Kong Fang released his hand from the gavel and straightened his official hat.
"Skylark, tell me all the facts about your crimes. If you miss one, I will break your three legs!"
Kong Fang's voice and look were both stern.
It's not okay to hit someone, but threatening him a few times isn't a violation, right?
Kong Yiji stroked his forehead. What the master said in the lobby was unreliable. The skylark is just a mortal, and it is not the three-legged turtle in the "Shan Hai Jing". How could he have three legs?
Skylark touched all over his body but didn't realize that he had an extra leg.
He had some thoughts in mind. Did the magistrate say something wrong on purpose? Did he have any hints?
The yamen servants were holding water and fire sticks, which were originally like sticks. When they heard that the master was about to break the three legs of the skylark, they suddenly lost their composure.
Hey, tell me where the prisoner's third leg is?
They probe each other.
They must find the prisoner's third leg before taking action, otherwise they will not be able to find the target once the master gives the order to take action.
Fang Shiqing pressed the sword with her hand. She hated Kong Fang saying things that no one could understand.
Fang Shiyi was not surprised. Her brother-in-law was such a person. At least one of his three sentences made people confused. Maybe this is what makes him outstanding!
Kong Fangzheng was embarrassed by everyone. When he accidentally saw Fang Shiqing's hand holding the sword, he suddenly became excited.
Yes, when did I provoke the tigress again?
"Skylark, do you understand what I'm saying?"
At the critical moment, Kong Yiji played the role of a loser...oh, a master.
"understand……"
Skylark nodded like he was pounding garlic, and immediately shook out all the mistakes he had made in his life, no matter how big or small, like beans poured out of a bamboo tube. When I was a child, I stole the eggs from the grandmother next door. When I was in private school, I watched my mistress take a shower. When I was young, I fell in love with the village beauty and finally gave up...
While he was chattering, Kong Yiji was sitting upright, writing furiously, and Kong Fang felt tired for him. What was the purpose of recording these things about his mother-in-law and mother? Is it useful in convicting Skylark?
Out of respect for his master, Kong Fang did not say anything to stop him.
He can remember it if he likes, since he is the one who will suffer anyway.
"Skylark, is that all?"
As soon as Yunque stopped to take a breath, Kong Fang asked him coldly. Skylark swallowed his saliva to moisten his smoking throat and continued to explain. After talking nonsense for a long time, I finally got some useful information.
Since he became the magistrate of Qinghe County, he has used his authority to accept bribes and engage in power transactions. Whoever gives more money will do things for him.
He dared to leak the test questions to the children of the rich family, and even secretly changed the test papers for the poor students, and turned them into the test papers for the children of the rich family...
He avenged his private revenge and framed the Dou family; he was greedy for life and feared death, and was forced by Zhu Chongjiu to help him plunder the villagers' wealth, betray Dou Ying, and even push his granddaughter into the fire bed...
When he got to the emotional point, he burst into tears and kept saying that he deserved death.
"Yunque, have you finished explaining?" Kong Fang frowned.
Skylark fell on the ground and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, it is clear to me that the prisoner Skylark has confessed truthfully and there is no more concealment."
Kong Fang and Kong Yiji looked at each other, with a sneer on their lips.
After working on it with such fanfare for a long time, if this was all he got, he might as well cut the pigweed.
Pigweed can also feed pigs. Will these harmless things help him get promoted or make him rich?
He understood what Skylark was thinking, but he still insisted on having a private conversation with him.
As an official in the Daxing Dynasty, he was well aware of the serious sins he had committed. Especially when bandits entered the city, he helped the tyrants to commit crimes. People and gods were angry, and he should be killed according to the law.
But he doesn't want to die, he wants to use the secret he has to buy his own life.
However, Kong Fang failed to achieve his intention. I remember that this old boy used his power to suppress others, sabotaged his star-making plan, and ruined his dream of getting rich, so that he is now living in poverty.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.
Skylark is already on Kong Fang's death list, how can he let his scheme succeed?
"Come here, beat the prisoner Yunque thirty times. If he still refuses to confess, continue beating him until he confesses."
He took another shot of Gavel.
Kong Yiji no longer stopped him. Because what I did was in line with the procedures of the Daxing Dynasty.
The officials were stunned and didn't move. The master said that if the prisoner did not confess, he would break the prisoner's three legs. They haven't found the third leg yet, how can they do it?
Kong Fang was very angry when he saw that there was no movement in the hall.
The first time I went to court to hear a case, I found the yamen servant was unlucky. No matter how good-tempered he was, he would get angry.
Kong Yiji was the first to put down the brush in his hand and glared at the officials: "What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear the master's order?"
The head of the yamen team made an exception and bowed his hands, "Master, just now you said that if the prisoner dares not to confess, he will have three of his legs broken. Unfortunately, we are stupid and don't know where the prisoner's third leg is, so we can't do it."
"Bang..."
Kong Fang fell from the nanmu chair, covered in dust, and his official hat covered his eyes.
He was extremely embarrassed and sat down again with the help of his master Kong Yiji.
After straightening his official hat, he was about to scold the class leader for not only being stupid, but simply stupid and stupid, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the lobby. Upon closer inspection, he saw the curious eyes of the whole hall falling on him.
"bump……"
He knocked his head on the table in the lobby. If he didn't stop him in time, his official hat would fly off. The pain made him calm down a little, and he avoided those eyes that were seeking knowledge with a guilty conscience.
He would rather be a good teacher and explain to them new knowledge about the structure of the human body to satisfy their strong thirst for knowledge. After all, it is fate that we all work together.
But weren't there the Fang sisters in the lobby? How could he speak?
After all, the Daxing Dynasty was not the previous life, and the people's customs were open again, but after all, they were not open enough to openly talk about the anatomy of men and women in the lobby.
If he dares to "teach" in public, Fang Shiyi may leave in shame; Fang Shiqing may become angry and it is unknown whether he will cut off his third leg with a sword before leaving.
Based on her temper, Kong Fang guessed that she would.
"cough……"
"Well, that... squad leader, let's not discuss the issue of the prisoner's third leg today. Let's examine the case first. Let's do it."
Kong Fang awkwardly wiped the table with his sleeve and ordered.
After receiving the clear instructions, the yamen officer immediately held down Skylark and wielded the water and fire stick.
The "crack" sound of the water and fire stick being slapped on the buttocks mixed with the screams of the skylark lingered in the lobby. Kong Fang was slightly excited when he heard it.
Alas, people, after all, can't live without bad taste, and like to see others suffer misfortune.
The torture rod was less than half in length, and Yunque finally couldn't bear it any longer. Before he fainted, he struggled and shouted: "Sir, I'll do it, I'll do it all."
Kong Fang clenched his fists and said, "Oh yeah, it's done!"
He signaled the yamen servant to stop.
The Yamen servant stopped and returned to his position. Yunque lay on the ground, his lips trembling, but in the end he did not dare to propose conditions to Kong Fang. Faced with the unreasonable new county magistrate, he could only accept his fate.
"Last year, I was drinking with Master Slender. When we got drunk, he revealed a secret about Zhu Dachang to me."
