Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 47
At dawn, when it was time to disperse, the two corpses were still hanging by the door.

Wu Xu said to Xu Zhiqiong: "If you are afraid, just stay in the yamen."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "There are thousands of households here, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Wu Xu was very satisfied with Xu Zhiqiong's attitude: "You are injured, you are allowed to take a day off, go back and have a good rest, please remember, no matter who comes to you, even if Zhou Kairong brings someone to your door, don't Ignore it, just run back to the Yamen."

Xu Zhiqiong bowed and saluted, and left the yamen.

With Wu Xu taking care of me, there is nothing to worry about. Just like what Qianhu said, if you can't do it, just run to the Yamen. Running is what I do best. As long as I don't meet eunuchs, no one can catch up with me.

But it was impossible to live in the yamen, the two babies in his arms were kicking all the time, making Xu Zhiqiong's heart itch.

He has been promoted to the ninth rank, and finally he is no longer at the lowest level of cultivation.

……

Outside the lamp-holding yamen, a gorgeously dressed woman was crying heartbreakingly while holding Zhou Haiqin's body.

She is Zhou Haiqin's mother, Mrs. Zhang.

Beside him stood Zhou Haiqin's father, Zhou Kairong's elder brother Zhou Kaiyao.

Zhou Kaiyao kept wiping away tears, but these two tears were forced out.

Zhou Haiqin didn't look like him, and Zhang's pregnancy was not on the right day.

Although all kinds of evidence show that this matter did not take advantage of others, and his younger brother Zhou Kairong has always raised this child as his own son...

But Zhou Kaiyao tried hard for a long time, but still couldn't cry.

Zhou Kairong, the official secretary of the Ministry of Officials, stood at the gate of the Lantern Office, and he was waiting for a statement that whoever killed his nephew would have to pay with his life!

It was dawn, and the gate of the lantern yamen was closed. Zhou Kairong ordered one of his subordinates to knock on the door. After waiting for a long time, a lantern guard on duty came out yawning.

"what is the matter?"

The master said to Deng Shou: "Please tell Wu Qianhu about it, and say that Mr. Zhou Langzhong of the official department has been waiting at the gate of your yamen for a long time. Ask Qianhu to come out and give an explanation."

The light guard glanced outside the door and said, "Which Zhou Langzhong?"

The chief frowned and said, "Aren't you asking this question knowingly? You killed the man, and our young master's body is here. Why are you pretending to be confused!"

Deng Shou heard the words and said with a smile: "So it was for these two corpses! This is the verdict. Qianhu ordered to copy a copy for the family members of the deceased, so that you can learn from it in the future, especially those accomplices. Skynet is not missing, let him surrender as soon as possible, take it!"

The principal asked in surprise, "What accomplice?"

Deng Shou said impatiently: "Don't you understand the black and white writing?"

The principal opened the verdict, read it, was stunned, and quickly handed the verdict to Zhou Kairong.

When Zhou Kairong took the verdict and looked at it, his veins popped.

The general idea of ​​the verdict is as follows: Zhou Haiqin took advantage of the night to rob civilian girls in the street, intending to sell them (trafficking). According to the Daxuan Law, the crime should be punished. Lantern Lang was arrested on the spot when the crime happened. Zhou Haiqin resisted arrest. If they resist, they will be punished, and there are several other accomplices who are at large, and they will be wanted by notice. Those who are captured alive will be rewarded heavily, and those who are killed will also be rewarded heavily, and those who report their whereabouts will also be rewarded.

Zhou Kairong wanted to tear up the verdict, but thought it was evidence to impeach Wu Xu in the future, so he put it in his arms, pointed to the lamp and said, "Let Wu Xu come out to see me!"

Deng Shou yawned continuously: "Master Qianhu has other important tasks, you can come back after dark."

After speaking, the gate of the yamen was closed.

Zhou Kairong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if you don't see me, don't blame me for being ruthless, I'll go find Zhong Shen!"

Zhou Kairong went straight to the Sizheng Hall of the Imperial City, where Zhong Shen warmly entertained him, and Zhou Kairong cut to the chase, asking for an explanation for his nephew.

After hearing what had happened, Zhong Shen nodded and said, "Yuanfang (Zhou Kairong, courtesy name Yuanfang), Wu Qianhu sent the case file this morning, and I'm asking someone to review it. Within three months, I will definitely give you an answer." reply."

Zhou Kairong said in astonishment: "Three months? But we still have to wait for three months!"

Zhong Shendao: "Since human life is involved, it must be reviewed more carefully."

"You also know that human life is involved, it's my nephew's life!" Zhou Kairong got up and shouted, "When he was in charge of the Yamen killing people, did you ever think that human life is at stake!"

"Yuanfang, sit down first and have a sip of tea, I know you feel uncomfortable..."

"Don't talk about that gossip!" Zhou Kairong looked at Zhong Shendao, "Commander Zhong, I just want to ask you, do you have anything to say today?"

Zhong Shen sighed and said, "If you want to talk about today, it will be difficult."

"Well, if you don't give me an explanation, I'll ask Lang Lang Qiankun for an explanation. I don't believe there is no justice in this world!"

Zhou Kairong turned around and left, Zhong Shen stopped a step forward; "Yuanfang, wait a moment, listen to me to say something..."

"Stop talking, stay!"

A gust of wind hit, blowing Zhong Shen's beard and hair flying.

Confucian sixth-grade skills, awe-inspiring spirit.

No wonder Zhou Kairong has been on the rise all these years. It turns out that this person has a high level of cultivation, so he was appreciated by the emperor.

This is really a serious negligence. As the commander of the Imperial City Division, Zhong Shen should know every minister well.

But now it seems that he doesn't know much about Zhou Kairong. He knows that Zhou Kairong has a cultivation level, but he didn't expect his cultivation level to reach the sixth rank, and possibly even higher.

Zhou Kairong walked straight out of the Sizheng Hall of the imperial city, Zhong Shen stroked his beard, and said with a sneer, "No shame!"

……

Returning to the gate of Lantern Yamen, Zhou Kairong ordered his subordinates, disciples and servants: "Surround my nephew's corpse and cry for me, and tell the world about the crimes of Lantern Yamen!"

Everyone was ordered to cry loudly around Zhou Haiqin's corpse.

"My lord, you died unjustly! You lost your life in the hands of these bastards!"

"The yamen in charge of the lamp is doing evil and committing crimes, disregarding human life. Let's take a look at the good son of Daxuan. Our son is gentle, honest, kind and talented, and he was killed by the beast in the yamen like this!"

"The border of the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, such atrocities are committed, what is the law of the king! What is the law of heaven!"

There are more and more people watching the excitement, and several floors are surrounded in a blink of an eye.

It stands to reason that this is not a clever method, it is not much different from a shrew cursing the street, it is just a bit more elegant.

But if combined with the special skills of Confucianism, the situation is quite different.

Zhou Kairong stood in the center of the crowd, activated the Confucian Ninth Rank Skill, and followed the etiquette.

The essence of this skill is to force the opponent to follow the etiquette and not exceed the rules.

It doesn't sound like much, but it works surprisingly well.

Zhou Kairong is an official, his subordinates are also officials, his disciples will also be officials in the future, and even his servants are servants of the official family, and their status seems to be higher than that of ordinary people.

The order of respect and inferiority is the foundation of etiquette.

When the venerable speaks to the humble, the humble should listen carefully, carefully, and sincerely.

If you have won the Confucian Ninth Grade Skill, every word the other party says is the truth.

But this is a one-to-one single-point skill, Zhou Kairong can't use the skill once for every onlooker.

But he still has a sixth-level skill, awe-inspiring aura.

The scary thing about the awe-inspiring aura is that it can turn Confucian single-point skills into area skills. Wherever the awe-inspiring aura goes, all onlookers must follow the etiquette and take the words of Zhou Kairong and others as the truth.

The skills took effect quickly, and some people began to join in.

An old oil seller shouted: "What a young man, he was killed just like that, Lantern Lantern is too inhuman!"

Another middle-aged woman who sold rice also shouted: "The Lantern Lantern has done nothing good, they are a bunch of animals!"

As long as there is one person in the lead, the emotions of the onlookers will be ignited, and in an instant, there will be shouts and curses at the gate of the yamen.

If the scolding continues like this, the matter will become a big mess. Not only will the reputation of the lamp yamen be ruined, it will arouse public anger, and it may even alarm the emperor.

Zhou Kairong looked around at the crowd, constantly releasing awe-inspiring aura.

I just want to make things worse, I want the emperor to listen to it, and let His Majesty personally give me justice!
The awe-inspiring aura became more and more violent, and the onlookers were excited, when a sudden gust of cold wind blew away the awe-inspiring aura.

Zhou Kairong froze for a moment, then scanned the onlookers, and saw a woman looking at him with a contemptuous smile.

Qingyi Pavilion Shaoshi Jiang Feili, a fifth-rank cultivator of the way of killing and fighting.

She used the fifth-grade murderous aura to forcibly blow away the awe-inspiring aura.

Under the cover of murderous intent, the emotions of the onlookers stabilized, and the shouting and cursing gradually disappeared.

Why scold?They can't find a reason.

You are obviously here to watch the fun, why do you want to join in the fun?
Is it easy to mess with being in charge of the yamen?Can this excitement be casually joined in?

Isn't it just the death of a rich man?What does this have to do with them?
What's more, they don't even know who the dead person is.

A young woman shouted from the crowd: "Who the hell is dead!"

Another young woman said: "It's Zhou Haiqin from the Zhou family, a brute who does all kinds of evil!"

"Zhou Haiqin, I know, isn't that the two tigers of the Zhou family?"

"These two bastards have done countless bad things. A few days ago in Beiyuan, a beggar was burned to death, and another was beaten to death!"

"They also smashed my shop. My mother is seventy years old, and they beat her half to death!"

"They bullied my younger sister, a fifteen-year-old girl, who was almost forced to jump into the river!"

A group of women, you say a word, I say a word, detail the evil deeds of the two tigers of the Zhou family, some are true, some are fabricated.

These women are all from Tsing Yi Pavilion, and the loudest among them is Su Xiujuan, Xu Zhiqiong's classmate in Wu Che Academy.

All the newcomers in Tsing Yi Pavilion are here, except the senior sister Wei Chi Lan and the junior sister Han Di.

Junior sister Han Di thinks it's disrespectful to swear.

Yu Chilan really wanted to come, but Jiang Feili thought she was stupid.

This is Zhong Shen's order to teach Zhou Kairong a lesson.

The direction of the wind changed, and when Zhou Haiqun, one of the two tigers of the Zhou family, died, the mood of the crowd also changed.

A shopkeeper scolded: "Who am I to die for? What the hell are you talking about being gentle, honest, and talented? Pooh! Just these two bastards smashed my stall yesterday and broke two of my teeth!"

A servant held a stick, pointed at the shopkeeper and said, "Where are the thieves and prisoners, don't spit blood on people!"

This guy is tall and strong, under normal circumstances, this sentence can scare the shopkeeper.

But today's shopkeeper couldn't be scared. He took a step forward, grinned at the servant, and said, "Am I talking nonsense? Open your dog's eyes and see if these two teeth are broken."

The servant held his stick and shouted, "Why do you want to die?"

The salesman showed no fear: "You fight! You dog servant raised by a dog official, I will let you fight today!"

Why is this shopkeeper so hard?

Could it be that he was also affected by the awe-inspiring spirit?Could it be that there are six grades of Confucianism in Tsing Yi Pavilion?

There is no sixth-grade Confucianism in Tsing Yi Pavilion, and no one can use awe-inspiring aura, which is caused by Jiang Feili's murderous aura.

Jiang Feili's talent is not good, but killing Dao depends on talent most, and he can cultivate to the fifth rank, all thanks to the assistance of pills.

She knew that it was impossible for her to continue to advance in the way of killing, so while practicing the way of killing, she also studied the way of soldiers. She added the skill of the way of soldiers to the murderous aura-encourage the army.

Encouragement skills can boost the morale of soldiers on the battlefield, and can also enhance the courage of onlookers.

Not only the salesman, everyone's anger was ignited with the addition of courage.

An old man gritted his teeth and said, "It's a good death, a good death! My son was hit by a carriage of their beasts while walking on the road. He was lying at home and couldn't get out of bed for half a month!"

"My shop was also smashed by them. Poor my girl, she's only seven years old. They can beat her too!"

The yelling sounded again.

He scolded the two tigers of the Zhou family for enmity.

There is no hatred, even those who have heard of their reputation scold them.

Even those who have never heard of their reputation also scolded them!
The morale is so high, how enjoyable it is to swear twice!
Just cursing is not enough, the power of venting is a bit weak, and there are quite a few stupid people in the crowd, who can't scold anything new except swear words.

Jiang Feili had already prepared for this.

Su Xiujuan first brought out a basket of rotten persimmons.

Another girl brought out a basket of rotten oranges.

I don't know which wicked person brought a slop tank!

The salesman who was beaten before took the jar to the latrine to buy Huanglong soup...

Zhou Haiqin's mother, Mrs. Zhang, looked at Zhou Kairong with a persimmon look on her face and said, "Master, this is, but, what should I do?"

Seeing this, Su Xiujuan shouted: "Who is your master, aren't you his sister-in-law?"

Shouting and laughing mixed together, Zhou Kairong stood in place, covered in slop, motionless.

It's not that he can stand still, it's that he really dare not move.

Not only he didn't dare to move, but his subordinates and disciples dared not move even those with cultivation base.

He felt like he was stepping on a piece of mud, and he would sink into it if he moved a little.

He will really fall into it, because there is a trap under his feet, a high-grade trap of the Mo family, although invisible, it can kill him at any time.

The promotion was too fast, and Zhou Kairong was a little flustered.

He forgot that there are places where he is not allowed to behave wildly, such as the Imperial City Division.

　Let's guess which system Commander Zhong belongs to.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)