After the trial, the Xinghe Sect prepared a sumptuous meal for the disciples and soldiers who participated in the trial. While eating, the disciples talked about various things during the trial, clearing away the tense atmosphere before.
Putting aside how Tang Jinge entered the Xinghe Sect's treasure house to select rewards, Gu Xifeng and Monkey returned to the back of the Seven Kills Palace and waited for Huang Xin in an uneasy mood. Since he did not win the first prize, Huang Xin's punishment would definitely be very difficult.
Huang Xin walked into the Seven Kills Hall with a smile, and looked at the two of them with evil intentions, which made them feel terrified.
"You have not completed the mission. Do you know how terrible the punishment for mission failure is in our Seven Kills Battalion?" Huang Xin showed a cold smile and waved. Many Xingxiu guards immediately appeared in the Seven Kills Palace. Take a closer look, and two The eighteen constellations are actually here.
"You two are not allowed to move. The Xingxiu Guards are ordered to give these two boys a good beating, as long as they are not beaten to death." Huang Xin ordered.
"Yes!" Xingxiu Guard didn't waste any time and ran toward the two of them in a dark voice.
Gu Xifeng and Monkey had no choice but to hold their heads and wait to be beaten, but the pain they imagined did not appear. The entire Seven Kills Hall was quiet. The two of them raised their heads when they saw that the attack was not coming down.
"Hahahahaha, look at the bears you two look like." Huang Xin laughed, and the twenty-eight Star Guards also looked at the two of them with smiles.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. You two performed well in this sect trial. When you encounter a weirdo like Tang Jinge, there is nothing you can do about it. Even I, as old as you, couldn't defeat him. grasp."
"So, you have completed your mission." Huang Xin put away his smile and said calmly.
"Master, if you scare people to death, you will lose two of our outstanding disciples if you are scared to death." Seeing that the punishment was gone, the monkey became cheerful and started to joke again. .
"I just want to teach you two a lesson, don't be ignorant every day!" Huang Xin said and hit the monkey's head again, as if hitting them both had become a habit of Huang Xin.
"Since the task is completed, I will fulfill my promise and show you a big gift." Huang Xin put on his iconic smile again. People who are familiar with him know that this expression means that Huang Xin is absolutely suppressed. Full of bad water.
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Xinyang City in Yingzhou is only 300 miles away from the border between Taichu Dynasty and New Korea. It is the county seat of Qiao County, Fengwu County, Yingzhou. Although it is not far from the border, there has never been a major conflict between Xinhan and Taichu. Life here is also very peaceful. There is a saying among the people that the reason why Qiao County has such a peaceful life is because there is a good county governor.
The current County Yin of Qiao County is named Qin Chuan, and he has been serving as the County Yin for five years. Five years ago, Qiao County was a famous poor and chaotic county in Yingzhou. The land here was barren and it was not an important transportation area. Coupled with the fierce folk customs and rampant thieves and robbers, merchants are unwilling to come here to do business.
Most shops in the county are opened by disciples of Xinghe Sect Tianji Pavilion, and the business is also very bleak. Sometimes they can only lose money to help nearby people to protect people's livelihood.
The disciples of Tianji Pavilion are spread across all counties and cities in Yingzhou, and they control the business lifeline of the Taichu Dynasty. At least 40% of the owners of shops in Yingzhou are from the Xinghe Sect. It can be said that the Xinghe Sect is not only the mainstay of the dynasty in terms of its sect strength, but also its financial resources. Rich enough to rival a country.
Even when the disciples of Tianji Pavilion arrived in Qiao County, it was difficult for them to exert their influence. At that time, Qiao County was basically in an embarrassing situation with no goods to sell and no one to buy.
However, this situation changed drastically after Qin Chuan took office.
When Qin Chuan first arrived in Qiao County, he rectified the officialdom of Qiao County, dismissed all corrupt and mediocre officials, and selected a group of young and promising Qiao County talents to give Qiao County officialdom a new look.
With a clean and honest officialdom, Qinchuan's next step is to maintain public security in Qiao County. The government officials and soldiers in Qiao County are unreliable, so he goes through great troubles to ask the Xinghe Sect for help to wipe out all the bandits and bandits in Qiao County. Military and political disciplines and severe punishment of criminals made the security of Qiao County suddenly improved.
At this time, Qiao County was still poor. Qin Chuan personally led the people to open up wasteland, study suitable crops, and build water conservancy projects.
The people of Qiao County can often see Qin County Yin working in the fields with the people in his official uniform. His body is covered with mud and dirt, and he does not look like a county official at all.
Three years later, the output of various crops in Qiao County has increased by several levels.
The people had enough to eat and their demands for life had increased. Qinchuan tried every means to attract merchants to do business in Qiao County. A few years later, Xinyang City, the county seat of Qiao County, became a famous and prosperous city in Yingzhou.
Today, Qin County Yin Zheng is sitting behind the hall table. More than ten government officials stand on both sides of the county government hall.
"Come here, escort the suspect Xu Wang to court!"
At this time, two government officials escorted a woman about forty years old. The woman knelt under the table in the hall and cried out that she was wronged.
"Ms. Xu Wang, you can plead guilty to the murder of your husband Xu Dagang."
"The slave family is wronged. My husband and I have never had any conflicts. The slave family has no reason to kill him." The woman, Xu Wang, was lying on the ground with tears streaming down her face, looking very miserable.
"How dare you lie in court! Bring the witness Sun Po." Qin County Yin spoke majestically. After mentioning Sun Po's name, Mrs. Xu's expression froze, and then returned to normal.
Soon an old woman was brought to the hall and fell to her knees.
"Sun Po, tell me the truth about what you saw."
"I live across the street from the Xu family. On weekdays, after Xu Dagang leaves home, there is always a man who sneaks into the Xu family and doesn't come out for half a day."
"Do you know this man?"
"I am ignorant."
"If this man is brought to you, you may recognize him."
"I have seen it many times, so I will definitely recognize it."
"That's very good, bring the suspect Wu Baoliang!" As soon as Qin County Yin finished speaking, a tall and powerful man was tied up and brought to the hall, but he did not kneel down.
"The suspect Wu Baoliang didn't kneel down when he got to the court!" Qin County Yin slammed the scaffolding, and immediately a yamen officer stepped forward and kicked Wu Baoliang to the ground. Wu Baoliang looked unconvinced and glared at everyone in the yamen.
"How dare you despise the court? Come on, slap me!" Two more government officials stepped forward, opened their bows from left to right, and slapped Wu Baoliang. Wu Baoliang only persisted for a moment before he surrendered and begged for mercy. His whole face became swollen.
"Po Sun, this person is the man you mentioned."
"Sir, it is this person. I have met him before. He glared at me for a long time, which almost scared me to death. I can be sure that this is the person."
"The suspects Xu Wangshi and Wu Baoliang, I suspect that you two are having an affair. What do you have to say?"
"The slave family is wronged. The slave family has always kept themselves clean and has never had any affair with anyone."
"The younger one is also unjust. The younger one went to Xu's house just to help with some work and earn some money."
"You two are so brave. You dare to talk nonsense and bring witnesses in court!" As soon as the county Yin finished speaking, a thin man with a somewhat wretched appearance was brought to the court and fell to his knees.
"Who is in the hall?"
"Sir, the younger one's name is Liu Er, and he is a neighbor of Xu Dagang's family."
"Liu Er, tell me everything you see and hear. Don't hide it."
"Yes, sir. One day when I was doing nothing at home, I suddenly heard some unpleasant noises next door. I was alone, so I was naturally a little curious about this matter, so I secretly went to the window of Xu's house and took a peek. I saw two people there. He is doing that shady thing, and the man in it is not Xu Dagang."
"See clearly whether the adulterous man is by your side."
Liu Er looked at Wu Baoliang for a while, and Wu Baoliang's evasive eyes were all in Master Qin's eyes.
"Sir, this person looks a lot like that person, but his face is a little swollen, so he can't be completely identified."
"That's enough. Wu Baoliang and Xu Wang, are you two guilty?"
Seeing that they could not hide it, the two had to admit to the crime of adultery, but refused to admit to the crime of murder.
"You're still quibbling and making excuses." An old man in civilian clothes walked up to the court.
"Wu Zuo, has the cause of death been found for Xu Dagang's body?"
"Reporting to your lord, Xu Daming's body was fished out of the river. When it was found, it was completely white and swollen. However, after examination, Xu Daming did not die of drowning, but was strangled by someone's neck and suffocated."
"Ms. Xu Wang, I think you are a woman and don't have the strength to strangle a middle-aged man to death. If you know more and fail to report it, I will sentence you to the same crime as murder!" The gavel sounded again, and Wang Xu seemed to be Frightened, he collapsed and burst into tears.
"My lord, my lord, I'll recruit you. I'll recruit you all!" After a moment, Wang Xu gradually calmed down and said with sobs.
"You stinky bitch, shut up!" Seeing Mrs. Xu say this, Wu Baoliang looked like he was going crazy and was about to rush towards Mrs. Xu. However, he was stopped by the Yamen officer, who pushed him to the ground and sealed his mouth.
"That day, the Nu family was having a private meeting with Wu Baoliang. Xu Dagang caught him and wanted to fight Wu Baoliang. However, he was not Wu Baoliang's opponent. Wu Baoliang choked him. The Nu family wanted to step forward to stop him, but Wu Baoliang kicked him away. , I could only watch Xu Dagang being strangled to death."
"Afterwards, Wu Baoliang threw Xu Dagang's body into the river and threatened the Nu family not to report it to the official, otherwise the dirty things with him would be made public. He also promised to take the Nu family away after the matter calmed down."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Xu burst into tears again.
"Wu Baoliang, please plead guilty!" Upon hearing the adult's question, the yamen officer immediately stepped forward and removed the cloth that blocked Wu Baoliang's mouth.
"Sir, this is an injustice. Please be aware of this!" Wu Baoliang didn't look as arrogant as he was about to commit violence against Xu Wang. At this time, he was humble to the extreme, banging his head.
"Do you want to admit it? Okay, I'll be punished!" Immediately, a government official came forward with a torture instrument.
The screams echoed in the courtroom. After a while, Wu Baoliang could no longer resist and confessed to the murder of Xu Dagang.
"Prisoner Wu Baoliang has committed murder and adultery. His crimes are extremely heinous. I sentence you to death and put you in prison. You will be executed at the market in three days!"
Wu Baoliang had resigned himself to his fate and had no intention of resisting at all. He hung his head and was escorted away by the government officials.
"Prisoner Xu Wang, although Xu Dagang's death was not your fault, it is true that you committed adultery and failed to report the knowledge after her husband was killed. I want you to confess Wu Baoliang in time and receive a lighter sentence. Come on, , hit 20 big boards, and be thrown into prison for three years!"
Two government officials pushed Mrs. Xu to the ground and began to beat her with the cane. At first, she screamed a few times, but then she fainted and made no sound. After beating the board, Mrs. Xu was helped by the officials. Take him down to the hall.
"Quit!" Qin County Yin Jingtang clapped his hands and turned to leave.
There were bursts of applause and applause from the people watching the excitement at the yamen gate.
In the past five years, Qin County Yin has been able to resolve cases justly like this. People say that he is a fair and honest official.
No one noticed that in a corner outside the courtroom, there were two figures watching the whole process of the case.
