Zheng Ba, who has always had little presence and few words, rarely nodded and said: "My understanding is similar to theirs.
If we want to understand one more layer, it should be: when we face rumors, we should not think about the good or bad character of the brothers.
After all, as Chang Jiu said, each finger has its own length and weakness, and everyone has shortcomings. We must tolerate each other and unite as one to resist the darkness underground and become stronger. "
Xu Si, who had brought the people back, nodded sharply when he heard this.
Others also frequently agreed.
Di Ying praised everyone.
Each person was rewarded with a jug of good wine.
Anyone who answers will be rewarded with an extra leg of lamb.
And the one who rewarded Zheng Ba: a whole sheep.
Seeing them happily going out to get wine and meat, Di Ying asked Peng Liang, who was leaning towards him: "Why didn't you say anything?"
Peng Liang: "...I have been with you the longest. I said it was a lie. Not only would you not reward me, but you would also let brothers who had no chance to speak have a fight with me."
Di Ying laughed "haha".
He smiled and said: "Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng, you have learned a lot. However, if you don't tell them, they won't fight with you, but I want to punish you.
Go and fetch the deaf-mute prisoners who are still in custody. I want to interrogate them one by one. "
Peng Liang: "..."
He pouted and went out.
After going out, he slightly arched his eyebrows.
The ten fingers butt together in pairs: it means gradually joining together.
Your Excellency wants him and the guards to get along slowly and work together in the end.
Sure enough, at night, the ten guards all dragged Peng Liang to share the mutton.
There was a big pot set up on a big fire, and everyone's meat was stewed in the same pot; everyone's wine was poured together one bowl at a time, and they were drank one bowl at a time. .
From now on, brothers, we are one heart!
Actually speaking...
Those comments were only because Peng Liang's appearance was too outstanding. They judge people based on their appearance and judge whether they are good or bad.
The guards were a little affected, and Peng Liang didn't talk to them much, so there was a bit of friction.
But it has long been forgotten.
Di Ying just remembered it for a moment and made a casual gesture.
Because of this gesture, Di Ying brought the first criminal to trial.
Deaf-mute: Liu Xing. Male, about 35 years old. As thin as skin and bones.
He was caught red-handed stealing other people's money bags on the street.
After Di Ying watched him sit down, she stretched out her index and middle fingers: pointing at him and then at herself.
Meaning: Look at me.
Liu Xing understood and looked over.
Di Ying pointed at a large ingot of silver on the desk, then stretched out his left palm at chest level, with the palm facing down. The index and middle fingers of his right hand were placed on the back of his left hand and intertwined to reach his forearm.
Made a walking motion.
Then in mid-air: a big question mark was drawn.
Meaning: Where did the money you stole go?
Because according to the case records: After Liu Xing was arrested, no property was found from him.
This shows that Liu Xing did not commit the crime alone at that time, and there must be members of Liu Xing's gang around him to assist him.
In fact, the whereabouts of the property was the biggest reason why Di Ying became suspicious of this series of deaf-mute crimes.
Those prisoners were either beheaded, exiled, or imprisoned, but no one told where their property went.
Isn't that a weird thing?
Liu Xing, after seeing Di Ying's gesture, bit his lower lip, avoided Di Ying's sight, and lowered his head.
When Di Ying saw this, he stopped gesticulating.
He picked up the pen and began to draw.
I drew a courtyard with the same facade and layout as the "Disabled Home";
Then I drew a bunch of people with their mouths open and their ears blocked. People with simple lines;
Another cage was drawn;
I drew another mountain with several roads on it.
Then let Zhao San and Xu Si pick up the drawing paper and stand it in front of Liu Xing.
Di Ying pointed to the silver, then to various places on the painting, and then drew a question mark in the air.
Liu Xing's eyes followed Di Ying's fingers and looked back and forth.
But in the end: he still lowered his head.
The fingers didn't move.
Di Ying smiled slightly.
He patted Liu Xing on the shoulder: pointed at himself, then pointed at the cage on the painting, then pointed at Liu Xing, then pointed at Liu Xing’s mouth, and then made a walking gesture.
The meaning is very simple: If you say it, I will let you go.
Liu Xing's eyes flashed.
It is obvious that he has understood it.
But his eyes stopped on the group of deaf-mute people in the painting, and after taking a deep look, he still lowered his head.
Di Ying picked up the pen again and added two adults and a child to the painting. The three of them were holding hands. Although the smiles on their faces were simple, it was obvious at a glance that they were smiling happily.
Behind the three of them, Di Ying drew another simple house with a fence in front of the door.
A question mark was drawn on the side of the house and the three people.
Then he patted Liu Xing.
Point to Liu Xing's heart, the three people, and the question mark for him to see.
Meaning: Do you still have family?
Liu Xing looked at it.
His eyes were fixed on the three people holding hands, and they didn't move for a long time.
Finally, he shook his head.
Di Ying stood there, her mind spinning.
He motioned to Qian Wu and the others, taking Ren Lin and three translators, to pass under the window outside the house.
Di Ying observed that when Liu Xing saw Ren Lin passing by, disgust appeared in his eyes;
When seeing Zhu Xiang passing by: no reaction;
When he saw Luan Chao passing by, Liu Xing gritted his teeth.
Upon seeing this, Di Ying had Liu Xing sent back to prison.
He sat back at the table and picked up the tea cup.
Drinking slowly, my mind kept thinking.
Liu Xing no longer has his family, so why does he steal?
Is it for the deaf-mute people like him?
When Liu Xing saw the "Disabled Institution" in the painting, his expression was complicated.
It's like envy, like memories, like pain, and like longing.
Di Ying guessed that Liu Xing had probably stayed in a "disabled home".
One of Liu Xing's partners and two others were arrested after their confessions to the translator.
However, it is very likely that someone in the "disability center" knows the whereabouts of the money they stole.
And Liu Xing’s disgust for Ren Lin and hatred for Luan Chao? Where did it come from?
Is it because they translated it randomly?
unknown.
Di Ying thought: If she couldn't speak, couldn't hear all the sounds from the outside world, and if the translator explained her meaning to people at random, would it be possible for her to know?
possible.
What if there was someone next to me during the interrogation, and when the translators were relaying the story, what if that person, like Di Ying, made a few superficial gestures or drew pictures with the criminal?
It is a very normal emotion for a person to hate and hate the translator. After all, just because they can't speak or hear, it doesn't mean they have low IQ.
But why is the level of translators so low?
Or is it that they mistranslated Di Ying's gestures just because what he made conflicted with what he learned from the normative standards?
