Chapter 3: Father-in-law's Visit
Listening to Mao Eighteen's words, Ren Siqi was speechless. Should we say that he is fearless in the ignorant, or that he does not know life or death? However, Ren Siqi still admires such a heroic character who regards death as home, at least he can't be so indifferent to life and death.
Ren Siqi felt that he was still very young, that he had not had enough good days, and that he had the memory of two lives in his mind, and the future must be extremely bright, how could he die casually?
But if you want not to die, you have to do a good job, in China since ancient times, the rule of man is greater than the rule of law, as long as the operation is good, what kind of crime can be avoided.
Ren Siqi's father was a scrivener in the Yin County Torture Room before his death, although he died for a few years, his family connections are still there, his fiancée Zhang is a famous gentry in Ningbo, and his fiancée Miss Zhang's cousin has just been admitted to the examination, and Ren Siqi himself has traveled extensively, and his best friends (fox friends and dog friends) are all over Ningbo Mansion. So he didn't believe he would really be sentenced to death. Don't say that you are wronged, even if you really kill a prostitute, as long as you are willing to spend money, you may not be able to clear the charge.
At this moment, Ren Siqi was looking forward to the arrival of his family. Ren Siqi's parents are no longer alive, and as the only seedling in the family, he has no brothers, and the only one he can rely on is the housekeeper Lao He. When Lao He comes, let him go to his father-in-law and dredge the joints, no matter how much money he spends, he will definitely get this damn prison!
In Ren Siqi's ardent anticipation, the cell door finally opened, and he saw his servant Shi walking in with a sad face. Shi grew up with Ren Siqi since he was a child, and he is Ren Siqi's scholar, long-term follower, and dog leg.
"Young master," seeing Ren Siqi, the young man's mouth cracked and he cried.
"Don't cry yet, take out the food you brought first." Ren Siqi said impatiently, from yesterday to now, he has not finished his grains of rice, and he has been hungry and has been concentrating on his back.
Listening to Ren Siqi's words, the stone stopped his sorrowful voice, took out two flatbreads from the basket he was carrying, and a packet of boiled broad beans came in from between the iron bars.
"You're going to take this thing to see you?" Ren Siqi is unhappy, although his family is not between the rich and the rich, but it can be regarded as well-off, not to mention a hundred acres of fertile land in the countryside, there are two shops in the city, how could he have eaten such simple food on weekdays.
That being said, he quickly took a flatbread and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Where's Lao He?" Ren Siqi asked as he chewed the food in his mouth.
"Steward He ran away!" The stone's words rang out in Ren Siqi's heart like a thunderbolt, and Ren Siqi stopped chewing and stayed there with wide eyes.
"I heard that the young master was sentenced to death, Steward He took the family's belongings and ran away, and the subordinates in the family also left. I gave the cell boss all the taels of silver I had saved, and he promised me to come in and see you. Stone said with a cry.
"How so?" Ren Siqi sat on the ground all of a sudden. Steward He was a housekeeper when his father was alive, he was diligent and diligent over the years, and his family also trusted him, but he never expected that as soon as he had an accident, he would run away with money!
"Young Master, what should we do?" Stone-eyed looked at Ren Siqi, waiting for him to come up with an idea.
Facing the expectant gaze of Shi Shi, the only loyal servant in the family, Ren Siqi worked hard to settle his mind and ordered: "You go to Master Zhang's house, go and beg my father-in-law, and ask him to save me no matter what." Now Ren Siqi's father-in-law is his last straw!
The stone promised and left. Ren Siqi held the flatbread in his hand, but he had no intention of swallowing it, and his heart was messy. The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, broke the drum and beat it by thousands of people, and even the housekeeper He who had been at home for many years rolled up the money and ran away, whether other people could be relied on, and would the father-in-law save himself? No, he would definitely save himself, he couldn't watch his daughter be widowed before she even passed the door.
comforted himself, but Ren Siqi's heart couldn't calm down.
"Hey! If you don't eat that bread yourself, can you give me a piece? Looking up, Xiong Er, who was in the opposite cell, was staring at the big cake in his hand, and his throat was still surging.
Only when he was full did he have the strength to think about things, Ren Siqi said to himself, picked up the big cake in his hand and bit it down hard.
"Master Xiucai, leave me some!" Watching Ren Siqi finish eating a flatbread and gnaw on the second one, Xiong Er, who was drooling, finally couldn't help but scream.
Looking up at Xiong Er, Ren Siqi still broke off half of the flatbread and threw it over, this time it was closer to the opposite cell, Xiong Er happily stretched out his hand to pick up the flatbread and put it to his mouth to nibble on.
Scarface Eighteen glanced at Xiong Er and turned his head away disdainfully.
Outside, the sun rises and sets, the stars are shifting, but you can't see it in the cell, there is only black and white here, and even during the day, the light is very dim.
Boredom days, time will undoubtedly pass a lot longer, alone in a cell, Ren Siqi thought about the past and present life, until he couldn't think about it, so he sat in a daze. In the cell opposite, the pirates were not lonely, punching fists, wrestling wrists, making noise, and shouting and scolding. Only Xiong Er was incompatible with the pirates, and he was often bullied, so Xiong Er leaned against the iron fence, looking for Ren Siqi to talk, and chattered endlessly.
After another long night, in the morning, with the sound of a bang, Liu Jiaozi opened the prison door and respectfully let a middle-aged man in.
Dressed in a blue silk shirt, wearing a gauze hat, and cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles under his feet, he was burly and majestic, and the person who came was Ren Siqi's future father-in-law, Zhang Jingxian Zhang.
"Father-in-law!" Ren Siqi stood up, his voice trembling.
Liu Prison opened the iron door of Ren Siqi's cell, and Zhang Jingxian strolled in. The Tsing Yi servant who followed him put the food box in his hand on the ground, took out four plates of delicacies, a pot of wine, two wine glasses, and two pairs of chopsticks, and put them on the ground in the prison one by one. After placing a thick futon on the side of the door, the Tsing Yi servant withdrew from the cell with his head down, and Liu Jiaozi also walked out.
"Sit down." Zhang Jingxian sat cross-legged on the futon and commanded casually.
Ren Siqi hurriedly sat on the ground, lifted the wine jug, and poured the turbid yellow wine into two white porcelain wine glasses.
"You've disappointed me!" Tilting his neck and pouring a glass of wine into his mouth, Zhang Jingxian put down the wine glass and his face sank like water.
"Father-in-law, I was wronged!" Ren Siqi eagerly distinguished, the middle-aged man in front of him was his last straw.
"There are all human and material evidence, why talk about wrongdoing?" Zhang Jingxian said lightly.
As if a basin of cold water was poured on his face, Ren Siqi only felt cold inside and out. Even my father-in-law won't believe in himself!
"What about motivation? Why did I kill Zi? Ren Siqi struggled to distinguish for himself.
"Then you have to ask yourself?" Zhang Jingxian's sharp gaze stared at Ren Siqi's eyes, as if he wanted to see the bottom of his heart.
The young man in front of him used to be so good, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen, and he was a genius in the entire Ningbo Mansion, and he had a good relationship with his father Ren Jingdong, so he married his daughter to him, but who knew that after his father died, he lost his control, began to debauchery, lingered among the fireworks and willow alleys, and lost his self-motivation. That's not all, now he has caused a life lawsuit, not to mention the loss of fame, and he was convicted of homicide by the county order, and he will soon be reported to the Criminal Department to wait for the autumn queen to be beheaded.
Looking at Ren Siqi, Zhang Jingxian's eyes showed regret, but soon the regret disappeared.
Brother Jingdong, I hope you don't blame me, Zhang Jingxian prayed in his heart, at this moment his heart returned to hardness, and he wanted to withdraw his daughter's marriage contract with Ren Siqi!