Do you still want to be an official?

Faced with this question, Liu Jiyu has been sitting there silently, he doesn't understand what this sentence means, he doesn't understand whether this is entertaining himself, he has become such a situation, and he actually asked if he wanted to be an official.

"Huh"

Liu Jiyu slowly showed a smile, with a mocking meaning, "Liu was enlightened at the age of seven, studied hard for 18 years, and had to be born as a scholar together, and then became an official for three years, more than 20 years, suddenly like a dream, Liu only hated why he stepped into the official career in the first place." ”

"Why did you step into the official career?" Xia Yuan's face was also mocking, "When you were studying hard, did you ever think about not stepping into the official career?" When you were named on the gold list, did you ever think about not stepping into the official career? Now that you are in prison and have committed serious crimes, why did you know that you had to do it in the first place? Touch that face of yours and see if your face is still there? ”

"Why do you need to be an adult?"

"Why humiliate you so much, do you?" Xia Yuan sneered again and again, "What I look down on the most is that you are a person, when this official just stepped into this edict, you were full of righteousness, righteous and awe-inspiring, opened your mouth to participate in the impeachment of traitors, closed your mouth and directly admonished the monarch's father, shouting for the country and the people, although you die, what a pity!"

Originally, this official was still a little bit of a backbone, but now he is like a dog with a broken spine, sighing and whimpering, complaining about the sky; is just like a deep resentful woman, as a daughter. This official only thinks it's ridiculous and pathetic, Liu Jiyu, you don't have a face or skin! ”

Liu Jiyu's face was blue and white for a while, and every word was heartbroken, just like the felt cloth used to cover shame was lifted by someone, and he spat a mouthful of thick phlegm fiercely.

His psychological defense line was obviously defeated by the person in front of him, but now he was insulted by a word here, and he was angry, "I am an official of the Ming Dynasty, I don't need adults to look down on it, there are tens of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it's not that adults say that whoever has no face and no skin will have no face and no skin!" ”

"An official of the Ming Dynasty?"

The mockery on Xia Yuan's face was even worse, "It turns out that you are still an official of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"How inappropriate!" Liu Jiyu arched his hand, "Dare to ask your lordship, have you already convicted and dismissed the lower officials?" ”

"No conviction or dismissal."

"If he has not been convicted and dismissed, the lower official will still be an official of the Ming Dynasty!"

"And now you've picked up that little bit of your poor dignity?" Xia Yuan had a smile on his face and a sarcastic smile, "It's a pity that you are still far behind, people like you, the official disdains to retry you, and the emperor does not bother to punish you."

After the official returns, he will tell the emperor that what is in this prison is a dog whose backbone has been broken, and that he will be dismissed from office and cut off his status as a citizen, and there is no need to punish him again. ”

Hearing this, the shame on Liu Jiyu's face suddenly froze, and a moment of dazed trance flashed in his eyes, followed by ecstasy in disbelief. But at this time, Xia Yuan's voice sounded again, very indifferent, and with a thick mockery,

"How? The official said that you are a dog whose backbone has been removed, and you can be overjoyed if you are dismissed from office and removed from office, and you can be cut to the people. ”

"Eighteen years of hard study, eighteen years of studying the books of the sages, I actually read that you are such a waste, you are far worse than the dog with a broken backbone. It's just a dog, and you know how to bark twice, if it were you, you would have crashed to death on that prison wall! ”

Hearing these words, the surrounding Jinyi Wei Baihu hurriedly cheered up, stared at Liu Jiyu, and looked like he was facing a great enemy.

Liu Jiyu's face showed uncontrollable shame, her eyes were red, her two fists were clenched, and her clenched bones turned white.

But after a long time, he relaxed again, lowered his head and said, "What the lord said is that the criminal officer is a dog with a broken spine, which is worse than a dog with a broken spine. ”

"Swallowed your anger? Settle down? I want to be dismissed from office, I want to be cut down to the people, and I want to protect my wife and children in my family, right? ”

"Yes."

"It's a pity you rejoiced too soon."

Hearing this, Liu Jiyu suddenly raised his head, his red eyes burst out with endless anger, and it seemed that he was about to rise up angrily in the next second, and a group of brocade guards hurriedly took two steps forward, blocked the front, and reached out to hold down the embroidered spring knife worn on his waist.

"Get out of the way, don't get in the way."

“.”

Several Jinyi guards were stunned, and one of the deputy Qianhu said, "My lord, this criminal official."

"Stand back, you don't need to protect me."

“.”

Hearing this, all the brocade guards looked at each other, and then silently retreated to the back, this master asked for himself, and he couldn't blame them for being beaten for a while.

"Vicissitudes."

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Jinyi guard, Xia Yuan reached out and pulled out the saber on the waist of one of them, threw it to the ground, and stared at Liu Jiyu and said:

"Are you playing tricks on you as an official? Is it entertaining you? Imagine beating the official like beating that Tobe Shangshu Hangul? ”

"What's the point of fighting? Come, pick up this embroidered spring knife and stab the official to death. ”

When the boom sounded.

The embroidered spring knife fell to the ground, and several brocade guards hadn't reacted yet, and when they reacted and wanted to lean over to pick it up, Liu Jiyu moved faster, and he had already reached out and touched the handle of the knife.

He is now angry and out of his mind, and he just wants to kill this dog official, and Xia Yuan's voice also sounded,

"Take a pee on yourself, what qualifications do you have to be played by this official? This official will go to report to His Majesty, dismiss you, dismiss you, and reduce your post to the people, and will never implicate your wife and children. ”

Hearing this, Liu Jiyu's movements slammed suddenly, and the brocade guard who had lost his saber immediately stepped on the blade with his foot, leaned over and picked up his own embroidered spring knife.

"But Your Majesty will not cure you of the crime of forcing the palace, and will only dismiss you from office, so do you think you can save your family and sit back and relax?"

"These days, the notes of the Northern Zhili, the Shandong Political Envoys, and the Shanxi Political Envoys have been handed over, and hundreds of letters have all been placed on His Majesty's imperial case! There will be tens of thousands of recitals handed over later! ”

Xia Yuan's voice suddenly rose high, but then it fell lower, with an indescribable peace, "What do you think these notes are written about?" ”

Liu Jiyu squirmed his lips a few times and whispered, "The criminal officer doesn't know. ”

"The content of the song is that I want to kill you and then hurry up, I want Your Majesty to severely punish you and others, and I want to put you and others to death."

"Do you think those people will let you go after being dismissed from office and cut down to the people?"

"The criminal officer doesn't know."

"You don't know, and I don't. But if you change from an official to a citizen, and the official wants to take revenge on you, there is no need to play any tricks, and there is no need to do it yourself. Just move your mouth, or even your mouth doesn't have to move, there is a group of people rushing to do it in order to please the official, these people are village tyrants, Xu are squires, at that time, can you still keep your wife and children small? ”

“.” Liu Jiyu was silent, he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, his heart was fiercely pinched, the official is the official, the people are the people, and it is easier for the official to kill a citizen than to crush a bedbug.

and if he becomes a people

"If you want to die in this world, if you want to die, you can jump into the Yongji River, or hit this prison wall, and it will only cost a few pennies to buy a hemp rope and hang yourself."

Xia Yuan's voice at this time carried a touch of sadness and compassion, "It doesn't matter if you die yourself, but your wife and children are small, your parents, your wife and children, how innocent are they?" What's wrong with them? But I want to die with you, and I will die with you. ”

"Do you have the heart to bear it? Does your heart hurt? Do you think you deserve to die? ”

(End of chapter)