White tea legend

Chapter 163: The boy who cried out for injustice in prison

The cell in Jingzhao Mansion.

The thick stone walls were cold and damp, as if even the air was imprisoned and unable to flow freely.

The narrow skylight let in a few rays of the setting sun, but it couldn't illuminate the despair in the corner.

The cell door is made of hard elm wood, with four large iron-painted and silver-hook characters "loyalty, filial piety, justice" engraved on the top, which ironically contrasts sharply with the surrounding environment.

As soon as you enter this dark space, you can smell the unique smell of musty, sweat and blood.

The floor inside the cell was covered with straw, but that could not absorb the endless sorrow and pain of the prisoners.

Rusty shackles hang on the walls, witnessing countless joys and sorrows.

The dim yellow oil lamp gave off a faint light, illuminating the faces of the prisoners. Each face was engraved with traces of time, either deep helplessness or the flames of anger.

At this moment, Xiaoqing was imprisoned in a cell in the corner, where the light was the dimmest and there was a suffocating sense of loneliness in the air.

Her hands were locked by heavy iron chains, and she could only move within a limited range. She simply lay down on the cold stone slab with peace of mind.

Compared with other prisoners, Xiaoqing's mood is comfortable. She knows that White Snake will definitely get her out.

In the cell next door, a male prisoner cried miserably, disturbing Xiaoqing's sleep.

Xiao Qing said to the crying man in the cell next door through the wall, "Can you please stop crying? It's so noisy that I can't sleep peacefully."

"After the head is beheaded, there will be plenty of time to sleep underground. Sister, why are you in such a hurry?"

It was the voice of a young man.

"Oh, so you were sentenced to beheading? It seems like the crime you committed was not a small one."

"I killed someone."

"A murderer must be punished with a life, so you are not unjust if you are sentenced to beheading."

"Don't make sarcastic remarks about others without their suffering."

The boy said and started to cry again.

Xiaoqing then left her body and went to the next cell to see what was going on. In a dank corner, she saw a handsome young man kneeling on the cold stone ground. His face was still childish, but it was full of tears.

He cried against the ceiling of the cell, his voice shrill and shrill, like a broken string, resounding in this heartless prison. The young man's clothes were ragged and his shoulders were as thin as firewood, but his eyes were bright and clear, revealing his unwillingness and injustice.

"I am not guilty!" The young man's voice was choked and firm, and every word was filled with the weight of blood and tears. "God, why have you brought this great difficulty to me!".

His hands grasped the iron bars tightly, as if he wanted to shake the injustice of the entire world.

His screams echoed around the walls, but no one responded. Only the wind deep in the cell seemed to whisper about the silence and indifference of the world.

"If you have any grievances, you might as well tell me."

Someone was talking in the air, but there was no one else in the cell except the young man himself.

The young man then asked: "Who are you?"

Xiaoqing thought for a moment and said, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva."

"Bodhisattva, you save the suffering, tell Shijun, does Shijun really deserve to die?"

The young man's face was full of tears and his body was scarred. His questioning was very moving.

Xiao Qing said: "Then tell me what grievances you have."

The young man then told his life story:

The boy's name is Liu Shijun. He was teased by fate since he was a child. He was abandoned by his biological mother as an infant and lived with his father.

However, due to his violent father, Liu Shijun did not receive any warmth from his father's love.

Later, his father married his stepmother, and that kind stepmother gave Shijun deep care, like the gentle breeze in spring, which warmed his cold heart.

The arrival of the stepmother once filled the family with laughter and warmth, and the birth of a younger brother was the icing on the cake. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long, and the cruel nature of the father gradually became apparent.

He frequently beat and scolded the mother and son, and his attitude was extremely bad, as if they were his punching bags and tools to vent his anger.

Finally, the father divorced his stepmother and married a young woman.

The bride's entry brings not new life, but deeper despair.

The father did not allow his stepmother to remarry in order to make the most of her. At the same time, in order to please his bride, he beat his stepmother many times and even forced her to kneel on the ground, which was extremely humiliating.

What is even more outrageous is that he asked Shijun and his younger brother to kowtow to the young woman and pay a grand tribute.

At that moment, Liu Shijun's inner anger reached its extreme. He looked at his stepmother covered in bruises, his innocent and humiliated brother, and his father's brutal face, and a surge of blood surged into his heart.

In an unbearable conflict, the young man took up a knife and ended his father's violent life.

This knife broke the long-suppressed silence and the peaceful trajectory of his life.

The young man kept doing things one after another, and stabbed him again, and ended up marrying his father's beloved wife.

The incident alarmed the Jingzhao Mansion, and the young man was imprisoned and sentenced to death.

In the cell, Shijun was not afraid of his impending death, but in the dead of night, his heart could not calm down.

He missed his stepmother's tenderness and his brother's innocent smile, and his heart was filled with regret and unwillingness for the future.

In this unfair world, he had no way to express his grievances and grief. He could only let the storm of fate ruthlessly destroy his fragile body and mind.

He knelt in a corner of the cell. Under the dim oil lamp, his shadow was stretched, just like his tangled mood at the moment.

He didn't understand why God would tease him like this and let him go through the hardships and injustices of the world.

He still couldn't figure out why his biological mother abandoned him. In his memory, his mother's figure has long been blurred, leaving only the deep scars in his heart.

Her departure made him lose his direction on the road of growth. The pain of being abandoned was often as biting as the cold wind, keeping him awake at night.

And his father's cruelty is the eternal pain in his heart. Those arrogant fists and ruthless scoldings were like violent storms, always sweeping through his heart. He once longed for his father's love, but what he got in exchange was endless pain and despair.

When his father forced him and his brother to bow to their new love, at that moment, his heart was completely broken.

It was unbearable, and he finally lost himself in anger, causing an irreparable mistake.

Now, behind bars, the boy is thinking about what he did.

He regretted his impulsiveness and was sentimental about the uncertainty of fate, but more importantly, he was unwilling and rebellious against this unfair world.

He didn't want to succumb to fate and wanted to find a fair answer for himself.

In this prison, time seemed to have frozen, but Liu Shijun's heart was surging like a tide.

He knew that although he was a prisoner, his desire to survive had not been extinguished.

He begged to the invisible Guanyin Bodhisattva in the air of the empty cell: "Bodhisattva, Shijun is not a bad person. Shijun only wants to protect his stepmother and younger brother who have been bullied. Is it wrong? His stepmother has a nurturing role for Shijun." Well, his father is cruel and cruel, shouldn't he die? If Shijun had not been abandoned by his biological mother since he was a child, wouldn't Shijun's life have gone astray and reached the desperate situation he is in now? "

Listening to Shijun's cry, Xiaoqing said: "If life and death remain unchanged, Shijun, what else do you want?"

"Shijun wants to meet his biological mother."