Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 128 Stand Up Straight and Speak

Not long after, Xue Yun took more than two hundred taels of silver.

Is that all there is to it?
Impossible, never believe anything a liar says.

Never show mercy to a liar.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Our shopkeeper, the shopkeeper's wife, said it was all right, but our shopkeeper's old lady..."

Wei Xingfan knelt on the ground and said, "Grandpa, I call you two grandpas. I lost one more coin, and I took it all out. Grandpa, please hold your hands high and spare my life."

Xu Zhiqiong looked puzzled: "Look, more than three hundred taels of silver have been paid out, are you short of that? Our old lady doesn't want much!"

Wei Xingfan repeatedly kowtowed and said, "I really don't have any more. Even if there is another copper coin, I will take it out to honor the two of you. I'm telling the truth."

"This is going to be difficult, Big Brother Wei, I'm not talking about you, you're risking your life for money!"

Sitting on the ground, Wei Xingfan said, "Believe it or not, you two, if you don't, you don't, so you can bury me!"

Xu Zhiqiong gave a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Wei, you are strong, and I admire you. I won't bury you today, and my business will be over."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiqiong wrote an amnesty letter to Xue Yun, clearly stating the cause and effect, and finally added the word "pardon", stamped it with Yilang's seal, and handed it to Xue Yun.

"Brother, this person is given to you, send it to punish the evil division!"

Xue Yun took the letter of pardon, thanked him, and took Wei Xingfan to leave. Wei Xingfan cried and shouted: "Come on, help me, where are you taking me? Are you out of the law?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "You don't cry when you see the coffin. How much money do you have left? Take it out as soon as possible. When it comes to the punishment department, it will be too late to say anything!"

"Where is the place to punish the evil?"

"Punishing the Evil Division is a good place, it can make you lose your skin, and it can also let you go to the frying pan!"

Wei Xingfan cried: "You guys are too rude, tell me, how much more do you want, I'll give it!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't ask me how much I want, it depends on your sincerity!"

Wei Xingfan gritted his teeth and said, "There is a solitary grave in Beishan mass burial mound, and five hundred taels of silver are buried in the grave. This is really my entire property. I will give it to you, but there is one thing, you have to take me with you! Otherwise, you Never try to find that lonely grave!"

Wei Xingfan is a smart person, he understood the doorway, if he couldn't get out of this door, these two people couldn't let him go, as long as he got out of this door, he would have a way to escape.

In fact, he thought too much, as long as Xue Yun held the crime in Xue Yun's hands, it was impossible for him to escape.

Xu Zhiqiong said to Xue Yun: "Brother, please make another trip."

Xue Yun nodded and took Wei Xingfan out.

Not long after, he dragged Wei Xingfan back with more than five hundred taels of silver on his back.

Wei Xingfan cried miserably: "Grandpa, you two grandpas, what gods are you? Please forgive me. I know I was wrong. They are willing to give me all the money. I didn't steal or rob me. Both of you Immortal Grandpa, this is what they want!"

Xu Zhiqiong slapped the table and said angrily, "What's this called? Don't you mean it willingly? We stole you, or robbed you. Aren't you willing to give me the money?"

"I am willing to give, I am willing to give, I have given you all the money, can you spare my life?"

Xu Zhiqiong said to Xue Yun: "How much money has this guy cheated, do you have an account?"

Xue Yun said: "I'm a rough person, I never keep accounts!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "It's okay, let's take another photo on the evil mirror."

Xue Yun carried Wei Xingfan to the Nie Jingtai, and Xu Zhiqiong urged his mind to trace the crimes forward. He stopped looking at the half-hanging crimes. He wanted to return the small money, which was not enough for manpower. It is important to watch.

He pretended to be an official and cheated more than three hundred taels of bribes from other officials, and he didn't have to pay back the money.

He also pretended to sell girls and cheated Ren Yazi of money, and he didn't have to pay back the money. He even deducted two points of his crime for this.

He pretended to be a county magistrate and cheated a mother of twenty taels of silver, just because the mother wanted to see his son.

Her son was sentenced to be beheaded and wait in prison for murder. On the evil mirror stage, a close-up of her son was specially shown. This man was silently in a daze in the prison.

Her son didn't seem to have anything to do with Wei Xingfan's criminal karma, so why was he shown on the evil mirror stage?

This is not the point.

The point is that her son's crimes are less than three points, and he is a good man among good people.

How could such a person commit the felony of murder?

This money has to be paid back!
Take care of this matter!
The criminal karma flashed up one by one, Xu Zhiqiong roughly kept the account, Wei Xingfan cheated everywhere, there were more than [-] taels in total, and there were more than [-] taels that needed to be repaid.

Xu Zhiqiong took out six hundred taels and gave it to Xue Yun: "Brother, you accept the money, and you also accept the account. When Wei Xingfan is dealt with, pay back all the money you can, and take the rest of the money." Use it, I will accept the remaining two hundred taels, is it fair?"

Xue Yun raised his thumb and said, "Fair!"

Xu Zhiqiong asked Wei Xingfan again: "What's the name of the woman you cheated out of twenty taels of silver?"

"You mean the woman who wants to go to the death cell to see her son?" Wei Xingfan asked, wiping away tears, "I told you, can I change my life?"

"Yes!" Xu Zhiqiong laughed, "As long as you tell the truth, I will let you go immediately!"

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Truth!"

"I don't have to punish the wicked and suffer?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't worry, you don't have to suffer in the punishment department!"

Wei Xingfan said: "This woman's name is Guan Liu, and her son's name is Guan Xicheng. Guan Xicheng participated in a fight in the county's school workshop and killed someone. He was sentenced to be beheaded and placed in prison. He will be executed after review by the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Xue Yun said from the side: "I've heard about this. Guan Xicheng is a well-known honest man. He usually doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. Somehow he killed a person. It has spread in the county."

"In your county?" Xu Zhiqiong frowned, "Where are you from?"

Xue Yun said: "People from Shanxun County!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "You are not from the capital, why did you come to the capital to criticize him? Why did you go to the capital's punishment department?"

Qian Limu told Xu Zhiqiong that there are seventeen evil punishment divisions in Daxuan territory, and each punishment division is in charge of a state. If you don't know the state boundaries, you should go to Luzhou's penalty department.

Wei Xingfan exclaimed, "Is this the capital?"

Xu Zhiqiong kicked Wei Xingfan: "It's none of your business, don't talk too much!"

Xue Yundao: "The Evil Punishment Department in Luzhou has many rules and slow work. I have stayed in the capital before, and I still have the key to open the door of the capital punishment department. Even if troublesome things happen, the one who also came to the capital is Criticism Lang."

There is no problem technically, as long as you remember the key to open the door, no matter where you are, you can come to the Department of Punishment in the capital, and you can also find the Yilangyuan in the capital.

But this is against the rules, and it is tantamount to grabbing Luzhou's business. If Luzhou's chief punishment officer finds out, both Xue Yun and Xu Zhiqiong will be punished.

Putting the rules aside, Xu Zhiqiong said to Xue Yun, "You can find out the way for me first. I want to go to Shanxun County tomorrow to see this Guan Xicheng!"

Xue Yun was surprised: "You want to take care of this?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "You have also seen that that person's crime karma is less than three points, he is a good person, there is grievance here!"

Xue Yun shook his head and said: "But you shouldn't take care of this matter, and it's no good if you take care of it. No one in the local judge will take care of it."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Since I saw it, I should take care of it!"

Xue Yun nodded: "I'll come tomorrow and write back to you!"

He led Wei Xingfan out, and Wei Xingfan asked Xu Zhiqiong, "You promised me to let me go."

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "Yes, I agree!"

"You can't stop talking!"

"Do the math, do the math, I'll let you go!"

"I don't have to punish the evil division to suffer anymore!"

"Punishing evil is not a place to suffer," Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile, "The place to suffer is in the Hall of Yama!"

Wei Xingfan shouted: "You lied to me, you still want me to die, I gave you so much money, why don't you let me live?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "How much did the scholar give you? Why didn't you let him live?"

Xue Yun dragged Wei Xingfan out of Yilangyuan, and Xu Zhiqiong warned, "Go to the Department of Punishment and find Xia Huxia to push the official. This person is fair and won't cause trouble for you!"

I have to do business for my wife.

Xue Yun clasped his fists and said, "I listen to Ma Yilang!"

Xu Zhiqiong went to the backyard with two hundred taels of silver, muttering in his mouth: "A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a proper way. Unjust wealth is used in the right way. He wants the Lord to be fair, and he wants to be the Lord in the right way. This heart will never change. Chi, ah!"

Xu Zhiqiong staggered and fell until his eyes stared.

He fell into the pit.

"Who the hell dug a hole in my yard!"

Yang Wudao: "Didn't you ask me to dig it?"

"I told you to scare him, but you really dug it! You dug it so deep, fill it in quickly!"

Yang Wu agreed and filled the hole with a shovel.

Xu Zhiqiong said angrily, "Wait until I come out and fill it in!"

……

That night, Xu Zhiqiong rested for three days while patrolling overnight.

At dawn the next day, Xu Zhiqiong saw ten meritorious deeds on the book case, and he received a reward for his pardon, and the judgment was right.

In the evening, Xue Yun came to find Xu Zhiqiong: "I have made inquiries about the connections. I gave the jailer five taels of silver, and I will let you see him tonight."

"It cost you money, I have to pay for it."

"It's nothing, but let me tell you something clearly. Yan Gangui, the county magistrate of Shanxun County, is an official who is good at making peace. This case has a lot of mud and water. Do you want to make a case for Guan Xicheng?" Overturning the case may be harder than going to heaven."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Human life is at stake, no matter how difficult it is, you have to try."

Xue Yun was silent for a moment and said: "Ma Yilang, I heard about your reputation in the Department of Punishment. You are a murderer without blinking an eye. Why do you still care about human lives?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Those who should be killed must be killed, and those who should be saved must be saved."

"I believe you, but there is one more thing you should think carefully about. Even if you save this person, you won't earn merit."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Don't ask about meritorious deeds, do the work first!"

The question now is how to get to Shanxun County with high mountains and long roads?

It's easy, no matter the Department of Punishment or Yilangyuan, there is a common rule, where to enter and where to exit.

Xue Yun came from Shanxun County. As long as he left Yilangyuan, he would still be in Shanxun County.

But how did Xu Zhiqiong return to the capital?
Entering in place, leaving in place, he can't stay in Shanxun County forever.

He also thought of this, as well as Yang Wu.

Yang Wu entered the Yilangyuan in the capital, so it is enough for Yang Wu to bring Xu Zhiqiong back to the capital.

Xue Yun grabbed Xu Zhiqiong's arm, turned it upside down as the key to open the door, and brought Xu Zhiqiong to Shanxun County.

When they arrived in Shanxun County, the two had to take off their masks. This was the first time they saw each other's true faces.

Xue Yun stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a long time, then sighed and said, "I thought you were an extremely handsome and handsome man!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "How do you say that? Am I not handsome?"

Xue Yun said with a smile: "He can be regarded as a handsome man, but he is still worse than me."

Xu Zhiqiong widened his eyes and said, "We Taoists have to be conscientious, don't you usually look in the mirror?"

Xue Yun looks very distinctive, with broom eyebrows, triangular eyes, wolf-pointed ears, hooked nose, sunken forehead, no flesh on the cheeks, no beard on the lips, and a mustache on the chin.

Note that it is not a goatee, but a mountain-shaped beard.

With such a face, when wearing a mask, there is barely a sense of mystery, but when you take off the mask, you are like a mountain ape, how dare you say that I am worse than him?
The two went straight to the county yamen prison. After greeting each other in advance, the jailer did not stop them, and they soon met the death row prisoner Guan Xicheng.

Xu Zhiqiong took out five taels of silver and gave it to the jailer: "Find us a quiet place, let's talk a few words."

The jailer shook his head and said, "This is against the rules."

Xu Zhiqiong took out another five taels, and the jailer took them away, took them to the warehouse of the prison, and locked the door from the outside.

Guan Xicheng's face was ashen, and he lowered his head and said: "I don't know you, why are you looking for me? If Master Geng sent someone, let alone ask, I have already pleaded guilty, just tell him not to embarrass my mother. "

Who is Master Geng?

There really is something hidden about this case.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I am a lawyer invited by your mother, specially here to avenge your grievances."

Guan Xicheng raised his head and said, "Return the money to my mother, she has a hard life, and she still has to live."

Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Do you want to live?"

"Who doesn't want to live? But I can't live!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said: "You can't even survive, how can your mother live? You tell me the matter, if there is really no way, I won't accept you at all, if there is a way, you can do it from here Get out of the prison, and honor your mother!"

Guan Xicheng sobbed, as if he saw some hope: "Then let me tell you?"

Guan Xicheng nodded: "I passed the children's examination three years ago and became a scholar. Last year, I went to Hanyun Academy in the county to study, preparing for the autumn..."

Xue Yun said impatiently: "You just talk about the case directly, don't talk about these useless things!"

Guan Xicheng sobbed: "This is the case. I live in the same dormitory with my classmate Qiu Yueze in the academy. Qiu Yueze is very brave and ruthless, and likes to fight..."

Xue Yun said: "So you killed Qiu Yueze?"

Guan Xicheng shook his head and said, "I didn't kill him. I was bullied a lot by him, but I didn't even pay back. On that day, he went out to drink during the day and for some reason offended Geng Dejun, the son of the wealthy businessman Geng Liwu. He didn't come back to live. Geng Dejun brought someone to the door and asked me where he was.

I really didn't know, they beat me to death, I was really beaten to death!Geng Dejun also said that killing me is like killing a dog.
I don't want to die. I have a carving knife for repairing bamboo slips beside my bed. I took the carving knife and waved it wildly, trying to scare them away, and cut Geng Dejun's neck by mistake. I didn't expect that he died like this!
Litigation officer, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die, but if I didn't fight back, I was beaten to death by them, I fought back, and now I was sentenced to death, I want to live, but I have no way out! "

Xu Zhiqiong frowned: "According to the law of the Great Proclamation, if you enter a house and commit a murder, you are not guilty of murder, and if the gangster forces your life, you are not guilty of murder. According to these two rules, you are justified, why should you be sentenced to death!"

Guan Xicheng cried: "I am wronged! The county magistrate said that the house is not my house, and that Mr. Geng is not a villain, and that there must be someone to pay for the life lawsuit, and put this death penalty on me! I am wronged!"

While speaking, Guan Xicheng knelt down on the ground with a plop.

Xu Zhiqiong pulled him up: "Don't kneel, stand up straight and speak!"

(End of this chapter)