Living in the Empire as a Prince Main Volume Chapter 348: Getting married. However, Liu Xie did not settle the matter. Sima Tu's wife Shen Jing, Liu Xie took care of all the food, drink, accommodation and transportation in the capital, including Shen Jing's visit to Li Xun. Liu Xie gave her the idea.

After all, Sima Tu worked as an aide under Li Xun for a period of time. Liu Xie worked with him and had some friendship with him. Moreover, Li Xun helped Shan Qiu, Zhao Wei and many others. Now, these people have become Li Xun. As his right-hand man, Liu Xie felt that Li Xun had a strong sense of benevolence and was willing to help others. It was still unknown whether he would help Sima Tu. Finally, Liu Xie had some thoughts. If Sima Tu If you can really escape this disaster, will you not repay the kindness to yourself in the future?

Li Xun wondered: "Why did Shen Jing commit suicide? Although Sima Tu's crime is not minor, he was only sentenced to exile in Lingnan and will not die."

Li Xun was indeed a little puzzled. Sima Tu would not die. Even if he arrived in Lingnan, as long as he had money and took care of things, his reputation might not be restored, but his life would at least be guaranteed.

And Li Xun didn't plan not to help Sima Tu at all. In fact, after the case was judged, he planned to give Sima Tu some money. In this way, life could continue in Lingnan, so why go to extremes?

Liu Xie looked at Li Xun and whispered: "General, I'm afraid you still don't know. The corruption case in Gu County has been expanding upwards. In order to escape responsibility, officials at all levels in Daizhou Governor's Office have taken all All the blame has been placed on Sima Tu. The Ministry of Punishment has already drafted a verdict to increase the punishment. Sima Tu is expected to be cut in half and will be executed immediately after the approval of the Political Hall."

Li Xun said strangely: "Sima Tu is just a low-ranking ninth-grade official. What's the big deal about his life and death? He actually has to go through the political affairs hall?"

Liu Xie said softly: "General, Hedong is King Yi's territory. The case in Daizhou may end with Sima Tu being killed, and eventually go unsolved."

After listening to Liu Xie's words, Li Xun's eyes suddenly narrowed. Hedong is King Yi's territory. Daizhou's case may not be that simple. It involves so many people. In the end, it was thunderous and rainy, and it slowly calmed down. King Yi probably put a lot of effort into it.

Li Xun was silent for a long time, and finally nodded silently: "You go and prepare some wine, food and cakes. Sima Tu and I will finally get to know each other."

"Yes, General, my subordinates will take care of the matter of entering and exiting the prison cells of the Criminal Department."

Sima Tu was just a low-ranking ninth-grade official, and his detention level was naturally not very high. Liu Xie could still handle this trivial matter.

"I'll go back and take a nap. I'll go there around dusk. Just wait for me at the entrance of the criminal department."

Li Xun gave one last instruction, then mounted his horse and left.

Watching Li Xun's leaving figure, Liu Xie did not leave. He pondered for a while, then waved in a direction, and a young man of short stature and plain clothes walked over quickly from a corner.

"Your Majesty's orders."

"Go and buy some good wine and meat, then take them to the prison cell of the Criminal Department and find the cell leader Wang."

Liu Xie gave the instructions in detail, and the young man nodded repeatedly and quickly refused to leave.

After arranging the matters assigned by Li Xun, Liu Xie immediately rushed to the prison cell of the Criminal Department.

The Penal Department Cell is much larger than the Dali Temple Cell. Of course, the former mainly holds ordinary prisoners and low-level officials, while the latter specializes in important criminals.

The dark cell was filled with an unpleasant smell. Compared with most other dirty cells, the cell where Sima Tu was located seemed quite clean. This was also due to Liu Xie, who gave this place

The prison head was given two hundred taels of silver. After receiving this money, no matter what Sima Tu's fate would be in the future, at least he would not be tortured too much here.

When Liu Xie arrived, Sima Tu was sitting there with his head slightly lowered, wondering what he was thinking.

"Sima Tu."

Liu Xie called out softly, Sima Tu looked up and said softly: "You're here."

"Two news, one good and one bad."

Liu Xie said softly: "The good news is that the general will come here to see you at dusk. The bad news is that he just comes to see you, nothing more."

"enough."

Hearing that Li Xun was coming here to see him, Sima Tu's rigid face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

Sima Tu stood up and walked back and forth, feeling quite excited. After a while, he walked up to Liu Xie, bowed to Liu Xie through the cell door, and said seriously: "I will not thank you for this kindness. In the future

If I have the chance, I will repay you generously."

"We'll talk about what happens in the future. I can only help you so far. The result depends on your own destiny."

Liu Xie took a deep look at Sima Tu, then turned and left.

At dusk, Li Xun arrived as promised, and Liu Xie was waiting outside the prison gate of the Ministry of Punishment with a package.

"General, do you need me to go in with you?"

"No, it's just a brief chat with Sima Tu. If you have something to do, you can leave first. There is no need to wait for me."

Li Xun took the package from Liu Xie's hand, and then led by the cell leader into the Penal Department Prison.

"General, Liu Xie has already told the subordinate about your situation. Please ask the general not to do anything illegal and make it difficult for the subordinate."

The prison chief explained while leading the way.

Li Xun smiled. Is it not against the rules to meet a death row prisoner in private?

"Just catching up with old friends, what could happen?"

As Li Xun spoke, he took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and gave it to the prison boss. After receiving the money, the prison boss laughed and said, "The general is right. The lower officials are worrying too much."

When they arrived at Sima Tu's cell, the cell leader opened the door and whispered, "General, you can do whatever you want. I'll wait in the lobby. When you leave, I will take you out. Then I left."

"General, long time no see."

Sima Tu bowed and saluted.

"It's not that long, less than two years."

Li Xun put down the package, untied it, and took out the food and wine inside. Sima Tu stepped forward to help.

After setting out the food and wine, the two of them sat cross-legged across from each other. Only then did Li Xun take a closer look at Sima Tu and chuckled: "It seems that you are doing quite well here."

Sima Tu smiled bitterly and said: "Prisoners below the rank have no face to see others."

Li Xun smiled: "Compared to the time you spent in Momeng, life here is pretty good. At least you can have enough to eat."

Sima Tu sighed and said: "The general is right. The ancients said, remember the bitter and think of the sweet. But I have forgotten these truths."

Li Xun nodded and poured himself and Sima Tu a glass of wine each. Sima Tu held the wine glass and thanked him repeatedly.

The two drank a drink together, and Li Xun said: "Looking at you, you are still clean, but they didn't torture you?"

Li Xun worked in Jingzhao Mansion for a period of time, and he knew the process of interrogating cases. Generally speaking, when a person is found guilty, the first thing to do is to beat him up first, which is called a beating, and then interrogate him.

Sima Tu smiled bitterly and said: "The first thing I did when I got here was to plead guilty immediately. They have no interest in punishing me."

Li Xun asked strangely: "I heard from your wife that you were wrongly accused. If so, why did you plead guilty?"

Sima Tu sighed: "Whether you admit it or not, the result will be the same. If that's the case, why should I suffer that way?"
Chapter completed!