He lived in the prison dungeon for more than nine months, and only a few hours a day could see the light.

Now that I look at it, this method is really a bit dirty, it's probably the kind of thing I could have endured the darkness, I could have gotten used to the darkness, I could have even blended into the darkness, but I had to feel the light every day.

As soon as they got to the ground, these people greedily looked at the sunlight in the sky, greedily twitched their noses, and ignored everything else.

From this, it can be seen that these people already have a perverted desire for light.

Xia Yuan glanced at the hundreds of prisoners, everyone's mental state was surprisingly consistent, and everyone could be described in one word, haggard.

The sunken eye sockets appear to have convex cheekbones, and the eyeballs seem to be protruding a lot, and the protruding eyeballs are covered with bloodshots, and it looks like there is a strange excitement.

How to say it, after nine months of torture, these people seem to have been tortured with psychological problems.

It doesn't look normal anymore.

Especially when he saw hundreds of pairs of bloodshot eyeballs, Xia Yuan was a little stunned.

Dead memories began to attack him.

He remembered the zombies he had seen in movies in his previous life.

It's really quite like that.

Xia Yuan's Adam's apple rolled slightly, his mind was still unstable, and he pounced.

A man immediately fell to his knees and pounced. Another prisoner fell to his knees, followed by one plop after another.

In just a few breaths, hundreds of prisoners fell to their knees.

"My subordinates have seen adults!"

Seeing that hundreds of people all knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to salute, Xia Yuan's heart was completely relieved, although these people looked crazy, they were not completely crazy.

The original PUA did not lose its effectiveness over time, but deepened much with the nine-month prison sentence.

He pursed his lips and used a eloquent tone, as if he was reminiscing about the past,

"A few months ago, the official said that he wanted you to live in this edict for a while, and now in a flash, more than half a year has passed, and the official has come here again, and you must have guessed my intention this time."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused and took out the edict from his arms, "There is an edict!" ”

As soon as he heard the edict, he brushed it, and the brocade guards standing around him immediately knelt down.

The hundreds of prisoners who had already knelt down bowed their heads deeply.

The entire Imperial Prison compound was soon left with Xia Yuan standing alone, and he was already tall when he stood alone, and the door was even higher.

"Last year, the treasury was empty, Junze was not prominent, and the ministers were not complete, so it was because of the disturbance of the palace ban.

I was angry, but I didn't dare to forget the weight entrusted by my ancestors: the king who was born by the people, and the king who worships the sky and raises the people.

If he is not safe, Wang Gang is not established, his ministers are incomplete, and the palace is forbidden to cause trouble. There is no need for heavy punishment and punishment, only a fine of half a year is used as a slight punishment, and the rest of the matters are not investigated.

An edict is hereby issued to forgive the sins, and to begin with the change. ”

Xia Yuan stopped there after announcing the edict, and the courtyard was dark and quiet.

After a long time, from the crowd came the sound of weeping and whimpering, the first, then the second, and then several people followed suit, and soon the crying became one.

At first, the cry was still suppressed, but then it was no longer suppressed, and they all cried loudly.

Whether it is shocked or angry, happy, sad, or sad, when all emotions reach a critical point, the way to vent is to cry.

In the face of the forgiveness that was finally waited, no one could stabilize their emotions, only crying, and only crying.

Xia Yuan stood there silently, and the rest of the brocade guards also knelt on the ground and were silent.

Quietly listen to the hundreds of people crying.

For a long time, when the crying gradually became quieter, until it stopped, Xia Yuan swallowed his saliva and said slowly: "The will has been announced, and you have all cried enough, but I still have a few words to say to you." ”

"At the end of last year, the disaster you caused was not insignificant, and according to the law of the country, you were dismissed from office and deprived of office, and the death penalty was light.

Whether it is a temple or a locality, there are officials who are negligent, so that Your Majesty will treat you from serious punishment to set an example.

The court was disturbed, but His Majesty still tried his best to suppress all these performances, and now he has pardoned you, only fined you for half a year as a punishment, and did not even mention the dismissal and dismissal. ”

"That is to say, don't look at your unkempt hair now, worse than those called Hanako on the side of the road, but as long as you get out of this prison, go home and take a bath, wash your face, and change your official robes, you will still be an official.

is still a high-ranking official.

But don't be too happy, you have been released from this edict today, but it does not mean that you will sit back and relax, and with the grace of Your Majesty, it does not mean that you can return to officialdom safely and steadily, and you can continue to be your officials. ”

"At the end of last year, the calamity you caused, the words you spoke, are still like thorns, piercing people's hearts. Whether it is the court or the locality, countless people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty still regard you as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan smiled, "In the past, if you wanted to be a dog, maybe someone would take you as a dog." Now, you just want to be a dog, and no one takes you anymore, because you bite people, and you bite too many people. ”

After hearing Xia Yuan's words, the hundreds of officials kneeling on the ground were silent.

"Now that you are back in officialdom, if you want to gain a foothold in this officialdom and stand firmly, who can you rely on?"

"It's Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty."

Xia Yuan smiled again, but then shook his head, "It's not me, it's not Your Majesty, it's you." ”

"If you want to stand firm in this officialdom, you still have to rely on yourself, and no one can help you in this matter."

"I said something to you a few months ago, do you remember?"

"If you go back to your lordship, your subordinates will remember."

"Just remember." Xia Yuan responded, and continued: "Your Majesty has now pardoned you, and I hope that you can fight for your majesty, for your majesty, for yourself, don't let others look down on you, and don't let your own officials look down on you." ”

"Death and rebirth, this is what I told you at the beginning, and as for how to live from death, you will soon know.

I said what I should have said a few months ago, and I just said what I was told, and I can't say much else. In short, everything is up to you. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan folded his hands, hunched his back, and bowed deeply, heading in the direction of the hundreds of prisoners present.

All the officials in the courtyard bowed their heads deeply in return the salute.

"Alright, I've said all that needs to be said, don't kneel anymore, wipe the tears from your faces, and then go home."

There are some things that don't have to be said too thoroughly, and it's not convenient to say them too thoroughly, not to mention, what these hundreds of convicts want to hear most now is not these, but the word home.

Go home

(End of chapter)