Chapter 1163 Hot Potato
Manbao also opened his mouth wide, and they both looked at the book on the edge of the kang. When Zhou Lijun came to bring them food today, he also brought the medicinal herbs they needed.
Of course, the two books they needed were also missing.
Bai Erlang and Yin Huo also hid some letters in it for them. Because it was not something particularly aboveboard, Bai Shan deliberately lowered his voice when he said this.
He swallowed, leaned against the wall and asked, "And then, what else did you hear?"
"And you guys lowered your voices so low, how could I hear you? But I smell chicken soup. Did you drink it?"
Bai Shan wasn't sure if he could relax, because they wouldn't believe what he said. What if he was lying to them?
Manbao opened the basket with a worried look and looked at the noodles inside. He said worriedly, "Let's gather them together and make a bowl."
Then at lunch time, they each ate a little less, and then took out an extra bowl of noodles, asking the officers to help send it to the other side, which was just across the wall from them, and claimed that they were prisoners with the surname Ba.
The officer hadn't expected that they could make friends while in jail, and was still confused when he handed the noodles over. Bai Shan took the opportunity to squat at the prison door and whispered to him, "Brother, what did the guy named Ba who lives behind us do wrong?"
Because Bai Shan was so mysterious, the officer couldn't help but squat on the ground and said in a low voice, "The bandit killed people, he's not a good person. He has been sentenced to beheading in autumn and won't live long. Hiss, why are you so mysterious? Do you know each other?"
Bai Shan shook his head repeatedly, lowered his voice, and whispered, "You know, he can hear us even when we're talking so quietly here."
The officer's eyes widened as he asked in disbelief, "Is this true?"
Manbao and the Xiang brothers nodded in unison, keeping their mouths tightly shut and not daring to speak. It was obvious that they were terrified.
The officer, bewildered, sent the noodles across the street. He watched the disheveled, dirty, and wicked Ba Ye eat his noodles, and then he asked, "You have very sharp ears."
He wiped the soup from his mouth and laughed heartily, "My ears are just a little bit better. What happened? Did you scare those friends behind me? They sound very young. They're so young. What big crime did they commit?"
He asked with a smile, "Are you going to be executed together with me?"
The officer sneered and said, "Don't flatter yourself. They've committed far worse crimes than you. But even if they die, it probably won't be by execution. Look, you see? All of them are going to die with you."
Ba Ye retracted his gaze, clasped his hands, and asked, "So what crime did they commit? How many people did they kill?"
"No one was killed, but if they succeeded, there would be rivers of blood. Of course, if they failed, there would also be rivers of blood, and the rivers would be even bigger." After the officer said this, he took the bowl away.
Originally, Ba Ye just wanted to scare people and get a good meal. Although he could have a good meal before the execution, it was only one meal, and no one knew whether he would be in the mood to eat that day.
Unexpectedly, he got such an answer, so he became interested. He knocked on the wall and asked, "Hey everyone, what have you done wrong?"
Man Bao had just given out a bowl of noodles, and he was still in a bad mood. Upon hearing this, he flipped a page of a book and said unhappily, "Can't you explain your situation before asking others?"
Ba Ye didn't care. He smiled when he heard it. He was about to die anyway, so there was nothing bad to say. He said loudly: "There's nothing bad to say. It's just stealing things and accidentally killing a few people."
The four people here all frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable. "Don't you feel any regret after killing someone?"
"What are you regretting? If I don't kill them, they will kill me..."
Tao Yi stood in the shadows listening to the bandit bragging about how he killed and stole people in his youth. He couldn't help but frown and asked the officer, "How come the two of them are talking to each other?"
"That guy surnamed Ba has very sharp ears. He can hear whispers through a wall. I don't know what the four of them were discussing. He probably caught them and extorted a bowl of noodles from them. He's really upset."
Tao Yi: ...
He couldn't help but look back at Minister Feng, who was standing with his hands behind his back, and whispered, "Sir, do you want to ask about that Ba Pu?"
Minister Feng said nonchalantly, "They are in jail. No matter what they discuss, we can't do anything about it."
"But their connection with the outside world has never been cut off..."
Minister Feng glanced at him and said, "Isn't this a good thing? I'm hoping they'll instigate people outside to cause trouble. It would be best if the palace immediately ordered them to be released. Do you think it's a good thing for them to stay in prison?"
Tao Yi immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.
Minister Feng touched his chest and said, "Every day they stay here, I won't feel at peace. I have to keep my eyes open all night. I can't stand it at my age."
Tao Yi twitched his lips and asked quietly, "Then let's talk to the outside world about this Ba Pu thing?"
Minister Feng glared at him angrily and said, "Are you dissatisfied with the chaos outside? Do you think Old Master Tang is blind or deaf? Can you hide these actions from him?"
Tao Yi: ...This doesn’t work, and that doesn’t work either. So what do you want to do?
Minister Feng looked at his confidant with a look of disappointment and said, "You must remember, you are the Minister of Justice. You are the Minister of Justice. Let them fight among themselves. Don't interfere. As long as they are in our prison, we will just keep it safe."
Minister Feng turned around and glanced around. Seeing that everyone had retreated far away, he lowered his voice and said, "Do you know why our Shangshu Ling always sits in the middle during every trial but never speaks?"
Ji Xiang was also the Shangshu Ling of the Shangshu Province and the chief official.
Tao Yi thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect Ji Xiang to be so deeply involved."
Minister Feng glanced at him and said gravely, "No, it's Ji Xiang who lacks confidence. He has been appointed as one of the chief judges of the three provinces. Whether he speaks or not, he is already involved."
Tao Yi was shocked and asked, "Why is Ji Xiang so unconfident?"
Minister Feng raised his lip, then thought this was not a good idea, and said, "After this incident, Prime Minister Ji might have to retire and return home. This is because he is not involved in the affairs of state. You should not follow in his footsteps."
Tao Yi thought for a long time before he understood what Shangshu Feng meant. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat on his back. When he looked at the four cells in the prison, he finally understood what Shangshu Feng meant - these four were really a hot potato.
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