There was no need to be greeted by the cell boss, and as soon as they arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone.

Immediately, everyone who was still huddled in the corner just now and shivered suddenly shouted and begged for mercy.

"Lord Wang! Rajah! Is the lower official wronged? Xiaguan did not collude with Chen, Wang, Sun and Li Sijia, Xiaguan did not! The lower official was wronged! ”

"Lord Wang! There is still an eighty-year-old mother in the small family, and there are children who are waiting to be fed, the prince spares his life! ”

"The prince is gracious! The prince is gracious! ”

Suddenly, the whole dungeon was noisy, and a kind of yamen officials locked in the prison begged for mercy and cried out.

A few of them just shrank quietly in place, not responding.

In addition to the three heads of the Chen Wangsun family who had already accepted their fate, the other two who did not act were Liu Xishan, the county prince, and Cheng Cheng, the defense envoy.

Although Liu Xishan's face was gray, he was also a little relieved, quietly looking through the skylight of the dungeon, looking at the rays of sunlight coming in from outside.

Cheng Chengze's back was straight, sitting cross-legged in the corner of the cell, motionless, even when Zhao Jun and the others arrived, he didn't open his eyes, and still sat quietly, as if he couldn't hear any sound from the outside world.

The three heads of the family didn't mention it, the state of these two people made Zhao Jun a little curious, so he asked the cell boss to open the exclusive cell of the two of them and walked in slowly.

The first to enter was Liu Xishan's cell.

Zhao Jun slowly walked to his side, followed his line of sight to look at the ray of sunlight shining in from the skylight, and suddenly asked, "Is it beautiful?" ”

"Beautiful, why isn't it beautiful? There is probably nothing more beautiful in this world. ”

Liu Xishan showed a smile and replied lightly.

"Yes, after all, it is the light of freedom, how can it not be beautiful?

But, you didn't cherish it when you had it. ”

Liu Xishan's eyes closed slightly, stretched out his hand to put it in this ray of light, felt the warmth transmitted in the light, and muttered:

"It's not that I don't want to cherish him, it's that I don't have a choice at all!

Lord Wang, you are born noble, there are too few things in this world that can make you involuntarily, but for us children from civilian backgrounds, every step up will increase the shackles on this body.

Xia Guan has been smart since he was a child, and since he started his enlightenment at the age of four, he has already passed the children's examination at the age of nine and has become the head of the local case.

After that, he didn't stand up, and the lower officials passed three levels in a row, showing talents, lifting people, and jinshi!

Although he only got the same Jinshi background, in the entire Great Song Dynasty, the fame of the lower officials is already top-notch!

However, day after day, year after year, watching those classmates in the imperial examination in the same period implement their positions one by one, and even many of them in the same period have obtained official positions, but what about me?

Still doing nothing all day long, waiting for the arrangement of the officials, waiting for their so-called official position vacancy to be replaced!

Why? Why are all those lifters on the bench, but I, a fellow jinshi, are not?

I didn't understand it at first, but then I understood it, because I'm a poor family!

No! I'm not even a poor family, I'm just a mud leg, although I am a fellow jinshi, but in the eyes of those who were born in a family of eunuchs, I am still just the lowest clay leg, no backer, no background, I can only be manipulated by others! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xishan took a deep breath, and then spit out heavily, as if he wanted to spit out the depression in his chest together.

Then he slowed down and continued: "Then I compromised, I learned wisely, I understood...... What is called human sophistication.

I took the money I had left and bought a gift for a classmate with a background, asking him to show me the way.

Then I got the news that four families wanted to support a spokesperson in Yunzhou City.

I approached four and made a promise, and it was rewarded.

Soon I received a message from the Ministry that there was a vacancy in Nanyang, and I got this opportunity to be a substitute.

I stayed in Nanyang for five years, and during these five years, I relied on the support provided by the four families to rise all the way, and soon became the county lieutenant of Nanyang.

Three years ago, the four families contacted me and asked me to be transferred back to Yunzhou County, and according to the rules of the imperial court, the officials who were transferred to Yunzhou County were automatically promoted to one level and I became a county leader.

After that, I became the spokesperson of the four families, and mentioned that they controlled the entire Yunzhou County Yamen, and became their lackey!

Lord Wang, you say, am I right or wrong to do this? ”

Zhao Jun didn't speak, and Liu Xishan didn't expect an answer.

As if taking care of himself, he continued: "This world is like this, you were born with nothing, and if you want to get it the day after tomorrow, you must give something, I have given my freedom and self, and I have got the position I want, then I must accept the possible consequences of this matter."

I knew that sooner or later I would have such a day, but I just didn't expect it to come so early.

But, I don't regret it!

If I don't choose this way, I will still be just a nerd waiting for a waitlist in the capital, until I wait for gray hair, until I wait for despair, until I waste my life.

Although the ending is not good now, at least I have not lived in vain in this life, I have at least got what I want, so it is already very good. ”

Liu Xishan's voice gradually lowered, he didn't look at Zhao Jun again, turned his head and returned to the dark corner of the prison, curled up silently and ignored anyone.

Zhao Jun stood quietly in place and looked at him, stretched out his hand and put it into the ray of light, took it away and reached in again.

Indeed, the light is indeed much warmer than other places, and being able to experience the warmth of the light once, even if it is only for a while, is probably excellent for most people......

However, since the choice has been made, the consequences of the choice must also be unavoidable.

Zhao Jun turned around and walked out of the cell.

Heavy chains tightened again, locking the door again.

Smack! Smack!

Whoa!

The second cell was opened.

Zhao Jun slowly came to Cheng Cheng's cell and stood quietly in front of Cheng Cheng.

For a long time, Cheng Cheng, who had been sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes, opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Jun who was looking at him quietly in front of him, and said suspiciously:

"Isn't there anything you want to ask?"

"Is it necessary? Does it make sense? ”

Zhao Jun said lightly.

Cheng Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dumbly.

With a straight back, he leaned back against the wall of the cell and laughed self-deprecatingly, "yes, it's not necessary, it's pointless. ”

Zhao Jun said coldly: "Even if this king asks, you will definitely say similar things to Liu Xishan, say your own hardships, and say how forced you are to come to this point."

However, none of this can change one fact.

You have betrayed the court! Betrayed the Great Song!

No matter how many hardships and reasons you have, what you have done has caused harm to the people of the Great Song Dynasty!

How many aliens have been fed by the goods you have sold?

And how many aliens were armed?

And the people of the Great Song Dynasty who died in the hands of these aliens, aren't they pitiful?

Aren't they innocent?

Do they deserve to die, and do they deserve to be slaughtered by a foreign race?

These are all your mistakes, since you resold those goods, you are no longer innocent, and your hands have long been stained with the blood of those innocent people.

You are unforgivable! ”