The case was brought to court once, but it turned out to be a farce. Not to mention Magistrate Hong, even Xiao Han and others were stunned by such changes.
However, a farce is still a farce. As Fatty Hong slammed the gavel on the table and broke it into two pieces, the noisy crowd outside still fell silent.
"Ask the question first, and write down the remaining sticks for now!"
Seeing that it was difficult to get the crowd outside to calm down, Magistrate Hong, who was humiliated in front of Xiao Han, wiped the sweat on his forehead and pointed at the Yamen servants who were still holding up sticks, wondering whether they should continue to beat him. With a wink, he motioned for them to retreat first. However, this action immediately attracted boos from outside.
"You said an official hired you! So who is he? Why did he hire you?" With a straight face, Magistrate Hong pretended not to hear the boos outside and continued to ask the hooligans.
But now, Scarface, who had just been beaten hard, had completely lost his memory. When he heard the county magistrate asked him again, he immediately lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, not even daring to **.
He could see it now. The old man often said that the first rafters will die first. This sentence is absolutely true!
Just now, I just had a fever, thinking that the county magistrate was as easy-going as Xiao Han yesterday, and that he would be fine if he said a few words.
In the end, he really just said a few words, and then...then he was beaten like this! If you continue to talk like this, how can you still be alive?
Scarface was lying on the ground, refusing to make a sound even if he was beaten to death, and the other gangsters were no worse. Like frightened ostriches, they almost buried their heads in the floor tiles, for fear of following in Scarface's footsteps.
Compared with these smart subordinates, Hun Jianglong, who had just jumped out, suddenly discovered sadly that he was the slowest to react!
Standing blankly among a group of men, he saw that almost everyone, including the people watching the excitement outside, were staring at him. Hun Jianglong's face, which had originally become pale due to excessive blood loss, was even more pale at this moment. Become completely white!
Sure enough, good brother! Be loyal! At the critical moment, he sells his boss without batting an eyelid.
"hehe……"
The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and Hun Jianglong suddenly laughed miserably. Amidst the looks of the young men around him, who were either happy or guilty, he no longer hid, but slowly straightened his back, stared at Magistrate Hong and said, "That one should be Who is the official? How could we know! We are just ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, eating a hard-earned meal! We are not as good as you, the high-ranking officials who have no worries about food and clothing! We are unlucky today, and you have taken advantage of us. Our brothers have nothing to say! If you want to kill or behead, please do as you please!"
"Oh? Are you dissatisfied?" On the side, Liu Hongji, who is also a veteran of Jianghu, heard the resentment in Hun Jianglong's words, and sneered: "What are you dissatisfied with?"
Hun Jianglong, who was standing alone in the middle of the courtroom, was ready to risk his life. Hearing this, he turned around and glared at Liu Hongji: "I just don't accept it! The first step is to offer a sky-high price, let us go to you, and the second step is to arrest us all. Get up! I’m in jail, and now I’m still pretending to be in court for questioning, bah!”
"Are you suspecting that we are fishing?" Seeing Hun Jianglong's appearance, even Xiao Han looked a little unnatural. Could it be that this fishing law enforcement matter existed thousands of years ago?
"fishing?"
When he heard this new term, Hun Jianglong was slightly surprised, but having grown up by the sea, he figured out what Xiao Han meant, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes! It's fishing, you are the bait, and we are the ones biting the hook. Fish! And he is the one carrying the fishing rod, maybe! The person who hired us is drinking tea behind the county office right now!"
"nonsense!"
At this moment, before Hun Jianglong had finished speaking, Magistrate Hong behind the desk had already jumped up!
Immediately afterwards, he was seen peeking at Xiao Han and saying angrily, sweating profusely: "You said that person was ordered by me? What evidence do you have!"
"I'm just telling you, what are you afraid of?" Seeing Magistrate Hong's frightened and angry look, Hun Jianglong became more determined and asked with a sneer.
At this time, the cold sweat on Fatty Hong's forehead was almost like a stream, dripping down his cheeks. He was not afraid of being caught by these ruffians, but he was afraid that Xiao Han would really take this matter seriously!
Even if Fatty Hong had a hundred heads, he wouldn't be able to kill him for the crime of paying someone to assassinate a second-rank official of the imperial court!
"What am I afraid of? I haven't done anything. What am I afraid of? Didn't you say that person is behind the Yamen?! Come! Today I will let you see if there is anyone hiding behind this!"
In other words, the magistrate who is trying a case against himself, and even asking the criminals to search his own home in order to prove his innocence, is probably the only magistrate in the world.
However, even so, Hun Jianglong still snorted coldly and said: "Forget it, even if that person was still in the back hall just now, by the time I go to search, I'm afraid he will have been sent away by you long ago. Who wouldn't Do you know that as officials, you like to do such despicable things?"
"That's right! Isn't this official trying to trick people? Offering a price to lure people into committing crimes, and then waiting to arrest them!"
"Humph, I saw it. The Laoshizi County Magistrate must have been unable to deliver results by the end of the year, so he came up with this method to put some money on his face."
Outside the hall, a group of meddlesome people began to whisper to each other again, and when Hun Jianglong heard these words, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and then he turned around and shouted loudly towards the people who were listening: "Fellows, our brothers Although he is not a humble gentleman on weekdays, he does not dare to do big bad things! This is all their fault! It was they who deliberately offered a sky-high price of 120 guan yesterday, saying that as long as we beat one person, the money will be given to us. Our brothers!
Folks, tell yourselves, where can I put this? Who can resist the temptation of more than a hundred dollars? Not to mention that our brothers are used to being poor and don’t even have enough to eat! Even a richer person wouldn't be able to withstand such a test, right?
That was the case at that time. We brothers were obsessed with using the money to buy some clothes for our baby and some medicine for our mother! Then he got excited and accepted the deal!
But who would have known that yesterday we just followed their instructions and came to the door, but before we even took action, they beat us like this first. Not to mention, they didn't even show us our injuries and just threw us away. In prison, last night, I almost bled to death in prison!
Folks, look, my legs are still injured by them! These were all beaten by them yesterday. If you look at them again, is there any sign of injury? "
