The assistant leader Actun returned to the boat, first put away the bag of gold, and then sat on the stool and fell asleep.
What a mistake that will lead to eternal regret! He knew that he was in deep trouble, but there was no way he could make a comeback.
Acton was lucky enough to think that since they could bribe him with a lot of money, they would not kill the donkey. This is like a domestic slave bringing in a foreign thief and working together to steal something from the master's house. The reason why the foreign thief shares the stolen goods with the domestic slave is because the foreign thief is afraid that the line will be cut off and they will have nothing to steal in the future.
How did you meet Xie Anhua in the first place? Thinking of this, Acton couldn't help but shudder. That was eight years ago...
When Acton met Xie Anhua, it was his most unlucky day. That year, the Yarkand Counselor Gao Pu was exposed for forcing Uyghur people to mine jade secretly. In the end, Gao Pu was executed, and Akden, who followed Gao Pu, also lost his job.
After returning to the capital, Akden, who had nothing to do, haunted the Xianggong's palace and casinos all day long. One time, he tied a red belt around his waist and bet 300 taels of silver on a lucky game, but he was completely defeated. This time it was broken, Acton simply could not afford so much cash.
It is said that those who dare to open a casino in the capital may be backed by some prince or minister. They don't care about the run-down clan of Acton at all; repaying debts is a matter of course.
Acton was desperate and began to hide in Tibet in order to avoid debts. He did not dare to go home until midnight. One afternoon a month later, when he entered the city from Dongzhimen and turned past the Beiguan Hall, he was blocked by a creditor who was looking for him. When the creditor saw him, he became very angry and took action in a few words. In the end, not only did he beat Acton to a bruised nose and face, but he was also forced to sell his house to pay off his debts.
Acton had no choice but to tell Rao that the property at home was a reward given to his ancestors by the late emperor, and he really did not dare to sell it for cash. Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, Xie Anhua, wearing a robe and mandarin jacket with a fake braid on his head, came out of the Beitang courtyard to break up the fight.
He heard the quarrel outside in the yard and heard about the identity of Acton's red belt. His thoughts moved and he came out to take a look. After some persuasion, Xie Anhua finally paid Acton's gambling debt and settled the mess.
Since then, Acton has been deeply grateful to Xie Anhua, and their relationship has become increasingly close. Afterwards, Xie Anhua never mentioned repaying the money. Instead, before Akdon left for Jilin two years later, he specially gave him another two hundred taels of silver.
Six years have passed. During this period, Acton gradually developed, from a riding school to a co-leader. He sometimes often thinks of Xie Anhua and feels that Father Rakshasa is really a good man.
But today he finally understood that there are never free benefits in the world; even if there are, they must be paid back twice in the end.
"My lord? My lord?"
The post-like call awakened Acton from his memories. He said "Ah" and saw a dark shadow standing at the door of the cabin holding a lantern. Acton said quickly: "What's the matter?"
"Sir, it's getting dark, I humbly light the lamp for you." After saying that, he stepped forward, lit the candle on the small table with the candle in the lantern, and then withdrew.
At night on the Heilongjiang River, the candlelights on the fishing boats are just like the stars in the sky. Normally, Acton would boil a small pot of wine, sit on the boat, drink and watch the scenery, leisurely and contentedly; but now he is not in the slightest mood. He got up and walked to the cabin door to lower the curtain. When he turned around to pour tea, he found that the water in the teapot had become cold. Acton hesitated for a moment, then poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it in one gulp. He took down the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the small shelf in the cabin, sharpened the ink impatiently, then lowered his head and started writing by candlelight.
On the river bank more than two hundred steps away from the boat, Serdan and Wukanbei were sitting in front of the campfire, whispering about the scene they saw in the afternoon.
"You said he is from Sauron, how can he be so familiar with the leader?"
Wukambe said: "Did you hear clearly what they said?"
Serdan said with some distress: "They spoke Mongolian, and I didn't understand a word."
Wu Kambei said: "Huh? When that Aimorigan came here during the day, he spoke Manchu fluently. Do you think he is an errand?"
Serdan is from Kurkhaqi and has lived near Hunchun for generations. Even if he took refuge in Beihai Town, his scope of activities was still in the Ningguta and Hunchun area, and his daily language was still Manchu. The Sauron tribe belongs to the jurisdiction of the Heilongjiang General, thousands of miles away from De. Especially in the border areas along the Irtysh River, the border residents there all speak Mongolian.
Not to mention Wu Kambei, who was born as a fisherman in Hezhe, Heilongjiang estuary, and doesn't speak Mongolian at all.
Serdan shook his head and said, "I can't tell." He suddenly turned to Saharian, who was smoking beside him, and asked, "Old village chief, do you know Rafkai?"
Saharian puffed out smoke and recalled for a moment before saying: "I've heard that it used to be the place where the Daur people lived. Rafkai is actually a person's name. When I was a child, I heard my grandmother tell me that when Shunzhi was... "
From Saharian's mouth, Serdan and Ukanbe learned that more than 150 years ago, the leader of the Daur people, Rafkai, built five castles on the east bank of the Irtysh River. The first one is the city of Ravkai, which is also the residence of the leader; the second one is the famous city of Yaksa, which was also called the city of Albasi at that time. Later, when the Rakshasa invaded, the Daur people could not defeat them, so many people moved south to live in the Mergen City area.
In fact, the reason why Seldan struggled with this matter was mainly because of the hunter's nature. Both Ravkai and Sanxing City were too far away from Beihai Town. What he was most concerned about right now was whether he could get back to Fuldan City after the wheat harvest so that he could participate in the long-awaited big exercise.
By the end of June, the Fuldan City murder case finally came to its final trial.
In the past, people who broke the law in Beihai Town were dealt with directly by the security police. They were either sent to Solenji Island to work as gold mine coolies, or to Ezochi as coal mine coolies; or they were detained in the police station for a few days. That won't work this time. This is a murder case, and the impact will be extremely bad. Anyone who kills must always pay with his life. This is the simplest concept of ordinary people.
Originally, Zhao Xin meant that the principal culprit would be shot directly, and the accomplices would be sent to the Ezochi coal mine. This case involves both the military and civilians, but the focus is still on the military.
But after hearing what Wang Zhong said, Zhou Weiguo, the deputy leader of the regulations drafting group, ran to Fuldan City and told Zhao Xin that we have to establish a judicial trial system, and we can no longer judge at will based on the personal likes and dislikes of the security police. Now everyone is still relying on you for food, so even if they have complaints in their hearts, they dare not say it. Problems will arise sooner or later if possible, so it is better to take this opportunity to improve the judicial system.
In fact, Wang Zhong's original words were quoted from "Mozi. Fa Rituals". Those who work in the world cannot be without rituals. There is no one who can achieve things without rituals. The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Wang Zhong's words inspired Zhou Weiguo.
Since Wang Zhong was hired as the vice principal of Beihai Town Primary School, Zhou Weiguo has been semi-employed. How could he, a Chinese teacher from a modern normal school, compare with a great scholar like Wang Zhong, who had written numerous books? Teacher Zhou was completely confused when people quoted random passages from scriptures.
Seeing that the cross-travelers in Beihai Town began to dominate the leaders of all walks of life one by one, Zhou Weiguo decided to find another way. If we can't do it in science and engineering, and there is another problem in education, then we will dominate the judicial system, which is still unpopular at present. Just say it.
Zhao Xin listened to Zhou Weiguo's suggestion and said, "How can I worry about this? Why don't you come?"
Zhou Weiguo said that I would do it. As a result, he took charge of all court, prosecution and trial procedures, and the first judge of Beihai Town took office.
The court of Fuldan City is located in a large wooden house in the town hall. This is also where the town hall convenes resident representatives for meetings on weekdays. At present, there are more than twenty resident representatives sitting behind the wooden fence in the field, including the family members of the slain soldier and several family members of the residents' group where Widow Li belongs.
Several prisoners were tied up, and each of them was escorted by two security policemen and stood under the judge's bench. Zhou Weiguo, who was sitting on the judge's seat, looked at Su Qing in the dock, the one-armed female thief nicknamed "Kong Kong'er", and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "How can you be a thief when you are a beautiful lady!"
The people below were in a commotion. Zhou Weiguo used a wooden hammer specially made by someone to knock on a wooden board. He cleared his throat and said: "The court will be held today to hear the murder case of the hospital and Widow Li's mother and daughter. Now it is up to the prosecutor to make a statement. "
"What are you talking about? We have found out that it was Guo Xing'a and this woman who did it. I can just sentence him directly."
"That's right, chop off their heads!"
"Strip them naked and throw them into the river to soak in a pig cage!" As soon as these words came out, some people's eyes started to shine. Stripped naked...
"Five horses cut into pieces~~"
"Cut in half!"
"Bang! Bang!" Zhou Weiguo banged the hammer and said loudly: "Whoever talks nonsense again will be expelled from the court and fined one yuan!"
Good guy! As soon as they heard that they would be fined one silver coin, the people in the audience stopped talking.
Zhou Weiguo then repeated it again, and Yonejiro, as the prosecutor, stood up, picked up the file and began to read it according to the script. I read this thought for more than an hour. When Yonejiro closed the file with a thirsty mouth, he thought to himself, what a bastard! This is more tiring than arresting someone!
At this time, Zhou Weiguo asked the family members of the injured soldiers on the field: "Do you still have any questions?"
The victim's parents knelt down, kowtowed and cried, "Please make the decision and avenge my son!"
A group of common people also knelt down and kowtowed: "Please ask Master Qingtian to make the decision!"
"Bang! Bang!" Zhou Weiguo knocked the wooden hammer twice more, and said with a kind face: "Everyone, get up, get up quickly."
When everyone stood up and just sat down, a security policeman suddenly shouted: "Everyone stand up!"
All the people looked at each other in confusion, wondering what kind of situation this was going to take.
Zhou Weiguo stood up, picked up a piece of paper in a serious manner, and said: "This court will now pronounce the verdict!..."
Since the court session began in the morning, thousands of people have gathered outside the town office, all waiting for the outcome of this "court session." It was almost noon, but there was still no news coming out. The onlookers were all talking about the murderer's method of death. One said Chen He, another said beheading, and some said it was better to behead so that one could buy personal blood buns.
As soon as these words came out, a group of people immediately looked down upon them: "As soon as I heard these words, I knew you were new here! Those human blood steamed buns don't work at all!"
The person who was talking about buying blood steamed buns said: "I heard the old people in the village say this, blood steamed buns can cure tuberculosis."
"This is called superstition! If you have tuberculosis, just go to the hospital and get a few injections."
"I, I looked at that needle and it looked scary."
"Needles scare people, but beheading doesn't scare them anymore? Why is this man talking so stupidly!"
During the quarrel, someone saw two security policemen walking out surrounded by a town office clerk. The clerk held a piece of white paper notice that had been glued on with both hands, and strode toward the notice board.
"Judgment! Judgment!"
As soon as these words came out, thousands of people immediately rushed towards the notice board. Many of the illiterate people quickly asked the literate people to help read the contents of the notice.
"Judgment announcement, hereby..."
As soon as that person read the beginning, the others said: "If you don't listen in front of me, tell me how to judge!"
"The first offenders Su Qing and Guo Xing'a were sentenced to death and will be executed immediately..."
With a bang, the crowd suddenly became excited. Throughout the ages, there has never been a shortage of idle people eating melons, especially in this era of lack of entertainment. So although beheading is scary, it can't stand the excitement. Besides, it would be quite enjoyable to throw in rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, etc.
A later Qing Dynasty scholar named Yu Yue recorded such an incident in his notes: "When I heard a prisoner being whipped in the hall, and the sound of pain, the sound of a woman, people tended to look at it, and pulled All the rest will go away." When a group of people left happily, they found that the execution was not a spanking but a slap in the mouth, so the idle men "returned in anger."
"Where is it?"
"It's not written above."
It is said that Beihai Town has not executed prisoners yet, so no one knows which place outside the city will be chosen as the execution ground. While the onlookers were guessing, they heard two gunshots suddenly coming from the north of the city, and after a while, there was another one.
After a while, when the crowd was looking at each other, a security policeman came out of the police station and said to these people: "Scatter, disperse! The murderer has been shot."
In Zhao Xin's office, when he heard the sound of gunshots in the distance, Chen Jishan took the phone and hummed a few times, then put down the phone and said to Zhao Xin: "Sir, the execution has been completed."
"Oh~~It's finally over." Zhao Xin waved his hand, motioning for Chen Jishan to go out, and then leaned his head on the back of the chair.
After Chen Jishan went out and closed the door, a pair of catkins stretched out from behind the chair and gently rubbed Zhao Xin's head.
"I was just too busy the past few days, and I got angry because of the worry. It's already gone." Zhao Xin said as he raised his hand and hugged her back.
Shen Xuan didn't hide, let Zhao Xin hold her, and said softly: "You are not like a few years ago, when hundreds of thousands of people were pointing at you, and you still don't care about your body. Originally, A Miao was waiting for you, so I still Don't worry, it's a good thing that you left her in Beihai Town again. She cried anxiously when she heard that you were sick."
Zhao Xin closed his eyes and said, "Isn't it you?"
Shen Xuan said angrily: "Tell me, how many times have we met in the past six months? If my mother hadn't urged me to come, I wouldn't have seen you."
Zhao Xin smiled and said: "Ah Quan, our relationship is determined by God. No one can be separated. Don't listen to your mother's nonsense."
Shen Xuan pouted, her pretty face flushed, she patted Zhao Xin's shoulder lightly, and said angrily: "Nonsense."
She rubbed Zhao Xin's head and hesitated for a long time. Then she gathered up the courage and asked slowly: "Miss Wang, what are your plans?"
It is said that since Shen Jingdan's wife, Shen Wu, came to Beihai Town, she has been telling Shen Xuan all day long that a woman must have all four qualities: virtue, speech, appearance, and work. You are about to get married, why are you still in public all day long? It's more serious to quit your busy job at school and go home to get married.
Shen Xuan didn't care about Shen Wu's words at first. Beihai Town was not under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. She had been depressed for these years, but now she was finally free. But for some reason, Shen Xuan felt a little uncomfortable since Wang Zhenyi came to Beihai Town, especially after knowing that Zhao Xin personally ordered Xu Dayong to kidnap her here.
Wang Zhenyi came from an official family, not to mention her appearance, and she was also able to mount a bow and dismount to engage in learning, and was good at literature and martial arts. As far as Shen Xuan has learned these days, Wang Zhenyi is quite talented in arithmetic. The reason why she went to Xu Dayong's Zhuangzi in the first place was because she wanted to see Zhao Xin for advice on arithmetic.
Comparing the two families, Shen Xuan felt a little inferior; whether it was the Dongtai Shen family or the Shen Jingdan family, one was a scholar and the other was just a businessman. Her character is actually very sensitive. Although she doesn't care about many things on the surface, she is always careful about what she does and says, and she always likes to get into trouble when thinking about things. This has a lot to do with the precarious life she has lived for many years.
After waiting for a long time, Shen Xuan only heard gentle snoring. When she looked again, she found that Zhao Xin had fallen asleep. Seeing Zhao Xin sleeping, Shen Xuan sighed, turned around and took a blanket from the side to cover Zhao Xin, and then went out quietly.
Zhao Xin didn't stop snoring until he heard Shen Xuan going out and opened his eyes. He held his cheek in distress. He had been too angry recently, his tonsils were inflamed, and his back molars also hurt.
Shen Xuan asked him that he had actually thought that it was because he didn't know how to face it that he stayed in Fuldan City instead of returning to Beihai Town. Do you want to tell Wang Zhenyi personally, girl, if you don't stay with me, you will only live to be twenty-nine. How could he say this?
Outside the house, as soon as Shen Xuan left the yard, a young man in his early twenties came over and asked Shen Xuan anxiously: "Cousin, have you told the adults?"
Shen Xuan felt a little irritated. She didn't like to deal with such things, but Shen Wu could only ask her for help. She shook her head and said to the young man: "Third cousin, I will mention your matter to him at dinner in the evening. But whether I agree or not, I can't make the decision."
The young man cupped his hands and said: "As long as my cousin can help me with a word, I will be grateful to you."
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