"That's it! Let's try again tomorrow!" Wang Qian waved and left with Zhuang Jing.
"That man named Zhang won't let him go, right?" Wang Qian muttered to himself after leaving the dungeon.
Zhuang Jing said: "Qianhu, didn't you say that this is a prisoner appointed by the emperor?"
"I was bluffing him!" Wang Qian said.
Zhuang Jing was shocked.
Wang Qian didn't notice Zhuang Jing's expression, and comforted himself: "Let him go, King Kong will talk to him!"
Zhang Bi untied Lin Linyou, grabbed a chair and sat down, looking at Lin Linyou, who was tortured to pieces. He was such a handsome man, but now he probably doesn't even recognize his mother.
Lin Linyou smiled sadly: "Brother, they almost beat the shit out of me... Fortunately, I pooped cleanly and only leaked a few drops of urine. Isn't it embarrassing?"
"At this time, it doesn't matter whether you are embarrassed or not. It's enough that your life is not lost." Zhang Ben said.
Several captains were trembling and at a loss.
"If I die, I will ask you to take care of my little sister and Rong'er." Lin Linyou said.
"Don't worry, good buddy! If you don't tell me, I will take good care of them!" Zhang Bi held Lin Linyou's hand, and then he realized that this sentence was the same as "I went to the hospital today and met your ex-girlfriend." There is a trap, so I quickly added: "As long as my brothers are here, you won't die!"
"Good brother! I knew you would take me away!" Lin Linyou also grabbed Zhang Bi's hand, "I can't stay in this bad place for a moment! It's not the pain on my body, but the pain inside. It smells so much like my high school dormitory!”
In the past, Lin Lin swam into the imperial prison and only walked around outside. How had he ever gotten into the cell? Now that I entered the cell, I realized that the smell inside was comparable to the stinky feet of my high school roommate who hadn't washed them for a month. It was so disgusting.
Zhang Ben's heart was heavy. He looked at Lin Linyou's eyes, which were swollen like walnuts, and there was a light of expectation in the slits. He didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"You look like the puppy that was stung by a bee now." After a long time, Zhang Ben smiled bitterly and slowly withdrew his hand, "Brother, you can't leave now."
Lin Linyou was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I understand. Brother, don't blame yourself."
"But trust me, you'll get out soon!"
"How soon is it soon?"
"Soon...according to the history books, Ji Gang will be dismissed next year and be punished by Lingchi, so..."
"So, I have to stay here for another year?"
"Don't worry, I will never let them torture you again." Zhang Ben said, "I will come to watch you often."
Lin Linyou remained silent.
Zhang Bi quickly said: "Second brother, you must resist! Think about my little sister and Rong'er. If you go out now, you will only harm them."
"Little sister Rong'er, I can rest assured that you will take care of me." Lin Linyou said.
Knowing that with Lin Linyou's temperament, he would never be willing to stay in prison, he would definitely do something, either die or live towards death! Zhang Ben was worried: "Second brother, you must not be impulsive! Being passionate and motivated will kill people! It will even kill yourself!"
"Didn't Ji Gang and the others kill enough people?" Lin Linyou asked, "If you keep him for one more year, a few more people will die."
"Do you think history can be changed?" Zhang Bi said in a low voice, "If the emperor doesn't open his mouth, neither you nor I can kill Ji Gang!"
"I never thought about changing the world or the Ming Dynasty. I just wanted to live as I wanted." Lin Linyou said, "I used to live a very useless life, so I don't want to be such a useless person in the Ming Dynasty."
"Second brother, you still don't understand! The game in the court is not the fighting and killing in the arena! It is far more cruel than fighting and killing!" Zhang Bi became excited.
"I don't understand court games." Lin Linyou said, "I only know how to fight and kill."
Perhaps, it makes sense for God to give him the identity of a time traveler, Jin Yiwei.
If he knew how to play in the court, he would not be a royal guard, but a eunuch or a cabinet minister.
"I should have let you go to the West in the first place." Zhang Ben sighed helplessly.
…
In the next few days, Zhang Ben came to visit Lin Linyou often as promised, and Zhuang Jing and others did not torture him anymore.
Zhang Bi brought a few books: "I told my little sister and Rong'er that you are out on business, so you don't have to worry too much."
"Tao De Zhen", "Tai Shang Laojun Speaks of Chang Qing Jing Jing", "Book of Changes"... Lin Lin flipped through the pages: "Why are they all these books?"
"Reading these books can get rid of your inner demons and calm your mind." Zhang Ben said, "Your imperial uncles will only make you more impetuous."
Lin Linyou has been reading these Taoist classics and other books for several days, but he still doesn't feel calm. From this, it seems that his inner demon is quite powerful.
In addition to reading, I also practice the method of breathing and exhaling. Who would have thought that breathing in and out, which everyone usually does, is actually a method of practice?
As the saying goes, chopping wood is practice, eating is practice, every word, every action, every breath and every breath is practice.
Before he knew it, he had been in the imperial prison for more than a month, and all the wounds from the torture on his body had healed. Only the egg on the lower left side still hurts occasionally. I'm afraid it was damaged by Zhuang Jing!
Every time his egg hurts, Lin Linyou hates Zhuang Jing so much that his teeth itch with hatred. How can his heart be calm like this?
On this day, Lin Linyou looked through the "Book of Changes", reading ten lines at a glance, without asking for a clear explanation. When he was reading the fifth line of the Qian hexagram, the flying dragon was in the sky, and suddenly he felt a surge of heat in the Dantian in his body. Overjoyed, he turned his head again. Read carefully, "On the 9th, the flying dragon is in the sky, it is good to see the adults"...
As he recited this sentence, the heat in his body gradually circulated throughout his body, and his limbs suddenly felt extremely comfortable. He had a wonderful feeling of being as light as a swallow, and his eggs no longer hurt.
Suddenly I thought that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Canglong Qisu soared in the center of due south, in the most central position of the year. The flying dragon is in the sky, the dragon is soaring and the tiger is leaping, vigorous and enterprising, constantly striving for self-improvement; the flying dragon is like a fish returning to the sea, galloping freely!
Then the words "Tai Shang Laojun Speaks of Everlasting Purity Sutra" that I read came to mind, "Madam, the mind likes to be pure, but the heart is disturbed; the heart likes to be quiet, but wants to lead it", "How can desire arise when there is silence? When desire does not arise, that is true tranquility”…
"Bang!" Suddenly there was a sound, and the prison uniform on his body was shattered and scattered, and a cloud of dust rose in the air. With this sound, Lin Linyou seemed to feel that all the turbid air in his body was expelled, and his heart became much calmer. , my mind felt as if it was empty, very relaxed.
"The clothes are torn on their own!" The prisoners next door heard the sound and watched.
…
In the thirteenth year of Yongle, Dragon Boat Festival.
In the Daming Palace, the Dragon Boat Festival is the most important. During the Hongzhi period, Xiaozong personally wrote a peach talisman during the Dragon Boat Festival and hung it in the side hall. It said: "The colorful thread forms a long lifeline, and the cinnabar script creates a military talisman."
In the palace, as in the folk customs, moxa and tigers were hung at the palace gates, moxa and calamus were placed, realgar wine and dogwood wine were served, and rice millet, fried dumplings, bacon, chicken and fish were served. They also used red and yellow summer towels, gauze fans, sweat towels, etc. to make various wearing utensils, including small leather gold charms, large five-poison charms, children's hundred locks, woolen thread hidden back cards, etc. They wore five-poison flowers and drank realgar wine. Used to avoid the five poisons.
In the north, shooting willow trees during the Dragon Boat Festival is an important activity. Get up early that morning, find a willow branch, and peel off a section of green skin from the middle and upper part of the branch to expose the white skin. "Peel the skin and make it white" as a bull's-eye. Then everyone galloped on horseback, bent their bows and arrows and fired at the same time. The winner was the one who broke the willow trunk and then caught the broken willow on horseback. "The one who breaks the willow and catches it with his hand and gallops away is the winner."
Zhu Di had been in Peiping since he was twenty years old. He was accustomed to the life in the north and insisted on moving the capital. In addition to guarding the country, his personal liking for the north was also an important reason.
Therefore, the activity of shooting willows was naturally taken more seriously in the palace.
On this day, Ji Gang entered the palace early to celebrate the festival.
Jia Quan's words echoed in his mind: Your Excellency, please remember not to shoot willow trees in the palace on Dragon Boat Festival.
Ever since Jia Quan was almost drowned by Lin Linyou, Ji Gang didn't trust him very much. When he entered the palace to shoot willows, the emperor asked me to shoot, how dare I not to shoot?
What kind of strategy is this?
However, he also felt that the focus should be on the second half of Jia Quan's sentence: If you shoot, don't talk to Pang Ying!
Could it be that Pang Ying has second thoughts?
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