22. The meaning of Tongzhi (middle)
Since the division came to ask a few times, Su Shun knew that it was not good, the three people in the empty house were alone, at a loss, the only hope is to be able to survive the day of the ninth day of October, there is the hope of immortality, so these days in the Gaohuai deep courtyard, watching the sun shadow move inch by inch, there is really a feeling of spending days like a year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause of this, I was so nervous that I lost my normality, and when there was an occasional sound, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat. However, there were a lot of rats in that empty house, and at night, he ran around, so that he could not sleep all night, and only when he was tired during the day did he take a nap with his clothes.
When Zai Ling came, he was leaning against the wall and pretending to sleep, when he heard the sound of the lock and key, he woke up in shock, his eyes widened, and he asked in surprise and joy: "Hefeng, what are you doing here?" ”
Zai Ling was transferred from the acting waiter of the Ministry of Rites to the waiter of the Criminal Department, which was after Su Shun was arrested, so he asked this question, and Zai Ling did not say anything, but only shouted: "Sixth uncle!" He saluted Duanhua Zaiyuan again, "Say hello to the two princes." ”
Zai Ling is also a clan, a generation younger than Su Shun, so he is called "Sixth Uncle". This was a very common thing, and at the end of the road, Su Shun at the moment of life and death, just such a title was enough to warm his heart and move him. Duanhua Zaiyuan was also extremely moved, at this time the two had already won the title, and Zailing could be called so, which was full of hospitality.
"It's hard for you to come to see me!" Su Shun's eyes were red, "Hefeng, you said, Gong Lao Liu's methods are a little too ruthless?" ”
"Sixth uncle, life and death are fateful, don't take it to heart. Let's go! ”
Su Shun became suspicious: "Where to go?" ”
"The cabinet is in a meeting, please go and plead."
"Good!" Su Shun was greatly excited, and immediately looked heroic again, "Just let me speak!" In the past few years, no one knows about my hard work except for Emperor Daxing, let me tell you, besides, I didn't send someone to assassinate the Queen Mother, the two princes both knew, so let's go! ”
After speaking. took a big step and left, but Zai Ling grabbed him again: "Sixth uncle, slow down, what do you have to say." Let's talk about it now! ”
"Huh! How? ”
"It's not easy for me to come in." Zai Ling hurriedly said, "If you have anything to tell the house, I will bring it for you." ”
It turned out that there was no other intention, and Su Shun's nervousness disappeared, "'Fushang'? Hum. He sneered, "The house has been copied, and what do you say 'house'?" ”
"Liuxu, this is not the time to complain. If you don't have words, let's go! ”
"There are words," Su Shun nodded repeatedly, "My two concubines, I don't know what's wrong now?" ”
"It's out. I don't know there. ”
"Please send someone to find it, my two little ones are not in harmony with each other. Please enlighten them to live a good life together. My two children, tell them to work hard. Everything is inferior, only reading is high'. ”
"I'll be sure to bring the words." Zai Ling then asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
He meant that Su Shun might have hidden property, and he could set out the hiding place, Su Shun thought about it, shook his head and said, "There is nothing else!" ”
"Let's go!"
Zai Ling rushed to the front and hurried away, and Su Shun followed closely. After passing through a sandwich lane and turning to the left, there is a large courtyard with more than a dozen servants standing. Some carried knives, some had iron rulers, some had ropes, and there was a small cart without a canopy, and a large sturdy ox had been yoked.
Su Shun's face changed drastically, and Zhang Huang looked around. shouted loudly: "Carry the age! Age! Duanhua Zaiyuan was already trembling.
Zai Ling had already gone and didn't know where to go, only an official flashed out, and asked Su Shun for a peace and said, "Please get on the bus with the prince, Zhongtang!" ”
"To where?" Su Shun asked angrily.
"Naturally, it's a vegetable market."
"What?" Su Shun jumped up, his eyes as red as fire, as if he was trying to find someone to fight for.
Zai Ling came out again at this time, holding a yellow silk, "Duanhua Zaiyuan Su Shun took the order." ”
"Respect the Empress Dowager's mercy...... I Nian Zaiyuan and others are all members of the clan, and they have been convicted of serious crimes, and they should abandon the city, can they not shed tears? However, all the cases of tyranny before and after Zaiyuan and others are really plotting to endanger the society, and they are all sinners of the ancestors and ancestors, and they are guilty of non-special bullying. Zaiyuan and others did not feel proud of themselves as ministers who took care of their lives, even if they did many evils, and invited forgiveness, how do they know that the government affairs of Zanxiang are not so important in the imperial examination, if they do not punish their crimes, why should they rely on the weight of the vice emperor's examination? And why is it that the law and discipline are revealed to the world? That is, according to the plan of the king's ministers and others, they were all executed immediately, which is really a real crime. However, the country has the rules of discussing the noble and the relatives, and the amount has never been reduced, and there is nothing to borrow, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Sushun are all determined by grace, and they are admired. After reading the holy decree, Zai Ling only shouted to the three people: "Thank you!" ”
Can Zaiyuan and Duanhua still hear him clearly? The two of them wept and cried loudly. Zai Ling saw that it was not a problem, paused, and said anxiously: "This is not the time to cry!" Don't settle down quickly, leave a few words, and I'll get better for your families! ”
This statement finally had an effect, Zaiyuan collected his tears, kowtowed to Zai Ling and said: "Brother, I don't have a son, I don't need to leave anything, just ask the elder brother to play on his behalf, saying that Zaiyuan repents, Prince Yi's title, ten million graces and preservation, and wait for the emperor to choose this branch to inherit." If I get out of town again, how can I have the face to see my ancestors underground? As he spoke, he wept bitterly again.
Duanhua didn't have a son, so he stayed stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted loudly: "I won't accept it even if I die!" ”
"Fourth uncle!" Zai Ling shouted: "Up to now, you are still that kind of confused mind. Although you have no queen, don't you think about your clan relatives in your own house? ”
This is a warning to him not to make any more "disobedient" words, so as not to bring harm to his relatives in the house. Duanhua was silent, the official - the head of the prison hall, Nu Yinu mouthed, a group of servants hugged up, took off the hats of the three people, pushed him into the car, and even the people with the seats, tightly bound the blessings, Su Shun did not say a word, only closed his eyes, his face was gray, but he still raised his head very high, there was a smell of staring at everything, Zaiyuan Duanhua was already spread into a pile of mud.
As soon as the prisoner car of the three people left the back door of the Zongren Mansion, it attracted many passers-by, and it was spread from Chongwenmen to Luomashi Street, and there was a commotion. In the "Wuyuzi" official money case, there were many merchants outside the front door who were involved and bankrupt, only saying that there was no hope of redressing grievances in this life, and they didn't want "retribution" to come so quickly! When he got the news of Su Shun's execution, there was a person who congratulated him with wine, of course, he would not let it go lightly at this time, and the group made noise, ready to insult him. Thanks to Wenxiang's arrangements in advance, the infantry commander Yamen and Shuntianfu sent people to monitor the bullet pressure, and the prisoner car of Sushun had to drive through.
It's just that they can control the adults, but they can't control the children, and the children who have been instigated have dirt and stones in their pockets, and they got out of the crowd of onlookers in the middle of the road, shouted, threw stones, and rained down on Su Shun. One after another, after a moment of work, Su Shun's face was blurred, like a ghost.
In this way, the more you get to the entrance of the vegetable market, the more crowded the people become, until the commander of the infantry army sends the new soldiers of the musket battalion to maintain order, and the vendors at the entrance of the vegetable market have already been driven away, and the intersection clears a small execution ground, surrounded by a sea of people, crowded and screaming, plus the reprimands of the officials, the sound of whips, this piece of noise and noise, almost the inner city was shaken.
I have always come to the vegetable market to see the killing, and only the small people in the market are interested, but the three people killed on this day have different identities, are too famous, and have a lot of enemies, so the shopkeeper who has a big deal, and even Mr. Jin, also came to catch up with this excitement. They refused and could not go into the crowd, and suffered the living sin of having their chests against their backs and not even breathing, so they had to make up their minds in the shops they knew about on all sides of the market. Fuxiang Teahouse, has already exploded, the shopkeeper is so busy that his feet do not touch the ground, in full swing, Xiao Er, who has a rag on his shoulder, rushed in from the street outside, saw a few familiar old customers, and hurriedly shook the news he had just seen, "The two princes, and the big traitor Sushun have just passed, my God, I can't see a few people!" It's all rotten eggs and stones! (To be continued.) )