Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 41: Wu Xu's Trial
Under the Imperial City Secretary, only the Lantern Yamen has the power to interrogate prisoners, neither Wuwei Camp nor Tsing Yi Pavilion.

Therefore, the yamen in charge of lamps is called yamen, which is a first-level government office with not only law enforcement power, but also judicial power.

Wu Xu sat on top of the courtroom, the dancer stood under the courtroom, Xu Zhiqiong stood beside him wrapped in bandages, and Meng Shizhen didn't even use bandages.

Just use a bandage for the little wound left by the eunuch?
It is simply looking down on the eighth grade green lantern.

In court interrogation, first name is asked.

The dancer answered honestly: "The girl's maiden name is Chen, her name is Chen Jiuer, and her husband's family name is Lu."

"Lu Chen," Wu Xu paused, "Do you have a husband's family?"

Chen Jiu'er nodded and said, "Yes, but my husband's family is far away in Yongzhou, and I haven't been back for a year."

Wu Xu said, "Why don't you go home?"

"My husband is lazy and likes to gamble. The family is so poor that he counts the rice grains and puts them in the pot every day. He can't eat a full meal all year round. The couple can't afford a whole set of clothes.
I have been married to him for two years, but I have not had a son and a half daughter. I was beaten and scolded by him every day, and I couldn't survive. I made a living dancing. "

Wu Xu said: "Your husband came to pick you up this morning, and you didn't follow, so did you cause this disturbance?"

Chen Jiu'er shook his head hastily and said, "My lord, the person I met this morning was not my husband. I was dancing in the shed last night, and suddenly I saw a group of Mr. Denglang coming. I was frightened by Mr. Denglang. I couldn't hold it back anymore. I wanted to go out and relieve myself." With just one hand, I met that man,
That man insisted that he was my husband, I had never seen him before, he pulled me away, I couldn’t break free as a woman, it was useless to cry, it was useless to shout, there were guests outside the shed door who saw it, and they should He is my husband, no matter how much I cry, no one will care, if it is not for Mr. Deng Lang..."

"Stay here!" Wu Xu heard the key message, "Is there someone outside the shed?"

Chen Jiuer nodded and said, "I remember there were two guests."

"Did they see the man's face clearly?"

Chen Jiu'er shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they can't see clearly, even I can't see clearly. That man is so dark that he can't even see his facial features clearly."

It was a fake face, and it was useless to see it clearly.

Wu Xu asked again: "What are the characteristics of that man?"

Chen Jiuer still shook her head: "I was only focused on fighting with him at the time, and I didn't remember any characteristics."

Wu Xu lowered his face and said, "Think carefully."

Chen Jiu'er was scared. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly had some impressions: "He dragged me to the street. There was no one there. I was really scared. I wanted to bite his arm, but I tore his clothes. I saw He has a scar on his arm."

Wu Xu's eyes lit up: "What kind of scar?"

"It's a weird scar," Chen Jiu'er rubbed his forehead and said, "I can't remember it."

"Think carefully." Wu Xu looked at Chen Jiu'er patiently.

"Woman, really, I can't remember..."

"Think again! How big is the scar, what shape is it, and where did it grow?"

"The scar is quite big, and the shape is neither round nor square..." Chen Jiu'er became more and more anxious as she thought about it, and the more anxious she became, the more she couldn't remember it, "My lord, I really don't remember the girl!"

"Lie!" Wu Xu hammered the table, causing Chen Jiu'er to kneel down in fright.

"My lord, the girl is telling the truth!"

Wu Xu said: "It's clear that your husband came to look for you. You acted like a fool and refused to go home, but you also entangled my subordinate Bai Denglang. Your husband and Bai Denglang had a dispute, and both sides were hurt. You are afraid of me. Punishment, but made up such a lie!"

Chen Jiuer shook her head desperately: "My lord, I was wronged, I didn't lie!"

"How dare you speak hard!" Wu Xu yelled angrily, "Come here, give me ten lashes and send me to prison!"

Chen Jiu'er desperately cried out for injustice, but Qing Denglang, who was in charge of the sentence, ignored him. He stepped forward and knocked down, tore off the red skirt, and beat him ten times with lashes.

Chen Jiu'er cried so hard that she was thrown into the prison.

Wu Xu announced his withdrawal, and everyone left, leaving only Meng Shizhen and Xu Zhiqiong.

The verdict in this case was outrageous, not only Chen Jiuer was wronged, but Xu Zhiqiong was also wronged.

What does it mean that I have a dispute with his husband?So, what kind of person have I become?

But Xu Zhiqiong didn't make a sound, he knew that Wu Xu must have his reasons for doing so.

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Meng Shizhen came up to Wu Xu and saluted, "Qianhu, Zhiqiong and I told you everything before, that man is really not her man, he's a tooth..."

"How do you know that he is a child? Is there any evidence? Is there any physical evidence?"

Meng Shizhen stammered: "Then, then he, he used Ren Yazi's usual methods..."

"Usually, how habitual! You go to the prison and use your usual means to ask the woman to draw the scar."

"Draw it?"

Wu Xu frowned and said: "If you don't draw it, can you still write it? Do you think that woman can read? Just remember, you have to stay in the prison every step of the way. When will she draw it? When will you go home?"

"Qianhu, I will take a rest tomorrow..."

"Why do you want to take a rest? An old bachelor knows how to visit teahouses and spend money. I think that woman is good-looking. You save two dollars and go to the prison to accompany her to rest and take a bath."

Meng Shizhen went reluctantly, and Wu Xu said to Xu Zhiqiong, "How is your injury?"

"It's all flesh wounds, nothing serious."

"You take a bath today?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded, thinking that I should go to the prison to take a rest, right?

Fortunately, Wu Xu is not so cruel: "Go get some money and wound medicine, go home and recuperate well, there is another thing you need to do, you go to the Peach Blossom Shed and tell the boss that the dancer was taken away by his husband Let's leave it at that and tell him not to make a fuss.

Also, tell Qiao Shungang to arrange another person to go to Beiyuan to watch the night. Meng Shizhen will stay in the prison for a while. If no one is watching, the woman will die in the blink of an eye. Be careful yourself. Day, don't wander around, after finishing the work, it's best to stay in the yamen. "

Stay in the yamen?

That can't be done, the meritorious service has not been exchanged yet, and it is easy to expose the identity in the yamen to punish the villain.

Xu Zhiqiong knew that Wu Xu was protecting himself.

Wu Xu sentenced a muddled case to protect Chen Jiu'er.

Xu Zhiqiong thought of this point. Ever since Chen Jiuer saw the scar, her situation has fundamentally changed.

In the beginning, she was just the target of Ren Yazi, a simple kidnapping victim.

When she saw that scar, she became a witness, a witness who could identify key people.

According to previous life experience, human trafficking is usually committed by gangs. As long as you find the key person, you can follow the clues and find out a gang.

This also explained the behavior of the eighth-rank eunuch. During the battle, his first target was not Xu Zhiqiong, but his first target was the dancer. The dancer saw his scar, so he had to kill the other party to silence him.

But what kind of scar is so iconic?
Also, Wu Xu locked up Chen Jiu'er to protect her, but why did he have to beat her up?
Why did Meng Shizhen have to protect her personally?

Is there a ghost in the Yamen?

This matter will be investigated in the future, and we must first do what Wu Xu ordered.

Xu Zhiqiong went to find Qiao Shungang first, but Qiao Shungang was not in the small house, he was in the execution room.

Shi Chuan was tied to the rack, and Qingdeng Dong Qingshan beat him hard with a whip!
Qiao Shungang was eating mutton and drinking wine, with a ferocious expression on his face that made the hair stand on end.

Xiao Songting was sitting next to him to accompany the drink. Yesterday Shi Chuan bit Xu Zhiqiong and "falsely accused" him of killing Wang Shijie. This action angered Qiao Shungang, who had the green light, and Qiao Shungang almost beat Shi Chuan in the lobby.

Xiao Songting promised Qiao Shungang that when the matter was over, he would give Qiao Shungang an explanation.

How to explain?

Giving an apology?invite to a meal?
Qiao Shungang is not short of money, nor is he short of food, he is the man of the green lantern, a member of the sixth rank, he is short of breath!

Xiao Songting naturally understands the rules, and more importantly, he has the orders of the red lantern man, he has to use family law against Shi Chuan.

Now that the matter has calmed down, Xiao Songting simply donated two dollars for one flower and asked Dong Qingshan to tie Shi Chuan here and give him a hard lesson.

After dozens of lashes, Shi Chuan was so painful that he cried for his father and mother. Seeing Xu Zhiqiong approaching, Dong Qingshan temporarily stopped, telling Shi Chuan to keep his mouth shut and not to make any movement.

Xu Zhiqiong conveyed Wu Xu's order to Qiao Shungang, who was surprised: "Let Lao Meng be kept in prison? What happened to that woman? Don't you say she was kidnapped by human teeth? Why did she become a real husband's family again?" "

Xu Zhiqiong said with a bitter expression: "I, I don't know, Qian, Qian, Qianhu, why..."

"Stop! Since it's Qianhu's order, let's not discuss it any more. Just do what Qianhu ordered..." Hearing Xu Zhiqiong wanted to complain, Qiao Shungang quickly stopped him, ignoring what shouldn't be asked. Don't say what you shouldn't say, "Tonight I will find an old Qingdeng to go to Beiyuan, and you should go back to recover from your injuries. By the way, Zhiqiong, this kid Shi Chuan has caused you a lot of grievances. You also beat him twice." Let it out."

Dong Qingshan handed the whip to Xu Zhiqiong, and Shi Chuan said with tears in his eyes, "Zhiqiong, I'm not aiming at you, I just owe it to you, I just want to show off in front of the red lantern man, Zhiqiong, please forgive me I."

Seeing that Shi Chuan was covered in bloodstains, Xu Zhiqiong didn't take Dong Qingshan's whip, turned his head and said to Qiao Shungang: "Baihu, I can't do it."

Qiao Shun just stared and said: "You silly boy, if you are tied up here, he will not be soft on you! Listen to me, take two pumps to relieve your anger!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "All, we are all colleagues. Two, two strokes are unnecessary, one, one stroke is enough, and I, I don't need a whip either. That, that hurts too much."

Qiao Shungang smiled and said, "Using your hands? If you want to punch him, that would be too cheap for him... No, Zhiqiong, what are you doing with that?"

Xu Zhiqiong took the soldering iron out of the charcoal stove.

Shi Chuan kept screaming, and Xiao Songting stepped forward to dissuade him: "Zhiqiong, it's almost enough, we are all colleagues, you can't do this, old Qiao, say something!"

Xu Zhiqiong belonged to Qiao Shungang, and even if Qiao Shungang didn't speak up, Xiao Songting didn't dare to speak too much.

Seeing Shi Chuan's pitiful appearance, Qiao Shungang sighed and said, "Zhiqiong, it's your fault, you can't burn his robe, it's Biaochi robe, that's the face of our Lantern Lantern!"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "I'll untie his clothes!"

Qiao Shun just nodded and said, "That's right."

Xiao Songting was in a hurry: "This, this won't work, Zhiqiong, you can't mess around!"

Xu Zhiqiong walked towards Shi Chuan with a soldering iron as if he hadn't heard it.

Xiao Songting was not his leader, as long as Qiao Shungang didn't speak, Xu Zhiqiong would never stop.

Qiao Shun just couldn't speak, his teeth itched with hatred, Shi Chuan almost ruined his official career.

Looking at the glowing red soldering iron, Shi Chuan wailed, "Zhiqiong, you can't do it, you can't do it, brother Zhiqiong, brother Zhiqiong, Zhiqiong..."

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "Brother Shi, look, look, it scares you, I, I just said it casually, can I really burn you?"

Shi Chuan let out a long breath and said: "Brother, you scared my brother to death. My heart was about to jump out just now. I knew you are a person who values ​​affection..."

scoff!

The soldering iron is on the heart.

Xu Zhiqiong was really branded.

A burst of thick smoke drifted in, and Shi Chuan passed out.

"Okay, happy!" Qiao Shun had just drank a glass of wine, got up and said, "This matter is over!"

On the way home, Xu Zhiqiong kept thinking about a question.

Shi Chuan paid such a heavy price for saying something he shouldn't have said.

Then why did he still get into trouble?
What is the reason behind this?
Running a lamp in the yamen is far more complicated than imagined.

　In the Yamen in charge of lamps, Wu Xu is a thousand households, the fifth rank, the red lamp is the deputy thousand, the fifth rank, the green lamp is the hundred, the sixth rank, the green lamp is the eighth rank, and the white lamp is the ninth rank.

　　Is there a seventh rank official?Yes, the special official position, Lantern Keeper, will appear soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)