Sometimes, it is the person who is wearing the skin of an animal, and sometimes, it is the person with the face of a human and the heart of an animal.
early morning. Qingying County, which was originally peaceful, suddenly became excited at this moment!
"Hey! Did you hear that? That Yan Sandao died. I heard that his death was extremely strange. He went to Black Ridge to catch a black bear, but he fell into a trap and was stabbed to death!"
The small tea shed at the city gate was now full of people and noisy.
Some of these people had been bullied by Yan Sandao on weekdays, or their family members had been bullied by him. When they heard that he was dead, they all clapped their hands and cheered.
Some people even said that God couldn't stand it anymore and sent him to hell.
When Mo Lan and his party came back, they couldn't help but frowned when they heard these words, God? I'm afraid someone did it on purpose.
There is a pair of eyes looking at Mo Lan's back, very good, you are the only one to take the blame, pretending to be the Qin family, you are also asking for your own death.
Zhao Zhengshen, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly clenched his fists! It really depends on whether he has the ability to kill him.
yamen
"Quiet!" Zhao Zhengshen was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, holding a gavel in his hand, with a serious look on his face. People who didn't know better thought he was a selfless and upright official.
Downstairs, a couple was shackled and kneeling together. The woman was a little delirious, while the man looked as if he was dead.
"I would like to ask you why you pretended to be black bears in Black Ridge. You and your wife have been sentenced to death by this officer for a long time. You dare to wear bear skins and disturb the peace of the people. Those who disappeared on the mountain were killed by you and your wife. Those who seek harm will be punished for it!"
Zhao Zhengshen gritted his teeth. He didn't dare to get angry at Qin Jiyan, so he had to suppress his anger and vent it all on these two people.
The man was a little thin, but even though he was kneeling on the ground, his back was straight.
"You are a bitch, relying on your status as an official to steal the people's wealth, associate with thieves, and slander me and my wife to kill people. If you want to kill, then kill! Don't be here, talking high-sounding! Talk in vain and open your mouth. Come on, now that you have determined that we did it, you should have thought about the details."
"Chen Xiucai, I advise you not to be ungrateful. Who ordered you and your wife to act like gods in Black Ridge? Tell the truth, I will spare your lives and make meritorious deeds!" Zhao Zhengshen faced the two people in the hall. He was a man, but his eyes glanced at Mo Lan, who was sitting beside him.
The scholar hugged his wife, looked at Zhao Zhengshen fiercely and said: "No one instructs us to pretend to be gods and ghosts? Ha! If there is a ghost in this world, it is you, Zhao Zhengshen, who has evil intentions and a ghost in your heart!"
"You! Come here, I'll serve you with a heavy punishment!" Zhao Zhengshen was so upset by what he said that he couldn't help but become angry. He wanted to use a heavy punishment to force the two of them to surrender, but at this moment.
Mo Lan always felt that something was going on, so she spoke out to stop Zhao Zhengshen from forcing a confession.
"Wait a minute! Mr. Zhao, it's not a good idea to give in to a fight. It's better to let the two of them talk it out. Otherwise, everyone in Qingying County will talk behind your back in the future and you will be stigmatized. In this way, even if my grandfather values you, he will not For the sake of the people, we have no choice but to give up!"
Zhao Zhengshen was about to retort, but he saw her spinning the passion beads in her hand with a smile on her face, "Mr. Qin doesn't know something. This couple is domineering and maliciously killed the boy next to my nephew. Arson, trying to destroy the body and eliminate all traces!"
"You're talking nonsense! That day was clearly, clearly..." The scholar was eager to tell the truth, and the lady in his arms suddenly shook like chaff.
"Old Geng! Take this lady to the side hall and find a doctor to look at her!" Mo Lan stood up and walked to the lady.
He stretched out his hand to test and found that she was in a daze, muttering the words "No, no!" This is a psychological disorder left behind after being overly frightened.
Zhao Zhengshen felt that he had been ignored by this boy many times, and he became rude in his words: "Master Qin, this is a crime of misogyny. There is no need to see a doctor. It seems that I am just pretending."
At this time, Liu Heli, who didn't know where he was going, walked in from the back door and said something in Zhao Zhengshen's ear, which made his eyes light up and he suddenly became more energetic.
"quiet!"
"Master Zhao, we are quiet!"
"Ahem, let the prisoner's wife see a doctor first. Chen Xiucai, since you said that I slandered you for killing someone, why not? I will give you this opportunity. The person standing in front of you is a high-ranking official from the capital. You can tell the difference. Said, if I really slander you, he will make the decision for you!"
After Zhao Zhengshen finished speaking, he looked at Mo Lan with a smile. Mo Lan was a little frightened when he stared at him! What tricks does this old dog have that she doesn’t know about?
Chen Xiucai looked at Mo Lan. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, fair and clean, and the jade pendant on his waist was worth a lot of money.
He had been to the capital, and only the officials' children there were dressed like this. He was afraid that this person was either in the same group as the dog official, or was too young and had been deceived by him.
Comparing the two, Chen Xiucai is more inclined to the latter. At least this is the only hope for this little official to recognize this thief!
"Sir!" Chen Xiucai knelt straight and bowed to Mo Lan politely.
two years ago
Yan Sandao was walking drunkenly on the street, and no one dared to approach him.
Suddenly he grabbed a child and brought his face very close. The child was frightened into a daze. Then Yan Sandao slapped him in the face, picked him up and threw him to the side. The child was hit on a stall. It hurt so much that I couldn't cry.
"Looking so ugly makes me sick to my stomach!"
Everyone turned their heads in fright, but he stared at Mrs. Chen who came out to buy groceries, and staggered towards her, "Little lady, come home with me, and let me pamper you! Hehehehe!!!" "
Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she ran forward. Yan Sandao chased her for two steps, but because he was too drunk, his left foot tripped his right foot, and he fell face down to the ground, unconscious!
After that, Chen Xiucai went out for shopping and did not dare to let his wife go out again.
Unexpectedly, Yan Sandao was determined to be a thief, and while Chen Xiucai was out teaching during the day, he raped Mrs. Chen.
When Chen Xiucai rushed back with his sword in hand, he only heard his wife's cry.
Yan Sandao's boy firmly stopped him and refused to let him in. The two began to struggle, but suddenly the boy stopped moving.
Chen Xiucai pulled out the butcher's knife stuck in the boy's chest, rushed into the room, and stabbed him in the waist.
However, Yan Sandao was tall and strong, and that sword could not kill him at all. Instead, he threw him aside and let him run away.
Chen Xiucai packed his luggage and prepared to leave Qingying County overnight, but...
Before nightfall, a group of government officials rushed in and surrounded them.
In order to close the case as quickly as possible, Zhao Zhengshen did not go to court for interrogation, but directly convicted him and his wife to death. He also threw the boy's body back into his yard and burned it.
"Hahaha, that's good. In that case, I sentenced you to death, and you and your wife were imprisoned in a prison. How did you escape and go to Black Ridge to become the black bear? But there is someone helping you?" Zhao Zhengshen Looking at him with a fearless expression.
"It's me. I lied to the prison officer, saying that I still had money hidden in my possession. I wanted him to help me bring it to my father-in-law's house. I didn't know where he was, so I asked him to take me there. After I got out, I took advantage of the opportunity. I knocked him unconscious, took off his clothes, and took advantage of the prison change to escape with my wife. Unfortunately, we couldn't get out of Qingying County because you, a dog official, had people guarding every important road! These years , as long as anyone who is bullied or wronged by you dares to leave Qingying County, they will die!"
For some reason, Mo Lan always felt that Chen Xiucai was hiding something.
He was a weak scholar. Even if the yamen servant was a drunkard, he had been trained. He was at least the first or second rank of the lower Huang Realm. He took the opportunity to knock him out, fearing that it was fake.
"Hmph, do you have any evidence for what you said?"
Zhao Zhengshen stood up and smiled arrogantly. Now he was standing under the upright and bright plaque. How ironic. Mo Lan narrowed his eyes. It would be great if the plaque was smashed down right now!
"I have no evidence. Your Majesty is doing it. God is watching. The death of Yan Sandao today will be your fate in the future!"
Chen Xiucai was no longer afraid of death. He stood up, pointed at Zhao Zhengshen and cursed.
Zhao Zhengshen smiled coldly, "Come here, arrest them all!"
Mo Lan was a little surprised. Did this dog thief break the jar? A dog jumping over the wall in a hurry?
"Master Zhao! Are you sure you want to arrest me too?"
"You, a brat from nowhere, dare to pretend to be a relative of the emperor. The people I sent have already found out. Mr. Qin is studying in the National Academy of Sciences and has not left the capital at all!"
After Zhao Zhengshen finished speaking, he hid behind Tu Kui. Although Tu Kui was dissatisfied, he still stood ready.
The people who were watching at the door had already been driven away. At the moment, there were only four of them, master and servant, in the yamen. They had to take action today.
"She's not qualified? What about my prince?" A voice came from far outside the hall, wrapped in thick spiritual power. Tu Gu's eardrums were ruptured by the shock. He grabbed Zhao Zhengshen and threw it in front of him, turning it into a puddle of water. , escaped!
Mo Lan went to Zhao Zhengshen's house, and there was someone in his study.
"What, you want to destroy the evidence?"
The man in the dark was startled and slowly walked towards the window, ready to escape!
Suddenly the entire study was as bright as day, causing the man to raise his hand to block it, and Mo Lan also raised his hand to block it.
The firefly lamp Lou Guanjue found would light up if he shook it, but he didn't say it would be so bright. He originally thought it was just a firefly, just for lighting, but who knew it was actually a bunch of small one-hundred-watt light bulbs!
"I originally thought Yan Sandao's death was a bit strange. Why did he suddenly rush to the trap? When I hung him up last night, I found that his body was rigor mortis."
"In other words, his limbs were already stiff when we were hiding near the trap. I think you originally planned to poison them slowly, but my arrival forced you to accelerate the plan."
"I think you later planned to use me to take the blame and let me die in the hands of Zhao Quanyun. The Qin family will not let him go. Shopkeeper Xu has been avoiding killing bears, and there are rumors that black bears can eat people. It’s because they know it’s not a black bear at all!”
"And you, you let go of Chen Xiucai and his wife to gain a good reputation for yourself and let the people think that you are a good person. Even if Zhao Quanyun dies, the new county magistrate will still reuse you, but you are worried that before Zhao Quanyun dies, your The secret was discovered, so you bewitched Yan Sandao to kill the black bear, in fact, it was to join forces with others to kill people and silence them! Do you think I am right? Master Liu, Liu Heli! "
As Mo Lan said that, he put the fire lamp on the table.
"Hey, hey, now that you have seen through it, I won't hide it anymore. The only one who can't leave tonight is you! And your followers, I think they will go with you soon!"
Liu Heli's face was gloomy and scary, but he didn't panic at all. So what about the passion beads? After practicing for so many years, his stiffness Gu couldn't be solved by just any beads.
"Oh? Are you talking about the Zombie Gu? The one you used on Yan Sandao? Sorry, I'm really not afraid of that thing. Unfortunately, I like to bring some medicinal materials with me when I go out, and I happen to have Zombie Gu. The red flame grass that Gu hates the most! But I am very curious about what stimulated you to make you, the eldest son of the Liu family, kill people for these few dollars!" The firefly lights in the room went out, but suddenly they It was lit, but it was the light of fire.
After Chen Xiucai learned the truth, he couldn't accept it, but when he thought about how many hypocritical people there were in the world and how old people's hearts were, he was really a bit pedantic!
In this world, people are originally kind, but when desires arise, some people turn to evil, and their greed overflows, and in the end they can only drown themselves!
After returning to the inn, Mo Lan suffered from insomnia. She knew that there were always people living in darkness in the world, and maybe the light never benefited them.
But Liu Heli is already crazy. If he is allowed to live in this world, he will definitely continue to harm others. There must be something hateful about the poor people!
twenty years ago
Liu Yongzuo returned to Qingying County from the capital with his newly married wife, and the deal with the Shen family was completed. In the future, the imperial merchants would sell the goods on their behalf, so he would no longer be afraid of keeping his own goods.
However, just ahead, the cry of a child and the voice of a woman begging for mercy could be heard in the distance.
A group of bandits surrounded a family, which seemed to be a merchant. The man in that family was dead.
Only a woman was left holding her two or three-year-old child. The woman knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. She begged the bandit leader to let her and her child go. She was willing to give all her property.
The bandit pulled out a big knife and put it on the child's neck, "I'll kill this little brat, and you'll be happy if you follow me again! Hahahaha!"
The bandit had a big scar on his face from his forehead to his chin. He looked very ferocious. He picked up the knife and was ready to attack!
After Liu Yongzuo comforted his wife, he was about to rush forward, "Stop! You won't even spare a child. What's the difference between you and a beast?"
There was a roar from above the bandit, and then a handsome young man appeared. The folding fan flew out from his hand, broke the bandit's arm and then returned to his hand.
The bandit grabbed the woman kneeling on the ground in front of him with his other hand, pinched her neck, slowly stepped back, and knocked her away with one palm, allowing the younger brother to escape.
After the young man took care of the little ones, he hurriedly came forward to check and found that the woman's internal organs had been broken and she only had one breath left to explain the funeral.
"Come out, your wife is waiting for you!"
"I don't know your surname?" Liu Yongzuo slowly walked out from behind the tree where he was hiding, and looked at the young master in front of him. He looked about the same age as himself, dressed elegantly, holding a fan in his hand, and fanned himself from time to time.
"I won't say my name. You don't leave your name when doing good deeds. Just now I saw you preparing to step forward to save people, but you have no spiritual power at all. Aren't you afraid?"
"I....."
The young master went to pick up the frightened child and handed him over.
"I don't know how to take care of the child, so I'll leave it to you. Needless to say, I know you are a good person. Your wife can take care of him. Okay, I'm leaving!" After saying that, he jumped and disappeared into the woods.
Liu Yongzuo was holding the child in bewilderment. The young man was talking to himself, but he couldn't even get a word in, so he buried the person with two young men, and the group returned to Qingying County.
Five years later
A new magistrate came to Qingying County. As the richest man in the area, the Liu family naturally wanted to attend the reception, so they asked Liu Yongzuo to go.
But the new county magistrate made him confused. This man looked too familiar. Yes, the bandit five years ago looked very similar to him.
But what about the big scar on the face?
Is it just that they look alike?
Five years have passed, and Liu Yongzuo's memory has become a little blurry. Maybe he remembered it wrong.
Back home, my wife had just given birth to her second daughter.
The eldest son was eight years old and was taking his younger sister to see his newborn. Liu Yongzuo shook his head and said, that's it, just live a good life as a family.
"What? Are you going to be Zhao Zhengshen's master? How old are you? You just need to stay at home and study hard. The family has no worries about food and clothing, and can always provide for you. Then Zhao Zhengshen was restrained when he first came, and he has become more and more unrestrained over the years. , you don’t know how many times you have blatantly cut off our family’s goods?”
Liu Yongzuo looked at the grown-up Liu Heli in front of him with hatred.
I originally hoped that he could take the imperial examination and take his family out of his identity as a businessman in one fell swoop.
"Provide for me? Huh, now you have started arranging marriage for your sister. Don't you just want her to give birth to a child quickly and keep your blood to inherit the family business? I am just your adopted son, how can you really do it for me? Think about it. I have plans for myself, please ask Yuan Liu to worry more about me in the future!"
Liu Heli was a little trembling. He had treated them as relatives for more than ten years, but the recently deceased old man of the Liu family was always on guard against him.
When he was young, he didn't know why, but the old man was talking nonsense before he died, about not being close to his adopted son, which made him suspicious.
So he went to the government office to check his household registration to confirm that he was not a biological child of the Liu family.
No wonder they never let him enter the ancestral hall. He was bullied by his cousin, and the damn old man always favored him.
He has had enough of the treacherous behavior of those relatives of the Liu family over the years. Now that he has become the county magistrate, Liu Heli will trample all those people under his feet on his own!
Liu Heli is counting his assets in the small yard he bought.
He has received a lot of benefits from Zhao Zhengshen over the years, and coupled with the bribes from those people, I believe that it will not be long before he can get rid of the reputation of the adopted son of the Liu family.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door, "Master Liu, Mr. Yan got into trouble again. He provoked Chen Xiucai, and all the boys around him were killed!"
Yan Sandao? That idiot! He has caused a lot of trouble over the years, and he has cleaned up a lot of messes for him.
"Let's go and have a look." Liu Heli locked the door and followed the messenger to the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Mansion
"You bastard! Is that bitch so worthy of your concern?"
Mrs. Zhao was scolding her angrily at the moment. Her nephew was always causing trouble, occasionally smashing up other people's stalls, but now he was robbing women. It would be bad if the people in this county became angry.
"Aunt, hehe, I was wrong, I was wrong, uncle, please help me, my mother died because of you!"
As soon as Yan Sandao said these words, Zhao Zhengshen gave him a sharp look, which meant a warning.
Mrs. Zhao was extremely dissatisfied with this. Her sister-in-law, whom she had never met before, was always a fetter between the uncle and nephew. In recent years, Yan Sandao always blamed her mother's death to save Zhao Zhengshen.
"Sir, Madam, Young Master! Before this matter has spread, it is better to strike first. After all, someone is dead." Liu Heli broke the deadlock as soon as he entered the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Zhengshen was worried when he came and asked, "What does Mr. Liu mean?"
"I have brought this man from the medical clinic. He is very lucky, but he must make some contribution to Mr. Yan."
After saying that, he pulled out Yan Sandao's big knife and stabbed it into the boy's chest. The whole knife penetrated his body.
The boy was lying on the ground unable to move. Now he was watching the knife pierce his body. He could only stare at Liu Heli with his eyes wide open.
Then a group of people carried the body to Chen's house and arrested Chen Xiucai and his wife.
In the name of revenge for the young man, this filthy place was burned, along with the young man's body, and Chen Xiucai and his wife were imprisoned, waiting to be executed secretly after the storm calmed down.
That night
Yan Sandao came to Liu Heli's yard drunk again, expressed his gratitude for bringing some wine, and drank with him.
After drinking for three rounds, Yan Sandao became lustful when he saw Liu Heli's drunken appearance. Liu Heli didn't have any martial arts skills, so he couldn't resist and was dragged into the room.
For several days, Liu Heli did not report to the Yamen, saying that he was sick.
At this moment, he is sitting on the edge of the bed. His mind is full of lingering images. He wants to bite his silver teeth into pieces. Yan Sandao, I will make you pay the price.
Liu Heli went to the prison at night, brought two pairs of clothes for Chen Xiucai and his wife to change into, and personally sent them to the Xu family in Heiling Town.
The Xu family was originally very scared, but now they had an arrow on their bows and had no choice but to take action. As soon as they discussed it, they asked people to go to the mountain. A group of people killed the black bear, occupied its cave, and took off the bear's skin to keep warm.
After doing all this, Liu Heli asked people to go to the capital bypassing Daokou's informants. After waiting for a few days, no one came back, but the corpse came.
Tu Zu said that he would stay here for a while and could help him find out about Yan Sandao's mother.
He didn't know who Tu Gu was, but his desire for revenge became stronger because Yan Sandao came to see him again.
He then expressed his willingness to cooperate with Tu Kui and was introduced by him. Tu Kui became someone close to Zhao Zhengshen, and the information Tu Kui brought shocked him.
Liu Heli was depressed for a while. Zhao Zhengshen turned out to be not Zhao Zhengshen, but Zhao Quanyun, a bandit.
After being chased by Shen Hanyang, he surrendered to Xianlin Pavilion, changed his appearance, intercepted and killed the real Zhao Zhengshen, and served as the county magistrate of Qingying County for nearly ten years.
It's ridiculous that Liu Heli thought he had made it through, but it turned out that he was struggling to survive at the hands of his enemies.
Let these two thieves die!
Later, Tu Kui brought a woman to teach him how to make poison. It took him two years, but he finally mastered it.
As long as he waits for a while, those people will be poisoned and die, and no one will know that he did it.
Over the years, relatives of the Liu family often came to harass him, and he solved them one by one.
Originally, he used his two sisters to trick Yan Sandao into going to Black Ridge to kill black bears in order to kill the Chen family and his wife, because that was always a hidden danger.
But the man surnamed Xu made up a lie about bears eating people, which frightened this bastard and didn't dare to go. Just then, some Mr. Qin came and wanted to catch the black bear.
On the mountain, he tricked Yan Sandao and planted the mother poison of the zombie poison on himself. Yan Sandao was really anxious and didn't realize that he had been poisoned.
Later, Yan Sandao died, but the Chen family and his wife were discovered and returned to Qingying County alive.
Unexpectedly, Chen Xiucai did not betray him, but according to the news he received, this Mr. Qin was actually a fake. Zhao Zhengshen needed a stimulus, and that was him.
Mo Lan's appearance was something he had not expected, but no matter who died, it would be beneficial to him, Liu Heli.
