I don't know how long it took before there was a glimmer of light, is it already dawn? No way? How long has it been? Li Hongji's buttocks hurt so much that he was almost numb, but his brain was normal, besides, even if it was dawn, how could this glimmer of light move? He lay still, but turned his head to look in the direction of the light.

The light was moving towards him, and it was supposed to be a candle in his hand.

"Get up, it's time to eat!"

This is the first time Li Hongji has heard the same kind of voice since entering the prison.

"Hula!" The voice of response was far less than the applause at the venue, Li Hongji estimated that there were not many prisoners in the prison, too, otherwise how could he enjoy the "preferential treatment" of being alone in a room?

When the lamp and candle went to Li Hongji's side, a low old man dressed in black, holding a lantern in one hand and a food niche in the other, he put down the food niche, opened the lid, took out two nests from it, and brought out a bowl of water, and stuffed it into the cell, "Hey, it's time to eat!" ”

Li Hongji has no appetite at all now, he always pillowed on his arms, and his arms were a little sore, "Cell head, the villain has been hit by the board of the county magistrate, can you give a pillow?" ”

"Pillows? Do you think this is your home's ondol? The cell boss rolled his eyes and looked outside the cell, as if looking for the cell number, "What happened?" ”

"The villain owes Ai Juren the silver, and he is temporarily unable to repay the ......"

"Debt? Are you Li Hongji? The head of the cell stared at his eyes, in the dark prison, and with the candlelight on his back, he looked particularly gloomy, he shook his head and sighed, "Hey, this world is ......."

Li Hongji didn't understand why he sighed, "Cell boss, when can I get out?" ”

"Get out?" The cell leader's face was cloudy, as if he was about to say something, but in the end, he pointed to Wotou and Qing Shui, "This is all today's food, beware of the rats stealing it, don't blame me for not reminding you!" ”

"Cell Boss ......"

The light of the fire flickered, and the lamp and candle gradually disappeared with the cell head, Li Hong basically didn't want to eat, but when he heard that this was all the food for today, he had to crawl over slowly, grab the nest, throw it into his mouth and bite it.

He quickly frowned, and the nest title was in his mouth, and he didn't swallow it, and he didn't spit it out.

The head of the nest is so dry and hard that it is comparable to the pot.

If it's really a pot, it's not bad, Li Hongji likes the chewiness of the pot, crispy and crispy, but this nest is only hard and not crispy, and there is a special stickiness of flour, the teeth can't be bitten at all, and there is an obvious musty smell, it's winter now, the nest head is going to be moldy, I don't know how long it has been placed.

He couldn't figure it out, why he would wait for the moldy to eat people, and he was not the kind of felons who killed people and set fires!

Li Hongji wanted to spit out the nest in his mouth, but thinking that his case had not yet been decided, he might have to stay in prison for a while, so he could only chew a few times, pinch his nose and swallow it into his stomach.

After eating the two nests, he drank all the water in the bowl again, and his stomach was temporarily calm, and Li Hongji remembered the debt again.

Although he has these treasures in his arms, he can't use them for the time being, will he sit on the golden mountain and starve to death?

For the next three days, every day at noon and around midday, the cell boss would send two moldy dry and hard nests, plus a bowl of cold water.

When he woke up on the fourth day, Li Hongji felt that there was no longer pain in his buttocks, and he could even turn it sideways slightly, and he couldn't turn over for the time being, but it shouldn't be a big problem to flip forty or fifty degrees, he put his fingers into his underwear, and it turned out that the scar had scabbed over and the blood had condensed.

He leaned against the wall with his hand, trying to see if he could stand up, his upper body had just been raised, and suddenly he heard a commotion outside, "Do you want to pass the hall again?" My scar isn't healed yet! ”

"Li Hongji, come out!"

This voice is good, hoarse and slightly magnetic, if you go to a variety show to be a host, it is really a good choice, but in this gloomy and dark cell, Li Hongji only feels a trace of horror, although he has only been in prison for a few days, but he has already understood that in this dark place, all comedy has nothing to do with him, and any possible tragedy is normal here.

When Li Hongji was still thinking, a chaotic footstep interrupted his train of thought, and the cells were also opened, and several officials rushed up, without asking if the wound on his buttocks was neat, and the left and right people clamped and dragged Li Hongji out.

"Oops!" Maybe the calluses on the scar were torn apart, Li Hongji felt a sharp pain like tearing on his buttocks, he gritted his teeth, but sweat still rose from his forehead.

The officials chose to lose their voices collectively, not caring about Li Hongji's shouts at all, maybe they were too focused on their work, or maybe they were not surprised, they directly left Li Hongji on the dry and cold ground outside.

Li Hongji finally saw the light of day, but the first thing he saw was a prisoner car, "Is there a prisoner car in this small county?" Are there any felons escorted to the execution ground? Li Hongji forgot the pain in his buttocks, and groped the wooden strips on the prisoner cart with his hand, "This prisoner cart is so short, I don't know how to load prisoners, can I let the bed quilt let the prisoners lie down?" ”

The officials also didn't talk to Li Hongji, they didn't have as many fancy intestines as Li Hongji, and after being busy for a while, someone had already opened the prisoner cart and dragged Li Hongji in.

"Huh?" Li Hongji was taken aback, could it be that this prisoner car was prepared for himself? Only then did he think of Yan Zibin's on-the-spot verdict that day, because it was an oral verdict, he thought that this Yan Zibin was just going to eat the plaintiff and the defendant and make some gray income, how did he know that it was true.

The two officials helped Li Hongji up, let his head out of the prison hole, and then put his hands into the flail hole in front of the prisoner car, closed the cover, his hands were fixed, and his head hung outside the roof of the prison car, while his whole body remained in the prison car.

"Hey, brothers, are you mistaken?" Li Hongji's head "buzzed" for a moment, and he felt completely confused.

"Wrong?" The official locked the prisoner's car, and then threw a sentence firmly: "The master said that Li Hongji will not repay his debts, and he will parade through the streets to set an example." ”

"Parade on the streets? Brothers, I'm just in debt, and I'm not killing people and setting fires! Li Hongji pleaded.

"You go and tell the master about this, for your sake, we have to accompany you to suffer from the cold this morning," the official was probably the leader, covered his mouth with his hands and sighed, and glared at Li Hongji again, "Murder and arson?" Do you dare? If you really dare to kill people and set fires, maybe you won't need to go to jail! ”

What are these words? But Li Hongji didn't have time to figure it out, he pleaded with the officer: "Brother, how can I see Lord Yan in the prison car?" Otherwise, you take it slowly, let me go and meet Lord Yan first......"

"We don't care if we can see Lord Yan or not, we are only responsible for parading the streets," the official patted the horse on the butt of the horse pulling the prisoner cart, "Brothers, let's go!" ”

"Are the horses his brothers?" Li Hongji couldn't help laughing, knowing that praying was hopeless, so he had to take a step back, "Brothers, this early in the morning, the cold wind can freeze the birds to death, can you give hot water?" ”

"Hot water?" A servant next to him said with a smile: "Li Hongji, there is no need to rush the hot water, it will be available in a while, and it is also added with MSG, haha, it can be regarded as a fertilizer and water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders......"

Ma Qiao, it turned out that it was sweat, Li Hongji cursed in his heart, and now it seems to be in a dead knot, only Yan Zibin can change the decision to parade the public, but Li Hongji can't see this county master at all.

There were four officials escorting the prisoner cart, the first one holding a gong, and from time to time shouting a sentence, and the two on the left and right walked with the prisoner cart, and drove the carriage, and there was still the official commander behind the prisoner cart, from time to time to look at the surrounding environment.

Compared with the cold wind in the early morning, Li Hongji only now realizes the meaning of the "prisoner car", this prisoner car is like a tailor-made for him, just a little shorter than his height, but his neck is stuck in the hole above, which is fixed, he wants to stand up straight, the prisoner car is not tall enough, and he wants to squat down, and the prisoner car seems too high.

Can't stand up straight, can't squat.

Li Hongji now knows what it means to "have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth".

Fortunately, Li Hongji practiced martial arts when he was a child, and under the master's scolding, Ma Bu squatted well, and now he is squatting in the prisoner car, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, but his buttocks collapsed compactly, and the wound was hot and painful, Xu is calluses cracked, and he wanted to reach out and touch it, but his hands were stuck in the flail in front of the prisoner car, and he couldn't move.

"Lao Tzu is not a felon, why should he be punished like this?" Li Hongji could only scold in his heart, if he let the officials hear it, he didn't know what crime he would suffer.

As soon as the prisoner car left the gate of the county government, the official in front of him shouted while banging on the gong: "Li Hongji does not repay his debts, and he dares to beat the creditors, and the neighbors are optimistic......

Li Hongji's eyes darkened, Lao Tzu just didn't have money, and it wasn't that he didn't pay it back......

It is still early in the morning, the pedestrians on the road are sparse, and when they hear the call of the officials, most of the passers-by turn their heads to glance at Li Hongji, and then go their own way.

After a while, there were more pedestrians on the road, and it turned out to be a vegetable market.

Seeing that there were more pedestrians, the official obviously increased the frequency of calling, like a vendor selling along the street.

The people in the morning market, many uncles and aunts have already bought the dishes, and they are just idle, and they gradually gather together, Li Hongji is the best gorilla in their eyes.

"Go away, go away, it's not more than one nose, one less eye, what's there to see?" Li Hongji simply closed his eyes and drove away the people around him in vain.

"Villain Li Hongji, you also have today?" I don't know which bitter lady took out a Chinese cabbage from the basket, peeled off the piece that had withered on the outside of the Chinese cabbage, and threw it to Li Hongji.

The power of example is endless, and the old and young masters, who know and do not know the reason for Li Hongji's parade on the street, have taken out all kinds of vegetables from the basket and thrown them on the prisoner cart.

Li Hongji's head is surrounded by dishes, as long as he opens his mouth, he can eat these free fresh vegetables, and it would be better if a kind lady cooked these dishes.