I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

The people who were making trouble in the Yamen would not know that Zheng Zhipeng was living a very good life in prison.

A three-layer printed cotton quilt was used as a mattress, and the body was covered with a silk quilt. In the spotless cell, two high-hanging copper stoves were lit with two balls of precious ambergris, and a small red sandalwood table was placed. The table, food and drinks were all takeaways from Tianxianglou, and the prison boss served him as if he were his own father.

Having reached this point in prison, life is much more comfortable than living outside.

After a while, Zhang Bingzhen came over in person. Zheng Zhipeng was drinking with his legs crossed. When he saw this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Master, how about we have a drink together?"

Zhang Bingzhen angrily threw a letter in front of him and said: "The major sufferers in Ningbo Prefecture, headed by the King of Tang, have sent me blood letters, saying that their donation to save the country was purely voluntary and has nothing to do with you. Ask me to I will release you immediately."

"Oh? I didn't expect that the King of Tang and the gentry of Ningbo would understand justice so well."

"Humph!"

"Master Budo, your face looks ugly."

"Zheng...Brother Zheng, I am really busy. Millions of victims are waiting for my relief. Just send a message to the outside world and tell them to stop making trouble, okay? Let me wait for two days." Let the days pass."

"Why, Master Budo wants to let me go directly?"

"Well, you know very well that it is useless for them to continue making trouble like this. It is the gang of eunuchs you provoked on your own initiative. This matter is not something that the local government can take the final say. Otherwise, Nanjing will not be able to give you up. You're here to kick me, so why do you have to embarrass me like this?"

"Sir, I've been in prison all this time, so what's the use of begging me."

"I...hum, then you just stay here! Come here! Take away all his bedding and these food and drinks. Are you going to jail or enjoying a comfortable life?"

The prison chief thought to himself, why did you regret it again, as you had told me a thousand times to serve this man well? However, he did not dare to say anything and quickly collected the things one by one as ordered. Zheng Zhipeng smiled bitterly and said: "Ministry Hall" Sir, don't be so tough, I can't sleep on this straw mattress."

"Humph!"

Zhang Bingzhen walked away after hearing this.

"You are quite arrogant. Hey, hey, leave the wine for me. I only drank half of it. You don't bring this kind of thing."

…………

Songjiangfu

Xu Bengao was ill, and he was very ill. At first, the doctor just said that he was overly worried and anxious, and that he would get better with a little treatment. But who would have thought that the disease would get worse and worse. No matter how expensive the medicine was, it would be better. When it enters the stomach, it's like a life-threatening poison.

Only he himself knows that this is a heart disease.

With the support of his wife, Xu Bengao stood up tremblingly. Facing his uncles, brothers and sisters, he couldn't help but feel pain in his head. He forced his sick body to sit on the Taishi chair and asked, "What happened again?" , On weekdays, I ask you to provide food relief and relief, but you all do it in kind and in disobedience. Now you see that I am sick and about to die, why are you all coming back?"

"My dear nephew, what's wrong is that the unruly people have rebelled."

"Well, in a year of great disaster, when the people don't have enough to eat, don't they have to rebel? When did Uncle Six care about the people and the country?"

"No, nephew, the people are saying that it was you and Liu Xiang who colluded with each other, so Liu Xiang blew up the river embankment and flooded the fields. Our village outside was burned down with a fire. !”

"what?"

Xu Bengao stood up and said, "Who said that, who said that Liu Xiang and I colluded? Is it Zheng Zhipeng? He is talking nonsense! What evidence does he have?"

Everyone looked at each other in shock. Xu Bengao's reaction was indeed a bit unexpected.

"This... well, it's my fault that the uncles were confused. Didn't they want to take advantage of the disaster to buy some land? Maybe they bought a little more land, but... how could they suspect you of colluding with Liu Xiang? You are a dignified person. Second-grade officer, don’t these unscrupulous people have any brains? My nephew, you have a good relationship with Prime Minister Wen, can you borrow some troops from Nanjing to protect us? We are all a little scared, in case..."

Xu Ben was so angry that he threw the crutch in his hand on the heads of the elders: "Annexe the land! I never said that this disaster is different from the past, and no one is allowed to annex the land! Our Xu family already has enough land. There’s so much land, why do you need so much land, raising horses? I asked you to open warehouses to provide food relief and none of you did it, but now when something goes wrong, they all come to me, I..."

Speaking of excitement, Xu Bengao actually had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat. He couldn't spit it out or swallow it. He rolled his eyes and choked. The whole Xu family was frightened.

In a daze, Xu Bengao seemed to see countless sallow and thin faces flying towards him non-stop, each with a big mouth trying to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

"It's not me...it's not me...it's not me...it was Liu Xiang who hurt you, don't look for me..."

"Master, what's wrong with you? Master, what's wrong with you, master?"

"Ah!!! It's not me!!!!"

Xu Bengao sat up suddenly, his whole body covered with sweat again.This is already the dozens of times this month.

"Sir, you must be having nightmares again. Come on, master, drink a bowl of soothing medicine, and don't be angry about your uncles anymore."

"Drink medicine? Yes, drink medicine, I want to drink medicine."

Xu Bengao took the medicine bowl in a daze, but the clearly black medicine suddenly turned blood red in his eyes. He was so frightened that he threw it away with a groan: "It's not me!!! Don't come. Come to me! Don’t come to me!!”

"Master, master, master, what's wrong with you? Master, master."

His wife was frightened. Is this still the gentle and elegant man who remained calm despite the collapse of the mountain?She quickly hugged the person into her arms, only to find that Xu Bengao buried his head in her chest and hugged him tightly, like a child, as if he was still...crying?

"I have no choice, I am... I do it for the overall situation, I have to do it, I do it for the world, for the sake of righteousness, I am not doing it for myself this time, no... really not..."

"Master... Master, what are you talking about? It's okay, it's okay. I'll just let them go. I'll let them go wherever they came from."

After saying that, even she burst into tears.

In fact, in the past half month, Xu Bengao's spirit has collapsed. If others can't see the clues, can't she, the person next to her, also not see it?In addition, she knew very well that her master had written a letter to Liu Xiang when he was still in the capital before returning to his hometown. It was just that Xu Bengao had been mumbling about me, so he was just lying to himself.

Now, it can no longer be deceived.

"Master, let's leave Songjiang and return to Beijing."

"Leave...back to Beijing? Can I still...go back?"