Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 127 The constellations descend to earth
At dawn the next day, when Xu Zhiqiong came back from his night patrol, he saw Yang Wu squatting in the corner, staring at a ball of ashes in a daze.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "What's the matter, but your wife has also turned into ashes?"

Yang Wu shook his head: "It doesn't make sense, how could she be loose because of my ghost spirit?"

"It must be that you fell asleep last night, and the ghost energy was interrupted in the dream, and your wife can't hold it anymore."

"I don't need to sleep. As long as I have incense offerings, I won't be tired. A single sandalwood from the Sun Family Fragrance Medicine Shop is enough for me to last for three days. How can my ghost energy be broken?"

"Maybe it was a bit windy last night, and there was a paper doll. I burned it to accompany you tonight." Xu Zhiqiong yawned and looked towards Xikuayuan, "Where is that judge named Xue Yun?"

"He left early in the morning. By the way, after he left, I found this thing on the desk in the main room."

Yang Wu handed over a grain of gold to Xu Zhiqiong, he still has a little advantage, he is not greedy for money.

Xu Zhiqiong swallowed the gold in one gulp, Yang Wu was startled: "Can this be eaten?"

"You eat incense, I eat gold, and the days to come will be like this."

Xu Zhiqiong got into the main room, slept until noon, woke up hungry, took a few eggs from the basket, boiled them and ate them.

With nothing else to do, Xu Zhiqiong took out the "Dharma Array Enlightenment" given by Taibu and studied it carefully. After reading a few pages, he heard footsteps coming from the front yard.

At this time, it should be to check the post, right?
Xu Zhiqiong sat in the middle of the courtyard, put on a mask, and asked Yang Wu to stand aside.

Not long after, a man walked into the main courtyard, and it turned out to be the same Xue Yun who came to stay last night.

"Why are you again? Are you staying overnight again tonight?"

Xue Yun shook his head, and put a horn in front of Xu Zhiqiong.

Seeing the length of the horns, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't help frowning, trouble is coming.

Visually, the horn was less than two inches, so Xue Yun violated the rules.

Back then Xu Zhiqiong chose to be the critic because he had less business and less trouble.

The promotion process of Qipin is too difficult, the income is low, and the business is complicated. The business of promoting officials is difficult, and the business of criticizing Lang is even more difficult.

What Xu Zhiqiong wanted was to cross the seventh rank as soon as possible by fishing, and he never thought of using the business of Tuiguan and Shouyilang to accumulate meritorious service.

But now that the lawsuit is coming, Xu Zhiqiong has no choice but to accept it. He took a ruler and carefully measured the length of the crime.

Just right, one inch and nine cents, not one centimeter more.

Even if an inch is nine minutes and three, Xu Zhiqiong can stretch to two inches, and it's over with a pardon, but if it's one point short, Xu Zhiqiong has to ask carefully.

"The sin karma is not yet ripe, why did you pick it off?"

Xue Yun said: "This man is guilty!"

"I know he's guilty, but being guilty and deserving to be killed are two different things! According to Taoist rules, he can only be killed if he gets two inches from his crime!"

Xue Yun was very unconvinced: "Isn't it just one point short?"

"One point is a difference. Today, what should I do if I killed an inch nine, and an inch eight? If you continue to kill like this, won't you have a criminal karma, and you will be killed?"

The rules are like this, and it is true that you can't make a claim on this point, but Xue Yun still refuses to accept it: "If I don't kill him, he will kill him!"

This reason is sufficient, Xu Zhiqiong ordered: "Bring the Nie Jingtai!"

The two looked at each other for a long time, Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the west wing and said, "Go and bring the Nie Jingtai!"

Xue Yun said: "Shall I go?"

Xu Zhiqiong said angrily: "Could it be possible for me to go?"

Not long after, the Nie Jingtai moved in, and Xue Yun released the undead.

The figure of the undead was blurred, and his face and age could not be seen, but this person was very calm, looked at the surrounding environment, and then looked at his own situation, and said with a smile: "The two of you are on the same path, right?"

Xu Zhiqiong was startled, and asked Xue Yun, "You murdered your fellow disciple?"

This time things are getting bigger.

Xue Yun shook his head again and again: "You will know what he is in a while."

There was chaos on the Niejing stage, Xue Yun frowned, he had seen this situation in Judgment Pavilion before, this person's sin karma is too much and complicated, if he wants to read all of his sin karma, I'm afraid he will have to wait until this time next year.

Xia Hu said that the Nie Jingtai can selectively present crimes, but this is driven by the judge's thoughts.

Xu Zhiqiong concentrated his mind and let the Nie Jingtai present a recent crime. The picture on the mirror gradually became clear. A beggar was begging from house to house with a limp on one leg.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the dead soul and asked, "Is this you?"

The dead soul stared at the mirror and exclaimed, "You two know witchcraft?"

"Don't worry about witchcraft!" Xu Zhiqiong said angrily, "Why do you say we are comrades? How are we beggars?"

The dead soul sneered and said, "Eyeless, who said I'm a beggar?"

Looking at the criminal karma in the mirror, this beggar is very pleasing. According to the previous life, he has a relatively high emotional intelligence.

He was begging from house to house in the village, and he could always say auspicious words appropriate to the occasion:

"This old man, you are in good health, and your life is longer than Nanshan."

The old man on the opposite side coughed repeatedly and looked sick. Hearing his two auspicious words, he gave him a small piece of dry food.

"Madam, you are beaming, and your auspicious stars are shining!"

The middle-aged woman smiled and gave him two copper coins.

The woman held a rattle and a clay doll in her hand, with a happy expression on her face. She must have bought it for her grandson.

A Confucian scholar, carrying a food box, was walking on the country road with a sad face. The beggar stepped forward and said, "My lord, your business is booming and your wealth is bountiful!"

The Confucian scholar bowed his head and walked, ignoring the beggar.

This is because he can't speak anymore. This is obviously not a businessman. This is a scholar. Looking at the food box in his hand, he should be rushing for the exam. Now that the spring has passed and the autumn has not arrived, this person should be taking the county exam. Judging from the expression on the boy's face, he didn't do well in the exam.

The beggar stepped forward and bowed again: "Young master, you are a lucky person, and you will definitely be named on the gold list."

Confucian scholars liked to hear these words, and gave the beggar a few copper coins.

Along the way, this beggar begged for a lot of food and loose money, but is begging considered a crime?
It doesn't count for the real beggar, but it counts for him.

He first found a place where no one was around, and threw away the Baijiafan.

Then he put on a long robe and held a sign in his hand, with three lines written on it:
Jade lotus phase!
The flower is green!
The ancestor of Liu Taicheng's family!

The jade lotus phase is a signboard for viewing phases.

The blue and white characters are the signboard for character testing.

Liu Taicheng was a well-known imperial physician in the early years, under his banner, this is the signboard of practicing medicine.

Reading physiognomy and measuring characters is the business of fortune-telling, so why is it used as a medical practice?

This is not contradictory. Among the folks, fortune-telling and medical practice are often the same business, and there are countless doctors who work part-time fortune-telling.

The identity of this beggar finally emerged, he is a liar!
Before begging for food, it was to find out the way. This time, he didn't have to go door-to-door.

He went to the old man's door first, and called himself Wei Xingfan, which means the stars descend to earth.

Hearing the old man cough twice, Wei Xingfan asked, "How long has this lung disease been going on?"

The old man casually agreed: "It's been a few years."

"Old man, with all due respect, if the disease is delayed any longer, it will be life-threatening."

The old man waved his hand and said, "You don't need to tell me, I don't have the money to buy your medicine."

After living at this age, he still has common sense, and the old man doesn't believe in the tricks of selling medicine.

Wei Xingfan sighed and said, "To help the world and save people, if you talk about money, it will ruin my cultivation. I will give you a pill, and you won't get any money. You can try it. Whether it works or not, you will not suffer in the end."

He really gave the old man a pill.

In Daxuan, if you get sick, even if you find an unknown doctor, the consultation fee will be three to five yuan, which is not counted as the medical fee.

Naturally, the free pills would not be taken away. After the "doctor" left, the old man took the medicine and the cough really stopped.

Does this medicine work?
Of course it doesn't work.

This is not a medicine for lung disease, but a special kind of yin and yang medicine.

This liar knew some yin and yang techniques. After taking his medicine, the old man didn't cough anymore, but he lost the desire to cough within three to five days, and it didn't have any therapeutic effect on his lung disease.

The old man felt that his condition had improved, so he hurried to chase after Wei Xingfan. After catching up, he wanted to ask for two more pills.

This time, we can't give it for free, Wei Xingfan asked the price: "One drop for one pill, no counter-offering!"

One sling was too expensive, and the old man was reluctant to part with it. He put on his old face and begged all the way from the beginning to the end of the village. Wei Xingfan finally showed mercy, three slings, and gave him five pills.

The first business was considered a success, but the profit was not much, and the yin and yang medicine also required costs.

But the old man suffered disaster all the way, and the reputation of "Miraculous Doctor Wei" was ruined.

The middle-aged woman who had just embraced her grandson asked for a talisman and earned two coins.

A businessman asked him to do a fortune telling and got a lot of money.

In half a day, he earned dozens of hangs in the village, and at dusk, the fat sheep took the bait.

The scholar also came to fortune-telling, wanting to calculate his fame.

Wei Xingfan looked at the face, measured the characters, frowned and said, "Your hexagram is not good. Didn't it go well in the examination room?"

The scholar smacked his lips again and again: "During the county examination, I misread a question. I could have passed the exam, but now I have two questions!"

Wei Xingfan showed embarrassment: "It's not easy to help with this matter. Fame is predetermined by fate. If I forcefully change your fate for you, I'm afraid it will damage my cultivation."

The scholar kept begging, but Wei Xingfan reluctantly agreed, charged the scholar five slings, and asked for a magic talisman for him: "This talisman is pasted on the door. Within three days, a noble person will come to the door and help you change your life!"

The scholar waited at home for three days. On the third day, someone really came. This person was well-dressed, and he claimed to be the housekeeper of the county magistrate's house. Let the invigilator let it go.

The scholar was overjoyed and thanked again and again. The housekeeper stroked his beard and sighed, "But it's not just our master who does this, the people below also have to take care of it."

This is asking for money.

The "big steward" offered thirty taels of silver, but the scholar gritted his teeth and gave it!
This "big steward" is still the liar, he changed his appearance and lied to the scholar again.

Is this scholar so easy to deceive?
It's really that easy to cheat.

Xu Zhiqiong also experienced the examination room in his previous life, and he has seen many such things.

For students, some exams are too important, as long as they grasp the psychology of the students, scammers can easily succeed.

The thirty taels of silver were all the savings of the scholar, all of which were given to this "big steward".

The "big steward" never came back. On the day when the rankings were released, the scholar saw that he had failed the rankings, and cried himself to death and returned.

The number of people in the family fell, and the fellow villagers laughed at him. If the scholar couldn't think about it for a while, he would hang himself.

Xue Yun kept staring at Wei Xingfan, the liar, and the scholar committed suicide, so he rushed to save him, and gave him ten taels of silver, so that he could study hard and start over.

The scholar listened to the persuasion, and the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, the "housekeeper" came to the door again: "The county magistrate helped you to get over this matter, but Mr. Xuezheng refused to let it go. To put it bluntly, we need money. We have done everything so far." No matter what, we have to do some more."

The scholar said with tears in his eyes, "But this has already been announced."

"What are you afraid of, our lord can fill in the vacancies with a word! The county test is the government test, the government test is the hospital test, and the hospital test is a scholar. With our lord taking care of you, you can be sure of the talent." Now, are you reluctant to part with this little money?"

The scholar sighed: "But I have no money in my hand."

The "Housekeeper" shook his head and said, "It's hard to be a good person, it's really hard to be a good person, forget it, I didn't say anything about it, the thirty taels of silver before, it's a waste of money for you."

"Don't, don't, wait..."

The scholar gritted his teeth and handed Xue Yun ten taels of silver to the housekeeper.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhiqiong understood.

Xue Yun gritted his teeth beside him and said: "This liar has his eyes on the scholar. If I don't kill him, the scholar will definitely be cheated to death by him. When his crime reaches two inches, the scholar's life will be lost. I will kill him first." Is it wrong to kill him in one step?"

In the last scene on the Nie Jing stage, Xue Yun wiped Wei Xingfan's neck with a knife.

He killed it himself.

This proves that he has not only picked up the crimes that he is not familiar with, but also violated the rule that the eighth rank cannot kill people.

Wei Xingfan laughed loudly when he heard the words: "You two, I don't know what this mirror is about, but I know what method you used, you are also learning yin and yang, right?
I've seen a lot of this kind of illusion, no wonder!We are all in the same spirit, so don't use those bluffing methods. You just gesticulated with a knife on my neck. Am I afraid of you? "

Wei Xingfan's memory was still in the moment before his death. He believed that Xue Yun was also a liar, and used illusion on him, trying to defraud him of money.

Xue Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Miscellaneous, who the hell is the same as you?"

Wei Xingfan narrowed his eyes and said, "What's the matter? Look down on me? I still think your methods are rough!"

Xue Yun was furious and wanted to hit someone, but Xu Zhiqiong hurried forward to stop him.

"Brother, it's your fault. In our business, we rely on our ability to make money. How can we use violence when we say it!"

Xue Yun was startled: "What kind of business? Which business are you talking about?"

Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand to signal him not to speak, then turned to Wei Xingfan and said, "Whether it's your real name or not, I'll call you Big Brother Wei first, Big Brother, you're not doing this well, since you're here for business, are you Don't you have to ask the way of this land first, and worship the gods on this land first?

Is it appropriate for you to do business on our territory without even saying hello? "

Wei Xingfan snorted and said, "It's not my first day in the industry, I haven't heard that our industry still has territory."

"I haven't heard of it, so you should inquire carefully. This site belongs to our brothers. You broke the rules, you know?"

Wei Xingfan looked disdainful: "I don't understand your rules, I just know how to make money with my skills."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Brother Wei, if you want to talk like that, don't blame brother for not showing respect."

Wei Xingfan smiled and said, "What, you want to use a knife again? Can you scare me?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "If it's a big deal, just use a knife. As for it? I want to bury you alive. We are all colleagues. Why can't I leave you a whole body?"

Wei Xingfan was still disdainful: "Come on, bury it, see if I'm afraid?"

Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said to Yang Wu: "Brother, dig a hole in the backyard!"

Yang Wu agreed, and dragged the shovel to the backyard. The sound of digging was heard, and Xu Zhiqiong was still explaining: "Brother Wei, you also know that in our business, we are afraid of leaving behind. If you kill you, you will get blood all over the place, it is not easy to wipe, and you have to bury your body in the end, it is better to just bury you, it will be clean and easy!"

What Xu Zhiqiong said was indifferent, but there was a murderous look between the lines.

Wei Xingfan panicked.

"Forget it, it was Wei who offended the two of you, can you give me a piece of clothing to wear first, can we talk decently?"

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his fingers, sighed and said, "The clothes are so expensive, where can I buy them?"

Wei Xingfan is an expert, so he understands what this means, it's blackmail.

But there is no way to blackmail, Xue Yun can fight, he is not an opponent.

"Hunting geese all day long, today the geese pecked at the eyes and fell into your hands. I admit it. Both of you, go to the inn together and report Wei Xingfan's name to the shopkeeper. There is a burden there that belongs to me. Honor both of you."

Xu Zhiqiong glanced at Xue Yun, Xue Yun understood, went to Tonglai Inn to pick up the baggage, and brought it to Xu Zhiqiong after a while.

Xu Zhiqiong unfolded the bag, which contained silver taels and loose change, which was about fifty taels when counted together.

Wei Xingfan cupped his hands and saluted, "You two, how are you doing? Brother, have you done what you want?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "Brother Wei, there is nothing to say, you are a straightforward person!"

"Then I'll go ahead!"

"Don't worry," Xu Zhiqiong smacked his lips and said, "We brothers have nothing to say, but our shopkeeper has been tight lately. This site belongs to him, so we have to give him an explanation."

Still want to blackmail?

Wei Xingfan said: "Only this money, there is nothing more."

"Oh, it's hard to be a good person, so just pretend I didn't say that," Xu Zhiqiong turned around and shouted towards the backyard, "Brother, have you dug the hole yet!"

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Wei Xingfan thought for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you guys are ruthless, the shopkeeper of Donglin Pavilion also reported my name, and there is a burden, I have only this little property left, please spare my life!"

Before Xu Zhiqiong could wink, Xue Yun went to get the bag first, and after a while, when the bag came back, Xu Zhiqiong opened it and saw that there were more than seventy taels of silver, and nodded repeatedly: "Our shopkeeper can't say anything. "

Wei Xingfan said, "Can you let me go?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "But our shopkeeper's wife, I want a set of jewelry recently, and the jewelry from Xianzhuhang is so expensive!"

Wei Xingfan gritted his teeth and said, "What on earth do you want? Killing people is nothing more than nodding, you just kill me!"

"Hey, it's hard to be a good person. Since you don't appreciate it, I'll just let you go. You spent so much money in vain. Brother, have you dug the hole yet?"

Yang Wu replied: "It will be ready soon!"

Xu Zhiqiong pulled Wei Xingfan up and walked towards the backyard. Wei Xingfan trembled for a while, tears streaming down his face: "Mayuan Market, the second yard east from the entrance of the market, that's my house, and there is a burden buried in the northwest corner of the yard. Dig out the burden and give it to you."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "How much is there?"

Wei Xingfan cried: "I will give you all the savings of more than two hundred taels, just spare my life."

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