Magistrate Ke was pushed for a while, and then he finally slowly opened his eyes.
At this time, the sun was scorching, and white clouds were floating above the boundless blue sky. The cruel sunlight only catalyzed the fragrance of maple leaves and the dense smell of water vapor.
In front of him, several secret guards in black were pushing him expressionlessly. ..
After confirming that the scene here had nothing to do with the horrific scenes in his dream, Ke Shixing opened his eyes completely.
He looked blankly at the broken glider on the ground, and then at the group of secret guards who appeared in the forest. Then he whispered unceremoniously, "Which battalion of soldiers are you from? Why are you so late?" Did you just come to me?"
After saying that, he just stretched out his hand, but the secret guards didn't respond at all. He couldn't help asking, "Why don't you come over and help me?"
Hearing this, the secret guards did not say a word, but one of the secret guards then acted decisively and pulled him up.
Ke Shixing was about to praise the secret guard, but when he didn't want the secret guard to pull him up again, he pushed him to the ground again.
Then others said, "Master Ke is offended."
Then the group of people tied up Ke Shixing.
Ke Shixing had been treated like this for more than ten years, and he immediately said, "Hurry up and untie me! Which battalion are you from? Do you know who I am?"
Unexpectedly, Ke Shixing was so noisy. A group of people just smiled and said nonchalantly, "Of course we know who you are? Magistrate Ke, you probably don't know who we are?"
Ke Shixing really didn't know who these people were. When he saw them taking the initiative to mention them, Ke Shixing quickly followed their words and said, "Who are you?"
"You will know who we are if you follow us to the Yamen."
After saying that, the group of people just pushed Ke Shixing forward. After struggling, Ke Shixing naturally realized where he was now, and he almost woke up completely.
It's just a dream and reality. One is going to the eighteenth level of hell, and the other is being arrested and interrogated. At the moment, he doesn't know which choice is better.
Ke Shixing followed them into the government office in a daze. At first, Ke Shixing wanted to see what was going on here. However, after he discovered that the person sitting in front of his hall was actually a small clerk. , Ke Shixing felt a burst of anger welling up in his heart.
However, when he saw Zhao Yanzhen sitting next to Xie Liu, he felt that everything was very wrong. After all, Zhao Yanzhen and Princess Jin were on the thirteenth floor of the tower and had a chance to escape. But in order to save his own life, he directly refused the other party's protection.
So he took the opportunity to take away their only hang glider and flew away from the dangerous zone. He originally thought that they would definitely not survive, but he didn't want to see that in the lobby now, in addition to seeing King Jin, he also saw many angry looks. of escapees.
Because of this, although Ke Shixing was occupied by someone else at the moment, he didn't even dare to say a word. He could only keep using his eyes to signal the officials he knew well to ask them what was going on.
However, after these people discovered that the form had changed, they began to look at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses. Ke Shixing couldn't get the information he wanted to know from them.
However, Xie Liu, who was in charge, was suddenly startled and said loudly, "The prisoner Ke Shixing can be brought here."
After the government officials took over the custody of Ke Shixing from Zhao Yanzhen's secret guards, they were still a little at a loss. After all, Ke Shixing was the prefect of Anxi Prefecture before this, and Xie Liu was just a small clerk in Anxi.
Therefore, they were also afraid that Ke Shixing would liquidate them in the future.
Therefore, Ke Shixing did not kneel in front of the court. He only stood in the court and said with great dignity, "Thank you for leaving you a small document and dare to sit on the prefect's seat. Do you know your guilt?"
He used his usual official status to bully others, and he clearly looked very arrogant. Even the group of people who had just wanted to abandon him couldn't help but remain on the sidelines when they saw his majestic questioning.
Zhao Yanzhen deliberately didn't say anything. He just looked at him lightly, as if he was also trying to determine whether Xie Liu could be used.
However, Ke Shixing did not see the coldness in Zhao Yanzhen's expression.
When he saw that Zhao Yanzhen didn't say a word, he thought that Zhao Yanzhen was not on Xie Liu's side, so he said even more majesticly, "Xie Liu, is that your seat? Why don't you get up quickly!"
However, after Xie Liu discovered that Zhao Yanzhen was just waiting and watching, he knew that the other party had pushed him to this position just to test him. If he gave up on this matter, the outcome would not be good. Anyway, he had already fired his bow and there was no turning back. , so Xie Liu didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he was shocked and reprimanded sharply, "How dare you Ke Shixing, when I interrogated you, you didn't answer well and you dared to roar in court! Do you know your guilt?"
"What's my crime?" Ke Shixing said clearly not taking it seriously.
Xie Liu said coldly, "You are yelling at the court. This is one of your crimes. The other is that you burned Lulin Village with fellow townsmen and collected taxes from several villages near Anxi Town. But in the name of disaster relief, you paid less taxes." , and wantonly embezzled disaster funds. You cannot express God's will, and you are unworthy of the people."
"Thirdly, you colluded with the owner of Xianghua Building to amass money and enjoy yourself. After the Xianghua Building explosion, you even bent the law for personal gain, so that the injured workers could not be properly accommodated, which led to the fire in Xianghua Building. None of them are your sins."
Hearing Xie Liu's words, Ke Shixing's face turned pale for a moment. He immediately shouted loudly, "You are so slanderous! I am the prefect. What qualifications do you, a small clerk, have to judge me!"
Seeing that Xie Liu only fought with Ke Shixing to this extent, Zhao Yanzhen finally stopped watching from the other side. He said quietly, "Why is he not qualified to judge you? I am an imperial envoy of the imperial court. Now I have found out that the prefect is guilty. Please He is here to find out the truth, do you think he is qualified?"
After hearing Zhao Yanzhen's words, Ke Shixing finally stopped talking.
However, Xie Liu immediately stood up and said, "Ke Shixing, if you don't plead guilty, I can bring all the physical witnesses to you. If you want to go through this process, I can also let them come forward to accuse you."
Ke Shixing had already seen Zhao Yanzhen come out to speak. He was in the mood to say anything at the moment. Zhao Yanzhen had already spoken. No matter what he said, it was all in vain.
He finally fell to the ground and fainted.
No one knows whether he really fainted or faked it.
"Sir, he fainted." A government official immediately reported.
Although Xie Liu looked extremely courageous and knowledgeable when he confronted Ke Shixing just now.
However, when this became true, Xie Liu began to feel a little at a loss.
He looked at Zhao Yanzhen and whispered softly, "Your Highness, Ke Shixing has fainted. What do you think we should do now?"
Zhao Yanzhen glanced in the direction of the audience, although he did not believe that Ke Shixing would faint just like this.
But at this moment, he still said, "Since Magistrate Ke has fainted, we will wait for the trial later. Let's escort Magistrate Ke to prison first."
Hearing what Zhao Yanzhen said. The others naturally responded in unison.
Then others received such instructions and naturally sent Magistrate Ke to prison.
After everything was over, Zhao Yanzhen just looked at the others with a warning look.
Finally, his eyes fell on Xie Liu smoothly, and he said to Xie Liu with a pleased expression, "Let's go."
Xie Liu only nodded slightly when he heard the words, and then Zhao Yanzhen took the lead to leave.
When the others saw Zhao Yanzhen leaving, they naturally followed him.
In the prison of Anxi Prefecture, Ke Shixing, who was stripped of his official uniform and only wore prison uniform, sat in the inner room with a haggard expression.
The prison chief who escorted him only gloated to Ke Shixing and said, "Master Magistrate, you must not have thought that you would come here."
Ke Shixing had never been insulted like this before. He looked at the cell leader coldly and said, "Why are you laughing? Do you think I have no chance to stand up now that I am here? Aren't you afraid that you will suffer after I leave?" "
Ke Shixing still has some intimidation ability. Upon hearing Ke Shixing's words, the cell leader who had just been gloating about his misfortune immediately shut up.
After all, he didn’t know the identity of the imperial envoy this time. He only knew that there was someone above Ke Shixing in Anxi Prefecture. If the imperial envoy was not a high-status person, the people above him would probably fight with the imperial envoy.
Know who loses and who wins.
The moment he thought of this, the cell leader who was just gloating about his misfortune immediately slapped himself in the face again.
"Sir, the villain is just talking without restraint. Don't be surprised."
How could Ke Shixing take this little prison chief seriously? In addition to intimidating the prison chief, what he said also had another meaning, that is, he wanted to take advantage of the prison chief.
After all, if he wanted help from someone in his current situation, he had to have someone pass the message on his behalf, and this cell leader was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.
Therefore, after Ke Shixing completely calmed the cell leader so that he did not dare to make any more mistakes, he only said, "How can I be so strange? Come to think of it, how many years have you been the cell leader in this prison?"
Facing Ke Shixing's question, the cell leader only cautiously replied, "I took over this position from my father, and it has been thirteen years now."
Hearing this, Ke Shixing just nodded, and then asked, "How is the treatment?"
When the cell leader heard this, he immediately laughed awkwardly, "What's so good about this? This is how we live our lives. We barely have enough food and clothing to die from hunger."
After hearing this, Ke Shixing just nodded, "That's not a good idea."
The prison leader only thought in his heart that this day was more than enough compared to other days. There were still countless people in Cuntou Town who didn't even have enough to eat. However, his situation is indeed not a good year for the above.
There is always a long distance between the upper class and the lower class. Those in the upper class are well-clothed and well-fed, while those in the lower class are hungry and cold.
