It was also night, the moonlight was yellow, indicating that a heavy rain was in front of him, the cell was gloomy, the lantern was bright, Wei Zhen was also the same as Sheng Huai, with handcuffs and anklets, staggered out of the prison door, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath of fresh air, and his spirit improved slightly.

Hu Benwei, who was carrying a lantern, took him to the room on the side, where a table of wine had been set up, Wei Zhen walked in, and Hu Benwei closed the door.

The door of the inner room opened, Liu Han came out of the house, and Wei Zhen's gaze quickly slid over him and landed on the child on the side.

"Grandpa!"

The little boy hesitated at first, then ran over, Wei Zhen bent down, hugged the little boy, and burst into tears.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Xiao An is obedient. Wei Zhen's voice was choked and hoarse, and his dirty and tattered prison clothes wiped his tears.

The little boy was obviously scared, and wrapped him tightly, Wei Zhen comforted him in a low voice, and only looked up at Liu Han after half a sound.

"Thank you. ”

The two words are very plain, but very sincere.

"No, I don't. Liu Han said and made a gesture, asked him to sit down, and looked at the little boy with pity: "In my thoughts, whose fault belongs to whom, I don't agree with this kind of implication of family members, but this is the rules and regulations of the imperial court, and I can't help it." ”

This is Liu Han's sincere words, as a person who has received modern legal education, it is difficult to accept this kind of strain system, one person commits a crime, the whole family suffers, and even this child of a few years old cannot be spared.

Wei Zhen's verdict has come down, Wei Zhen and the officials in the same case are all sentenced to Liangzhou, and all the women under the age of 40 are auctioned off as slaves, and the auction proceeds are handed over to the state treasury to offset corruption.

Charge the army in Liangzhou, the road is far away, there are no cars and trains in this era, thousands of miles of road are all on two legs, along the way to eat and sleep, don't expect the escorted soldiers to treat you well, they are annoyed, these dozens of hundreds of people, can half of them go to Liangzhou, even if God opens his eyes, and then count the hard labor, when the amnesty is met, one percent can survive, even if it is lucky.

The little boy in front of him, Liu Han bet that he would not survive to Liangzhou.

"Grandpa, where's my sister? I want my sister. The little boy looked up at Wei Zhen, obviously he had a good relationship with his sister.

Wei Zhen was speechless, shaking his head weakly, Liu Han sighed softly: "Where are you going to send him?"

"There is a small mountain village called Yemai Village in Pengze County, Yuzhang County, I have a friend named Xu Hu, he lives there, I have a great kindness to him, he lives here, and it is also my money. ”

Liu Han looked at the haggard little boy and pondered for a moment: "How is this person?"

Wei Zhen was stunned and looked at Liu Han in surprise, but Liu Han didn't look at him, but stared at the little boy, who was eating a chicken leg.

"Slow down, don't choke. Liu Han said gently, the little boy looked at him timidly, a little scared, and then ate slowly.

"Take a sip of soup. Liu Han scooped a bowl of soup for him, the little boy took it carefully, looked at Liu Han and then looked at Wei Zhen, Wei Zhen smiled and nodded at him, and the little boy drank it carefully.

"Thank you. Wei Zhen thanked him again, and Liu Han refused again: "No." ”

"The iniquity I have created has afflicted my children,....。 Wei Zhen's eyes were red, from the time he entered the cell to the present, his attitude has always been tough, but now it has softened.

"Alas, if you know today, why bother in the first place. Liu Han also sighed, he suddenly found that the corrupt officials in this era, like in their previous lives, only began to repent after capsizing.

Wei Zhen looked at him and shook his head slightly: "You shouldn't enter the officialdom, this officialdom is not suitable for you." ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, looked at him puzzled, Wei Zhen said: "You are not ruthless enough, you must be ruthless enough in the officialdom, you must be able to turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands for rain, and you want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but you can't do it, do you know, if you and I are transferred now, you are a prisoner, I am an official, I will not do such a thing, I will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and kill it cleanly." ”

Wei Zhen was so direct, which surprised Liu Han very much, and he asked with interest: "Why is this?

Wei Zhen shook his head slightly: "Although I am greedy for silver, I have seen many people in the past few decades, and these eyes are not blind, if you are a person who repents, I will gouge out these eyes myself, as for why? This is because you don't know the officialdom of the Great Jin Dynasty." ”

Liu Han looked at him, Wei Zhen sighed softly: "This Great Jin can be an official, and those who are a big official are all scholars, Fang Hui Duan Chang, that is the situation to create heroes, it is cut out with a knife, you have to change the time, they will be mixed at most, by the way, if you are not in Hubenwei, you will not be a colonel." ”

"Why?" Liu Han asked, Wei Zhen was a little surprised: "You don't know? This Tiger Benwei is the emperor's personal army, and he executes the orders of the emperor himself, and the Taiwei Mansion can't control it at all, and it is also the only place to be promoted by talent." ”

Now Liu Han understood a little, Wei Zhen said again: "This is the way the world is, there are many people who fall into the well, and there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, I entered here, and I didn't expect anyone to send charcoal in the snow, Lord Liu, you can keep a trace of blood for my Wei family, and I Wei Zhen Jiuquan also thank you." ”

The little boy didn't understand what the adults were saying, from the brocade clothes and jade food to the prisoners under the stairs, the food in the prison room was naturally not good, he probably hadn't seen such a good meal for a long time, and he ate it like crazy.

"Don't worry, don't eat too much," Liu Han said to the little boy with a smile: "There will be more in the future, it's not good to eat like this." ”

The little boy looked at him, turned his head to look at his grandfather, Wei Zhen said to him with a smile: "Eat less, don't be too anxious, there will be more later." ”

Liu Han poured him another bowl of soup: "Drink some soup, you have been hungry for too long, you can't eat too fast and too much at one time, it's not good for your stomach." ”

The little boy hummed softly, he drank two sips of soup, suddenly looked up at Liu Han, and blinked his eyes: "Uncle, can you take me to see my sister?"

Liu Han was slightly stunned, looked up at Wei Zhen, and smiled bitterly, Wei Zhen sighed softly: "His sister's name is Wei Ling, and she is eleven years old this year." ”

"I've heard that those who gather with Eli will be separated when they are all profitable, are you sure you can trust that friend?" Liu Han asked again.

Wei Zhen smiled bitterly: "I know that in your eyes, I am a person of interests, and I am also a person of interests, but this friend, I still believe that it was the best to entrust me with the Wei family, but... , his identity, doesn't want to trouble you, and doesn't want to, he's in danger. ”

Liu Han nodded slightly: "Okay, what's his mother's name?"

Wei Zhen was stunned, of course he knew the purpose of this question, but he couldn't believe it, and only said in a half-loud voice: "Alas, thank you, his mother's name is Wei Xie's, and she is the daughter of the Xie family in Huaiyang, and the Xie family should come to buy her back." ”

This is also a customary or unspoken rule, like Wei Zhen, most of the marriages are scholars, daughters-in-law or daughters-in-law, if they are bought by Qinglou or something, as a gimmick to list, the mother's family will lose face, so the mother's family must buy their daughter back no matter what. Liu Han nodded slightly: "Okay, I will buy his sister and send their sister and brother to Yuzhang, do you want to tell his mother about this?"

"Thank you. Wei Zhen thought about it slightly: "You can tell his mother secretly, but don't let the rest of the Xie family know." ”

"Good. Liu Han nodded: "The judgment of the imperial court has come down, and it will be executed in three days." ”

Wei Zhen nodded slightly, looking at the table full of wine and food, he had already guessed, but when he knew, he still had endless sadness.

"I have a separate courtyard outside the city. ”

Liu Han nodded: "I know, Piaomei Garden." ”

"There is a rockery in the little garden of the garden, and there is a secret room under the rockery, and there are some things in it, which I will give to you, and please leave some silver for their brothers and sisters, and if their mother is willing to raise them, give the silver to their mother. ”

Liu Han was very surprised, Piaomei Garden was not personally searched by him, but Hu Benwei are all veterans, and they can hide from these veterans, this secret room is dense enough.

"Good. Liu Han nodded, then looked down at the little boy: "Let's go." ”

The little boy was unwilling, but he didn't dare to express it, he just looked at Wei Zhen as if asking for help, Wei Zhen didn't want to, Liu Han sighed softly, and didn't urge again.

Wei Zhen and the little boy talked, ate something, and stayed for another half an hour before Liu Han led the reluctant little boy away, and Wei Zhen chased them with even more reluctant eyes.

Three days later, outside Yangzhou City, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground, Liu Han became a prison officer, this is the first time he has served as such an official, watching more than a dozen old or young people to the execution ground, the people around the people are very excited, and they can't help but applaud.

A depressing life, such a thing, is undoubtedly a good condiment.

Notices of murder are plastered all over the streets and alleys of Yangzhou, and the tea shops and Qinglou in Yangzhou are all talking, and today's execution ground is just the most ** of this drama.

That night, Liu Han interrogated Sheng Huai for the third time.

"I will send Wei Zhen and them away today, alas, I don't know when to send Master Shan. Liu Han sighed: "To be honest, it's the first time I've done something like this. ”

Sheng Huai's eyes were disdainful: "I heard that you are also quite majestic in the Western Regions, but you haven't done this yet?"

"I haven't done it. Liu Han was a little depressed, in the Western Regions, he really hadn't done this kind of thing, there, his status was much higher, this kind of trivial matter, he needed to do it himself.

Drinking wine and chatting, Sheng Huai sneered at him, Liu Han didn't care, and occasionally retorted, Sheng Huai also laughed.

The two of them looked like two old friends, chatting and laughing.

The clerk next to him was very embarrassed, he didn't know whether he should remember it or not, Li Yan was even more confused, and he didn't understand what Liu Han was doing.

"Look at your brother, who is in a high position and has made a lot of money, but once he was wiped out, he was beaten by chickens and eggs, and he worked hard, what happened. ”

Sheng Huai smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and drank it dry, he was already six points drunk: "What's the matter? Now that you have entered the officialdom, you can't help yourself, what can you do, don't talk about me, even if it's the emperor, can't you do it." ”

"This is true, if the emperor is not restrained, you will be dismissed if you do too much, then like now, you said that you gave hundreds of thousands of silver, why bother. ”

Sheng Huai is very disappointed, why not, did this Pan Chain help himself, or hurt himself?

"I still can't figure it out, Yangzhou implements a new tax system, you don't lose a penny in Yangzhou, why do you want to resist to the end, isn't this a wedding dress for others, you see that you haven't fallen yet, Lu Qiao Yuwen and they pulled ashore, this time, they are not half implicated. ”

Liu Han seems to be the same, but he added another fire below, Sheng Huai said what to preserve vitality, what is the world, etc., he didn't believe it at all, to put it mildly, in fact, it was still for profit, only if the interests were big enough, could he take risks.

Thousands of miles for officials, only for money!

Didn't Lao Ma say that if there is 50 percent profit, it will take risks, if there is 100 percent profit, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, and if there is 300 percent profit, it will dare to commit any crime.

Sheng Huai did whatever it took to confront the court and the emperor, and he would not be able to do so without great benefits in front of him.

But what is this great benefit? Who promised him? Who dared to give him this?

This is what Liu Han cares about.

Sheng Huai was drunk and dazed, and his family was ruined, and he remembered that person's letter, and it was with the guarantee of this letter that he took the risk and resolutely opposed the new tax system.

He wanted to speak and stopped, the last trace of vigilance in his heart was still sticking to his heart, and in the face of Liu Han's agitation, he once again adopted silence to deal with it.

It was a big man, and he couldn't and didn't dare betray him.

Liu Han looked at his expression and felt that he had judged correctly, there was someone behind Sheng Huai, and it was this person who was supporting Sheng Huai.

He didn't rush to ask, but poured wine for Sheng Huai, and then drank two glasses of wine by himself, before sighing faintly: "Wei Zhen is dead, I don't know much about the law of Da Jin, how will you be sentenced for this crime, damn, come again, the master will let someone else go." ”

Sheng Huai's face was expressionless, according to the law of the Great Jin, his crime was no lighter than Wei Zhen, eighteen major crimes, it is certain to raid the family, but the extinction of the clan is not enough, so the Sheng family will definitely be implicated, but not to the extent of Wei Zhen.

However, he Sheng Huai is dead, and he didn't run away from his house, and it is certain that his family will be assigned to the army, but as for the rest, I'm afraid there will be none.

Looking back on all these years, Sheng Huai was full of emotion, how did he get to this point, is he crazy.

Liu Han seemed to be drinking, but in fact he was carefully observing Sheng Huai's expression, pondering his thoughts, the suspicion in his heart became stronger and stronger, this Sheng Huai was going to die, and he still refused to confide, who was that person? Could that person be more important than himself?

Thinking of this, he shuddered! For the first time, he had the idea of not wanting to be tried again.

With Sheng Huai's identity, who can make a promise to him! And let him firmly believe it! Can Pan Lian do it? Absolutely impossible!

Not even Pan Lian, so it must be in the sect?

The people in the clan, Xiao Zhao Wangye, the king of Yanping County, such a clan! It is estimated that Sheng Huai will not throw him, and he can only be a clan with a heavy fist.

The clans with heavy fists in their hands, there are those hot Taiyuan kings, Chang'an Qin kings!

Still, King Qi!

No matter who it is, it's a character he can't afford to provoke!