How I survived after killing eight emperors in a row [Transmigration Book]

After Ji Ling finished picking the prey, Xiao Jingzhe got up and said, "Let's go, go back."

Then he walked to Ji Ling's side and said, "My son is lost, please trouble the emperor to walk ahead with me and lead the way."

It's only seven miles away from the exit, lost in such a short distance?

During the war, Taiwei led his men to march for more than 400 miles, and he could still clearly remember the return route.

He can't ride and shoot, he's not ruthless, and he still gets lost. How can he pretend to be a captain?

Ji Ling glanced at Xiao Jingzhe with disgust on his face, jumped on the horse sideways, and said, "Follow."

Xiao Jingzhe knew he was wrong, endured Ji Ling's disgusting eyes, jumped on his horse, and followed closely behind him.

The fallen leaves are everywhere on the mountain path, and countless horseshoes are raised, rolling up the fallen leaves.

About half an hour later, Xiao Jingzhe followed Ji Ling to the exit of Longqi Mountain.

The guards who were waiting here bent down and saluted: "Congratulations to the Taiwei on his return."

Scatter hunting is a competition, and the rewards for the top three are quite rich, but this time he withdrew from the competition and did not need to stop to let the guards record the prey.

Xiao Jingzhe ignored it, and went straight back to Qingliang Hall with the guards.

The only prey that Ji Ling 'hunted' were pheasants and rabbits. Five of them were equivalent to a wolf, and twenty were equivalent to a tiger. He couldn't win the game at all, so he didn't let the guards at the mountain pass The city guards registered and followed Xiao Jingzhe back to the palace.

The next day was the fifth day of autumn hunting. The autumn wind was warm and the sun was rarely bright. According to the usual practice, we should play music and have a picnic today.

Xiao Jingzhe slept until dawn, and then quickly got up to wash up under Ji Ling's urging.

Ji Ling leaned against the window, watched Xiao Jingzhe hurriedly dressed and washed, and taunted him, "It's too hasty, it's out of style, why don't you get up half an hour earlier?"

Xiao Jingzhe combed her hair frantically, and replied, "I can't get up."

It is about 07:30, and as a modern person who is used to getting up after ten in the morning, he really can't get up.

Ji Ling looked at Xiao Jingzhe, very puzzled.

Ordinary people get up an hour ago, is it difficult for him to get up now?

It took only half an hour for Xiao Jingzhe to wash and comb, and immediately went to the school grounds with Ji Ling.

There were about a thousand people on the school grounds, all of whom were officials and their families who participated in the hunting yesterday.

They brought the prey they hunted yesterday and simple barbecue supplies, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is distributing fine charcoal and firewood to them.

Seeing Taiwei Xiao and the emperor enter the school grounds, they all stopped their movements, stood up and bowed to salute: "See Taiwei, see the emperor."

Xiao Jingzhe waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, enjoy the picnic with you today, regardless of seniority, you can do whatever you want."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Jingzhe sat down on the floor and went to fiddle with his barbecue supplies.

"Xie Taiwei." Everyone in the school field sat down on the ground again and continued to fiddle with their barbecue supplies.

The band in the middle of the school grounds began to play Qiangdi, and the leisurely and beautiful classical music spread throughout the school grounds.

While fiddling with his iron grill, Xiao Jingzhe enjoyed the leisurely sound of the flute, and counted the number of band members in the center of the arena.

One, two, three... 99 people.

With so many people, they played very neatly, no one played wrong, and no one could not keep up with the rhythm.

Unlike his dance team, there are only 21 people, but every time there is a performance, one or two people will make mistakes.

He also privately complained about the long training time, he was ruthless, and he didn't feel that he was wrong at all. After all, they worked hard to learn, but their talents were not good. With so many movements, it is normal for them to make one or two mistakes.

He should really let all the members of his dance team come here to see and open their eyes.

Xiao Jingzhe played with the iron grill while enjoying the music.

After fiddling with it for a long time, it has not been fixed yet.

Why is this barbecue iron stove so difficult?The iron net has been unable to close.

The iron stove he used was twice the size of the ministers' iron stoves, and the style was completely different. He didn't have a reference, so Xiao Jingzhe could only look to Ji Ling next to him for help.

In the scene, only Ji Ling knew his identity and would not doubt him.

Ji Ling turned around helplessly, and said, "Wrong, put two iron nets on the left side and one iron net on the right side, and leave a space in between to put fine carbon."

Ji Ling took the iron stove in Xiao Jingzhe's hand, and fiddled with it in a few strokes.

It turned out to be that simple.

Xiao Jingzhe put fine carbon into it with iron tongs, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is amazing."

Ji Ling turned her head away, feeling a little unnatural.

Four days later, the fall hunt was over.

In the last four days, although the danger was lifted, Xiao Jingzhe still remained vigilant at all times.

He summoned Vice Captain Xu a few times, played with a random rhythm, and successfully misled Ji Ling.

Ji Ling's main object of suspicion and investigation now is Vice Captain Xu who is most loyal to him.

Xiao Jingzhe sat on the carriage back to Beijing, admiring the flowing scenery along the way.

The trees next to the official road are really tall, the frost-dead vegetation on both sides has a messy beauty, and the air is extremely sweet.

Xiao Jingzhe patted his chest, the heart inside was still beating, he didn't die, he escaped this catastrophe.

Ji Ling next to him glanced at him and said seriously, "Pay attention to your image."

The fact that Chu Mu and Taiwei look exactly the same has become a household name.

If Mr. Chu's actions were seen by the guards beside the carriage, they would doubt his identity.

Pretending to be a Taiwei is tantamount to conspiracy, and it is a serious crime to punish the Jiuzu.

Xiao Jingzhe turned sideways, faced Ji Ling, smiled and said, "Okay."

The whole journey was relatively silent, and the atmosphere was not awkward, but there was an indescribable harmony.

Ji Ling handled the memorial for several hours.

Xiao Jingzhe occasionally admired the scenery outside the window, occasionally read idle books, and was very puzzled. Ji Ling obviously had a carriage, so why did she still rely on his carriage?

Is it to monitor him?

Due to the early departure, after returning to the palace, it was not evening yet.

Before Xiao Jingzhe got out of the carriage, he whispered to Ji Ling: "During the autumn hunting, I have ordered my subordinates not to mention all the things you did during the autumn hunting. The Taiwei will not know."

"Thank you."

Ji Ling watched Xiao Jingzhe leave and was very moved.

Although, he didn't need Xiao Jingzhe to help him solve this matter.

After Xiao Jingzhe got off the car, he ordered the guards beside the car to say, "Transfer to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Yes."

The guard army quickly ran to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and said: "The Taiwei summoned."

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment immediately got off his horse, followed the city guards to the side of the Taiwei's carriage, bent down and saluted: "See Taiwei."

Xiao Jingzhe said expressionlessly, "Excuse me."

"I'm going to inspect the prison now."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice immediately said: "This subordinate will accompany you."

Xiao Jingzhe nodded, and under the protection of dozens of guards and accompanied by the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, a group of people went to the prison in a mighty manner.

Seeing that the Taiwei had left, the rest of the officials dispersed and went home one after another.

The Tianlao belongs to the imperial court and is under the supervision of the Ministry of Punishment. The people in it are all royal family members who have committed serious crimes, or court officials of the fifth rank or above.

The Tianlao was very close to the imperial palace, and Xiao Jingzhe and his party arrived in about half a quarter of an hour.

"See Taiwei, see Shangshu." The guard at the gate of the prison bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me." Xiao Jingzhe went straight into the dungeon.

Although the sky prison is called a sky prison, the real prison cells are located underground, mainly to prevent prison robbery, because all the officials or royal family members who were once high-ranking officials were detained in the sky prison.

The ground floor is where officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice work, and partly where jailers and guards rest temporarily.

In an inconspicuous room in the middle of the dungeon, Xiao Jingzhe led a group of people down slowly, down one floor, before entering the dungeon.

An unusually unpleasant smell hit the nostrils.

Xiao Jingzhe looked around, it was dark and damp, bloodstains could be seen everywhere, the unbearable stench of rotting and moldy animals filled his nostrils, the sun couldn't shine in, it was daytime, but it was like night.

The original owner, Taiwei Xiao, was executed here by Ji Ling himself, and the environment here was exactly the same as described in the novel.

The only difference is that the sky prison in the original book is empty, with almost no one there.

All the officials who made mistakes were killed by the original owners.

But now the sky prison is extremely crowded, and hundreds of Lingnan corrupt officials are being held.

Not all of them are officials of the fifth grade or above, but they committed major crimes of corruption and were imprisoned here for punishment as an exception.

The cells that used to be shared by one person are now shared by two people.

The prisoners in ragged and dirty clothes cried loudly when they saw Taiwei Xiao coming in, "Let the offender go, the offender will never be corrupt again."

"The guilty minister was wrong, and I dare not do it again."

"It's really wrong."

"The guilty minister repents and dares not do it again."

Some prisoners pointed at the surrounding prisoners and shouted disregarding the image: "It's their fault that forced them to surrender."

Xiao Jingzhe stopped in front of a prisoner with dirty clothes and messy hair, and said indifferently: "During the investigation, almost all the officials said that the minister is not corrupt, but was forced by others."

"I want to know who has the power to force hundreds of you to embezzle together."

The filthy prisoner who was roaring just now became trembling in an instant, quickly knelt down on his knees, and kept repeating in his mouth: "Taiwei, spare your life, Taiwei, spare your life..."

Xiao Jingzhe said even more indifferently: "Say it quickly, I will take him to pieces and avenge you."

The dirty prisoner kowtowed and kowtowed, "No one forced me, it's my fault, it's my fault..."

The other prisoners who shouted that they were being forced to embezzle immediately shut up, and the cell became much quieter.

Xiao Jingzhe resisted the unpleasant smell and quickly inspected the prison.

During this period, he encountered mice three times and a snake once, which scared him almost to death.

Fortunately, his strong acting skills concealed his emotions, otherwise others would definitely find out that he is not the real captain.

Xiao Jingzhe sat on the jailer's chair.

The chair was dark, full of tiny cracks, and lots of dried blood.

But he is not in the mood to pay attention to these now.

Dozens of guards dutifully protected Xiao Jingzhe not far away, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment stood beside him respectfully.

Xiao Jingzhe sat on the chair with an indifferent face, but her heart was as restless as if the river was overwhelmed.

This is his future home, too miserable.

Wearing blood-stained clothes that may have been worn by death row inmates, he lived in an unusually damp and dark house less than fifteen square meters infested with rats and snakes. A thick layer of black and dirty unknown objects. The toilet is next to the bed, and the excrement in the toilet can be clearly seen. The window is unusually small, no bigger than a human head. The air circulation is not smooth, and the smell of excrement is full and the rotten smell of rotting musty animal carcasses...

In the past, he thought that the environment was the worst when he was filming in the mountains, because there were mosquitoes and snakes.

Unexpectedly, there is a worse environment than the mountain.

The original owner lived here for two months before being executed by Ji Ling.

But he might live longer, until Ji Ling tortured him enough.

Because he not only killed Ji Ling's eight brothers and forced the relationship between Ji Ling and his mother and concubine to break up, but also took advantage of his friendship with Ji Ling to play with Ji Ling again and again.

His behavior was even worse than the original owner's. If he could not be cleared successfully in the end, his end would definitely be predictable and miserable.

The original owner's execution of Ling Chi was more than 100 knives because Ji Ling's skills were not good.

In order to torture him, Ji Ling probably went to the executioner to learn how to Ling Chi. It is estimated that he would not die if he was not chopped alive by a thousand knives.

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The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment next to him saw the Taiwei sitting on the chair with a cold face, and did not move for a long time.

Concerned: "Taiwei, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Jingzhe came back to his senses and said, "Oh, nothing?"

After a while, Xiao Jingzhe said, "I'm thinking about how to improve the environment here."

He is a dignified son of Chu, the dream of countless girls in the capital.

Never die in this place, never in such filth.

In order to die more decently in the future, he must plan ahead and do something while he is still in power.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice stared at Taiwei with wide eyes, suspecting that he had heard wrong.

These prisoners have a lot of corruption, making the people in the entire Lingnan area miserable. In the past, these people should have been killed, but now they are spared and imprisoned for ten or 20 years, which is already cheap for them.

At this moment, the Taiwei, who has always hated corrupt officials, wants to improve the environment for them?

Xiao Jingzhe ignored his gaze, and continued: "Nowadays, there are many court officials above rank five in the prison. Although they are corrupt, they have worked hard for many years to maintain the stability of the Great Wei society."

"I can't bear to let them live in such a bad environment."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice nodded. The environment is indeed a bit bad, and they should be cleaned up.

Xiao Jingzhe thought for a while, and ordered: "Pull down and rebuild the prison, move the cell to the ground, double the size of a single cell, let the Ministry of Industry and the Royal Craftsman jointly take charge of the drainage system, make sure that the drainage is unimpeded, and the environment of the prison is dry. .”

"The windows are enlarged at least ten times. In order to prevent the prisoners from escaping, the windows are placed on the top of the wall."

"In order to strengthen the cell and protect the privacy of the prisoners, the cell is located on the side of the passage, with brick walls instead of wooden columns, and the cell has an iron door instead of a wooden railing door. A one-foot-long square hole is left on the iron door to facilitate the guards to watch over the prisoners. "

"Build a hut in the corner of each room. Remember that the hut is not a simple latrine. In order to diffuse the smell, there must be a small window on the wall near the outside of the hut."

"Also, if the clothes are replaced with silk fabrics, one servant will be arranged for every five cells to wash and clean up the prisoners' rooms."

"The quality of food should also be improved. They should eat whatever the prison guards eat. There must be fresh vegetables and meat every day."

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The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment looked at the Taiwei in a daze.

He had never seen Taiwei talk so much.

Is this still the indifferent and taciturn Taiwei who hates corrupt officials so much?

After a quarter of an hour, Xiao Jingzhe stopped.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments immediately said: "These are all criminals who have committed serious crimes. It is too generous to treat them like this."

If this is true, the ordinary people in the capital will not live as well as the prisoners in the prison.

Xiao Jingzhe explained: "Of the prisoners in the prison, there are only a few dozen people who have held official positions above the fifth rank, and the rest are all officials below the fifth rank. A few days ago, in order to punish them, we made an exception and imprisoned them together. A prison with harsh conditions."

"Most of the officials above the fifth rank have made great contributions to the stability of our great Wei community. They shouldn't be treated so cruelly."

Minister of the Ministry of Punishments thought about it. He is also an official of the fifth rank or above. If he commits a crime in the future, it is really good to be locked up in a cell that is wider than an inn and has people serving him.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment replied: "Yes, my subordinates will do it now. With the strength of the court, it is expected to be completed within two months."

After a short pause, he said again: "But where does the money come from?"

Xiao Jingzhe said: "The money confiscated from these officials a few days ago is at least tens of millions of taels of silver, and one-twentieth of it will be enough."

"As for the money used by the prisoners for food and clothing in prison, their children and grandchildren will pay."

He only punished the corrupt officials themselves, not their descendants.

Officials who can reach the fifth rank or above are not stupid. They understand that it is impossible for the court army to seize all their property and leave some for their descendants. Pay them ten years or more. 20 years of prison accommodation, easy.