In this way, after a month, Shen Ruoyu was once again imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and it seemed that he was still in the same cell. Only this time, he spent a long time in prison. He stayed for two days in a row, no longer like last time, and all the jailers treated him with respect. This time, no one paid any attention to him. The food was not bad, he had been hungry and had slept on the streets, and he didn't care about it, and he felt that it was much cooler in the cell than in the hot and humid weather outside. He was just worried about Qiu'er and didn't know what her situation was. As for what he would face, what did the Son of Heaven want to do to him, and what Ling Chi was like, he didn't think about it, knowing that it was useless to think about it. He carefully inspected the structure of the cell, and with his ability, he still had a chance to tear down the reinforced bars; However, the prison of the Criminal Department could not be guarded by strong soldiers; Even if he fled outside, surrounded by the heavy troops of Wei Guogong, how could he escape from the capital?

For several days in a row, except for the jailer who delivered food and water, Shen Ruoyu did not see a single person, let alone any news from the palace. This afternoon, Fang Xiaoru suddenly appeared in the prison. Shen Ruoyu was using a boot knife to engrave words on the wall of the cell, and when he looked back at Fang Xiaoru, he was taken aback. The jailer opened the cell door, and Fang Xiaoru walked in and walked straight to the wall to see what he wrote on it.

"'Lonely autumn wind is thin, haggard moon tip,'" he read one of the sentences softly, thought for a moment, and shook his head. "Yi Binlang's prison is very desolate."

Shen Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "I can't say it's desolate, I just want my daughter-in-law to think so much." How did you have the leisure to come? ”

Fang Xiaoru looked at him coldly. "Death row prisoner is about to be executed, so I'll send you off, can't I?"

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a while, and asked softly, "Your Majesty has already issued an order?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "Not yet." However, the results will be no different. You're accused of treason, and you still hope to escape death? ”

Shen Ruoyu asked, "That...... What will the court do to the county lord? ”

"Of course, it's all over the house," Fang Xiaoru said, "It's not that you haven't read the Da Ming Law." At the beginning, Li Shanchang helped Hu Weiyong rebel, and even Princess Lin'an was not spared, and was exiled to Jiangpu, where she died; That is Emperor Gao's favorite biological daughter. ”

Shen Ruoyu couldn't help but shudder in his heart, as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He asked softly, "Really?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said coldly: "You think I scared you? How old are you, don't you know what you do? ”

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a moment. He sat down on the ground, held his forehead, shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile:

"Well, what can I do? A thousand cuts can only be left to fate. ”

"Remedy," Fang Xiaoru said, "I have already proposed to the Holy Lord that you will be punished for your crimes. The court accepted your previous self-recommendation, and you pretended to still serve the king of Yan, sending him the wrong information to help the court trap the king of Yan. ”

"Mr. Fang?" Shen Ruoyu was slightly taken aback. If it weren't for the imminent death, he would even find it a little funny: "I am already a death row prisoner with an unforgivable sin." ”

Fang Xiaoru sighed: "You are still so young, don't you feel sorry for yourself to die for an anti-king now?" ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "The wood has been completed, I can't escape the death penalty, but what's the use of a pity?" If Your Majesty is really soft-hearted, I only beg him to let Qiu'er go. She is the real innocent. ”

Fang Xiaoru was silent for a while, sat down beside him, and said:

"Ruoxiao, you know, above the lobby of the Criminal Department, I was disappointed in you for a while. But then, I realized something that made me regain hope in you, and made me glad that I had not misjudged you before, which made me decide to intercede with Your Majesty. ”

Shen Ruoyu was a little puzzled: "What's the matter?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "Previously, whether it was the Son of Heaven, the Duke of Wei, or the Lord Hou above the public court later, asked you if you borrowed Yuan Tingyu to force the Son of Heaven to release back the third son of King Yan, and you immediately and resolutely denied it. However, when Lord Hou asked you if you knew about King Yan stealing dead soldiers and secretly training soldiers, you replied in silence. If you don't report what you know about the court, it's just as much a felony as inducing the Son of Heaven to release you. Why do you choose to remain silent at this time? Because you know, Lord Hou is asking the truth. And you'd rather be silent than lie. You didn't report your knowledge of the Son of Heaven, but when the courtiers said that King Yan was rebelling, you didn't defend or deny King Yan. After all, I didn't misunderstand you, you are a decent and honest person in your bones after all. It's just that your gratitude to King Yan has blinded you with too many judgments of right and wrong, so you have gone astray. ”

Shen Ruoyu didn't dare to speak.

Fang Xiaoru said earnestly: "Ruo Xiao, you are still so young, with such high talent and talent; Of course King Yan wants to control you, if you go the wrong way and do the wrong thing, you can't help yourself, and it's understandable. Today, when the son is virtuous and the court is lenient, it is not indiscriminate, and of course, it is not possible to ruin the future or even the life of a young man so easily. When the court is employing people, since you are still a righteous person and talented, you should be given the opportunity to repent and rehabilitate yourself and atone for your sins. You stay by the Son of Heaven and serve the Son of Heaven wholeheartedly, and I have promised the Son of Heaven that I will always carefully counsel and train you, you are born with such good character and understanding, I don't believe that you will not grow into a pillar of the country. ”

"Mr. Fang, even so, I can't pass my father's level," Shen Ruoyu said in a low voice, "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have always looked down on me, but now because of the matter of King Yan, they are even more convinced that I have a father and a son." What's more, there is Emperor Gao's last order here, even if the emperor is extremely soft-hearted, he can save me from death, and he is already a good person to the end; How could he still use me to do things and disobey Emperor Gao's orders. ”

"I don't believe in this," Fang Xiaoru said solemnly, "The ancestors have had it, what does it have to do with the descendants?" Emperor Gao established the law of sitting in a row, and only then did he give birth to so many earth-shattering cases, the number of innocent and unjust deaths was tens of thousands, and the people were miserable, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all opposed in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say it. How is your situation different from that of sin and your heirs, and of your family? Today, he is merciful, and since he ascended the throne, he has made great efforts to reduce weight and win the hearts of the people. The Holy One agrees with me and thinks that it is the Father's fault and has nothing to do with you. Emperor Gao's will, like his torture and Jinyiwei, is not unchangeable. Even King Yan understands this truth, and reuses you regardless of your background; Can't the court even compare with the insight and mind of an anti-king? As long as the Son of Heaven trusts you and gives you opportunities, you work hard and serve the Lord faithfully, sooner or later you will use your actions to subdue those courtiers who are prejudiced against you. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Mr. Fang, I will now say that I am willing to serve the Son of Heaven wholeheartedly and help the court stop King Yan from raising troops, just like I said a month ago, not to mention the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, do you believe me?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "I don't want you to express your position now. I think that with your person, you don't know in your heart, and you can't say it. I'm just making things clear to you: the Son of Heaven is merciful and willing to give you a chance to start over. Everything is now in your own hands. You have to think carefully about what is the right path and what path you want to take. We still have time for you to reflect on it. ”

After Fang Xiaoru left, Shen Ruoyu fell into a long period of contemplation, and did not speak for a whole day and night, lying motionless on the ground.

After another two days, Xu Huizu suddenly came unexpectedly, followed by Hou Tai, and the two of them opened Shen Ruoxiao's cell door and walked in.

Shen Ruoyu was lying bored, raised his eyes and saw Xu Huizu, immediately turned over and stood aside respectfully.

Hou Tai greeted: "How is Lord Yibin?" The lower official did his best and gave the adults a cell with the best conditions in the prison, but after all, he still couldn't catch up with the comfort of the family, so the adults suffered. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Lord Shangshu, grandpa, are you here to read the edict of the Son of Heaven and send me to the execution ground?" If it's tomorrow, can you let me go home for dinner tonight? Or take the county lord of Cheng'an to the prison to accompany me. The adults take good care of me, and I don't suffer any sin, but I am worried about the county lord. ”

Hou Tai said: "It is indeed here to announce the oracle of the Son of Heaven, but it is good news." Cheng'an Yibin Shen Ruoyu was kind and upright, and he was coerced by King Yan to rebel, but he had no choice. The Son of Heaven is generous and virtuous, and he is rare in talents, and he pardons all the crimes of Yi Binlang, and orders Yousi to be released immediately; The court is not to blame for all the previous mistakes of Yibin Lang, but there is only one condition: Lord Yibin can no longer help King Yan rebel again, and must cut off all contact with King Yan and be loyal to the Son of Heaven wholeheartedly. If there are still two hearts, the court will investigate the crime together with the previous matter, punish it severely, and there is absolutely no possibility of reparency. At the same time, the saint issued an order to appoint Cheng'an Yibin as the close guard of the great tomorrow, and the emperor was on standby at any time. ”

Shen Ruoyu stood in place in shock, not knowing what to say for a while.

"This ...... But...... I haven't figured it out yet......"

"Think of what?" Hou Tai was a little dazed.

Shen Ruoyu lowered his head and stopped talking.

Hou Tai smiled gently: "Lord Yibin, when you get out of this door, you can go home." Banzai remembered that adults would be injured if they were in prison, and could not bear to let adults immediately join the work, so it was not too late for adults to recuperate at home for a month, and when they had recovered their health. ”

"Yibin Lang, don't hurry home," Xu Huizu, who had been silent, suddenly said, "I still want to invite adults to a place." ”

Shen Ruoyu's face was full of confusion. "Where?"

Xu Huizu said lightly: "The imperial court used Ni Liang's testimony to publicly condemn King Yan, and arrested two flag schools of the Yan army, Yu Liang and Zhou Duo. The two are now being tried in the custody of the Criminal Department; The court moved with affection, understood it with reason, and tried its best to persuade each other, but the second offender was disobedient and stubborn, that is, he refused to admit his guilt and confess. Therefore, according to the procedure, the trial had to enter the torture stage. Xu and Lord Hou came today and were about to invite Lord Yibin to the torture center for a hearing. ”

"What?" Shen Ruoyu couldn't hide his shock. He cried out in disbelief, "I'm not going to die." ”

Xu Huizu said calmly: "Asking an adult to go to the hearing is also one of the Holy Lord's oracles. Lord Yibin has just been pardoned with the grace of the Holy Lord, so he won't immediately disobey the order, right? ”

He waved his hand, and several soldiers standing outside the door walked into the cell. Wei Guogong said simply:

"Send Lord Yibin to the torture center. Don't be rude. ”

Shen Ruoxiao only felt that his legs and feet were weak, and he was obediently caught by the strong soldiers and carried out of the cell lightly.