sinovels Chapter 29 (Crazy Dog Emperor)
Chapter 29 (Crazy Dog Emperor)
Ji Ye didn't say anything in the end, and quietly lowered his head to eat.
He didn't keep Ji Fei waiting for too long, and after breakfast the next day, after getting dressed, he led Zhao Gantang and Yu Gui to the prison.
He wasn't as reckless as Chu Li, and he didn't have the energy to walk over by himself. Besides, his feet weren't healed yet, so he sat down obediently.
The damp and cool prison cell was dark, and an inexplicable feeling of decay and hopelessness came over the face, which was depressing and uncomfortable.
The cell was fairly dry, with no beds in it, only a layer of straw in the corner.A kerosene lamp was lit on a small desk not far away.
There is no way, the windows that are only one foot in size do not let in much sunlight at all.
As soon as he entered, Ji saw a person in the corner, whose white coat had already been stained, looking downcast and thin.
In just a few days, Ji Fei, who was originally black-haired, had a lot of mottled white hair, half black and white hair, coupled with a sluggish spirit and pale complexion, there was a kind of desolation in the sunset.
There was an inexplicable feeling in Ji Fei's heart, before he could open his mouth, Ji Fei heard the crackling sound of unlocking the lock, and when he looked up, Ji Ye's figure was reflected in his chaotic eyes.
The turbid eyes suddenly burst into endless light, and excitedly scrambled to get up, "Son! Son! You are here!"
Ji Fei frowned lightly, "I heard you're sick? Are you better?"
Ji Fei shook his head repeatedly, and held Ji Ye's hand, "Son, it's hard to be here for my father, can you please ask the emperor to let me out?"
Ji also felt that his hands were icy cold, but he exerted extra force.Just as he thought, Ji Fei regarded him as the only straw to save his life, he didn't even care about dealing with him, and asked him to plead in a hurry.
Ji Ye looked at him lightly and didn't speak.
Ji Fei was stared at by Ji Ye, and his heart gradually turned cold, "Son...what's wrong? Why are you... looking at me like this?"
Ji also pulled his arm out of his hand, with a calm and indifferent expression, "Now you know how to beg me? When you sent me out, when you threatened me, why didn't you think that you would have today?"
Ji Fei became anxious immediately, "Son! I..." Ji Ye glanced at him lightly, "What did you say at the beginning? Oh, by the way, you said that I am lazy and lazy. , call me useless, say that I am just the emperor's pet, let me be obedient, earn glory for the Duke's mansion, and then the Duke's mansion will give me a place to stay, otherwise break my legs and kill me Throw it in that remote yard to fend for itself."
"How did you ask me, a spoiled pet, now?" Ji Ye's voice was flat, although there was no sarcasm in his tone, it still pierced deeply into Ji Fei's heart like a steel needle.
Ji Fei's face twisted in an instant, and all kinds of feelings came to his heart, humiliation, anger, resentment, and regret came up all over his head, making him feel suffocated with his mouth and nose covered.
"I..." Ji Fei opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Ji Ye took a deep breath, looked at Ji Fei, and said nothing.
After an unknown amount of time, Ji Ye suddenly said softly, "I'm Ji Ye, I'm not Ji Ye." So I won't help you, and I can't help you.
Ji Fei didn't know what he meant by that, but the opportunity he had finally caught made it absolutely impossible for him to give up just now!Swallowing saliva, relieved the dry and astringent throat due to tension, "Son, because the father knew that he was wrong, I will never do it again in the future, please forgive me this time, just this time, okay?"
As he said, pointing at the cell with trembling hands, "It's dark and cold here, I really can't stay any longer. So... I don't ask you to let the emperor reinstate me, let me get out of here first , let me go out to the head office? I really don't want to stay any longer..." Ji Ye laughed angrily at Ji Fei's words, "Why do you think the emperor will let you go as long as I beg for mercy? ? Why do you think that I can let the emperor reinstate you as an official, so that you can still enjoy the glory?"
Ji Fei couldn't listen to Ji Ye's words at all, his expression was crazy and crazy, he didn't know if it was cold or what, he trembled unconsciously, "What the emperor said... the emperor said it himself... He said that as long as you agree to intercede with me, this matter will be over..." He said, and grabbed Ji Ye's hand again, "Son! Son... Seeing that I am your relative For father's sake...for my sake of raising you...please help me, just this time...just this time, from now on ... I will never bother you again, I will never bother you again ... I will disappear before your eyes and never appear again ... okay?"
Ji Ye looked at the crazy Ji Fei, and calmly withdrew his hand again, "You think it's so simple? If it's really just a matter of me begging for mercy, the emperor will go through so much trouble and use the five city soldiers Ma Si, together with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment, are they taking you into prison with great fanfare? What the emperor did is to announce to the entire capital that you, Duke of Wei Ji Fei, are guilty!"
As he said that, Ji Ye looked at Ji Fei, whose eyes were bloodshot and his face was pale and black, but his spirit was very excited, "Since the capital has been informed, how could he do the thing of acquitting you and slapping him in the face? "
"Are you too naive, or do you think he is stupid?"
How could Ji Fei believe it? He didn't believe it even if he couldn't hear it, "No, son, really...really...the emperor said it himself...he said it , as long as you agree to intercede with me, he will definitely not pursue...you...you don't want to see your own father die like this, so please beg me!"
Ji Ye felt exhausted, and he didn't want to listen to Ji Fei's nonsense words, let alone hear Ji Fei's apology to him.
"Smuggling salt, taking bribes, reselling official positions, these things are all done by you. You can't understand the rules. When you did it, why didn't you think about the consequences? Now you regret it, and you are like a bereaved dog. You are shameless enough to call for help from the useless son you despise." Ji Ye's voice was low and indifferent, his eyes were cold, and he no longer had any compassion for Ji Fei.
"I'm all for the Duke's Mansion..." Ji Fei hastily argued with a flustered expression.
"Don't say anything about the Duke's mansion. You know exactly who it's for. Is the Duke's mansion down or can't survive? I'm not counted in the mansion. The only serious masters are you, Mrs. Huang and Ji Sui It's just three people, how can the expenses be so high? Aren't you greedy for so much money for your own wealth and glory?" Ji Ye's eyes were like sharp arrows, shooting straight into the dirtiest part of Ji Fei's heart.
"You are just trying to satisfy your own vanity. And the Duke's Mansion is not about to face disaster. You have already taken the position of the Duke of the Kingdom. It is not an exaggeration to say that one person is under one person and above ten thousand people? You How else do you want to glorify the Duke's Mansion? If you climb up, where else do you want to climb to?"
"My own greed is causing trouble, and I have shifted the responsibility to righteousness. The century-old reputation of the Duke's Mansion has been ruined. Aren't you afraid that your ancestors will crawl out of the ground to eat your flesh and drink your blood?"
Ji Fei was even more flustered by Ji Ye's words, backed away again and again, his hands trembling and shaking: "No... no... I'm for the Duke's Mansion... ..for the glory of the Duke's Mansion...for the family to live for several days..." "Good days..." Ji Ye lowered his head and chuckled, with obvious He mocked, "Isn't the Duke's mansion living a good life? If you say so, wouldn't ordinary people have to die? The life of the emperor is the best. Don't you still have the heart to rebel and want to rob the emperor?" ?”
"No! I didn't...I'm not..." Ji Fei yelled as if trying to cover up his words as soon as the words fell to the ground.
Ji Ye was taken aback by his reaction, then his eyes became darker, he looked at Ji Fei and didn't speak.
Ji Fei didn't know whether it was panic or guilt when he looked at him like this, but he quickly turned his eyes away anyway.
The matter has come to this point, and Ji also has no intention of delving into whether Ji Fei has this intention. Anyway, he sighed and said lightly: "Now that we have come to this point, there is a limit to what I can do. If you are really going to die according to the law, I will Arrange your funeral affairs so that you won't lose face. You... just take care of yourself."
I'm leaving now.Ji Fei turned pale with shock, and there was no trace of sickness on his body. He strode forward and grabbed Ji Ye, pleading, "Son...son...you can't leave me alone... The emperor really said, he said that as long as you promise to intercede with me, he will definitely let me go, and the emperor will definitely not lie to me...Really...as long as you Just open my mouth, and I will surely live...I beg you, please save my life."
Ji Ye was tired of hearing these words over and over again, and asked with a cold face: "Why do you think I will intercede for you? And why do you think my words are so effective? You know that I am just a pet, or a As a man, I can’t even have children, and I don’t have the capital to speak. Once the emperor hates me, I don’t even have a place to stay. And I was sent to the dragon bed by you. How can I get married after that? I’m leaving It's all thanks to you to this point, and you still expect me to help you to intercede? Why don't you think about where the sun comes from today?"
Ji Fei seemed to be frightened by Ji Ye's aura, took a step back, and murmured: "I...I am your father...you...you can't... ..." "Father?" Ji Fei sneered, "Ji Ye died when you sent him to the dragon bed. Since you sent him to the dragon bed, the relationship between you and your father has been broken. When you sold your son Why didn’t you think about him being your own son and you being his own father when you were begging for glory? Now I think of you as his own father.”
"The princes and ministers don't even say it, even ordinary people, if they don't say they are desperate, who would give up their children? Ji is also a man, but you drugged him and sent him to the dragon bed. Such humiliation, you let hope Save you? It's pretty good that I didn't step on your foot while I was in trouble."
Ji Fei's head was in such a mess as if it had been churned into a paste. He was already ill, but he was imprisoned again. He panicked and worried all day long whether he would die, and his spirit was always tense.Now there are ups and downs, and even the sanity is beginning to be confused.Muttering to himself all the time: "No...it can't be like this...I am your father...I am your real father...you can't leave me alone... ...Son...Son...Save Dad..." Ji also deeply understood what it means to be a poor person must have something to hate.I was too lazy to talk to Ji Fei again, and was about to pull out my hand and leave.
After Ji Fei noticed it, he held onto Ji tightly and didn't let go.I don't know where he got so much strength from his sick face, Ji Ye couldn't break free for a while.
"Son! Son! That's it! I'll pass on the duke's title to you! Pass it to you, okay! Go help me and ask the emperor for mercy! I won't be a duke anymore, so I'll take care of the elderly at home and take care of your children in the future! I won't toss you anymore! I won't scold you! I won't scold you again! Okay? Dad was wrong! Dad confessed to you! Forgive dad!" Ji Fei's eyes were red, his expression became more crazy, and he scratched emotionally. Holding on to Ji Ye, as if he was holding on to the last straw, he would not let go.
Ji also felt that his fingernails were dug into the flesh, and the pain made him struggle subconsciously, and the more he struggled, the tighter Ji Fei grasped.Zhao Gantang sensed something was wrong, and he didn't hesitate for a moment after entering, strode forward, took the floating dust in his hand and hit Ji Fei's hand vigorously.
The dust was interrupted, and Ji Fei was in pain, so he let go, and Zhao Gantang hurriedly protected Ji Ye behind his back.Without giving Ji Fei a chance to pounce, he and Yu Gui clustered together and hurried away.
Seeing that Ji Fei was about to leave, Ji Fei's eyes were about to burst, and he yelled and rushed forward again. Yu Gui was frightened by his crazy appearance, his scalp was numb, and he quickly ran out while hugging Ji. Like a dog chasing after him.
After leaving the dungeon, Ji Ye squinted his eyes to meet the glare of the sunlight, and rubbed the center of his brows with a headache.
"Ah! Young Master! Your hand was scratched!" Yu Gui's exclamation rang in his ears.
Zhao Gantang's gaze turned instantly.Ji didn't care much about looking at the several blood-stained finger marks on his hand. The pain was not particularly painful, but it felt like it was burning.After blowing lightly and shaking his hands, Ji Ye said lightly: "It's okay, let's go back first."
As he spoke, Ji Ye supported his head with one hand, rubbed his brows and closed his eyes to rest because Gui supported him to sit on the step and was carried by the eunuch.
I don't know if it's because he's been standing for too long, but Ji also feels his feet are swollen and painful, with a faint burning sensation.
Before arriving at Qinghe Palace, Zhao Gantang had ordered someone to call for the imperial physician quickly.While walking, he glanced at Ji Ye's hand without listening.I couldn't help feeling bitter in my heart, and said to myself: It's over, it's over, the emperor may not know how to get angry... Will he chop off my hand to apologize to the prince?
The more he thought about it, the more he complained, Zhao Gantang wanted to cry, but he regretted why he didn't take good care of Ji Fei and asked Ji Fei to scratch his son.
But no matter how much he regretted it, the matter had come to an end, it was useless to talk more, and he could only try his best to remedy it.
When we arrived at the side hall of Qinghe Palace, it was already past noon. Normally, Chu Li was handling government affairs in the imperial study at this time.Ji Ye just felt exhausted for a while, and didn't really want to see Chu Li, thinking that he just didn't have to deal with the dog emperor.
The step fell to the ground, and before Yu Gui came up to help him, Ji also stood up, but suddenly a sharp pain hit his ankle, and Ji Ye's foot went limp in an instant. After reacting, they found that Ji Ye had already fallen to the side, and everyone was shocked.
At the critical moment, a pair of big hands stretched out from nowhere, and caught Ji Ye neatly.Ji Ye's face turned pale, and when he looked up in surprise, it was Chu Li.
At this time, Chu Li's face was very ugly, but he was not facing Ji Ye, but Zhao Gantang and the eunuchs: "You are all dead, right? Don't you know that your son is inconvenient? Are you blind? Luckily I just happened to catch Shizi, otherwise if Shizi falls, you will lose your heads!"
Everyone knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed tremblingly, not even daring to say a word of forgiveness.
Chu Li didn't even bother to look at them, so he gave Ji Ye a hard look, hugged Ji Ye in his arms and walked towards the palace, "Don't you know what kind of body you are? Dare to go up, are you not afraid of falling? If you fall to the head, you will be thrown into a fool again!"
Inexplicably, the heaviness and oppression in Ji Ye's heart dissipated a lot, and his fatigue eased a lot. He didn't talk back when he heard the words, he pursed his lips, and laughed twice.
Chu Li was very annoyed, "You're still laughing, what's so funny? I can tell you, I won't want a fool!"
Ji Ye chuckled, "If it really comes to that time, I will become a fool and I don't know anything. If you tell me in advance not to be a fool, I won't remember."
Chu Li laughed angrily, "Did I make you remember this? I made you feel scruples! Know that you can't fall, or I will make you a fool and I won't want you!"
Ji also nodded with a smile, indicating that he knew.
Chu Li glanced at him, hummed twice, put him on the imperial concubine's couch, knelt down to help him take off his shoes, and found that his feet were swollen twice, and the anger on his face was completely gloomy Come down: "Zhao Gantang! Get the hell out of here!"
Zhao Gantang's scalp was numb, he hurried in, and before Chu Li could speak, he plopped to his knees on the ground knowing the current affairs.
Chu Li's eyes were like knives, and he gave him a sharp look, and said sharply: "Tell the imperial physician!"
Zhao Gantang kowtowed, "The emperor atones, the slave has already been passed on, and the imperial doctor will be here immediately."
Chu Li snorted coldly, his face clouded over, "I asked you to go to take care of my son, that's how you deal with me? Not to mention the worsening of the injury on the foot, the hand was scratched! Are you dead? Just watching Shizi get hurt?"
Zhao Gantang didn't make any excuses. He knew that Chu Li hated people who argued back the most, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to admit his mistake without saying anything.
Seeing this, Ji Ye smiled wryly, and grabbed the angry Chu Li, "The emperor calms down, and it's not too late to listen to me before getting angry."
Chu Li pinched Ji Ye's face a little harder, and said bitterly: "What are you talking about? Is your head caught by the door? I don't know if my feet hurt? I don't know if my hands are caught like this? What did I ask you to do? I asked you to vent your anger, but you are lucky, you came back with an injury all over, do you want to piss me off?"
Ji Ye smiled wryly, holding Chu Li's hand with both hands, pinching his fingers, with the intention of comforting and coquettish, "I really can't blame Eunuch Zhao for this matter, it's me, I didn't let Eunuch Zhao follow, let He was waiting for me at the door. He stood on his feet a little longer. As for his hands...it was just my own carelessness. Eunuch Zhao came in immediately when he noticed something was wrong. The emperor must not blame a good person, otherwise I will lose face in the future Goodbye, Eunuch Zhao."
Chu Li laughed angrily, "You can't protect yourself, how can you still beg for mercy? Besides, there is not even a place to sit in the prison, so he doesn't even know how to move a stool for you? What else can I say? You asked him to wait at the door, and I let him go because he was afraid that Ji Fei would go crazy and hurt you, so I asked him to take care of you, but he was fine and went directly to the door, why didn't he stand in Gong's room?"
Zhao Gantang: ...Ji Ye: ...Ji Ye has a headache.
He glanced at Zhao Gantang apologetically, and Ji Ye felt a little embarrassed, "In short, all mistakes are my fault. If the emperor blames me, don't blame Eunuch Zhao. Eunuch Zhao has been with me all the way. , it’s really not good to blame him again.”
Chu Li snorted twice, "You really care about him."
Zhao Gantang's scalp became numb in an instant when he was stabbed by the cold tone. Before he could open his mouth to beg for mercy, Ji Ye smiled wryly: "What did the emperor say? Eunuch Zhao has served you for so long, and he is what you like the most. If It’s not good to have misunderstood Eunuch Zhao because of my affairs.”
Seemingly convinced, Chu Li pinched Ji Ye's smooth and tender cheeks, and then cast a glance at Zhao Gantang, "Death crimes can be avoided, and life crimes cannot be escaped. The punishment will be half a year."
Zhao Gantang breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and was very grateful to Ji Ye, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your atonement, and thank you, Your Majesty, for your sympathy."
Chu Li frowned, and said impatiently: "Okay, get up and see why the imperial doctor hasn't come yet. Could it be that he wants to take home the coffin in the main hall of the imperial hospital."
Zhao Gantang responded, and was about to go out to have a look, never thinking that the imperial physician had already arrived.
After Chu Li placed the coffin in the main hall of the Tai Hospital last time, the overall speed of the Tai Hospital has increased by countless degrees. Although Chu Li still thinks it is slow, at least it will not make him angry.
After all, no one wants to take a coffin home.
After the imperial doctor came in, he first checked Ji Ye's ankle, and after changing the ointment, he carefully checked the scratch on Ji Ye's hand. The scratch on his hand was not deep, but it was long, half a foot long. long.Several scratches stretched from the arm to the back of the hand.The edge of the scratch is red and swollen.Ji Ye is white again, which is particularly shocking.
Seeing that Chu Li's face was gloomy, he couldn't help secretly regretting that Zhao Gantang was punished too lightly.
Zhao Gantang seemed to have sensed it, and quietly took another step back, for fear that Chu Li would see him, wishing to merge with the wooden pillar.