Chapter 342 You are...】
The jailer glanced at them and said, "This is what the Shaoqing meant. If you have any objections, you can go and speak to our Shaoqing in person!"
The other officials were about to say something when Lord Xie spoke up, "Lord Song, please stop. This cell is spacious, so a few more people won't matter. We're the ones who are making things difficult for them, so how can we push them any further?"
The jailer was quite respectful to Master Xie and said with a smile, "Master Xie is right. I'm sorry to bother you these few days. These prisoners are all minor crimes. They will be released after two or three days. You can rest assured."
A prisoner with disheveled hair and scars all over his face was locked up.
Lord Xie didn't even look at the prisoner, and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
The prisoner didn't say anything. He looked around for a while, then looked at Mr. Xie curiously, and then lay down at the other end and fell asleep out of boredom.
After a while, someone outside the cell shouted, "Dinner is ready!"
As expected, several officers brought food boxes and put the food into the cells one by one.
The prisoners in these cells are all important officials of the court, so the dishes in their food boxes are naturally different from those of other prisoners.
Although...because the adults were on hunger strike, it was all wasted in the end.
The newly imprisoned prisoner stared at Mr. Xie for a long time before cautiously approaching the food box, opening the lid and looking at the contents. There was only glutinous rice, a plate of white meat, a plate of crispy chicken, a plate of vegetables, and a pot of water. It was quite a feast.
Without even opening his eyes, Master Xie said calmly, "Just eat the food. Leave some of the pot of water for me."
Upon hearing this, the prisoner looked back at him. After confirming that he was being addressed, he immediately picked up his chopsticks and ate a piece of crispy chicken. He then tried other dishes and even poured out a sip of water.
Only then was the food box delivered to Lord Xie.
After a while, Lord Xie weakly opened the lid of the food box. Half of the food was left, but the kettle was almost full.
He ignored the food, but just picked up the kettle with trembling hands, poured a glass of water, slowly raised it up, and drank it.
The prisoner watched silently from the side without saying a word.
A day passed like this.
The next evening, the prisoner finished his meal and brought the food box to Mr. Xie. However, this time he did not leave immediately, but squatted down instead.
Master Xie sensed that the person beside him still hadn't opened his eyes, so he said, "Didn't I tell you to eat the food? What else is going on?"
The prisoner looked up at him, then lowered his head, pushed the food box in front of Master Xie, and whispered, "Master, this food is quite good. You should eat some, even a few bites of vegetables. Otherwise, how can your body bear it?"
After hearing his words, Lord Xie suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the person in front of him with some disbelief.
No...it's impossible, how...is it possible?
But why does this voice sound so familiar?
As if sensing his gaze, the prisoner raised his eyes again, his eyes dark as ink. He lowered his voice even further, trembling as he said, "Teacher once said that a student's body belongs not to them but to the people of the world. Isn't it the same for you, sir? You should eat some."
Mr. Xie's lips couldn't help but tremble, and then his whole body began to tremble slightly.
He only had one student in his life, and he only said these words to one student!
"you……"
At this time, the adults in the cells on both sides could not help but scold
"What are you doing? You're just a prisoner, how dare you do anything bad to me?"
"Hurry up and get out of here!"
The prisoner immediately stepped aside in panic.
All of Lord Xie's words were stuck in his throat, and in the end, he didn't say a single word.
As usual, he opened the lid of the lunch box with trembling hands, and there was something extra in the lunch box.
Something that absolutely could not appear in the lunch box.
It was a golden, full ear of wheat.
In those days, when he was lecturing the crown prince, he specially brought a few ears of wheat to explain the principle that "the emperor should regard the people as the most important, the country as the second, and the ruler as the least important."
At this moment, the wheat ears in the food box, coupled with the voice and eyes just now...
Mr. Xie burst into tears.
He quickly lifted up his robe sleeves, pretending to wipe away the sweat from his face, and his body was shaking with emotion.
However, he had not eaten for several days, and his body could not support him, so he suddenly fell to the ground.
"Thank you, Mr.!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"Call the jailer! Are you all just eating for free? Can't you see that Master Xie is in trouble..."
Lord Xie waved his hand and said weakly, "No need to ask them to come in. This old man... is fine."
The adults in the cells on both sides finally felt relieved and urged, "Mr. Xie, you should eat something. I'm afraid it will take some time to plead for the Crown Prince. There's no need to rush. If Mr. Xie collapses now, wouldn't the Crown Prince's hope of redress be even slimmer?"
Lord Xie took a moment to catch his breath, then managed to sit up. He put the wheat ear from the food box into his sleeve and whispered, "My lords, you have accompanied me in my hunger strike these past few days. I feel really bad for you. From today on, I will eat some vegetables and rice. I hope you all will eat something as well."
As he spoke, he picked up the rice with trembling hands, picked up the vegetables with chopsticks, and began to eat slowly.
The other adults were stunned when they saw that Master Xie was actually willing to start eating. Then they said:
"That's exactly what Mr. Xie should do."
"If anything happens to Lord Xie, the only ones who will be happy are those henchmen in the court who harbor their own ulterior motives and pursue their own interests. My country and the nation will be implicated."
"Everyone, please eat something. Only if we can hold on can we continue to fight to the end against those who framed the crown prince and are trying to undermine the foundation of our Great Yu!"
As everyone was talking, they opened their lunch boxes and started eating.
The prisoners in the same cell with Lord Xie sat silently by and breathed a sigh of relief.
That evening, at Prince Jin’s Mansion.
With a "bang", the teacup on the table was swept directly to the ground.
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