Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 572 Why Are You So Smart?

Xu Zhiqiong hurried back to the Capital Punishment Division. He didn't see Lang Zhongxue, but only saw two seventh-rank officials discussing matters with Lu Yanyou.

Of the two pushers, one is thin and small named Zhang Shouzong, and the other is short and fat named Hu Quangen.

These are two old officials, Zhang Shouzong is sixty-two, and Hu Quangen is sixty-three.

Because they had sentenced many wrongful cases before, these two veteran judges had no business visits all year round, and they belonged to the completely hopeless category of people in the court of judges.

When Long Xiulian opened the tea house back then, these two people worked as handymen in the tea house. According to Zhao Baijiao's description, these two old fellows were willing to be loyal to Long Xiulian, but Long Xiulian didn't see them as a Personally.

Later, Xu Zhiqiong brought Xiuxuan Tea House, and the two old guys were also arrested to Zhu Kulou Tea House.

Due to the situation, they also promised to resist Long Xiulian, but it was definitely not out of their original intention, so they were only imprisoned in the tea house and did not participate in the war.

Although these two old officials were not considered Long Xiulian's accomplices, they were not well received by the people around them. When they went to Changshi Mansion, what could they discuss with Lu Yanyou?
After they finished talking, Xu Zhiqiong knew why Lu Yanyou was so impatient.

Mao Shazhong Zayue Junshan asked them to come over and tell them that he would collect fifty pieces of merit and fifty taels of silver from each judge in the capital, and use them to deal with Jiao Liewei, the ghost emperor of Zhongtu, and calm down the previous incident.

After being a judge for so many years, Lu Yanyou has never heard of collecting money or meritorious service from his colleagues.

But Yue Junshan's attitude is very clear, if he can't collect meritorious service and money, he will not care about this matter.

Zhang Shouzong sighed and said: "Fifty meritorious deeds, fifty taels of silver, it's not too much, and it's not too much. I know the big guy must feel wronged, but this is a good thing to save money and avoid disasters. How much silver and meritorious service can you do?" Buy back a life?"

Hu Quangen said: "If you want to talk about grievances, I still feel aggrieved. I didn't provoke this matter. I don't know Zhong Jianxue, and I haven't beaten Bai Wuchang. I handed over fifty meritorious service and fifty taels for nothing. Yinzi, don't I feel sorry for you?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "So, are you blaming me?"

Hu Quangen lowered his head and said: "Who dares to blame you, you are Ma Changshi, who is Ma Changshi? Daomen Zhongzai, kill as soon as you say, who dares to provoke you..."

"Don't dare to provoke me, why did you come here to make trouble for me!" Xu Zhiqiong stood up suddenly, making the two old judges tremble in fright!

Zhang Shouzong said: "Ma Changshi, you can't blame us for this matter, this, this is the order of Yue Zhongzai."

"What is Yue Zhongzai? What country is Yue Zhongzai? Are you from Maosha? Look up and let me see, are you from Maosha?"

The two old judges didn't dare to make a sound, Xu Zhiqiong stared and said: "They are all judges of Daxuan, why do you listen to the orders of a Mao Chazhong? Where is Mao Shazhong?"

Zhang Shouzong said in a low voice: "This, this is inconvenient to say..."

"Inconvenient!" Xu Zhiqiong lifted Zhang Shouzong up.

Zhang Shouzong hurriedly shouted: "We don't know where he lives. He just came to Lao Hu's Judgment Pavilion and explained this matter to us. I happened to be there at the time, and he said he was waiting for our reply."

"When did he ask you to call back?"

"He said that in the past few days, he came to Lao Hu's Judgment Pavilion to see us."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "You asked him to come to me, didn't you just want merit and money? I have enough, he knows my mortal residence, let him get it, he can get as much as he can!"

The two old judges walked away trembling, Xu Zhiqiong said to Lu Yanyou: "Lu Changshi, tell us fellows, whoever has the most money will keep it by himself, and whoever has the most meritorious service will hide it by himself, and whoever dares to give Mao Chazhong slaughters a grain of merit and a tael of silver, and I will copy his house the next day!"

……

Two days later, at noon, Yue Junshan put on a heavy cotton coat and a mask covering his whole face, and came to Hu Quangen's Judgment Pavilion.

"How are things going?"

Hu Quangen said: "Master Zhongzai, we have discussed with Lu Yanyou and we have almost settled the matter. Who knows that Ma Shangfeng is unreasonable. He scolded us and said, said..."

Yue Junshan said sharply: "What did he say!"

Zhang Shouzong said: "He said that the meritorious service and the silver will be paid by him. You know his residence in the mortal world, so you can go to his residence to get it."

Yue Junshan took a deep breath.

Zhang Shouzong hurriedly said: "Master Zhongzai, these are the original words of Ma Shangfeng, we have no disrespect to you!"

Yue Junshan snorted coldly and said, "Tell Ma Shangfeng that I am a sincere gentleman, and I will never go to the mortal world to find him. The matter of this sect should be dealt with in the sect."

After finishing speaking, Yue Junshan left the Punishment Division very quickly and went to the Yin Division.

He didn't go to Yan Luo Hall, he walked all the way downstream along the Wangchuan River.

There are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the roadside, and fewer and fewer buildings.

Until there was only an empty space in front of him, a majestic palace appeared in the thick fog.

This place is the Great Hall of the Ghost King of Middle Earth.

Yue Junshan walked to the gate of the main hall, and after being passed by the ghost messenger, he walked through the dark and narrow corridor to the main hall.

Ghost Emperor Jiao Liewei, who was sitting on the main hall, got up to greet him.

Yue Junshan said solemnly; "Ma Shangfeng, you should be killed."

Jiao Liewei looked blank: "It should be killed, when is Yue Zhongzai going to kill him?"

Yue Junshan said: "I am subject to the rules of the Taoist sect, so it is not easy to do anything. It is safer for the emperor to come forward."

Jiao Liewei stared at Yue Junshan for a moment: "Zai Yue Zhong, are you seriously injured?"

Yue Junshan shook his head and said: "A little skin trauma, don't bother the emperor."

Jiao Liewei paced back and forth for a few steps, and sighed softly: "Let's deal with Ma Shangfeng after Yue Zhongzai seizes the Dajuan official way."

Yue Junshan turned to look at Jiao Liewei: "Zhong Jianxue is in Ma Shangfeng's hands. If Ma Shangfeng is not eliminated first, it will be difficult to capture Zhong Jianxue. The emperor's situation may be extremely disadvantageous."

Jiao Liewei nodded: "Zai Yue Zhong's words are very true. If Ma Shangfeng and Zhong Jianxue can be eliminated, Jiao will have no troubles in his heart, but don't care about other things."

The words were a little vague, but Yue Junshan understood the meaning.

If Ma Shangfeng and Zhong Jianxue can be eliminated, all of Jiao Liewei's troubles will be resolved.

Then is it necessary for me to cooperate with you?

Does it make any difference to me who is in charge of the Grand Judgment Road?
Yue Junshan let out a long sigh. He was very good at using others, but the method he had studied all his life didn't seem to work on Jiao Liewei.

He refused to attack Ma Shangfeng directly, he must know that this person is not easy to provoke, that's all, let's give in.

"At least let Daxuan's judges shed some blood, otherwise they don't know how to be afraid."

Jiao Liewei said silently for a moment: "This is a serious matter. If Yue Zhongzai tells you his name, Jiao can do it too. Don't mention anyone who is too close to Ma Shangfeng. It's best that this person has nothing to do with Ma Shangfeng."

Jiao Liewei was afraid that Ma Shangfeng would seek revenge.

People who have no connection with Ma Shangfeng in the capital punishment department.

Such a person is really hard to find.

Yue Junshan fell into deep thought.

……

Lu Yanyou waited for two days at the Department of Punishment, but Lang Zhongxue was not there.

On the morning of the third day, he found a dead body.

Holding Hu Quangen's body, Zhang Shouzong came to the gate of Changshi's mansion, crying bitterly: "Lu Changshi, Yue Zhongzai wants to collect some life-saving money from everyone, but you just don't listen. It's only been a few days, old Hu! A life is gone."

Hu Quangen died terribly, with multiple stab wounds, burns, scalds, and blunt force wounds on his body.

Wang Yan'er whispered: "This seems to be the skill of the ten thousand punishments of Ming Dao..."

Zhang Shouzong cried: "Lu Changshi, you just saw that Ming Dao has attacked us!"

Lu Yanyou's expression was solemn, and the surrounding judges talked a lot.

Few people will feel sorry for Hu Quangen, but everyone is worried about their own lives, and the next one will probably kill them.

Xu Zhiqiong quickly arrived at Changshi's mansion, Zhang Shouzong wiped his tears and said: "Ma Changshi, you have the ability, you don't need Zai Yuezhong to help us, you can show us a way to survive!"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Hu Quangen's body, then at Zhang Shouzong, and asked, "Where did he die?"

Zhang Shouzong said: "He died at Chengdong's house, and his body was left to dry in the yard. If it weren't for the two of us being close and walking around frequently, no one would collect his body for him!"

"So he died in the mortal world? You brought his body to the Department of Punishment?" Xu Zhiqiong looked at the thin Zhang Shouzong again.

Zhang Shouzong said: "I brought it here, I have to seek justice for my old friend!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed, why did Yue Junshan have to find such a helper.

This guy can't even lie!

When Xu Zhiqiong was at the sixth rank, it was still difficult for him to carry a box of gold to Zhong Lang Yuan.

The thin and small Zhang Shouzong, holding Hu Quangen's body, came to the Department of Punishment as a key to open the door?

Let's look at his cultivation and physique, this is not something he can do.

It is true that Hu Quangen died at the hands of Ming Dao.

Who brought him to the Punishment Division?

I'm afraid this person is probably Yue Junshan!
Xu Zhiqiong tore off a rag from Hu Quangen's clothes, turned around and went to Xia Hu's Zhonglangyuan.

After entering an empty room, Xu Zhiqiong entered the small black room clutching the rags.

Facing the evil mirror stage, he is mobilizing the power of imagery to trace the cause of Hu Quangen's death.

Before the picture appeared in front of him, Xu Zhiqiong heard some gasps first.

Wheezing?
Where is the wheezing sound coming from?

Is it the clue I traced with the power of imagery?
Xu Zhiqiong withdrew the power of imagery and found that the panting sound was still there.

Could it be that there are others who can break into the Constellation Gallery?
Startled, Xu Zhiqiong quickly flung out the guiding lantern from his sleeve, and looked for the source of the panting sound with the help of the weak light.

His eyes turned to the door leading to the back room.

The panting sound came from the back room, could it be that...

Master is awake?

Xu Zhiqiong came to the door with a lantern and saw that the iron locks on the door were still there.

He mobilized the power of imagery and tried to open the lock.

But after trying several times, the iron lock didn't respond.

The panting in the room became more and more rapid, and Xu Zhiqiong was extremely anxious.

He couldn't help pushing the door, which creaked and opened.

An iron lock was hung on the door, but the iron chain on the door had been touched, so it was false.

Xu Zhiqiong was overjoyed and hurried into the back room.

Master still slept on the bed, although his breathing was a bit heavier, but his expression was still so peaceful.

Xu Zhiqiong was very disappointed that he didn't wake up.

At any rate, after meeting Master, Xu Zhiqiong took a pen and ink, sat by the bed, sighed and said, "Master, how long are you going to sleep?"

He was about to draw a plum blossom, but the plum blossoms on the master's face were gone.

not good!

Someone came in!
Someone touched Master!

Or rather...

This person is not a master at all!

The veins on his forehead twitched wildly. Xu Zhiqiong was about to get up when he saw Master opened his eyes.

"You're here." Master looked at Xu Zhiqiong with a smile.

"Ah, here we come!" Xu Zhiqiong stood up cautiously, staring at Master's face all the time.

The master touched his cheek and said, "What are you looking at me for? Is there a flower on my face?"

"No, no..." Xu Zhiqiong put his pen and ink on the coffee table beside him.

The master tilted his head to look at Xu Zhiqiong, and asked, "I looked in the mirror this morning and found that a few flowers were drawn on my face. Do you know who did this?"

"No, I don't know." Xu Zhiqiong blinked his eyes and said, "Long Xiulian should have done it. This Taoist scum has already been eradicated by his disciples."

"Really? Long Xiulian made it?" The master smiled. He picked up the brush from the coffee table and looked at Xu Zhiqiong affectionately. "My good apprentice, why are you so witty!"

(End of this chapter)