While the two were talking, they suddenly saw a group of people surrounding them in the distance. Fang Jinzhi and Tian Xing looked at each other and squeezed into the crowd. As soon as I got closer, I heard an old man sitting in front of a carriage, holding his leg with one hand and pulling someone's clothes with the other. "My leg!! My leg is broken!!" "You hit me, don't run away, you have to pay me!!" The old man's face was covered with blood, and his face was full of pain. Extremely miserable. The man being pulled by the old man had a sinister face and a fierce look. After hearing what the old man said, the man pointed at the old man and cursed:
"Old guy, I think you are tired of living." "If you dare to blackmail me for money, I will send you back to the west today." "You want money? I have plenty of money, but I have to wait for you. After I die, I will burn it for you!!" After saying that, the man planned to return to the carriage, and it seemed that he really wanted to crush the old man to death.
When the old man saw this, he immediately wanted to retreat with fear on his face. Just when Fang Jinzhi wanted to step forward to help, the government officials from Tianjing New City finally arrived. "Stop!!" The government officials quickly entered the scene and arrested both parties without saying a word. "Sir, I am unjustly accused." When the man saw the Yamen officer arriving, he did not dare to be arrogant anymore and kept shouting that he was unjustly accused.
"Now I'm arresting you for affecting public transportation and intentionally injuring others. You can remain silent." "But everything you say will be used as evidence in court." After saying that, he took away the man and the carriage, including the old man. Also taken away. There was no sloppiness and everything was done very quickly.
Fang Jinzhi felt that these government officials were very efficient in their work and was very satisfied. "It looks like that man will definitely go to jail." "Jail? What kind of jail?" "The man will probably be released without charge tomorrow." A commoner next to him laughed at Fang Jinzhi's ignorance.
Fang Jinzhi was stunned and looked at the person who spoke without knowing why. The man chuckled and said mysteriously: "Hey, this man is not an ordinary person. All the masters of Dali Temple recognize him." "You can see it tomorrow." Fang Jinzhi was puzzled. This man hurts people on the street and even takes their lives. How can he escape punishment?
Let's see how this Dali Temple will judge the case? If Dali Temple dares to bend the law for personal gain, we will never let him go! Fang Jinzhi has been tired from running around in recent days and has no intention of going out for a stroll at night. Because he had to get up early tomorrow morning to watch the trial in Dali Temple, Fang Jinzhi went to bed early.
However, Fang Jinzhi did not sleep well that night. He only felt that the outside world was very noisy. Even at night, the sounds from the outside world did not stop. And thinking about what happened this afternoon, Fang Jinzhi tossed and turned until early in the morning before falling asleep. But not long after falling asleep, Fang Jinzhi woke up.
The habit of going to the morning court for many years made him wake up early before dawn. Looking at the dark sky outside, Fang Jinzhi immediately started washing and dressing. In his opinion, it won't be long before Dali Temple will open a government office to try cases. After all, there are so many things going on in Tianjing New City every day, and if Hua Jieyu wants to deal with them all, he has to get up early and go to bed late.
Soon, Fang Jinzhi called the whole group up. This time, Fang Jinzhi had to bring two of his men with him when he went to see the trial in Dali Temple. A few people quickly finished washing up, and at dawn, they went out to Dali Temple. What Fang Jinzhi didn't expect was that even though it was getting dark so early, hawking had already begun on the street.
But this time all they were selling were breakfast items, steamed buns and the like. Looking at the shouts of sales on both sides of the street, Fang Jinzhi didn't know how to describe this feeling.
Today, Tianjing New City is so busy day and night, never stopping. However, Fang Jinzhi was anxious to watch the trial, so naturally he was not in the mood to have breakfast nearby and just hurried on. After a while, Fang Jinzhi finally arrived at the entrance of Dali Temple. However, unlike the bustle on the streets, there was no one at the entrance of Dali Temple, and even the official door of Tianjing New City was not opened. Fang Jinzhi directly signaled the guards to knock on the door, but after knocking for a long time, no one answered.
It seems that there is really no one in Dali Temple now. Fang Jinzhi felt incredible. Looking at the sun that was about to rise, Fang Jinzhi felt that the Dali Temple had forgotten the time today. Immediately, Fang Jinzhi turned around and saw a breakfast stall not far away, so he turned around and walked towards the stall.
"Hello, may I ask why our Dali Temple has not been on duty yet?" "Are you a foreigner?" The boss is a middle-aged man with a kind face. Fang Jinzhi explained: "We, the Dali Temple masters, are here at Sishi (9 o'clock). I just started going to work now." Fang Jinzhi said in shock: "What time?? Isn't it already three o'clock in the morning?" "What if someone is handling the case?"
The boss said warmly: "Don't worry. If you report a crime, go to the police station. There will always be someone on duty there." "If something happens, the police station will send officers to solve it." Police station? What it is? Why have we never heard of this organization? "Boss, what is this police station?" The boss continued to answer patiently:
"The police station was specially set up by the city lord to resolve neighborhood disputes?" "Whether it is a district or a lower level, there are police stations." "Don't we have many schools in Tianjing New City?" "After graduating from these schools, outstanding students will You can work at the police station.”
Fang Jinzhi understood. Isn't this the villager system he set up? It's just that he asked the gentry elders in the village to help with the management, while Yang Peng asked the police station to help with the management, and it was more thorough. But what Fang Jinzhi is really angry about is Yang Peng's inactivity. Everything is done by the police station, so what does he do?
"The city lord is so lazy, isn't he afraid that government affairs will be neglected and cause resentment among the people?" The boss said: "Then you are wrong. Our city lord said that all these unruly people are just big shit." "Leave it to the police station for mediation, it is more than enough, only Only when it comes to hurting people and killing people, our Dali Temple will come forward to solve the problem." "Otherwise, the city lord would be busy with all the miscellaneous things, so how could he still think about how to develop Tianjing New City?" Fang Jinzhi was stunned and thought to say There is some truth in it, but there is something wrong with it.
Just as he was about to continue asking, a guest came next to him, and Fang Jinzhi couldn't disturb the boss's business. He also sat down directly and asked the boss to serve him some steamed buns and porridge. In this way, Fang Jinzhi waited until half past nine before the door of the Yamen slowly opened.
"Mighty~wu~" The common people who came to hear the trial crowded at the gate of the county government office, wanting to see how Dali Temple tried the case. Hua Jieyu, who was dressed in official robes, was sitting high in the lobby. She shouted, "Bring the prisoner up." Soon, the government officials pressed an old man and the man from yesterday into the hall.
Fang Jinzhi saw that both of them were wearing a pair of silver-white bracelets on their hands, which looked extremely strange. However, people are accustomed to it, and it seems that this is a local torture device in Tianjing New City. "Who is here?" "Sir, it's me! Did I have dinner with you in heaven and on earth?"
The man also hurriedly spoke out, hoping that Hua Jieyu would recognize him. "Shut up, how can you be allowed to marry someone in court?" Hua Jieyu interrupted directly and shouted: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will knock you down and beat you up." The man immediately lowered his head and did not dare to speak. But what's strange is that the old man has kept his head buried since he came to the lobby, as if he was afraid of being seen by Hua Jieyu.
Hua Jieyu turned to look at the government servant next to him and asked, "Why were they arrested?" "Sir, the man hit someone with a carriage." "Another case of a carriage hitting someone?" Hua Jieyu frowned. rise. Then he looked at the person who was hit, he seemed familiar, and shouted:
"Old man, raise your head." Hearing the words, the old man trembled all over, but he did not dare to disobey Hua Jieyu's words and slowly raised his head. When Hua Jieyu saw the man's face clearly, he immediately shouted.
"Sun Sijiu!!!" Sun Sijiu was immediately panicked when his name was revealed, and he started to beg for mercy. "Crack!" Hua Jieyu didn't give Sun Sijiu a chance at all. He pulled out a punishment sign from the table. Hua Jieyu threw it to the ground and said loudly: "Drag it out, hit fifty big boards, and then throw it out of Tianjing New City!!"
"Okay, Master Hua did a good job!" "Your Excellency, you are aware of everything. I am the Qingtian Master of Tianjing New City." As soon as Hua Jieyu finished his sentence, some people around him began to applaud.
Fang Jinzhi stared at this scene dumbfounded, unable to turn his head for a while. Isn't this old man a victim? Why was he punished? This flower interpretation language clearly distinguishes between right and wrong, confusing right and wrong. "Sir, you are wronged, you are wronged!" Hua Jieyu didn't pay attention to him at all, and just had people drag him out and start playing cards. After Sun Sijiu was beaten to the point of dying and his buttocks were bloody, the government officials came back to report:
"Sir, the beating is over." "Throw it out." Hua Jieyu waved her hand and asked the yamen servant to throw Sun Sijiu out as if he were shooing away flies. Fang Jinzhi stood there stupidly, as if a volcano was brewing in his heart. Is this how Hua Jieyu tries the case? Just because the defendant knew him, he beat the victim half to death? Then throw him out of Tianjing New City and let him fend for himself? Seeing that the case was over, the people dispersed one after another.
Tianxing also reminded Fang Jinzhi and said: "Saint girl, let's go too." "This Hua Jieyu is really strange. He was obviously the victim, but he was beaten so badly!" Wanchun also said from the side: "I Look at this Hua Jieyu, it’s like officials protecting each other.” “That man shouted that he knew Hua Jieyu at the beginning. Of course Hua Jieyu would not find him guilty.” “Holy girl, I think this Hua Jieyu is a dog official, nothing more. Good stuff." Qiuxia nodded in sympathy. As a city lord on the pastoral side, but he doesn't make decisions for the people, isn't he just a dog official?
Several people looked at Fang Jinzhi in unison, and saw that Fang Jinzhi's face was already livid with anger at this time. "Holy girl, there may be a hidden meaning in this matter." "I think the people around me seem to have different views on this matter." "Hua Jieyu tried the case openly. If this matter was really an unjust case, then the people would have made trouble long ago. Get up, it's better to wait for an investigation before making a decision." Fang Jinzhi's murderous aura stagnated. Upon seeing this, Tian Xing hurriedly admonished: "Holy girl, I feel that the old man who was beaten did not appear to be in court for the first time. "
"He has lowered his head since he entered the hall and did not dare to raise his head." "When Hua Jieyu called out his name, he was so frightened that he shivered. Wei Chen felt that the matter should not be that simple." Fang Jinzhi said at this time I remembered the person the man mentioned yesterday who the county magistrate knew. He originally thought it was the man who bumped into someone, but now it seemed like he wasn't. Fang Jinzhi slowly calmed down and said:
"Let's go and find someone to ask." Then, Fang Jinzhi came to the stall where he had eaten in the morning and saw that the boss was still setting up the stall. Fang Jinzhi stepped forward and asked: "Boss, have you heard about the county government's case just now?"
The boss said: "Not only have I heard about it, I also went to see it myself!" Fang Jinzhi quickly asked: "Then do you think Dali Temple adjudicated the case correctly?" "Of course, our Dali Temple can distinguish right from wrong and understand everything. This kind of How could the matter be misjudged?" The boss immediately gave Fang Jinzhi a thumbs up and kept praising Hua Jieyu.
"Why is this? The victim was sentenced to fifty bucks, and the perpetrator was acquitted on the spot. Isn't this a reversal of right and wrong? An unjust, false, and wrongful conviction?" The boss burst out laughing when he heard Fang Jinzhi's words, and explained: "Sir, you have Unknown to everyone, the person who was beaten was Sun Sijiu, a famous street kid in Tianjing New City." "He was good at eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. In order to pay off his gambling debts, he sold his only daughter." " His wife also hanged herself because of this, but he didn’t know how to restrain himself.”
"That man is a swindler. He is a habitual criminal. He has been arrested by the police station many times." "I learned a trick recently from somewhere. I specifically pick out outsiders on the road. When I see a carriage, I will lie down on the ground and extort money from others." ." "Dali Temple calls this as if...it's a ploy." "I've been beaten many times by the city lord, but I still refuse to change despite repeated admonitions. I still cheat and kidnap him." "This time I drove this man out of Tianjing New City for the same reason. Tianjing New City has eradicated a major scourge." The boss talked eloquently, but Fang Jinzhi and others were stunned for a while.
They couldn't believe that the old man looked very kind, but they didn't expect him to be such a person. Wan Chun and Qiuxia also looked at each other. Just as Li Jin said, these people are really unruly people, and they can be anything. However, Fang Jinzhi still had doubts and asked: "Boss, are everything you said true?" The boss' face was stern and he said angrily: "That's natural, I can still lie to you."
Seeing that the boss was unhappy, Fang Jinzhi didn't say anything more, but he still planned to go and see it in person. Fang Jinzhi directly asked the guards to bring the carriage, and then went to look for the old man to see if he was what the boss said. Under the constant inquiries of the guards, Fang Jinzhi quickly found the old man.
From a distance, the old man looked extremely miserable, with his buttocks beaten to a bloody pulp. The clothes were in tatters and the body was hunched as he walked towards the outside of Tianjing New City tremblingly, as if he might collapse at any moment. Since we were on the outskirts of Tianjing New City, there were not many people around, and the government officials were no longer around. Fang Jinzhi couldn't bear to see the old man like this, so he asked the guards to drive the carriage forward, wanting to help the old man.
As a result, before Fang Jinzhi got close, Sun Sijiu heard the sound of a carriage behind him and suddenly became more alert. My legs were no longer lame, my butt no longer hurt, and I instantly crossed to the middle of the road, and then... lay down flat. Fang Jinzhi and others were stunned and looked at Sun Sijiu lying in front of his carriage in shock. "Holy girl, why is this man lying down?" "We haven't hit him yet!!"
Just when Qiuxia was stunned, Sun Sijiu on the ground began to howl heartbreakingly again: "Ah, my leg!! My leg is broken!!!" "It's you, it's you who killed me. My leg was broken, please pay!" Fang Jinzhi looked at the familiar scene and felt his head explode with a bang! ! "Don't even think about running away. This is Tianjing New City. If you hurt someone, you will go to jail." "If you don't give me money, the city lord will definitely put you in jail. By then, you will still be the ones who suffer!!!" Sun No matter who is in front of Sijiu, he only knows that this deal cannot be bad, otherwise he will starve to death! !
Qiuxia has a bad temper. At this time, how could he not know what happened. "Bullshit! White-eyed wolf, I'm going to beat you to death today!!!" Qiuxia couldn't bear it any longer and kicked her directly. "It's killing people, come here!!!" "These outsiders not only bump into people, but also beat them, come here!!" Sun Sijiu on the ground was beaten wildly by Qiuxia, but he was still shouting wildly. .
After all, Tian Xing relented and stepped forward to hold Qiuxia and let Qiuxia continue to beat him. The old man was really beaten to death. "Forget it, Qiuxia, let's go!!" Fang Jinzhi knew the truth of the matter at this time, and was not in the mood to waste time on such a bastard anymore, so he took Qiuxia and planned to leave.
"You can't leave, you can't leave!!" "You have to pay me back!" Sun Sijiu was still unyielding. It was obvious that he was very dedicated to making money.
Fang Jinzhi laughed out loud at this bitch and cursed: "Turn off the lights, we didn't bump into you just now, why should we pay you?" "Do you still want Dali Temple to give you another fifty blows?" When Sun Sijiu mentioned Dali Temple, he shivered reflexively, but then he said:
"You didn't hit me, but you beat me." "Just now your maid kicked me five times. According to the law, you have to pay me money, or you will be detained." "This is the first time we heard this. They say, those who have no money earn money by being beaten, and those who have money spend it with their feet." Fang Jinzhi was completely angered by Sun Sijiu's unreasonable troubles, pointed directly at Sun Sijiu and roared angrily:
"Throw him out, throw him to Qinzhou, we never want to see him again in this life!!" The guards stepped forward and took Sun Sijiu, who still didn't know what was going to happen, into custody. Tianxing came forward at this time and asked:
"Holy Girl, are we going back to Tianjing New City?" Fang Jinzhi took a deep breath and said, "Go back! We want to see if Yang Peng is as good as the people say!!" When Fang Jinzhi returned to Tianjing New City again, It was getting dark. However, the number of people on the streets not only did not decrease, but became more and more numerous.
Some couples hold hands and walk side by side on the street, looking very intimate. Some are families of four, walking leisurely on the street, with the children holding their favorite snacks in their hands. Seeing this scene, Queen Ma laughed happily:
"Fang Jinzhi, look how that child looks like the fourth child, who was naughty and mischievous." At this time, Fang Jinzhi's face gradually bloomed with a smile, and said: "Wan Chun is much more lively than him." Qiuxia and Wan Chun, who were listening, had their faces There was also a little more smile on the face.
The night is getting darker, but there is no curfew in Tianjing New City at all. Just like there is no need for a road guide to enter the city, it seems like a truly free city. After Fang Jinzhi, Tian Xing and the others had dinner together, they saw colorful lanterns hanging on the street. Even at night, it doesn't look dark at all.
"Saintess, let's go to the city center for a walk? We went to bed early last night and didn't have time to go shopping!" Wan Chun suggested at this time. After hearing this, Fang Jinzhi was noncommittal. He was too tired last night and did not see the grand scene today. He wanted to take a good look at the night view of Tianjing New City tonight.
A few people started walking towards the county center. Along the way, they saw all kinds of people, but without exception, these people all had happy smiles on their faces. Infected by the city atmosphere, Fang Jinzhi also had a smile on his face. Finally arriving at the center of the city, Fang Jinzhi saw the sign of Heaven and Earth at a glance. Among the many shop signs, this Heaven and Earth was really eye-catching. However, the next scene made the smile on Fang Jinzhi's face gradually fade away.
I saw many topless women standing in front of the door of the human world that day, all dressed up in colorful clothes, enchanting and charming. The women standing at the door of heaven and earth are not stunningly beautiful, but the gauze clothes they wear and the black fishnet-like socks on their legs make people want to stop.
It seems to be able to attract people's attention, making people want to look at it again. And these women didn't care at all about the strange looks from the people around them, and just kept showing off. Some of them were so bold that they even stepped forward to pull the passing man and said softly:
"Uncle, come in and play!!" "Come on, uncle, it's so much fun here!" That enchanting figure and seductive words are really too much for people to handle. Wanchun, who had never seen such a battle, stood beside him and kept swallowing his saliva, looking unbearably hot. "Have you seen enough? Two people who have never seen the world are really embarrassing to us!!"
Fang Jinzhi snorted coldly, scolding the two of them until their faces turned red. Seeing the two of them like this, Tian Xing suggested turning in another direction. At this time, when the lanterns were first turned on and the night was fading, the people going out for shopping could be described as busy with traffic. After wandering around for a long time, Fang Jinzhi finally felt a little depressed about seeing the heaven and earth just now, and gradually dissipated. "Holy girl, this Tianjing New City is worthy of the title of the City of Freedom."
"Even at night, the flow of people is no less than during the day." "Not only that, many stores that are not open during the day are all open at night, which is really refreshing." Wanchun excitedly shouted next to Fang Jinzhi Yelled, apparently very satisfied with the grand occasion of Tianjing New City. Qiuxia also agreed from the side:
"Yes, Saint." "This Yang Peng can make Shanghu County so prosperous. No matter what kind of person he is, he must be capable." Fang Jinzhi looked at the streets with people coming and going, towering into the clouds. Gaolou, couldn't help but sigh: "Yang Peng is a capable person." "This Tianjing New City is really a city of freedom, worthy of its name."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished saying this, a person next to him laughed and said: "The city of freedom? I think it is the city of sin." After hearing this, Fang Jinzhi was suddenly startled and looked at the person who spoke. I saw that the man's face was ashen, his eyes were sunken, and his clothes were stained with a lot of dust. Not at all like the local people, neatly dressed, but more like the gamblers in Hangzhou city. However, Fang Jinzhi still couldn't help but ask: "I wonder why you said that?" "The grand occasion of Tianjing New City is obvious to all. Do you want to tell lies?"
But the man continued to sneer and said sarcastically: "You look like outsiders at first glance." "Who doesn't know that these are just the surface of Tianjing New City." "If you want to see the real situation in Tianjing New City, you'd better go Let's take a look at the north of the city." "If this is heaven, then over there is hell!!" Fang Jinzhi suddenly thought, what this man said was serious, could it be that what he saw was really just an appearance. Was he deceived by Yang Peng's whitewash? Is this all fake?
Fang Jinzhi's suspicion broke out again. Seeing that the man was about to leave, Fang Jinzhi stopped him and said, "I wonder if you can lead the way?" "I don't have time!!" The man refused directly. He naturally refused to do such a thing. Fang Jinzhi took out five taels of silver directly from his pocket and said:
"I don't want you to work in vain, I just want you to lead the way." "Tell us about the situation in this city." When the man saw the silver that Fang Jinzhi took out, his eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded hurriedly, and said: "Then The relationship is good, as long as you are willing to give money, anything can be said!" Under Fang Jinzhi's money offensive, the man soon began to talk non-stop, and began to introduce the specific situation of Tianjing New City to Fang Jinzhi.
"Our Tianjing New City is divided into five major urban areas, southeast, northwest, and middle." "The east and west of the city are divided into commercial areas and residential areas. Most things can be bought in the east of the city." "Because the east of the city is close to the seaside, so All items for sale and purchase must be placed in the east side of the city." "And the south of the city is where officials gather. That is where the government office is located, and the city lord's residence is also over there." "Under our feet is the city, where we can eat and drink. The place to have fun is the real gold-selling cave, which is said to let your prince enter and eunuch leave."
"The restaurants, inns, brothels and gambling houses here are extremely luxurious and full of money, but they all have the shares of the city lord, and no one dares to reach out."
"As for the north of the city, it is the darkest place in the entire city. The black market is located there, known as the Devil's Cave." "There are no human rights there. It is a gathering place for extremely vicious people. Most people dare not go in." Hearing this person The introduction was so detailed that Fang Jinzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. All these brothels and gambling houses actually have Yang Peng's shares. Considering how popular these businesses are, how much money can Yang Peng embezzle? That's not all. Fang Jinzhi was really surprised that such a prosperous city had an unknown side.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
