When Huang Donglai and Lei Buji came to the county government office, Sun Yixie had already finished interrogating Sun Ling.
Under Brother Sun's "up and down" questioning and intermittent punches and kicks, Sun Ling finally couldn't bear the humiliation and took action.
He had no choice but to trick him. After all, Sun Yixie knew that he was a fake from the beginning. With such a trump card in hand, even the best liar would have to be found out, let alone an ordinary person like Sun Ling. Ruffian.
Things like "How much does a carp cost" and "How much does a pound of potatoes cost?" (In our universe, potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains from the coastal areas at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Da Zhi was set to last longer than the Ming Dynasty, so it was already popular at this time. )", "How many temples are there in Hangzhou", "How big is the West Lake", "How many courtyards does Sun Mansion have", etc.
How could Sun Ling, a native of Ruyang County, answer such questions?
Furthermore... Sun Ling, who considers himself a martial arts practitioner, was beaten and bluffed by Sun Yixie, the "county prince" at every turn, and even used his sleeping skills. Even if you let him continue to pretend, he would I can’t pretend anymore.
Therefore, Sun Ling admitted that he was not Sun Yixie, but was just using his name to deceive.
But... he was still taking a chance and wanted to expose the matter of stealing the money tonight. After all, the money was not stolen from the master's house, but was stolen in an "accidental" situation; in addition, Regarding the matter of bluffing and deceiving, he also talked about it. Not only did he avoid the important points and neglect the light ones, he did not fully explain it. He also put all the main responsibility on Huang Jun's head, as if he was at most an accomplice or even coerced.
How else can we say that these gangsters are not worthy of sympathy? Such people will not shed tears until they see the coffin. At that time, criminal investigation methods were still very backward and it was difficult to collect physical evidence. Even the collection of personal evidence required a lot of time and effort. In an era of high labor costs, if you decide cases according to the ideas of modern criminal investigation and trial, and then give them "civilized law enforcement", many cases will not be able to be advanced at all.
Among ordinary people, there may be those who are more honest and responsible. When they go to the court, they will be told everything by the master, but those ruffians and unscrupulous people are shameless and do what they can. At this time..."Exercise punishment" ” is the most effective and reasonable disposal method.
Of course, what kind of person, what kind of situation, and what kind of punishment should be imposed all require the experience of the person who decides the case.
If you meet a good official, you are lucky, but if you meet a weak official who will torture everyone indiscriminately, then all kinds of torture and unjust, false and wrongful convictions will come.
Sun Yixie is obviously not a good official, and he is not an official at all, but since he knows what Sun Ling is about, it doesn't matter... just do it.
He doesn't need to be involved in the real "execution", the government officials on both sides will do it.
In fact, there is no need to hit the gangsters with a plank, just a stick is enough. Even if there are really heroes, few of them can withstand them.
Sure enough, as soon as he used the stick, Sun Ling immediately became honest; he not only explained what happened tonight, but also how he and Huang Jun robbed Zhu Chao, how they deceived the Liuzhuang villagers, and a lot of All other sneaky things were explained.
However, the master beside him didn't remember a single word of the crimes he mentioned...
From the beginning of Sun Yixie's trial until now, the master just pretended to write down the confession on paper, because he knew that the person in front of him did not need to be charged at all, so there was no need to write a confession for him to sign.
This was indeed the case. When Sun Ling's body and mind were tortured to the point of collapse, Sun Yixie felt that it was almost done, so he got up and went to the next door without saying a word.
After a while, Mei Chiyang walked out of the room next door.
As soon as he arrived, the masters and government servants in the back hall quietly withdrew.
Before Sun Ling could figure out who this person was and what he was doing, Mei Chiyang had already walked over, picked him up, and smiled at him: "Boy, do you still recognize my voice?"
Sun Ling certainly had some memory of the sound he heard under the bed not long ago, but he couldn't figure out why this "Master Mei" who had stolen his money appeared here.
"Ha... you still don't understand?" Mei Chiyang said with a smile, "Well, if you think about it slowly, you will eventually understand."
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After a while, it was still the back hall.
At this time, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and the county magistrate were the only three people left here, and the rest of the people had gone out.
The county official's surname is Zhang, but I can't remember his name because I can't do anything wrong.
"Young Master Sun, Young Master Huang, did you handle tonight's matter in a comprehensive manner?" After the matter was over, Mr. Zhang had to say a few words to take credit.
In fact, he didn't do anything. The people under him were cooperating with the work. He just watched a show.
"Master Zhang understands justice well and is considerate in his work. Huang admires him." Of course, it doesn't cost anything to praise this guy. Huang Donglai didn't care about saying this.
"More than that?" Sun Yixie also followed this idea and further boasted, "I see that the city of Zhoukou is in good order, stable and prosperous. It is obviously that Mr. Zhang has managed it well. It shows that our Mr. Zhang is a man of great ability! "
"Hey~ Hehe, how can Zhang be so virtuous? You two deserve an award." Mr. Zhang said modestly, but he already had a smile on his face. "The two young heroes are also young heroes. You can become a hero at such a young age." To be appreciated by Master Yun and Master Shui, Zhang cannot compare to you."
What is mutual business flattery? This is the standard template. The two parties don’t need to be very familiar with each other. Just pick something nice to say. As for the truth or falsehood, it doesn’t matter. We are not colleagues anyway, so it’s okay if we say something wrong.
After Mr. Zhang said this, the three of them looked at each other and laughed. The atmosphere seemed very happy.
"Uh..." But after a few seconds, Mr. Zhang calmed down a little and continued, "But... Zhang still needs to remind you two of something."
Master Zhang wanted to remind them that the incident of "letting outsiders pretend to be imperial officials to interrogate prisoners" just now should not be publicized everywhere.
"Hey, Mr. Zhang, don't worry." Sun Yixie knew what he was going to say and responded directly, "We will never tell anyone what happened tonight. As for the leader of Mei Dazhai, he is also a well-known hero on the Green Forest Road. To be honest...he promised to keep the secret, even if you force him with a knife, he will not leak it out, so don't worry."
What he said was a bit too full, but it didn't matter.
It's hard to say whether Mei Chiyang is that reliable, but one thing is certain, Mei Chiyang is at least more reliable than the Master Zhang in front of them - that's enough.
If Mei Chiyang and Mr. Zhang were arrested at the same time today, and they were forced to confess their affairs with a knife held to their necks, it would be 100% that Mr. Zhang would make the first move.
As the saying goes, those who are righteous tend to slaughter dogs, while those who are unfaithful tend to be scholars. In most cases, it is fair to say who has weak bones.
"Oh~ Mr. Zhang is relieved with what Sun Shaoxia said." Mr. Zhang nodded, "Uh...and, Huang Shaoxia, what do you think I should do with Huang Jun's body?"
At this time, Huang Donglai had already told Sun Yixie, Master Zhang and Mei Chiyang about Huang Jun's death method.
After hearing this, Mei Chiyang was stunned for a long time. On the surface, he didn't react much. He said in his heart: "I originally thought that Sun Yixie was ruthless enough, but I didn't expect that the young master of the Huang Clan is so heartless... He can't kill anyone." Nod your head, don’t do things too harshly... I’d rather stay away from such people.”
Now that Huang Jun is dead, there is no need for Mei Chiyang to stay here any longer. He immediately resigned from these people, took Sun Ling with him, and went to join his subordinates; as for what he would do early the next morning After Zhoukou left, how did he take Sun Ling back to Yingcheng to relieve his sworn brother Zhu Chao and "puchuang"? We won't go into that. As long as you know that Sun Ling did not escape and died in the end.
At this moment, when the county magistrate asked him this question, Huang Donglai thought for a while and replied: "In my opinion, just think that he accidentally drowned himself. Anyway, according to what Sun Ling said, he and Huang Jun had already killed the whole family." They were all tricked to death, and their relatives regarded them as ferocious beasts, and they all cut off contact with them, so no one would come to investigate."
"Hmm..." Mr. Zhang said, "Indeed, early tomorrow morning, I will send a few people to wait near the East Garden. As soon as the body is discovered, they will be disposed of quickly to avoid causing any commotion."
"Master Zhang is indeed thorough and meticulous in his work, and very powerful." Sun Yixie added a compliment at the right time.
"Haha..." Mr. Zhang waved his hand, and then said, "Zhang is just doing his job. Of course... if the two young heroes can put in a good word for me at Jin Yiwei..."
Most of these people who are officials in Dashu want to have a good relationship with Jin Yiwei. The "good words" like what Mr. Zhang said are not asking Jin Yiwei to help them get promoted and make a fortune. They just want these spies not to Just do it yourself.
"I understand! I understand." Huang Donglai agreed without thinking.
In fact, how can he give a good word to others? They and Jin Yiwei are just using each other, but this relationship looks like a conspiracy to outsiders.
But after Mr. Zhang received this perfunctory reply, he beamed with joy. He took it seriously: "Okay! Okay! Mr. Zhang will keep Huang Shaoxia's kindness in his heart. If there is an opportunity in the future, he will repay it!"
It's a coincidence that just half a month after this incident, Mr. Zhang received a transfer order and was promoted.
This matter has nothing to do with Sun and Huang... But Mr. Zhang feels that it does, and it is directly related, because the time and things seem to match up.
This was good, he was grateful to Shuangxi...especially to Huang Donglai who had made a promise to him...but he really couldn't find any chance to "repay" those two people, so what should he do? Say a few nice words to others and publicize their deeds.
But the matter of interrogating Sun Ling at night was against the king's law, so he couldn't talk about it, so he focused on another matter...
In this way, in less than half a year, Huang Donglai's "manhole murder" story became a household name.
Later, the more he traveled through Xiehu, some people even thought that Huang Donglai had a self-created unique martial arts, which could control feces to attack others with his internal power. This made people in the world panic, but that was another story...
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After dealing with the "fake double harmony" issue, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji will return to their original schedule.
They came out of Luoyang this time and their destination was Wuchang.
According to the original plan, they planned to go to Xuzhou first, then pass through Luohe, Zhumadian, Xinyang... and go straight south to Wuchang.
But because Sun Ling and Huang Jun came out, they took a slight detour to Zhoukou, disrupting their original route, so now they have to go southwest from Zhoukou to Runan.
They still drove a carriage or took the official road. This time they went smoothly. They didn't encounter anyone who blocked the road and caused trouble. Two days later, they entered Runan City.
This time we entered the city, it was lively again - in Runan City, there were people playing.
The showdown here is completely different from the "arena duel" in which Zheng Mukai Geshi was mentioned in the previous article; that one was, to put it bluntly, a fight between two people, while this one... was similar to an "open challenge".
There are many ways to display the ring. There are those who use martial arts to make friends, some who gather for gambling, some who compete in martial arts to attract relatives, and some who set up silver to win rewards. Of course, there is also one who uses the reward as bait and plans to rely on this to show off. Powerful.
Today's arena belongs to this last category.
The man who performed the challenge was a tyrant in Runan City, named Song Xiang.
This man is seven feet tall, with broad arms and round waist, a pair of inverted eyebrows, slanting into the sky, a pair of tiger eyes, clear white; a broad nose, a big mouth, a fat head, and big ears. This appearance, as a whole, gives people a kind of facial features. They all look very big and protruding.
As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart. Song Xiang's character is indeed consistent with his face. It can be said to be domineering and aggressive.
If you mention Song Xiang's name in Runan City, anyone can tell you a few bad things he did, but the people are helpless...
There is no doubt that this guy has a backer.
What's the backer? eunuch.
Please note that this is not a eunuch, but a eunuch, that is, a more powerful eunuch.
And this Song Xiang's ancestor was from a scholarly family, after eunuchs...
You want to ask why eunuchs have queens? It's very simple. You can adopt him or adopt him as your biological father. Isn't Cao Cao's father the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng?
This Song Xiang's great-grandfather was the adopted son of a certain great eunuch in the court. After several generations, although the old eunuch died, the relationship between the Song family and the eunuchs in the court has always been maintained. Quite a close relationship.
Of course, if you want to say that the person who is truly powerful and powerful has to be Song Xiang's father, he is the head of the Song family.
This Song Xiang... is a typical second-generation ancestor. He has not finished reading, but his martial arts is passable. Although his martial arts skills cannot defeat the masters, he can bully the common people and ordinary farmers. enough.
Relying on this ability, Song Xiang bullied men and women all day long in Runan, preying on the common people. Today he beat the boy from the boss's family, and the girl from the west's family tomorrow... Some people were seriously injured and disabled by him. Even those who died later, or whose girls were raped by him and hanged themselves, all ended up doing it with a little money.
Although Song Xiang has caused many deaths, the local officials can only make peace with him because they dare not take care of him and have no way to take care of him. If you, the county official, dare to imprison or even beat Song Xiang today, then what will happen to him? Tomorrow Song Xiang's father might be able to make you lose all your shameful hats.
He is such a bastard. I don't know if he has been overpowered or something recently, but he actually wants to imitate Shi Danai from the Sui and Tang Dynasties and have a "hundred-day challenge" in Runan City to show off his martial arts prowess.
Moreover, he was even more arrogant than that Shi Danai. He dared to set up two big flags at the edge of the ring and hung a couplet on them - punching the colorful tiger in Nanshan and kicking the dragon in Beihai.
