"Su Yanli, your family is here to see you!"
The jailer opened the cell door, invited Su Yanqing in, and reminded the prisoners inside.
Xiao Hechuan did not follow him in, but waited outside. After he went in, he took out two taels of silver and gave it to the jailer. The jailer took the silver and immediately made a gesture of giving away money and put the silver in his pocket.
There was a time limit for the execution of death row prisoners, which was no more than an incense stick of time. However, Su Yanqing brought a box of good wine and delicious food, so they would not be able to finish talking in a short time. They could only reward the jailer with silver to buy more time.
For Su Yanqing, he actually wanted to talk things out with Su Yanli before he died, especially the estrangement that had existed since childhood.
When Su Yanli heard that someone had come to his house, he didn't even raise his eyelids, but sneered:
Su Yanqing took out the food and wine from the lunch box and placed them on the table. The aroma of the food instantly filled the entire cell. Some prisoners next door smelled the aroma and started swallowing their saliva wildly.
Su Yanli was not surprised. During his time in prison, he had not had a full meal. Every day he had only watery soup, which was really hard to swallow for him who was used to living a wealthy life.
But there is no other way, I will be hungry if I don’t eat.
Now, smelling the fragrance of the food, he swallowed his saliva helplessly.
"Why, did you come here today just to laugh at my joke? You've already won, there's no need to humiliate me like this!"
When it comes to humiliating people, is there anyone better than Su Yanli?
When Su Yanli thought of what he had done to himself in his dream, he felt that when it came to humiliating people, no one could match him.
And he didn't come here deliberately to humiliate him today.
"They are all your favorite foods, and there is also wine. I came to see you today not only on my behalf, but also on behalf of my grandfather. My grandfather is old, and it is not easy for him to run around everywhere. The wine and food are all prepared by him for you. It is a token of his goodwill!"
"Affection? If he really values me, why doesn't he care about me? From childhood to adulthood, has he ever looked at me straight in the eye? Whether it's him or my father, their eyes and focus are always on you. What am I? Isn't it all because of their partiality that I have come to this point today?
Don’t illegitimate children deserve to be valued? We work hard and are very motivated, but just because we are illegitimate children, no matter how hard we try, we can’t compare to you so-called legitimate children!”
Su Yanli, who had been relatively stable emotionally, suddenly became more and more excited as he spoke.
He climbed up from the haystack, rushed over and grabbed Su Yanqing by the collar, but Su Yanqing just sat there calmly.
He just looked into his eyes and asked a question calmly:
"If I had not been rescued in Xianhe Village, and had become a waste as you wished after returning, how would you treat me if you were in power?"
This was a knot in his heart, and he wanted to know.
Su Yanli frowned when he heard this, and then he laughed crazily:
"I will make your life worse than death. The first thing I will do after I take power is to drive you and your son out of the Su family, remove your names from the family tree, and then clear my mother's name!"
Since we are all dying, we might as well tell the truth all at once.
Su Yanqing was not surprised to hear this answer, and even felt relieved. If that was the case, it meant that it was the right decision to send him to this dead end.
Su Yanqing pulled away Su Yanli's hand that was pulling at his collar. He had been in the cell for so long, without any nutrition for a long time, the tendons in his body had become loose, he had lost a lot of weight, and had no strength at all.
So, Su Yanqing pushed him away easily and patted his collar in disgust.
"You have done this to yourself. From the beginning, father and grandfather treated us equally. You never thought that it was your own problem. If you treat others sincerely, they will treat you sincerely. But think about it yourself. From childhood to adulthood, you have been so petty towards me. In fact, father and others knew it very well, but they didn't expose you. Gradually, your scheming and scheming caused you to lose their trust. And my mother, she doesn't owe you anything. You have been without a mother since you were a child. After my mother married into the Su family, although she didn't like you very much, as the mistress of the family, she never let you, a bastard, lack food and clothing.
When you came of age, I did my best to arrange everything for you. Later, when you got married, the betrothal gifts prepared were based on the standards of a legitimate daughter, giving you enough face. Although your sister-in-law was not the woman you liked, she was also the daughter of a legitimate wife, so she was considered to be marrying down to you.
She was personally chosen for you by your mother and grandfather after much discussion. The Liao family is a wealthy family with a decent social status. They did not despise your status as a concubine's daughter and married their only daughter to you.
My sister-in-law has been married for many years without any children. In fact, it is not her problem, but your problem. You are born without heirs and should not have children in this life, but you favor your concubine and neglect your wife, and torture her. After you were imprisoned, she ran around for you, her head was broken and bloody, but what she waited for was a divorce letter from you. You didn't want people to live comfortably and peacefully even until your death. I really feel sorry for her. Now I think about it, you are a selfish person. No matter what happened in the past, you and I will still come to this point today. Either you die or I die."
Su Yanqing overestimated him. He originally thought that he could talk to him calmly, but now it seems that there is no need for this. So he simply stood up, dusted off his body, and left the prison.
Su Yanli was left sitting on the ground in a daze. He laughed, laughed crazily, and then started crying while laughing.
…
On the day of the college examination, Xiao Hechuan and a group of students who came to take part in the college examination gathered at Sima Mansion. The examination content was divided into two parts. The first part required writing two eight-part essays on the Four Books, and the second part required writing two five-character six-rhyme poems. The topic was not yet clear.
All the members of the Xiao family came to see Xiao Hechuan off, and it made as if he was coming to take part in the autumn examination.
After the academy examination, the results will be announced three days later. The person who ranks first is called "An Shou" and will be a scholar in the future. He can be exempted from personal taxes and military service, and receive monthly salary and food, although it is very meager.
The exam lasted for an hour. Xiao Hechuan had just sat down for a while when he had already finished the answer sheet. While other candidates were still scratching their heads and thinking about how to answer, he was already supporting his head with one hand and closing his eyes to rest.
As an examiner, Lord Sima was walking back and forth in several examination rooms. Seeing a handsome candidate dozing off, he frowned and walked over to see what he meant.
Since you have come to take the college entrance examination, but you don’t treat it well, isn’t this a negative attitude?
But when he came over, he saw that the examinee's answer sheet had been completed. After taking a quick look at the contents, Lord Sima was amazed...
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