The jailers are used to reaching out and eating, of course they will not refuse, but as soon as the oiled paper bag is in their hands, the prison head feels a sinking in his hand, this weight-

He gently lifted the corner of the oiled paper, caught a glimpse of the filaments of silver full of white flowers in the paper bag, his eyes immediately narrowed, a smile bloomed on his face, he put the oiled paper bag into his sleeve pocket, and retreated a few jailers and said: "Since you are so sincere, I have to say a few words to you." ”

Wen Rou didn't know what he was going to say, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, and said patiently: "Official, please speak." ”

"You ran away these times, I won't let you see anyone, and I really don't want to go, but the sister-in-law Liu you want to see, she is not an ordinary person! Although the county lord is worried, the new official has not yet taken office, and she can't be punished, but someone outside has already said hello, and I am also embarrassed! The head of the prison sighed as he spoke, looking very helpless.

"Someone said hello from outside?" Wen Wen was shocked in her heart, knowing that if this person was not Master Zhao, he must be the Li family.

"Yes! said that let's take good care of that sister-in-law Liu, but don't let her die easily! ”

Gentle and not stupid, of course I know the true meaning of the word "take good care", but I'm afraid that Sister-in-law Liu is now being taken care of and doesn't know what it has become. Master Zhao and the Li family must have felt that it was too cheap for Sister-in-law Liu to die happily, and wanted to torture her slowly, so they instructed the jailer not to let her die easily, but anyway, her life was worry-free for the time being.

"Official, can you let me in and see her?" Wen Rou was still not at ease, and insisted on going to see Sister-in-law Liu.

The prison head hesitated for a moment, and finally relented: "Then you can come with me." ”

Gentleness followed the head of the prison to the prison, and when the heavy outer door opened, it was gloomy and dim, and an indescribable damp stench came to the face, making people feel sick. The prisoners in the cells on both sides immediately started to stir up when they saw someone coming in, some threw themselves on the cell door and shouted that they had been wronged, some were cursing loudly, and some were constantly whispering: "Okay, okay, give saliva to drink...... I'm dying of thirst......"

The jailer ignored them, walked to the cell with the greatest commotion, and struck the door twice with his saber at his waist to silence them. Gently and forcibly resisted the churning feeling in her stomach, gently covered her nose with her cuffs, and followed the prison head to a single room in the innermost part of the prison, and saw Sister-in-law Liu curled up in a pile of straw at a glance, hanging her head, her hair scattered, and she didn't know if she was still alive.

"Sister-in-law Liu, sister-in-law Liu—" Gently and softly called her, and seeing that she did not respond, she turned her head and pleaded with the prison boss, "Let me go in and talk to her, shall you?" ”

A weak female stream, the prison head is naturally not afraid of what tricks she will play, so let Wen Wen open the burden in her hand and check it, before opening the prison door, pushing her in, and locking the door again: "Don't worry, she just hasn't eaten or drunk for two days, and she can't die, I'll go get some water for you and give it to her." So saying, he went out.

I haven't eaten or drunk for two days, and I told her not to worry? Gently crying and laughing, she hurriedly stepped forward to help Sister-in-law Liu, but a mouse suddenly sprang out of the damp straw pile, squeaked, and stepped on her feet and ran out of the prison door.

Gentle was startled, biting her lip and almost exclaiming, her heart was pounding, and she felt that on her feet that had been stepped on by mice, there was a numb trembling sensation, and she was nauseous under strong pressure, she helped up Sister-in-law Liu, shook her and said: "Sister-in-law Liu, wake up, it's me, like a flower." ”

"Ruhua ......" Sister-in-law Liu heard her name, her body trembled slightly, opened her eyes weakly, and asked her with a gasp: "Xiaohuan, Xiaohuan, how is she?" ”

"Good! She's fine! Now you live with me, don't worry. Gently speaking, he leaned into her ear and whispered, "I have escaped two searches, so there should be nothing wrong." ”

She was originally worried that the ancient household registration was strictly checked, and Xiaohuan would have nowhere to hide, but after really experiencing it, she realized that it was not as strict as written in history textbooks, or rather, the system is one thing, and the implementation is another. In order to evade taxes, many poor people conceal the population, share households with others, underreport the age of Ding, falsely report the sick and old, and flee to land reclamation, which has become a phenomenon of false household registration, and some local officials also falsely report the population for the sake of political performance, and the household registration here is often registered once every three or five years, and the tax law used is similar to the two tax laws, and the taxation is mainly based on property and land, and the control over the people is not so strict, so Xiaohuan does not have a household registration for the time being, and it is not a big problem.

"That's good...... That...... It's just ......" Sister-in-law Liu's lips were chapped, and she looked very difficult to speak.

"Sister-in-law Liu, did they torture you?" Wen Wen was busy checking her body, and found that although her clothes were wrinkled, they were still intact, and there were no wounds, so she was relieved, thinking that she was so weak that she should be hungry.

"No......" Sister-in-law Liu shook her head and said, "I just don't give food or drink...... I know it in my heart...... This is trying to belittle me and make me die a good death......"

As soon as Wen Rou wanted to answer, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor outside, and when he looked back, a jailer came over with a lacquer plate, and handed in a bowl of water, a bowl of thin vegetable porridge, and two coarse steamed buns from the small mouth of the hander, and stood up to look at Wen Rou, and told her: "If you have something to say, you should go out in a few moments." ”

Wen Wen hurriedly agreed, brought the water over and fed it to Sister-in-law Liu, and when she drank the water in one go, she poured the bowl of vegetable porridge into her stomach, feeling that her spirit was somewhat uplifted, so she took out the cotton clothes and sesame cold balls in the bag, handed them to her, and said: "This cotton clothes are driven out by Xiaohuan day and night, and this cool ball, you put it away, eat some pads when you are hungry." ”

Sister-in-law Liu took the cotton clothes, hugged them in her arms and rubbed them with her hands for a while, and tears couldn't help but fall. Wen Wen looked sad on the sidelines, and persuaded her: "Stay here for a while, I have taken care of the jailers outside, and I will think of bringing you food in the future." ”

"No, don't come again." Sister-in-law Liu shook her head, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and sobbed: "This is a bottomless pit, fill the dissatisfaction, if you have money, leave here with Xiaohuan, live in peace, leave me alone...... I know for myself, the Zhao Mansion will not let me go, you can't fight them......"

"I didn't have anyone to fight." gently patted her on the back, slowly told her about the county lord Ding Wei, and said: "I have estimated, when the new official takes office, maybe it will be the end of winter, I heard that the case will have to be reported for review after the trial, this back and forth delay is over, maybe it is spring, even if you are sentenced to death, you will not be executed until after the autumn of next year, and I don't know if there will be something wrong in the middle." ”

Saying that, she sighed and continued: "I know that I don't have the ability to save you, I want to fight the county officials, and I don't have the financial resources, what I can do now is to take care of a few jailers for you, so that you don't have to suffer too much in it, even if you can't hide at that time, you can stretch out your head and stab your head, and you don't have to suffer so many bits and pieces." As the saying goes, it's better to die than to live, if you accept my love, take good care of your body and live! Otherwise, Xiaohuan doesn't know what to be sad about. ”

Sister-in-law Liu listened to it, and her tears couldn't stop flowing, and the gentle words were all said about this, what else did she insist on? Well, one day is one day, and who knows what will happen tomorrow, so he has to answer: "Okay!" I made a note of it, but ...... Don't be too reluctant, if you can take care of me for a day, take care of me for a day, if you can't, don't force me! ”

Gently agreed, and after saying a few words to Sister-in-law Liu, the prison chief had already come in and urged her to leave, so she had no choice but to get up, look at Sister-in-law Liu again, sigh secretly, and turn to leave.