Song Mingyue

Chapter 221

"Let's eat!"

The iron door of the prison was opened, and with the yelling of the jailer, a burst of food and wine smelled in. The smell became stronger and stronger, and it permeated the entire cell in an instant.

These criminals, who are used to big fish and big meat, have had a rough meal for several days and still can't get enough to eat, and a bird has already faded out of their mouths.At this moment, smelling the strong aroma of wine and meat, like a hungry wolf, green light appeared in the eyes.Even if they were self-reliant, they couldn't help turning their heads to look at the door of the cell.

The scene in front of them puzzled them.

In the past few days, there were big buckets of food, and the jailers distributed a bowl to each room like pig food. Today, many jailers came, carrying bamboo baskets, and it was faintly visible that there were vegetables and vegetables in the bamboo baskets. Wine has meat.

After a while, the basket of blue food was distributed to each cell, two meat and one vegetable, and a small pot of wine. Although it was not as good as the usual big fish and meat of many prisoners, it was such a meal in the cell. , has been regarded as commendable.

Soon, they were assigned to the last numbered room. One person in the numbered room slowly climbed up from the pile of straw, took the food and wine from the gate of the fence, and brought them back inside numbly, sitting on the straw and looking at the The food and wine are in a trance.

This person is none other than Du Gongcai, the former chief executive of Northwest Beijing Road.The once majestic and invincible transfer envoy, now a prisoner, seems extremely disappointed.

First, his criminal evidence is the most complete and undisputed; second, he was not born in the imperial examination, so he cannot be regarded as a scholar-bureaucrat; third, he was also suspected of rebelling and murdering an imperial envoy.Therefore, these few days have been spent in fear, for fear that Zhao Hao would cut himself off with a single sword strike. After all, Zhao Hao has the right to kill first and then strike.

But after a few days of tossing, Du Gongcai became much thinner and haggard, his face was black and blue, and most of his hair was already pale.The food and drink are fine, but at this moment he has no appetite, even the dragon liver and phoenix marrow can hardly be swallowed, he just stares at the food and drink in a daze, without any intention of moving his chopsticks.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he jumped up as if he had been scalded by a branding iron, and hissed, "Decapitated wine, this is decapitated wine!"

It was rare for the prisoners to have a decent meal, and they were eating with gusto. The cell was filled with the sound of gurgling drinking and the sound of eating vegetables. Suddenly they heard his bluff, and their expressions changed drastically. , Putting down the bowls and chopsticks one by one, their expressions became panicked, even frightened and desperate.

"Damn it, even if he is an imperial envoy, can he execute us at will!"

"It's unreasonable, even if I'm guilty, it's not a death penalty!"

"Bold Zhao Hao, how dare you ignore the law of the country!"

……

The whole cell exploded in an instant, and there was a lot of voices, and some people started to smash the fence with chains.

"Quiet! What are you bluffing about?"

Suddenly there was a loud roar from the prison cell, which suppressed everyone's roar abruptly.When everyone heard Zhang Yue's voice, they immediately fell silent and looked up.

After a sound of drinking and smacking his lips, Zhang Yue's angry voice sounded unhurriedly: "I swear to the Taizu's stele not to kill scholar-bureaucrats, even the officials dare not violate it, let alone him An imperial envoy? I'm waiting for one hundred and nine people, only a few of them are not from the imperial examination, and now I'm waiting for the same food and drink, if it's a beheaded wine, would it be possible that he, Zhao Hao, would dare to kill us all?"

When everyone heard this, they were as if they were enlightened, and the terrified expressions on their faces gradually faded, and they heard Zhang Yue say: "I confessed my crimes yesterday, and Zhao Hao's goal has been achieved. The industry is full of self-sufficiency, coupled with the praise in the public, it is both fame and fortune. Since I am happy, I have improved my food. You don’t have to be suspicious, you have to eat and drink. ..."

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, everyone showed relieved smiles and continued to drink and chew. After Du Gongcai looked around for a while, he confirmed that his food and drink were the same as those of others, and he also relaxed to enjoy the food and drink.

……

Luoyang Street gradually regained its former vitality, and the news that the imperial envoy spread the pot of corrupt officials in the west of Beijing made Luoyang City more and more lively.

Dongjie Avenue is the location of the government office of the transfer envoy.

In a small restaurant nearby, a group of scholars in Confucian shirts waved folding fans, drinking and discussing current affairs.Most of the scholars are seventeen or eighteen years old. Scholars at this age are full of vigor, and they like to point out the country and criticize the current problems, both ancient and modern.

"Brother Ziran, as soon as my imperial envoy came to Luoyang a month ago, all the monsters and monsters had to show up... You don't want to believe it, what happened today? Haha... If you say that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Jiang is the most The one who is convinced is the Marquis of Shou'an, and he can't wait to lead his horse and kick his horse..." A tall and thin scholar seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and laughed loudly while breathing alcohol at the person opposite.

The scholar on the opposite side was of medium build. Although the tall and thin scholar sprayed his face with saliva, he didn't care. , It’s really a big deal. First, the whole family of Cheng Jie was copied with a sharp knife, and those profiteers who hoarded money were killed, and the disaster was quickly controlled. Now, the corrupt officials on Northwest Beijing Road have been wiped out... ...My admiration for the imperial envoy is like the water of a great river, flowing endlessly...Come, everyone, drink this cup to the full and applaud the imperial envoy!"

Before the words were finished, several students raised their wine glasses together and drank together.

"Alas... the imperial envoy saved millions of people in the two roads in the west of Beijing. We only have to admire it, but we just wiped it all out...hehe...but not necessarily..." An old scholar said coldly Laughed.

Someone asked suspiciously: "Brother Ziyu, what is the meaning of this? I heard that those evil officials, since Du Gongcai, have all pleaded guilty and signed their signatures. They are just waiting to be sent to the capital to be punished!"

"Hehe~ The imperial envoy is ordered to go out of the capital to patrol the sky on behalf of the sky, and the two roads in the west of the capital are under his control. If he enters the capital, how to punish the crime is beyond Shou'anhou's control... Du Gongcai was originally just a subordinate. How did he get promoted to be a senior member of the third rank and guard the shepherd side? He is so insane and unscrupulous in greedy for food for disaster relief, colluding with profiteers to drive up the price of food, does he not have a big backer behind him? The backing is so big that the Marquis of Shou'an may not be able to shake it!"

When the scholars heard it, their passion was instantly drowned by ice water, and they were stunned.After a long time, someone asked angrily: "Could it be that the millions of innocent souls who died of starvation on the two roads in the west of Beijing are just doing this for nothing?"

The older scholar shook his head and remained silent.

"Out of the list!"

Below the restaurant, there was a sudden commotion, everyone looked up, and saw a big official poster pasted at the gate of the transfer envoy's mansion, and people with good deeds rushed over like a tide.

"Go, go down and have a look!"

The proposal of the student named Zi Ran was immediately responded by all the students. They threw a string of money on the wine table, then quickly went downstairs and rushed towards the official list.

At this time, the official list was full of crowds, which would not be considered a special event in modern times, but at that time, there were not many people who could read and write on the streets.Therefore, although there are many people in front of the list, in fact, most of them are watching the excitement.

The people behind stretched their necks one by one, stood on tiptoes and looked forward, not wanting to read the official list, but actually just wanted to listen to the reading of the list in front; Pretend to know how to read words but no one can hear them clearly; there are also people who can recognize a few words and shake their heads while reciting, their voices fluctuate in rhythmic rhythms—when they encounter familiar words, they read them aloud, and when they encounter unfamiliar words, they read them out loud. So he took it over in a low voice with vague words, and after reading it for a long time, others didn't know what was said on the list; as for those who could fully understand the text of the list, they still didn't come later...

"Get out, get out!"

Following the yelling of those scholars, everyone gave way one after another... Everyone is not stupid, and at a glance, they can tell that the masters shaking their heads in front of them are sticks. Here comes the word.

Several people rushed to the front by force, and the scholar named Zi Ran took the lead and squeezed to the front of the list. He only read two lines of words on the list, and his mouth was wide open in surprise, his face full of disbelief. expression.

The rest of the people managed to squeeze over, seeing his expression, secretly surprised in their hearts, and hurriedly raised their eyes to look up the list, and after a while they all showed the same expressions as Ziran.

All the scholars turned around, looked at me, I looked at you, all stunned, as if they had seen a ghost, they couldn't believe their eyes.

Hahaha~
Ziran was the first to react, raised his head and laughed wildly: "Marquis Shou'an, the number one hero of all time!"

Hahaha~
All the scholars burst out into uncontrollable laughter, laughing until tears came out.

After a long time, the scholar surnamed Jiang stopped laughing, raised his hand, and said in a loud voice: "This matter should be clarified, let's go, go to Zuicunlou, Jiang treats guests, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

ho~
All the scholars responded one after another, so they squeezed out of the crowd together and ran towards Zuichunlou.

They tossed about in front of the list, came and went in a hurry, did not reveal a word of the content on the list, and those who watched the fun couldn't help cursing: "I'm a young sister, if you can't read, just say it, pretend to be something!"

The cursing didn't stop, and another roar came: "Go away, I don't blame you for breaking your arm!"

Everyone was furious, but they saw two strong men like bears, with fierce faces, squeezed in viciously, and the common people did not dare to provoke them, they all avoided them.Behind the two villains followed a middle-aged man with the appearance of a butler, and he squeezed all the way to the front of the list.

The middle-aged man looked at the list, and was immediately frightened out of his wits, hissed: "Follow me back to Beijing and report to my husband, something big is going to happen!"

After speaking, he squeezed out the crowd with two villains and walked away.

The crowd quarreled for a long time, but they still didn't understand what was on the list. They kept cursing "mothers with feet" and "gui grandsons", until finally another scholar came and read the contents of the list to everyone. I understand.

ho ho ho ~
There was a deafening cheer from the crowd, and some people even lifted the scholar up high, as if the scholar was a hero returning in triumph.

After a while, the earth-shattering cheers swept across the entire Luoyang City like a hurricane, and continued to spread around the city.

(End of this chapter)