Chapter 569 Farewell
The trial of Liu Jin was soon over. Although Liu Jin had always refused to admit it, saying that she was wrong, and even made several disturbances in the public court, crying to see the emperor to appeal, but even if she refused to admit it in front of the hard evidence, she was unable to return to heaven.
In March 13, shortly after the closing of the case was submitted, Zhengde's imperial edict came down. Liu Jin was sentenced to the punishment of Ling Chi and killed the three clans for the crime of rebellion. There is no need to wait until the execution after autumn. Liu Jin and King Anhua are the same ten evil people who committed the crime of rebellion. After the judgment is handed down, he immediately prepared for execution.
In the evening, the spring rain sprinkled on the streets and alleys of the capital, moistening everything between the world. Although it was only at the end of the Shen Dynasty, the sky was already very dark, and the door of the shops on both sides of the street also put lanterns on their palms early; the heat between the tea cages slowly overflowed from the lights and scattered in the drizzle of the drizzle.
At the gate of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, several horses stopped under the stone steps in front of the door with white gas. Several people in raincoats and hats turned over and went down the steps. A tall man came forward and handed over the famous post. The jailer guarding the gate was endlessly boring, but after seeing the famous post, he immediately straightened his chest like chicken blood. River.
"Oh, it's the Marquis Song and Jinyiwei. I don't know what the villain can do?"
"My marquis wants to go in to visit a prisoner and ask his brother to accommodate him."
"I don't know who Marquis Song is going to visit? Our rule here is that you need to make an appointment to visit relatives, and some prisoners are not allowed to visit, small..."
"Can Marquis Song still embarrass you?" The tall man interrupted the gatekeeper's words, reached out and took out two ingots of ten taels of silver ingots from his arms, and slapped the jailer's hand: "I'll share it with the brothers. After getting the value, I found a few girls to get angry. I think you don't seem to be a little smart. It seems that you've been holding it for too long."
The jailer's eyes were bright, and he said polite words. With a brisk touch of silver in his hand, twenty taels of silver were hidden by him. What's more, he turned around and opened the small door, and a group of people entered the yard. With silver to open the way, things can be done well. After a cup of tea, Song Nan is already in the corridor of Tianzi No. 1 death row cell.
The prison head walked on the dark and smelly aisle with a lantern. From time to time, there were crying and scolding in the cells on both sides. From time to time, thin hands stretched out the crack of the fence, trying to grab the clothes of the people walking in the aisle. The prison leader and a jailer shouted and beat his outstretched arm with a stick mercilessly, beating a piece of ghost cry and wolf howling.
"Don't be surprised, Lord Song. There is basically no way to live here. These guys are also very unruly. What kind of pure people can be from people who dare to kill and set fire to counter corruption outside?" The prisoner turned around and explained.
Song Nan waved her hand and said, "I understand, where is Liu Jin imprisoned?"
The head of the prison said, "In the front room, Lord Song, the court strictly prohibits visiting the prisoners before the execution. The villain is an exception for you; hold on, don't embarras the little one. The above knows that I'm afraid the villain can't keep this job."
Hou Dabiao scolded, "What are you saying? Do you think we don't know the rules? If you lose the errand of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I will arrange the errand of the Fusi Zhao prison in Beizhen, which is more oily and watery.
The prison head nodded and did not dare to talk more. A moment later, everyone came to the end of the aisle. Two jailers stood in front of a cell door and bent down to wait. The prison head took out a large bunch of keys and opened a lock on the door. A jailer on duty also took out a key and opened another lock. It's really open.
"Marquis, it's inside. You talk slowly. I'll wait outside." The prison head bowed and smiled.
Song Nan nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Hou Dabiao. I will reward each of these brothers with ten taels of silver later. You are all waiting outside, and I will go in alone."
Hou Dabiao, Wang Yong and others stood outside the prison door and guarding. Song Nan picked up the lantern, reached out and pushed the heavy wooden door with a squeak. The prison door gently opened. After stepping in, in the dim light, the cell was empty and the grass was empty. Song Nan walked around with the lantern before she saw it in the corner. A shaggy back sat cross-legged, that was Liu Jin.
People came into the cell, but Liu Jin was unconscious and did not look back, just like an old monk. Song Nan hesitated for a moment, hung the lantern on the hook on the wall, put down a food box brought in on the grass, slowly took out the food, wine and meat brought from it, and poured a glass of wine.
"Who is coming? The person who can come to see me at this time must not be my relatives. Liu Jin suddenly opened his mouth to speak.
Song Nan straightened up and arched his hand to Liu Jin's back and said, "Mr. Liu, I'm Song Nan."
Liu Jin's body trembled and slowly turned his face. Between his hair, a pair of sharp eyes were like electricity, like two sharp knives stabbing Song Nan.
"Who do I think I am? It turned out to be Lord Song. Isn't it enough for you to hurt our family? At this point, why don't you come to show off?"
"Eunpa Liu, let's use some wine and vegetables first. The food in this prison must not taste good. I'm afraid my father-in-law hasn't eaten anything these days. Come on, eat something. Anyway, your stomach will be full."
Liu Jin snorted and slowly got up, and his body jingled, which was the sound of handcuffs and shackles. Liu Jin walked to the grass bunk step by step and stared at Song Nan for a long time. Suddenly, he suddenly stretched out his hand and swept all the wine and vegetables on the grass to the ground. Suddenly, there was a sound of ping-pong.
When Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao heard a strange noise outside, they quickly asked loudly, "Your Excellency, what's the matter?"
Song Nan shouted, "It's okay, you don't have to come in."
Liu Jin sneered and said, "Soong Nan, what are you doing? Our family has today thanks to you. What kind of good person do you want to pretend to be good and sell? I didn't expect that our family would be framed by you as a villain and die in your hands. Our family regrets that we should not have made a decision earlier and cut off your scourge, so that today's disaster.
Song Nan shook her head, reached out and picked up the fat chicken and pig's feet and other things that fell on the ground and put them in the food box. She looked up at Liu Jin and said, "Eunuch Liu, why are you angry with wine and vegetables? These hungry things didn't mess with you. Yes, but it was me who designed you so quickly that you were knocked to the ground, but I don't agree with you that you are very innocent. There was no need to go to this point between me and you. If you hadn't attacked me several times and wanted to kill me, I wouldn't have treated you like this. You asked for it today.
Liu Jin sneered and said, "It's so easy. If I hadn't recommended you many times in front of the emperor, how could you have been today?" Now you are avenging your kindness, but you are coming to be virtrately.
Song Nan said coldly, "Eunuch Liu, it's not interesting that you still talk like this; you seem to feel that you have always been kind to me, hoping that I can bow down in front of you. I don't want to do this, so you are your enemy everywhere. You know who helped between you and me. When you and I first met, if it hadn't been for me from the middle, you would have known what would have happened. If I hadn't persuaded the emperor to keep you, what would have happened to you? And what did you do to me after that? Huayan promised me to give me the position of commander of Jinyiwei, but secretly pulled out a Shi Wenyi, and you also suppressed me everywhere on the way touring the side. That's all. When Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled, you instructed Gu Da to move and let me die in Xin'an. King Anhua made a mess, and you ordered Li Zeng to assassinate me on the street in Ningxia. How can you blame me for doing this to you today?
Liu Jin's face turned pale and gritted his teeth and said, "Is there anything wrong with wanting us to die?"
Song Nan said, "In this case, why are we still pestering these today? If I had been removed by you, you wouldn't have today; if you had today's disaster, you shouldn't blame me for being ruthless to you. We shouldn't have blamed each other. I came here today only because we used to be old friends, and your father-in-law Liu is also the number one person, so I came to visit you. The old man will go, and I will visit him. This is the courtesy that Song Nan can do. If you don't appreciate it, I have nothing to say.
Liu Jin was silent for a long time, suddenly sighed, slowly sat down on the grass, and whispered, "A few years ago, our family felt that you were not easy to get along with. Our family once thought that if you and I joined hands, who would have any opponent in the world? It's a pity that things have come to today. Although our family is destroyed in your hands, I still admire you. You are better than me.
Song Nan shook his head and said, "You are wrong. You are not destroyed in my hands. You destroyed yourself. At first, you and I did have a cooperative relationship, and I do not deny that I wanted to make progress with the alliance with you, but later I finally found that you and I are not the same person. You are too selfish and arbitrary to allow anyone to be smarter than you; and some of your practices are really difficult to accept. I'm not talking about you and me, but about the Ming Dynasty. You don't understand government affairs, but you like to dictate and make some measures that harm the country and the people, which makes the people panic and chaos. This is your biggest failure.
Liu Jin sighed, "I am loyal to the emperor. Isn't that enough?"
Song Nan laughed and said, "You are indeed loyal to the emperor, but the purpose of your loyalty to the emperor is to seek greater power, which is false loyalty; the real loyal minister is to consider the Ming Society and help the emperor sit firmly in the country, which is the real loyalty. Do you know why you look very powerful, with power all over the inner and outer courts and all over the Ming Dynasty. Once you reach this point, you don't even have a person to speak for you? Those who usually slap you are the most vicious of accusing you from the court. Have you ever thought that you would be knocked down so easily? All this is caused by yourself. Your means to maintain them are not emotions, but interests; it is not to convince them, but to force and suppress them, so when you fall, no one will save you, and you will only die. This is your patheticness.
Liu Jin sighed, suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed half a pot of wine in the pot and poured it down, and then fell on the grass.
Song Nan got up silently, untied her cloak and put it on Liu Jin and said, "Anyway, you and I have known each other for a time. I think you are out of my morality. Whether you blame me or hate me, I can only tell you that everyone wants to live and live better. The first thing everyone should do before they want to deprive others of their lives is to prepare for the cost. Your Grandpa Liu is like this, and so is Song Nan. I will order people to serve you in the next few days, Grandpa Liu. Let's say goodbye. I won't say goodbye, because I'm afraid we will never see each other again.
Liu Jin was silent and swayed with the wine. The moment Song Nan turned around and walked out of the door and opened the prison door, suddenly heard Liu Jin muttering like a mur behind him: "Actually, you and I are the same person... My way... is your future, haha... How can you escape the arrangement of fate? "
Song Nan walked still and said without looking back, "You are wrong. Your fate and I are completely muddy."