Wang Shilin.

Zhao Xuanqi walked back and forth in the room, the emotions in his heart were mixed, he didn't expect to hear this name at this moment.

The last time I heard this name was more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, when Zhao Xuanqi came to Chang'an to participate in the Jinshi assessment, it was the first time he came to Chang'an, and it was the first time he entered this prosperous city.

In order to prepare for the Jinshi exam, in order to obtain the fame of the Jinshi, he chose to enter the Qingyun Library, read a lot of books in the library, and studied hard for a year.

In addition to him, there is also Wang Shilin in Qingyun Library, and it was at that time that I met Wang Shilin.

In addition to Wang Shilin, there was another fat man named Ouyang Fugui, and Zhao Xuanqi even gave them a nickname, called Fat and Thin Fairy.

The three of them are all from poor backgrounds, as classmates who have struggled together, friends who have inspired each other together, and have lofty goals with common aspirations, during that time, the relationship with each other was extremely deep.

This kind of affection is incomparably pure friendship.

Therefore, even after many years, Zhao Xuanqi can still remember Wang Shilin's characteristics.

Wang Shilin has a donkey face, tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, he has grown a handful of age at a young age, and his appearance is very old.

Wang Shilin's character is also very good, very hateful of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, every time he mentions corrupt officials, he will be so disgusted that his face is red, he grits his teeth, and he can't wait to fight for his life.

Wang Shilin, Wang Shilin.

The moment he heard this name, Zhao Xuanqi couldn't help but think of those eventful years.

If he heard this name in other places, and met his old people in a foreign country, Zhao Xuanqi would be so happy that he couldn't fall asleep for three days and three nights, happy to meet his friends, excited to meet his old friends, and eager to drink three cups.

However, at this moment, it was Jinyiwei who heard this name.

If I could, I really wouldn't want to hear that name now!

Zhao Xuanqi closed his eyes and clearly knew what this meant.

White Blade stepped forward and slowly added:

"Jinyiwei arrested the criminal, countless officials in the north were dismissed, he is one of the high-ranking officials, because the crime is extremely heinous, so he must be taken to Chang'an for interrogation and execution......"

As he spoke, he handed the scroll in his hand to Zhao Xuanqi, which recorded in detail the evil things Wang Shilin had done over the years.

Bullying men and women, taking advantage of tricks, harming hundreds of people, and doing all kinds of heinous things!

Zhao Xuanqi opened his eyes, glanced at the case on the file, and was silent for a long time.

Although they haven't seen each other for many years, the two have studied hard together in Qingyun Library, and Wang Shilin is one of the few friends in this world.

No wonder Jinyiwei didn't dare to deal with it, they couldn't figure out their attitude, and they didn't dare to make a move on their friends at all.

Finally, he said, "Where is he, take me to meet him." ”

……

Led by the White Blade.

Zhao Xuanqi left the mansion, got into the carriage, and headed in the direction of the Imperial Prison, and after driving for a while, the carriage stopped in front of the heavily guarded Imperial Prison.

The Imperial Prison is a special prison for Jinyiwei, which is dedicated to the detention of officials and criminals of the imperial court, with heavy guards and heavy institutions.

It can be said that as long as you enter the edict prison and want to get out again, it will be very difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Zhao Xuanqi stepped out of the carriage and looked up at the strict prison in front of him, feeling very uncomfortable.

I didn't expect to meet up with friends, but I was in this kind of place.

"Wu Anjun, please follow me..."

The white blade walked in front and opened the way for Zhao Xuanqi.

Zhao Xuanqi entered the cell, and the two kept walking towards the depths of the inner prison.

The heavier the sin, the deeper the cell in which they were placed, and the two went deep into the inner cell, far, far away.

Eventually, they came to a cell where the prisoner was held alone.

There was only one prisoner in this house, and the space was relatively small, with only a simple bed and a simple desk, which was kept by a special iron fence gate.

The prisoner was sitting on the bed in leg cuffs and handcuffs, motionless, his eyes closed, not saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

Judging from his physical condition, Jin Yiwei has not tortured and punished him, he seems to be in a good mental state, and his body is relatively clean.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at this friend through the iron fence gate.

With a wave of his hand, the others immediately hurriedly set up a rich banquet of chickens, ducks, fish, and meat, all of which were placed in front of the cell door.

Zhao Xuanqi withdrew from everyone and stood here alone.

He also ignored the dirt on the ground, ignored the dirty dust, sat on the ground casually, waved his sleeves casually, and then knocked on the table in front of him.

Accompanied by a crisp tapping sound.

opened his mouth and said: "I didn't expect that after so many years, you have become so fat now, fat and round, I almost can't recognize you." ”

Inside the cell, the fat man who closed his eyes slowly opened his eyes, and he swept his gaze over to look at Zhao Xuanqi who was sitting outside the cell.

At first, he was puzzled, until he recognized Zhao Xuanqi, the look on the fat man's face instantly turned into shock, and there was a hint of ...... Distress.

This kind of expression is probably like, you committed a great sin, committed an unsightly evil, and then happened to be the closest buddy to meet you, you are a little afraid to face the embarrassment and shame of your buddy, and subconsciously want to dodge.

Obviously, Wang Shilin didn't want to see Zhao Xuanqi, or he didn't have the face to see Zhao Xuanqi.

After being stunned for a while, Wang Shilin took a deep breath and slowly came to the iron fence and sat down.

The distance is closer, and Zhao Xuanqi can better see Wang Shilin's face at the moment.

Now Wang Shilin is no longer tall and thin, no longer as thin as a bamboo pole in the past, and the bitterness of a donkey's face.

He became round, at least 180 pounds up all over his body, not only his face became extremely round, his complexion was ruddy, his big belly was straight and straight, and his complexion was extremely plump.

Zhao Xuanqi pointed to the wine table in front of him: "This is what I saw you off, the last meal is delicious and delicious." ”

When Wang Shilin heard this, he didn't show a surprised look.

He had been friends with Zhao Xuanqi for a long time, so he naturally knew what kind of person Zhao Xuanqi was, and the moment he saw Zhao Xuanqi appear, he didn't think that Zhao Xuanqi would protect him.

Wang Shilin's face was full of shame from beginning to end, and there was the embarrassment of not daring to meet.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the round Wang Shilin, and opened his mouth to accuse:

"You are full of oily food, fat head and big ears, but what about the people under your command? One by one, the people are not able to make a living, you have fattened yourself, but you have starved and lost weight all over the people. ”

"You have made too many mistakes, and your group of relatives and friends, they have made the county where you are located a scourge, countless people are eager to eat your flesh, and you will be crushed to ashes, I really didn't expect you to become such a big corrupt official."

Wang Shilin was silent and blamed himself.

After a long ideological struggle, enough words were brewed.

Before he died, facing this confidant friend in front of him, he wanted to pour out all the words that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

Finally spoke:

"Actually, I don't want that."

"After the separation, I was a local official, and I was also a first-class clean official, I hated those corrupt officials to death, and I can't wait to deal with them all."

"I do this, when I meet a corrupt official, one counts as one, I will put them to death, I think this kind of corrupt and bribe-taking guy is a moth of the country, lying on the people to suck blood, and death is cheap for them."

"I still remember how high-spirited I was at that time, thinking that my ambitions would be great, and I could make a contribution to this dim country with my meager body, and make good achievements for the suffering people of Lebanon."

Wang Shilin said, stretched out his hand and grabbed a big chicken leg in front of him, took a vicious bite, and then poured in a sip of wine, with a look of memory on his face, and finally said viciously:

"It turned out to be different from what I expected!"

"I punished the corrupt officials in the entire county, but I did not get praise from the officials in the county, but fell again and again, and the position continued to be reduced, and I almost cut off the official body and became an ordinary person.

"Those corrupt officials and corrupt officials have someone to help, and behind them stands an overwhelming net!"

"If I continue like this, not only will I not be promoted, but I will die on the spot, affecting my mother and relatives!"

"In order to keep my position, I can only reconcile with them, and in order to gain their trust, I can only engage in corruption and choose to join them."

"You know what?"

"I didn't know what was so good about corruption, why did so many officials come forward to succeed me? It is better to harm the people, to harm the country, to risk the death of the head, than to embezzle. ”

"And when I embezzled once, I understood why."

"Just one embezzlement of money is worth a few years of my money!"

"I only need to open my mouth, and without any hard work, there will be countless merchants who are willing to send money and those precious goods from all over the world."

"As long as I shelter certain people and turn a blind eye to certain things, there will be many people who will give me countless amounts of money, give me countless beautiful women, constantly compliment me, and constantly praise me..."

"Even the colleagues around me don't think it's wrong to do this, they think I'm very good and willing to support me..."

"The more I embezzle, the more they value me."

"At first, I didn't want to be corrupt, but when I got to the back, I really couldn't stop it!"

"What is I studying hard for decades? Is it to offend Shangguan and involve the death of the entire family? Is it to live a life of poverty and hardship for the rest of your life? No! No! Isn't it just that I want to get ahead and make a good life for all the people I love? Isn't it just to turn over and become a master? I want to be rich! Otherwise, wouldn't all the suffering of the past be in vain?! So I can't hold it anymore......"

Wang Shilin covered his eyes with both hands, kept shedding tears, and showed a remorseful expression.

Word by word:

"You know I'm poor."

"I came from a poor background, my family was poor, my relatives and friends were poor, and we couldn't live anymore."

"When the so-called clean official has been a few years and punished countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I still live a poor life.

"And as long as I engage in a little corruption, I can live a chic fairy life every day, and I can make all my relatives and friends live a good life."

"I only need to embezzle once, I can earn money that I can't earn in the past few years, and I can also help my relatives and friends get great benefits, and I don't have to worry about it anymore..."

"I thought that as long as I embezzled a little, I could stop it in time and I could turn back."

"It's a pity, little by little, from the small greed at the beginning, to the big greed at the back, from the corruption of one person at the beginning, to the corruption of the family at the back, from the corruption of the family at the beginning, to the corruption with all the Shangguan colleagues."

"In the end, I couldn't hold it anymore, and I sent those relatives and friends of mine to help me do evil things, do some clever and robbing things, and join the people in the yamen..."

"By the time I react, I can't pull out!"

Zhao Xuanqi looked at Wang Shilin, who was snorting in pain and eating the food in front of him frantically, but he was never able to connect this person with the Wang Shilin in his mind.

No matter how pitiful and remorseful he is now, it can't change the fact that he is sinful, and it can't wash away the stains on his body.

If you have mercy on him, what about the people he bullied and killed? And who is to be pitied?

Zhao Xuanqi has read the scroll.

When Wang Shilin became an official, he had already wiped out the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the entire county, and there were no more corrupt officials in the county.

But for a higher position, in order to soar, Wang Shilin took the initiative to embezzle the people's money, and only gave it to the top in order to send money, so that he could be promoted, so that his family could live a good life.

He did kill countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but after countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials were killed by him, he became the biggest corrupt official in that county!

"If you knew today, why bother?"

Zhao Xuanqi's words hated that iron could not become steel.

I clearly remember how jealous Wang Shilin was more than ten years ago, the three of them just met a wicked official on the street who bullied men and women, and they would quietly follow this evil official and put a sack on him to give him a beating.

Zhao Xuanqi remembered that at that time, he couldn't stop Wang Shilin and the others, they both wanted to beat up that evil official in life or death, full of righteous indignation, and scolded Fang Xuan together, opening his mouth and closing his mouth to sacrifice everything for the country, society and the people of Limin.

Spirited, scolding Fang Xuan.

The bookseller is angry and points to the country.

Now that they meet again, he has not become the kind of person he said he was talking about, but has fallen into prison, has become a corrupt official with the most heinous crimes, and has become the evil person he once wanted to kill the most.

Zhao Xuanqi reprimanded: "In the county where you are located, the corrupt officials have all been dealt with by you, so you have become the biggest corrupt official?" Do you still have your family to become the most vicious villain? You used to hate this kind of person the most! ”

When Wang Shilin heard this, he no longer had the face to face Zhao Xuanqi, his shame and self-blame were full of his heart, he threw himself on the table and kept crying.

Zhao Xuanqi's words were like needles piercing deep into his body.

He remembered the days when he was in Qingyun Library, his grand wishes in Qingyun Library, and remembered the self who scolded Fang Xuan and was high-spirited, how could he be reduced to this point now? How can you become so sinful?

Especially in the face of Zhao Xuanqi, a close friend, the most vulnerable side of Wang Shilin's heart burst out, and he lay on the table with great regret and cried loudly.

If it were someone else, Wang Shilin would not have been able to break the defense so much, but Zhao Xuanqi was his best friend at the purest moment in his heart, and Zhao Xuanqi at this moment was like a mirror, shining him to the ground......

The voice was hoarse, like a broken sack constantly shaking in the wind, hoarse and unpleasant, harsh and deep.

"I've never seen wealth before, but after becoming an official, I was blinded by wealth, and I forgot the pride and ambition of my youth, I should die!"

Zhao Xuanqi stood up and didn't say anything more.

Turning away, let the cry behind him be loud.

It is impossible for him to shield Wang Shilin, the whole country is about to be purged up and down, if he, the starter, is soft at the critical moment, then the people below will see this, and they will also go up and down, and then they will fall short.

Why did the prime minister die?

The prime minister is thoughtful and capable, and he is very poor, able to work for the welfare of the people, and can make many useful policies.

However, he was indecisive, and when faced with the same problem as Zhao Xuanqi, he chose to forgive his friends and choose to give his father and fellow villagers a chance, so he finally went to the guillotine.

The prime minister's thoughtful example is in front of him, and it is impossible for Zhao Xuanqi to repeat the mistakes of the prime minister.

If the case committed by Wang Shilin was not so serious, just some misdemeanors, Zhao Xuanqi would not mind forgiveness, but the case he committed was such a heinous crime, there was no possibility of forgiveness.

This is a typical criminal!

He left the cell and walked farther and farther, Wang Shilin's voice became smaller and quieter, until he could no longer be heard.

Zhao Xuanqi closed his eyes, feeling very uncomfortable.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, after all, they are their friends.

There weren't many friends in this world, and now I want to send one away with my own hands, and I don't feel bad that it's fake.

Thinking of the reason why Wang Shilin fell into such a situation, Zhao Xuanqi remembered a story for a while.

Many, many years ago, there was an evil dragon in a certain country who did evil, and the evil dragon liked glittering things, and he liked gold, silver, and jewelry, so he plundered the wealth of the country, and burned and plundered it, and did all kinds of evil.

When a warrior heard about this, he resolutely set out on a solo expedition against the dragon in anticipation of all the people of the country.

After a lot of hardships, the brave man lived up to the trust of the people to kill the evil dragon with great strength.

The dragon's lair, the dragon's corpse fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, the brave man looked at the gold and silver treasures everywhere, his eyes gradually became red, his body gradually grew scales, and tails grew, he couldn't help but lie in the money and cheer, wanting to take everything for himself, and finally turn into a new evil dragon.

A more powerful, more terrifying dragon!

In the end, I couldn't help but sigh:

"The warriors who slay dragons will eventually become evil dragons!"

Zhao Xuanqi told the story of this evil dragon to Bai Blade, hoping that Bai Blade would publicize it, and hoped that he would tell this story to all the Jinyi Guards, tell more people in the world, and warn people that the tragic ending of this story cannot be reproduced.

Leaving the prison and returning home, it didn't take long for him to receive a message from the White Blade.

Wang Shilin died, was beheaded for public display, the whole family, and those relatives and friends who also committed crimes, were also brought to justice, those who should be killed, those who should be exiled, and those who should be confiscated into the army.

(End of chapter)