Judgement

Chapter 150

Chapter 150

"Report... Gu Jing brought it here." The guard trotted in from the outside to report to He Tongda. Behind the guard was a 50-[-]-year-old skinny old man in a robe, who was Jia Gujing, a rich man in Huizhou City.

Gu Jing had never had anything to do with the Gongmen in the past, and when He Tongda took office, he also received an invitation to go to a banquet, but it happened that Gu Jing and his son were going out to visit immortals and seek Taoism, so he never met He Tongda.Today, I was summoned by the guards to come to the county office, and I still muttered in my heart. I really don’t know why. Before I entered the lobby, I heard heart-piercing screams, which made people shudder.Gu Jing saw that the skinny Taoist was trapped on an iron stool frame, with his bare feet curled up on the pegboard, and a beef tendon was wrapped around his neck.When the buttocks sink, the tendons will buckle the neck tightly, and the soles of the feet will be stabbed by the nail plate if they want to push the ground to relieve the inhalation.In front of the thin Taoist lay the fat Taoist who didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and a shivering blind man collapsed beside the fat Taoist.There were still two people kneeling in the hall, Gu Jing knew one was Qi Ying, the neighbor's daughter, and the other looked a little familiar but couldn't remember who it was...

He Tongda got up and cupped his hands and said: "The old business is booming and the money is rolling in. I'm here to give you a courtesy."

Gu Jing secretly scolded you, a county magistrate, what did you say? As soon as we met, he called me to take advantage of me.He had no choice but to agree: "Where, where. The business is so-so, so let's go. I don't know if your lord has something to do with someone from Gu?"

"Guess what I asked you for." He Tongda sat with a smile that was not a smile.

People in Huizhou call this county magistrate a living treasure. It is better to meet him than to be famous.Sure enough, there is a chord in my head, it is unreasonable for you to ask me to guess what is the matter instead of telling me.Gu Jing said displeased: "Gu Jing is ignorant, please make it clear, sir."

"Huh? You can't guess? Then try your best to guess!"

Gu Jing said dumbfoundedly: "I tried my best to guess but I couldn't guess it. My lord, we have something to talk about, don't beat around the bush like this."

He Tongda said solemnly: "What's the matter? Let me tell you what it is. I don't know what happened. Half an hour ago, this girl came to report that you were cheated out of money, and you didn't even know anything about it?"

"Cough...cough...cough..." Master Xie coughed a few times.

He Tongda hurriedly turned around and asked in a low voice, "Master Xie, did I say something wrong again?"

Master Xie said in embarrassment: "Master, if he knows, is it still called being cheated?"

He Tongda slapped his head and said, "That's right, you're being cheated only if you don't know. Master is right." "

The skinny man yelled with pain in his feet, and He Tongda turned around and said, "Come on, find me a piece of cloth to cover the skinny man's mouth. Didn't you see my lord? I want to ask questions. He yelled so loudly, my lord, listen up!" Annoyed, what are you eating, you don’t have such a little vision.”

Gu Jing knew that there were many tendons on the soles of the feet, so of course the stab wound would be painful.But the people who heard He Tongda say that they were defrauding him of money had no choice but to keep silent and watched the guards gag the skinny Taoist.He Tongda took a sip of tea and said, "Now that the plaintiffs and defendants are all here, my lord, I'm going to start investigating the case. My lord, I'm busy, and I have to follow the big teapot to Wanhualou after I leave the hall. You all recruited honestly, don't I wasted my time." Gu Jing was told by He Tongda that he really remembered that that man was Zhao Jingang, the chief manager of Wanhualou, and it was inevitable to have entertainment in the business field, and he also met Zhao Jingang twice in Wanhualou. Three sides.

Master Xie had a wry smile on his face in the back, this heartless He Tongda didn't even look at the respectable Gu Jing from Huizhou.Your official prestige is gone, as long as Gu Jing speaks out what you said in class, his job will come to an end.Master Xie clasped his hands and said: "Master Gu, my lord loves to be humorous, so please don't laugh at me. My lord is tired of trying the case, so please sit by and listen to the trial. Let me ask about this case."

He Tongda smiled and said, "My good master, you should have said it earlier. Come, come. You come to ask questions, and I will listen."

Master Xie picked up the gavel and slapped it sharply: "Minister Qi Ying, how did you know that those three people cheated Gu Jing of his money, tell me about it in detail."

Qi Ying knelt down and said: "Returning to what my lord and master said, when the daughter was at home, I heard from my father that there were two Taoists who often went to Uncle Gu's house. Every time I went, they were sneaky and came out very proud. Some time ago, he sold several pharmacies under his management at a low price in order to raise money. My father suspected that Uncle Gu had met a scammer. My father went to Uncle Gu’s house early this morning but was ridiculed by those two people. Boldly followed the two Taoists all the way to the Wanhua Building. In the Wanhua Building, I heard that the three of them cheated Uncle Gu's money because they did not share the spoils equally. The fat Taoist wanted to strangle the blind man to death. It may be that they subdued the three of them by hand, but fortunately, the chief executive of Wanhualou understands the righteousness and escorted the three of them to the court."

He Tongda clicked his tongue and said, "You, a weak woman, subdued the three of them?"

"Responding to my lord's words, folk girls have been practicing martial arts with their father since they were young. Subduing the three of them is just a matter of little effort..."

He Tongda grabbed the gavel on the table and interrupted Qi Ying with a slap, and said viciously: "Damn, why is my wife so powerful? She has also practiced martial arts when she is emotional? Slapping me is not worth money." Like..."

"Cough...cough...cough..." Master Xie gave He Tongda a look.

He Tongda then said awkwardly: "Master, you ask the case, you can ask, I just want to check for you to see if there is any doubt."

Master Xie said: "Zhao Jingang, is what this girl is telling the truth?"

Zhao Jingang nodded and said: "Returning to Master, Miss Qi's words are true. Those three people came to my Wanhua Building half a year ago and have been living in Tianzi No. [-] Building. They usually spend money like water, and villains are real. I don’t know that the money was cheated from the Gu family. After Miss Qi found out today, the villain will take the three of them to the lobby to be dealt with by the adults.” He Tongda pointed at Zhao Jin just as he was about to speak, but Master Xie closed his eyes in fright On the mouth.

"Pa" Mr. Xie slapped the gavel and shouted loudly: "The bold blind man has two witnesses now, what else do you have to say? Why don't you tell me quickly and honestly, so as not to suffer!"

The blind man kowtowed again and again: "Sir, I'll recruit, I'll recruit...don't use torture...don't use torture..."

He Tongda couldn't help cursing: "You...you...you just recruited, you have no backbone at all, bah..." Master Xie tapped the table with his fingers a few times, and He Tongda pretended to be confused and looked around. stand up.

The blind man said in a trembling voice: "My lord, please be kind, my lord, please be kind, the villain is just a blind man. A few years ago, the villain had no clothes to cover his body and no food to eat. He really had no way to survive, so he lied to the ancient shopkeeper that his young master had something on his body. Immortal bones will become immortals in the future. Just to deceive Yin Zihuahua, he did not expect the shopkeeper Gu to believe it was true. The villain bribed his housekeeper and wanted to trick him again. He came to the place where the villain lived in the south of the city half a year ago The two who did the tricks are the two of them." Gu Jing felt dizzy when he heard this, and his heart felt like a burning pain...

Master Xie sneered and said, "Come on, pour cold water on the fat man to wake me up, and bring the skinny man here." The guard dragged the half-dead thin man off the iron stool, and splashed cold water on the fat man to wake him up.

"How does the iron stool taste? Do you still want to try it?" Master Xie said with a sinister smile.

The thin man vomited blood and said, "If you want... kill if you want...give me a good time..."

He Tongda said happily: "Isn't it easy for you to die? I can tell you that I can use 28 and [-] ways to kill you, master, right?" Master Xie didn't dare to answer He Tongda's words, kill That is to be reported to Dali Temple.I don't understand it when I tell him, it's better to save some energy to try the case.

Master Xie glanced at the three people and said: "If you are stubborn, you can only ask for trouble. The blind people have recruited you to carry them for others. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, they will be treated as the same crime."

The fat Taoist shook his dizzy head and said: "Your Excellency, I have clearly checked that our brothers are all poor people who go to the rivers and lakes to make a living. If we hadn't listened to the blind man's instigation, we would never have cheated the money from the old man. We only get [-]% of it. The big head was taken by the blind man, so we don’t have to bear the crime for him.”

Master Xie nodded and said: "Okay, what are your surnames? How did you deceive Gu Jing? Tell me the truth, and you two should think it over for me. It may be possible to alleviate the crime by reporting your meritorious deeds to Dali Temple." its crime."

The thin man sighed and said: "My name is Lin Dong, and he is my junior brother Li Zidan. We make a living by doing tricks for others. Our brothers came to Huizhou just half a year ago, and we didn't expect to be blinded by the blind man shortly after we arrived." Said to pretend to be a Taoist priest to deceive Gu Jing. After getting the money, the blind man guarded our brothers in Wanhualou, not letting us go out for fear of being recognized by others. This is the money cheated from Gu Jing today. My brother killed the blind man and stopped cheating from then on, but unexpectedly, he would be given by a girl..." The thin man took out a stack of bank notes from his arms and sent them to He Tongda by the guards. He Tongda looked at the bank notes. The eyeballs of the ticket are all green, and I can't wait to put it in my pocket.

When the case got to this point, Gu Jing already knew that the house manager Li Tongwai partnered with the blind man and they almost cheated him into ruining his fortune. In the end, the way is a scam set up by the villain. If it weren't for Miss Qi Ying who was brave and resourceful to see through the scam, she would still be at the mercy of others like a fool...

"Hahaha..., hahahahahaha..." Gu Jing suddenly smiled at Tianchang, leaning forward and backward, out of breath, ignoring the people in the court and walking out of the county office.

He Tongda also laughed, got up and patted Master Xie on the shoulder and said: "Look at this old fool, he is so happy to be cheated of money. There will still be such heartless people in the world, I am really laughing to death. "

At this moment, the two servants who had gone to the south of the city returned to the county government office in disgrace, with a flat, locked iron box in one of their arms.He Tongda scolded: "It's useless, why did you ask you to get the bank notes?"

The guard said aggrievedly: "My lord, you asked us to dig the wall. But we didn't know which wall it was, so we tore down all the walls of the blind man, and found this iron box in the wall."

He Tongda held the iron box in his hands and said, "Come and unlock the blind man, why are you waiting for me to carry you?"

Blind Zou Ping fumbled around, took out a bronze key from his inner pocket, and tremblingly opened the iron box...

"Ah, my god..." He Tongda yelled and stood there dumbfounded...