Chapter 4 Bingji
"The Monkey King shouted loudly, 'Little ones, Lao Sun is here!'
A group of monkeys came to kowtow to welcome them into the depths of the cave. They invited the monkey king to ascend to the throne and held a wine in one wall to greet the wind. They all said, "Congratulations to the king, I have been going to the upper realm for more than ten years, and I will definitely be proud and happy to return?"
The Monkey King said: I have only been more than half a month, and there are more than ten years there?
The monkeys said: King, you are not aware of the time in heaven. One day in heaven is the next year. What is the position of the king?”
The next day, the story continued.
In the prison, men, women, young and old, they all came close to each other, listening with relish and extremely devoted attention.
The adjacent prison rooms all raised their ears and held their breath and wanted to stick their heads out of the iron railing to listen.
Two festivals a day, the lecture ends.
Every time it ends, it is the most exciting place, which makes everyone scratch their ears and heads, and they are impatient, and they want to listen to him in one breath.
But everyone knows that in this kind of depressed days, you can only rely on this story to relieve your boredom. After listening to it all at once, what should I do in the future? The best way is to flow slowly.
In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.
Life in the prison room gradually becomes familiar and calm from the initial strangeness and fear.
On this day, Wei Yan was telling the story of the Monkey King fighting the White Bone Demon three times. Everyone was immersed in the scene, intoxicated, anxious and angry, and wished they could rush into the story and beat the stupid monk immediately.
No one noticed that a middle-aged official wearing a black robe, belt and seal had already stood outside the prison room at some point, and was listening carefully.
Several prisoners stood respectfully behind the official. At first, they were a little impatient and wanted to step forward to scold him. After being stopped by the official, they had to listen for a while and were immediately attracted. Like other prisoners in the adjacent prison room, they all stretched their necks and remained motionless.
"I know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown!"
When Wei Yan finished telling this story, the prison guards were stunned, with an expression of unfulfilled expression on their faces, and almost forced him to continue talking. Fortunately, they woke up in time.
The one in front of him was the Tingwei Superintendent appointed by His Majesty, who came to this county prison to investigate and manage the witchcraft case.
If someone points out any one of them, they can destroy their clan.
At this time, the prisoner who was huddled by the iron railing found an official coming in. Looking at the seal on his waist, the lowest was also a thousand stone official.
Everyone's faces changed, and their hearts became frightened and uneasy.
Is this going to be executed?
The Tingwei Superintendent walked to the door of Wei Yan's prison room with a list in his hand, looked at the young man who had just told a story, smiled slightly, and said, "The story is wonderful, but it's too absurd. You can relieve your boredom, so don't take it seriously. What's your name?"
Wei Yan quickly got up and said, "Wei Yan."
"Wei Yan?"
The Tingwei looked at the list in his hand and said with a flash of eyes: "The surname is Wei, is it from the Wei family?"
However, when he saw the identity annotation on the list, Fang frowned and said in confusion: "Since he just came to the capital, he has no direct relationship with the Wei family. Why are he still locked up here if he is not a child of the Wei family?"
Wei Yan quickly cried out injustice: "Sir, so I'm wronged. I don't know anyone from the Wei family at all. I'm just a passerby who comes to Kyoto for free."
The Tingweijian looked up at him, then turned to look at the prison officer beside him, and said seriously: "In this prison, neither the children of the Wei family nor the royal family, have they been executed? Why did one of them miss? Take it out!"
Wei Yan suddenly stopped, and froze, and hurriedly shouted: "Sir, I am not wronged at all. I am indeed a child of the Wei family! Look, my surname is Wei."
The prison officer quickly explained: "Reporting to the master, it wasn't me who deliberately missed him, but I was really the emperor... The former emperor grandson tried his best to stop him, saying that this kid is not only a member of the Wei family, but also a member of the royal family, so... so I didn't dare to take him out."
"Former grandson?"
Tingweijian was stunned for a moment, looked at the list in his hand, and saw the name in the forefront at a glance.
"Who is Liu Bingyi?"
He looked into the prison and asked.
Liu Bingyi looked calm and said with a bright look: "I."
The Tingweijian stared at him for a while, then pointed at Wei Yan and said, "You said he is from the Wei family and from the royal family, what's going on?"
Liu Bingye said in a humble and arrogant manner: "His surname is Wei, and he is loved by my grandmother, so he is naturally a member of the Wei family. He is my father's son-in-law and has already been engaged to my sister, so he is naturally a member of the royal family. Is there anything wrong?"
Wei Yan was secretly moved.
Unexpectedly, the idol emperor in his mind would also talk nonsense, and his face was not blushing or his heart was not beating.
The Tingweijian's eyes flashed and said, "Since you have engaged, can you have a token to testify?"
Liu Bingyi's face changed slightly. Just when he didn't know what to do, Liu Jieyou, behind Wei Yan, suddenly said sweetly: "Of course there is, my father personally handed my sister's birthday and close-fitting jade pendant to Brother Yan."
Wei Yan: "???"
Liu Jieyou blinked his big eyes at him and looked at his waist.
Wei Yan immediately understood and quickly reached out to take it out on his waist, and indeed took out a piece of warm jade and a piece of paper.
He was stunned for a moment, but did not go to see it. He walked to the prison door, handed the thing outside with a calm look on his face, and gave the little girl a big thumbs up.
The Tingweijian took it in his hand. He first carefully checked the piece of beautiful jade, then opened the paper and looked at it, then raised his eyes and looked at the prison: "Is Liu Wuyou there?"
The girl who had already blushed in the corner had to lower her head and walked out softly, "Here."
The Tingwei looked at her and said, "Is this a fact? Have you been betrothed to Wei Yan by the former prince?"
The girl lowered her head, looking shy, but without any hesitation, she whispered: "Yeah."
Wei Yan glanced at her deeply, and thanked her secretly, and her life was finally saved for the time being.
"Since that's the case, he's also considered a royal family."
The Tingweijian returned the things to Wei Yan, ignored him, looked at the former emperor again, and said in a gentle tone: "My name is Bingji, and he was sent by His Majesty to investigate the witchcraft case. Although you are the son of the prince, you are still young and have not participated in the plot of rebellion. I can prepare a prison room for you and send two older female prisoners to serve you. If you have anything to say, you can ask the prison guard to find me at any time."
After saying that, he was about to leave.
Liu Bingyi suddenly said, "Sir, it's great for me to live here. I don't want to change the prison room. I appreciate the kindness of my lord."
Bingji was stunned for a moment, stared at him for a few glances, and nodded and said, "Okay."
Liu Bingyi suddenly said again: "Please tell me, my father... how is he?"
Bingji was silent for a moment and said, "I died by hanging myself."
As soon as these words were said, the prisoners in the prison changed their faces and felt compassionate.
Just as Bingji was about to leave, Wei Yan suddenly shouted: "Sir, Your Highness the Crown Prince was killed by a traitor, and he raised an army to protect himself. The so-called witchcraft is a completely deceptive trick! Your Majesty is wise and will surely wake up in time, kill the traitor, avenge His Highness the Crown Prince, and wash away the grievances!"
As soon as these words were said, everyone was surprised and their faces changed drastically.
At this time, it was when Your Majesty was furious and started a massacre. Even the person closest to Your Majesty did not dare to speak for the prince, and he did not dare to deny the witchcraft!
This young man is so bold that he is simply seeking death!
These words not only scared the prisoners in the prison room, but even the prison guards and Bingji were shocked.
"Preventive! The boy is looking for death!"
Bingji's face turned pale and furious.
Wei Yan said passionately: "You are not willing to die! Even if you are beheaded, you must state the facts! Your Highness is really wronged! Your Majesty is blinded by a traitor, and sooner or later he will regret it!"
"You...stop!"
Bingji was shocked and angry, but he did not immediately ask the prison guard to take him out to behead him, but instead brushed his sleeves and left in a hurry.
After walking out of the prison room, his face darkened and he said to the prison guards behind him: "If today's incident is spread, you and I will lose your head! Do you know?"
Several prisoners were pale and knelt in a hurry and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will never dare to spread this matter."
Bingji took a few deep breaths, his face calmed down, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't make things difficult for the young man, the people in the prison, to treat them well."
After saying that, he glanced at the majestic palace in the distance, and sighed and left quickly.
"It's him!"
In the prison, Wei Yan suddenly laughed amid the frightened eyes of everyone.
Chapter completed!