Li Xian looked at the people lying on the ground and repeated angrily,""Everyone, I'm not from this dynasty. I'm from more than a thousand years in the future!”
Cripple Ma Hun 'er grabbed a brick and used it as a pillow. She closed her eyes and said casually,""So what? Wouldn't he still be beheaded?”
"I'm innocent!" Li Xian said angrily.”
Jin Wanliang snored sweetly while the captain, Liu Yuntao, rested his head on his arm and lazily crossed his legs."You said you were wronged. But you killed her with your body, right?”
Li Xian nodded vigorously. But…"
Boss Liu yawned." So the government wants to execute a body like you who killed someone. What's wrong with that?"”
Li Xian was stunned and momentarily speechless.
Monk Dahong sighed, put his palms together, and chanted,""Amitabha. Even if it's as you said, since you've occupied her body now, you naturally have to bear her karma. What's wrong with that?”
Monk Dahong shook his head and fell asleep.
Hua Lin, who had a womanly temperament, couldn't help but sympathize with Li Xian when he saw him in a daze. He also thought that Li Xian was making things up in an attempt to exonerate himself, but they were all going to die, so they were in the same boat. He sighed and asked softly,"Since you feel that you've been wronged, have you told the authorities?"”
Li Xian looked at everyone who had fallen asleep and said blankly,""Even you don't believe me. Even if I say it, will the government believe me?”
Cripple Ma Hun 'er snorted and said,""Then why say it again? Sleep. If you sleep today, you can get up tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will sleep forever.”
Class Leader Zhao sighed and carefully spread his big beard in front of his chest. He crossed his hands on his abdomen and lay on his back, sleeping peacefully.
Li Xian felt a burst of fatigue. After a moment of silence, he slowly fell to the ground. That's right! He knew that no matter how he struggled, he would die. What else was there to say? But he was unwilling to accept this! He wanted people to know that he had once existed here.
If no one knew of his existence from the beginning to the end, then what was the point of coming to this world? However, the seven people in the same cell would also go to the execution ground tomorrow morning. What was the use of telling them? Wouldn't they still have to bring this secret to the underworld?
Li Xian lay on his back, two lines of tears slowly crawling down his cheeks.
A clear moon hung in the sky, and the clear moonlight shone on him. Li Xian looked up at the clear moonlight and muttered to himself,""Today's people can't see the ancient moon, but today's moon was once…F * ck, I'm a person of today, I've seen the ancient moon!”
The ninth day of the ninth month is the day of constant reference. Only officials above the fifth rank in the capital, as well as worship officials, councilors, supervisory censors, and Dr. Taichang, came to the court to participate. Chang Can did not need to set up a grand ceremonial ceremony and only dealt with important matters. The entire process only took about an hour from Chen Chu to Chen Zheng.
Li Shimin attended the court and dealt with the important matters of the day. Then, he stopped the morning court and went to the Zichen Hall. The eunuch served the imperial food. After Li Shimin finished his breakfast, Eunuch An brought over a thick stack of memorials and said respectfully,"Sage, this is the list of criminals from Dali, Jingzhao, Wannian, Chang 'an, and other prisons submitted by the Ministry of Justice.”
Li Shiming nodded and slowly opened the memorial. He extended his right hand and Eunuch An quickly took out a red brush and handed it to him with both hands. He then held the cinnabar and stood to the side to serve.
Li Shimin picked up a red pen and dipped it in cinnabar. He flipped through the long list of prisoners, and his expression suddenly turned solemn. He quickly flipped to the last part of the list of prisoners, stared at the line "A total of 390 prisoners on death row", and shook his head gently.
"390 people," Li Shi Min muttered,"390 death row prisoners in just one year!"”
Li Shi Min gently placed the red brush on the brush mountain and sighed.
Eunuch An saw that the Emperor seemed to be depressed and asked carefully,""Sage?"
Li Shi Min slowly stood up, the bright yellow silk of his dragon robe rustled against each other,"Wannian County, I want to go and take a look!”
Chang 'an County Magistrate He Shan Guang lifted his robe and trotted beside Li Shimin. It was the ninth day of the ninth month. The sky was clear and the autumn breeze was coming. County Magistrate He was sweating profusely. God, why did the Emperor suddenly come to Chang 'an County?
County Magistrate He's official rank was not small. The lower county magistrate was of the eighth rank, the middle and lower county magistrate was of the seventh rank, the middle county magistrate was of the seventh rank, the upper county magistrate of each state was of the sixth rank, and the counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao, Henan, and Taiyuan were called town counties, and the county magistrate was of the sixth rank.
Chang 'an County was Jing County. Chang' an City was divided into two counties, east and west, with Rosefinch Avenue as the boundary, one called Chang 'an and the other called Wannian. These two counties, along with Henan, Luoyang, Taiyuan, and Jinyang, were all directly under the jurisdiction of the five counties. They were all called Jing County, which was a fifth-grade official. He was an official who had to attend the court meeting every day and could look up to the emperor every day.
But the problem was, it didn't matter if he went to the Golden Palace to see the Emperor. There were so many civil and military officials. He stood in the crowd and couldn't see him at all. Now, the Emperor had lowered himself to his county yamen. If he was dissatisfied with anything, his ten years of hard work and hard work would be in vain.
Early in the morning, he had been waiting for the Emperor's execution. Who would have thought that the execution decree would not come, but the living Emperor would come instead. What a sin!
Li Shimin was thirty-five years old and in his prime. He was dressed in a red and yellow robe with a turban, a nine-ring belt, and six-way boots. He was elegant and handsome. With the small steps of the county magistrate, he walked with great dignity.
Li Shi Min glanced at He Shan Guang and saw that the magistrate was sweating profusely but didn't dare to wipe it off. He couldn't help but smile and comfort him,"He Ming fu need not be nervous, zhen only came to the prison to take a look at those prisoners awaiting execution.”
"Yes, yes, yes! The prisoners on death row are all locked up here. Your Majesty, this way please!”
He Shan Guang's heart was pounding, he didn't know if the Emperor's sudden arrival was a blessing or a curse. He couldn't care less about making arrangements now, he could only bite the bullet and run forward like a crab, leading the way for the Emperor.
It was quiet in the prison. Normally, some impatient prisoners would have made a fuss before food was delivered at this time. But today, they were going to have a beheading meal. After the beheading meal, they would be executed on the execution ground. It would be noon, and from then on, they would be separated from the world. Therefore, they hoped that the last meal would arrive as late as possible. It would be best if it never arrived.
"Clang!"
The iron cell door slowly opened. Because the cell was silent, the sound was distant and seemed extremely empty. There was a commotion among the prisoners. The last meal was finally delivered. Everyone couldn't help but look at the cell door. Even Cripple Ma Hun 'er dragged her broken leg and struggled to the fence.
Sunlight poured in from outside the cell door, dragging a long, slanted echelon of light and shadow. Soon after, a figure appeared. A valiant-looking middle-aged man in a reddish-yellow robe slowly walked in.
Yellow?
The condemned prisoners immediately became restless. Yellow had gradually become the mainstream color of the royal robes since the Han Dynasty, but it was not prohibited for civilian use at that time. However, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, yellow had become the exclusive color of the royal family. This person was actually wearing a red and yellow robe. Was he a member of the royal family?
Everyone looked at Li Shiming in astonishment. No one knew that this person was the Emperor of the Tang Empire. He Shan Guang followed closely behind Li Shi Min, followed by five or six prison guards, all of whom were bent over as if they had rickets.
All the prisoners held their breaths as they watched this valiant middle-aged man in a red and yellow robe with a folded scarf on his head and a nine-ringed belt around his waist. They watched as his hand-sewn deerskin boots steadily walked forward under the robe.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the fence and grabbed the ankle of the deerskin boots. A loud cry suddenly sounded in the empty and quiet prison, startling the prisoners.
Li Xian desperately grabbed the fence, his face squeezed on the fence like a fish hanging on the net. He shouted with all his strength,""Hero, wait! I have something to say! I have something to say ~"
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