Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 221 Lord Fan, Are You Convicted?

Xu Zhiqiong suddenly appeared behind Wu Jingchun.

In fact, his arrival was not particularly sudden, he had already been in Luzhou for several days.

Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan only stayed in Iron Wolf Pass for one day, and on the second day they climbed from the city wall to outside the pass by rope.

After leaving the Iron Wolf Pass, Tao Huayuan was no longer restricted by the seal of Chi You's soldier master, and Tao Huayuan could use the magic circle freely. The two stayed in Yongzhou for three days, went to the three dangerous passes and various cities, and arrived on the fourth day Luzhou.

At that time, Yu Shan hadn't arrived, and Xu Zhiqiong was not in a hurry to reveal his identity, and took Tao Huayuan to check up and down Luyuan City.

This investigation has yielded a lot.

Xu Zhiqiong found a lot of good things in the homes of prefects, co-prefects, general judges, experienced officials, governors, Zhaomo, etc., but he didn't have time to check some places, and asked them to help when Qiao Shun just arrived.

The investigation is almost done, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to see the next move of the prefect of Wu, but he didn't expect that the prefect of Wu didn't even put on his clothes in the morning, so he went out in a hurry. It turned out that he wanted to kill Bai Zihe who came to ask for help .

Xu Zhiqing's lantern pole lay across Wu Jingchun's neck, and Wu Jingchun was still stubborn, shouting at Xu Zhiqiong: "Who are you?"

"Xu Zhiqiong, who is in charge of a thousand households in the yamen!"

"What do you want to do? Do you want to let the rebels into the city? Could it be that you are part of the rebels?" He wanted to give Xu Zhiqiong a hat first.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't take this kind of trick, he was neither angry nor annoyed, and said calmly: "I'll let you open the city gate immediately."

How could Wu Jingchun open the city gate?

If Bai Zihe were allowed to enter the city, many things would be exposed.

"Wu Mou is in the safety of Luzhou and the people of Luzhou. He must not open the door for the rebels!"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "Yes! Are you really not open?"

"For me, the common people of Luzhou, I would rather die than leave!"

Wu Jingchun firmly believes that Xu Zhiqiong dare not do anything to him. He is the prefect of Luzhou and the backbone of Luzhou. Now that Luzhou is in danger, even Elder Canglong dare not touch him.

The most urgent task is to shoot Bai Zihe and kill all the thirty people behind him. Even if they can't be killed cleanly, they must be driven away!

Wu Jingchun looked resolute and said: "Soldiers, don't worry about me, shoot and kill the rebels quickly, Wu is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if you want to kill or cut, listen to it!"

Xu Zhiqiong admired the perseverance of Wu Jingfu. He used the knife on the lantern pole to cut off two pieces of flesh from Wu Jingchun's left shoulder.

Wu Jingchun gritted her teeth and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, don't be impulsive, open the city gate first!"

Wu Jingchun burst into tears of pain.

Xu Zhiqiong doesn't follow the rules, he's serious.

As soon as the city gate was opened, Yu Shan led the army to the outside of the city, took Bai Zihe and others into the city, and quickly summoned the medical officer to treat his injuries.

Wu Jingchun said with sweat all over his face: "Xu Zhiqiong, you are so bold! You let the rebels into the city, and you seriously injured the mansion, and wait for the mansion to bandage the wound, and then go to Elder Canglong to argue with you."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I'm a straightforward person, I don't need to wait for you to bandage the wound, let's go to the theory now!"

Wu Jingchun yelled: "This house is bleeding, Xu Zhiqiong, you want to harm this house!"

"Stop yelling, these two blades are measured, and there is not much blood. Let's set up a pot and chat while rinsing."

Why is Xu Zhiqiong so vicious?

Wu Jingchun's tone softened: "Xu Qianhu, where are you taking me?"

Xu Zhiqiong carried Wu Jingchun and said as he walked, "Let's go to the county government office to try the case."

Wu Jingchun hurriedly motioned to his followers to call all the state officials, big and small.

For the current plan, only the state government can save their lives if they work together.

Due to the emergency of the war, officials of all sizes in the state capital were in Xiaoye City. When they heard that something happened to the magistrate, they hurried to the county government office to see what happened.

When Liang Jixiong heard that Xu Zhiqiong was back, he immediately went to the county government.

In the county yamen, Qiao Shun had just detained the county magistrate, set up the court, prepared witnesses and material evidence, and brought in many civilians to the county yamen for trial.

When everyone came together, Xu Zhiqiong asked Wu Jingchun to stand aside and saluted Liang Jixiong.

"Xu Zhiqiong, who is in charge of a thousand households in the yamen, has met Elder Shengwei."

Seeing Xu Zhiqiong, Liang Jixiong was very happy.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Elder Shengwei was a little nervous.

"Zhiqiong, why is Prefect Wu injured?"

Wu Jingchun was about to complain with tears in his eyes, but Xu Zhiqiong said indifferently: "Elder, I hacked this off, and it's all due to me alone. You just need to praise it appropriately!"

Liang Jixiong didn't know what to say, so his colleague Fan Guodong stepped forward and shouted, "Why is that so unreasonable? It's just a mere mention of Lantern, who gave you the courage to seriously injure the magistrate in Luzhou?"

Xu Zhiqiong turned his face and asked, "Who are you?"

Fan Guodong looked serious: "I am Fan Guodong, a fellow acquaintance in Luzhou!"

"Are you the one who wants to deliver food to Tu Nu?"

Fan Guodong sneered and said: "Xu Qianhu, do you want to punish this official? This official is doing this for the people of Luzhou! It is for the thousands of people in Luzhou!
This official once told Elder Shengwei that if you want to punish this official for his crimes, I would be willing to cut him to pieces!I have no regrets for my Luzhou, I have no regrets for my Luzhou..."

Xu Zhiqiong interrupted Fan Guodong and said, "You Luzhou? Is Luzhou yours?"

Fan Guodong sneered and said, "This official and the magistrate jointly rule a prefecture. I regard Luzhou as my hometown. What's wrong?"

"Luzhou is yours, what about Yongzhou? Is it yours too?"

Fan Guodong's face changed, and his eyes wandered: "What do you mean by Yongzhou? I am an official of Luzhou, what does it have to do with Yongzhou?"

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "Your Excellency, why should you be humble, you are the lord of Yongzhou and Luzhou, and this is the general of the Tunu Kingdom, Nie Gulai, who personally promised you!"

As soon as the words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Liang Jixiong was stunned for a long time, looked at Fan Guodong, and shouted: "You dog thief, you are collaborating with the enemy!"

Fan Guodong quickly defended: "Elder Shengwei, don't listen to this person's nonsense. I only met Nie Gulai once, and I still followed the orders of Elder Shengwei. As for the lord of the two states, I have never even heard of it!"

"Leng Lantern listened to it with you, how do you say you haven't heard it?"

Xu Zhiqiong called Wang Zhennan, and Wang Zhennan repeated it in Tunu language in front of everyone: "When our army captures Luzhou, Emperor Tunu will make you the lord of the two states. Find someone else."

When the words fell to the ground, Wu Jingchun took two steps back, distanced herself from Fan Guodong.

He can understand Tunu language, Wang Zhennan's Tunu language is very standard.

He knew what this meant. From the moment Wang Zhennan followed Fan Guodong to Tunu Camp, Fan Guodong was dead.

Fan Guodong looked at Wang Zhennan with a pale face, this stupid man was at a loss, who would have thought that he could really speak slave language?

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Fan Guodong, should you translate what you just said, or should I translate it for you?"

"Stop spitting blood!" Fan Guodong refused to admit it, "I never said such a thing!"

Wang Zhennan took his time and recounted the previous conversation between Fan Guodong and Nie Gulai in Tunu language and Xuan language respectively, emphasizing a few of them:

"God bless me, Emperor Tunu, God bless my great general, the food is ready, but the Elder Canglong of Xuangou has come."

Liang Jixiong trembled with anger when he heard the words.

"The subordinates are loyal to Emperor Tunu and loyal to the general!"

Hearing this, Wu Jingchun continued to distance herself from Fan Guodong.

"God bless me, Emperor Tunu, God bless my great general, don't worry, the general, the subordinates will not disgrace the mission, help the general kill all the Xuan dogs, and boost the power of my great Tunu!"

This sentence is the most lethal, no one thought that Fan Guodong could say such shameless words in front of Nie Gulai.

All the officials stared at Fan Guodong and shook their heads in silence.

The people listening to the trial in the courtyard yelled and cursed.

"Shameless Fan Guodong, you call us Xuan dogs, what are you?"

"God bless you, Emperor Tunu, why don't you see what kind of breed you are? Are you raised by Mao Sha?"

"It must be that Mao Sha slept with his mother, and didn't pay him after the sleep, and gave birth to such a bastard!"

Xu Zhiqiong asked Fan Guodong: "Is this true?"

Covered in sweat, Fan Guodong shouted loudly: "I have never collaborated with the enemy, I have never said these words, you framed me!"

Xu Zhiqiong said, "I didn't mention your collaboration with the enemy. I mean, did Mao Sha pay you when he slept with your mother?"

The people in the yard laughed loudly, and Fan Guodong roared: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I saved the people of Luzhou, if I hadn't begged General Tunu hard, you would have died under Tunu's iron hoof. , none of you will survive!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Why did you beg? Standing up, or kneeling?"

"I didn't kneel, ask your two subordinates if you don't believe me!"

"When you were appointed lord, did you kneel?"

"I'm standing! I've been standing..." Fan Guodong swallowed his saliva, and quickly changed his words, "I don't know what a lord is! This is all nonsense from your subordinates, and it was planted on me!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said, "Lord Fan, just admit it, and say that Mao Sha slept with your mother. You are Mao Sha's seed, so it's not too shameful."

"Xu, you are too aggressive, I don't care about you, my heart hurts, I want to rest for a while, and I will rest in the post for a while, and then argue with you!"

Fan Guodong turned around and wanted to leave, as long as Wu Jingchun didn't stop him, he believed that no one would dare to stop him in the border of Luzhou.

Xu Zhiqiong turned around and kicked Fan Guodong's knee, stepped forward and broke Fan Guodong's calf.

Fan Guodong hissed and wailed: "Come here, help me, someone is killing the imperial court official!"

None of the guards and attendants stepped forward.

But anyone who is a publicist doesn't want to get too close to Fan Guodong.

Standing in front of Fan Guodong, Xu Zhiqiong spat and said, "Which dynasty are you an orderly officer? Aren't you a loyal dog of Emperor Tunu?"

Tao Huayuan handed Xu Zhiqiong two volumes of parchment.

Xu Zhiqiong put it in front of Fan Guodong: "Do you recognize this thing?"

Fan Guodong lowered his head and said, "I don't know."

"This is a letter from Niegulai to you, with your name written on it, and the promise Niekulai made to you,

You sent two thousand shi of grain to Nie Gulai, and Nie Gulai promised to protect your family and make you a small lord after the attack on Luzhou.
You sent [-] arrowheads and [-] sets of armor to Niegulai, and Niegulai promised to make you a great lord and give you the entire territory of Luzhou.

If you send another [-] shi of grain to Niegulai, and when Niegulai arrives, open the city gate for Niegulai, and Niegulai will grant you both Yongzhou and Luzhou.

You have communicated more than a dozen letters back and forth, and you are afraid that Niegu will not admit it, so you hide all these letters in your house.
Do you think I can't find it if I hide it in a secret compartment?The mutton smell of this sheepskin is exactly the same as that of Mao Sha's body, I can smell it through several walls! "

Fan Guodong knelt on the ground and murmured, "I'm all for Luzhou, I'm all for the people, I'm all for them..."

Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Lang Lantern, hold the lantern!"

Niu Yuxian opened the light box, and twenty-four green lights hovered in the lobby.

Xu Zhiqiong yelled: "Fan Guodong, you are guilty of taking money and taking advantage of the enemy?"

"I, I am all..."

"Collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, are you guilty?"

Fan Guodong turned around and looked at Liang Jixiong and said, "Elder Shengwei, I was confused for a while, I am all for the publicity of the people, I am all for the publicity of the country!"

Liang Jixiong sneered and said: "You just said a sentence, even if you were hacked into pieces, you are willing to do so. After hearing so many lies from you, I believe this sentence is true."

Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said to Niu Yuxian, "According to Elder Shengwei's order, cut this dog thief three thousand times!"

Niu Yuxian ordered someone to tie Fan Guodong, tied him in the yard, and executed him in public.

Wu Jingchun stepped forward to salute and said: "Elder Shengwei, it's okay to be ruled by a lowly position. Fan Guodong is collaborating with the enemy, and a lowly position is guilty of negligence!"

Liang Jixiong sneered again; "Why did you tell me this? Just ask Xu Qianhu, is it a matter of neglect?"

Wu Jingchun turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Xu Qianhu, what Fan Guodong has done, the government doesn't know anything about it!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Let's put Fan Guodong's matter aside for now, and let me ask you, Luzhou has been fighting hard for many days, how much food, grass and ordnance have you sent to Luzhou?"

Wu Jingchun asked the chief bookkeeper to bring the account books: "Please Xu Qianhu have a look."

Xu Zhiqiong flipped through the account books, and said with a smile: "General Cheqi's subordinate Bai Zihe is in the city, do you dare to confront him with this account book?"

Wu Jingchun said righteously: "How can you trust the words of the rebels? I am..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhiqiong kicked Wu Jingchun in the face, breaking Wu Jingchun's two front teeth.

Wu Jingchun covered her mouth, her eyes were red, and she looked at Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong lowered his eyes and said, "This kick will make you remember, if you dare to call them a rebel, I will cut you a hundred times more!"

(End of this chapter)