Chapter 22: Pei Wenjing's Death
Pei Wenjing's original crime was only "stealing and selling imperial grain", but now two more have been added: conniving at Pei Zimu's murder, and not governing the family strictly, resulting in bad morals.
"Then Pei Wenjing is dead, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured." Gao Junming said with a smile, he didn't say it explicitly, but it was difficult to hide the intention of asking for merit and reward in his heart.
Li Jiancheng smiled and nodded.
Under the gesture of laughter between the two, Lu met Li Shimin, who entered the palace to ask for peace, and the prince greeted him from a distance. Li Shimin approached and politely greeted the eldest brother. Unexpectedly, there were bursts of ridicule in front of him.
"The second brother is wise and martial, but the people under this subordinate frequently make mistakes, it seems that the second brother will ...... use people after that."
Before Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shimin: "Pei Wenjing is an important minister of the imperial court and a person who has contributed to the society of the country. When the eldest brother said this, didn't he mean that his father and the emperor did not know who he was. If these words reach the ears of his father, how will the eldest brother deal with himself? ”
"How can my father blame me? That Pei Wenjing is obviously ......"
Hearing this, Gao Junming took a step forward and coughed dryly: "What His Royal Highness King Qin said is that Pei Wenjing, an important minister who has made great contributions to the imperial court, has made a big mistake now, and we all regret it." ”
Li Jiancheng didn't say anything more.
"There is still unfinished business in the little brother's house, eldest brother, take your leave first."
Now that Pei Wenjing's charges have been confirmed, I am afraid that it will not be possible to go to see him in prison for the last time, and only Mrs. Pei can see him now.
Not long after, Mrs. Pei came to the prison with a food box. "You all get out of the way, I want to see our master."
"Mrs. Pei, Master Pei is a repeat offender, if someone robs the prison, in case of a mistake, we can't afford it."
Mrs. Pei was very angry: "I'm a woman, how can I rob the prison?" The old man is going to die, as his wife, can't he come to deliver a bowl of broken rice? ”
The jailer was still in the way.
Mrs. Pei had a flash of inspiration, could it be that they wanted to ...... She took out a silver ingot and stuffed it to one of the jailers: "Brothers, drink and eat." ”
"Hey, okay, Mrs. Pei is really considerate of the little ones." Once again, the jailer showed the face of a villain.
Mrs. Pei entered the cell, saw Pei Wenjing, and shouted "master" twice affectionately.
"Madam, at least you are willing to come to see me at this time." Pei Wenjing was moved in his heart.
"Don't say anything, let's eat first."
Pei Wenjing hadn't eaten such a delicious meal for a long time, so she devoured it: "This is cooked by Mrs. herself, or Mrs. has good craftsmanship." ”
After a while, Pei Wenjing ate all the food she brought, without a drop left. "Madam, I have two things to tell you for my husband."
Mrs. Pei made another ingot of silver, and several jailers withdrew, and when they left, they said: "Mrs. Pei, it is not impossible for the husband and wife to whisper, but this Lord Pei is committing a serious crime now, and the time should not be too long." ”
"Madam, the first thing I asked you to do for my husband is to beg His Royal Highness the King of Qin to keep Zimu no matter what. The second thing is to put the slut and his adulterer to death. When Pei Wenjing said the second thing, her face was full of hatred.
"Zimu is my son, and I should do my best to keep him. It's just that slut's thing, after the incident, I'm afraid that you're worried, master, and try my best to block the news, you're in prison, how do you know? ”
"Madam, you are considerate of your husband, but there are always some people in this world who wish to go early for your husband."
Mrs. Pei knew the scope of her ability, and it was too difficult to save the life of this murderous son. I had to ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin for help, and when I got out of the cell, I went straight to the Qin Palace, and knelt down and begged Li Shimin to save Zimu's life.
"Mrs. Pei, you get up first. Don't hide it from Mrs. Pei, I originally wanted to save Lord Pei's life, but this king was incompetent and failed to save Lord Pei. To help Pei Zimu, he must go all out. After a while, Li Shimin continued, "Even though Master Pei is wrong, his sin does not lead to death; Pei Zimu killed someone, even though his behavior was a little excessive, but there was a reason for it. Now the father and son are going to die, as if someone did it on purpose, and there are maggots in it. ”
I have seen the eldest brother before, and his face is full of smiles, could it be that Pei Zimu's matter is something that they are hindering it?
The sky was cloudy and uncertain, and it was still clear just now, but this time dark clouds came from all directions, occupying the sky layer by layer.
In the cell, the cell leader walked up to Pei Wenjing with a glass of wine: "Master Pei, you just had a full meal, don't you enjoy a glass of wine now?" ”
"Humph! Wine, I'm afraid it's a bar. Pei Wenjing said casually, jokingly. In fact, he didn't think that it was really a cup of poisonous wine, even if the other party wanted to do it, he was too anxious.
The cell that does not see the light of day is isolated from the outside world, where does it know what is changing. At this time, the sky is getting heavier and heavier, as if trying to flatten the earth, as if to herald a rainstorm is coming.
"Master Pei really understands people. This is really poisonous wine! ”
Pei Wenjing knew that she couldn't escape, but she was still surprised: "My crime has been confirmed, and the verdict of the Criminal Department will come down sooner or later, why rush at this moment?" ”
"Master Pei, you have always been smart, and you have assisted the emperor to make great contributions, don't you understand the truth of 'long nights and dreams'? However, for the sake of the relationship between us in the past few days, I will still let you understand it. The cell leader paused for a moment, leaned closer, and Pei Wenjing lowered his voice and continued, "It's Gao Junming's order. ”
I couldn't see the sky outside, but I could hear thunder clearly, and a deafening roar shook the earth.
Pei Wenjing's eyes stared ahead, and her heart was not shocked.
The cell boss handed the wine glass forward again, and said, "Master Pei, it's not the old slave urging you, this is really an order, an order at the cost of the lives of the whole family!" ”
"Brother, don't worry, this official will not embarrass you." Pei Wenjing took the wine glass, drank the cup of poisonous wine as usual, and knew very well in her heart: it was the prince......
Heavy rain began to fall, and the wind blew the rain slanted.
Pei Wenjing fell down.