Chapter 391: No Regrets Even If I Die

In front of a dark and gloomy prison cell.

"Zheng Fei, ah Zheng Fei, you've caused a disaster, and now you still don't repent? I ask you again, do you know you're wrong?"

In front of the cell, a figure standing in the darkness was telling something in deep sorrow.

The only response he got was silence.

"You're not saying anything? You bumped into the emperor's carriage and even threw weapons at his majesty's mount! Once this crime is determined, you won't be the only one who will suffer!

Think about your own family, think about your relatives and friends, do you hate them so much that you want to drag them down with you? ! "

The figure in front of the cell became increasingly angry and scolded loudly.

"I'm not wrong."

Finally, a weak voice was heard from inside the cell.

"Nothing wrong?"

The figure in front of the cell began to jump up and down, "What's the point of telling me all this? Do you know how many people have been implicated by your actions? Don't think that you have suffered a great injustice just because you have been imprisoned in the cell for a few months.

Those who begged for mercy on your behalf have all lost their heads! And you still don't repent?"

"Which law of the Xia Dynasty did I break?"

The figure curled up in the cell asked back.

"Oh, you're still clinging to your laws? The leader of the Legalists, Lord Shang, resigned a few years ago, and I'm afraid he's passed away now.

Without Lord Shang in front of the emperor, who do you think you are? The new leader of the Legalists? With your eyes, even the emperor can't see clearly. It's the mercy of the Xia Dynasty that someone like you can be a street patrol envoy.

Now that you have offended the emperor, you bring up the laws of the Xia Dynasty. Who will give you justice?

The so-called law is nothing more than the above sentence!"

The figure in front of the cell was dancing and waving his hands. The thick darkness made it difficult to see clearly, not to mention that Zheng Fei's eyesight was not good. He could only barely make out a slightly human-like creature in the darkness, making threatening gestures.

"Although Mozi is gone, Mohism still exists. Although Xunzi has left, Confucianism still exists. If Shangzi had not served as an official in the Xia Dynasty, would Legalism become an empty talk?"

Zheng Fei's weak but firm voice rang out, "I acted according to the laws of the Xia Dynasty, and I am not guilty!"

"I am innocent!"

The figure in front of the cell finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the cell door. "How clear do you want me to make it? Don't talk about Mohism and Confucianism. Mohism and Confucianism are not as powerful as they are in the government! The Xia Dynasty is the territory of Emperor Xia, and Emperor Xia is the rule! You want to chop Emperor Xia with his sword? Is there anything more ridiculous than this in the world? You have to figure out who is the master of the Xia Dynasty!"

"snort."

A cold snort sounded. No matter how he talked, Zheng Fei was unmoved. "If you want to chop me, chop me. Stop talking so much nonsense. I act according to the laws of the Xia Dynasty. Even if the Emperor Xia is right in front of me, I am not guilty!"

"Okay, okay, you won't give in to any persuasion, right? Then just stay in the cell, and I'll see who can save you!"

The guy who had been talking incessantly in front of the cell door finally left.

Zheng Fei leaned on the cold floor, with endless darkness before his eyes.

His eyesight was not good to begin with. Even in broad daylight, he could not see clearly what was happening several feet away. He could only see vague outlines.

Even if something is right in front of you, you still have to use all your strength to barely see it clearly.

Because of this, he suffered a lot when he was a child.

When ordinary people read, the handwriting is always clearly visible.

But most of the time, he could only learn with bamboo slips, perceive through the touch of his hands, and judge through the echo of his ears.

Having eyes on his body is more of a burden than anything else.

There are few people like him who are born with diseases, but they do exist.

If he were somewhere else, his life would be almost over.

But his family was relatively wealthy, and he himself had a desire to learn.

Even though he was born with a disability, he still refused to give up.

He taught himself the laws of the Xia Dynasty, measured the words on the bamboo slips inch by inch with his fingers, and tried to understand the hard work of the sages of the Xia Dynasty through the marks on the bamboo slips.

Just because his eyes are half blind doesn't mean his heart is blind too.

Through his own efforts, he memorized the laws of the Xia Dynasty.

Later, relying on his understanding and research of the law, he successfully passed the assessment and became an ordinary patrol officer in the imperial capital.

This is not a big position. On the contrary, it can only be regarded as the smallest official, but it also requires real talent and hard work.

He can also support himself with this.

Zheng Fei thought this was fine.

That is to say, in the Xia Dynasty, it was still tolerated for a person with eye disease to hold a small amount of power.

As for a higher position? He had not thought about it. After all, he had eye problems. Even if he understood many things clearly, he could not see them clearly, and he could not convince others.

The days should have just passed like this.

Until he caught a guy in the imperial capital who was clearly violating the laws of the Xia Dynasty and riding a wild beast in the street.

No wonder so many people in front didn't stop him and allowed the other party to walk into the area under his jurisdiction.

The other party is the emperor of the Xia Dynasty!

But doesn't the law also include the emperor? Zheng Fei had never really thought about this question before.

After all, when Shang was in the position of prime minister, even the Xia emperor was only a part of the laws of the Xia Dynasty;

Now that Lord Shang is gone, is Emperor Xia going to break the law?

During the months he was detained in the cell, Zheng Fei had been thinking about this matter.

The law, the emperor, and the law enforcers. Who is above and who is below? Who has to judge the situation and change according to their different identities? If it can change, wouldn't the law become a toy? Today, because the other party is Emperor Xia, he can turn a blind eye.

Tomorrow, you will be able to be tolerant because the other party is a high-ranking official in the court.

After all this, what is the law?

If the other party can ignore the law just because he is a higher official than himself, then what is the point of law enforcement? Wouldn't it be better to just recruit warriors? Zheng Fei stayed in the dark, and waves of foul stench came from his body, making him want to vomit.

The cage where he was imprisoned was not big, only about ten feet in size at most. He ate, drank, defecated and urinated in here. You can imagine how disgusting the smell was.

But the real difficulty is not the environment around us, but the unresolved confusion in our hearts.

Zheng Fei found a new problem, but at this time, he had no answer.

Maybe there is no need for an answer anymore.

He never pleaded guilty, but patience has its limits.

The increasingly frequent "advice" nowadays is a clear proof of this.

It’s better to die. When you die, you don’t have to face problems anymore.

Who can survive death? Even the leader of the Legalists, Shang Da Ren, had to resign from his post one day when he grew old.

Compared with those sages, he was just an ordinary citizen of the Xia Dynasty. It was normal that he might not find the answers he wanted in his entire life.

Zheng Fei leaned his head against the wall, feeling cold.

My consciousness gradually became dizzy, and I wanted to step into the gentle night and stop thinking about those complicated things.

“Crunch~”

At a certain moment, just when Zheng Fei was about to fall asleep.

The closed cell door was opened.

A person walked in and woke Zheng Fei up.

Zheng Fei straightened his tired body. Although his body was tortured and his spirit was extremely exhausted, he still stood straight and looked at the person who came.

Of course he couldn't see clearly. Even in broad daylight, he might not be able to see clearly.

But this was his attitude, no matter if it was the executioner or anyone else.

"Do you regret it?"

The person who came in spoke slowly, his voice was very calm, without the anger that had been constantly scolding him before, and his inquiry was ordinary, as if two people happened to meet on the street and asked if he had eaten.

"No."

Zheng Fei answered without hesitation.

It will be the same if you ask ten thousand times.

He acted according to the laws of the Xia Dynasty and had no regrets even in his death.

"You can regret this."

The man who came in said, "As long as you say you did something wrong, I will guarantee your innocence. You can also continue to be a street patroller, and everything that happened before will be treated as if it never happened. You can continue to act according to the laws of the Xia Dynasty and uphold the justice in your heart. How about that?"

There was a brief silence.

This is really a very good condition.

As long as he lowers his head and admits his mistake.

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The matter was just covered up like that.

After all, what's wrong with bowing your head and admitting your mistakes to His Majesty the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty? I don't know how many people want to kneel down to him but have no way to do so!

The fact that he was able to charge into His Majesty and escape unscathed was something worthy of boasting.

Could it be that he wanted the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty to come over and bow his head to apologize to him? If only one of them could admit his fault, out of ten thousand people, I'm afraid ten thousand would support the Emperor of Xia.

He was making a big deal out of nothing and didn't know how to adapt to changing circumstances.

However, Zheng Fei shook his head and said, "I am not wrong."

"Why?"

The person who came in asked curiously: "You only need to nod and you can go back to your previous life. Now being imprisoned in such a small cell, survival is a problem.

Your family and friends may also be implicated because of your affairs. If the reputation of offending the emperor is really established, even your ancestral graves will be ruined.

And all this is just because you are unwilling to admit your mistakes.

Do you think that compared with the risks involved, it is really worth it to persist at this moment?"

Silence again.

Zheng Fei didn't say anything.

The person who came in continued, "You nodded. This is just a small matter. It was your mistake. Emperor Xia was generous and willing to forgive your mistake. Everyone was happy.

Emperor Xia has shown his kindness, and you can return to where you belong.

But if you don't nod, then this is a big deal, a huge deal. You did nothing wrong, so it must be the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty who did something wrong.

Some things, if they are not said out loud, are less than three taels of weight, but once they are really brought out and taken seriously, they are more than three thousand pounds, and few people can bear it.

Have you thought it through?"

"I don't know."

Zheng Fei struggled to get up from the ground and stood up straight. "I will die. Who can't die? Even Mozi was not spared. Is my life more precious than Mozi's? Mozi was willing to sacrifice his life for the people of the world, and the world still remembers it. I, Zheng Fei, am not that powerful, and I am not as good as Mozi. But if one day, the laws of the Xia Dynasty are nothing, and people in the future investigate this matter, I can't let future generations see that the laws of the Xia Dynasty were broken because of me.

As you said, I nodded. It was just a small thing, a very trivial thing.

But this small matter will be infinitely magnified because of my choice, letting everyone know that the laws of the Xia Dynasty can vary according to individuals and can be compromised.

My death is nothing. People died every day in the Xia Dynasty. What is there to mention?

But I can't do this, and it can't happen to me.

That’s all.”

Perhaps someone will eventually break the laws of the Xia Dynasty.

No, someone must have sabotaged it.

Even when Lord Shang was still around, there would be people who would sabotage it.

No matter how good the law is, it still needs people to enforce it.

But those laws that are broken are often due to human selfishness.

The matters involved did not affect the Xia Dynasty emperor, the decision-maker of the Xia Dynasty.

Before this, even the emperor followed the laws of the Xia Dynasty, so every Legalist could hold his head high and tell every citizen of the Xia Dynasty who violated the law, "If the emperor doesn't violate the law, who do you think you are?"

No matter how great you are, can you be greater than the emperor of the Xia Dynasty?

In this case, the law is supreme! But now he used the laws of the Xia Dynasty to chop the emperor.

This little thing is not a small thing.

It will become a landmark event in the Xia Dynasty, and I wonder how many people are watching it throughout the Xia Dynasty.

Perhaps this is the real reason why he has not died.

His life means nothing.

The impact behind this incident was a truly major event for the Xia Dynasty, an event that was big enough to have a real impact on the Xia Dynasty.

After Shang left, the big question was where the Legalists would go.

And Zheng Fei chose to use his own life to defend the laws of the Xia Dynasty.

It doesn't matter even though it is possible that the laws of the Xia Dynasty would be changed immediately after his death.

"very good."

Gu Dan nodded, "It is what I want to do. Even if I die nine times, I will not regret it. Come out, you are innocent."

"Um?"

Zheng Fei, who had already prepared himself for death, stood there in a daze.

"Let's go."

A hand grasped his arm and led him away from the cage.

After walking through the dim and seemingly long passage, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.

The sky is bright and sunny.

Endless light poured down from the sky, and Zheng Fei subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands.

After being imprisoned in the cell for several months, he could hardly see even the light of a lamp. Now, when the sunlight suddenly came, it was so bright that he dared not open his eyes.

After a while, Zheng Fei was finally able to adapt to this clean and bright environment.

The pair of gray eyes looked at the person who was pulling him.

He was wearing a green robe, and although his face was not very clear, his temperament seemed to be not of this world.

He seemed to have seen this figure before.

It was on the back of the same green ox that the Xia Dynasty emperor rode for him.

He didn't know who the other person was.

"By the way, you haven't told me what kind of punishment Emperor Qizhi will receive for violating the laws of the Xia Dynasty?"

The man in green robe suddenly asked.

"If anyone lets a vicious animal loose in the street, disturbing public order, but not injuring anyone, he shall be fined one rank for the first offense."

Zheng Fei said subconsciously.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

(End of this chapter)