Ideas are beautiful, but reality is often cruel.
Unfortunately, Ye Changge, who was born in a chess game, did not understand that he had fallen into Xu Jing's trap the moment he stepped into the cell.
"Boss, there."
The fat black man Duren had sharp eyes and saw Tian Wan'er who was imprisoned in the solitary cell at a glance.
Tian Wan'er was lying on the bed at the moment, unable to sleep at all due to the pain.
Ancient prisons were just as snobbish as modern ones. You had to pay to be treated the way you deserved.
A bottle of wound medicine costs five taels of silver, and a meal in prison costs one tael of silver. It's not that there are no free ones, but the free ones are simply inedible.
Tian Wan'er reluctantly took off the gold bracelet on her left hand in exchange for a chance to have a full meal and take medicine.
"Sister, what crime have you committed?" the woman who came to apply medicine whispered.
Tian Wan'er said with a wry smile, "I offended the prefect, and that bastard has me locked up. Ouch, auntie, please be gentle."
"Don't talk nonsense, Magistrate Jiang is a great and good official. If he hadn't given me a little benefit, I wouldn't even have enough to eat now."
After applying the medicine to Tian Wan'er, the aunt whispered, "We ordinary people should not speak ill of officials, or we will be arrested and punished."
"I saved myself the trouble." It was too late to realize it. She had already suffered.
"Big sister, you should take good care of your injuries. After you recover, you still have to go back to work."
work?
In ancient times, people were imprisoned forever, so why did they have to work?
The aunt patiently explained, "Our master is kind enough to arrange a job for the female prisoners. Those who can work as women can go to the leather workshop, and as long as they work, they will be provided with two meals. The female prisoners are very grateful to the master."
Pooh.
Tian Wan'er rolled her eyes, secretly complaining. Working for him for free and only giving him food—not even the fascists would exploit him like this.
What Tian Wan'er didn't know was that productivity was low in ancient times, and it was difficult for people to get enough to eat.
Coupled with bad weather and exploitation by officials, every household was emaciated. Families that were unable to get enough food even sold their children to make a living.
Most of the female prisoners in prison commit crimes because they can no longer make ends meet. Logically, they should be imprisoned to death.
But Xu Jing knew the importance of human resources, so he carried out comprehensive reforms in the prison as soon as he arrived.
The male prisoners who were originally idle were arranged to build walls and stand guard at the city gate; the female prisoners were arranged to work in the garment workshop, and as long as they went out to work, they would be provided with two meals.
Although they didn't get a penny, at least the prisoners were guaranteed food. It didn't matter whether the food was good or not, as long as they were full, they would do anything.
Therefore, in the eyes of the inmates, Jiang Xuqing was a great judge. Even the aunt who applied medicine to Tian Wan'er was taken care of by Jiang Zhizhou and got a very respectable job.
The aunt was so grateful that she even placed a statue of Jiang Zhizhou at home and kowtowed to it every day without stopping.
Hearing Tian Wan'er cursing Jiang Zhizhou, the aunt, despite her good temper, could no longer hold back. She retorted a few times, but seeing that he was still stubborn, she was so angry that she didn't even come to deliver dinner.
Tian Wan'er was so angry that she cursed and swore, saying that the person who took the money didn't do the job had really low character.
Imprisoned in the prison, Tian Wan'er missed her life outside immensely. She even felt extremely lonely because she had no one to accompany her.
“Squeak!”
What is that, a mouse?
When Tian Wan'er thought of the black thing crawling on her back, she screamed in fear. "Someone, someone, please come."
"Why are you yelling in the middle of the night? It's bad luck."
"There's a mouse! There's a mouse!" Tian Wan'er was so frightened that her face turned pale and she couldn't hold back her tears. "Help me get rid of the mouse!"
"What are you yelling about? Can't you let me sleep?" The yamen runner yawned and warned, "The earth dragons are watching over you, so you can sleep peacefully. If you're really hungry, just catch one and eat it. It'll be a blessing from heaven."
Eat rats raw?
Oh my God, I can’t do it.
Tian Wan'er screamed in fear and tried to move her body to get out of bed. Suddenly, she fell flat on her face.
"Ah." Tian Wan'er screamed like a pig being slaughtered, which scared people so much that they woke up immediately from their sleepiness.
The bailiff angrily said, "What the hell are you yelling about? If you keep yelling, I'll throw you out to feed the wolves."
"Woo woo." Tian Wan'er had never suffered such a great crime. Her tears never stopped falling and she howled at the yamen runners.
"I want to go home."
What a damn place! She doesn't want to stay here anymore.
"Dream on! Stop howling! If you keep howling, I'll slap you in the face, believe it or not."
Seeing the yamen runner raising his big hand towards her, Tian Wan'er was so scared that she stopped crying, but her tears still flowed like a waterfall and she couldn't stop them.
After the bailiff left, Tian Wan'er cried softly. "Changge, where are you? I miss you so much, wuwu..."
She regretted it so much now. Why did she get angry with Changge? She should have listened to Changge obediently.
If she hadn't acted so recklessly, perhaps she wouldn't have been beaten or imprisoned.
Wow, misfortunes never come alone.
Changge, where are you? I miss you so much.
"Wan'er, is that you?"
She stopped crying, as if she heard the sound of nature.
"Changge, is that you?"
A strong force pushed Tian Wan'er forward step by step until she climbed to the edge of the iron railing.
She held on to the iron railings tightly with both hands, and tried to see what was happening outside through the dim light.
As the footsteps got closer, her heart began to pound.
It was not until she saw that familiar figure that Tian Wan'er burst into tears.
"Changge, it's really you. Why did you come just now? Woo woo..."
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