"Hahahaha! Cough, cough, cough!"
The elder burst into laughter as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world, and looked at Li Ping'an as if he were regarding a clown, scoffing,
"You young man boast without fear of bursting the sky! Everyone knows that without paying money in this prison, you can't get a taste of wine and meat. Once you get to eat them, it's an execution meal. You seemed clever at first, but I didn't expect you to be so foolishly naive. Do you not realize you are on the brink of death, and yet you say you're not stupid?"
"What? Execution meal?"
Li Ping'an panicked instantly. The wine and meat he had just enjoyed suddenly felt unbearably disgusting. He began to vomit, and after he had thrown up everything, he rushed to the elder and demanded,
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I haven't committed a crime, how could I be given an execution meal?"
"Young man, don't be hasty."
