Chapter 10: The Emperor's Edict Arrives
The cell door opened with a clang, and a ray of autumn sun shone on Li Jing's face, and the dazzling sunlight pierced him and made him unable to open his eyes. I couldn't help but raise my hand to block my face, and it took a while to get used to the Lang Lang Qiankun outside the dungeon.
has only been in prison for less than half a month, but Li Jing has lost a lot of weight. Not only are the clothes dirty and worn, but even the face is extremely pale, the eye sockets are deep, the eye bags are black, the eyes are covered with red bloodshots, and the chin has a blue and black beard.
This is not only due to the harsh conditions in the prison, but also due to psychological stress, but more because of the retention of seeds.
That night, Li Jing ate the blacksmith's heirloom tiger whip wine that Wan'er brought into prison, and tossed with Wan'er for a long time before stopping. I thought that this somewhat ridiculous thing was over, but I didn't expect that as soon as Wan'er came out, another familiar but somewhat strange woman came in again. That is the third sister of Wang Liang, a neighbor who once grew up with Li Jing and a childhood sweetheart, saying that it is familiar and strange because of the current Li Jing, who is very familiar with the Wang family in his memory, but in fact, he has never seen her once.
Li Jing didn't know that the Wang family proposed to the Li family after he was imprisoned, and not only did Wang Liang and the fourth sister decide the relationship, but even the relationship between him and the third little lady was also given. The Han family asked Wan'er to leave seeds for the Li family, and this matter was also known to the third little lady, Wang Guiniang. proposed that this matter should be done by her, the queen mother is a traditional woman, and she thinks that since her daughter has already made a relationship with Li Jing, she is considered the Li family. This is reasonable, but Wang Liang is unwilling. Previously, he agreed to bring up his sister-in-law's family affairs again, that was to be able to successfully engage with Wanjing, since their family affairs were all settled, now that Li Jing was exiled, the Wang family could have the opportunity to cancel the marriage of the little sister.
It's just that Wang Guiniang was extremely resolute, and after the worst incident, she almost made trouble to the point of hanging herself and jumping into the well, so Wang Liang had no choice but to stop caring about it and let her go. After Wan'er left, Wang Guiniang went into Li Jing's prison again, and soaked like a sea. Li Jing really wanted to refuse, but the medicine and wine were really powerful at that time, and the whole person was a little uncontrollable.
One night, I was taken sperm by two women and kept the seeds, and I tossed it for almost a night.
The next night, Li Jing, who had just recovered a little vitality, saw two women again, this time first Wang Guiniang, and then Wan'er. This time, Li Jing had a bit of a broken jar, maybe because Zhilu Dao might not be alive for a few days if he left this time, and Li Jing and the two nominal wives and concubines had a good time.
For two nights in a row, the two women took turns to stay and do business, and almost dried Li Jing. When he stepped out of the prison door, he seemed to be like two people before he entered.
"Flails!" A soldier with a horizontal knife stepped forward and said loudly, and immediately two jailers stepped forward and put the seven-pound wooden flail on Li Jing's neck. took out another pair of shackles and leg shackles for Li Jing to put on his hands and feet, and put on this full set of equipment, Shang Jing couldn't help but bend his body slightly.
"I'm about to hit the road, if there's anything else you want to say to my family, just hurry up and give you another half an hour." The head of the army looked like a vicious man, but he was a good man.
Escorted by the head of the army and two messengers, Li Jing walked out of the prison wall and arrived at the door. There, from a distance, I saw Han and two sisters-in-law in coarse cloth skirts coming, and a few uncles and brothers who lived in other villages also arrived, and people in Wang Li Village who were close to the Li family also came to see them off.
Li Jing stepped forward and knelt down in front of Han: "Auntie, the child is not filial and can no longer serve in front of his knees, in the future, you have to take care of your body." ”
Han's tears couldn't stop flowing, holding Li Jing's face and saying, "Son" didn't say a word, he was already speechless, and he couldn't cry.
The family stepped forward one after another, each saying cherished.
When it was Wan'er and Gui Niang's turn, the two girls who were only fifteen or sixteen years old had already changed the hair on their heads to the women's buns of married women. Gui Niang combed a fallen horse bun, and Wan'er combed a bun that first gathered her hair at the top, and then coiled it on the blood. was originally a young girl, but in the blink of an eye, she has become a young woman.
"Lang Jun." The two women spoke almost in unison.
Looking at the two of them, Li Jing had mixed feelings in his heart, these two people were already his wives and concubines. But in fact, if you really want to talk about it, he doesn't actually have any feelings about love for these two people. Creation makes people, and once they go, these two people don't know how to live in the future. He couldn't help but think of the two widowed sisters-in-law, could it be that the Li family wanted to add two widows?
Raising his shackled hands, Li Jing gently wiped the tears on their faces.
"I'm sorry, I've failed you. In the future, if there is a suitable person, go with it. ”
"How can Lang Jun say such a thing to hurt my sister's heart, although you and I have not yet married in the church, but we have also asked the matchmaker to book a family affair. What's more, we already have the reality of husband and wife, how can Lang Jun still say such things to humiliate our sisters. Lang Jun, please rest assured, in the future, whether Wan'er's sister gives birth to the Li family's heir or the slave family gives birth to her husband's child, we will pull the child up well. Wang Guiniang said very solemnly.
Li Jing sighed in her heart, although the spring breeze is a few degrees, how can it be so easy to conceive a child?
Several people were speechless for a while, but Wang Liang came to several people.
"San Lang, should I call you brother-in-law or brother-in-law?"
Li Jing looked directly at Wang Liang, but Wang Liang couldn't dodge his gaze and look at each other directly.
At this moment, Li Jing has already decided that his disaster this time is indispensable for Wang Liang to make trouble behind, even if he is not the mastermind, he is definitely a role in the back. "You two go back, Erlang and I still have a few words to say."
After Wan'er and Gui Niang left, Li Jing stared at Wang Liang coldly: "Wang Liang, aren't you afraid of being sent by heaven?" ”
"What did you say?" Wang Liang was a little weak-hearted, but instead he pretended to be calm.
"What did I say you don't know? Rest assured, I will not expose your ugly face here. I only have one thing I want to say to you today, don't be a human being, be careful of retribution. Sometimes it's not that you don't report it, it's just that the time hasn't come. If you do too many bad things, there will always be a day of retribution. ”
"Thank you for your concern." Wang Liang half-twisted his head and neck, not daring to look directly at Li Jing.
"I don't care about you, it's just that now the fourth sister is going to marry you, and I don't want her to lose her husband when she is young one day. Wang Liang, here, you give me a truth, why do you want to do this? Is it really worth it? ”
Wang Liang was silent for a while, then suddenly turned his head to stare at Li Jing, and said angrily: "What are you doing? What else do you ask me for? This is all your Li family's unkindness first, don't blame me Wang Liang for being unrighteous last. I think at the beginning, if your father hadn't dragged my father to eastern Zhejiang, how could he have died in the chaos? Later, your eldest brother was the head of the people who transported grain in our township, and as a result, your eldest brother took all our grain transportation team of more than 50 people to the hands of the thieves, and none of them could come back. And why do you refuse to accept Gui Niang, delaying her good spring in vain and making her so miserable. In addition, I came to your family to propose marriage, but your family, knowing that no one can get food at home now, but they still have to ask me for two stones of grain as a bride price. ”
"Is that all? That's why you want my life? Li Jing said coldly.
Wang Liang's eyes were full of anger, and he approached Li Jing and said in a low voice: "So far, I might as well tell you the truth, it's really because of this." I'm not afraid to tell you, it's because I offered a plan to Zhang Kuguan that you can seize your family's sixty acres of land, and you will end up where you are now. Originally, your family's land also fell into the hands of Zhang Kuguan, and he originally wanted to let you go. However, it was I who persuaded him to commute your sentence to 3,000 li of exile. How's that, hate me or not? ”
"Sixty acres of land? Didn't Zhang Kuguan extort a hundred acres of land? ”
"Hehe, it's not a secret, Zhang Kuguan only got sixty acres, and the forty acres of land that Blacksmith Wang and my family gave to your family actually fell into my hands. I dug a pit and buried you, but your family still has to marry the fourth sister to me, and you have to thank me for the rest of your life, hahahaha, how about it, I didn't expect it, right? ”
"You are not as good as a brute, you even pushed your sister into the fire pit."
"That girl, born with a dead brain, I can see through it, she really has to marry you in this life. In that case, I am only fulfilling her. ”
Li Jing thought that the person who harmed him would be Wang Liang, but he didn't expect this kid to be so shameless.
"If you say this now, aren't you afraid that I will say it all in front of so many people?"
Wang Liang smiled coldly: "Since I dare to say it, of course I am not afraid." Do you think you'll ever get a chance to say that? After I have said these few words to you, the messenger will immediately escort you on your way, and tell you that not far from the town it is said that a gang of robbers has recently come, and they have committed murder and robbery. Hey, you know. ”
Li Jing's heart was shocked, he didn't expect Wang Liang to be so vicious, he didn't even feel at ease about being exiled for three thousand miles, and he actually wanted to pretend to be a bandit outside the city to kill him.
"You"
"You shout, do you think that if you shout, someone will believe you? You still have to think about it, if you shout, the safety of the women in your family. Wang Liang's eyes were full of madness.
Li Jing was silent, yes, what if he shouted? This Wang Liang had already colluded with Zhang Kuguan, and Zhang Kuguan knocked on their family's sixty acres of land in this matter, and he would definitely not be on his side. He was not dealing with a good guy, but a bunch of ruffians and hooligans.
Let's think of another way, and find a chance to escape after we get on the road.
"The prisoner is on his way!" The messenger drank, and the two messengers came over to urge Li Jing to go on the road.
In the distance, there was a sudden rumble of horses' hooves hitting the ground, and a knight galloped into the town.
Li Jing and the others were just about to set off, when they suddenly saw the knight going and returning, and next to him there were a number of town officers and civilians such as General Cui Zhen, Wang Tuiguan, etc.
"The emperor's edict, amnesty to the world!"
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