Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 337 My Wish to Return to My Hometown

In the prison cell of Hanchuan City, Liu Feiyun had already changed into a clean prison uniform and sat casually on the straw mat. He said to the three guards with a smile on his face:

"I'm so sorry that you three have to stay with me in this prison!"

Chen Tingyuan laughed: "I've been to this prison before! I'm just revisiting it!"

Sima Mingqu shook his head gently: "I will not stay in this cell with you! I will ask the jailer to set up a tent for me outside the cell in a while!"

"Eh!? Master Sima, you... you are really good!"

Liu Feiyun was really defeated by Sima Mingqu's deception and didn't know what to say for a moment.

On the other side, Chen Yisan was also defeated by Liu Feiyun and began to blame him:

"I say, Liu Feiyun! General Liu, what are you doing? Even if you don't understand His Majesty's difficulties and His Majesty's intentions, you can't openly disobey His Majesty's order!"

"This is a serious crime of openly disobeying the emperor's order! Are you up to the task? Can't you just accept the imperial order first? Then select a group of extremely evil people to kill to fool Ren, and then write to His Majesty to explain the interests involved?"

"I see that you are a smart man after all this expedition to the north! How could you do such a stupid thing?"

Liu Feiyun smiled bitterly:

"I was just impulsive at the time, so I acted like this! But I don't regret it!"

"Besides, since I've already done something so outrageous, I'll just let it go! There's no point in regretting it!"

"Eunuch Chen, I know that you have a special relationship with Uncle Chen, the head of the inner factory, so I would like to trouble you to take a letter from me back to Tiandu and give it to Uncle Chen, asking him to present it to His Majesty in person!"

Chen Yisan was a little puzzled and asked, "Aren't you going to submit a memorial? Why do you want me to bring a letter to present to His Majesty privately?"

Liu Feiyun smiled and said:

"The memorial is a letter of apology from Liu Feiyun, the commander of the Wasteland Reduction Army, to the Emperor! And this private letter is a letter of appeal from Junior Junior Brother Liu Feiyun to Senior Brother! They are different!"

Chen Yisan pressed on: "Then how do you plan to resolve this matter! Openly disobeying the emperor's order is a serious crime. If it were someone else, beheading would be the least of their punishment!"

Liu Feiyun said calmly:

"Yes! Openly disobeying the emperor's order is a serious crime, so I intend to ask His Majesty to strip me of all my military positions and ranks, and allow me to buy my life with money, return to my hometown, and be a commoner. I will be grateful enough!"

Chen Yisan was shocked when he heard this:

"What!? Become a commoner!? Liu Feiyun, are you crazy? Or are you really stupid?"

"At this time! You actually want to return to your hometown and be a commoner!? What about the Zhenhuang Army? What about the rebellion suppression? What will His Majesty think of this?"

Liu Feiyun signaled Chen Yisan not to get so excited, and then explained:

"Eunuch Chen! Actually, I, Liu Feiyun, don't have much ability! The reason I was able to establish the Desertification Suppression Army was also luck!"

"Besides, the current Zhenhuang Army can still serve Your Majesty even without me, Liu Feiyun! Just like Hu Yanping and others, they can also control the Zhenhuang Army for Your Majesty!"

"As for the matter of quelling the rebellion! There are so many rebellious people in the empire right now that it is not something that can be quelled overnight, nor can it be quelled by one person alone."

"Besides, who am I, Liu Feiyun? How big of a problem can I cause? Without me, Liu Feiyun, the overall situation of suppressing the rebellion will not be affected!"

"Now! I just want to go home as soon as possible! Protect my own piece of land, marry a wife, continue the Liu family's bloodline, and live a good life!"

"My physical condition! My strange disease! Who else can really know except myself? I am so anxious! Of course, this secret! Eunuch Chen must not tell anyone, unless His Majesty asks!"

"Please understand my difficulties, Eunuch Chen! ... Alas! Joining the army was never my idea. Otherwise, why would I choose to be the disciple of Mr. Chang instead of going to the Military Academy to be his disciple!"

"Eunuch Chen! I beg you to do your best to help me. I, Liu Feiyun, the Anping Liu family, and the Fufeng Liu family will certainly be grateful!"

At the end of his speech, Liu Feiyun actually bowed deeply to Chen Yisan solemnly.

Chen Yisan sighed.

"Alas! You are such a wretch... you really are such a wretch... you have no ambition! Never mind! It's up to you! Then go and write the letter! I'll pick it up tomorrow morning!"

After saying that, he left feeling somewhat angry and lost!

That night, Liu Feiyun wrote furiously, writing more than a dozen letters of varying lengths, and finally a formal memorial. He then asked Chen Tingyuan to keep them, and instructed each of them to distribute them to, and then fell asleep at the end of midnight.

The next morning, before Liu Feiyun woke up, Chen Yisan took the memorial and the private letter to the emperor and left in a hurry. At the same time, more than a dozen of Liu Feiyun's absolute confidants left in different directions with the letters.

After that, Liu Feiyun lived a leisurely life peacefully in the prison of Hanchuan City.

The cell he lived in was naturally a single cell with the best conditions. The original straw bedding was soon replaced with a clean wooden bed, and many simple tables and chairs were added.

After eating and drinking, he strolled around the prison, chatting with various prisoners in the prison, and further understood the living conditions of the lower-class people in the empire.

The prison in Hanchuan City is now overcrowded! But Liu Feiyun found that only a small number of prisoners were truly evil, and most of them were poor people who could not pay taxes, perform corvée labor, or repay loan sharks.

"Alas! Such a great Chen Dynasty! It would be unjust if the people didn't rise up in riots!"

Liu Feiyun also sighed!

Just when Liu Feiyun threw himself into prison for refusing to accept the imperial edict and gained a deep understanding of the people's sentiments in prison, the barefoot army made a comeback and invaded Liangzhou again.

At the same time, in Tiandu Changluo, the current emperor Gu Huairen also saw the secret report about this matter sent by carrier pigeon.

Of course, since it was a secret report sent by carrier pigeon, its content was extremely simple, with only ten words: "Liu Feiyun disobeyed the order and has been thrown into prison!"

"Imprisoned for disobeying an imperial order? This Liu Feiyun! What's wrong with him? How could he act like this?"

Gu Huairen was first stunned, then extremely annoyed:

"This guy! He should be the one who supports me the most, why did he disobey my order?"

"Does he think that he is my literary teacher and junior fellow student, so he forgets himself? Does he become arrogant because of his favor? Or does he become proud because he thinks he has made some achievements?"

"If we don't punish them severely, how can we make other ministers afraid? Punish them severely! I must punish this matter severely!"

Gu Huairen made up his mind quickly.

However, within just one afternoon and evening, the news spread throughout Tiandu Changluo City.

At the small court meeting the next day, before Gu Huairen mentioned the matter, a minister reported it first.

Finally, the important official also proposed that Liu Feiyun should be executed and the Liu family should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.