Yang Qiuchi didn't understand what the concept of "running for three thousand miles, living for three years, and hiding in the local area". County Magistrate Song stammered and explained to Yang Qiuchi for a long time, and then Yang Qiuchi realized that the main punishment system of Chinese feudal society was divided into five types: whipping, cane, slaughter, scattered, and death. Among them, the punishment was a punishment second only to the death penalty, which was exiled to the frontier or in a deserted place to serve hard labor.

In ancient China, the concept of homeland was very strong, and leaving the country was very painful. The main purpose of the prisoners to bear this pain. At the same time, it was also attached to the exile place to serve hard labor, similar to the current labor reform farms sent to the deserts of Xinjiang. However, the deadline is much shorter than the current fixed-term imprisonment and life imprisonment.

The disciples of these five punishments are not deprived of their freedom and are imprisoned in prison like the current fixed-term imprisonment, but only restrict personal freedom within a certain range (hard labor), and then forced labor. On this basis, a punishment for exile of prisoners thousands of miles away was added.

This "living for three years and being registered in the local area" means that the period of hard labor in the exile place is three years. After the expiration, freedom will be restored, but the household registration will be settled in the local area.

Although the remitted punishment and imprisonment in the Ming Dynasty can generally be redeemed and exempted from punishment, the remitted punishment is not applicable when the remitted punishment is sentenced to death due to fate. Therefore, although Mrs. Bai and her daughter were exempted from the death penalty, they could not escape the life crime.

Eunuch Li said in his letter that the place where Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei and her daughter were exiled was in Yunnan. As for the specific exile location, according to regulations, it is determined by the local criminal prosecutor after arriving in Yunnan.

That night, in Mrs. Song's house, Yang Qiuchi set up several tables of banquets to celebrate the marriage with Song Qing. He and Madu, Niu Baihu, Song Magistrate and others had a crazy drink before entering the bridal chamber and truly reunite the room with Song Qing.

On the wedding night, Song Qing was indeed scarlet, proving that she was indeed a innocent woman, and further increased Yang Qiuchi's pity for her.

Yang Qiuchi proposed to Mrs. Song that he would take Mrs. Song to Guangde to live with him and his wife. Mrs. Song refused to agree. He said that it was unconventional to follow her daughter to live at her husband's house.

Yang Qiuchi couldn't understand this problem. In ancient times, the water splashed by a married daughter. As long as the daughter got married, there would basically be no legal obligation to have a mother's family (except for mourning). If Mrs. Song wanted to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she would be laughed at.

Magistrate Song also felt that it was not appropriate to keep Mrs. Song, an old lady in Yingtian Mansion, so he proposed to take Mrs. Song to live in his home. Mrs. Song did not strongly object to this suggestion. Because Magistrate Song married County Magistrate Song's brother, who belonged to the Song family, and now she lives in the relatives' home of her husband. It is reasonable.

After the persuasion of Yang Qiuchi, Song Qing and others, Mrs. Song finally agreed to move to Song Magistrate and their place to live together. Yang Qiuchi and Song Qing were both very happy. If Song Qing's mother lived in Song Magistrate's home, the two families would have taken care of each other, which would relieve Yang Qiuchi and Song Qing's heart disease, of course she would be very happy.

The next day was the time when the criminals in the rebellion were executed by Ling Chi. Yang Qiuchi wanted to go to the Northern Fushi Prison to see General Bai Qian, which could be considered as seeing him off. According to modern social regulations, relatives and friends could visit and see him off before the execution of death row prisoners, but I don’t know if there was such a regulation in the Ming Dynasty. After asking Ma Du, I learned that there were such regulations. Moreover, since Mrs. Bai and his daughter had been sentenced to resign and were imprisoned in the same prison, they could also meet General Bai Qian for the last time according to the regulations.

Yang Qiuchi told Ma Du about his idea of ​​going to visit the prison. Ma Du understood it very well and offered to take him there.

In the evening of that day, the sky began to flutter and snow. The road that had been trampled to the point of being very dirty was gradually covered by snow, and all the dirty things became very clean again.

Yang Qiuchi told Song Qing that he and Ma Du were going to the Jinyiwei Zhao Prison to bid farewell to President Bai Qian and the others. Song Qing had become a well-behaved young wife. She carefully added a fox fur cloak to Yang Qiuchi, took a hand-warming hotpot, and told the followers to be careful to serve them, and took them outside the yard with Bai Xue.

Ma Du and Yang Qiuchi brought a few followers and braved the heavy snow to the Fusiyamen of Jinyiweibei Town.

This is the location of the highest organization of the Jinyiwei. The high walls and green tiles are covered with snow at this moment. Several Jinyiwei, wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring swords, were guarding the door. Sure enough, they were majestic and highly vigilant. The pedestrians bypassed from afar.

After all, Ma Du was already the deputy Qianhu of the Jinyiwei Qianhu, Yingtian Prefecture Jinyiwei, and was considered a middle-level leading cadre of Jinyiwei. Without much trouble, the jailed soldiers took Yang Qiuchi and the others to the imperial prison directly. However, the entourage could not enter and could only wait outside.

The imperial prison of the Jinyiwei Beizhenfu Department of Yingtianfu Prefecture specifically detained officials from the imperial court arrested by the Jinyiwei. It was a semi-basement building, with the ground and walls paved with thick granite. When it came to the cell, it was gloomy and a cold atmosphere floating around like a ghost.

Yang Qiuchi and his friends were going to visit Mrs. Bai Sumei first, and took them together before saying goodbye to Mr. Bai Qian.

The banned soldiers took Yang Qiuchi and Ma Du to the women's prison and asked them to wait in the class room. He went to pick up the prisoner. After a while, he heard the sound of Ding Ling dragging the iron chain on the ground. After the door of the class room opened, the two women walked in. It was Mr. Bai Qian's wife and daughter Bai Sumei.

She and her daughter were wearing heavy iron chains on their hands and feet, with messy hair and dirt on their faces. In the cold winter, both of them were dressed very thinly and were trembling with cold. They looked at the ground dullly.

Yang Qiuchi felt a little sad, and stood up and shouted, "Mrs. Bai...Miss Sumei!"

Mrs. Bai slowly raised her dull gaze and looked at Yang Qiuchi. When she saw Yang Qiuchi clearly, her eyes suddenly shone, her lips trembled, she took a step, and knelt down on the ground with a clang: "Young Master Yang... please... save Mei'er for your life... let her be a concubine for you... or a horse, please be kind and save her again." Yu was crying and kowtowed repeatedly.

Yang Qiuchi quickly stepped forward to support Mrs. Bai: "Mrs. Bai doesn't have to do this, get up and talk." But Mrs. Bai refused to get up, and still lay on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and begging Yang Qiuchi to save her daughter.

Hearing this tone, Mrs. Bai and her daughter didn't know that they had been sentenced to re-sentences, and she thought it was a death sentence.

Yang Qiuchi had saved Bai Sumei's life three times. In Mrs. Bai's mind, Yang Qiuchi was omnipotent and had great magical powers, so she had strongly advocated marrying her daughter to Yang Qiuchi. Now she was in despair. She thought that the mother and daughter would die this time, but unexpectedly saw Yang Qiuchi again, like a person about to drown, and her hands were dancing with a big piece of wood.

Yang Qiuchi looked up at Bai Sumei who was still standing aside, and saw that she looked indifferent. She was still staring straight at the ground and did not look at them. It seemed that this matter had nothing to do with her. It seemed that she had either become a monk or became a fool or was frightened by this big change.

Mrs. Bai stood up crying, pulling Bai Sumei with tears on her face and said, "Mei'er, please kneel down and beg Mr. Yang. Be good. Hurry up!"

Bai Sumei was already trembling all over, her face was purple, but she gently broke free from Mrs. Bai's hand. She smiled faintly: "What's sorrow in life? Why do you have to die? I've already died. What's the harm in dying again?"

It's over. Bai Sumei was so stimulating that she was probably really stupid. Yang Qiuchi thought to himself that seeing that she was so cold, he hurriedly took off his fox fur cloak and walked over and gently put it on Bai Sumei.

Bai Sumei looked at Yang Qiuchi gratefully and said softly: "Thank you, Mr. Yang." But she took off the fox cloak and put it on her mother, Mrs. Bai.

After Yang Qiuchi saved her life three times, Bai Sumei's heart was already tied to Yang Qiuchi. After being rejected by Yang Qiuchi, she was sad and desperate and cut her hair into a nun. She wanted to convert to the Buddha wholeheartedly, but she didn't expect to go through a huge change again. But she had experienced too many life and death hardships and emotional hardships, and was already numb to life and death.

Seeing that Bai Sumei refused to beg for mercy, Mrs. Bai wanted to kneel down and beg Yang Qiuchi to save Bai Sumei, but was grabbed by Yang Qiuchi.

Ma Du said from the side: "Mrs. Bai, don't worry. Mr. Yang has already helped you with the matter you just asked for. Now the court has pardoned you, mother and daughter for death and sentenced to abortion."

When Mrs. Bai heard this, she was surprised but couldn't believe it. She raised her head and looked at Ma Du: "Master Ma, are you real?" Mrs. Bai had seen Ma Du in Yunya Mountain and knew that he was the official of the Jinyiwei Earth.

"It's true. Mr. Yang has been busy with your affairs these two days, so I have only come to visit you today. After Mr. Yang's clearance, the court has changed the verdict. You should be notified today, why haven't you notified it yet?" Ma Du looked at the banned soldiers beside him with some confusion.

The banned man hurriedly explained: "Mr. Ma, the document for the re-judgement has been downloaded. Unfortunately, the brothers were having dinner. They wanted to notify them when they had dinner, and you happened to come."

After hearing the proof of the ban on the ground, Mrs. Bai realized that it was true. She was so excited that she was limp in her whole body, crawling on the ground, burst into tears.

Bai Sumei heard that she and her mother were exempted from the death penalty, and her thin figure shook slightly. She raised her eyes and looked at Yang Qiuchi, showing a hint of gratitude. After all, life is precious, and even monks will not give up their lives easily.

Yang Qiuchi squatted down and comforted Mrs. Bai Sumei also squatted down and supported her mother. After Mrs. Bai's mood gradually stabilized, Bai Sumei and Yang Qiuchi helped her up.

After a series of gratitude to Yang Qiuchi, Mrs. Bai asked again: "How is our master?" Her eyes were full of hope, hoping that Yang Qiuchi would be powerful and save Mr. Bai Qian.

Yang Qiuchi didn't know how to tell them that they were powerless. Ma Du said from the side: "Mrs. Bai, Mr. Yang has done his best, but he can't help Lord Qian. However, the Lingchi of Lord Qian has been changed to the Zhan Li Jue, so that Lord Qian will suffer less."

Mrs. Bai cried in despair, and Bai Sumei also shed tears in a sad expression.

Yang Qiuchi said, "Mrs. Bai, Mr. Qian and the others will be executed tomorrow. We will take you and Miss Sumei to see Mr. Bai Qian and say goodbye to her."

Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei nodded gratefully.

Ma Du asked the monarch if the monarch could take the handcuffs and shackles. The monarch said that since the sentence had been changed, he could not wear torture instruments in the cell according to the law. He took out the key and opened the handcuffs and shackles of the two.

Yang Qiuchi and Bai Sumei supported Mrs. Bai, led by the ban, and walked through the long corridor to the male prison. From time to time, the wails, moans or painful screams of prisoners in the passing prison were heard from time to time. Mrs. Bai showed a terrifying look on her face, but Bai Sumei still looked indifferent, as if she hadn't heard it.

When I came to the prison room of Mr. Bai Qian, the prison, which was very dark, damp and cold, the fences of the prison were densely blocked with iron sticks as thick as children's arms. In the cold winter, it was cold and harsh when touched with hands.

There is a cage made of pig iron in the prison. Mr. Bai Qian was imprisoned in this cage. He was originally burly and strong, but he was tortured so that he was not like a human or a ghost or a ghost.

Mrs. Bai rushed onto the fence and cried: "Master...Master..."

Mr. Bai Qian turned his head over with difficulty. When he saw the innocent lady clearly, he kept calling out: "Madam! Madam!"

Bai Sumei saw her father's miserable appearance and tears finally fell down. She held the iron fence with her hand and shouted sadly: "Dad..."

Mr. Bai Qian was even more excited when he heard Bai Sumei's call: "Mei'er, Mei'er! Are you here too? How are you? Don't cry, Mei'er won't cry..." After speaking, he was still full of tears, and his words were choked and difficult to hear clearly.

According to regulations, the relatives of the death row prisoner can be released from the cage when they meet and see each other. However, they can only meet in the prison through the fence, and neither the handcuffs nor the shackles can be opened.

After being released by Mr. Bai Qian, he staggered onto the iron fence and grabbed the hands of Mrs. Bai Sumei tightly. The three of them cried in a ball.

After their crying stopped, Yang Qiuchi shouted, "Master Qian."

Mr. Bai Qian had just seen two people behind Mrs. Bai and the others. Because the light in the prison was dim and could not see clearly, he thought it was a banned soldier. Now, after a closer look, he found that it was Yang Qiuchi and Ma Du.

The execution was about to be executed the next day. Mr. Bai Qian understood that they were here to see him off and that he committed a serious crime of treason, but Yang Qiuchi and the others came to see him off. This affection was enough to make this iron-minded man shed tears.

Mrs. Bai said: "Master, Mr. Yang has already moved his relationship and changed the death penalty between Mei'er and me and me to abortion."

Mr. Bai Qian was surprised and looked at Yang Qiuchi, suddenly fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Mr. Yang, thank you for your large number of adults, for saving them once again."

Seeing them so miserable, Yang Qiuchi had no joy of accomplishment at all, and he didn't know what to say at this moment.
Chapter completed!