That day, the broad dirt road winding like a dragon on the hillside in the north of the city carried a group of people who were resting but making noises. Commander Hu, who was riding on a horse, ordered his entourage to arrest Wu Daode. He pulled Wu Daode out of the prison car and pushed him to the dirt road to prepare for execution.
At this moment, people nearby came in droves to watch in awe. Wu Daode discovered that Kuang Guangbu, who falsely accused him of being the bandit leader, was also among them. He grinded his teeth so hard that he wanted to bite off all the flesh on his body. is it possible? He could only shoot out fierce rays of light from his eyes, flying towards Kuang Guangbu like clusters of arrows.
Chief Hu straightened his body, raised his voice, looked at the crowd who came to watch the execution, and raised his voice. Folks, you are all good citizens, law-abiding. Anyone who wants to be a bandit and rob people of their property is like the bandit leader Wu Daode. fate.
No one responded, and the scene suddenly became silent.
Then, Chief Hu jumped off the horse, approached the disheveled Wu Daode, and asked in a low voice, "You are leaving soon, do you have anything else to say?"
Wu Daode pointed at Kuang Guangbu in the crowd, motioning for him to come closer.
Kuang Guangbu looked slightly ashamed on his face, as if he didn't want to look him in the face, but lowered his head slightly.
Wu Daode's eyes were still filled with fierceness, but his voice was very low. Let me ask you, why did you wrongly accuse me and identify me as the bandit leader?
Kuang Guangbu still didn't look at him. He lowered his head and lowered his voice. Last time I made a living selling water tanks on the street in front of your pharmacy. I negotiated a business with a customer. You made a sentence out of nothing, saying "the bottom of the tank" If there is a loophole, it will mess up my business and destroy my livelihood. This will attract a man to suddenly rescue me. I don’t know that man at all, and I can’t find him now, so I will identify you. He's the bandit leader.
Wu Daode sighed and said, "I didn't know that a careless word could harm others or myself. I regret it!"
Chief Hu, who had already sat back on his horse, suddenly shouted, "The time has come for execution!"
Kuang Guangbu immediately flashed back to the crowd.
The sword and ax hand rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Daode's head fell to the ground.
Chief Hu shouted "withdraw" and waved his hand, and the cavalry team quickly left the hillside north of the city.
Wu Daode's soul floated up from his decapitated body, looked down at the pool of blood, and started sobbing sadly. Before he could recover, he heard a voice calling him by name, "Wu Daode, come with us!"
Wu Daode's soul followed the sound and saw two strange people coming, one with a bull's head and the other with a horse's face. He concluded that this was not the legendary bull-headed horse face? Why does such a monster really exist?
Niu Tou approached him and said, "Why are you still standing there?" Come with us.
Wu Daode's soul suddenly came close, you two are the bull-headed horse-faced people in the underworld! I was just about to complain to you, how unjust I died!
Ma Mian said that you deserved to die, and you should have been caught and executed by the government long ago. do you remember? A few years ago, you and a group of strongmen robbed a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River, killing people and stealing the goods. A family of seven lost their lives because of your robbery, and you also participated in killing people!
Wu Daode's soul asked stubbornly, what evidence is there?
Ma Mian said, you are a group of seven strong men, and someone is in the underworld and has confessed your name. Do you still want to deny it?
Wu Daode's soul was speechless.
Niutou flicked the chain in his hand, making a clanging sound, and naturally locked Wu Daode's spirit body.
Niutou glared at him and said, although you gang of strong men are at large in the world of the world and have never solved the case, this case has been solved in the underworld, and everyone is being arrested and brought to justice.
Wu Daode's soul said, "Didn't I obey the law in the mortal world?" My head is already on the ground, why does the underworld still want to capture my soul?
Ma Mian said, I heard from the local city god that the arrest of you in the underworld this time was not because of your participation in the robbery on the Chibi River, but because of your talkativeness that ruined your livelihood and had nothing to do with the previous case.
Niu Tou pulled the chain that locked Wu Daode's soul and scolded him, "Stop nagging, go to the Ghost Sentence Hall of the Underworld to receive your sentence."
Four days later, Kan Nenglai put his hands behind his back and walked around outside Xiong Zhengnan's house. After a while, Xiong Gan came out of the gate of Xiong Zhengnan's house and approached Kan Nenglai.
Kan Nenglai lowered his voice and asked, has it been agreed?
Xiong Gan pulled him under the eaves and shook his head gently. He said, "Tax collector, this matter is not easy to handle."
Kan Nenglai felt a chill in his heart and asked, why can't it be done? Give me a reason.
Xiong Gan put it straight to the point. To be honest, Xiong Zhengnan's daughter, Xiong Fangfei, has already announced that she will leave the cabinet in the spring of next year.
Kan Nenglai was still lustful, so he said, "Can't you tell Xiong Zhengnan to let his daughter break off the engagement and marry me?"
Xiong Gan said, I've said what you mean, but it doesn't work. The reason is that you are a married man, and if you marry Fang Fei to you as your mistress, her parents will feel that they have failed their daughter.
Kan Neng said, "Have you not made it clear to Xiong Zhengnan that if you agree to my request, will their family get a lot of benefits?"
Xiong Gan said, I also said it. Xiong Zhengnan's wife You Meizhen seemed to be moved. She pulled her husband's clothes and whispered for a while. Then Xiong Zhengnan said to me, please wait in the living room for a while, and we will go to the back room to discuss it before answering you.
Kan Nenglai couldn't wait to ask, what was the result of the discussion?
Xiong Gan approached Kan Nenglai, his voice was very low, but he could hear it. Finally, Xiong Zhengnan came out of the back room and asked his daughter to accompany Kan Nenglai for three nights.
Kan Nenglai was elated and asked, "Do you have any more requests?"
Xiong Gan said, of course. Just three nights, I want you to exempt their family from three years of land tax.
Kan Nenglai was stunned for a while and then expressed his stance, OK!
Xiong Gan said that his words were unfounded and he wanted you to write an agreement and sign it.
Kan Nenglai said excitedly, "I will write it right now."
An hour later, Kan Nenglai took the written agreement and was led by Xiong Gan into the gate of Xiong Zhengnan's house.
Xiong Zhengnan politely welcomed him into the main room, sat down, and asked him to read the agreement carefully.
At this time, his wife You Meizhen made tea for him. Her daughter Xiong Fangfei, who was sitting in the boudoir, couldn't sit still anymore. She quietly poked her head out from the door and could only peek at Kan Nenglai's profile.
She secretly sighed, oh, that person is here, my mother said he is a tax collector. If I get along well with him and break off the engagement, why not just be his little wife?
In the hall, Xiong Zhengnan spread the agreement on the table, asked for a pen, wrote a line on it, and then showed it to his wife. She nodded in approval and returned the agreement to him, and he handed it to Kan Neng. Come and see.
It read like this: After the incident, Kan Nenglai was not allowed to speak to the outside world, nor was he allowed to interfere with Xiong Zhengnan's daughter's normal marriage, so as not to ruin her reputation. If you do not agree to this article, you will be deemed to have waived the entire agreement. If you agree but violate it again in the future, Xiong Zhengnan will sue the tax official, making it impossible for you to do it even if the tax official can't do it.
Kan Nenglai read this article at least two or three times, and then handed it to Xiong Gan, who was sitting next to him like a bodyguard. Xiong Gan looked at him and whispered in his ear, it's up to you, I can't be your master.
At this time, Xiong Zhengnan saw that Kan Nenglai was a little hesitant, so he gently tapped the table and said, "Tax Officer Kan, I added this line above, do you think it will work?"
Kan Nenglai reluctantly said, "That's it!"
At this moment, Xiong Gan acted as a notary and asked Kan Nenglai and Xiong Zhengnan to sign at the end of the agreement. He also asked Xiong Zhengnan to find red soil, pick a handful and turn it into red mud. They dipped their thumbs into each other, and then As soon as he clicked on the signature area, two red marks appeared on the agreement. If you look closely, there are also threads on the thumb on the marks.
Xiong Gan took the initiative and handed this agreement to Xiong Zhengnan, but Kan Nenglai didn't have a copy.
Xiong Gan looked at Xiong Zhengnan and said, you should make a copy and give it to the tax collector! Let the tax collector copy the extra item you just added, and then both parties will sign and fingerprint it. It would be great to have two copies, each holding one!
Kan Xionglai shook his hand and said, "I don't want it."
Xiong Zhengnan looked at him doubtfully.
Kan Xiong said mockingly, if I brought this agreement with me, it would be difficult to keep it. Once such a disgraceful thing is discovered by outsiders, it will be easily exposed. Wouldn't it be like shooting myself in the foot? Just take one.
