"It's time to eat!"
The jailers don't need to worry about this kind of thing. Someone will prepare delicious food for the prisoners. The jailers only need to deliver the meals to each cell.
Since the prisoners were not extremely evil people, but rather upright and upright, it seemed that being in prison was a glorious thing. Therefore, even if the prisoners were not shackled, the jailers were not afraid that they would take risks.
In line with the principle of tightness in the front and simplicity in the back, preparing meals for the prisoners is not much better. Except for a few exceptions, the meat and fish are basically invisible.
It would be nice to be able to eat pickles and rice. This means that the prisoners are scholars, so a small number of ordinary prisoners can borrow the money.
If it had been before and there would have been ordinary prisoners inside, they would have been treated with coarse grains, which would be no better than feeding livestock.
"Peng Bin! Chen Mingxia!"
"exist!"
"These two portions belong to both of you!"
"……good!"
There are six people in Peng Bin's cell, but the jailer specifically said this to the two of them, which is why there is a mystery.
The secret is that the food in these two big names has added ingredients, that is, chicken legs and lard!
Others do not receive this treatment, and this is something that has been specifically taken care of above.
Now the jailer finally understood that the two of them had just worked so hard to engage in a verbal spat with the people around them.
"Eat quickly!"
"good!"
The two of them looked at each other, picked up the big bowl and put it into their mouths. The taste was indeed unusual, not like prison food at all, but comparable to the taste of a restaurant.
In addition to green vegetables, there is also a whole chicken leg in Dahai's bowl. He usually eats this often, but today he is in jail and it tastes particularly delicious.
These two didn't look like scholars at all, they were just like hungry ghosts, gobbling up food.
"Ah? Jailer! Why aren't there any chicken legs in the bowls waiting for us?"
Wei Xuelian was very dissatisfied with such differential treatment and had to ask clearly.
"Don't you call yourself loyal and good? Now that the country is in dire straits, you still want to eat chicken drumsticks? Humph!"
The jailer completely looked down on such people who had high ambitions and low abilities, and while he was racking his brains to become an official, he cursed the emperor.
"You...why do these two people exist?"
Seeing Peng Bin and Chen Mingxia eating so well, Wei Xuelian was really angry.
"Er Chen! I plead guilty! Do you want to plead guilty too?"
This couldn't be easier to explain. From the jailer's point of view, using a chicken leg to persuade him to surrender was really appropriate.
"..."
Wei Xuelian was speechless now. He wanted to make himself plead guilty under such conditions?
This is so ridiculous, I will never be fooled!
Otherwise, I will be ridiculed by these two thieves for the rest of my life, and I still have to continue to persevere.
But seeing Peng Bin and Chen Mingxia eating so deliciously, Wei Xuelian's stomach began to growl again...
Not only him, but also Gong Dingzi and Ruan Dacheng had normal reactions.
Look at the pickles in your own bowl, and then look at the vegetables and chicken legs in someone else's bowl. The psychological gap is too big.
"To be so contemptuous is obviously contempt for us!"
Gong Ding was so angry that he smashed the bowl. Everyone was fighting for it, and he was not short of a bowl of rice.
"Hey~! You have quite a temper! OK, OK! You are a man. If you have the guts, just stop eating. Let's see how long you can survive!"
The jailer was delivering meals to other cells. When he heard the sound of breaking, he turned around and saw the situation. This kind of thing has long been commonplace.
"I, as a noble man, will never give in to the hawks and dogs of the factory guard!"
Gong Dingzi stood up, knocked down the hem of his robe with his hand, and spoke harshly to the jailer with great ambition.
"Save food for my Ming Dynasty! You are indeed a 'good Zhongliang'! Do you want to eat the other 'Zhongliang's? If you don't eat, you will save more!"
This is his own territory. The jailer has seen all kinds of strange prisoners, and the scholars have seen it all the time.
Don’t you think you are very capable?
OK!
Then let's see who can't stop first!
The jailer took advantage of the situation and turned around, making the man in front of him a target of public criticism.
After listening to the jailer's questions, many people in Maoxiang's cell complained about Gong Dingzi in their hearts.
Pickles and rice are also rice!
If you skip a meal, you will become hungry. If you can bear it, why don’t you ask us if we can bear it?
But in order to support Gong Dingzi, the scholars in other cells naturally would not compromise or give in to the jailer.
If you don’t want to eat, don’t eat!
It is definitely not a man to be forced to land by food!
"Okay! You guys are ready to take care of it! We won't pack it up, so we will put the food at your door and collect it tomorrow morning. I'll see which cell has less food! Don't blame me for not delivering food to you by then!"
Dare you call your number?
The jailer thought it was really interesting. It just depends on whether these scholars have the backbone to refuse to eat the food they have come to complain about.
"The factory guards are persecuting us like this. As loyal people, how can we surrender to the hawks and dogs?"
Yang Weidou stated his attitude confidently and sternly, just to let the other party understand that they were not comparable to ordinary prisoners.
"Yes! What Brother Yang said is absolutely true! We are strong-willed and have great perseverance. We are determined not to touch Yao easily. We are as ambitious as the swans!"
Wu Yingji immediately began to support Yang Weidou. At this time, he must strengthen his belief and share the same hatred with the enemy in order to turn the crisis into safety.
"Haha, you think we don't understand? That's it! That's it! You are all big birds that are difficult to maintain. We can't afford to offend you. We'll just watch when you soar into the sky!"
In comparison, guarding scholars should be the easiest job, and the jailers will not look for trouble.
Besides, there will be special personnel to deal with these stubborn people, and they can all watch the fun from the side.
"Ah~! Delicious!"
After the jailer had delivered meals to all the cells in the corridor, Peng Bin sighed deeply after enjoying his meal.
Putting the big bowl aside, he leaned against the wall next to the fence, rubbing his belly with one hand and putting the other behind his head as a pillow.
"After you finish your decapitation meal, go and die!"
Wei Xuelian felt disgusted when he saw Peng Bin's virtue that seemed to take advantage of him, and he simply cursed.
"Whether I live or die, you don't need to worry about it. On the other hand, you are designated as the second minister by the heavenly book, but you keep claiming to be loyal and good. Your future is worrying! Oh, no, I said it wrong. There is no future. You can go directly to On the edge of the cliff, if you take one more step forward, you will miss the mark! Hehe!"
After eating, although his body became lazy and motionless, the cell was not big and there was no place to move.
Peng Bin simply regarded the rebuttal of the man in front of him as an act of digestion.
"you……"
"The chicken legs are fragrant and delicious! They are extremely delicious! Tsk tsk!"
Peng Bin not only talked, but also clucked his lips. Hungry people would be even more irritated when they heard that sound.
"Don't be complacent! Even if you, a thief like you, are lucky enough to survive today, your days are numbered. If you eat one meal, you will lose one!"
Wei Xuelian believed that Chongzhen was a narrow-minded person, otherwise he would not have killed so many ministers. Since Peng Bin admitted that he was a second minister, he would not live long.
"Thank you for reminding me. I already know it. If I am executed, it is destiny, and there is nothing wrong with it. But you, a loyal minister who claims to be loyal and good, are you still complaining about injustice when you are executed? You will still starve to death when you die. Ghost! Haha!”
After eating, he will feel better. Now Peng Bin is letting the other party instigate him, but he is not angry.
"You... a gentleman will never eat food that comes from your mouth!"
Wei Xuelian was angry and hungry at the moment, especially when he saw Peng Bin actually eating a whole chicken drumstick. He was really angry. If he had known this, he would have snatched the drumstick away and eaten it himself.
"Save it! This is your meal! If I plead guilty, Your Majesty can be generous and reward you with a chicken leg. You are so stubborn even when you are about to die, just eat the pickles honestly. After eating the pickles, you can go on the road in peace. !”
We don’t want to be superior to others, we just want to be superior to you!
I just want to make you angry, piss you off, piss you off to death!
When Peng Bin saw Wei Xuelian's appearance now, he thought of his previous appearance.
To describe it in four words, it’s shameful and proud!
He was a loyal and good man, but he supported merchants to evade taxes under the guise of resisting the emperor's seizure of Min's profits...
This is extremely shameless!
"If Chongzhen kills loyal people like us, he will be known as a coward and will be infamy for thousands of years!"
Wei Xuelian stood opposite, looking at Peng Bin with his hands behind his back, still feeling that he and his colleagues would not be killed.
"There are quite a few Zhongliangs among everyone, but in this cell, none of them are Zhongliangs. Don't lick your face and go to Zhongliang's side. Can you run to the opposite cell? The Zhongliangs are the ones over there. ! You Wei Xuelian is just a second minister, a second minister who can never change your identity! You can deny it, but sooner or later the content described in the heavenly book will be announced to the world. Even if Huang En is so great, His Majesty will pardon you, and the world will know that you Wei Xuelian is a second minister. , like a rat crossing the street! Hahahaha..."
Peng Bin didn't know if Yang Weidou was the second minister, but he remembered it clearly, and Chen Mingxia was sure of it.
"You thief are deliberately slandering my innocence again!"
Wei Xuelian believed that he was no different from other scholars. Since others had no faults, he himself had no faults either.
"Innocent? Hmph! How can a person who talks about the word 'innocent' be a good person?"
Peng Bin looked down upon people like this who were exposed but still had high self-esteem. Today, he happened to meet such a person.
"Everyone can prove it to me, but you, a thief, will definitely be infamy for thousands of years!"
Just now, everyone resisted eating together, which was equivalent to supporting him. Wei Xuelian was no longer as hesitant as before.
"Everyone? A profiteer guarantees that a profiteer is a good person? By analogy, a person who claims to be loyal can also guarantee that a person who claims to be loyal is a good person? It's really the most ridiculous thing in the world! It's an eye-opener for me! He is greedy for life and fear of death, seeking fame and reputation, and only seeking profit. Senior, falsely calling yourself Zhongliang, is this a discredit to the word Zhongliang? You are collecting benefits while claiming to be Zhongliang, which makes me look at you with admiration! Dare you speak for the other two people? Do you dare to guarantee that this person is a Zhongliang who has never received gifts from merchants? "
Your tricks will eventually show off, is it possible that you are still unaware of it?
"Hmph! Why don't you dare?"
Gong Dingzi decided to fight Peng Bin, a thief, to the end, and not to increase his arrogance.
"..."
Ruan Dacheng did not speak immediately, but just sat silently.
"Master Ruan! Why don't you speak?"
Gong Dingzi hurriedly urged. In this cell, the person with the most weight was Ruan Dacheng.
"As a teacher, you can't protect yourself, let alone protect others?"
Ruan Dacheng didn't miss those two young and energetic people, but he thought deeply, a lot, and very far.
"Ah? Why...why not?"
Gong Dingzi was puzzled and quite unhappy with Ruan Dacheng.
"Xiaosheng, let me put aside the relationship between teacher and student. Let me ask you, can you reflect on all the things before?"
Ruan Dacheng had also heard a little bit about the things about the people in front of him.
"I don't know what needs to be reflected on?"
Gong Dingzi was confused and had no idea what Ruan Dacheng's intention was.
"Xiaosheng, you are very talented. You became a high school scholar at the age of nineteen, and you are the envy of everyone. You then served as the magistrate of Qichun County in Huguang. Because of your merits in suppressing the bandits, you were transferred to Beidu. However, you were enriched for your own money. But you were demoted. Fortunately, you were favored by the Holy One, and you were freed from the pain of prison and the mines. If trouble happens again now, do you know that you can still get the Holy Love for a second time? "
In just five years, Gong Dingzi has gone from being a rising star to disappearing from the public, which makes people sigh.
This matter has nothing to do with Ruan Dacheng, but for the sake of being imprisoned together, we should take some care of this young man to avoid making the same mistake again.
"Holy Family? A student has contributed a lot to the court, but was dismissed from office because of his worldliness. Isn't this an act of betrayal and adding insult to injury? Master Ruan must not fall in love with that thief Peng Bin!"
After all these twists and turns, Gong Dingzi was full of resentment towards Prince Gou. As long as the scholars could resist the imperial edict and force Chongzhen to compromise, they would be indirectly avenging themselves.
"In this case, Xiaosheng, let me ask you, if I were your superior, and you gave me ten thousand taels of silver in the name of 'Shuxiu' (sounds pronunciated by fellow practitioners), and arranged a good job for you as a teacher, would it be considered a merciful thing or a sophistication? Breaking the law?"
Ruan Dacheng directly raised a very subtle question and asked Gong Dingzi to answer it to see how he answered.
"This... is naturally a human thing!"
Gong Dingzi was not stupid enough to give the wrong answer, and he seemed to have guessed Ruan Dacheng's intention.
"Yes, in this way, there will be no more people in the world who practice favoritism and malpractice!"
Ruan Dacheng stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully. He didn't say the second half of the sentence, but he should be able to guess what it was about.
"Master Ruan! What do you mean by that?"
"If we are all guilty, and the guilty vouch for the guilty, how can we be innocent? If we are innocent, then there will be no guilty people in the world! Haha!"
"..."
"If we use human nature as a guise, then it is not illegal to give gifts between teachers and students, it is not illegal to give gifts between fellow villagers, and it is not illegal to give gifts between classmates. As a teacher, you want to know how many illegal things are left in the world? You should know the reputation of being a teacher. The reason for the poor performance can be traced back to the gift-giving! If I had been upright as a teacher, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today. It was just a bit of hardship in the countryside, but I could have avoided lying in such troubled waters! If you Although Qingfeng with two sleeves will not be promoted to the Ministry of War, he will definitely not be imprisoned with my teacher! If you say something you don't like to hear, my teacher is a very bad teacher, and the same is true for you, my student! If a person has no greed, how can he commit any sin?"
After Ruan Dacheng finished speaking, he stood up and went over to get a big bowl full of rice and started eating as if no one else was watching.
"Well said! Master Ruan's words should be used as a warning!"
Chen Mingxia applauded these remarks and nodded in praise.
"Master Ruan, how can you eat such food?"
Gong Dingzi knew that he was in the wrong, and he couldn't say anything about what he said before, but he still didn't want Ruan Dacheng to take the lead in violating everyone's agreement.
"I originally did not believe in the existence of the immortal world, but the fact that His Highness the Crown Prince was able to repel the Donglu was due to God's will, and it indeed exists. If so, what the Heavenly Book says can be believed. If I were a disloyal minister, I would be blinded by the power of the leader. It is your own fault, and you have to accept your fate for your master. We are all mortals, and we must know that the destiny of heaven cannot be violated, and man cannot defeat God! This is not His Highness the Crown Prince who asked me to die for my master, but His Majesty Taizu Gao Emperor who asked me to die for my master. How can we violate this? If a bowl of rice is a decapitation meal, a teacher should eat it!"
Ruan Dacheng hurriedly took two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth. He had not eaten at noon, and he had eaten very little in the morning, so he was already starving.
"..."
Peng Bin was dumbfounded. Is this okay?
This guy eats really confidently!
Thinking of this, he looked at Chen Mingxia again.
It seems that this guy does have the potential to be a second minister!
He is thick-skinned, eloquent, and dares to blatantly deceive others!
Are the previous words considered Ruan Dacheng’s reflection?
What kind of virtue is it to take refuge in Ruan Dacheng, who is nine thousand years old?
Just like the pickles in the bowl, if there are chicken legs, who can appreciate the pickles?
