The prison cell, located on the west side of the county government office, is a square courtyard surrounded by four brick walls.
Gu Zhengchen walked to the door of the prison cell.
A red double door comes into view, with the word "prison room" in black above the door, and between "prison" and "room" is an intimidating beast's head with fangs.
"Is this Bi Fan?"
Gu Zhengchen looked at the beast's head, which looked like a tiger but not a tiger, and asked the jailer Chen Jiuer who came forward.
Chen Jiuer nodded repeatedly and replied carefully: "The county magistrate is indeed Bian."
It is said that dragons give birth to nine sons, and Bian is one of them. They are powerful by nature, love to speak up and fight against injustices, and can see clearly and be fair and impartial.
County officials often use the beast as a symbol of prison to warn and intimidate.
"Open the door."
Gu Zhengchen ordered.
Chen Jiuer was hesitant and looked embarrassed.
Gu Zhengchen stared at Chen Jiuer: "Why, I have difficulty asking you to open a prison cell. Could it be that I want to invite Chen Dianshi to come over?"
Chen Jiuer said he didn't dare and took the key to open the door.
Entering the gate, there is a long and narrow north-south corridor.
On the north side of the corridor is the gatehouse, which is used to store torture instruments and allow jailers to rest. The windows of the house are located on the west side and are mainly used to observe the movement of the courtyard.
Going west, there is another door and courtyard wall, and inside is the so-called prison.
With two doors and two walls, it is not easy to escape from prison.
Seeing Gu Zhengchen looking around and not understanding the situation, Chen Jiuer introduced: "County Lord, of the three rooms on the right, the one with the small window is the torture room, and the remaining two are forbidden rooms for temporary detention. Those involved in the case are in prison cells there.”
Gu Zhengchen looked not far away. Two rows of buildings were lifeless. The doors and windows were all painted black, giving people a sense of depression, as if the place was lifeless.
Walking along the green brick road, there are closed prison doors and small wooden windows on both sides.
Someone was standing behind the wooden window, watching Gu Zhengchen pass by with his eyes open, without saying a word, as if someone came and someone left, and it had nothing to do with him.
No one complained.
In other words, no one wants to waste their efforts complaining.
"Your Majesty, if you go further, you will find the women's prison."
Chen Jiuer reminded.
Gu Zhengchen turned his head and asked, "Are there any prisoners in the women's prison?"
Chen Jiuer quickly said: "There is a woman."
Gu Zhengchen frowned slightly: "During the confession, the torture chamber never mentioned that there were female prisoners. Why did they hide it?"
Chen Jiuer was a little flustered: "Maybe I forgot."
Gu Zhengchen looked back at the cell and sneered: "It's only a twenty cell, with eight prisoners, and one person is missing. You are really serious about your work."
Chen Jiuer raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat and did not dare to speak.
Gu Zhengchen walked outside the female prison cell and looked at Chen Jiuer: "Open the door."
Chen Jiuer's Adam's apple twitched: "Your Majesty, the key is in the hands of prison chief Zhou Hong."
"Let him come!"
Gu Zhengchen said in a deep voice and could not refuse.
Chen Jiuer ran away in a hurry.
Gu Zhengchen stood outside the door of the women's prison with cold eyes.
The torture chamber reported a lot of confessions, but did not mention this person. Was it because he was negligent and did not mention it and allowed him to die here?
Why is it necessary for a woman to deliberately hide it from the person who is punishing her?
Chen Jiuer found Dianshi Chen Zhong and said eagerly: "Chen Dianshi, the county magistrate has gone to the prison room, just outside the women's prison."
Chen Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his head calmly, and looked at Zhou Hong: "Go ahead and stop the county magistrate. If you can't stop him, haha..."
"Don't worry Dianshi, everything has been ordered."
Zhou Hong tilted his neck, and the flesh on his face swayed.
Not long after, Zhou Hong walked outside the door of the women's prison, grinned, and opened his thick lips: "The county magistrate has just arrived in Jurong, and he is not familiar with the surroundings yet. There is no need to rush to ask about the prison. It's okay. Let’s rest for some time and come back to ask questions.”
Gu Zhengchen smiled, his eyes were cold, and he said: "The life and death of the prisoner is really important. It is the order of the imperial court to ensure that the prison is peaceful and that there will be no injustice. Since I am here, I naturally need to personally intervene. Open the door."
Zhou Hong took off the key, looked at Gu Zhengchen, and reminded meaningfully: "Opening the door is easy, but closing the door is not easy. Some doors are best left unopened."
Gu Zhengchen was secretly shocked. He, an outsider, was really having a hard time, and he couldn't even handle a small prison warden.
Local snake, tyrannical.
"As long as the door is still there, it can still be closed, right, Prison Head Zhou?"
Gu Zhengchen did not give in.
Zhou Hong shrugged and walked towards the door of the female prison: "Since the county magistrate wants to open the door, I have no choice but to obey. The people inside listen, the county magistrate is here to ask questions."
Gu Zhengchen raised his brows slightly. When he saw the cell door opened, he turned his head to look at Gu Cheng and winked.
Gu Cheng walked into the women's prison with Zhou Hong's panicked eyes. Gu Zhengchen heard an inhuman cry, and then saw a disheveled man in prison uniform grabbing Gu Cheng's neck and rushing out of the prison. room, shouting: "Ghost, ghost, you are all evil ghosts!"
"wrong!"
Zhou Hong shouted, and suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and shouted loudly: "Quick, pull her away from me!"
Chen Jiuer quickly stepped forward and grabbed the woman, but the woman was a little strong and seemed to have great hatred. She pinched Gu Cheng hard and wouldn't let go.
Gu Cheng was squeezed against the wall, his eyes widened and he couldn't breathe smoothly.
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Zhou Hong, and at this moment he finally understood why the torture chamber did not report the matter of the female prisoner!
This is a fucking trap for myself!
Last night was the Hongmen Banquet. It was a beauty trap. By the way, I also kept a secret, using the female prisoner's hand to carry out threats!
Even if Gu Zhengchen was strangled to death by the female prison guard here, Jurong could still report the sudden incident to the court. It was all to blame that Magistrate Gu did not interrogate in the lobby, but went to the prison room to check in person, and the jailer did not take care of him. Responsibility, but this is just a safety incident and must be rectified...
It seems that this group of people is giving themselves a warning.
You can’t even drink wine without drinking their sake!
Looking at Gu Cheng who was about to be strangled to death, Gu Zhengchen cleared his throat and said, "You strangled the wrong person. I am the new magistrate of Jurong."
In one sentence, he was stronger than Chen Jiuer and Gu Cheng. The originally crazy woman immediately let go of her hand, pushed aside her dirty hair, and looked at Gu Zhengchen.
But no, there is a beast in this person, so the person who was pinched, well, isn't he just a servant?
Damn it, the light in the prison was not very good, I couldn’t see clearly!
Gu Zhengchen looked at the woman coldly: "This kind of thing cannot be done twice. You have lost the chance to do it again. Find the shackles and shackles and put them on her."
The corner of Zhou Hong's mouth moved slightly, it was really not enough!
Gu Cheng was in great pain, rubbing his neck and gasping for air.
My life must be too miserable.
Jurong is not a barbaric place, so why are the prisoners here so barbaric that they dare to attack openly!
The woman was caught and could no longer break free.
The shackles were put on, the shackles were put on, and the person was pushed back to the women's prison.
Gu Zhengchen raised his feet and walked into the dirty prison cell with turbid air. He said to Zhou Hong who wanted to follow him in: "You all are waiting outside."
Zhou Hong had no choice but to stop.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the woman, who must be over forty years old and quite strong. She should do strength work on weekdays. When he saw the woman huddled in the corner uneasily, he said: "According to the "Laws", ordinary people murder For those who know the county, those who have already traveled will be given a hundred sticks to travel two thousand miles, and those who have been injured will be hanged."
"I-I didn't mean to murder you."
the woman said fearfully.
Gu Zhengchen shook his head coldly: "You moved your hands."
"But the one who was injured was not the magistrate."
The woman was very uneasy.
Gu Zhengchen raised his hand, pinched his neck gently, and said in a low voice, "What if I get injured?"
"You, you are wronging me!"
"You know in your heart whether you have been wronged or not! You are also stupid. If someone asks you to do something, you dare to do it even if you risk your life."
The woman looked pale: "I-I don't know..."
Gu Zhengchen sternly scolded: "You know! No one knows the consequences of resisting the government!"
The woman dared not speak.
Gu Zhengchen approached the woman, leaned over and said: "I know that Jurong has hands and wants to cover the sky. You tell him, the sky in Jurong is me, Gu Zhengchen, Gu Zhixian! When I am here, the sky is blue and the sky is blue." Blue or black, I have the final say!"
The woman raised her head and looked at the heroic Gu Zhengchen, feeling shocked.
Gu Zhengchen took a step back: "Remember, I will give you three days. After three days, I will interrogate you. If you have something to say, I will make the decision for you. If you have nothing to say, then think more about it." ——Who asked you to risk your life to do this?"
The woman wanted to get up, but Gu Zhengchen had already exited the cell and glanced at Zhou Hong: "Close the door, isn't it difficult?"
Zhou Hong looked very ugly, closed the door and locked it, and quickly apologized: "It's my fault that I forgot to mention that this person is a crazy woman, and the county magistrate was frightened."
"What crime did she commit and is locked up here?"
Gu Zhengchen asked as he walked.
Zhou Hong followed beside him: "dig a grave!"
"Dig a grave, why?"
Gu Zhengchen slowed down.
Zhou Hong sighed: "The county magistrate doesn't know that her husband died two years ago and she went a little crazy. Half a year ago, her son also disappeared. In July this year, she became very nagging, saying that her husband told her in a dream that he was buried in the wrong place. I got up in the middle of the night to dig graves, but because it was dark, I dug someone else's grave by mistake, and then..."
Gu Zhengchen frowned slightly: "Whose grave was dug and where?"
According to the "Laws and Orders" of the Ming Dynasty, the objects of grave excavation are different, the degree of grave excavation is different, and the applicable criminal laws are different.
If you dig the graves of generals of the royal family, wives, country princes, famous ministers and sages from past dynasties, you will be sentenced to be sent to the army. If you take something casually, you will be beheaded.
If the graves of common people are dug, the general rules apply.
After digging the grave, I haven't seen the coffin yet. The staff is a hundred years and the apprentice is three years.
I found a coffin when I dug a grave. A hundred sticks flowed three thousand miles.
Not only did the grave digger see the coffin, but he also opened the coffin and saw the body, which was hanging.
Zhou Hong explained: "What she dug was the ancestral grave of a neighbor, and it was already a coffin. According to the law, it can be used as a stick for a hundred miles and it will travel three thousand miles. It was just because the magistrate was not there and the official document from the court indicated that the magistrate was coming, so the matter was Put it aside..."
Gu Zhengchen stopped, looked at Zhou Hong, and said coldly: "Prison Chief Zhou, you can detain people and leave them alone. It's impossible to shelve the files without writing them, right? Send all the prisoners' files without omission. Problem?"
