Chapter 014: Cool Shadow
Cool officer
It is now the fourth and sixth year of the Yiyun Kingdom.
A hundred years have passed in and out of the city, and there are still a few people in reality who will remember the two-hundred-year covenant, but very few.
It has been a long time since a death row inmate has been held in a cell in Kuaijun. Qingcheng's cell has not been held on death row for a long time. All thanks to a county lord in Kuai. When he was young, his family was very poor, but he loved to read. His parents, who were only poor and laborious at home, were very supportive of him, and provided him with a private school and then a postgraduate examination. Because this is the only way for a poor child to climb the green clouds, after ten years of hard study, this teenager has now become a showman, and then plans to go to Kyoto Baicheng to participate in the triennial township examination. It's a pity that the family has run out of food and cooking, and the family that was originally a family with four walls went to get so much silver for this young man to go to Beijing for scientific research.
In all kinds of helplessness, his father, who has always been wooden, pulled down his face but put together the neighbors. Only borrowed one or two pieces of silver, and said that eating and drinking were not enough for the foot power on the road, and he studied hard for more than ten years, and because he lacked a few taels of entanglement, he let the young man give up his ambition. Farming and teaching at home, where is he willing to work? The difficulties of parents at home are clear in their hearts.
The key is that this young man is alive, and the relatives and old friends at home really don't have anything yellow and white. But this squire should have some rich silver. So he broke a pair of shoes before he walked outside the door of the rich man's house. A pair of big stone lions in front of the door are as powerful and realistic as they have heard, and they can stuff an adult with their mouths open. The boy looked at it a few times, but he didn't dare to look more, for fear of scaring himself.
But as soon as the young man wanted to step on the stone steps of the palace, he was bombarded down by the gatekeeper.
"There's no leftover food in the house today, so come back tomorrow. "The gatekeeper saw that the man who came was unkempt, his shoes were ragged, and his clothes had more patches than the stars in the sky. Just when he wanted to coax him with a big broom sweeping the floor, it happened that the rich man came back from the teahouse with a bird cage in his hand.
"What are you, what are you, dog-like things. One word and one kick, the word fell into the doorman's ears and kicked on the doorman's ass. The doorman didn't dare to resist, but just protected his private parts with both hands, which made the doorman's butt more prominent.
It seems that the rich man often kicks people, and he is good at kicking people. After a dozen feet, there were only two shoe prints on the janitor's buttocks, not that the other feet were not kicked, but that a dozen feet only landed in these two places.
The boy saw it in his eyes and thought to himself that he had found the right person. Without even looking at me, you know that I am malleable. The janitor just insulted me in his mouth, and he was beaten so badly by the rich man, which shows that the rich man cherishes talents.
It turned out that the teenager was thinking too much.
The young man just wanted to come forward to say goodbye, report to his home, and then talk about his difficulties, and borrow some silver taels to make a coil on the road. But I never expected that after the rich man kicked the doorman's foot, he didn't put it down, and directly greeted the young man's buttocks, and the young man fell unexpectedly.
"What are you, what are you, something that a dog is not as good as. A word and a kick fell on the young man's body, and the young man was on the ground, holding his head. Curl into a snail.
In the end, the rich man Wang seemed to be discouraged, looked at the young man lying at the door of his house and did not move, and knew that he was at a loss, so he took out the scattered silver taels from his sleeve and threw them on the young man.
"Take it to the doctor, it's something that dogs are not as good as. ”
The boy felt the pain of the money falling on him, and struggled to get up. As he looked, the gatekeeper was approaching him a little bit, maybe he wanted to see if he was dead, maybe he wanted to avenge his master by kicking him a few times, and inflicted it on the young man, maybe he wanted to pick up the broken silver from the ground and put it in his bag. But when the Kenmen saw the boy's eyes, they took a few steps back in fear. It was hateful, cold, bloodshot eyes.
So the boy picked up the broken silver on the ground, two taels. He dusted off the dirt again. Limped back home. Lay down in bed in the evening. When his parents asked, he didn't say anything. In fact, he was crying in his heart, determined to embark on a career in office, and then the gentleman would take revenge, ten years is not too late.
In the evening, the boy took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dark, and began to hike clothes, shoes, and even brought a large stack of books and a few days' dry food, because these things cost money to buy on the road. It's already considered lucky.
He did not dare to put three taels of silver together, but put the silver there, there, and there. Only the boy knew about it.
The next morning, he got up early and prepared to go to Beijing to catch the exam. As soon as he got around, he found that the windows of his house were open, thinking that they had not been closed last night and had been blown open by the strong wind that had risen at night. But I remember that the windows have always been pinned with wooden bolts. Astute, he immediately went under the pillow, and in the night pot, there were three taels of silver hidden by himself on the beam. But there was not a penny.
He began to resent in his heart again, this time he just didn't know who he resented, so he blamed all the thieves in the world. That morning, still penniless, he set off early. Because they plan to set off today, if they don't set off, their parents will think more about what they want, and they will be more cranky, feeling that their poverty has delayed their son's future.
Go to Beijing to catch the exam, walk from the main road of the county seat for about ten days to reach the imperial capital, just at the end of July to feel the white city, to participate in the autumn of August.
However, he was penniless, and the journey of the ten days was easy to solve, and he could cope with the haystack stables wherever he stayed, but how could he solve the problem of food? When he passed through the county seat, he went to the squire's clerk's house to ask for some money.
Their entire county is rich and noble, and the first to recommend the rich man in the south of the county and the clerk in the north of the county. The reason why I went to the rich man's house in the south of the county last time was because it was the closest to the young man's house and the rich man's house. But today, when you go to Beijing for a scientific examination, you must go out through the clerk in the north of the county to try your luck. When the young man passed by the rich man's house, he walked against the wall across the street, and he was afraid that he would not understand whether it was a person or a dog when he met Wang Yuanwai.
It was close to dusk, and finally came to the outside of the office outside the clerk. When I came, I made a special inquiry. Although the official position of the clerk is donated, he is a great benevolent person who cherishes the literati. After inquiring and understanding, the courage in the young man's heart became stronger. The janitor was quick to get the word out.
The clerk was really a hospitable person, and left the teenager to have a dinner party, although there was no particularly luxurious food, but in the eyes of the teenager, it was already a delicacy in the world. Because he hadn't seen oil and water for a long time. I can't stop eating and tearing. The clerk thought that after eating these meals, the young man felt wronged. Hurriedly asked the servant to cook a few more specialty dishes. The young man hurriedly waved his hand and said that a spoonful of food and a scoop of drink was enough. I just think of my parents at home, I can't eat enough, so I can only dry pickles and nest my head. Today, it is a blessing to be able to eat these in your house. So the young man told his difficulties to the outsider, who felt that the young man was a scholar with affection, righteousness and ideals, so he gave the young man a Chinese New Year's Eve two silvers as a coil on the road, and let the boy stay overnight, and it was not too late to start tomorrow.
Long story short.
After March, this teenager really lived up to expectations, won the first place Xie Yuan, and took the exam in the second year, becoming the leader. It is already famous in their county. This is not found in the county registers of the county. People who have lived in the county for a long time have repeatedly asked who the Wencai in the list is. Unexpectedly, it was the children of the family whose parents worked hard.
Later, the young man returned to his hometown in fine clothes, rode a white horse, and paraded in his hometown with red flowers. After getting off the horse to worship his parents and ancestors, he specially went to the house of the clerk in the north of the county to thank him for his kindness back then. The clerk and the rest of the family were stunned. Although they are rich and noble, they have never enjoyed such glory. Soon after, the youngest daughter of the Wen family married the teenager. That's another story.
A few days later, I heard that the buttocks of the rich man of the county south were kicked a lot by someone, and the person who kicked him kept saying while kicking his mouth, "What are you, what are you, what are you, and dogs are not as good." Word by word, no one knows who kicked it. But I know that the rich man has been lying at home for many days.
Decades later, that young man, tempered by officialdom, has become sophisticated and sleek. But he is still as ruthless as the criminals are the crime. It's just that a thief once stole three taels of silver from him, and almost cut him off.
Later, he became the county lord of Kuai County, and he was strict with legislation and upright. He is a man who has no room for sand in his eyes, and petty thefts must be caught and dealt with by law. As a result, the prisons were full of prisoners. Death row prisoners are also full, and the officials who used to be chubby and delivered prison meals are now skinny and skinny. Tired!
Now it is the end of August, and the county lord thinks to himself, "Hmph, you traitors, let you eat and drink here, enjoy the blessings in the shaded cell, and in a few months, after the autumn, you will pay your blood debts one by one." The county lord imagined in his heart, and there was still a little joy in his heart.
But man is not as good as heaven. At that time, the Queen Mother was born. That is, the Queen Mother died. The world is vegetarian, and there is no need to add killing. Amnesty.
The county lord was stupid when he heard the news, is there still a royal law if the bad people are not punished! So he used his brain and came up with a bad idea.
For prisoners under 10 years, 10 strokes shall be given to prisoners of one year or less, 20 strokes to prisoners of two years and not more than one year, and 30 strokes to prisoners of three years and not more than two years...... And so on. Basically, the people who can withstand a hundred kills have already broken their skin and spent most of the year lying on the bed.
For criminals between 10 years and 30 years old, the choices are more abundant, such as ink punishment, finger cutting, ear cutting, tongue cutting, etc. It is common to destroy human limbs.
For a person with a sentence of more than thirty years up to the death penalty, there is only one disposition, after tattooing the face and exile to the sick state. This is the most proud innovation of this jealous and hateful Qingtian Lord.
Sick state, a well-known term in Yiyun Country. The desolation of no people, the tiger's roaring mountain forest, foxes, leopards, wolves and dogs, it is said that there are strange and gorgeous flowers, which are gorgeous and contain poison that kills people; And also...
It is said that it is only said, because there is still a forbidden place that no one has ever dared to enter that small area. The mysterious land of Bingzhou is only in the stories of mothers coaxing their children, in the nightmares of childhood.
Sure enough, the fear of the sick state brought about a physiological reaction to the more than 50 prisoners who had been sentenced to more than 30 years and those who had been sentenced to death, some of whom were so frightened that their legs only swayed, some of whom sat paralyzed on the ground, and some of whom passed out directly in prison.
"Amnesty is to release all the prisoners in prison, except for the corrupt officials and the courtiers who commit rebellion and traitor. I watched "Yiyun Law" before committing the crime, so let us go, or I'll sue you for bankruptcy!" A bald prisoner named Dan Shout shouted as he walked to the cell, and when the other prisoners heard this set of theories, they felt that they had finally grasped a life-saving straw and saw a glimmer of light. So they all spoke to the head of the prison cell about the law and human rights. The old man felt very noisy. I just wanted to turn my head to the outside of the old house to breathe, but I saw the county lord walking from the outside to the inside, still upright and arrogant. In the past, when the prisoner saw the eldest master, he would be silent, except for those who were really wronged, he would shout a few voices, Lord Qingtian, you have to make decisions for us! Today is abnormal, because the prisoners who are still in prison are all dying people, and they always want to fight for it when they see the last chance. Still shouting as usual, but this time the voice is much quieter, and the spitting stars are much less.
"Brothers, I heard that you are going to sue me, it seems that you can only go to Beijing to sue the emperor. But the emperor and his mother have just died and are very busy, I don't know when he will see it, but it is a good day for your execution. "The county lord is really a natural orator, his tone is subdued and frustrated, his tone is sunny and soft, and there is no lack of coldness in his words, which makes people feel like they are hiding needles. This voice is so small that it seems to be whispering to itself, but it has a power that penetrates people's hearts. The sound of a butterfly flapping its wings overpowered the roar of a dragon and a tiger.
There was a sudden silence in the prison, and only the sound of dust breaking on the soles of the county lord's feet could be heard. The sound grew quieter and quieter until it disappeared into the door of the cell. The silence was broken by a howl.
"I knew that I wouldn't steal other people's baked cakes and eat them. How good it is to listen to my mother's words, I didn't expect my mother's words to be accurate, saying that if I was stealing chickens and dogs, I would be thrown into the city of Sick State, ahh The more than 50 people in the prison seem to be dead, and they will be dead tomorrow, so they won't waste that bit of energy. and they all lay on the straw. The good mentality is asleep, and the eyes of the bad mentality are dull, and the face is like ashes. Waiting for tomorrow.
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