Aspirations

Chapter 72
However, Pei Shuozhang still believed that Xia Xiang had a city mansion, and he was just a child who had just passed the weak crown, so he stroked his beard and smiled: "Xia Xianzun said that's not good, the laws of Daxia are written, and the murder case is judged at the place where it happened. Dong Xian and Ma Xiaosan and his wife committed suicide by throwing themselves into the Hutuo River..."

"The Daxia law also has other provisions. If the case reported by the people is not in the place where the case occurred, you can report to the official at the place where the household registration is located." Xia Xiang responded calmly to Pei Shuozhang, "The law is nothing more than human feelings. If only the place where the murder took place is the place of trial, how many wicked people would go out to kill and set fire, and then escape, leaving the local government unable to catch them?”

Pei Shuozhang was stunned for a moment, before he said, "Xia Xianzun's meaning is that this official has to take over this case?"

"It's not that the official insists that Xianzun Pei take over this case, it's that this case is the job of Xianzun Pei." Xia Xiang picked up the teacup and put it down gently, "The tea is cold and people are gone, but the fragrance of the tea Survival, the reputation is still there."

Pei Shuozhang naturally heard the meaning of Xia Xiang's words, which was to remind him that he wanted to leave a message and leave his name. He was unhappy, and put the teacup away: "This official still has important things to do, I can't accompany you, please!"

Xia Xiang saw Pei Shuozhang's order to evict guests, but he didn't get up. Instead, he poured a cup of hot tea on his own: "Pei Xianzun, don't be impatient, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Pei Shuozhang became more and more angry. If Xia Xiang didn't take over the case, the case would still be his hot potato. He didn't have time to chat with Xia Xiang. Although he was a neighboring county, he was also an irrelevant person. He said impatiently: "What advice does Xia Xianzun have?"

"This official originally wanted to say that if this case is to be tried by the county, it is also possible, but since Pei Xianzun has something important to do, forget it..." Xia Xiang smiled seriously, "This official leaves."

When Xia Xiang's figure disappeared on the stairs, Pei Shuozhang was still in a daze, wondering what Xia Xiang's contradictory words meant and what he meant.

"County Honor..." County Lieutenant Fan Li quietly appeared beside Pei Shuozhang. He lowered his eyebrows and bowed his body, respectful and ingratiating, "Fu Ke and the others are here, do you want to do it now?"

Pei Shuozhang looked out of the window, Xia Xiang and the others were already far away, his eyes fell on Dong Duan's face, who was kneeling on the ground, his brows wrinkled, disgust quickly filled his eyes, and he waved impatiently. He waved his hand: "Just don't kill anyone."

"Yes." Fan Li replied cautiously, with a hint of viciousness flashing in his eyes, he quickly went downstairs, came to the street, glanced at a thin and strong man in the crowd, and nodded slightly.

The thin and strong man responded to Fan Li's understanding look. He patted the shoulders of the three people around him one by one, and then punched one of them in the chest.

The skinny and strong man is Fu Ke, a well-known rascal in Shile County. He is a well-known tyrant in Shile. He bullies men and women and runs rampant in the village. through his fist.

It was rumored that Hu Li, the wife of Hu Jiuer, who opened an oil factory in the east of the city, was defiled by Fu Ke. After Hu Jiuer reported to the police, the county magistrate Fan Li and the head of the police Liu Ming led people to investigate the case, but the case was finally closed without any evidence. The matter is not over.

Hu Jiuer was outraged, so he came to the county government to beat drums and complain about injustice, but was beaten with a stick.Hu Jiu'er was sick, and Hu Li was ashamed, hanged himself on the southeast branch, and hanged himself.

After losing his life, everyone thought that Fu Ke would be caught in prison.Not to mention, Fu Ke was really arrested. Just as the people were celebrating, Fu Ke, who had been locked up for three days, was released again.After Fu Ke swaggered around in Shile County, he blatantly declared that if anyone sues him indiscriminately in the future, he will let anyone end up as miserable as Hu Jiuer.

Hu Jiuer was seriously ill, and suffered the blows of his wife committing suicide one after another with impunity. His grief and indignation were unbearable, and he died.The death of Hu Jiuer made Fu Ke even more notorious. From then on, no one dared to mess with Fu Ke in Shile County, and Fu Ke got a nickname - Zhenshi Le because of this.

As soon as Fu Ke and a few people started, the onlookers recognized that it was the town and the city, and immediately exclaimed and scattered, leaving only Dong Duan, Yan Sun and Dong Li, who were kneeling on the ground, and the others. The bodies of Ma Xiaosan and his wife lying on the ground.

Fu Ke threw out a punch and hit his opponent—a black and thin man fell to the ground, and by coincidence, he just hit Dong Duan.Dong Duan exclaimed, before he could speak, the black and thin man jumped up and kicked him in the face, half of his face suddenly swelled up.

The black and thin man did not give up, went up to punch and kick Dong Duan, and yelled: "If you hadn't blocked Lao Tzu's way, Lao Tzu wouldn't have been beaten, you are damned!"

Dong Duan was not the opponent of the black and thin man. He was beaten all over the floor and rolled around. The melon eaters including Wang Xianke and Wang Sun were frightened and panicked. Wherever they dared to stand out for Dong Duan, they all fled in all directions, holding their heads and mice.

Dong Duan rolled to Fu Ke's feet, Fu Ke stepped on Dong Duan's face, and said viciously: "You are impatient to live, aren't you? Want to try Master Fu's methods? Dong Duan, if you die, brother You should bury him well, let him rest in the ground, but you have to carry the corpse to block the way, so that everyone in the city will be offended by you, and your heart is broken!"

While speaking, a kick flew out, and Dong broke his stomach in the middle.Dong Duan let out a whimper, rolled a few times in place, and rolled to the side of the bodies of Ma Xiaosan and his wife. He rolled his eyes and passed out.

The unconscious Dong Duan was lying side by side with the corpses of Ma Xiaosan and his wife. If one didn't look carefully, he would be regarded as a dead person.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mr. Wang hid away a long time ago, but he did not hide away, but stood at the door of the teahouse and waited and watched.When he saw Dong Duan being beaten unconscious by Fu Ke, he jumped out unbearably, his righteous indignation turned into anger, and he pointed at Fu Ke from a distance and cursed: "Fu Ergou, you have no conscience, you will die sooner or later!" Strike by lightning, there will be no place to die!"

Fu Ke wanted to kick the unconscious Dong Duan again, but when Wang Xianke scolded him, he immediately smiled, turned around and walked towards Wang Xianke, and he picked up a rolling pin with thick arms from the roadside stall , rushed in front of Wang Xianke a few steps aggressively, and beat Wang Xianke to the head.

Fan Li and Liu Ming stood in the crowd from a distance, turning a blind eye to what was happening in front of them, as if they were not county magistrates or catchers at all.

When Wang Xianke scolded, he felt his blood surge, and he wanted to beat Fu Ke up. When he saw Fu Ke rushing towards him viciously with a stick, he softened instantly, and even forgot to run away. He was so frightened He sat down on the ground with his butt slumped, his eyes closed, and his head in his hands.

Wang Sunshi couldn't just watch Wang Xianke being hit on the head by Fu Ke with a stick, and he would be beaten into a fool if he didn't die, so she kicked Fu Ke's ass with a flying kick.Fu Ke was unprepared for Wang Sunshi's sneak attack from behind. He was kicked, his body swayed, his strength weakened, and he hit Wang Xianke on the shoulder with a stick.

Wang Xianke let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground.Mrs. Wang Sun became anxious, went up and grabbed Wang Xianke by the ear, and said forcefully, "You damn ghost, you can't run with two legs. You just sit and wait for someone to beat you. You're an idiot."

Wang Xianke was shocked, as if his soul had returned to his body, and immediately took Wang Sun's hand: "My lady is right, run, run quickly!"

But it was already too late, Fu Ke's accomplices surrounded Wang Xianke and Wang Sun's family from all directions, a total of four people.Fu Ke carried a stick, staggered to Wang Xianke, raised his hand and slapped Wang Xianke across the face, then looked Wang Sunshi up and down a few times, with a fierce look in his eyes, and suddenly reached out and touched Wang Sunshi's ass, lascivious He said with a smile: "Wang Xianke, Mrs. Wang Sun kicked me just now. My lord doesn't count the fault of the villain, so forget it, as long as she stays with me for one night."

No matter how useless Wang Xianke was, he couldn't bear to be bullied face-to-face by his wife, so he rushed over with a low roar and slammed into Fu Ke's arms.

Fu Ke laughed. He had been prepared for a long time. He grabbed Wang Xianke's collar and sent it to the back. Wang Xianke threw his head down and fell to the ground.

Fu Ke took a step forward and stepped on Wang Xianke's neck, using force under his feet: "Are you convinced?"

"I don't agree!" Wang Xianke's mouth was covered with mud, and he struggled hard, "Fu Ergou, today I have you and me, and I will fight with you." on Fu Ke's ankle.

Fu Ke was in pain and was extremely angry. He reached out and took out a bright dagger and stabbed it on Wang Xianke's left shoulder.The dagger didn't penetrate Wang Xianke's shoulder three inches deep, and he turned the dagger: "I'll ask you one more question, are you convinced?"

"I! No! Submit!" Wang Xian was in so much pain, but he still clenched his teeth, thinking of all the loving times between him and his wife, he only had one heart, no matter what, he must never let his wife be insulted by Fu Ergou, Even if he dies, he can't, "Fu Ergou, you have the guts to kill me. As long as I have one breath, I will never end with you."

"Okay." Fu Ke was also completely irritated by Wang Xianke. He has been domineering for many years, and no one has ever dared to be so disrespectful to him, no matter if he was in front of everyone on the street. But the neck suddenly stabbed to go.

"Don't!" Wang Sun knew that Wang Xianke would surely die if stabbed with a knife. She wanted to rush over to save Wang Xianke, but was stopped by Fu Ke's men. She is a weak woman, and she usually bullies her own officials. Having seen such a scene, she cried until she couldn't make a sound, "Let go of my officials, I'll go with you, Mr. Fu..."

Fu Ke laughed grimly: "If you kill Wang Xianke, you're different and you still want to go with me? Wang Xianke won't live today!" A fierce light flashed in his eyes, the dagger paused for a moment, and pierced Wang Xianke's neck again.

"stop!"

Seeing that Wang Xianke was about to die on the spot, along with a dull cry, a cold light flashed, and Fu Ke only felt his arm vibrate and his wrist loosen, and the dagger in his hand flew several meters away and was nailed to the side of the road. On a tall willow tree.

"Who is so nosy? Is it because I've lived enough or I don't know my reputation?" Fu Ke let go of Wang Xianke, turned around and saw a weak-crowned man came to him safely, and he rushed away without saying a word. In the past, he punched the opponent in the chest, "You dog, you dare to take care of my affairs, and you don't open your eyes to see who I am."

Man Tuo and Xiao Wu stood one zhang away behind Xia Xiang, Man Tuo clasped a willow-leaf flying knife tightly in his hand, Xiao Wu whispered: "Master, it's time for me to show up, no, it's time for me to play, you just rest and watch me How to clean up this scum."

Man Tuo nodded slightly, and didn't care about Xiao Wu's calling her "teacher's wife", and kept his eyes on Fu Ke's every move. If he endangered Xia Xiang's safety, if she swung her wrist, Fu Ke would definitely splatter the spot with blood.

Xia Xiang could have avoided Fu Ke's punch, but he deliberately slowed down by half a point and was hit by Fu Ke on the left shoulder.Fu Ke succeeded with one blow, and then kicked Xia Xiang's stomach with a flying kick. At this time, Xiao Wu had arrived, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, "Haidilaoyue" grabbed Fu Ke's right leg with one hand, and then lifted it up hard, Fu Ke's right leg. Ke swung backwards and fell to the ground.

He had suffered such a big loss, and he fell so hard that he could see gold stars, and he happened to fall on a pile of horse dung. The back of his head and neck were covered with stinky horse dung, and he rolled on the ground. , turned over, pulled out a waist knife from the side, and rushed towards Xiao Wu, screaming wildly.

"Total Annihilation!"

"The sunset over the long river!"

Xia Xiang only said two moves, and Fu Ke was knocked to the ground by Xiao Wu and could no longer resist.Seeing this, Fu Ke's minions rushed forward and surrounded Xiao Wu. When he was about to start, Xia Xiang took a step forward and said loudly to the second floor of the roadside teahouse: "Pei Xianzun, killing people in the street, What is the crime of murdering the court?"

Pei Shuozhang, who was hiding behind the window and peeking at the development of the situation, was spotted by Xia Xiang, his face burned and he was slightly angry. Didn't Xia Xiang just leave, why did he go back again?Xia Xiang didn't want to take over Dong Duan's case, so why did he want to meddle in his own business?Shile is his place of jurisdiction, could it be that Xia Xiang wants to go overboard and take over for him?
But even though he was unhappy, he couldn't sit idly by. After all, Xia Xiang was an official appointed by the imperial court. If the newly promoted Jinshi and the new magistrate of Zhending County died tragically in Shile County, let alone pass the examination by the Ministry of Officials. He will be charged with a crime of ineffective law and order by the censor, and he will be relegated to Hainan if he is not dismissed from office.

"Should be executed for crime!"

Pei Shuozhang opened the window, nodded to Xia Xiang, and said to Fan Li and Liu Ming, "Fan Xianwei, Liu Zoutou, don't take Fu Ke and others as soon as possible."

Fan Li and Liu Ming glanced at each other, the county magistrate did not dare to obey, and immediately shook the chain and shouted: "Take it!"

The group of arresters who had not seen a single figure just now appeared out of thin air, rushing over from all directions and locked Fu Ke.

Fu Ke didn't know why, he thought Pei Shuozhang was using him to stand up, shook the chain in his hand, laughed, raised his head and said: "Pei Xianzun, do you want to go with the person in front of you? Well, no problem, I'll just do it. Give him a try, and report to Pei Xianzun when you come back."

As soon as this statement came out, Pei Shuozhang's face suddenly sank. Fu Ke was used to being arrogant in the city. Besides the common people, there is another Xia Xiang here.

Xia Xiang is a majestic seventh-rank county magistrate!
Xia Xiang smiled lightly, raised his head and said, "Could it be that this person is old with Pei Xianzun? If that's the case, I won't bring him back to the real world if I sell Pei Xianzun a favor."

Pei Shuozhang took a deep breath. Xia Xiang really lived up to his reputation. What he said just now was like an arrow to kill the heart.He thought that Xia Xiang was just trying to take down Fu Ke, but something bad happened, but Xia Xiang wanted to bring back Zhen Ding!

As far as his original intention was concerned, he naturally didn't want Xia Xiang to take Fu Ke away. Under Fan Li's instruction, Fu Ke did a lot of hurtful things, which he knew very well.It's just that governing the place requires both hard and soft means, and Fu Ke is a pawn he uses to suppress the restless people.A pawn is a pawn when it is available, and a discarded pawn when it is unavailable.When he leaves Shile, Fu Ke will inevitably be abandoned.

But the abandoned son had to be abandoned by him himself, not under the guise of Xia Xiang's hand.What's more, he knew all too well that Fu Ke had done too many bad things in Shile, and too many officials were involved. If Xia Xiang found out, he would not say whether Xia Xiang participated in his book or not, but only said that he was in the wrong. In the hands of Xia Xiang, it is also a taboo for officials.

But the most irritating thing is that Xia Xiang said in public that he and Fu Ke had an old relationship, so that he had no steps to go down. How could he have an old relationship with a rogue?Pei Shuozhang was angry and annoyed, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to cough with a pretense of dignity: "Xia County, please don't talk nonsense, this officer and Fu Ke do not know each other. Fu Ke murdered the court officials in the street, and murdered them. Although It happened in Shile County, but it is related to Xia County Zun, Xia Xian Zun, the magistrate of Zhending County, and this official sent someone to escort Fu Ke and others to Zhending County Government Office, what do you think?"

What Xia Xiang wanted was for Pei Shuozhang to offer Fu Ke with both hands in order to protect himself, and he immediately crossed his hands and saluted: "Thank you, Mr. Pei County, so I will thank you all." He then gave a slight salute to Fan Li, Liu Ming and others.

Fan Li and Liu Ming didn't dare to take it too seriously, after all, the person in front of them was the seventh-rank magistrate, and they hurriedly returned the gift.

Xia Xiang's going back and forth was intentional. He knew very well that Pei Shuozhang would not be able to use various means when he was present, but what he did not expect was that for his own selfishness, Pei Shuozhang allowed Fu Ke to do anything wrong, even killing people in the street He didn't come forward to stop them, and he couldn't help being disappointed, but at the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he must avenge Dong Duan and Ma Xiaosan's couple, and he must do his best to restore the prosperity of the common people.

Although speaking, he is the real magistrate, and the matter of the city has nothing to do with him. If he intervenes directly, he will be suspected of overstepping, so he has to take a roundabout strategy, pretending to leave and wait for the further development of the situation.Fortunately, although the development of the matter exceeded expectations, it was finally safe and sound.

Fu Ke blinked his eyes with a look of indifference on his face, as if he would come back safe and sound regardless of whether he was in the city music or going to Zhending.Xia Xiang's eyes swept across Fu Ke's face, calm as water, without the slightest turbulence, and then he nodded slightly to Mantuo.

Mantuo understood, took a step forward and clasped his fists at Fan Li and Liu Ming: "There are two of you, please come with me."

The two felt dizzy for a while, and were amazed by the beauty of Mantuo. Peer, presumably the scenery along the way is infinite.

"Because Wang Xianke and Wang Sun are also one of the victims, Mr. Pei County, I hope to take the two of them to Zhending together." Although Xia Xiang and Pei Shuozhang went upstairs and downstairs, looking up and talking, his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing. Not uncomfortable looking up at Pei Shuozhang.

Pei Shuozhang couldn't find a reason to reject Xia Xiang, so he nodded and said, "It should be like this." After thinking about it again, no, Fu Ke also beat Dong Duan, and he said casually, "Dong Duan should also be brought back. "

"That's right, that's right." Xia Xiang took the opportunity, "However, there are too many people and things are complicated, and I don't have enough manpower. Please send more escorts from the county magistrate, just in case."

"Lieutenant Fan, take ten arresters and five yamen servants with Xia Xianzun to Zhending, and make sure to deliver all the criminals and witnesses safely." Pei Shuozhang followed suit and handed over Dong Duan's huge trouble to Xia Xiang , just as he wished for it, he immediately issued an order, "If there is something wrong, I will ask you."

"Yes, county magistrate!" Fan Li and others responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)