When Ma Xianxian took Bai Jia and prepared to escape, Zhang Xiu ordered Yan Feng to arrest Dian Shi Wang Er and the thief back then to retry the case.
Soon, the two criminals were escorted into the lobby.
Wang Er's face was blank, looking at Zhang Xiu's unfamiliar face and wondering: "You... you are not my master. Who are you? How dare you sit in my master's position?"
Zhang Xiu sneered: "You're so blind that you don't even know me, so I'll hit you twenty times first!"
As he spoke, a token was thrown out, and the sound of beatings and Wang Er's miserable cry suddenly rang out in the lobby.
After playing twenty boards, Zhang Xiu continued to ask: "Do you know who I am now?"
Wang Er burst into tears from the pain, and nodded repeatedly in fear: "I know, I know, you are the eldest master, the eldest master Qingtian..."
Zhang Xiu nodded with satisfaction: "Wang Er, let me ask you! Sixteen years ago, did you ever take a bribe of 300 yuan from the person next to you to slander Miss Mei's innocence and cause her to hang herself!"
Wang Er was stunned for a long time, and finally recalled the matter, and said with a strange expression: "Sir, are you here to overturn the case of Mei Nu? But all of Mei Nu's family are dead. If you do this, what will happen to you?" What’s the benefit?”
Zhang Xiu was stunned and shouted: "I am asking you now!"
Wang Er was so frightened that he limped forward, came to Zhang Xiu's side, quietly handed over a banknote under the table, and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, this is a small tribute to you. . You worked hard today on the case and sent the thief who was kneeling in the hall to jail. Please go to Cuiyi Garden for a drink~"
Zhang Xiu glanced at him with approval, put away the banknote, and said, "I'll keep the banknote, and I'll drink the wine myself. As for you..."
"Blatantly bribing the imperial officials, come on, pull me down and beat me twenty times!"
There was another burst of crying for father and mother. Wang Er was beaten until he only had half his life left. He lay on the ground and gasped for breath.
The thief on the side was trembling with fear and bowed his head: "Sir, I am wronged. I just bribed Wang Dianshi with three hundred coins and prayed for his escape. As for the evil idea later, it was Wang Dianshi who came up with it. , it’s none of the villain’s business!”
Zhang Xiu looked at Wang Er and asked: "The facts are all there, what else do you have to say!"
Wang Er twitched his mouth in pain and said feebly: "Sir, let alone the fact that I didn't want to force that Mei girl to death back then. Let's just say that there is no official of all sizes in Hangzhou who is not more ruthless and greedy than the villain. , we are all officials in the same dynasty, why did you bother to catch me for this little mistake?"
Zhang Xiu said coldly: "Every one of you, a corrupt official like you, can escape from Hangzhou Mansion. I, Zhang Xiu, will write the Chinese characters upside down!"
"Case closed. Wang Er took bribes and perverted the law, and designed to force Mei Nu to death. He is sentenced to confiscation of his family property. He must be executed immediately!"
"The criminal Lao Liu committed burglary, bribed officials, and falsely accused Mei Nu, causing her death. He was sentenced to death in public!"
"People outside the hall, if they have any conclusive evidence of the crimes of other officials of Hangzhou Prefecture, they can bring them to the court! I, Zhang Xiu, will definitely return a bright future to Hangzhou Prefecture today!"
After the words fell, Wang Er's eyes instantly lost their luster, and he murmured: "It's over, why did you meet this killer star... It's really over this time..."
The people outside the lobby were in an uproar, and some couldn't believe that there was actually a good official in the world? ?
After growing up, this was the first time they saw a good official. It felt really strange!
Among the crowd, a strong man wearing a bamboo hat with tears streaming down his face stared at Zhang Xiu with bloodshot eyes and whispered: "Why didn't you come earlier? Why didn't you come earlier... If you had come a few years earlier, I would have Why did the eldest brother get beaten to death by Mr. Zhuang..."
This strong man among the crowd was named Xiang Gao. His brother was beaten to death by the local rich man Zhuang Gongzi.
Xiang Gao was so sad and angry that he wrote a complaint and went to the county town to complain. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhuang bribed both the upper and lower officials, so that his rights could not be served.
Xiang Gao was filled with anger and frustration. No local prosecutor told him that he only wanted to assassinate Mr. Zhuang, but the guards around Mr. Zhuang were highly skilled in martial arts, so he had no chance.
Later, there was a heavy rain, and he met a Taoist priest in a ruined temple. The Taoist saw that his clothes were soaked by the rain, so he lent him a piece of clothing.
A strange thing happened immediately. After putting on the clothes of a Taoist priest, he actually turned into a tiger!
Xiang Gao, who transformed into a tiger, lurked on the roadside and finally succeeded in killing Mr. Zhuang. The Taoist priest explained the whole story. It turned out that he had received a meal from him before and came to help.
Xiang Gao thanked the Taoist priest, and then he was afraid of the power of the banker and did not dare to go home, so he followed the refugees and became a bandit. He relied on his ability to transform into a tiger and became the leader of a group of refugees.
Unexpectedly, in the past two years, the officials of the Hangzhou Prefecture have acted recklessly, resulting in more and more refugees. The number of his brothers has now reached 100,000. In order to prevent these people from being captured by the government and sent to the army, he would have no choice but to rebel... …
If Zhang Xiu had arrived a few years earlier, how would Mr. Zhuang dare to kill people in the street? How could Xiang Gao be reduced to this situation...
After standing outside the door to calm down for a moment, Xiang Gao smiled bitterly, knowing that Zhang Xiu was not to blame for his situation. He walked into the back office and saw Zhang Xiu who was meeting people and collecting evidence of corrupt officials.
"Xiang Gao, a common man, has met Mr. Qingtian!"
"Well, no need to be polite, who are you going to sue?"
"No one will sue the common people."
"Um?"
Zhang Xiu looked at Xiang Gao for a few times and saw the knife hidden under his clothes. He couldn't help but frowned: "You are carrying a sharp weapon. Are you here to assassinate me?"
Xiang Gao waved his hand quickly: "The common people don't dare!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu showed a trace of regret on his face: "It's a pity. If you were hired by someone to assassinate me, maybe I could make more money."
"You don't know, Prime Minister Pang Tong and others have sent five or six waves of people to assassinate me. I can make a lot of money every time."
After hearing this, Xiang Gao's cheeks jumped twice involuntarily: "@#￥%￥#@..."
The Qingtian old man in front of me really knows how to rip off people...he knows how to make a long flow of water!
After a while, Xiang Gao came back to his senses and reported the truth: "Sir, to be honest, I am a leader elected by the refugees in the mountains. This time I came to Hangzhou Mansion specifically for that dog official Bai Jia!"
"Baijia, a dog-like official, teamed up with two high-ranking officials, the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Minister of Household Affairs, to embezzle public funds for dam repairs, causing hundreds of thousands of villagers and elders in Hangzhou Prefecture to become homeless, and countless people died! It was truly a heinous crime!
I heard that he was about to go to Beijing to take office, and Ma Xianxian also came here. I came here to find out the truth, and prepared to kill him on the way! "
Zhang Xiu smiled, looked at him with amusement, and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will arrest you if you tell me so frankly?"
"Don't be afraid!"
Xiang Gao puffed out his chest and said, "The dog officer has just run out of the city. Sir, you are new here and you are very weak. Without my help, you would not be able to catch him!"
"Moreover, even if you capture me now, my brothers will chop him into pieces to vent their hatred!"
Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "You are indeed a good man if you dare to do something. I will give you a chance to atone for your sins. Go back and persuade the refugees in the mountains to come back. I promise to forget the past and redistribute the land and build houses for them." .”
Xiang Gao was startled when he heard this, and then he clasped his fists and knelt down excitedly: "Sir, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of fellow countrymen and elders on the mountain, I kowtow to you!"
Zhang Xiu grabbed him and said with a smile: "I have a kind heart and I don't want a man to kneel down. If you really want to thank me, don't cut Bai Jia and Ma Shangshu into pieces with a thousand knives."
Xiang Gao's expression changed: "Your Majesty, do you want me to let those two dog officers go?"
Zhang Xiu shook his head and sighed: "I am the most sentimental person. After all, I served as an official in the same court as them. Now that they are leaving, I am deeply sorry that I can't see them off in person.
What I mean is that you should bring two knives for me, making up 10,200 knives. Just think of it as my farewell gift to them. "
Xiang Gao was completely confused: "@#￥%￥#@..."
Such a farewell gift is really... fresh and refined!
(End of chapter)
