Under the sky

Chapter 108: Grass Snake Gray Line ([-])

Several nursing staff rushed forward, grabbed Xia Lijun and pulled him away.Xia Lijun took out the punishment hall token and said: "I am a punishment hall disciple! I saw you stealing money, follow me to the punishment hall!"

The young man in fine clothes was taken aback and laughed loudly: "Damn it, what nonsense! Stealing money? Am I going to steal this poor old man's money?"

The surrounding nursing staff laughed.The tea seller was old and his movements were slow. He didn't believe it and said tremblingly: "Master Xing is wrong. He is a rich man. How could he steal this few pennies from this old man?"

Seeing Xia Lijun causing trouble, Mi Fu walked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

The young man said: "My surname is Song, and this woman said I stole money!"

The guard next to him asked: "Are you attracted to my young master, and want to get to know him?"

Several people made rude remarks and ridiculed Mr. Xia Li for wanting to eat swan meat. Mi Fu felt that he had lost face and cursed: "What trouble have you caused? Make amends with the young master! Let's go!"

Xia Lijun took out the rope from his waist and said, "I saw you stealing money with my own eyes! If you don't come with me, I will arrest you!"

A nurse shouted: "How dare you!" As he said this, he stepped forward to push Mr. Xia Li away.On the side of Xia Lijun's shoulder, his left fist wearing a leather glove struck the man's face.The punch was so heavy that it broke the man's nose bone. The man screamed, covered his face and squatted on the ground, howling miserably.

Xia Lijun shouted: "Resisting arrest?"

Mi Fu was shocked: "What is this for?"

Xia Lijun scolded: "If you don't want to help, get out of the way!" After that, he was about to catch Mr. Song.Mr. Song had also learned martial arts, so he retreated to avoid the attack, but he missed the hold. Several guards had already blocked him.

Mr. Song lined up the guards and mocked, "Okay, if you want to arrest me, I will go with you."

Xia Lijun said to the old man: "Old man, please go and give your personal testimony."

The old man said in a trembling voice: "He really didn't steal my money. How can I steal it for him? A trip to the execution hall will make me hungry for a whole day. Mr. Xing, please show your kindness and let me go."

Mi Fu heard that the old man was unwilling and didn't want to cause trouble, so he cursed loudly: "Didn't you listen to what he said? He said it wasn't stolen, but you insist on saying it was. Isn't this causing trouble?"

This commotion has already attracted the attention of people around.The old man was a poor man and earned a living by selling herbal tea every afternoon. A trip to the execution hall would delay his business for a whole day, which he really didn't want to do.Xia Lijun still refused to give in and was determined to arrest Mr. Song. The old man had no choice but to be afraid of trouble, so he had to follow him carrying a teapot and a few broken bowls.

The crowd around him was dispersed by Mi Fu. Along the way, Mr. Song kept smiling and not taking it seriously, while the old man just sighed.Mi Fu also felt troublesome. When he asked how much he had stolen, it turned out to be only two cents, and he felt that Xia Lijun was making a fuss out of a molehill.

Xia Lijun brought a group of people to the execution hall. The executioner Zhou Tong was surprised when he saw him. He also saw Mr. Song inside. He was surprised and asked: "Why are you here, Mr. Song? Has this old man offended you?"

Mr. Song smiled and said: "You, a disciple of the Punishment Hall, said that I stole money and insisted on arresting me."

Zhou Tong looked at Mi Fu, who said, "Ask her!"

Zhou Tong scolded: "What are you making all this nonsense about? Young Master Song is the Young Master of the Sifang Sect, stealing money from an old man?"

Sifangmen is a sect in Ba County. The leader, Song Conglong, is the general commander of the city patrol and is responsible for dispatching patrol and garrison disciples in Ba County, including the city gate of Ba County.If it is Master Ya who is in charge of the guards inside and outside Juntian Hall in Qingcheng, then it is Song Conglong who is in charge of the patrol guards inside and outside Ba County.

Xia Lijun said: "I saw him stealing money with my own eyes!"

Zhou Tong scolded: "That means you are blind!" He turned to Mr. Song and said, "Mr. Song, come in for a cup of tea? I will send someone to take you back later."

Mr. Song smiled and said: "That's not necessary, but the torture hall arrests people at will, so you have to apologize."

Zhou Tong scolded: "You still haven't apologized to Mr. Song?"

Xia Lijun said angrily: "The execution hall is to arrest those who commit crimes. It doesn't matter whose son he is, even if the master's son breaks the rules, he will be tried! He broke the law and I arrested him. Why should I apologize?"

The old man also said: "I didn't lose any money! Oh, Mr. Xing, please do a good job and don't torment me."

Mr. Song and the guards all laughed when they heard what the old man said.

Zhou Tong asked: "You said he stole money, how much did he steal?"

Xia Lijun said: "Two articles."

Everyone burst into laughter, and one of the nurses said: "I only have twenty-two-six cents a month, why did Mr. Song steal two cents?"

Zhou Tong said: "This is a fucking bullshit! Okay, father-in-law, I will give you a penny and this matter will be reconciled. How about it?"

When the old man heard that he had one penny, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Okay, reconciliation, reconciliation! I also said that this Mr. Xing is fooling around. This young man is so respectable, how can he steal money?"

Xia Lijun said angrily with a livid face: "You think it's fun, don't you?" She pointed at the old man and said, "This old man only earns two cents for a cup of herbal tea. It's not that you have no money, you just want to tease him!"

When Zhou Tong saw her contradicting him, he flew into a rage. He raised his neck and cursed: "Get out! If you don't get out, I will punish you for contradicting your boss!"

"What's going on?" A gentle and gentle voice asked.Mr. Song turned around and saw a woman in green clothes standing outside the execution room, with starry eyes and bright teeth, and his eyes lit up.

Zhou Tong said hurriedly: "A small case has been settled."

"There is no reconciliation. When did I say reconciliation?" Song Gongzi said, "Is the girl new to the criminal department? This case still requires the girl to uphold justice and to be innocent."

When Zhou Tong was about to speak, the girl in green shirt said, "Let me handle Zhou Xingwu."

Zhou Tong immediately choked back what he wanted to say, and could only say: "I'm tired of the punishment."

"Bring this person here." Shen Weichen asked Xia Lijun.Without her asking, Mr. Song would have already come over.

Zhou Tong grabbed Xia Lijun and whispered: "This is a trivial matter. Just let the eldest lady get over her official addiction and don't cause trouble. The eldest lady will go back when she gets tired of it in a few days."

Xia Lijun had a knot in his heart but didn't say it out loud.She had been in the torture hall for more than a year, and she had received the snubs, ridicules, and conflicts she deserved. She endured it just to do things.

Young Master Song followed the eldest lady into the execution room with a smile, while the guards were left outside the door.Shen Weichen sat down and asked Mr. Song's name. It turned out that his name was Song Yanxi. He then asked warmly: "Xia Xingshi, what's going on?"

Xia Lijun told her the story of how she saw Song Yanxi stealing money. The matter was not complicated at all and could be explained in just a few words.Shen Weichen asked: "Master Song, do you have anything to argue with?"

"I didn't do this." Song Yanxi asked with a smile, "Which family did the girl come from? How come I haven't heard of such a beauty in Ba County?"

"Don't talk nonsense in the execution hall." Shen Weichen thought for a while and asked, "You don't plead guilty?"

"As long as the girl answers my question, Xiaoke will admit to any crime." Song Yanxi still refused to give up and chanted softly, "Out of the east gate, there are women like clouds. Although they are like clouds, they are robbing me of my thoughts."

Xia Lijun couldn't understand what Mr. Song was saying, but he guessed that it was meant to be teasing, and he was filled with contempt.Perhaps this person came just in time. A slut with some status but no idea of ​​his status was teasing the eldest lady in the courtroom. When he was frivolous enough, the eldest lady revealed his identity again, scaring him to the point where he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Just like what is said in the play, didn’t the imperial envoys and emperors of the previous dynasties all go on patrol in some form of uniform?When those corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry had enough publicity, they reappeared their identities, frightening those people out of their wits and making the people watching the show applaud with joy.

I will not applaud this play, at least not now.

However, what surprised her was that Shen Weichen didn't get angry and just said: "If you continue to mess around, you will be punished." Then he turned to Xia Lijun and asked, "Is there any evidence?"

"No, but I saw it with my own eyes." Xia Lijun replied.Maybe the time has not come yet, she thought, this young lady still wants to have some fun.

"It doesn't matter, I'm free. If Mr. Xing is thinking of any evidence, just bring it out." Mr. Song shrugged, with a look of helplessness on his face, and smiled at Shen Weichen, "If Xing Wu thinks I deserve to be punished, I will come here to be punished every day. OK."

Shen Weichen thought for a while and asked the old man selling herbal tea: "Old man, do you know how much herbal tea is in the pot?"

The old man said hurriedly: "Of course I know, one pot is about twenty bowls, and two pots are forty bowls."

Shen Weichen asked again: "Eighty cents every day?"

The old man said: "The old man's memory has been poor recently, and sometimes he has been short of income. He must have sixty or seventy cents."

Shen Weichen asked: "How much did you sell today?"

The old man said: "I can't remember."

Shen Weichen said: "Old man, please settle today's accounts."

The old man took out the copper coins from his arms, counted them, and said, "There are 44 coins here, and 22 bowls were sold."

Shen Weichen said: "Forty bowls a day, deduct 22 bowls, fill up the remaining herbal tea in the kettle and pour it out, count each bowl, and you will know whether there is a shortage."

I didn't expect this young lady to be so clever.Xia Lijun was a little surprised, took a step forward and said, "I'll do the math!"

Song Yanxi smiled and said: "Zhang Xing is so smart. But even if the old man selling tea is short, he may not be stealing."

Shen Weichen pointed at Song Yanxi and asked, "Think about it again. This Mr. Song should be a regular customer in the past few days. Has he started to run out of tea since he bought tea from you?"

The old man was reminded and suddenly realized, but he didn't dare to say anything more. He looked at Song Yanxi with a suspicious look and said calmly: "It... seems to be, alas... this young man comes from a wealthy family, and he can't commit..."

Song Yanxi focused all his attention on Shen Weichen, and he didn't want to quibble at the moment. The matter of a few pennies was insignificant to him.He raised his hands to Shen Weichen and praised: "Xingwu is really reborn. He has both talent and appearance, and extraordinary wit. I admire him. This is just a joke, and I will pay it back a hundred times as compensation today."

Determined to show his generosity, he took out ten taels of silver notes from his arms and said, "Here are ten taels of silver notes, old man. I have given you an advantage today."

The old man couldn't earn more than ten taels of silver in half a year. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and his hands trembled, saying: "Really...really give it to me? I...sigh..." Song Yanxi said: "I'll give it to you! Take it!”

The old man burst into tears of gratitude, his knees softened, and with tears in his eyes, he shouted "Benefactor" and immediately fell to his knees.Xia Lijun took a step forward, reached out and hooked the old man's waist, and said: "He stole your money. This is compensation, not a favor."

How could the old man distinguish between so many? His eyes were filled with tears, and he just wanted to kowtow and say thank you.Shen Weichen said: "Old man, this is his compensation for your loss. This is none of your business. Xia Xingshi, please send him out." Then he said to Song Yanxi, "You stay."

Song Yanxi didn't want to leave at all. Xia Lijun sent the old man selling herbal tea to the door and came back. He heard Mr. Song say: "Since I have confessed my guilt, girl, we are destined to meet each other, why don't we get to know each other?"

Is this guy still unwilling to give up?Xia Lijun thought that it was time for this "imperial envoy girl" to reveal her identity and teach this scoundrel a lesson.

"Mr. Song, you have been talking nonsense in the torture hall again and again. If you continue like this, you will have to be punished." Shen Weichen shook his head and said, "Song Yanxi hears the sentence!"

Song Yanxi just smiled and listened.

"Stealing property, twenty strokes of the rod. Not enough to reduce the sentence. You are a first-time offender. You were having fun and had no intention of stealing. However, you played many times in the execution hall. Ten strokes of the rod can be redeemed in gold."

that's all?Xia Lijun's sparse and scattered eyebrows opened wider, as if the eight characters were written in irrelevant strokes.Ten strokes of the rod, can you redeem it with gold?Not heavy at all, not light at all.She felt unsatisfied, but appropriate.This was a very appropriate sentence. It did not give him the face of the Song family of the Sifang Sect, nor was it excessive because of anger.

"You are the son of the Song family. You should be redeemed in money, right?" Shen Weichen asked.

"If it's a girl who wants to be beaten, I'm willing to accept it without paying any money." Song Yanxi was still smiling.He had a suspicion in his heart. Although this girl insisted on not telling her name and family background, she could be a minister at such a young age and her surname was Shen. She must have been from Qingcheng. Which distant relative did she rely on to get the central government position? Let her father ask the execution hall to find out. foundation.I have learned martial arts, and it's not too bad. At this girl's age, how strong can her subordinates be?Qingcheng's cane punishment was divided into four and divided into zero. Ten canes only hit her once. Even if it hurts a little, even if she is a little injured, she can let her father go to her house to stay with her and invite her to visit, so that she can get close to her.If you are from a suitable family and are not engaged yet, it is best to take advantage of this opportunity to hire someone.

Shen Weichen pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes slightly curved. This was the first time she had smiled since entering the execution room. Song Yanxi felt that her eyes were beautiful and she just thought: "Why is this girl smiling? See how smart she was in solving the case just now. Could it be that you guessed what I was thinking, so you laughed?" Now his thoughts were surging, and he was even more out of his mind.

"In that case. Then let me do the beating." Shen Weichen walked to the wall, where there were several torture sticks.Qingcheng's laws are relatively lenient. If it is a minor crime, it will be punished in the hall, so there is a torture stick in the execution room.However, general criminal duties are only responsible for solving simple cases, and the staff responsibilities are mostly handled by disciples.

Xia Lijun finally felt something was wrong and said: "I will do the punishment."

Shen Weichen shook his head and said, "No need." He picked up a torture stick and said, "Xia Xingshi, help me hold down the prisoner."

Generally speaking, at least two disciples are required to hold the prisoner during cane punishment to prevent the prisoner from struggling.Xia Lijun said: "I will call two more disciples over."

"No need to scream, my surname is no longer Song if I shrink my butt." Song Yanxi smiled and said, "Would you like to take off your pants?"

"No need." Shen Weichen replied.

Xia Lijun held Song Yanxi's feet, and Shen Weichen stood next to Song Yanxi, weighing the distance, with his upper right hand and lower left hand holding the torture stick in both hands.The torture stick was wide in front and narrow in back. Shen Weichen raised his hand over his head and swung it violently.

Xia Lijun only felt the strong wind blowing in front of him, with a sound like thunder, and another "snap". It turned out that Shen Weichen used too much force and too much haste. The nearly two-inch-thick torture stick couldn't support it, and it broke in the air before it was hit hard. It split into two pieces, and the wider board at the front flew up into the sky, hitting the rear corner before falling with a "click".

Song Yanxi's face turned pale, and Xia Lijun even felt that there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

"Why is this torture stick so unbearable that it broke before it was hit?" Shen Weichen frowned and took out another torture stick in a serious manner.

Song Yanxi knew that if the stick was used, he would be half disabled even if he died, so he screamed loudly: "Spare my life!" before turning around and running away.Shen Weichen came again for the second time, so scared that he screamed and closed his eyes to die. With a "pop" sound, the torture stick broke halfway again, and the blow was empty.

"Doesn't the torture hall have a stronger torture stick?" Shen Weichen asked.

"There are new ones in the warehouse. Soak them in water first. After absorbing the water, they will become tough and not easy to break." Xia Lijun said.

"Go get it for me!" Shen Weichen instructed.

"Golden ransom, I want golden ransom!" Song Yanxi screamed loudly, rolling and crawling towards the door, "Help! Help!"

Song Yanxi left and was helped out of the execution hall by the guards.Shen Weichen still didn't tell him his identity, and he didn't dare to bother him again.

"Why didn't Xing Wu reveal his identity?" Xia Lijun did not leave the execution room.She stood in front of Shen Weichen, standing straight. Although she was shorter than Shen Weichen, her broad shoulders made her look like a mighty little giant."You don't have to waste a lot of time," she said.

"If he dares to act like this, he is using his power to bully others." Shen Weichen shook his head, "If I use my status to suppress him, I will be bullying others just like him, but it's just a good person or a bad person. He is not that bad, he is just playful, and scaring him is enough. ”

"The old man Zhang who sells herbal tea lives in the west outside the city. He is [-] years old and has only one wife. Even if he earns [-] cash per day, after deducting the principal, he only has [-] cash left, so he can barely make ends meet. He was stolen Two coins, just one steamed bun missing and one inch of cloth missing."

"Do you recognize that father-in-law?" Shen Weichen was surprised.

"I know everyone on that road, but they don't know me." Xia Lijun asked, "Master Song is not short of money. Why did he steal old man Zhang's money and steal it again and again? Does the eldest lady know?"

Before Shen Weichen could answer, Xia Lijun continued: "Because he thought it was fun. When Old Zhang wasn't paying attention, he stole Old Zhang's money, drank his herbal tea, laughed at Old Zhang for being stupid, and thought he was smart and could do whatever he wanted. It made a bunch of people dance around."

"To him, it was just two cents, but he didn't know that for this little money, Old Man Zhang had to get up early every day to collect herbs, dry leaves, collect firewood, boil water, make tea, and carry a forty-pound Ke Ke goes to the market just to support himself, and loses his dignity by not being a beggar. Without these few pennies, old man Zhang will have to go hungry one more time, and his wife will have to endure the cold for one more day."

"It's not a capital crime, it's not even bad, it's just fun. If you are caught, you will say don't make a fuss. Do you need to pursue the matter of a few pennies? After a while, Mr. Song will get tired of playing, and maybe he will return I will reward old man Zhang with some silver."

"They don't know the value of those few pennies to Old Man Zhang, and the insult." Xia Lijun looked at Shen Weichen with a stern look. For a subordinate, such a look was too impolite.

Shen Weichen heard what Xia Lijun meant, but she asked another irrelevant question: "The people in the execution hall don't like you?"

Xia Lijun raised his eyebrows and puffed up his chest, feeling extremely proud. She didn't think there was any shame in this.

"Why don't they like you?" Shen Weichen asked.

"I believe in myself," she replied, "but no one believes in me."

To the people in the execution hall, Xia Lijun was a fussy person, meticulous and a waste of time.

"Why don't they believe you?" Shen Weichen asked again.

"My body stinks, it's from my mother's womb." Xia Lijun replied, "And I don't have a face that they like, nor a temperament that they like, and I haven't become the kind of girl they want."

Shen Weichen smiled and said: "I think we will definitely be friends."

Xia Lijun did not have as good a mind as Shen Weichen, and she could not understand what Shen Weichen said.This eldest lady has almost everything that every girl wants. She is the kind of girl that every girl wants to be, and she is incompatible with herself.But the eldest lady showed her kindness, so she had to show some courtesy, so she had to salute and said: "I don't dare because of my humble position."

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After three days in the execution hall, today was the first time that she was working on a case. Shen Weichen told Shen Yuqing about Mr. Song and how he scared Song Yanxi away. She couldn't help but feel proud, and Shen Yuqing couldn't help but smile.

Shen Weichen asked his brother why it took him only two days to arrange a position for him after he made his request to join the execution hall, even ignoring Mrs. Ya's objections and Aunt Xu's nagging.Of course, without Mrs. Chu's help, this matter would not have been so easy.

Shen Yuqing only said: "Of course, we have to take advantage of the fact that the headmaster and Master Ya are not here to do things. When they come back, it will be even more difficult."

It sounds reasonable, but she feels that her brother has been acting strange recently.Her ability to see through other people's lies is not perfect. When it comes to people who really know how to lie and are not guilty, she can't see any flaws.Moreover, her brother had been practicing with her since she was a child, so it was possible to deceive her.

It seems that I still have to ask Mr. Xie. Dr. Zhu may also know something. It would be faster to test with him.

The next day, Shen Weichen came to the execution room and found a pile of case files piled on the table.The reason why she had no case to handle for three days was because Shen Weichen didn't want Shen Weichen to think they were lazy, so they rushed to deal with any problems. Now they took the initiative to send the case files. She couldn't help but be surprised, and took the top volume to read. Even more surprised.

"Xia Xingshi!" Shen Weichen called Xia Lijun and asked, "You are always the first to arrive. Who has entered this room?"

Xia Lijun said: "No, no one dares to enter Shen Xingwu's execution room."

"Close the door and pay attention to whether there is anyone outside." Shen Weichen instructed.

Xia Lijun saw that the eldest lady was cautious and closed the door as instructed.Shen Weichen pointed to the files on the table: "Look at these on the table."

Xia Lijun picked up one of the files and flipped through it. He couldn't help being surprised, and then flipped through other files.

These are all evidences of reports, including the private killing of wives and concubines, embezzlement and extortion of bribes, or forcing women to rape. Every name on the file is involved in more than one major case. Each one is in charge of important positions in Qingcheng, and they can handle any one at will. It can cause great shock in Qingcheng.

"Why does Shen Xingwu want me to see this?" Xia Lijun was puzzled. None of these people could do anything.

"These people can't move for a while." Shen Weichen's tone was not trembling or panicked, but Xia Lijun knew that this young lady must be very excited.But...why did so many huge cases pop up overnight?Who sent it again?
"As long as I say it, the news will inevitably leak out. But I need help from someone. After thinking about it, I can only trust you."

"Shen Xingwu wants to deal with these people?" Xia Lijun was even more surprised. She suddenly felt that her heart was ups and downs, maybe even more surging than the eldest lady's.

Shen Weichen nodded and pursed his lower lip.She still has many doubts and needs time to think them through.

"Will you help me?"

"This is the duty of the execution hall." Xia Lijun answered decisively.

Shen Weichen smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Hurry! Something happened!"

Doesn't the voice sound like Mr. Song?
Shen Weichen signaled Xia Lijun to inquire, and he hurriedly put away the file.Xia Lijun opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"

The hall was already crowded with people, and Mr. Song was heard shouting: "There is an assassin! My father, my father has been assassinated!"

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[Announcement] The update method of the second series of Under the World: Double updates every week, that is, 1 chapter will be updated every Tuesday and Friday

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