Judgement

Chapter 30 Showing off in court

The big drum at the entrance of the county government office in Lin'an City was banging, and the county magistrate Zhou An hadn't gotten up yet.After cursing, dressing and washing, half an hour later, the county yamen waited for Mr. Zhou An in the lobby of the county yamen.

"Hey, who are you? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"

"Grassman Chen Mengsheng, if you are an upright official, I will kneel, but if you are a foolish official, what are you doing?"

"Bold and unreasonable, give him twenty slaps first." Four yamen servants beat Chen Mengsheng's knees with water and fire sticks in their hands.

Chen Mengsheng chuckled and recited the "Golden Steel Mantra" in his heart.Four water and fire sticks hit Chen Mengsheng and broke into eight.There was a sudden chaos in the courtroom, and the broken stick almost fell on Zhou An's head.

"You...you, you are using a demon to disturb the court. Today, I am in a good mood and don't care about you. What's your matter, tell me quickly."

Chen Mengsheng took out the pleading paper from his bosom, and Wei Ye took the pleading paper and presented it to Zhou Guan.When Zhou An saw the name of Wang Baoer, Prince Yushi and his son Wang Baoer written on the pleading paper, cold sweat came down Zhou An's neck.

"Boldly making trouble for the people, how dare to falsely accuse good people. What should be the crime?"

"You foolish official, you dare to assert goodness without arguing right and wrong or investigating the whole story? What should you do?"

Zhou An concluded for a while, he has been the magistrate of the county for more than 20 years, but he has never met such a bold person, and just now he could not be hurt by water and fire sticks, Zhou An is not sure what the origin of this black and strong man in front of him is. .

"You keep saying on the pleadings that you are seeking justice for the suffering lord Qiu Renxin, but it's all based on your own words. How can I believe you? The dead ghost's words are just nonsense. Where did the evil ghost come from in this bright and clear world. Come, give me the iron torture of this deceitful maniac."

Chen Mengsheng watched coldly as the yamen servants brought iron shackles and put them on his waist and abdomen. There was a bamboo wheel on each side of the iron shackles.As long as the reel is tightened no matter how hard it is, people can't stand it. The yamen servants know that the county magistrate has launched a murderous plan today, and the black and strong man in the hall will die from this iron torture in a while.People who have been tortured by iron can't see any injuries on the outside, but their stomachs are already broken, and they will die of pain in half a day.

"Crack" Zhou An patted the gavel, and shouted: "Crazy student Chen Mengsheng, if you continue to talk nonsense, I am ruthless."

"Haha, everything I, Chen Mengsheng, said in order to defend Qiu Renxin, the suffering master, is true. You stupid official doesn't distinguish right from wrong, and abuses lynching. I don't know how many people died in vain at your hands?"

"Boldly, give me punishment."

The yamen servants on both sides began to stir the wheels, and the iron chain was slowly tightened, but Chen Mengsheng's face remained unchanged, as if the iron chain was not attached to him.The cold sweat dripped down Zhou An's back. If it was normal, the tortured person would have died of pain by now.

"Give me strength." The original two yamen servants have increased to four yamen servants.The iron chain trembled slightly due to the force, and the veins on the foreheads of the four yamen servants burst out, and they bared their teeth and tried to feed.Chen Mengsheng grabbed one end of the iron chain with each hand and yanked the four yamen servants to the ground. Chen Mengsheng took out the magic ruler from his arms and scratched at the iron chain on his body. The iron chain was scattered on the ground like a sharp knife cutting tofu. .

"You...you...you are so courageous." Zhou An was stunned by the man in front of him.

"As a parent official, but you don't make decisions for the people, what's the use of keeping you as a dog official?" Chen Mengsheng walked towards the gongan with the magic ruler in his hand.The yamen servants were afraid that no one would dare to step forward to stop Chen Mengsheng, so they retreated one after another.

"Wait a minute, the good man has something to say. I'm going to take down those criminals. Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and bring the shopkeeper Qiu, his wife, and Wang Baoer from Huichun Pharmacy to the court. I will handle the case impartially. "

Chen Mengsheng said coldly: "Okay, I'd like to see how you, the dog official, handle the case impartially." After finishing speaking, he sat cross-legged in the courtroom and ignored Zhou An, taking out a slap from his sleeve A large porcelain altar is placed beside you.

Zhou An looked carefully at the porcelain altar on the ground, only to see a spell stuck on it, but Zhou An felt that the courtroom suddenly became cloudy, and the back of his neck felt cold...

After half an hour, the yamen servants brought 'Qiu Renxin' and Du Lan to the hall of the county yamen. "Report to your lord, and the shopkeeper Qiu and his wife from Huichun Pharmacy will bring you here." After another cup of tea, another yamen servant limped back, faltering and saying: "Report to your lord, this villain to the Yushi... mansion To mention that young master of the censor... Wang Baoer was severely beaten by... the servants of the censor's mansion..."

Zhou An glanced at Chen Mengsheng and said, "Hero, what do you think should be done?"

Chen Mengsheng didn't even look at Zhou An, and pointed to a man and a woman kneeling in Yizhitang. "Try this case first."

Zhou An sternly looked on, and the gavel slapped and said sharply: "Who is kneeling down, please report the name."

"Xiaomin...Qiu Renxin...meet your lord." As soon as this Qiu Renxin entered the county office, he trembled all over.On the other hand, Du Lan, who was beside him, looked here and there as if nothing had happened, and replied with a smile when he heard the question from the magistrate: "Little lady, Du Lan, I respectfully invite your lord Jinan."

Zhou An glared and said, "I went to the county government office today, do you know what's going on?"

Du Lan said: "The little lady doesn't know? Could it be that someone framed her?"

"Hehe, let me ask you. Who is the person kneeling next to you?"

Duran's face changed drastically, but he immediately returned to normal. "My lord, he is Qiu Renxin, the little lady's husband."

"Crack", Zhou An's gavel sounded, startling the two people in the hall. "Bold and cunning woman, you won't tell the truth without punishment. Come and slap your mouth." The yamen servant held a thick bamboo slice in his hand, "crack, slap, slap...".After these few strokes of the bamboo board, Du Lan's originally handsome face was swollen like a piece of hair cake, bright red and purple.

"Stop, are you willing to tell the truth?"

Duran's mouth was full of blood at this time, and a few colored teeth spit out from his mouth. "Du...Lan, what you said...everything is the truth, sir, you should...see clearly."

"Shut up, Diao Fu, Qiu Renxin asked you if she was telling the truth?"

Qiu Renxin, who was kneeling in the hall, looked tremblingly at Du Lan beside him, then at Zhou An, and finally at Chen Mengsheng, who was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, his lips squirming as if he wanted to say something, but he paused for a while without saying a word. .

Chen Mengsheng suddenly said: "There is a god in the three feet above the head, good and evil must be repaid at the end." Although the words were silent, Zhou An in the hall, Qiu Renxin in the hall, and Du Lan in the hall were all shocked.

Dulan said sharply: "Who are you? Why are you spitting blood? I, Dulan, have a grudge against you?"

Chen Mengsheng laughed loudly: "You prostitute, you seduced his younger brother and made your father-in-law mad at you just because Qiu Renxin didn't like what happened in the house. Later, Qiu Renxin discovered the scandal, poisoned him and buried him in the courtyard .” Dulan never thought that what he always thought no one would find out would be known to this stranger, and his whole body seemed to be taken out of his spine and collapsed on the ground.

Chen Mengsheng continued: "You only know that after Qiu Renxin found out about the matter between you and Qiu Miaoshou, he hurt his face and then poisoned him. But you didn't know that Qiu Renxin had decided to let you and Qiu Miaoshou live together before drinking that poisonous cup. Sprinkle. After Qiu Renxin died, he was still worried about going to Qiu Miaoshou and rejuvenating pharmacy, and the ghost helped you several times. But you let the Taoist priest subdue his soul, and Qiu Renxin also knew about your adultery with Wang Baoer, but he couldn't tell Qiu Miaoshou."

"Brother, brother, Miaoshou was wrong. Brother, Miaoshou is not human..." Qiu Miaoshou kowtowed and wept bitterly.

"Come here, go to the courtyard of Huichun Pharmacy and bring Qiu Renxin's body to the lobby." The yamen servant took Wu Zuo and led them away, leaving only Qiu Miaoshou crying and kowtowing and Du Lan trembling like chaff in the lobby.

Just after noon, the yamen servants carried a reed mat into the county yamen, and when they lifted the reed mat, the stench of corpses filled the whole county yamen.Wu Zuo is a lean old man who is over half a century old, and the old man who has dealt with the dead all the year round looks a bit gloomy.

Zhou An covered his nose with his sleeve and looked at Chen Mengsheng who was beside him, then got up helplessly and went down the hall to glance at the dead body that was almost rotten into a skeleton. "Wuzuo Huangshi, can you verify the cause of death?"

"Returning to the master, the villain has indeed determined the cause of death. This person was poisoned to death by arsenic, his whole body was black in color, and his skull was crushed in three places by a blunt instrument. Judging by the decay of the dead body, the villain should be dead It's been six or seven years."

As soon as Wu Zuo finished speaking, Dulan screamed in shock and passed out on the spot. Qiu Miao crawled towards Qiu Renxin's corpse, crying and crying: "Brother, my momentary confusion made today's big mistake. Brother is not human"

"Crack" Zhou An went to the case table and slapped the tree, and shouted: "Bold and unreasonable, regretting it now is useless. Come on, give me [-] big boards first, and sell Huichun Pharmacy to bury Qiu Renxin."

"Slow..." Chen Mengsheng interrupted Zhou An, and picked up the porcelain bottle on the ground.

"Yes, yes, I don't know what else the master ordered?" Zhou Anmei asked with a smile.

"You move Qiu Renxin's body to the courtyard outside the court, and set up a ten-foot pergola. I want to help Qiu Renxin resolve his grievances and cross his cycle of reincarnation."

"Why are you still standing still? Master Snapshot said you can do it." The yamen servants found bamboo poles and felt to set up a pergola, and then lifted the reed mat to the outside of the courtyard. Looking at the reed mat, they didn't know what happened, and many people came to watch the fun.

Ghosts can't see the light, and they can't enter the court.Chen Mengsheng went straight to Qiu Renxin's reed mat, and silently recited the mantra of rebirth, only to see a puff of white smoke rising from the corpses in the reed mat...