She is a snail, and also a bookworm. Carrying three donkeys and a dozen boxes of books, she traveled everywhere, from south to north, from west to east. Eventually, she exhausted all her savings to...
After saying that, the jailer knocked on the wooden bars with a wooden stick and said, "Behave yourself."
After he finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Xu Si rushed to the door and stopped him.
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"What are you trying to do now?" the jailer said impatiently, "If you ask me to find Xu Jiang for you again, I'll whip you."
"No, I'm not looking for her. I'm looking for the officials. I want to confess!" There hasn't been any news from Wanjuan Tower these days, and Xu Jiang doesn't even look at him. It's obvious that she doesn't care about his life or death. He has to find a way to save himself. He doesn't want to stay in this prison anymore, facing these two unlucky guys every day. Sooner or later, he will die.
"Confess? Why would you do that? The government office is busy right now, who has time to care about you?"
"Please inform the officer. I'm willing to confess everything. I know the Zhou family's crimes, as well as that damned Prince Ying. I've been to Qingque Garden, so I know a lot about them! I'm willing to report them, and I'm willing to make meritorious contributions while serving my sentence!"
"You're going to die! Who allowed you to make random accusations? Shut up right now!" The jailer got a little flustered when he mentioned Prince Ying. Prince Ying was a royal relative, and if he gossiped about him, they would be implicated if the matter was investigated.
"If you go and tell me I'll shut up, otherwise I'll shout it every day until everyone knows it."
The jailer gritted his teeth. If this man had not been selected by the chief clerk, he would have been punished with all kinds of tortures. How could he allow him to shout in front of him?
"Okay, I'll pass it on. You better cover that shithole of yours."
Seeing the jailer compromise and report it, Xu Si smiled triumphantly. What about the yamen runners? They still had to be manipulated by him.
The other two in the cell, after hearing him mention the Zhou family and then Prince Ying, were curious and wanted to ask, but didn't dare. Finally, after a glance, the square-faced man asked sternly, "So, you... you mentioned the Zhou family just now, what's going on?"
Xu Si spat and said disdainfully, "It's none of your business."
The firecracker man said, "We came here to do something for the Zhou family, so of course it's our business."
Xu Siben didn't want to pay any attention, but he thought that if he could persuade these two to confess, his crime might be mitigated. He thought for a moment and snorted, "Are they trying to trick you? Even if we get caught, they'll redeem you?"
The firecracker man asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
Xu Si said viciously, "Because that's how these sons of bitches tricked me into coming here." He then sneered, "You don't really think they'll come and redeem you, do you? Not to mention that they're a bunch of ungrateful wolves, they can't even protect themselves now, so how can we expect them to redeem us?"
The square-faced man asked in surprise, "What did you say?"
"Are you deaf?" Xu Si glanced at him and said word by word, "I say—the Zhou family is going to be in big trouble!"
Seeing the two of them looking foolish, he sneered, "If you don't want to die, learn from me and turn them in. By doing good deeds while guilty, you might be able to save your life."
Hearing this, the two looked at each other.
Not long after, the jailer came back with two yamen runners and took Xu Si away.
Seeing this, the two men hurried to the door and shouted in unison: "Sir! We want to confess too! Sir!"