There are four types of cells, A, B, and C, and the C cell is dedicated to death row prisoners who have committed serious crimes.

Shen Lingjun felt that the jailers were simply a little too serious in their attitude towards this matter.

Entering through the gate, in order, the A-shaped cells are some of the more minor crimes, similar to those who steal chickens and dogs, and the B-shaped cells that go in again have serious injuries or manslaughter caused by fights.

Of course, the further you go, the heavier the crime, and when you get to the C-shaped cell, you are a death row prisoner. But the condemned prisoners here still belong to the literate, and they have no offensive power.

The last T-shaped cell is some Jiangyang thieves who have committed serious crimes or murderous thieves. Because of the high level of kung fu, the T-shaped cell is also different from other cells, there are cast iron locks to imprison the prisoner's legs, and it is difficult to move, and most of them are waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

Shen Lingjun and Su Musha followed the jailer all the way past the cell A, and the prisoner whistled and coaxed, and the jailer scolded: "Shut up, be quiet." ”

When passing by the word B, most of the prisoners just watched quietly, some turned their heads to continue in a daze after a glance, and some had a pair of vicious eyes as if they were about to shoot through the person.

"Bang Chang Chang~" The jailer unlocked the lock, and then said: "Lord Siqing, the prisoner Chang Hao is locked up here." ”

Shen Lingjun and Su Musha looked up together, and saw a person sitting cross-legged against the wall on the ground in the dim cell, with his right hand raised high, holding a stone in his hand, writing something on the wall.

Shen Lingjun asked the jailer to stay outside, and he and Su Mu walked in.

It smelled terrible, damp and rancid, and there were other indescribable smells.

Shen Lingjun was fine, he took two breaths and got used to it, and Su Mu frowned invisibly.

The movement next to him didn't disturb the people inside, and he was still concentrating on writing against the wall.

Through the light that poured in through the narrow window, it could be seen that Chang Hao's side face was resolute, his mouth was tightly pursed into a line, and there was no expression on his face, but Shen Lingjun clearly saw a trace of anger and injustice in his eyes.

Shen Lingjun looked at the words on the wall, Long Feifeng Wu actually wrote a wall full of them, and at this time, Chang Hao just put away his pen and lowered his shoulders, a little depressed.

At the bottom is a limerick poem, Su Musha recited: "The bitter tune contains the ancient song, there are injustices that cannot be eliminated, the road is difficult and the song is not repeated, is death or life what is the fear." ”

Shen Lingjun clapped his hands: "Good words, good poems." ”

Chang Hao turned his head and looked at Shen Lingjun and Su Musha.

It's just because these two people are handsome and beautiful, and they look different from ordinary jailers, but at this moment, except for the jailers, they are officials, and obviously the two people don't look like officials, so they said with doubts in their eyes: "Who are you?" ”

Shen Lingjun walked in and looked left and right, of course, there was nothing to see, the cell was less than a zhang, and it was only two steps back and forth to the end, and there was nothing in it except for a bed made of straw.

"Chang Hao, Jiangnan Dongdao, Suzhou Wu County." Shen Lingjun turned back to him and said, "I heard that you Wu County is a talented person, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Chang Hao frowned slightly, wiped the words on the wall with his sleeve, and did not reply.

The jailer at the door shouted: "Lord Siqing, ask questions, answer well." ”

Chang Hao didn't expect that the woman in front of him was actually Dali Siqing, and he felt that finding such a young and beautiful woman to be one of the nine Dali Siqing, would this court be too child's play, so he was a little contemptuous and did not answer.

Shen Lingjun touched his chin and looked at him, and said, "What? You don't want to defend yourself. ”

Chang Hao snorted coldly: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, and now you can only consider yourself unlucky, what else is there to say." ”

Su Musha glanced at the words on the wall, and said coldly: "If you really think so, why do you still write this poem?" ”

Chang Hao was stunned for a moment, stopped his movements, looked at the narrow window, and his face was gloomy.

Shen Lingjun squatted across from him and said with a smile: "Why don't you tell me, how did you know Lu Xiuyuan." ”

Chang Hao grabbed the stone in his hand and rubbed it, glanced at Shen Lingjun, and was slightly surprised by the smile on her face, which was an inexplicable smile that made people feel sincere and not abrupt.

Su Musha also said: "The imperial examination has not started yet, maybe now that the charges are cleared, there will be a chance." ”

Chang Hao got up suddenly, his young face was full of cynicism, and there was a kind of arrogance in his despondency, and he said loudly: "Later life originally wanted to serve the court with one ambition, but I didn't expect the officialdom to be so dark, and I would impose the crime on others without distinguishing between right and wrong. Now, the heart of the late life is dead, and he no longer has any hope for this gloomy court, so he will use the blood of the late life to pay tribute, so that the sky can see how the so-called prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is worthy of praise. ”

Shen Lingjun spread his hands: "You really want to die?" ”

Chang Hao flicked his sleeves and turned around: "People are inherently dead, or lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai." ”

Su Musha said coldly: "Then it's not worth your death." ”

Shen Lingjun stood up, paced over and said, "When the time comes, not only will you be beheaded for bribery, but a group of people, including Lu Xiuyuan, will die with you, and of course, your family, they will not be able to hold their heads up and be human beings for the rest of their lives, and they will always be burdened with other people's fingers." ”

Shen Lingjun's words fell lightly and skillfully in Chang Hao's heart, but he hit his key point every word, he was not afraid of death, but ......

Shen Lingjun smiled slowly: "Say, what happened to the matter?" ”

Chang Hao frowned, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I only saw Lord Lu once, and I really didn't know what went wrong, and suddenly a government messenger broke into the door and said that Wansheng was bribing." ”

Su Musha asked: "Ten thousand taels of silver tickets and antique calligraphy and paintings are from you?" ”

Chang Hao shook his head: "There has never been such a thing at all, although the late birth family can be regarded as a wealthy family, but the late birth only prepared enough silver taels when he went out, and his parents sent the scholar Si Mo alone." Besides, he was really not talented in his later life, and he never thought of using such a method, which was simply insulting. ”

Shen Lingjun asked, "In that case, why did you go to Lu Mansion?" ”

Chang Hao sighed: "The reason for the matter is all due to this, if you don't go to the Lu Mansion that day, maybe there won't be many things in the future." ”

After a pause, he said again: "That day, Wen Qihua, a companion of the late students, mentioned that Lord Lu was the main exam this year, and asked the late students to visit together. ”

"Wen Qihua......" Su Musha repeated the name and asked, "Why did he go to visit Lu Xiuyuan?" ”

When Chang Hao heard this question, he thought that he was suspicious of Wen Qihua, thinking that it was unfortunate that he was wrongfully imprisoned, and it was not good to affect others, so he specially helped to clarify: "This matter has nothing to do with him." ”

Shen Lingjun smiled: "You can tell the truth, and we will find out." ”

Chang Hao didn't know whether to believe her or not, but the matter had come to this point, and there was nothing to hide, so he said: "In fact, this is also a tacit practice for the candidates in private. ”

Shen Lingjun nodded understandingly: "So that's the case." ”

Chang Hao said: "It's just that I didn't expect that it was just a simple visit, how could it be a bribe, and now Lord Lu has also been framed, alas, ......"

Su Musha suddenly asked, "How is Huang Yu?" ”

Chang Hao was puzzled: "Huang Yu, how do you talk about him?" He is a cheerful person, he gets along well with everyone, and he is also the most popular one in our group. ”

"How do you get along with him?"

Chang Hao said: "It's not close, it's not far, it's passable." ”

Shen Lingjun looked at him and said slowly: "In the case of you bribing the examiner, he is a witness." ”

“…… What the! Chang Hao's eyes widened in shock: "How is it possible, how can he ......"

Su Mushao said in a cold voice: "It's him, he testified that you later secretly went to Lu Xiuyuan's house to bribe, and he was the one who went to Shangshu Mansion to report it." ”

Chang Hao took two steps back in disbelief, and after a moment, shook his head with a wry smile: "Why is this happening." ”

At this time, Shen Lingjun's clear voice jumped into Chang Hao's ears: "Chang Hao, if you don't pay a bribe, or Huang Yu frames you, no matter what, I will find out the truth." ”

When he got out of the cell, Shen Lingjun asked Chang Hao, if he was really wronged after the matter was clarified, did he want to continue to participate in the imperial examination after going out from here?

Chang Hao shook his head slowly and said, "I'd rather be a cultivator than an official!" ”

After Shen Lingjun and Su Musha walked outside, they talked about Chang Hao and sighed: "It seems that this person's heart is dead. ”

Su Musha said: "Before I entered the office, I have already encountered such a setback, and it is estimated that it will be cold even if I am full of enthusiasm." ”

"I'm still too young and haven't been hurt much," Shen Lingjun shook his head and said with a smile: "But this is not bad, in fact, there are many officials who can't help themselves." ”

Su Musha looked at her sideways: "Then you still don't resign?" ”

Shen Lingjun looked at the sky: "I said that I can't help myself." As he spoke, he put his hand on Su Mu's shoulder, and said with a hint of teasing: "Besides, how can I support myself after I resign, you support me?" ”

Su Musha thought about it seriously for a while, and said with a serious face: "You shouldn't be difficult to raise, besides, it's almost like this now." ”

Shen Lingjun touched his nose, as if it was indeed true, since he was with Su Mu, everything was spent by him.

Oops, the more I thought about it, the more embarrassed I felt, Shen Lingjun stretched out his hand and patted his chest, and said proudly: "It's better to be like this, I'll invite you tonight." ”

Su Mushu was surprised, it was rare for Shen Lingdu to be so generous, so he nodded with a light smile: "Okay." ”

The two agreed that this time was a little embarrassing, so it was better to find a restaurant to eat first, and then ask Wen Qihua for questions.

As he walked, there was a commotion behind him, countless young women covered their mouths and looked, and some let out bursts of screams, which was quite eye-catching.