changing, and when the body had no reaction and no longer wailed, the old jailer threw him back to the cell with confidence.

Cui Yu silently looked at Zuo Shiqi lying there from a distance, Feng Yu was taken to prison with Zuo Shiqi, although he came in as an accomplice, and he was not punished as much, but the despair was the same.

Feng Yu did not choose to commit suicide, not because he was more transparent. Even Feng Yu can understand some of the ways better than him, behind this catastrophe lies all kinds of filth and pickles, a person who has been through human affection for a long time, and has tasted hardships and setbacks, can only understand the unspeakable.

But even if he has been tortured repeatedly, he can't hold on to it, and there is no pain if he wants to die, Feng Yu can't give up his lonely and widowed mother in his heart, if the old mother who has a hard life struggles alone in this cannibalistic world, he can't die at ease. Feng Yu gritted his teeth and survived, it is better to die than to live, the more humble he is, the more tenacious he is.

Feng Yu glanced at Cui Hanzhang, who was thrown back to the cell like a dead dog, of course he knew the reason why Cui Hanzhang was suddenly tortured, but what was the effect? I hope he can survive, otherwise if they all die, he is afraid that he will not be able to hold on......

No light came in through the ventilation windows on the roof of the North Prison Cell, and the darkness covered everything.

Cui Hanzhang's consciousness no longer knew where it had gone, and his whole body was fluttering, as if he was flying up.

Suddenly, a biting chill struck, blowing away his body at once, and a powerful resentment rushed into his consciousness, entangled and blended with each other until chaos......

At the beginning of the period, the Shenguang Dynasty underestimated the impact of the imperial examination fraud case on the Yunlin Jiang family, and when Jin Yuwei of the inner court murderously rushed into the Jiang family's mansion to search for the same party, the Yunlin Mansion was shocked, and everyone was in danger for a while.

Think that Jiang family since the end of the dynasty is a family of saints, gentlemen and sages come out in large numbers, first there is Jiang and then there is Yunlin, Yunlin is a barren mountain and wilderness, Jiang lives here to educate the people, and the responders gather, and then build a city and open a mansion. Of the 36 academies of the Shenguang Dynasty, many masters came from the Jiang family, and there were countless people associated with their cultural contexts. If there is anyone in this world who can despise princes and slow princes, then the Yunlin Jiang clan is indeed the best........

If you talk about the scholars in the literary world, the Jiang Confucianism is not inferior to the master of the Taiyuan, the official academy is headed by the Taiyuan, and the folk Confucianism is respected by the Yunlin Jiang family.

A family of dignified saints, leaders in the literary world, and now there are direct children involved in the imperial examination fraud, which has not been heard of for thousands of years, and the elders of the clan regard it as a great shame. Of course, even more humiliating things are also happening, and now the inner court Jin Yuwei directly broke into the search for the same party, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar. If it weren't for the Holy Lord's nod of permission, I'm afraid no one would dare to break into the Jiang family's ancestral mansion.

This time, the person led by Jin Yuwei is the fourth prince Youyin, looking at this thousand-year-old courtyard that is closely related to him, Youyin's heart is like a mess. At the time of the temporary period, the father and the emperor explained clearly in the palace of the mother's concubine:

"The case of fraud in the imperial examination is related to the country, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, Jiang is the leader of Confucianism, and he naturally knows the relationship, Yunlin's trip is up to you."

The psychology of the four princes is really bitter, and Jiang Guifei also explained: "Yin'er should not be tolerated because of the relationship between the mother and the family, remember to put state affairs first." ”

Along the way, Youyin was thinking about his father's meaning, and his mother asked his father for guilt as soon as Jiang Qiuchao's case occurred, closed the palace door and cut off the correspondence with Jiang's family. Jiang Qiuchao's death is not a pity, Jiang wrote a letter overnight to ask for guilt, but his father did not say anything, and it seems that he does not want to stop there. Thinking about the recent rumors of Taikang, Youyin has a headache even more, it is rumored that Jiang Qiuchao is a guest of the Four Princes, and now that the imperial examination fraud case has occurred, Youyin feels that he can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River, so the Four Princes led Jin Yuwei to break into Jiang's ancestral house, and after a search, he took the two scholars, but Jin Yuwei set up camp outside the city and did not leave........

"The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to care about Jiang's attitude." Mr. Lou smiled and pointed out to Youyin:

"Withdrawing from the city and setting up camp is to show the world, but also to the Jiang family, and even more so to the saints who are far away in Taikang, if the Jiang family is not on the road, then it is no wonder that we are ruthless.

"This matter is similar to the eldest prince going to Jin'an to investigate the case, and the four princes must think clearly. The Holy Lord is looking at the attitude of the Jiang family, and he is also looking at the performance of His Highness."

Yunlin Jiang's thousand-year-old tree, the depth of its foundation is by no means comparable to that of the Jin'an Xiao clan. Wealth is like a cloud of smoke, and the people of the world are admired, Shilin respects, it is by no means the accumulation of one generation and two generations, thinking that he Yunlin Jiang has been a saint, and the descendants of Confucianism are not afraid to let much, even if Taikang City faces Yunlin Jiang, it is not a lack of confidence in his heart.

At this time, there was already a lot of noise in the ancestral hall of the Jiang family, Jiang Qiuchao was not from any side branch of the small clan, but the real children of the five main branches of the clan, speaking of which among the young people of this generation, Jiang Qiuchao has always been highly evaluated, and even liked by individual elders.

"Qiuchao, this kid is useless, and now the problem is that Taikang City is still holding on to this matter, and the plan is very big." One of the principals said helplessly.

"The concubine in the palace has not sent a message back so far, it is really incomprehensible, it stands to reason that with the current status of our Jiang family and the concubine, how can we not make trouble in the current situation, the four princes are murderously breaking into the mother concubine clan, is it just to search for two waste scholars?"

"Our Jiang family has been inherited for thousands of years, what kind of wind and waves have not been seen? Taikang City's Qi Dynasty has only been prosperous for a hundred years, can it be impossible to destroy our clan? Now that the four princes have been sent to disgust our Jiang family, they don't care about family affection," the other principal said angrily.

"The emperor is ruthless, Jiang Jun, you are not a three-year-old child, how could Shenguang Taizu have been soft when he exterminated his own brother? If it weren't for the old queen mother's death back then, I'm afraid that Qi Yunxian's bloodline would have been lost in this world a long time ago. Now people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, and Jin Yuwei's knife doesn't know you, the head of the Jiang family. Jiang Hengjia opened directly, and the two blew their noses and stared.

"Okay, you two can't solve the problem if you quarrel all over the world, since Jiang's face has been lost, you have to find a way to pick it up." An old man sitting on it took a puff of dry cigarettes, reprimanded the two, and made a final decision: "Tomorrow, please invite the four princes to the mansion for a talk." ”

In the camp of Jin Yuwei, the lights were brilliant, Youyin poured a cup of wine and walked towards Mr. Lou, bowed and toasted: "Please also teach me." Lou Yueshan took the wine glass, took a sip slightly, and said with a smile: "Do the four princes know, what do the saints care about the most today?" What are you most worried about? ”

"The father of the emperor ascended the great treasure at the beginning of the year of the weak crown, inherited the will of the ancestors, and raised hundreds of millions of living beings, and worked hard, which lasted more than 20 years and the four seas were leveled, and the Shenguang Dynasty is now rich in treasury, the people are rich, and the soldiers and armor are complete, and the ancient holy king is probably nothing more than that." As he spoke, the fourth prince turned around and walked back to the big seat in the account.

"If you talk about worrying things, the barbarians in the southwest of the Ghost Fang District are not to be feared, and the one who can make Taikang City regard it as a big trouble in his heart is the Beihu Iron Cavalry, and the second leader of the Yao family's border army is still staying in Beijing, I don't know what he is waiting for?" Youyin looked at Mr. Lou with inquiring eyes.

"It's very rare that Your Highness can think of this layer. Do you remember that when we set off, an interesting incident happened in the Three Law Divisions, and the chapter was quickly delivered to the palace to retrieve and redraft. Lou Yueshan stroked his beard and praised.

"I have heard that it is said that the eldest brother did not check the recital of the Three Law Divisions, and asked his father to get back the recital. Does this matter have anything to do with the Yunlin Jiang family? "After all, Youyin is a fan of the authorities, and there are clouds to cover his eyes.

"It's hard to say whether it has anything to do with it, the black cauldron of the three law divisions is not missing. However, at least it shows that the eldest prince Jin'an's poor handling is mixed, but I think that the court actions of the head of the Qin Old Court in the back should be the key to affecting the matter, and the thoughts of the saint can be glimpsed one or two. The major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong. Of course, Lou Yueshan knew that there was Xu Jing's credit in this, and he also knew that the key to the matter was Emperor Jialong's attitude towards the north. Now it seems that Hanzhang's alternative path can be called life to death. The spy reports of the past few days have shown that the master of the Taiyuan has taken action to lead the atmosphere of the scholars of Taikang City. Then the saint has not expressed his position for a long time, not to see who else has jumped out, but more likely to be waiting, waiting for a more important statement......

"Don't worry too much, it's Yunlin Jiang's who should be anxious, we will wait, at most two days, if it's late, we won't be able to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner."

"Your Highness must not be in love with children at this time, compassion should not exist in the emperor's family." While analyzing the situation, Mr. Lou explained to Youyin seriously.

As expected, in the early morning of the next day, Jiang Haolan, the head of the five main branches of the Jiang family, personally came to the door to invite the four princes into the mansion. When Youyin saw someone coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Jiang Haolan: "Uncle can't help it, just send someone to inform your nephew." The two talked happily and entered the city hand in hand.

Youyin remembered Mr. Lou's advice, and said that it would be the will of God, and he did not express his position on how to deal with the matter. In fact, Youyin did not understand his father's mind at this time, and finally when he met with the four Jiang ancestors in the secret room, Youyin relayed the original words from his mother and concubine as "marry and obey her husband". A few old men pulled Youyin and didn't let go, eager to go through Emperor Jialong's daily life and diet. What makes You Yin most annoying is that a group of old people actually care about whether their father and the emperor often spoil their mother, and in the end of the conversation, You Yin almost turned his face. After noon, Youyin had lunch before being sent back to the camp.

After returning to the camp, he scolded directly, "What a bullshit saint family, a bunch of old people dare to be respected." ”

Mr. Lou squirted out a sip of wine with a smile and comforted Youyin: "Your Highness doesn't need to be angry, people always have some quirks when they get old." ”

On the evening of the same day, Jiang Haolan came to the door again to speak to the four princes and sent out a piece of "Northern Expedition Sacrifice". When Lou Yueshan saw this "Northern Expedition Sacrifice", his eyes suddenly lit up, and the sage family has lasted for generations, and it really has its uniqueness. "Northern Expedition Sacrifice Text" said that it must be called holy and govern the country in a good way; However, the northern Hu barbarians, who do not respect education and do not follow the way of heaven, cause disputes for no reason, and the holy king should attack them. After Lou Yueshan saw it, he sighed with emotion, the sage family really made an extraordinary move, and read history for three thousand years, no more than fame and fortune.

After reading the "Northern Expedition Sacrifice Text", there is no need for Lou Yueshan's guidance, the fourth prince Youyin has also figured out the joints, it seems that he and the eldest brother have made the same mistake, and they didn't expect that behind the farce of 'the court's full martial arts', the father had already made up his mind to go on the Northern Expedition, even if the Northern Hu Tieqi did not stir up trouble first.

The spy report shows that the northern border has suffered a rare snowstorm, and there is a shortage of grain and grass, so whether it can survive the beginning of spring is two theories. It seems that the expansion of the imperial examination fraud case may not be the meaning of the palace, the father first asked the eldest brother to go to Jin'an to investigate the case, but in fact he went to the Xiao family, and then asked me to take Jin Yuwei to arrest the same party is to show the Yunlin Jiang family, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and now they are standing in moral Dali, the time and place are favorable.

After figuring out the whole thing, Youyin smiled and sent his uncle back to the city. On the other hand, let Mr. Lou arrange, and quickly report the "Northern Expedition Sacrifice" to His Majesty, this trip to Yunlin was finally smooth, and it was really not fragrant to be sandwiched between Taikang and Yunlin.

When the Jiang family sent out the "Northern Expedition Sacrifice Text", Jiang's Confucianism commented in Yunlin Academy: "The horse steps on the dust, and the sword spirit overflows the three armies' poems and texts have the style of ancient relics, sweeping away the erosion of the literary style for more than ten years, and it is revealed between the lines that the husband cannot win the ambition, and the Shenguang man should be determined to serve the country." Yunlin Jiang's family can be said to be the law of the world, so far the general trend of the wind and clouds will send a resounding name to Xikou Cui Hanzhang.

The students of the world praised each other, and the nickname of Cui Hanzhang of the spotted tiger also spread far and wide, and the fellow students on the night of the fireside of Yunshen Temple talked about it with others, and they were all honored. However, at this time, Cui Hanzhang was still struggling with life and death in the Jin'an North Prison Prison, who had ever wanted to win the coveted name of Shilin students, but the person concerned has been implicated in prison for the imperial examination fraud case. At this time, the eldest prince Youqi was angry in the palace, and he couldn't wait to arrest Xiao Jing and beat him violently, so he sent his relatives to Jin'an with Xiao Liu overnight to release people, and made every effort to eliminate the sequelae........

The boat galloped all night, and before dawn, Xiao Liu, the Pingkang Palace, went straight to the Jin'an Mansion after landing on the Moon Lake. Xu Futai, who was disturbed from his dream, didn't have time to get angry, and when he saw the waist card of the eldest prince, his temper was instantly thrown to Java.

Since Xu Futai left to handle the case, he has paid close attention to the situation in Taikang, and "the horse tramples on the dust, and the sword is overflowing with the three armies" was inscribed on the desk of the study, and he thought about it repeatedly. Later, after the comments and praises of the Jiang family's great Confucian came out of Yunlin, he had completely understood that he had provoked a master who should not be provoked in the Northern Prison Prison.

Even if Xiao Liu doesn't come, Xu Futai is already thinking about how to deal with the aftermath of Cui Hanzhang, after all, the name of Cui Hanzhang in Xikou Qianyanzhou is now probably known to everyone. Now that Xiao Liu came with King Pingkang's waist card, Xu Ningyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and when the sky fell, he was tall and tall.

On the other hand, all the case-handling officials of the three legal divisions were invited to the Pingkang palace to work, and Youqi and the chief officials of the three divisions repeatedly checked the situation of the people involved in the case in Jin'an, and every material involved in the case of fraud in the imperial examination was required to be detailed and complete, and attached was the confession of the prisoner just sent by Xu Futai, in which it was noted that the important prisoner Zuo Shiqi of Qingyuan Mansion committed suicide in fear of crime and had died in the North Prison.

Everyone worked day and night, and finally prepared a new piece of music in the morning of tomorrow, but there was no more information about Cui Hanzhang of Xikou Qianyanzhou in this concerto.

Feng Yu dragged the remnants of his body and distributed half a bowl of rancid porridge into Zuo Shiqi and Cui Hanzhang's bowls, but he couldn't eat it anymore while holding the nest. Wen Wen's tears slid across his cold face, and he felt in his heart that it was a world that was colder than the cold winter wax moon, and people died like lights going out, and soon after, how many people could remember the blue-faced scholar in the prison who died to death, and it turned out to be Qingyuan Zuo Shiqi, whose name was Yunliang Pavilion?

For a day and a night, Feng Yu looked at Cui Hanzhang, who was affected by the pond fish, and Cui Hanzhang was still unconscious on the ground, thinking that he still didn't survive after all, and said with a wry smile: "Life is thinner than paper, life is thinner than paper......"

As if hearing his disheartened bitter laughter, Cui Hanzhang's head moved, and the excited Feng Yu crawled over with his hands and feet, grabbed the pillar of the cell and said, "Brother Cui, you have to hold on, living is more important than anything else."

Cui Hanzhang heard someone calling his name, he woke up suddenly, and just wanted to raise his head to look at the surrounding environment, but the pain made him convulse, and his mouth made a hoarse sound.

"It seems to be a somewhat familiar environment, he vaguely remembers that he hit the green wall, and the smell of blood is warm......."

"It's as if I flew to save a girl, I was born in Qianyanzhou, Zixikou, and came to Jin'an to participate in the scientific expedition, and there was a mess of paste behind me..."

"It's as if I remember an afternoon of dressing up just to go to an appointment, what happened next.......

Cui Hanzhang's mind was like a thousand sails, endless pictures were flickering, cries for help, begging, wailing, laughter, and disorderly and chaotic noises were filled, and he felt that the sky was spinning for a while, and he passed out again........