Chapter 1188 The Last Farewell
Kong Jijiu also felt that Bai Shan could not be allowed to skip classes all the time. After waiting for several days, he found that the Queen Mother's condition had not improved at all. The judgment of the King of Yizhou was temporarily shelved, but the people involved in the matter began to be investigated.
And I heard that Yizhou has begun to escort the rebel leaders and others to the capital.
Kong Jijiu calculated with his fingers and found that even if they set off immediately, it would take about ten days to reach the capital.
So he thought about it, and asked the teacher of Class A3 to assign some additional homework to Bai Shan, while considering whether to let Bai Shan come back to school.
The main reason is that Bai Shan and the others have been out of prison for three days, and no one has caused them any trouble.
It seemed that in order to avoid suspicion and prevent the censor from finding any evidence against them, even the empress dowager did not find fault with them.
Kong Jijiu always felt that if he always let Bai Shan take leave from school, it would seem that the Imperial College was afraid of the King of Yizhou.
Besides, Bai Shan's constant hiding is also detrimental to his reputation.
If he hides for three to five days, he can say that he just got out of prison and needs to recuperate, but if he hides for three to five months, it will become a joke.
So Kong Jijiu planned to take a walk around the palace, but before he could enter, the emperor summoned him in.
There were also important officials such as Wei Zhi and Tang Hui.
After entering the palace, they found that the heads of the Zhao family and other aristocratic families were with the Queen Mother. The Emperor summoned them to discuss the matter of the King of Yizhou.
Many people entered the palace this time. The Empress Dowager lay on her sickbed, holding the Emperor and crying for a long time. Some of the heads of aristocratic families and ministers also tried to persuade him for a long time...
Finally, after Kong Jijiu left the palace, he said to his long-servant, "Have someone tell the student officer of Class 3, Level 1, to notify Bai Shan to come back to class."
The attendant asked, "Are you not hiding anymore?"
"Hide your ass! The private soldiers have been mobilized and the people have been arrested. Your Majesty must fulfill his filial duty. I'm afraid this matter will be left unresolved."
Since the matter was to be left unresolved, the King of Yizhou would not take action against Bai Shan and Zhou Man, the victims, no matter how jealous he was of them.
In order to silence the gossips of the people, the Queen Mother might show them mercy in the end, so there was no need for them to hide.
At this time, Bai Shan and his friends had just returned from Erliu Lane and had just received the new homework sent by the school official. Before he had time to sigh, he turned around and received the news that he had to go back to school.
Bai Shan looked at Yin Huo in confusion. Yin Huo stood up and said, "I'll go back and ask my grandmother, but my father is not in the capital right now, so I'm afraid the news from home will be a little delayed."
Bai Shan, Man Bao and others saw him out and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."
After seeing Yin Huo off, Manbao asked, "Are we going to the Heavenly Prison again tomorrow?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and nodded, "Let's go. We should finish what we started. I don't know what happened, but since we're doing this, let's do it completely."
Because they thought it was their last visit, even though they didn't like Ba Pu very much, Bai Shan and Man Bao still prepared a very sumptuous meal for him. Of course, they also gave one to the female prisoner.
Ba Pu was stunned for a moment after receiving such a generous gift and then asked, "Are you not coming here anymore?"
Bai Shan nodded, sat across from him through the cell door, and nodded, "I'm going to school tomorrow."
Ba Pu then looked at Man Bao.
Manbao said, "He's going to school, and I'm also going to start working at the pharmacy. We think that meeting is fate, so I prepared some extra delicious food for you today."
Ba Pu looked at the food box of the female prisoner across from him, raised his chin and asked, "There are so many people in this prison, why are they only giving us two?"
Bai Shan was frank and said directly, "We gave it to her out of sympathy. We felt that her crime did not deserve the death penalty, but the law is such that we can't do anything about it. We gave it to you because you have been helpful to us."
Ba Pu laughed and said, "Didn't she tell you that day that I was lying to you?"
"We know," Bai Shan said with a smile, "We knew from the beginning that you were lying to us, but whether you were lying or not, we had to come and see you so that the people outside would have something to do."
Ba Pu curled his lips and said, "You scholars always talk in circles."
He didn't care anymore and took out the stewed chicken and tore it open. After swallowing his saliva, he started eating. As he ate, he sighed, "From now on, I have to eat coarse food again."
The food in prison was very bad. The steamed buns were mixed with bran, and a lot of rice porridge was made with stale rice. Because it was not washed clean, it always gave off a strange smell.
Manbao said nonchalantly, "Aren't you going to be executed in a few days? Then there will be delicious food."
Ba Pu choked and felt that the stewed chicken in his mouth was a little tasteless. He stared at Man Bao with his cloudy eyes and suddenly smiled, "Young lady, do you hate me?"
Manbao thought about it and shook his head. "Not really, I just don't like it. The books I read before always said that everyone commits crimes for a reason, so I want to know what your reason is."
Ba Pu did not answer, but asked: "Why were you imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison? And in such a spacious place next door, your family must be high-ranking officials, right?"
Manbao said, "My family is poor, very poor. I had three older brothers before, and my family was worried that they wouldn't be able to find wives. Now there's another one, and he's already come of age and still hasn't found a wife."
Bai Shan turned his head to look at her, then nodded to Ba Pu, confirming Man Bao's words, "Her family used to be very poor."
"Poor?" Ba Pu looked Man Bao up and down in disbelief.
Bai Shan said calmly, "But she was smart, and the teacher liked her very much, so he accepted her as his disciple. My grandmother also liked her very much, so she studied with me."
Ba Pu said, "That young lady is really lucky. She is a commoner and her crime is not murder. How could she be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison and be cared for by the superior officer?"
"Perhaps it's because we sued the King of Yizhou and won the favor of many people, so they took care of us." The other party was about to be beheaded, so there was nothing wrong with talking about this matter. Manbao was still quite curious about his crime process, so he simply sat cross-legged across from him and spoke frankly with him, "Look, we've answered your questions, so why don't you answer our questions too? Why did you kill people?"
Ba Pu was silent for a moment, then tore off a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth. He said, "It's for my own survival. They want to denounce me, want to kill me, and take my life. Naturally, I have no choice but to kill them. What are you accusing the King of Yizhou of?"
"It's nothing. He killed our parents and was plotting a rebellion. When we found out, we reported him," Manbao said. "Is it because of theft? If you're caught stealing, you should just be exiled. Would you kill someone just to avoid exile?"
"Tsk," Ba Pu said, "Exile is worse than death. Being taken to the border as a soldier or working in the mines is worse than death. If I escape, I will be safe. Of course, I will be killed."
Manbao sighed.
Ba Pu said, "Humph, don't think I'm cruel. The people I kill are not good people."
"Aren't the family that feeds you good people too?"
Ba Pu was silent for a long time and then said, "Her son is a deserter, how can he be considered a good person? I didn't intend to kill her. It was because she saw me killing her son and started yelling that I killed her."
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(End of this chapter)
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