Chapter 124: Death will not change cells
King Xin asked curiously: "Brother Cheng, why don't you go in with Miss Xiong? This will make Lord Xiong feel at ease."
"Forget it, Xiong Tingbi's generation of heroes has a strong temper as strong as his combat power. Today we are forcing him to sign a alliance under the city instead of letting him out, and he must be very depressed. If he knew that I was forcing him to sign a guarantee letter behind his back, he might have to pounce on me to fight for life and death. Although I may not lose, I will fight for no reason, wouldn't it be unfair?"
"Oh, so that's the case. But when he releases it, he will know that you are all making trouble behind the scenes. Don't you want to come to the door?"
"That won't be. Xiong Tingbi is a smart man. He knows how difficult it is to get him out of the prison. How could he cause trouble for me again? Besides, when he saw his son-in-law Liu Jingting, a talented man and a fifth-rank high-ranking official, he might not be so angry."
A flattering voice sounded behind them, but the big head came back from the heavenly prison. He said, "Sir, I have sent your friend to the heavenly prison. What else do you have to order the young ones?"
Well, why do you feel awkward as you listen to this?
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In the prison, Xiong Tingbi was filled with mixed feelings when he saw his daughter, and cried and asked, "How is the family?"
"I heard that you were arrested and were about to be killed soon. I was shocked and frightened and fell ill in bed. The two brothers were still running around for your affairs, but there was no progress. Your old friends avoided each other, and there was no civil and military minister in the court to speak for you."
"How could this happen? I have been an official for so many years, and I don't have many good friends, but my enemies... are really full of people in the court."
The two sighed together.
After sighing for a while, Xiong Hu comforted: "But my daughter has found a capable person who can save her father."
Xiong Tingbi was overjoyed and his voice trembled: "Who is it?"
Even the ants are alive, Xiong Tingbi is a hero who is brave and fearless, but he is unwilling to take the blame and dies in vain.
Xiong Hu refused to answer and said, "There is a condition for it."
"I agree to any conditions. I want gold and silver. As long as the conditions are issued, even if I sell the goods, I will definitely meet them."
Xiong Hu said shyly: "They are rich and don't like our poor money. He is interested in your daughter."
Xiong Tingbi was furious and said, "Who is not ashamed to make a decision on you? Wait until I go out and chop him!"
Can't Xiong Tingbi be blamed for being furious. He fought to death in Liaodong and fought bloody battles. Wouldn't he just win a wife and a son? Now he was imprisoned unjustly, and others have actually made up his own daughter.
"I'm not old, I'm only fourteen years old."
"What, you are eighteen this year, how can you marry a 14-year-old boy?"
"I don't like me. I have two top scholars in civil and military affairs, and I have won the fourth rank, and I have two positions in civil and military affairs. How could my daughter be worthy of him?"
"Why are you not worthy? My old hero, how bad is my daughter?" Xiong Tingbi looked at his daughter who was more heroic and not very charming, and he argued with confidence.
"He asked me to marry his subordinate, the deputy Qianhu, the Jinyiwei."
It is impossible not to say that Xiong Hu, like her father, failed in life. She first introduced Zhu Youcheng and praised him as rare in heaven and nothing in the world. Besides, the person to marry was Zhu Youcheng's subordinate. It was like drawing a big cake for Xiong Tingbi first, and then telling him that the big cake was not his, and a small sesame next to him was his. After hearing this, it would be strange if Xiong Tingbi was not angry and crazy.
Sure enough, Xiong Tingbi refused: "No, as long as Xiong is angry, he will never agree to this matter."
Xiong Hu begged hard, but Xiong Tingbi just didn't let go.
Just at this moment, a prison guard came over with a lantern and said to Xiong Tingbi without a smile: "Mr. Xiong, let me change your place."
Xiong Tingbi was shocked, held the iron railings tightly with both hands and said, "I won't change, and I won't change them even if I die. The Ming Dynasty kills people at noon and three o'clock. Your execution at night violates the "Ming Dynasty Law" and I want to sue you!"
Dongchang often secretly executes prisoners, and this is what he said before the execution. Xiong Tingbi looked at the prison guard's expression, and then heard his words, and suddenly felt thunder thunder. Although he had been admitted to the Dongchang prison, he had long been dying, but at this moment, he still felt so miserable.
However, this time the prison guard really changed the cell for Xiong Tingbi. Just kidding, Zhu Youcheng, the killing star, was guarding the door and dared to execute Xiong Tingbi. Do you really think that the killing star was blown up?
In fact, the prison cells are also divided into grades. Although the prison in Dongchang is concentrated in one place, the deeper the cell is, the quieter the inner one, and the bedding is different. The outermost prison is covered with straw. The more you go inside, the better the bedding. The innermost one is a gentle silk brocade quilt, which is better than the ones of the rich. For example, Zhu Youcheng used to enjoy the most luxurious package, and he didn't suffer much. Xiong Tingbi's family had no money and no money to manage. In addition, his original political enemies retaliated, the cell he squatted was the worst in Dongchang Prison. It was not only dark and humid, but also stinking. In other words, no matter where the prison guard moved him, it was better than this one. However, the prison guard's smile and unhappy expression made him wonder in his heart whether Dongchang was going to execute him secretly, so he refused to leave.
Seeing this, Xiong Hu felt sad and knelt down and begged.
The prison guard said strangely: "Who said you were going to be executed? A big man asked me to take care of you, so I drove away the prisoner in the innermost part and let you move in."
Xiong Tingbi was still a little worried and said, "Then why are you laughing so furiously? I'm scared to death."
"Do you think I want it?" the prison guard said helplessly, "The most difficult task in the East Factory is to guard the prison. The prison guards are every three years. I should have gone out to work as a job, but because I smiled too ugly and Shangguan was not happy, so I still stayed in the prison."
Only then did Xiong Tingbi and his daughter feel relieved, packed up their things and walked to the depths of the prison with the prisoner.
In fact, there is no need to clean up the things. The broken quilts are not even begging for food. Moreover, there is a bed in the prison, which is thousands of times better than the ones he has in his hands. How could he use the broken one? However, the prison guards were afraid that their father and daughter would misunderstand that they would not let the things take, so they pulled and pulled in the aisle and didn't dare to say that.
Needless to say, it must be Zhu Youcheng's idea to ask the prison guard to change the residence of Xiong Tingbi. However, he did not expect that Xiong Tingbi's voice would be relieved when he changed the prison. He was frightened by the prison guard just now, and Xiong Tingbi never felt that death was so close to him.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "It's better to die than to live." And the key is that he will definitely suffer an unjust grievance when he dies. If the Xiong family is completely defeated, maybe he can't even find a place to bury himself."
When I walked to the inner room, I saw that it was brightly lit and the interior was decorated very elegantly. On a large pear wood carved bed, there was a soft brocade and fragrant quilt. There were tables and coffee tables in the room. If it weren't for the iron fence, I almost thought this was the bedroom of a wealthy family.
The jailer smiled flatteringly, but in the eyes of Xiong Tingbi and his daughter, it was still very creepy. He said, "Mr. Xiong, I am still satisfied with it. If there is anything missing, just tell me."
Xiong Tingbi nodded, handed him the broken quilt, and said, "Don't throw this out for me. It's not appropriate to put this thing anywhere."
The jailer took the broken quilt and turned around and left.
Xiong Tingbi sighed and said, "Hu'er, it's been a pain for you."
Xiong Hu was helping her father lay a quilt. When she heard this stupid sentence, she was a little puzzled and said, "Ah?"
Xiong Tingbi's face turned red and said, "It's that man forced you to get married."
Xiong Hu was so embarrassed that his face turned red and he said hesitantly: "Actually, it's not a pussy. I know Mr. Liu, but I haven't dealt with much. Mr. Liu serves as the deputy Qianhu in the Jinyiwei. Although he is only a fifth-rank official, he is still young and clever, so it's not difficult to get promoted."
Although the oil lamp was lit in the cell just now, the light was too dark, and Xiong Tingbi couldn't see his daughter's expression clearly. The light here was bright, and Xiong Hu's face was shy and timid. He could see clearly. Knowing that his daughter was probably moved, he smiled and said, "You can't stay with a girl..."
"However, the lord said that you would write a letter of guarantee before you can rescue you."
"I, a certain person, have a heroic life, and spitting out a nail. How could I break my promise and become fat?"
Xiong Hu didn't speak, but refused to leave. Xiong Tingbi knew that there was no guarantee letter, Xiong Hu would not leave, and the one outside would not save him, so he sighed, picked up the pen that had been prepared, wrote the guarantee letter bit by bit, blew the ink dry, and handed it to his daughter.
"I am so cautious and worried that I will regret the appointment. Which adult are you talking about?"
Xiong Hu had left the prison and was in the dark, and replied from afar: "You know him too, it is Zhu Cheng, but he is now named Zhu Youcheng by the emperor..."
Xiong Tingbi remembered the child with great knowledge that he had met back then, and muttered in a low voice: "Hey, kid - he is really a villain."
Chapter completed!