Nie Chen walked out first, and several guards carried Mingxuan. When passing by the door of the prison, Nie Chen saw the prison head sitting on a recliner, so he ruthlessly commandeered Jiang Lian and let Jiang Lian lie on the recliner and carry him away, leaving the prison head behind. Confused.
Following the steps, we came to the dungeon. Except for some murderers and political prisoners who had been captured before, all the people detained here were Mingxuan's family members and party members.
When the officials saw Nie Chen, they immediately knelt down, kowtowed and cried out for injustice, asking Nie Chen to forgive their sins. No matter how bad it was, it would not bring harm to their families.
As for the clan members of Mingxuan, knowing that there was no hope of survival and certain death, they all sat on the ground blankly, as if mourning their heirs.
You have to ask, why didn't they scold Nie Chen since he was going to die anyway? They can still tell the difference between Beheading and Lingchi.
It would be fine if he didn't scold him, but at most it would just be a beheading, and maybe the female family members of the family could be spared. But if he scolded him, it would be terrible, and beheading would become Ling Chi, and if he didn't cut his head with thousands of cuts, it wouldn't count.
Soon, you, Nie Chen, walked to the innermost cell.
Among those cells, the second one contained Zheng Sanlang's family and Mr. Fang's family, both men and women.
Zheng Sanlang, his wife, and lame son were all locked inside, as well as several of his daughters and concubines.
On the other hand, Mr. Fang was alone, with one son, and no female dependents.
Nie Chen stopped, looked inside, and asked,
"Lord Zuo Xiang, are you comfortable living in there?"
Zheng Sanlang hurriedly crawled over, knelt on the ground and said,
"I'm not comfortable, I'm not comfortable. It's too uncomfortable here. Lord Nie, please spare the official's life. After he is dismissed, he will definitely be loyal to the Dafeng royal family and be a loyal and good minister. He will work hard for the Dafeng country and devote his whole life. Please, Niehou Please let my family go."
"Oh, how is your young master? Is your leg feeling better?"
Those two legs were broken by Lin Guang.
"Much better, much better. Thanks to you, thank you Lord Marquis for helping me teach the traitor. Now the traitor is much better behaved than before. He no longer bullies men and dominates women. He reads sages' books at home every day and I don't let him. Those who go out will not be allowed to eat unless they read for eight hours a day."
Zheng Sanlang would say anything in order to survive.
"Okay, you can go out in two days."
Nie Chen smiled.
Zheng Sanlang was overjoyed,
"Ah? Lord Nie really wants to let me out?"
"Absolutely. You can't behead in a cell, you have to go to Caishikou.
Don't worry, Mr. Zuo Xiang, I am not a person who kills innocent people indiscriminately. All the men in your family will be executed. As for the women, I see that your concubines and daughters-in-law are quite beautiful. Let's join the Jiaofang Division.
I think those guests will be very interested in the family members of the former left prime minister. These women are more beautiful and temperamental than the ordinary women in the world. They are proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can be sold at a good price. "
Zheng Sanlang fell to the ground and stopped talking.
Nie Chen looked at Mr. Fang again and said with a smile,
"Mr. Fang, it's not comfortable to live here. It's dirty and smelly. It's not as good as your Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Have you thought about it? Do you want to come and seek refuge with me?"
Mr. Fang shook his head and said,
"A loyal minister has nothing to do with the second master. I am not Zheng Sanlang, and I will not be a slave of the third surname. I only hope that Lord Nie will allow me to kowtow to my master three times on the day of execution and die with my master."
"Mr. Fang is so loyal, but unfortunately, your loyalty was in the wrong person, which led to everything being lost.
Anyway, it is indeed a bit troublesome for me to use a counselor who proposes to betray the country for glory and cede territory to pay compensation. I have to consider the opinions of other subordinates. I agree to your request and let you die with Mingxuan the day after tomorrow.
By the way, doesn’t Mr. Fang have any family members? Just a son by your side? "
Hearing this, Mr. Fang sneered and said,
"Mr. Nie is disappointed. I don't have any female relatives in my family, so I can't join the Jiaofang Division.
I have been an honest man all my life. My wife died young and I only have an only son to serve at my side. There is only one elderly servant in the house and I don’t have a few taels of silver. "
"okay, I get it."
Nie Chen nodded, then waved his hand and walked towards the innermost part of the cell.
In the cell on the left, two people were imprisoned, Mingxuan and his first wife.
The other princes were all concubines and were imprisoned in other cells. The only two legitimate sons, Mingwu, were killed and Mingwen fled to the east.
Mingxuan had disheveled hair, was wearing a prison uniform, and had shackles on his hands and feet. He was sitting in the corner like a zombie, motionless and lifeless.
Mingxuan didn't even raise his head as if he didn't know about Nie Chen's arrival.
Maybe this is because the heart dies before the person.
When Jiang Lian saw Mingxuan, he immediately became excited and asked someone to put him down. He patted the recliner and shouted,
"Mingxuan! Look up at me. Do you still remember who I am?"
Mingxuan opened his eyes, glanced at him indifferently, and then closed his eyes again.
Jiang Lian pointed at Mingxuan and cursed,
"Rebel Mingxuan, you are a rebellious traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people. You have committed regicide and usurped the throne. Your crimes are too numerous to describe.
You deserve to be in this situation now, you deserve it!
You bastard, you bastard, you brought trouble to our Dafeng country and usurped the country. So many innocent soldiers and civilians died because of you. "
Mingxuan didn't say anything, but his wife was very aggressive. She stood up, pointed at Jiang Lian and cursed,
"Who are you? What are you? Are you worthy of scolding my emperor? You are inferior to a pig or a dog, a piece of food eaten inside and outside, a maggot that no one wants after being thrown into the mud. You have a despicable life, but you are worthy of talking to the emperor.
You should be skinned, shaved off the bones, and thrown into mass graves to feed wild dogs..."
Jiang Lian's face turned red with anger, and he pointed at Mingxuan's wife and cursed.
The two people exchanged scoldings very excitingly. Jiang Lian read poetry and books, and his scoldings were all quoted from classics, well-founded and varied.
That woman was just a shrew, scolding her no matter how dirty or smelly she was, without any logic at all. She sent greetings to Jiang Lian's eighteen generations of ancestors, and occasionally to Nie Chen, and even Nie Chen's whole family was also taken along to greet her.
Watching the two of them scolding each other, Nie Chen felt bored. He originally wanted to look at the royal family members and Mingxuan as the winner, to satisfy his inner feeling of pleasure, and to supervise whether the people here accepted it. Bribing and killing innocent people indiscriminately, this is what happened.
Nie Chen lost his interest.
Bored, Nie Chen looked at the cell opposite Mingxuan.
There was only one person in that cell. The man had long, unkempt hair. He had an iron collar hanging around his neck, and the iron chains were connected to the wall. There were also heavy shackles hanging between his wrists, and heavy shackles on his feet. The shackles were connected with iron chains.
