Taiping Inn

A group of people came to the execution ground, and Lu Yanbing urged Liu Fengpan to quickly identify the place where the body was buried.

Liu Fengpan pointed to the southwest corner of the execution ground, and then closed his eyes.

The six jailers just stood far away, and no one dared to come forward.

Lu Yanbing turned around, pointed at the jailers, and shouted: "Come here."

The jailers were stunned for a moment, and did not dare to neglect them. They walked forward, and the leading jailer nodded and said: "I wonder what the noble man wants?"

They did not recognize Lu Yanbing, but saw that Lu Yanbing was dressed in luxurious clothes, had a good demeanor, and was not very respectful to the Shangshu Lord, so they naturally thought that Lu Yanbing was from the royal family and was a noble man.

Lu Yanbing first took out two silver notes, one for five hundred taels and one for one hundred taels, then pointed to the southwest corner of the execution ground and said, "Find some iron shovels and dig this place for me. Be careful when digging. If you damage the bones buried below, you will be locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. If you do a good job, these six hundred taels of silver are your reward."

The head of the prison looked bitter, because when he heard the word "corpse", he knew that there was a murder case, and no one wanted to get involved. But Lu Yanbing would not allow them to refuse, and for these petty officials, six hundred taels of silver was not a small amount. If the six people were divided equally, each person could get one hundred taels of silver. Even if the head of the prison of the Ministry of Justice could get some silver from the prisoners' families, it would only be one hundred and eighty taels a year. Who would think that the money was too much?

Rewards and punishments were given, and the six people soon started digging with shovels and iron shovels.

On the other side, Xu Shisan had already informed the innkeepers to prepare the coffins and transport them by carriage.

Soon, someone dug up the body, but because it had been too long, the body had turned into bones.

Lu Yanbing immediately went forward to check, and after confirming, he told the six people not to rush, to slowly dig out the bones, and try not to damage the bones or mix them up.

The six people continued to work hard after receiving the order.

Not long after, the innkeepers arrived, drove the cart directly into the place, unloaded the coffins from the cart, and placed them one by one not far away, and then the innkeepers also participated in digging the bones.

Lu Yanbing still trusted the innkeepers, and stopped supervising them. He came to Liu Fengpan and said with a smile: "Liu Shangshu, do you think there is one of yours in these coffins?"

Liu Fengpan's face was pale, and the whole person was shaking like sieve chaff.

About half an hour later, all the corpses were dug out, a total of nine, and the identities of the deceased could be identified through some of their belongings. In addition to Zhang Baigui, there were also Zhang Baigui's first wife and young son, as well as Zhang Baizhou's widowed mother.

Zhang Baizhou knelt in front of the nine corpses and burst into tears.

Li Xuandu looked at the corpses in front of him and remained silent.

To others, they were just corpses, but Li Xuandu had met, talked to, and dealt with these people in the past. They were also living people. Zhang Baigui had traveled to the capital with Li Xuandu, his first wife had personally cooked to entertain Li Xuandu, and the child who died early had to call Li Xuandu "Uncle Li".

As for Zhang Baizhou, it goes without saying that these people were his closest relatives.

Li Xuandu suddenly thought, if he also died in the second year of Tianbao, would they be buried in this place forever, Liu Fengpan would continue to be his Minister of Justice, or even be appointed as Prime Minister, and Liu Yi, Xie Zhi and others would still sit in power instead of becoming prisoners.

Heaven's way is clear, and retribution will not be missed.

Li Xuandu always felt that this sentence

was a bit self-deceiving. If he did not take revenge himself, would Xie Zhi and others be retributed? It should be that the heaven moves vigorously, and the gentleman should strive for self-improvement.

Li Xuandu reached out and patted Zhang Baizhou's shoulder, and whispered: "Take another look, and then collect the body, or let them rest in peace."

Zhang Baizhou's shoulders trembled slightly, wiped the tears on his face with his sleeves, and nodded.

Li Xuandu put the bones of Zhang Baigui's family into the coffins one by one. Because the bones were scattered, Li Xuandu could only fix them with his Qi to keep them in human form. Zhang Baizhou also imitated Li Xuandu's actions and put the bones of his deceased mother and other relatives into the coffins.

After collecting the bones of Zhang's family, the inn's staff moved the coffins onto the cart.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or Xu Shisan's foresight, but Lu Yanbing was right, and there was really an extra coffin.

Li Xuandu called Xu Shisan and said, "Leave a cart, and transport the rest of the coffins to Yuying Temple outside the city first."

Xu Shisan nodded in agreement.

Lu Yanbing also told the six jailers, "There is nothing for you here, take the silver and leave."

The six jailers hurriedly left this place of trouble as if they had been pardoned.

There were only four people left here. Liu Fengpan was swaying slightly and could hardly stand.

Zhang Baizhou looked at Liu Fengpan with red eyes.

Li Xuandu said softly: "You are in high position in the government, supported by the people, and are the pillars of the country. But you pretend to be benevolent and filial to satisfy your own selfish desires. You are really shouting long live the court."

Liu Fengpan was speechless. His mind was blank. He couldn't tell whether Li Xuandu was mocking the court or just him.

But for him now, it didn't matter.

It's not unreasonable that Li Xuandu didn't have the intention to kill, because he never thought of doing it himself. The one who was most qualified to take revenge was not him, but Zhang Baizhou.

Li Xuandu said in a deep voice: "Baizhou, draw your sword."

Zhang Baizhou pulled out the long sword he was carrying behind him as he said, and still stared at Liu Fengpan.

At some point, Lu Yanbing had already walked behind Liu Fengpan.

Li Xuandu said: "The court cannot give us justice, so we will seek justice ourselves. I like a saying that you will prosper with this, and you will die with this. Back then, you will be pleased with this. Today, I will die due to these debts of life."

After the words finished, Lu Yanbing kicked Liu Fengpan's leg without hesitation, and he immediately fell to the ground.

Liu Fengpan knew that he could not escape death, so he closed his eyes and lowered his head and left it to fate.

Zhang Baizhou raised the long sword in his hand and shouted suddenly: "Liu Fengpan!"

This sound seemed like a thunder erupted, and Liu Fengpan subconsciously looked over.

At this moment, Zhang Baizhou slashed with a sword, and blood splattered everywhere. A person with both eyes opened and flew high, with a look of horror on his face, and blood in his neck squirted. More than one foot high.

Zhang Baizhou reached out to catch the head that fell from the air, grabbed the bun and lifted it in his hand.

Lu Yanbing grabbed the headless corpse and threw it directly into the coffin.

After the imperial court beheaded the prisoner, Daxing County leaders threw themselves into the rogue garden and Wanping County leaders led the depot, so that they could not have all their bodies after death. Now Zhang Baizhou took the head and after the Zhang family was buried in peace, he took it to the grave to worship, and the body was returned to the Liu family by Lu Yanbing.

As the saying goes, "Killing people is just a lie, how can we kill people's desires?" Shangguan Guan and others collected evidence for

Killing openly and take morality, and not letting the Confucians accuse themselves of killing innocent people, rather than killing their hearts. Now that Liu Fengpan is dead, there is no need to whip the corpse or tear it into pieces.

Lu Yanbing covered the coffin lid, then moved the coffin to the cart, and drove the cart away in person.

So only Li Xuandu and Zhang Baizhou were left.

Zhang Baizhou held the bloody sword in one hand and the bloody head in the other, but he was a little lost.

Avenge is not joy, but confusion.

Revenge is only meaningful to the living, but no more to the dead. After all, the spirit of heaven knows nothing about the human world.

Li Xuandu stood aside and was not in a hurry to speak.

After a long time, Zhang Baizhou came to his senses and looked at Li Xuandu: "Sir."

In his early years, Zhang Baizhou liked to call Li Xuan "Brother Li", and sometimes he deliberately called him "brother-in-law". However, today is not the past, and many people have privately called Qin Su "Mrs. Qin". In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Baizhou changed his name to Li Xuandu "Mr.".

Li Xuandu said, "The dead are gone, and the living are like this."

Zhang Baizhou nodded silently.

When Li Xuandu said these eight words to Zhang Baizhou for the first time, Zhang Baizhou was very dissatisfied. When he heard these eight words again, he felt a different state of mind.

He really felt Li Xuandu's helplessness.

The sage said, "The dead are like this, and they will never leave day and night." This means that time is like flowing water, never returning. Isn’t this the same thing for living people who are still living in the world? No matter whether they are willing to accept it or not, the days will still pass day by day and will not change because of someone. No matter how unwilling, reluctant or reluctant it is, it will only turn into the four words "helpless".

At this moment, Zhang Baizhou suddenly remembered a sentence: "The flowers fall helplessly, and the swallows return as if they were familiar."

Li Xuandu said, "I will let you stop in Yuying Temple for the time being. When I find the body of Zhang Xiang and others, I will choose a cemetery. What do you think is good?"

Zhang Baizhou thought carefully for a moment and said, "The fallen leaves return to their roots. I think I'd better go back to my hometown in Jiangling. Our Zhang family's ancestral tomb is also there, and there is a little sacrifice to the fields."

The sacrificial fields are produced by the family members. The size depends on the family background and can be done within your ability. When the family is divided, it is controlled by the clan leader. Even if the house is confiscated, the sacrifice of the fields will be retained.

Now the Li family's sacrificial fields have reached Li Xuandu's name, and at the same time, the sacrificial chores in the clan have also fallen on the heads of Li Xuandu and Qin Su, especially Qin Su's position, which is very important. Li Xuan is both a clan son, and she is a clan wife. She has to preside over the gifts and a housekeeper. Many clan women find it difficult to live long because of overwork. After Li Qingyun passed away, Li Daoxu did not re-string, so Li Feiyan was replaced. After Li Feiyan had an accident, he was replaced by other elders' women. It was not until Li Yuanying married Gu Yusheng that he handed over to Gu Yusheng, and now he fell into Qin Su again. on the head.

"Okay." Li Xuandu nodded, "I will ask someone to make arrangements early. Also..."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused and said, "And your sister, she is not married, she is still from the Zhang family. Are you planning to use this opportunity to move her to the ancestral grave or let her continue to stay in the sword. Xiushan? ”

Zhang Baizhou was silent for a moment: "It's better to move back to the ancestral grave to reunite her family so that she won't be lonely."

Li Xuandu said "um" and agreed, and then said, "From now on, you will be the head of the Zhang family. How to revive the family depends on yourself."

Zhang Baizhou lowered his head and said, "Yes."

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