Water Margin people

Chapter 186 Public Trial
"What's going on here?"

Wu Dalang, who prepared the pancakes for sale today, had just packed up his load and was ready to go out in the courtyard. The pancakes had to be bought earlier, and those who did business outside the city came to the city when they were hungry.

"Open the door!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the far door, and there was still light from a torch outside the door, which frightened Wu Dalang very much.

"Who are you? It's not yet dawn!"

Wu Dalang shouted to the outside of the courtyard, he was a little afraid to open the door, just now he vaguely heard the shouts of "thief" and "thief".

"Could it be that thieves have entered the city? This is the county seat!"

Wu Dalang was a little flustered, Wu Song was not at home at this time, if the thief really came, he would have nothing to do.

"Brother Wu, I'm Wu Song's elder brother, and I'm here to visit you in the city today."

Sun Lei shouted outside the door.

"Erlang's brother?"

Only then did Wu Dalang feel more at ease, his younger brother really likes to make friends with people in the world, so there are so many people here and he didn't break the door by force, maybe he really didn't have any malicious intentions.

"My lords, Erlang is not here!"

Wu Dalang opened the door to see the people outside fighting openly, and said with a look of fear on his face.

"Brother Wu, I am Sun Lei of Liangshan."

Sun Lei signed up with a smile.

"So it's Brother Sun Lei, I often hear Erlang mention it, please come in quickly!"

Wu Dalang immediately turned from worry to joy when he heard Sun Lei's name. After his younger brother came back, he mentioned this heroic brother of Liangshan many times, full of reverence, and it must be someone who can make the younger brother who is so high-spirited. Wait for a good man.

"Brother Wu, is this ready to sell?"

Sun Lei looked at the baker in the yard and asked with a smile.

"I made my brother laugh, and I'm about to leave the stall."

Wu Dalang smiled embarrassingly, and kept wiping the flour on his hands with his apron to cover up his embarrassment.

"I came to Qinghe County today only to uphold justice for the elimination of violence and peace, and by the way, I found one thing..."

Sun Lei told Wu Dalang about the gold buried under the house.

"I didn't expect Yuanwai Liu to be so vicious. I almost killed him! No wonder he wants to buy my ancestral house over and over again!"

Only then did Wu Dalang realize that Liu Yuanwai wanted to buy his ancestral house not once or twice.

"Thank you brother for saving me, thank you from Wuhan University!"

Wu Dalang immediately bowed down and thanked him.

"Wu Song and I hit it off right away. He regards me as an older brother, so I naturally want to help each other out. It's just that you need to plan ahead for money matters. It will always be a disaster!"

Sun Lei helped Wu Dalang up with a smile and said, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. Today there is Liu Yuanwai, tomorrow there will be Zhang Yuanwai, Song Yuanwai, if the Wu family is still like this, they will not be able to keep the money.

"Remind me more, I know..."

Wu Dalang nodded again and again, but he was a little dazed after looking at the yard, he didn't know anything about this.

"Brother Wu, don't go out of the stall today. There will be some chaos in the city. I have a sensitive status and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave."

Sun Lei clasped his fists at Wu Dalang and left. He was not ready to capture the county, and he had to leave after finishing his work. If people knew that Wu Dalang was related to bandits, it would be harming Wu Dalang.

"elder brother……"

Wu Dalang wanted to say something, but Sun Lei had already led him away.

The city gates of Qinghe County were closed tightly, and the people in the city already knew what happened in the city, and they were all anxious at the moment, they had never experienced bandits capturing a city before.

"How's it going?"

Sun Lei looked at Deng Fei who was patrolling the street with his minions and asked.

"Brother, there are only a few rogues who don't know how to live or die who took the opportunity to rob, and they have been executed on the spot."

Deng Fei replied.

"Let's strike the gong, let everyone go outside the county government office!"

Sun Lei nodded, as long as there is no trouble, this gave them a lot of inspiration. It turns out that attacking the county seat is not as troublesome as they imagined. As long as the defenders are defeated and the yamen is controlled, there will be no resistance in the entire city, and the civilians will not participate in it at all. in this battle.

The sound of gongs sounded in Qinghe County, and the civilians who were hiding walked out of their homes in panic, and followed the crowd towards the county government.

"Brother, the treasury has been opened, and the money and food have been loaded!"

When Lu Fang saw Sun Lei coming, he cupped his fists and reported.

"Okay, where is Pei Xuan?"

Sun Lei nodded.

"The trial is almost over!"

Guo Sheng replied.

"Tell brothers, get ready and leave after noon."

Sun Lei said with satisfaction that this operation was actually very risky. His Liangshan community is still very weak, with less than 2000 members and more than 500 leaders. This time he only brought [-] people. A county is risky, if the withdrawal is not fast enough, when the reinforcements from the surrounding counties arrive, they will only be wiped out.

"Yes, brother!"

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng clasped their fists and left.

Outside the county government office, the case table has been set up, Pei Xuan sits behind the case table, and twenty well-dressed minions stand on both sides, very majestic.

"Snapped!"

A sound of gavel stunned the noisy crowd, and Pei Xuan began to hear the case publicly. Liang Shan took on several cases this time, all of which were in Qinghe County.

Pei Xuan's trial was concise and clear, with all witnesses and material evidence, and every punishment was just right, and the case was over in a short time.

The fair and strict punishment made the spectators applaud. This time, those who were arrested were all evil landlords and tyrants. These people colluded with the government to do all sorts of crimes on weekdays, and ordinary people dared not speak out.

"Brother, the trial of the case has been completed, please take a look at it."

Pei Xuan handed the case manuscript to Sun Lei with both hands. At this moment, the people present knew that the young man was the leader of Liangshan, and the black-faced officials were just subordinates.

"Everyone, I, a hero from Liangshan, came here today only to do justice for the heavens and to uphold justice. I have no intention of looting civilians. You don't need to panic, we will leave soon!"

Sun Lei looked at the crowd and said, the people in Qinghe County breathed a sigh of relief when these words came out, they were really afraid that these people would occupy the city.

Sun Lei didn't say much, because he could see the happiness in the eyes of those who watched the ceremony. Since these people didn't welcome him, it would be a waste of words to say more. It's better to maintain a high-cold attitude, which makes people unpredictable and awe-inspiring .

He also has no idea of ​​sending money and food. Colluding with thieves in Song Lvli is a felony, and at least it must be stabbed for thousands of miles. Whoever receives the money and food is in collusion with Liangshan. This is not the vicinity of Liangshanbo. Giving money and food is harmful.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Kui raised his ax and brought down the criminals one by one.

Under the leadership of Sun Lei, everyone in Liangshan left Qinghe County directly.

"Tie Niu, what are you doing in this shabby official uniform? It doesn't fit you well, and you're like an opera singer in a gown!"

Sun Lei looked at Li Kui who was wearing the county magistrate's official uniform and said, the county magistrate ran fast and escaped before Lu Fang and Guo Sheng went.

"Brother, Pei Xuan's trial of the case is so majestic. I, Tie Niu, will also be a county magistrate in the future, sitting in court to hear the case!"

After Li Kui finished speaking, he shook his sleeves and made a gesture of slapping a gavel.

This action made everyone laugh for a while, even Tieniu, a reckless man who couldn't read a single word, wanted to be the magistrate.

(End of this chapter)