Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

Lu Qingzhe knelt down to resign General Qian, with tears in his eyes at a young age, he was thinking about his relatives in prison, and wished he could fly back to the capital with his wings.

More than half a month later, when they arrived at Weishui, the holy edict arrived in Nantong.

The person who carried the oracle was found by Zhang Shoubei. This person looked very similar to the previous servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When he arrived in Nantong, he went directly to Ju County.

When he saw the minister of punishment, he knelt down and presented the holy edict.

After reading it, the servant of the Ministry of punishment fell down on the chair, how could it be?

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment couldn't believe it. His hands trembled from the thunder, and he picked up the sacred book in a panic and looked at it carefully. There was indeed His Majesty's seal.

"Hey, I'm going to be executed if I don't find out clearly? This is not right!" The servant of the punishment department stood up and looked at the servant who was kneeling on the ground. "I ask you, where did the holy edict come from?"

"It was reported from the Golden Palace." The impostor yamen servant lowered his head and said, "That day, the adults discussed for a long time in the Golden Palace, and the morning court ended at noon. Afterwards, Director Wang came out with a handbook and handed it to his subordinates."

"It seems that what Lord Shangshu said is true. There are people in the court who want Lord Lu's life." The servant of the Ministry of Punishment sighed with his hands behind his back. Cruel supervision?If the Lu family gets redressed in the future, he will be a sinner forever.

"What should I do?" The servant of the Ministry of Punishment paced back and forth anxiously in the room, and finally stopped by the door, slamming his fist on the door frame, thinking about it: "I can't kill, I can't kill, I think I have read it well since I was a child." The sage book, how can I let the Ministry of Justice's sword bring out the wronged soul? Tomorrow, if the whole family of the Lu family is beheaded, the officials will be tainted from now on, and the scholars have repeated their names since ancient times. How can I have no conscience to supervise the beheading?"

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment quickly turned around, walked to the desk, and wanted to write a letter to Lord Shangshu, but stopped writing after writing two words, and shook his head. No way, otherwise how could the oracle be sent out of the Golden Luang Hall?All the ministers in the court and the central government have compromised. If he, a servant, hesitates to disobey the holy will, catastrophe will come at him in an instant.

The servant of the punishment department sighed, and wrote a sentence on the paper: "If you don't kill the Lu family tomorrow, the crime of disobeying the holy order is not a light one. Fate and conscience are difficult to balance, and we must weigh it again and again to be cruel."

"Come on, let's go to the prison in Ju County." The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stood up and strode out.

When they arrived at the prison, the servant of the criminal department came to the cell where Lu Wenzheng was being guarded, and waved his hands to let the servants back down.

Lu Wenzheng looked at the stern face of the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and his heart sank.

The servant of the punishment department bowed to Lu Wenzheng, straightened his waist and said, "Brother Lu, I'm sorry."

"Your Majesty, didn't he make a thorough investigation?" Lu Wenzheng didn't believe it. "Is there a statement in your notebook that the "Thousand Bamboo Picture" was given by the late emperor? If there is any doubt, Your Majesty will not make a decree. Unless, unless I have pleaded guilty, otherwise, otherwise, why would His Majesty watch his subjects die in vain?"

As soon as this remark came out, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment was stunned. He also knew His Majesty's behavior. This time he clearly wrote that there seemed to be grievances. How could His Majesty order beheading?

"Brother Lu, I've written everything that should be written in the booklet. I'm sorry for the ending. I'm sorry." The servant of the Ministry of Punishment said and left in a hurry. At the end of the day, he couldn't bear the crime of disobedience.

Lu Wenzheng heard the words and supported the wooden pillar and slowly fell to the ground. It's over, it's over, how could Your Majesty do it?

It's a pity that he was an upright official all his life, but his whole family was executed.

"God, open your eyes." Lu Wenzheng was very sad and indignant. His death was not a pity, and he lamented his pair of children.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment walked to the door of the prison, looked in and ordered the jailer in a low voice: "Get three tables of good food and bring them to the Lu family."

Zhu Zi was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked, "Dare to ask the imperial envoy, what is this?"

"Tomorrow at noon, the Lu family will be supervised and beheaded." The servant of the Ministry of punishment was even more annoyed after saying this, and left with his sleeves shaken.

Zhu Zi came back to his senses and sighed, things are impermanent.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment walked to the sedan chair, and was about to get on the sedan chair when he was stopped by someone. Looking back, he saw several scholars.

"The students have met the imperial envoy." Lin Yunsheng bowed and saluted.

"Are you?" The Minister of Criminal Justice looked at Lin Yunsheng.

"My father's household servant Lin Quan." Lin Yunsheng replied.

"Oh, so it's Nephew Lin Xian, who came to visit Nantong's mountains and rivers?"

Lin Yunsheng said: "My lord, the student is from Nantong, my father is an official in Beijing, and the student and mother stay in their hometown."

"Oh, what about my nephew?"

"I beg you to be considerate, Rong students go in and meet Master Lu." Lin Yunsheng raised his head to look at the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and he frowned as expected.

"What does my nephew want?"

Lin Yunsheng clasped his fists and said, "When Master Lu was an official in Beijing, he supervised the examination of the Jiazi Year Tribute Academy. He is my mentor. He came here to visit today and asks for your permission."

"He is a criminal detained by His Majesty, and he cannot visit the prison." The Minister of Criminal Affairs is afraid that these students will cause trouble. If Lu Wenzheng is rescued by these students, he will lose the criminal, and he will inevitably be responsible.

Lin Yunsheng heard the words and said: "My lord, my father is an official in the same dynasty as you, please take care of my father and be accommodating."

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment recalled the matter of being executed in prison tomorrow. These students were afraid that they would never see Lu Wenzheng again, so he thought for a moment and sighed: "It's rare that you have such a heart, and it's okay to visit the prison, but only one of you can enter the prison." .”

"Thank you, sir." Lin Yunsheng cupped his hands in thanks, turned around, whispered to his classmates, and strode towards the prison.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stared at Lin Yunsheng's back in a daze, let's go and see, this is the last time, and there will be no chance in the future.

Lin Yunsheng entered the prison, and under the leadership of the jailer, he saw the decadent Lu Wenzheng.

"Lord Lu."

Lu Wenzheng looked up when he heard the words, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, he was somewhat familiar but couldn't remember who it was.

"My lord, student Lin Yunsheng has met your lord." Lin Yunzheng saluted, "Please cheer up, my lord. My father and my lord's brother are trying every means to rescue my lord."

"Hehe, it's late, it's late." Lu Wenzheng stood up struggling, "Your Majesty has already decreed that he will be beheaded tomorrow."

"What?" Lin Yunsheng was shocked, "But my father's letter only taught students to join hands with Nantong students to write a joint letter, and did not mention His Majesty's decree."

"Well, when did you get your father's letter?"

"About half a month."

Lu Wenzheng shook his head and said: "Hey, when you received the letter, it was probably the time for His Majesty's decree. Everything was too late. Thank you father for me. It is easy to add flowers, but it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow. It is a pity that your father was in vain. I'm busy, this kindness Lu has to repay in the next life."

"My lord." Lin Yunsheng knelt down, "my father has been favored by my lord, and my lord is also the mentor of the students in the scientific examination. My lord is a benefactor of the Lin family. The students must find a way to rescue my lord."

Lu Wenzheng was startled when he heard the words, seeing Lin Yunsheng's death-like look in his eyes, he panicked, "Don't think about it like this."

"My lord, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about no firewood." Lin Yunsheng said anxiously.

"In that case, I will be more guilty of absconding in fear of crime. Lu has been abiding by the law all his life. I would rather die in the execution ground than do illegal things. I understand my nephew's wishes." After speaking, Lu Wenzheng turned slowly and said with his hands behind his back. : "Nephew, please go back."

"My lord." Lin Yunzheng wanted to persuade him again, but it was obvious that Lu Wenzheng had a firm attitude, kowtowed his head, and left with sorrow in his eyes.

"My lord, please drink and eat." The jailer opened the door and brought in a table of good wine and food.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

At the same time, the other two prison cells were also cut off from good food.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat." The jailer carried the food into the cells where Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi were respectively.

Shen Wenchang smeared several pieces of ashes on his face to conceal his eyes, and let down some of the hair in front of his forehead. Hearing this, he pulled away the hair that was in front of his eyes, and saw that there were fish and meat on the dinner table. He felt happy and picked up the chopsticks to eat up.

"Brother jailer, I didn't give you any money to buy fish today, why..." Lu Qingyi asked doubtfully.

"Hey, Ms. Lu, the higher-ups have spoken. Tomorrow, tomorrow, is the day you go to the execution ground. This is your meal." The jailer said.

"Pfft, cough cough, cough cough." Shen Wenchang was having a good meal next door, but he choked and coughed.

The jailer shook his head and left.

Mrs. Lu almost fainted, and was supported by Lu Qingyi to sit down.

"Mother, mother." Lu Qingyi followed Mrs. Lu's heart.

"Hui, Hui Ban, my poor daughter." Mrs. Lu cried while hugging her daughter.

Lu Qingyi also had tears in her eyes, choked up in her mother's arms and couldn't say a word to comfort her.

Shen Wenchang was dumbfounded and looked at the mother and daughter crying next to each other. She just felt as if she was dreaming. She raised her hand and touched her neck, and suddenly shivered and shivered. She was about to move her head tomorrow. ?

Lu Qingyi was wiping tears in her mother's arms, but when she looked up, she saw that the person opposite seemed to have lost her soul, she stood up, ran to the wooden pillar, and squatted down, ignoring other things.

"Wen Chang, Wen Chang?"

Hearing this, Shen Wenchang slowly turned his head to look at Lu Qingyi, who was stunned, suddenly felt his nose sore, she hadn't married Yiyi yet.

"Yiyi, we..." Shen Wenchang choked with sobs, then said slowly, "Are we really going to go to the guillotine tomorrow?"

Lu Qingyi burst into tears when she heard the words, bit her lower lip and looked at Shen Wenchang. After all, she was not lucky to marry this person.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Shen Wenchang panicked, knelt and approached, raised his finger, and wiped Lu Qingyi's tears with his fingertips, "Yiyi, don't cry, let's go to beg Yan Yan together after Ming'er dies." My lord, whoever has the good and evil life and death book with the lord of the underworld, must know that we were wronged, and when the time comes, maybe we will be rehabilitated, so don't cry, don't cry."

Shen Wenchang tried to persuade Lu Qingyi, but tears flowed from her eyes. She couldn't believe such a lie to a child.

"Wen Chang, do you still remember the day I just went to the academy, we had to make an agreement?" Lu Qingyi lowered his head and wiped away his tears, looking at Shen Wenchang.

"Three chapters of the agreement?" Shen Wenchang raised his sleeve and wiped his face. She can't go to the academy to fetch water now, can she?

"At that time, the second point, you said it was unreasonable, I said I will tell you when I think about it." Lu Qingyi's eyes were affectionate, "Now the second point, I have thought of it."

"Ah?" Shen Wenchang couldn't figure out why Lu Qingyi wanted to talk about the three chapters of the past agreement when life and death were at stake.

"Second, I, I will let you marry me." Lu Qingyi's tears that had just been wiped came out again, "I want you to marry me right now, right now."