Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 48
At noon, Zhou Kairong came to Sizheng Hall of the Imperial City with a suit of indescribable yellow, white, and green clothes.

He was able to move, but the others were still unable to move. His subordinates, disciples, servants, brother, and wife were all trapped in the trap.

Now he wants to intercede, begging Zhong Shen to let him go back.

But Zhong Shen didn't have time to see him.

The commander of the Imperial City Division, a dignified third-rank official, can he see it as soon as he says he sees it?

After standing in the courtyard for more than an hour, a guard stepped forward and said, "Follow me to the study."

Zhou Kairong obediently followed to the study, Zhong Shen was reading a book, when Zhou Kairong entered, Zhong Shen covered his nose.

"It's so stinky, it's as stinky as the reputation of the Zhou family's two tigers!"

Zhou Kairong didn't dare to say more, he leaned over and saluted: "Please let me go, Commander."

Zhong Shen sneered and said, "I tied your legs? If you want to leave, just leave! Before you leave, take your subordinates and clean up the gate of the yamen!"

Zhou Kairong repeatedly said yes, but he still hasn't left.

Zhong Shen said impatiently: "What else?"

"Commander Zhong, please return my nephew's innocence."

"Innocent?" Zhong Shen smiled, "It's really shameless, and how is your nephew innocent?"

Zhou Kairong said with a trembling voice: "Wu Xu slandered my nephew for kidnapping civilian girls, my nephew absolutely cannot do such a thing."

Zhong Shendao: "In the middle of the night, robbing women from good families, isn't that kidnapping or what?"

Zhou Kairong blushed and said: "My nephew has a bit of a bad temper, how can he be confused with the likes of Ren Ya?"

"What's naughty? Is it naughty to kill a beggar? Is it naughty to burn a beggar? Is it naughty to smash a beggar? Is it naughty to kill someone? Is it naughty even if my subordinate Lantern Lantern was injured by your nephew?"

Zhou Kairong argued strongly: "This is all Wu Xu's slander..."

"Presumptuous!" Zhong Can hammered the case and shouted, "Wu Bofeng is a thousand households in charge of the lamp yamen, and the lamp in charge of the yamen is the official office of the capital! All kinds of crimes are the judgments of the lamp in charge of the yamen! You are allowed to talk nonsense here!"

Zhou Kairong bowed his head and remained silent, Zhong Shen took a sip of tea, and his tone became calmer: "You want to ask for an explanation today, and I will give you an explanation. This case has been verified, and the verdict of the Lantern Yamen is true. Your nephew should be killed! The accomplices also It's time to kill! That's it!"

"Commander..." Zhou Kairong raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "This thing cannot be done!"

"Absolution?" Zhong Shen grinned grimly, "If it is an abdication, you should kill your son together, go back and discipline your little tiger well, or get out of the capital, or stay at home and hold the lamp." The Yamen is wanted, if you dare to misbehave again, you wait to collect his body!"

Zhou Kairong was trembling with anger, Zhong Shen slapped his nose and said, "What are you still doing here? Do you think I really don't dislike you?"

In front of the gate of the lamp-holding yamen, Zhou Kairong's family and a group of cadres were almost buried with pickled things.

The trap had been lifted, and Zhou Kairong ordered his subordinates to carry Zhou Haiqin's body away.

Just two steps away, a handsome young man in armor stopped in front of him.

He recognized this young man, he was Yu Shan, the son of Minister of Punishment.

Yu Shan cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhou, the commander has an order to clean up the yamen before you can let everyone leave."

Zhou Kairong said: "I have a deep friendship with Yu Shangshu, so please don't embarrass me, my lord."

Yu Shan said: "Responsibility is a matter of duty. A humble job is to follow orders. I hope the doctor will forgive me."

Zhou Kairong had no choice but to take his subordinates to clean up the dirt.

……

Xu Zhiqiong slept at home until dusk, took horns and firewood sticks and went to the punishment department.

He didn't want to hear the noise of the two dead souls, so he never let them out, but when he arrived at the Judgment Pavilion, he didn't see Xia Hu.

she is not here?
Or sleep in the back room?
"Officer Xia Tui, official Xia Tui?" Xu Zhiqiong was about to leave after shouting for a long time without any response.

In the past, he could have waited a little longer, but now he doesn't want to wait, the middle stage of Ninth Grade is right in front of him, and he doesn't want to wait for a moment.

There are still a lot of Judgment Courts around, let's change to another one first, who told you not to stick to your post, but the two transactions made others cheaper.

Just as Xu Zhiqiong was about to go out, he saw Xia Hu walking in from the door.

Xu Zhiqiong hurried forward to meet him: "Officer Xia Tui, have you gone out?"

"Why did you go out?" Xia Hu got angry somewhere, and said in a cold tone, "Could it be possible to stay here and serve you?"

What kind of attitude is this?I'm here to take care of your business, and you still talk coldly?

Xu Zhiqiong put the two horns on the table, and said coldly: "If you don't want to serve, I'll find someone else next time."

Seeing Xu Zhiqiong take out two horns at once, Xia Hu's eyes softened instantly: "You killed two villains at once?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "I didn't kill it, so could someone send me there?"

"What a skill, Judge Ma!" Xia Hu's voice became much softer.

"So-so, I made Officer Xia Tui laugh."

"Judge Montmart has taken care of him. Judge Raoma will take the prisoner to the evil mirror to take a picture."

This voice is so sweet, the sweet Xu Zhiqiong got goosebumps.

Xia Hu can't be blamed for being too realistic. It's really difficult to push officials. One can only get five points of merit for a case, and five points will be deducted if the trial is wrong.

Not only is it inefficient, but it is also seriously introverted. There are dozens of judges in a criminal punishment department, and the competition among officials is very fierce.

With this merit alone, there is no hope of promotion. Xia Hu often does some private work.

It is against the rules to do private work, and the pusher cannot leave the Punishment Division at will. He finally slipped out, wandered around the capital for a day, found nothing, and was called back by Xu Zhiqiong, Xia Hu was naturally in a bad mood.

Seeing these two crimes, Xia Hu felt better.

Not only was he in a good mood, looking at this stupid ninth-rank judge, Xia Hu suddenly felt that he was quite handsome.

It's the same in any era, if you want to impress a girl's heart, you can't just rely on sweet words, you have to have hard currency.

Xu Zhiqiong released two dead souls, Zhou Haiqin cursed loudly, Xia Hu still used the old method, gently pinching his fingers, calming Zhou Haiqin down.

The soul of the guard didn't say a word. He was observing the surrounding environment and seemed to be aware of what was about to happen.

Zhou Haiqin's crimes are two inches six, and the Nie Jingtai first showed his crimes.

"Smashing shops and looting property is greed for money."

"Molesting a woman is considered lustful."

Xia Hu looked at the crime while writing the verdict, and when she saw Zhou Haiqin burning the beggar to death, Xia Hu smiled: "What is this greed for?"

There is nothing to covet in a beggar, it is doing evil for evil's sake.

"Evil comes from evil, and the guilt is doubled!" Xia Hu wrote a few more strokes in the verdict.

Compared with Wang Shijie, Zhou Haiqin's crimes were much less. Just killing two beggars gave him nearly two inches of criminal karma.

After the verdict was written and sealed in a bamboo tube, it was the guard's turn.

The guard's criminal karma was two inches and three. Seeing the crimes on the evil mirror stage, the guard realized his situation.

He knew he was dead, and he knew he would be punished for the crimes he committed in his lifetime.

He knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Xu Zhiqiong and Xia Hu: "My lords, my lords, please listen to the villain. The villain did commit crimes, but they were all instructed by the evil young master of the Zhou family. This is definitely not the villain's intention, and I am sure the two adults will be punished lightly."

Xia Hu looked at the scene on the evil mirror platform, nodded and said: "It was indeed ordered."

The guard kowtowed again and again: "My lord, please raise your hand high."

"Hold your hand high?" Xia Hu laughed, "When you beat that beggar and the child, why didn't you see your fist raised an inch? A slave like you must not be lightly forgiven, and must be severely punished!"

The guard still wanted to defend himself, but Xia Hu pinched again, and the guard also fell silent.

Xu Zhiqiong really envied this skill: "Can I also learn this skill when I reach the seventh rank?"

Xia Hu shook her head and said, "This is my unique skill, not a judge's skill. As long as you take care of my business, I will teach you when you reach the seventh rank."

"Do you have to wait until the seventh grade?" Xu Zhiqiong sniffled, always feeling that Xia Hu was lying to him.

"How could I lie to you? With your ninth-grade physique, if you want to learn such skills, it will do you no good." Xia Hu wrote the verdict and handed it over to Xu Zhiqiong. Dome delivered to the door.

"Judge Ma, I have to rely on you to take care of me in the future!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "If you are not here, how can I find you?"

"As long as you call my name, I will come back naturally, just wait a moment."

After leaving the Evil Punishment Division, Xu Zhiqiong trotted all the way to Fengdu City.

When they arrived at the Senluo Hall, Nie Gui'an, the ghost guard at the gate, greeted him, as did several other ghost servants.

"Judge, please come inside." The other ghost guards didn't know Xu Zhiqiong, so they could only greet him casually.

Nie Gui'an and Xu Zhiqiong got acquainted, stepped forward and said, "Judge Ma, follow me."

It seems that they are quite competitive in this industry.

Following Nie Gui'an, Xu Zhiqiong found that there were many side halls in Senluo Hall, but Nie Gui'an always took Xu Zhiqiong to the side hall of the prison Shicheng. It seemed that they had another friendship behind their backs.

"Ma Shangfeng, Magistrate Ma, deport the two criminals!"

Listening to the passionate echo, Xu Zhiqiong maintained a calm expression, constantly hinting to himself: "I'm used to it, I'm really used to it."

The prison guard Shi Cheng praised: "In just a few days, you brought two more criminals. You really took care of them."

"You're welcome!" Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly returned the salute.

Shi Cheng verified that it was correct, and brought Xu Zhiqiong a voucher, and a ghost messenger followed him out from the back hall, and said in a low voice, "We are running out of gas."

"Ask the executioner to go to the next door to borrow some. Anyway, there is no business next door, so it's a waste to be idle! Ask the brothers to prepare two hooks and sharpen them a bit. They didn't catch them last time, and they won't catch them for a long time!"

Shi Cheng taught his subordinates a lesson, then turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said with a smile: "You keep the two vouchers, a total of forty-nine meritorious deeds, the old rules, if lost or robbed, you can come to me to make up for it. Send Ma Shangfeng off, Judge Ma!"

The loud and clear voice echoed for a long time in Yan Luo Hall.

Excited, Xu Zhiqiong ran all the way back to the Department of Punishment.

It is about to be promoted to the ninth rank!

When I arrived at the Honor Building, I took two vouchers, and after a puff of smoke, I picked out forty-nine meritorious service.

Xu Zhiqiong came prepared, he brought water.

Grab a handful first, there are ten in total, and drink it with a sip of water.

He grabbed another handful, still ten, took two sips of water, and drank again.

In the third hand, I only caught one, and I only needed [-] to be promoted to the middle rank of Ninth Rank. Xu Zhiqiong was afraid that if he ate too much, it would not count, and his meritorious service would be wasted in vain.

After eating a golden bean, Xu Zhiqiong was overjoyed that he had finally been promoted to rank nine.

Before he could laugh, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly convulsed and fell to the ground.

What's the situation?Adverse reaction to the promotion process?
If you don't want to fall here, you have to find a safe place to stay, and you still have twenty-eight meritorious service in your hand!

Xu Zhiqiong wanted to struggle to get up, but after trying several times, he couldn't stand up.

A figure swayed in the distance, and a judge wanted to enter the Shangxun Building.

This is how to do?
What if he wants to steal my merit?
(End of this chapter)