Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

After living in the prison dungeon for more than nine months, I could only see the light a little bit every day.

Now that I look at it, this method is indeed a bit dirty. It's probably like that. I could endure the darkness, get used to it, or even blend into the darkness, but I have to feel the light every day.

From the moment they land on the ground, these people look greedily at the sunlight in the sky, twitch their noses greedily, and ignore everything else.

It can be seen from this that these people have a perverted desire for light.

Xia Yuan glanced at the hundreds of prisoners. The mental state of everyone was surprisingly consistent. Each one could be described in one word: haggard.

The sunken eye sockets make the cheekbones bulge, making the eyeballs protrude a lot, and the protruding eyeballs are filled with bloodshot eyes, giving them a strange excitement.

How should I put it? After nine months of torture, these people seemed to have suffered psychological problems.

It doesn't look normal anymore.

Especially seeing hundreds of pairs of bloodshot eyeballs looking at him made Xia Yuan even more frightened.

Dead memories began to attack him.

He thought of the zombies he saw in movies in his previous life.

It's really similar.

Xia Yuan's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and before he could stabilize his mind, he thumped.

One man immediately knelt down and thumped on the ground. Another prisoner knelt down, and then there was a thumping sound one after another.

Within a few breaths, hundreds of prisoners were all kneeling on the ground.

"This subordinate has met your Excellency!"

Seeing hundreds of people kneeling on the ground and bowing their heads in greeting, Xia Yuan felt completely relieved. Although these people looked crazy, they were not completely crazy.

As time went by, the original PUA did not lose its effectiveness. On the contrary, it became much more effective during the nine months of imprisonment.

He pursed his lips and used a eloquent tone, as if he was reminiscing about old times.

"A few months ago, I said that I would trouble you to live in this prison for a while. Now, more than half a year has passed, and I am here again. You must have guessed the purpose of my visit this time.

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Having said this, Xia Yuan paused and took out the edict from his arms, "There is an edict!"

As soon as he heard the edict, he brushed his finger and the imperial guards standing around him immediately knelt down.

The hundreds of prisoners who had knelt down lowered their heads deeply.

Xia Yuan was soon the only one standing in the entire imperial prison compound. He already looked taller standing alone, so the tone of the door made him even taller.

"Last year, the national treasury was in short supply, the emperor was incompetent, and the ministers' salaries were incomplete, so there was a disturbance in the imperial palace.

I may be angry, but I dare not forget the importance entrusted to me by my ancestors: a king is born for the people, and a king is one who respects heaven and provides for the people.

Without being able to take care of him, Wang Gang was not established, his ministers' salaries were incomplete, and the palace ban caused trouble. I did not use any punishments or regulations, but only gave him half a year's salary as a brief punishment, and I will not pursue any other matters.

I hereby issue an edict to pardon my sins and start a new chapter with you."

After Xia Yuan announced the edict, he paused there. The courtyard was filled with darkness and silence.

After a long time, the sound of crying came from the crowd. After the first one, there was a second one, and then several people started crying too. Soon, the sound of crying became loud.

The crying was still suppressed at first, but then it was no longer suppressed, and everyone started crying loudly.

Whether it is shock, anger, joy, worry, or sadness, when all emotions reach a critical point, the only way to vent them is to cry.

Facing the pardon that finally came, no one could stabilize their emotions. They could only cry, and they could only cry.

Xia Yuan stood there silently, and the rest of the Jinyi guards also knelt on the ground and remained silent.

Listening quietly to hundreds of people crying.

After a long time, when the crying gradually became quieter and stopped, Xia Yuan swallowed his saliva and said slowly: "The decree has been announced, and you have cried enough, but I still have a few words to say to you.

one time."

"At the end of last year, the troubles you caused were not trivial. According to the laws of the country, even if you were dismissed from office and sentenced to death, it would be a minor crime.

Regardless of whether it is a temple or a local area, there are officials who will be sent to your Majesty to ask you to take serious measures to set an example for others.

There were many disturbances in the court, but His Majesty still suppressed all these memorials with all his strength, and now he has pardoned you, and only fined you a salary for half a year as punishment, and did not even mention dismissal from office."

"That is to say, even though you are all unkempt now and are worse than those beggars on the roadside, as long as you get out of this prison, go home, take a shower, wash your face, and put on your official robes.

If you put it on, you will still be an official.

He is still a high-ranking official.

But don’t be too happy too early. You have been released from this prison today, but it does not mean that you can sit back and relax. With His Majesty’s mercy, it does not mean that you can return to the officialdom safely and continue to work.

Be your official."

"The trouble you caused at the end of last year, and the words you said are still like thorns in people's hearts. Whether it is the court or the local area, countless people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty

People still regard you as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh.”

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan smiled and said, "In the past, if you wanted to be treated as dogs, maybe someone would accept you as dogs. Now, even if you want to be treated as dogs, no one will accept you anymore, because

You have bitten people, you have bitten too many people."

After hearing what Xia Yuan said, the hundreds of officials kneeling on the ground fell silent.

"Now that you are back in the officialdom, if you want to gain a foothold in this officialdom and stand firm, who can you rely on?"

".It's your lord, your majesty."

Xia Yuan smiled again, but then shook his head, "It's not me, it's not your Majesty, it's you."

"If you want to stand firmly in this officialdom, you have to rely on yourselves. No one can help you in this matter."

"A few months ago, I said something to you. Do you still remember?"

"If you reply to your Majesty, I will remember it."

"Just remember." Xia Yuan responded, and then continued: "Now that His Majesty has pardoned you, I hope you can live up to your expectations, give your Majesty a voice, and give yourself a voice. Don't let others look down on you, and don't let me.

underestimate."

"Think of death and survive. This is what I told you at the beginning. As for how to survive death, you will know in the near future.

I said what I needed to say a few months ago, and I just said what I warned you, and I can’t say much else. In short, everything has been put into place.”

Having said this, Xia Yuan folded his hands, arched his back, and moved deeply in the direction of the hundreds of prisoners present.

All the officials in the courtyard knocked their heads off deeply in return.

"Okay, I've finished what I need to say. Please stop kneeling, wipe the tears on your faces, and then go home."

Some things don't need to be said too clearly, and it's not convenient to say them too clearly. What's more, what these hundreds of prisoners want to hear most now is not these, but the word "go home."

go home
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