In the prison of the Luoyang government.

Hundreds of newly captured men and women were housed in the wooden barred cells.

Some of these people were former officials, and many more were handmaidens and servants in the families of these officials.

Originally, the prison could hold a few hundred people, but most of the cells were empty on weekdays, and very few cells held prisoners.

Now it was a day, and all the cells were full.

The former officials and their servants and maidservants were all locked up in one place.

With his hands behind his back, Liu Wei paced back and forth in the cell, occasionally turning his head to glance at the prisoners.

This case was tried by Liu Wei himself, and all the people who were imprisoned were ready to die, especially those officials, what they did, their own hearts were even clearer, and they knew that the matter was exposed, and with Liu Wei's temperament, they would definitely not keep them.

"This king is actually very confused!" After pacing back and forth for a long time, Liu Biancai said as if talking to himself: "For those who are corrupt and pervert the law, should they be killed or not!" ”

When she said this, the eyes of the imprisoned officials suddenly shone brightly, and their faces, which had been gray because they thought they were going to die, would all glow with some brilliance.

Liu Wei didn't look at them, but put his hands behind his back, looked down at his feet, and then said as if talking to himself: "What this king hates the most is not actually corruption and perverting the law, but mediocre officials who sit in high positions but have no ability to make meritorious achievements." ”

As he spoke, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at the officials who were being imprisoned, and asked them: "This king will give you a chance to tell you about your own achievements in Luoyang today, otherwise don't blame this king for being ruthless!" ”

Liu Wei gave the opportunity, where would the detained officials not seize the opportunity, the cangqiao official grabbed the fence of the cell with both hands, and shouted to Liu Wei: "Your Majesty used to manage Cangli, and he has never been on a business trip, although his subordinates have not made great contributions, but they have also contributed to Daqin and His Highness!" ”

After listening to the words of the Cangqiao official, Liu Wei nodded, did not speak, but turned his head to look around at the other officials, and asked them, "What are the reasons why you and others can avoid death?" ”

Seeing that Liu Wei really wanted to find a reason to spare their lives, the detained officials cried to Liu Wei one by one about their past exploits to Luoyang and Daqin.

Only one of the officials sat in the corner of the wall, and he never said a word when people pleaded with Liu to plead his innocence.

Raising his arms and pressing twice on the gossiping officials, Liu Wei's gaze stayed on the official who had never spoken, and waited until everyone else stopped talking, and then asked the official: "Everyone else is telling about their past merits, so that this king will spare them from dying!" You are also implicated in this case, how can you not beg for mercy? ”

"Your Highness!" Liu Wei asked him, and the man stood up, clenched his fists and bowed to Liu Bian: "This matter is exposed, and your subordinates know that they will die, how can they quibble in order to survive?" ”

When the man spoke, his attitude was indifferent, as if he had prepared to die.

After staring at the man for a long time, Liu Wei waved his hand at the two palace guards standing in the prison and said to them: "Bring this person to the ground, and this king will interrogate him personally!" ”

"No!" The two palace guards answered and strode towards the cell.

At the same time as the two guards were mentioned, Liu Wei had already turned around and left the prison.

After leaving the cell where the prisoners were held and returning to the courtyard, Liu Wei asked people to move a free chair and place it in the courtyard, where he planned to interrogate the prisoners.

In just a moment, two of the two palace guards escorted the man out just now.

"Get on your knees!" In front of Liu Wei, one of the palace guards kicked the man's leg.

This kick was not forceful, and the man knelt in front of Liu Wei with his legs bent.

"What have you done?" His eyes stared at this person without blinking, and Liu Wei asked him in a very flat tone.

Kneeling in front of Liu Wei, the man lowered his head and whispered: "Back to His Royal Highness, His Majesty checked the military rations this time and received Wang Bin's benefits......"

"How much benefit?" Staring at this person without blinking, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and asked him a question.

"One hundred copper coins!" With his head down, the man answered.

"A hundred hangs, a lot!" The corners of his mouth pulled up an indifferent smile, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and asked him, "Don't you know that you have to lose your head when you do these things?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Wei directly said that he would lose his head, but the man lowered his head and did not say a word, but his expression was sad, obviously when he was arrested, he had already thought that it was impossible to live again.

"Bring his family here!" Sitting on the leisurely chair, Liu Wei looked down at the person kneeling in front of him, and gave an order to the guards behind him.

The two guards answered, turned and went back to the cell.

Knowing that Liu Wei was going to bring his family, this person raised his head, although he did not speak, his eyes flashed with an indescribable color.

"You are mortal!" Looking at this person, Liu Wei frowned slightly and said to him: "But you still have three choices, one is that all your family members over the age of ten will accompany you to die, and the other is that this king will demote them to official slaves, and from then on they will be slaves and maids; As for the last one, they were relegated to the status of commoners, living like commoners. How do you choose? ”

"Choose the latter!" This person has already prepared to die, his only weakness is his family, and when he learned that his family still has a way to live, he quickly blurted out such a sentence.

"Good!" Liu Wei nodded, and said to this person: "Since this is the case, this king will fulfill you, but there is one thing you have to do for this king." ”

"Your Highness is benevolent, and the sinners are endlessly grateful!" Kneeling on the ground, this person said with sincere fear: "Even if His Highness wants to chop up the sinner, the sinner will definitely not complain!" ”

As he was talking, this person's family members had been escorted out by several palace guards.

His family is not very large, plus servants and maidservants, but there are only less than a hundred.

was escorted out by the palace guards, and the family members knelt behind this person one after another, and the black pressure was overwhelming, if they really all cut off their heads, it would be shocking.

"What's your name, and what was your official position in the past?" Glancing at the more than 100 family members kneeling behind him, Liu Wei asked him.

"Back to Your Highness!" Liu Wei promised to spare his family, this person had no obstacles in his heart, and his emotions were much calmer, and he hurriedly replied: "The criminal's name is Dong Feng, and he was the main military quartermaster before the crime!" ”

"Quartermaster ......" Knowing that this person was actually the main force of the quartermaster in the past, Liu Wei couldn't help but sigh for a while, and said to Dong Feng: "This king can't imagine that the main force of the Qin army is also corrupted by people, if it goes on like this for a long time, all the officials are like this, who else can be used by this king?" ”

Kneeling on the ground, Dong Feng didn't dare to marry Liu Wei's words.

If you have the mentality at this time, don't say a hundred copper coins, even if you give him a thousand hangings, ten thousand hangings, I'm afraid he won't dare to accept it.

But things have already been done, and regret is useless.

All the family members were arrested, not to mention a hundred copper coins, and even some of the belongings accumulated in the past were all confiscated.

Greedy for small profits, but lost all his money!

Dong Feng didn't expect this ending, and I'm afraid the officials who did these things like him didn't expect either.

"Who's the one to bridge the gap for you?" Seeing that Dong Feng didn't speak, Liu Wei asked him another question.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the one who introduced Wang Bin to the criminal minister is Xu Ning, the official of Cangli!" Kneeling on the ground, Dong Feng hurriedly answered.

"Someone!" Nodding, Liu Wei greeted the guards behind him.

A guard stepped forward and stood beside Liu Wei with his fists clenched.

"Inform the military advisor that Dong Feng's family members will all be released, and the slaves and maidservants will be transferred to other officials' homes for servitude, and they must not be abused and bullied." Looking at Dong Feng, Liu Wei said without any expression on his face: "As for Dong Feng's wife, concubines, children and other direct family members, they will be demoted to commoners, and all family property will be confiscated, and from now on, they will be like ordinary commoners!" ”

When Liu Wei said this, the family members behind Dong Feng suddenly cried and thanked Liu Wei repeatedly.

was arrested on death row, they had already thought that they might not have a chance to get out alive, but they didn't expect such a dramatic scene to appear, and they forcibly picked up their lives!

Slaves and maidservants are given to others, Dong Feng is not too concerned, he only cares about the old and young in the family.

Knowing that Liu Wei only confiscated his family property, and that the old and young in the family could continue to survive as commoners in the future, he hurriedly lay on the ground and thanked Liu Wei for his uncontrollable gratitude.

With his hands raised, Liu Wei said to the family members behind Dong Feng: "You don't need to thank this king, if you want to thank you, thank Dong Feng!" He did something wrong, and he was sure to die, but he saved your life before he died, and you must light some incense and candles for him when you worship at home in the future! ”

Knowing that Dong Feng was going to die, his family members were sad again, but Liu Wei was still on the spot, although they were sad, they didn't dare to cry loudly, and they just sobbed in a low voice.

Looking around at Dong Feng's family, Liu Wei stood up from the leisurely chair, put his hands behind his back and said to Dong Feng and his family: "Time is running out, you can wait here today to see the last side!" ”

After speaking, Liu Wei had already turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

Turning his head to watch Liu Wei leave, it wasn't until he left the prison gate that Dong Feng's family members all knelt in front of him and cried.

"Why are you crying?" The family members surrounded him and wept loudly, and Dong Feng shouted at them: "Your Highness is benevolent, spare your life, you must remember not to be greedy in the future, and be a good man!" As for so-and-so, it is just a matter of doing something wrong and paying a price, and it is not worth waiting for you to cry like this! ”

Dong Feng didn't speak, it was okay that he said such a thing, and the family members cried even more heartbroken, and there was already a sad voice in the prison compound for a while.