Chapter 1069 Although I am stupid, I dare not obey the edict (1)
"The Holy One was furious when he saw my memorial." The stubborn old man sighed while stroking his beard.
Nonsense, if you are so arrogant, it would be strange if the Holy One is not furious. It has been many years since anyone dared to practice mystical knowledge in front of the Holy One. If you are like this, you are considered to be very lucky. If you are less lucky, you would have been executed long ago.
Zhu Pingan really didn’t know what to say...
Zhu Pingan spent the next two days in prison. The prison authorities prohibited anyone from visiting because the case was serious and confidential, but fortunately, Mr. Yang was a neighbor, so he was not alone.
Zhu Ping'an and Mr. Yang were already familiar with each other. They drew a chessboard across the fence and played chess using straw, small pieces of clay, and gravel as chess pieces; or they discussed the Four Books and Five Classics. In two days, Zhu Ping'an learned a lot from Mr. Yang.
The spiritual aspect is very rich, but the material aspect is lackluster.
Although it is summer now, the cell is underground, damp and cold. Zhu Pingan is okay. The young man is very angry and can bear it. It is not easy for Mr. Yang. Although Zhu Pingan came out from his cell I brought a lot of hay to Mr. Yang, but he still had a hard time at night, especially when his cold legs broke out.
As for food, as long as three meals a day are provided on time in the prison, it’s good. Don’t worry about the color, flavor, and so on.
On the first day, Zhu Pingan was not used to it and found it difficult to swallow the sour porridge and moldy steamed buns provided by the prison. However, on the second day, although Zhu Pingan could not eat it with gusto, he could not eat it with gusto. Not a single grain of rice was left.
At noon on the third day, when Zhu Pingan and Yang Laozheng were playing chess and were inseparable, there was a sound of footsteps in the cell corridor.
"Someone is coming? There are quite a few?"
After Zhu Pingan heard this series of footsteps, he looked up curiously and saw only a group of two people walking in the corridor. There were more than ten people, including royal guards and eunuchs. They were all gorgeously dressed and seemed to have a lot of background.
At this time, Mr. Yang also put down the stone pawn in his hand and looked up at the approaching group of people.
Who are you looking for?
Zhu Ping'an looked at himself and then at Mr. Yang, wondering who this group of people were coming for.
You have to look for yourself, right?
I have been in prison for three days, and I have never been interrogated or brought before the court. It is as if I have been forgotten.
Did you finally think of yourself? !
Zhu Ping'an stood up, moved his hands and feet, and was 100% alert, ready to welcome the visitor.
Soon, the group of people in the corridor came to the cell and stopped. The leader was a eunuch wearing a high crown, a red python robe, and a phoenix patch. He held Buddha dust in his hand and had a mean look on his face. Zhu Ping'an didn't know this person, but he knew the person who accompanied the eunuch. He was Tuohai, a member of the Jinyi Guards. The last time he made a complaint with Zhao Daying's Ministry of Punishment, Tuohai was one of the presiding judges.
Zhu Ping'an's preparations were all done, but he didn't expect that the group of people would stop when they reached the next door, Mr. Yang.
"Old man Yang, the Holy One has sent a miscellaneous family to see you."
The eunuch in red python robe stopped in front of Yang Zui's cell. It seemed that he couldn't stand the rancid smell of the prison, so he reached out and took out an embroidered handkerchief. He covered his nose, pinched an orchid with his other hand, pointed it at Yang Zui, and shouted in a high voice.
"Thank you most, my dearest minister Yang, long live my emperor."
Yang Zui stood up from the ground, patted the grass on his prison uniform, knelt down in the direction of Xiyuan and saluted.
After the ceremony, Yang Zui stood up, with his waist straight and his chin raised, looking at the eunuch in red python robes and the imperial guard Tuohai.
This old thing!
The red python-robed eunuch frowned, and was very dissatisfied with Yang Zui's attitude. He said in a sharp voice, "Old man Yang, the Holy One has given you a chance because you are old and it will be difficult for you. The Holy One asks you, Do you know it’s wrong! If you write A memorandum of confession, please forgive me for your devotion to Ming Dynasty for most of your life."
Zhu Ping'an heard clearly from the side, Emperor Jiajing wanted Mr. Yang to admit his mistake. If you write another letter of apology, you can let Mr. Yang go.
This is okay.
Lao Yang is old. He has been tortured by the cold and cold conditions of the prison these days. It would be great to be able to get out. Zhu Ping'an is sincerely moved and happy for Lao Yang.
However
Zhu Ping'an became worried again. According to Mr. Yang's temper, it was too difficult to ask him to make up for his mistakes and write another letter of apology.
As expected.
Zhu Pingan raised his head to look at Mr. Yang, just in time to see Mr. Yang sneering at the eunuch in red python robe.
"I would like to thank the Holy Master for his love and care, but I am stupid and don't know where I went wrong."
Old Yang raised his chin, snorted, and refused to admit his mistake.
"You!!! You ungrateful old man!!!" The eunuch in red python robe was so angry that he almost scolded the old man. When he came to his mouth, it was an old man who stretched out his orchid finger. Pointing at Yang Zui angrily, "You are an old man who raises horses and takes care of horse administration. How can you fiddle with your horse administration?" Okay, at your age, if you stay for another year and a half, you can retire and return to your hometown. By then, you will be a third-grade imperial official. Wouldn't it be honorable to go home to honor your ancestors? This is the blessing that comes from the smoke coming out of the ancestral graves of your Yang family. . How dare you point fingers at the Holy One? Now that the world is at peace and the people live and work in peace and contentment, aren’t these all holy? Thanks to Long Yutianxia, why did the Holy One take the time to cultivate immortality and refine elixirs? It’s not like he just let it go. It’s up to you to point your fingers. Now, the Holy One doesn’t remember the faults of villains. For the sake of your old age, he specially gave it to you. I gave you a chance, but you are so ignorant!"
" Immortal elixir refining is the work of practitioners who live in mountains and baths. How can someone who lives in a yellow house and a purple door, with fine clothes and fine food, be able to do it in the daytime? And now, with the Japanese invaders in the north and the south, floods and droughts are endless, how can we say that the world is peaceful? ? ! If the Holy One abandons cultivation and focuses on government affairs, our country and the country will be very lucky, and our people will be very lucky.”
Yang Zui blew his beard and stared, reaching out to grab the fence. The veins on the back of his hands were exposed, and his aura was even better than that of the eunuch in red python robe.
Cultivation of immortality and alchemy is done by people who live in seclusion in the mountains. How can there be people who live in luxurious palaces, wear gorgeous clothes, eat exquisite food, and yet fly into the sky during the day? And now. , the Tatars in the north and the Japanese pirates in the south are constantly causing trouble, and floods and droughts are continuous. How can we call the world peaceful? If Your Majesty could give up cultivating immortals and refining elixirs and focus on government affairs, I, the Ming Dynasty, would be even more fortunate.
Yang Zui was attacking him face to face, showing no mercy.
"You! Old man Yang, give you another chance. The Holy Father has said that if you know your mistakes and can correct them, you will do a great good. You must think about it carefully." The eunuch in the red python robe pinched the orchid finger and pointed. Looking at Yang Zui, his gloomy face was covered with dark clouds, and he gritted his teeth and said.
“Although I am a fool, I dare not obey the imperial edict.”
Yang raised his chin and replied without hesitation. (End of this chapter)