Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Liudu Party Prison (1)

The morning mist leaking in through the crack of the door is a hidden spectacle. It is faint, just like the smoke clouds on the stage. Appreciating such a soft beauty requires a good mood and some courage.It looks so mysterious that the timid think it is a harbinger of ghosts coming.At this time, someone on the street outside the door sneezed while walking, telling the sleepy people inside the door that it was almost dawn.The sleepy person still doesn't want to wake up, he turns his back, let it bloom and fade. The man walking on the street was a thin young man.The morning mist woke him up a bit, and there was a cold feeling on his cheeks, but it didn't change the sallow color of his chest from staying up late and hangover.He stroked his chin as he walked, the stubble was a bit prickly.Every time it stays up late, it grows crazier than usual, and it is not orderly and sloppy.A long time ago, he discovered that people in the morning are actually ugly, especially women. The strange thing is that they sit in front of the mirror as soon as they wake up, and they can bear the face in the mirror. He himself never looks in the mirror in the morning.

The watchman walking towards him knew this young master.He is Hou Chaozong who married Li Xiangjun from Meixiang Tower.The watchman wandered the streets all night, just took a sheep and stole a chicken from the low wall of Wang Mazi, bumped into Hou Chaozong, he hurriedly hid the chicken behind him, stood on the side of the road, nodded and bowed: "Mr. Hou, You are early!" Hou Chaozong didn't take a second look, still kept walking, and just said in passing: "Mr. Mo Dao is early, and there are early pedestrians." "Hey, that's right, that's right." The watchman responded indiscriminately, and Hou Chaozong had already walked away.He spat lightly on the thin figure.He could never understand that this poor scholar could endure a peerless beauty like Li Xiangjun.He has the same opinion as the neighbors in the neighborhood: Li Xiangjun should be worthy of a hero, at least he should be a strong and strong man.Women are crazy, always willing to marry sick scholars.He shook his head and went home to stew chicken.

Hou Chaozong spent the night at Shi Kefa's temporary residence in the Shiyin Garden.At this moment, there was disappointment in his mind, anger in his chest, and frustration on his face. The scene of last night still haunted his thoughts. He is disappointed that his ambition has failed again, and they have missed the opportunity to coerce the emperor to make the princes.During this period of time, people of insight in Liudu were vying for this privilege.Hou Chaozong, Wu Ciwei, and Chen Dingsheng also saw this opportunity, and they were ambitious and wanted to take the opportunity to start a career and fulfill their lifelong ambitions.Since the fall of Beijing and the death of Chongzhen, it is imperative to help establish a new monarch. The country cannot be without a monarch for a day.King Fu, King Lu, King Lu, King Han, and King Tang who can be established as new kings all have the right to aspire to the crown, and each has many desperate heroes running for them.Hou Chaozong thought that Shi Kefa was a great figure, so he bet on him.Shi Kefa didn't know the great opportunity brought by this kind of history. He thought that the millions of troops he had in the south of the Yangtze River would be enough to deter the court, so he only led dozens of guards to Nanjing, trying to easily support him. King Lu ascended the throne.But when Ma Shiying led a mighty 100,000 horses from the four towns in Jiangbei to Nanjing to support King Fu, Shi Kefa regretted that he was too selfless, and was forced to let Ma Shiying win because he was afraid of the lack of defense and did not bring the army.King Fu ascended the throne, and the country was named "Hongguang".

Although he is a peaceful king, Jiangnan has no military disasters and is very rich, so the enthronement ceremony is also very grand.The smoke of the firecrackers never falls for three days, the crowd drinks and drinks all night long, and there are heroes everywhere who are restless after being roasted by the flames of the restoration of the country, and they are often seen They fencing and singing in the wine shop.At this moment, Hou Chaozong, who was walking in the thick fog, was very disappointed when he thought that he could not stand on the tide.This disappointment is mainly for Shi Kefa, who missed such a great opportunity, Shi Kefa may not be a grand hero.Seeing Ma Shiying's powerful influence in the court, he made the second best choice, hoping to send more confidants into the court to facilitate the rectification of the court.Last night, Hou Chaozong went to discuss this matter with Shi Kefa.

He was walking in the street and saw no one around, so he urinated on the corner of the street, and the urine was dripped on a piece of crumpled paper, which was a post when King Fu ascended the throne, and someone threw it here.The anger in his heart still hasn't disappeared. He was angry that Shi Kefa once again flinched, compromised, lacked heroism, and felt betrayed.Last night he went with a glimmer of hope, and now there is not even a glimmer of hope.He walked, like a gambler who lost all his money and then borrowed money to make money and lost even worse. He not only felt the pain of regret, but also felt the huge pressure of debt.He spit at the gate of a rich family, and cursed: "Damn it."

He shouldn't have gone to see Shi Kefa last night, he thought.When he entered the door, he saw Shi Kefa, Qian Muzhai, Zhou Zhongyu, Jiang Riguang, Gao Hongtu and others sitting there drinking tea. The atmosphere was extremely gloomy, and he felt an ominous sign.Time to go, he thought.After everyone met the ceremony, Hou Chaozong had the least qualifications and was seated at the last table.Sure enough, Qian Muzhai broke the bad news as soon as he opened his mouth: "Master Shi will leave Nanjing tomorrow." Hou Chaozong said: "So, Master Shi has decided to give up the fight for Nanjing?" Shi Kefa said: "I have lived in the capital for a long time, I am afraid There is a loss in defense. Moreover, King Fu has already settled down in the country. If we continue to fight for self-interest, it will be of no benefit to the country. The most urgent thing to do is to think of a practical and good strategy to restore the country and protect the family, not to mention the recent infighting in the officialdom has made me tired."

Hou Chaozong saw that he had made up his mind to go and could not keep him, so he went along with the flow and praised Shi Kefa for his integrity and generosity in worrying about the country and the people.On the one hand, he understands that all great principles are a shield to cover up his dark psychology, and it is not new.Hou Chaozong was secretly sad that he was about to lose his most powerful backer.His expectations of Shi Kefa were too high.He himself thought it was a vain way of reaching the sky in one step, and then they talked about some gossip, and everyone bypassed serious topics. Gao Hongtu even talked about his daughter's needlework.Later, he drank, Hou Chaozong drank a lot, and got drunk on the spot.When he woke up, he found himself sleeping alone in Shi Kefa's flower garden. He couldn't figure out when he fell asleep here.Thinking that no one will care about his death like this, his expression is sad.Fortunately, it was almost dawn, and he left Shi Kefa's residence dejectedly in the mist.

The morning mist was thick, as if to wipe away his depression.He walked all the way towards Meixianglou.When the Meixiang Building appeared faintly in the fog, he saw a light still on, and it was just a halo through the fog. He knew it was Li Xiangjun's room, and his heart was filled with warmth. Under the green light, Li Xiangjun lay on the table and stayed up all night.Hou Chaozong knew that she was waiting for him, and his love and affection doubled.He gently touched her cheek with his fingers, it was wet, and tears flowed. Li Xiangjun raised his head, opened his sleepy red eyes, and his face was engraved with marks from his sleeves.She looked at him and said sadly, "You are finally back." With just this soft word, all his hard ambitions collapsed, and his heart trembled with another kind of life.He hugged her head and kissed her all over the face, she was almost breathless.

When he and she hugged each other on the bed, both of them no longer felt sleepy and exhausted after staying up all night. Instead, they were more excited, and their emotions were stronger than before.Many years later, Hou Chaozong had an experience. He found that after staying up late, his desire was stronger.He doesn't know if others are like this.Li Xiangjun felt it accurately.So the return should be stronger. After the clouds and fog subsided, both of them fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already afternoon.Dinner is already cooked.Li Xiangjun deliberately made a lot of food, including shark fin, soft-shelled turtle, bamboo fungus, monkey head, bird's nest and seasonal fresh vegetables. Hou Chaozong ate very comfortably, partly because he was hungry, and partly because he had a certain feeling for those treasures in his heart. kind of homage.

After eating, he stood upstairs with a toothpick in his mouth, looking at Nanjing in the twilight of the setting sun. The impression that a dynasty was going down broke into his mind and aroused his ambition again. When it failed, I couldn't help but feel a little sad. Seeing that he was about to fall into irretrievable despair again, Liu Jingting came to Meixiang Tower and dragged him out of the hard shell of his thoughts.Liu Jingting had a protective book under his arm, which contained five volumes of "The Complete Biography of Jing Zhong Shuo Yue". While drinking tea, Hou Chaozong expressed his despair towards Shi Kefa.Liu Jingting twirled his beard and smiled.He has his own views on history, decades of storytelling career has deepened his understanding, and he prides himself on being the best witness to history.

Hou Chaozong said: "Mr. Why do you laugh at being born late?" "I laugh at you for being obsessed with obsession. I laugh at you for thinking you are the pillar of the country." "how do I say this?" Liu Jingting avoided answering and asked instead: "What do you think the current situation is like?" "I humbly think that the fortunes of the country have not completely declined, and there is a possibility of revitalizing the country." "Hey, young and ignorant, young and ignorant." Liu Jingting patted the protector and sighed. Hou Chaozong pointed to "Jing Zhong Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" and said: "Mr. has embraced this book in vain. Isn't Nanjing a precedent?" "This time, that time is over!" "Mister is getting more and more confused." "Hey, let me tell you the truth, you say I'm confused. Pian'an is not what Ke Yi did." "I don't think so." "Do you think there are many traitors in the Hongguang court?" "Ma Shiying is an old eunuch, comparable to Qin Hui." "That's right. Now in the endgame of the Ming Dynasty, only Qin Hui does not have Yue Fei, and even the tragedy of 'Storm Pavilion' cannot be repeated. How can we regain the strength of Jiangshan?" "Can Shi Kefa compare to Yue Wumu?" "No, he's just a general, not a handsome guy." "What do you think, sir?" "The endgame of the Ming Dynasty will disintegrate in an instant." "Actually, I also have this premonition, but as the saying goes, 'Heroes come out of troubled times', I also want to take this opportunity to make a difference." "Yes! There are heroes in troubled times, but you have to understand that there are not many real heroes in any troubled times, and most of them appear on the powerful side. Most of today's heroes are in the Qing army, and the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its strength." "According to the old man's opinion, what will happen to us?" "Go home and take advantage of the messy property and enjoy life." "The old man reads the books of sages and sages without any intention of serving the country." "The country is extremely illusory, and life is the most important thing. Without you, Hou Chaozong, there will naturally be people who will go to Wenjianwuzhan to die in vain." "The old man was originally afraid of death." "Fear of death. I didn't even bat an eye when I was fourteen killing people." Hou Chaozong fell silent.Liu Jingting knew that he was already thinking about the question just now, and Hou Chaozong had indeed given up his ambition in his heart and decided to make more plans for life.This decision eventually led to Li Xiangjun's "Peach Blossom Fan" tragedy. The two of them chatted late into the night, but Shi Kefa, who was walking back to Yangzhou, wrote an inscription on the wall of an inn 200 miles away from Nanjing. He thought he could restore the Ming Dynasty, and he consciously shouldered He has taken on a heavy burden, a heavy, heavy burden that is overwhelming.He looked at the lines of poetry that were still wet with ink, and recited triumphantly: Strong hair and flowing clouds pay attention to the past, lotus heart and jade sword comfort life. Martyrs never stay behind for thousands of miles, looking at the blade and listening to the sound of rain. When Mao Pijiang returned to Rugao from Liangfengkou, he asked people to make some bookshelves, and at the same time, he and Dong Xiaowan cleaned up the purchased calligraphy and paintings, and numbered them with regular numbers. On this day, Dong Xiaowan saw that he was worried, so she asked with concern, but he hesitated to speak. Seeing this, Su Yuanfang also came up to inquire, pretending that Pijiang couldn't resist the thoughtfulness of the two flowery wives and concubines, so he had to say that he wanted to go to Nanjing for a while, and maybe find a chance to become a marquis. Dong Xiaowan strongly supported him, and Su Yuanfang prepared for him in private. Well should bring luggage. On the day of his departure, Master Mao took out a treasured sword from a boxwood box, a sharkskin scabbard, an ivory-inlaid hilt, and the sheath was inlaid with several bright pearls and agates.He solemnly handed it to Mao Pijiang and said: "My son, now is the time to use it. I hope it will pave a way for you to shine. Don't worry about your family when you go, just serve the country wholeheartedly." With tears in his eyes, Mao Pijiang took the sword, pulled the saddle on the horse, put the sword on his back, said goodbye to his family one by one, and left with a whip.It was a long way out of the city before he pulled out his sword to look at it, but when he saw Qingfeng's cold light, it was indeed a good sword.He chopped off a willow tree as thick as a finger with a sword, and his heart was full of pride. The sword infused him with incomparable self-confidence at first, making his temperament and figure even more graceful.On the way to Nanjing, there were many people walking with swords in their hands. They greeted him, but he dismissed them.However, the sword caused him a kind of trouble with the extension of the distance: because he was not used to carrying the sword, he often had to use his hands to support the movement of the sword caused by the running of the horse. Many, made him tired, when he saw the city of Nanjing from a distance, his back was sore.The sword frustrates him. When Mao Pijiang was running day and night on the road to Nanjing, with the dream of making the spirit of Fushe flourish, an unexpected event happened in Nanjing. Object. As soon as Shi Kefa left Nanjing, Ma Shiying monopolized the military power and took charge of the government under the order of King Fu.In order to strengthen his own strength, he used a large number of confidants in the court to exclude dissidents.He appointed Zhang Mo as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Weiyuan as the censor of the left capital, Zhang Shenyan as the censor of the right capital, and Li Gu as Taichang Shaoqing.Among these four people, Zhang Mo and Yang Weiyuan were students of Ruan Dacheng.Ruan Dacheng took the opportunity to bribe the official, wanting to restore his post. This day is Ma Shiying's birthday.Ruan Dacheng believed that this was a godsend opportunity, and gave Ma Shiying an authentic painting of the Tang Dynasty "Tamping and Practice" in his collection.Ma Shiying was overjoyed, and immediately unfolded the scroll to appreciate it.Ruan Dacheng was at the side, silently trying to figure out his intentions, and seeing that the time was right, he offered a silver note of one hundred thousand taels with a smile on his face.Ma Shiying knew what he was thinking, and said to him: "You will see the outcome tomorrow." Sure enough, the next day, Liu Zuojing, the Marquis of Anyuan, and Li Chengfang, the Supervisor of Rituals, entered the court, please use Ruan Dacheng again.Gao Hongtu went out to play and said: "During the Tianqi period, Cui Wei was in disorder. People knew that there was Cui Wei, but they didn't know that there was a court; people knew about wealth and fame, but they didn't know the integrity of the people and religion. The first emperor's first government, there was a case of imperially ordered rebellion, and Ruan Dacheng was also named. If it is not appropriate to use it, please discuss it before deciding." Ma Shiying said angrily: "Ruan Dacheng can be used to the fullest. Now is the time for employing people, Your Majesty should use talents only, regardless of the past, and Ruan Dacheng has always had conflicts with the Donglin Party. If there is a public discussion, most of the Donglin Party members in the Manchu Dynasty will not be used. If this is the case, it will miss the country's revival. I hope your majesty will think twice." Liu Zongzhou stepped out of the class and said: "It is not advisable for your majesty to use against the party. I will never go to the same court with him, but I can still meet the late emperor face to face." Fu Wang did not dare to disobey Ma Shiying's intention, so he had to comfort Liu Zongzhou and Gao Hongtu, and finally activated Ruan Dacheng.After retiring from the court, Gao Hongtu, Liu Zongzhou, and Jiang Riguang knew that they were not Ma Shiying's opponents, so they resigned and returned home together in order to protect themselves.Once these three cabinet ministers left, no one in the court would dare to oppose Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng. Soon, Ruan Dacheng was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, with great power in his hands.So he presented beautiful girls and singing prostitutes to King Fu, which was highly valued by King Fu.He soon remembered the hatred of Fushe again.Seeing that the main figures of Fushe were all in Nanjing, he said that Fushe had the intention of rebelling. King Fu was furious and ordered to arrest the people of Fushe.Everyone in Fushe fled for their lives like a frightened bird.Chen Dingsheng, Wu Ciwei, Gu Zifang, Zhou Zhongyu, and Lei Yanzuo were all arrested and imprisoned.Thanks to Yang Longyou's help, Fang Mizhi, Zheng Chaozong, and Huang Taichong fled in disguise.Hou Chaozong jumped into a cargo ship in the Qinhuai River from the small door behind the Meixiang Tower, got into a basket and escaped from the city of Nanjing. It was midsummer, and the Meixiang Tower showed abnormal signs of depression and decay.While knocking on the door, Mao Pijiang felt an uneasy atmosphere, as if everything was going bad. Li Zhenli, who opened the door for him, saw Mao Pijiang, trembling with fright, she said: "Come in quickly." He immediately knew that a very serious accident had happened, because he had a sword in one hand, he had to go to lead the horse with one hand , Ma'er hesitated a little, so he was delayed in front of the door.Li Zhenli immediately saw a peddler selling stinky tofu on the opposite side of the door leaving in a panic, she thought: it must be the spies of Jin Yiwei who went to report the news. As soon as Mao Pijiang tied the horse, Li Zhenli and Li Xiangjun didn't talk much, and each of them took him by the hand and walked towards the back door, with anxious and frightened faces."What happened?" he asked. Li Xiangjun said: "Hurry up and inquire after leaving Nanjing." While talking, he asked the maid to take his sword away and hide it. Just when the housekeeper came, he took the sword. While talking, he has reached the back door.Li Xiangjun opened the door, and the mother and daughter pushed Mao Pijiang out of the door, saying, "Leave Nanjing quickly, the sooner the better." Mao Pijiang wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly he heard a loud shout from outside the door: "Go! Where are you going!" A man outside the door was holding a shoulder pole. Li Zhenli recognized the strange peddler selling stinky tofu. In desperation, Mao Pijiang turned around and ran away. Li Zhenli and Li Xiangjun slammed the two doors shut, put their bodies against the door, and shouted at him: "Young Master Mao, run, run." The man outside the door was originally a master of Jinyiwei, how could the mother and son be able to stop it.With just a few kicks, he broke through two doors and knocked two women to the ground. The man came in and shouted at Mao Pijiang's back: "The traitor, catch him quickly." In desperation, the butler drew his sword and went to stop the man. The two fought with each other for a few moves before the butler was knocked to the ground and the sword was taken away.He saw that Mao Pijiang was still opening the gate in a panic, but the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't open it.The butler reluctantly jumped up and hugged the man's leg tightly. The man kicked him a few times, but he didn't kick him away. He chopped off both of his hands with one swing of his sword. One severed hand was hanging on the man's trousers. fall. At this time, Mao Bijiang had opened the door and ran onto the street.The man came out after him. The two ran down the street one after the other.There were many people on the street, seeing this scene, they all dodged, especially when they saw a bloody severed hand dangling from the trousers of the man who looked like a peddler, they all opened their mouths wide in fright.The women screamed and turned away, holding the children tightly in their arms. Mao Pijiang was quick to wit, and shouted while running out of breath: "Killed, stole money." During this period of time, Nanjing gathered many knights with swords who wanted to protect their families and restore the country. Mao Pijiang's shouts made the blood of the three passing knights go straight to their foreheads. Seeing the road is rough, they should draw their swords to help, let alone this prominent new capital.Three knights stepped forward to block the peddler, and several weapons began to slash and kill.Seeing that Mao Pijiang was about to disappear at the corner in front of him, the peddler panicked and jumped a few steps back, grabbed his coarse cloth jacket, revealing the embroidered robe inside, and shouted: "Move away, I am a Jinyiwei!" The three knights frightened He had to turn around and ran towards the alley, scolding himself for being blind, the Jin Yiwei didn't chase them, but went straight to Mao Pijiang.After chasing to the corner of the street, the fugitive could no longer be seen.There was only one imposing bridal sedan chair on the street, and a dozen house slaves walked beside it.The Jin Yiwei was looking around at the street corner, reluctant to lose this opportunity to perform meritorious deeds, just in time three more Jin Yiwei came over from the other side, so they called to come, and chased forward together to check the bridal sedan chair, but they looked like they were the female relatives of a rich family.So I didn't dare to make a mistake. There was indeed a beautiful rich woman in the sedan chair, and Mao Pijiang was sitting beside her.Why? Mao Pijiang turned the corner of the street, and almost collided with a group of people surrounded by a woman who was about to get into the sedan chair in a panic. He stood still suddenly, just in time to face the woman.The woman said in surprise, "Young Master, why is it you?" It turns out that she is A Piao from Prime Minister Fan's residence in Beijing.After the death of Prime Minister Fan, she escaped from Beijing and went to Nanjing, where she was favored by Ma Shiying and became his concubine.She knew that Mao Pijiang was a member of the Fushe, and she also knew that the imperial court was in the Daxing Party Prison to hunt and kill those who were in the Fushe. Seeing him in such a panic, she knew that someone would be chasing him, so she immediately dragged him into the sedan chair.He ordered the bearer to carry it out of the city. In the sedan chair, it was Mao Bijiang who knew about the changes in the party and prison in Nanjing, and why Li Xiangjun was so panicked.Unconsciously, I was a little scared, and beads of sweat burst out on my forehead, it was so dangerous!Fortunately, I ran into A Piao.From the sedan window, he saw the four Jinyi guards chasing after him, and he was very happy. In the sedan chair, A Piao told about the experiences and encounters after the farewell, and secretly expressed his longing.Mao Bijiang also briefly narrated some of his post-parting experiences.The two were talking, and they arrived at the city gate without knowing it. He saw Jin Yiwei standing by the city gate, staring at the sedan chair, with some doubts on his face, as if the sedan chair had a loophole. The sedan chair does have loopholes.Mao Bijiang himself found out: the windshield curtain of the sedan chair was too high, and the shoes of the people in the sedan chair could indeed be seen from the outside.The Jin Yiwei was a very experienced policeman, their professional eyes immediately noticed that there were not only a pair of women's embroidered feet, but also a man's soap boots in the curtain of the sedan chair. The soap boots of the sedan chair were suddenly put away, and it was immediately known that the person being hunted was sitting in the sedan chair.The four Jin Yiwei did not dare to make a mistake before they could figure out which family's sedan chair it was, and let the sedan chair open the city gate. They grabbed the last servant, gave him a piece of silver, and asked, "Which official is this?" family members." The family member said: "It should belong to Master Ma Shangshu's family." The four Jinyi guards stuck out their tongues in fright, thankfully they didn't do anything wrong, otherwise the young mistress would not only be unable to catch anyone, but might even lose her life. At the moment, they only followed out of the city gate from a distance, and two of them took a shortcut and ran to the front to intercept it. A Piao sent Mr. Mao far away from the city gate before letting him get off the sedan chair.After hurriedly expressing their love to each other, she returned from the same way.The two brocade guards following behind were hiding in the grass, but she didn't see them. Mao Pijiang walked forward in a hurry, when the two guards in front of him suddenly blocked the road. He recognized two of the four Jinyi guards by the city gate.Not knowing well, he was about to turn around when the two Jinyi guards behind him held his shoulders, knocked him to the ground, pulled out ropes and tied him up.The man dressed as a peddler kicked him hard and cursed: "Damn, I see you run! Run!" Then he hit his face with the bloody severed hand and closed his eyes in pain. Besides, A Piao felt urgent to urinate as soon as he entered the city gate, and couldn't hold it back anymore, so he stopped the sedan chair and went into the latrine once.The family by the city wall had never seen a noble lady come here, and hurriedly flushed the latrine, this delay, when Ah Piao came out to get on the sedan chair, he happened to see four Jinyi guards escorting Mao Pijiang back.There was a roar in her head, but there was nothing she could do to save her at this moment.I had to ask a servant to follow him far away to see which prison he was in. Life in prison is dark and dark.Mao Pijiang cannot adapt.He crouched dejectedly by the cell door.It was getting dark, and the small windows with iron bars looked like a pool of water in the night, shining brightly. He was greedily attached to the small fading daylight.If there is an impasse in the world, this is it.In the deathly silence of the cell, he was like a man who has reached the end of the world. His eyesight gradually adapted to the darkness, and he saw a pile of straw beside him, so he stood up, his feet were so numb that they were no longer feet, as if something external to him, he wanted to lay down the straw and rest for a while. As soon as he reached out his hand, the straw suddenly moved, and a person came out.The man asked coldly, "Who are you?" Mao Pijiang was startled suddenly and stood up.He said, "Sorry, I didn't see it." "Why can't I see it?" "too dark." "Boy, it's not that it's too dark, it's because you're too scared. Fear is the real way to hide your eyes. There is no complete darkness in the world, but it's fear that makes people blind. Boy, take a closer look, isn't there light here?" Mao Pijiang really saw the light, it was a faint blue light.He saw the man in the straw pile clearly: his head was full of gray and long hair, his expression was blurred, only the whites of blue eyes were staring at him extremely clearly, and this vision could see through anyone's mind. The man asked coldly: "I have been squatting here for twenty years, and I have never seen such a weak person like you. Why are you in jail? A person like you must be doing something romantic." "No, I'm from Fushe." "Fushe? What is Fushe?" "A reading organization, revitalizing the country is its purpose." "Bullshit, the more you read, the more stupid you become. Without you self-righteous fools, the world would have been peaceful for ten thousand years. Kid, what charges did they arrest you for?" "The traitor falsely accused us of rebellion." "You deserve to be caught. Damn scholar! Even if there is rebellion, is one dynasty better than the other? I'm so mad! I hate scholars the most! What the hell is the hatred of subjugation, there is no country in the world. The world is the biggest The trick is to establish a country, formulate a code of law, and force others to bow their heads. Damn it, hate it!" "This……" "Shut up! How dare you argue. I'll kill you! Come here and bury me with straw. It's all dirt!" Mao Bijiang forgave him for twenty years in prison, and did not contradict him.Bending down to sprinkle the loose straw over his head until it looked like nothing more than a straw stack.He said to him, "This is too hot." "Fart. Boy, you will know later. This is how I feel comfortable." Mao Bijiang didn't bother.He went straight to another corner, spread out a small amount of straw, and lay down, regardless of the moisture.But without any sleepiness, staring at the darkness in a daze.He was suddenly afraid of death, and Jin Yiwei often secretly killed prisoners.Thinking that he was about to die in a daze, and never see Dong Xiaowan and Su Yuanfang again, he felt regretful, regretful that he should have kept the dream of becoming a marquis. It was so silent that no sound could escape his ears.A bright light outside the prison door walked by with the sound of boots, and he knew that it was the prison guard who was watching the night with a lantern.After a while, there was a knocking sound of stones on the wall next to him. The sound was long and short, very rhythmic. He guessed that it was the prisoner next door looking for contact.He tried to respond once, and he heard a very faint greeting: "Hi, newcomer, who are you?" He knew that the extremely weak voice had to shout loudly to pass through, so he replied loudly, "I am Mao Pijiang." Immediately, an excited voice came from the next door: "I am Wu Ciwei." Mao Bijiang heard it clearly and cheered up.The two talked a lot through the wall.Only then did he know that many fushe sons were in this prison.When he knew that Fang Mizhi, Zheng Chaozong, and Hou Chaozong were not in prison, he guessed that they might have escaped.But it is also possible to be locked in other prisons.Thinking of the fate of people in Fushe now, he thought it would be better if he didn't study or form a society. At dawn, he was attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes.It was as if the air was full of mosquitoes, biting him.It even penetrated his shirt.He whipped, crackling, and sometimes when he slapped down, he could clearly feel dozens of dead mosquitoes. Buzz...buzz...buzz...unbearable, unbearable. Buzz...buzz...buzz...the straw rattles. "Bastard!" he heard a roar.The straw-buried man stood up abruptly. "It's killing me!" the man said as he strode out.He saw a beast with disheveled hair and ragged clothes rushing towards him.Before he could make a sound, he was tightly grabbed by the neck.He heard the man yelling: "I'm stuck, I'm stuck." He wanted to resist, but he had no strength left.As soon as the eyes were black, he lost consciousness.The man let go of his hand slowly, and cursed fiercely: "Smelly scholar, disturb my dream." After Mao Bijiang left, Dong Xiaowan sorted out those picture scrolls and antiques in the water painting garden alone, and registered them one by one in the register.This is a rather tiring thing.Su Yuanfang also came to help sometimes.It was these things that kept her from feeling too lonely. Today's short parting is different from the strong and heart-wrenching longing in Suzhou, lighter but closer.Sometimes it's just about worrying.Dong Xiaowan doesn't doubt her love for Mao Pijiang.Through the comparison and analysis of the two kinds of longing, she found that the reason for the difference was that the longing in Suzhou contained elements of despair, and there was the possibility of never seeing him again.She thought: Desperate love is not stronger than happy love, but it is stronger on the surface.Missing and worrying are now bearable, because no matter how slutty a man is, he will go home one day.She wants him to come home early.One day, Su Yuanfang suddenly said in a gossip, "Finally understand what it feels like to regret calling your husband and son-in-law to find a Marquis." She laughed.