CHAPTER XLVII
The prefect's prison is dim and gloomy, because there have been frequent events in Hangzhou recently, and a number of prisoners have been detained in the prison. The further you go inside, the more important the people you are detaining.
The innermost is the first evil of the Holy Puritanism, most of these people are closely related to the rebellion of Queen Yu's descendants, and they will be sent back to the capital to deal with them when the Qin mission arrives. A little outside, there are ordinary members of the Holy Puritans, and these people are at most doing some tricks, abductions, and demagoguery, just waiting for the case to be closed, they should be exiled and exiled, and they should be imprisoned.
The group of people who are detained at the outermost level is a bit special. When Chang Lin led his troops to encircle and suppress the Holy Puritan Church, the Holy Puritan Church was holding a meeting. Those who can attend the meeting at the main altar are believers who have been bewitched by the Holy Puritanism for many years and have a deep belief in the Holy Puritanism. These people were wealthy and were purses of the Holy Puritans.
It is estimated that he didn't expect that he would kidnap the little prince but also put all his net worth, Chang Lin led the troops to arrive at the main altar of the Holy Puritan, a group of deacons of the Holy Puritanism dressed as gods and ghosts, and led this group of believers to bow down in front of a stone statue.
The stone statue is also carved in a strange shape, the face is neither male nor female, and the eyes that fly up obliquely always feel gloomy.
Chang Lin and other soldiers did not encounter much resistance, but after half a day's effort, the main altar of the Holy Puritan Sect was turned upside down, Queen Yu's descendants committed suicide, and the head of the Holy Puritan Sect and the deacons were all taken into custody, and even the congregants who participated in the festival together were escorted back to Hangzhou.
These believers didn't actually do anything bad, strictly speaking, they were fooled by the Holy Puritans into giving a lot of money, and they should be considered victims. However, the whole body of the cult has been involved, and the new governor has not yet taken office, and these believers Zhou Qingnian cannot be released, so they can only be locked up in a prison and wait for someone who can make the decision to deal with it.
Mrs. Lee and her youngest son were among them. Speaking of which, Mrs. Li still has some connections with Mu Fu, she was a first-class maid next to Mu Jiangxuan's mother, Mrs. Mu Lao, and when she was old, she was about to be released from the house, and was married by Li Jingqiu, a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou. After marrying into the Li family, Mrs. Li and her husband also lived in harmony.
Mrs. Li was angry, and she gave birth to a little young master to the Li family in less than a year after entering the house, she herself is the eldest maid next to the old lady of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and her identity is not worse than that of ordinary officials and eunuchs. Now that she has opened up branches for the Li family, Mrs. Li's life in the Li family is getting better and better.
It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and Mrs. Li's child died before she was one year old. When the Li family arrived at Li Jing's generation, they were also thin, and the huge family business could not be inherited by everyone. After Mrs. Li got out of the pain of losing her son, the good news came out again in less than two years.
If you want to give birth to a child, Mrs. Li can really give birth. Other families have begged for a son, but when they came to Mrs. Li, it seemed to be very easy to have a son. It's a pity that the child is easy to give birth but not easy to raise, Mrs. Li and Li Yuanwai don't know what evil happened, this child died early, and none of them lived past the age of three.
Counting up, Mrs. Li gave birth to a total of eleven children in the Li family, and in the end, only the youngest son survived, but in this way, he was provided with medicine jars all year round, and his health was not very healthy.
With this experience, Mrs. Li has long been a little paranoid in her heart. She has always worshiped in the temple, and when she saw the god burning incense, she passed by a small shrine of the earthen fortress, and she had to get out of the car to worship, what fox fairy belly fairy, but where there were some fairy spirits, Mrs. Li asked for a request. The Li family is also a little famous in Hangzhou, and Mrs. Li has always been generous in this regard, and over time, she has a small reputation in Hangzhou.
A few years ago, Li Jing also died of illness, and Mrs. Li was widowed. Since she entered the Li Mansion, she first kept watching her own children die early one by one, and finally saved one. The series of blows made Mrs. Li even more pinned her on such ethereal things as ghosts and gods.
The Li family's child was not in good health, and Mrs. Li took him around to seek medical advice. Even with the major mountain temples and Taoist temples, there is no less entry, the Holy Puritanism, a cult that is abducted and deceived, the favorite is a person like Mrs. Li, who did not spend much effort to coax Mrs. Li to spend a lot of money in the Holy Puritanism.
On the day of the Puritan Festival, Mrs. Lee was also with her youngest son. She originally thought of taking her son to worship, praying that God would bless her son from growing up healthy and renewing the incense for the Li family. It will not make him have no face to face the ancestors of the Li family after a hundred years.
Unexpectedly, the prayer was unsuccessful, but he took his son to prison. The cell is damp and cold, and the Li family's children are already weak, how can they stand it? After a few days, his face turned pale.
"Mother, I'm fine, don't worry." Seeing that Mrs. Li was wiping her tears again, the Li family took Mrs. Li's hand and said with relief. He was now twelve years old, but his body looked like that of a child of eight or nine years old, and his appearance was delicate, but unfortunately there was no blood on his face, and even his lips were pale in color, and he looked unusually weak.
His name is Antai, and from the name, you can see the expectations of the Li family and his wife. It's a pity that I lived in this cell for two days, and I didn't have the slightest peace, but it seemed like a gust of wind could blow it down.
Mrs. Li looked at her little son's weak appearance, hugged him into her arms, and cried: "Son, it's all bad to blame my mother, it's my mother who has tired you!" ”
Mrs. Li repented, if it weren't for her obsession with ghosts and gods, no matter what crooked ways she had to try, she wouldn't have caused Li Antai to fall into this prison with her today. It's a pity that no matter how much you regret it, you can't change the reality. The cell bosses didn't embarrass them, and they were given real meals every day, but this prison was really not a place to live, and if it continued like this, she was worried that Li Antai would not be able to hold on.
Compared with his slightly younger body, Li Antai's mind is very mature, and now he is in great trouble, but he is still worried about comforting his mother, he stretched out his thin hand, patted Mrs. Li's back, coughed twice, and persuaded: "Mother, don't say that, my son knows that you are for my good and hopes that I am safe." I can't blame you for this, after all, we didn't do anything hurtful, and we will be fine. ”
"It's time to eat!" Mrs. Li let go of Li Antai, wiped the tears on her face, and went to the cell door to get the food.
She went to prison with Li Antai, and the housekeeper of the Li family came to visit him as soon as possible, and also made the money count.
The cell bosses did not embarrass these people who were imprisoned by the Holy Puritanism, and they knew the details of the Li family's mother and son, and accepted the Li family's silver, and were very polite to the Li family's mother and son. Every day, the Li family's mother and son eat the best food, and it is still steaming.
The head of the cell who put the rice walked to the side of the Li family's mother and son, handed the pottery bowl containing the food to Mrs. Li, looked up at Li Antai, and couldn't help but say, "Oh, why did the little boy reduce so quickly?" ”
Mrs. Li handed over the congee and side dishes to Li Antai, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you, the child has been like this since he was a child, and if he doesn't rest well, it is easy to reduce." ”
The cell boss also felt pity when he looked at the mother and son, stood outside the prison door, and said in a low voice: "Hey, if you want me to say, it's also your mother's negligence, and the Taoist temples and temples in Hangzhou City are not enough for you to worship?" It's just mixed into it. Although Lord Zhou has instructed you all to be polite, but this cell is not a good place, it is good to come in alone for ten days and half a month, and you will not look like a man when you go out, not to mention that the little boy is already weak? ”
Mrs. Li was told sad by the cell boss, and couldn't help crying: "I also know that I did it, these days I hate to exchange my life for my son to go out, but I stay here, so that the heavens should not call the earth spiritual, my heart is like cooking oil!" ”
The cell boss looked around, he didn't want to say much, the matter of the cult was a big matter, and it was not something that a small person like him could put his beak in. But looking at the appearance of Mrs. Li and Li Antai, I felt compassion in my heart, Li Antai's body, if he stays in prison again, I am afraid that he will not be able to wait for the governor to take office.
He thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but say: "Your Li family is also a family with some connections in Hangzhou, the child is only twelve, and he is not the main culprit, you think of a way to send the child out first." ”
"Thoughts? What can I do......" Mrs. Li said hurriedly: "The master is gone, I am a woman and I don't care about anything, who can I ask for?!" ”