Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 467 What is the relationship between crime and evil deeds

Xu Zhiqiong stepped on Kong Jianchen's head and asked him if he knew the crime.

If one day, the imperial court sent an edict asking him to go to the latrine and eat Huanglong soup, Kong Jianchen would not hesitate to have a full meal, and sincerely said that the food was very enjoyable and nutritious.

As long as he can be promoted to a noble, he can say anything, except for one sentence, then he is guilty.

He will never admit his guilt.

"Where are you thieves, why are you talking nonsense here?"

"Don't ask who we are, but ask whether you know the crime or not?"

"Where is the crime of this government?"

"Look at the starving people all over the mountains and plains, don't you know where the crime is?"

"There is no such thing as starvation. Let me find it and show it to the government. After the government finds out the cause of death, I will talk to you..."

"Bah!" Zhao Wugong couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward and kicked Kong Jianchen, "What a shameless villain, you don't know how many people starved to death in Zhuzhou?"

Kong Jianchen is still quibbling: "The people under my rule live and work in peace and contentment, and their families are well-off! Occasionally lazy people refuse to work and guard the fertile fields, but starve to death. Such things can also be counted as the crimes of this government? May I ask which state or county? There are no lazy people, let me ask..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly lifted his foot and broke his left arm.

Kong Jianchen wailed and immediately peed on his pants.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "You said that the people who starved to death are all lazy people?"

Kong Jianchen panted for a long time and said, "Even if he is not a lazy person, he is still a fool who does not understand the principles of farming and the convenience of solar terms. Under the rule of this government, all counties and villages have a good harvest. Why are they starving when others are not hungry?"

"Who do you say is a fool? Where do you say there is a good harvest?" Xu Zhiqiong raised his foot and broke Kong Jianchen's right arm.

Kong Jianchen hissed and shouted: "Last year's harvest was not good, there were bad harvests everywhere, but not in Zhuzhou!"

"Then you still tell the court about a good harvest?" Xu Zhiqiong stomped and broke Kong Jianchen's left leg.

"I, I, I..." Kong Jianchen rolled his eyes and passed out from the pain.

Seeing that the magistrate Kong had fainted, Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "I am a soft-hearted person. You said that the magistrate fainted from pain, and I feel very sorry. Fortunately, I still have medicine with me."

He took out the medicine powder and poured it down to the magistrate Kong. Kong Jianchen took a long breath and woke up again.

The moment of coma was blissful, and he could get rid of the pain for a short time.

When the pain hit again, Kong Jianchen couldn't stop crying: "Last year, the imperial court ordered the expulsion of Suzaku cultivators. Is it my fault for the poor harvest? This year, the imperial court wants to allocate grain. Is it wrong for me to send grain to the imperial court?"

What a good rhetoric, and the intermediate process is omitted, and he himself is completely picked up.

Xu Zhiqiong stomped on his head, one foot after another: "Why did you report the harvest to the court when you knew it was a poor harvest? Knowing that the people were starving, you still took surplus food from their homes?"

"Other prefectures also suffered poor harvests. Zhu prefecture has so many people, after all, more people survived and fewer died of starvation. How can it be regarded as the fault of this prefecture? Why did they starve to death when others didn't starve to death?" Kong Zhifu I also want to change the subject.

Xu Zhiqiong allowed him to divert the conversation: "Other prefectures also have poor harvests, why didn't I take care of those prefects, why did I take care of you?"

Click!Xu Zhiqiong crushed Kong Jianchen's right leg.

Kong Jianchen passed out again, Xu Zhiqiong took a pill and poured it into his mouth.

Zhao Wugong asked: "Can this medicine make him wake up again?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "No, it can make him dumb."

This is the good medicine that Qianhu left in Mingdengxuan.

Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said to the two guides: "You take the prefect of Kong, change his clothes, smear his face with mud, send him to the refugees, and watch him in the dark, let him do it for a few days. Beggar, after he dies, remember to take back his sins."

Zhang Renxia and Xu Xiaosheng hesitated a little, and finally picked up the magistrate Kong.

They are afraid.

Some fears don't just go away overnight.

But at least they have the courage to conquer their fears.

Xu Zhiqiong said to Liu Benxiang and Qu Shaoyou: "You two, go with the two directors, so that you can have a helper."

Zheng Wuguang said from the side: "Let me go too."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "You don't have to go, a night of hard work is considered hard work, go back and rest."

Zheng Wuguang didn't dare to say more, and when he left, he gritted his teeth.

A down and out Taoist, but he still despises me!
Do you really think I can see this door?Do you really think I appreciate this shabby place?
I wanted to leave a long time ago, but after I leave, you don't have to think about it, I will let your door be rooted out in Zhuzhou.

……

Xu Xiaosheng took off a suit of clothes from a starving commoner, changed them for Kong Jianchen, loosened his hair, and then smeared a layer of mud on his face, making him look exactly like a beggar.

They took Kong Jianchen to Zhuyuan City. Before leaving, Qiu Zhixin repeatedly told him: "Be sure to keep an eye on him. When he dies, quickly pick off the crime! Such a long crime must not be lost in the Mortal."

Everyone agreed and left quickly.

Zhao Wugong said thoughtfully: "Ever since I entered the Taoist sect, Master has been telling me not to lose the sin karma that has passed two inches, but to try to get it off.

I thought, this sinful karma contains the soul of the villain, if it is not taken down, the villain is allowed to step on the road to the underworld and get away with it, which violates the duty of the Taoist sect.
But the master said more than that, this sin karma is lost in the mortal world, and it will cause endless harm. What harm is there, but the master has never told me, Qiu Changshi, you are very knowledgeable, let me tell you what else is in this sin karma What's the matter? "

Qiu Zhixin shook his head and said, "Let me tell you, don't call me Chang Shi anymore. In front of the real Chang Shi, how dare I show off my knowledge."

Zhao Wugong looked at Xu Zhiqiong: "Ma Changshi, would you like to teach me a thing or two?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled indifferently: "Since it is Qiu Changshi's territory, let Qiu Changshi say it."

It's not that he's being modest, it's that Xu Zhiqiong really doesn't know.

Qiu Zhixin smiled: "Then I will show my clumsiness. According to what my master said back then, this crime is not born on the prisoner's body, but an inherent thing in the world, like dust, everywhere."

Xu Zhiqiong's heart tightened, and he remembered a passage.

"Crime karma is born with the heaven and the earth, just like dust, dispersed between the heaven and the earth, not increased by crimes, not reduced by good deeds."

This is a passage from Zhewei Xingjun Liang Xiaoen, the general idea seems to be basically the same as what Qiu Zhixin said.

Zhao Wugong still didn't understand: "Isn't this sinful karma created by wicked people doing evil?"

Qiu Zhixin shook his head and said: "A wicked person will not produce evil karma. The evil deeds of a wicked person are like a pot of paste."

"Must?" Zhao Wugong was even more puzzled.

Xu Zhiqiong was also puzzled.

Qiu Zhixin explained: "If you boil a pot of paste and let it hang out at the door for a day, it will definitely be full of dust.
Evil deeds are like this paste, which grows on the top of a person's head, sticky, and absorbs all the sin karma on the head. The more evil deeds, the more sin karma is absorbed, and the horns on the head are also becomes longer,

When this person dies, if the soul leaves the body, the paste in the sin karma will disappear, and the sin karma should dissipate. The sin karma below two inches will return to the dust and sink into the depths of the earth. Sin karma of more than an inch will be taken away by the sinner. "

Zhao Wugong asked in astonishment: "Who is the culprit?"

Qiu Zhixin shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, I'm afraid even Master doesn't know, it must be like a true god, transcending the mortal world,
But my master said that since you have entered our Taoism, you cannot let a single sin fall into the hands of the sinner. If the sinner is killed by us, he must take off the sin. Even if we did not kill him, we must try our best To pick up the sin karma, my master took his life just to take a piece of sin karma, this is the duty of our Taoist sect, this is..."

In the middle of speaking, Qiu Zhixin suddenly choked up, he took a deep breath, and said to Zhao Wugong: "Officer Zhao Tui, you have accepted all these crimes, so hurry up and write the verdict."

Zhao Wugong nodded and went to the Department of Punishment.

In the deserted village, only Xu Zhiqiong and Qiu Zhixin were left. Qiu Zhixin sighed, and a teardrop fell from the mask.

"I heard that there is a young hero named Ma Shangfeng in the Department of Punishment in the capital. It should be you!"

Xu Zhiqiong did not deny it.

Qiu Zhixin smiled wryly and said: "I have lived at this age, and I have wasted so many years in Taoism. In terms of scheming and courage, I am so far behind you.
When Shi Zhuzhou was about to die, he handed over the punishment department to me. I agreed in front of him, but the punishment department was in my hands, but it became like this. Returning to the underworld, I'm afraid he is also a sinner!

Ma Changshi, I know you look down on this dilapidated place, you should pity me and these judges, come here and be a real long history!If you don't come, the Zhuzhou Punishment Department will be ruined in my hands, I beg you sincerely! "

While speaking, Qiu Zhixin wanted to kneel down, but Xu Zhiqiong supported him.

"Stand up straight and speak, Xuanren's knees are straight, and the judge's knees are even more straight!"

Qiu Zhixin raised his head and said, "You promised me."

"I really want to agree to you, but I can't stay in Zhuzhou right now. I feel uncomfortable seeing the punishment of evil divisions become like this, but at least our blood is still there! Zhao Wugong, Zhang Renxia, ​​Xu Xiaosheng, Qu Shaoyou , Liu Benxiang, these are bloody judges, if we leave the bloody nature of our Daoist sect, the bloodline of the Daoist sect will not be broken!"

Xu Zhiqiong told Qiu Zhixin the key to Zhonglangyuan's door: "If you encounter difficulties, please come to me. I will go to the state capital first and take care of the affairs of the magistrate Kong."

Xu Zhiqiong turned and left.

Qiu Zhixin shouted from behind: "Ma Changshi, before leaving, come and see the brothers again!"

Xu Zhiqiong agreed, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

He went back to Zhonglang Courtyard, changed into a sturdy robe, put on a sturdy blade, and carried a lantern, and went back to Zhuyuan City.

There was chaos in Zhuyuan City, and Ma Jishun, the co-instructor, was searching for the whereabouts of prefect Kong.

I just found the south of the city, and suddenly I heard a report from the Yamen: "Master Tongzhi, something is wrong, and the Marquis of Fortune is here."

"Marquis Yun? Xu Zhiqiong? Isn't he going to Yu Xianguo? Why did he get off the ship?"

The Yacha said: "I don't know the villain either. I have never seen Marquis Yun. A young man, carrying a red lantern, came to the Yamen of the state capital and said he was the Marquis from the capital.
Since we didn't believe it, we even laughed at him, but we didn't expect him to hit him as soon as he raised his hand, and the guard at the door was almost killed by him. "

Ma Jishun's face turned pale. He had heard of Xu Zhiqiong's reputation and his various deeds, but according to what the Yacha said, he was somewhat similar to the rumored Xu Zhiqiong.

He got on his war horse and ran all the way back to the Yamen of the state capital. When he entered the main hall, he saw Xu Zhiqiong sitting behind the desk and lighting up the red light in his hand.

Ma Jishun's knees softened and he knelt on the ground. Although he had never met him before, looking at his clothes and the red light, he was sure that the person in front of him was Xu Zhiqiong.

"Ma Jishun, Tongzhi of Zhuzhou, has met Lord Hou!" Ma Jishun kowtowed on his knees.

Xu Zhiqiong sneered and said, "Ma Jishun, you are so bold. Zhuzhou is full of starvation, yet you still dare to search for rice, lie about the harvest, and ask the court for rewards?"

Ma Jishun shook his head again and again and said, "Master Hou, this has nothing to do with lowly positions, it's all done by the magistrate Kong Jianchen!"

"What nonsense!"

"Every word that the humble official said is true."

"Where is Kong Jianchen?"

"He, this, tonight, the granary, suddenly..." Ma Jishun couldn't understand for a while.

Xu Zhiqiong shouted angrily, "Could it be that he fled in fear of crime?"

"He, he, yes, yes!" Ma Jishun suddenly grabbed the life-saving straw, nodded repeatedly and said, "Kong Jianchen, absconded in fear of crime!"

(End of this chapter)