Wei Kangshun has become very weak due to being imprisoned for many years. He has no hope of being released from prison and only hopes to die as soon as possible.

On that day, when he was suddenly taken out of the county jail, Yuan was surprised that his end had come, so he asked the jailer to let him write a letter to his son before he died.

"Why are you so anxious?" The jailer who released him glared at him: "Your death date has not come yet, you may live for a few years or decades. There is no need to write anything."

"Then where did you take me?" Wei Kangshun asked puzzledly.

"How do I know?" the jailer said.

After a while, two jailers took him into the main hall of the county government and stood in front of Magistrate Zheng, who was sitting in the main hall.

Only then did he realize that Lu Dazhu, the murderer of his wife, had also been escorted to the main hall by two jailers, and was standing in front of the county magistrate, listening and making comments. He glared at Lu Dazhu, who lowered his eyes timidly, not daring to look directly at him.

he.

"First remove the shackles and shackles of the two prisoners on death row and verify their identity." The county lieutenant standing next to Magistrate Zheng's case grabbed a document on the desk and glanced at the jailer who stood beside the two prisoners and said.

"After verification, it is indeed the criminal himself." Two pairs of guards moved forward to remove the shackles and shackles of the two criminals, checked the marks and characteristics on the criminals, and responded at attention.

"Please County Magistrate Zheng kill me." Lu Dazhu thought that he was going to be taken to the vegetable market to be beheaded. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees and begged with tears streaming down his face: "I beg the county magistrate to kill me. I committed a capital crime because of my confusion."

"Put new shackles and shackles on the two condemned prisoners." The county lieutenant ignored Lu Dazhu's plea and ordered the jailer to do as usual according to the prisoner handover procedure.

"I'm not telling you to die." The county magistrate didn't know the rules. He didn't pay attention to Lu Dazhu's behavior, which is what death row prisoners often do before they die. But he didn't do that. He just glared at Lu Dazhu: "Your death date

We haven't arrived yet, so now we will escort you two to the capital prison. This county magistrate cannot decide whether you live or die, and can only be decided after a trial in Dali Temple."

Actually? This Lu Dazhu's life is quite good. He was only suspended by the Ministry of Punishment for being involved in the "rebellion case of devaluing gods", so he is still alive today.

People may have misunderstandings about the methods of executing prisoners in the Tang Dynasty, and would confuse beheading, hanging and killing with sticks at that time. What is the reality? From the two methods of executing prisoners, beheading and hanging, which were commonly practiced in the early Tang Dynasty, to the later method of killing with sticks.

Execution also has a gradual development process, and the method of execution is not changed in one or two days. In other words, whether it was beheading, hanging or killing with a stick at that time, it just varied from person to person and from place to place. Until the late Tang Dynasty,

Only then were clear rules promulgated, and all executions began to be carried out with rods.

"Thank you for your life, sir." After listening to the county magistrate's explanation, Lu Dazhu breathed a long sigh of relief: "Forgive me for this small crime, I deserve death!"

After the two men were shackled with newly customized thick shackles, the county lieutenant handed the documents in his hand to the school lieutenant standing aside.

After taking it, the school lieutenant took a look at it, stamped it and returned it to the county lieutenant, and then moved forward to check the torture instruments.

"Come here," the captain shouted toward the hall door after completing the inspection: "Take the criminal out."

"Follow your orders." The hall door opened, and a group of Tang soldiers rushed in. They set up Wei Kangshun and Lu Dazhu and went out.

"Finally the matter has been settled." Zheng Mingjie took a long sigh of relief as he took the document signed by the school captain that the county magistrate had given him.

"But we still have to send four jailers to release him. If something happens, we will still bear the responsibility." The county captain has a higher qualification than the county magistrate, so he does not agree with the county magistrate's mentality.

"No matter how you say it, if something goes wrong, it's not all our fault. The most important thing is the responsibility of their military department." Magistrate Zheng still felt at ease.

Magistrate Zheng's worry was not unreasonable. He vaguely felt that if those aliens really wanted to kidnap Wei Kangshun, no matter how many government soldiers came to escort him, it would be useless.

Thinking like this, he thought of Cui Jianfeng again, and wanted to use him to meet with those alien visitors. He hoped that they would let him go and not cause trouble for him.

However, when he thought about the last time Cui Jianfeng got angry and almost killed himself because he didn't listen to his advice to report to the Ministry of Punishment, he became frightened and did not dare to look for him again.

"What have Cui Gong and the others been doing recently?" he asked the county captain.

"I don't know, I haven't seen them for a long time," the county captain said.

"If you have time, send some people to find out where he is and what he is doing recently." Although Zheng Mingjie was a little afraid of meeting Cui Jianfeng, it would be difficult to meet and negotiate with those extraterrestrial visitors without Cui Jianfeng's introduction. Because of these

Visitors from extraterrestrial places are very mysterious. Their whereabouts are unknown and their traces are hard to see.

"Okay." Although the county lieutenant has little contact with Cui Jianfeng, he has met Cui Jianfeng several times since he came to the county government several times when he was trying cases.

Of course, the county lieutenant didn't know what happened between Cui Jianfeng and the county magistrate, so there was no question of whether he was afraid or not. After receiving the county magistrate's instructions, he took advantage of the group of government soldiers to take the criminal out of the county and stopped by.

Chunlai Inn asked Boss Cheng about Cui Jianfeng and found out that Cui Jianfeng and the others had been injured a few days ago.

"Are they injured? What happened?" the county lieutenant asked in surprise.

"They didn't say anything. I heard from the waiter at the shop that they seemed to have gone out to do errands at night. When they came back, the backs of their clothes were stained red with blood. The horse's hind legs were also hit by several arrows."

"I want to meet them, can you tell me?" the county lieutenant asked in a low voice. His original intention was to add a sense of mystery, because the people who handle criminal cases in his county are the same as Cui Jianfeng. In this regard, Boss Cheng may

Already known, he thinks.

"Okay." Boss Cheng actually doesn't know Cui Jianfeng's identity yet. Because the whereabouts of Cui Jianfeng and others are difficult to figure out, he has no intention of asking about the identity of the guest officer.

"Then you tell him my intention and ask him to set a time to meet with me. Then just go to the county government office and inform him." After that, the county captain left.

"What is he talking to me about?" Cui Jianfeng couldn't help but have some doubts when he heard that the county captain wanted to talk to him.

"I don't know either." Boss Cheng smiled: "He only said that if you agree, he will let me go to the county government and tell him."

"Didn't you say we were all injured?" Cui Jianfeng asked.

"I told you. He also asked me how you were injured and what happened."

"Then you go back and tell him that I will meet with him tomorrow."

"Meet there? Go to his place?"

"Let's talk in the guest room we used to live in that you just decorated." Cui Jianfeng said.

Cui Jianfeng and the others had not moved back to the original two guest rooms facing the street at this time. They originally planned to move in after returning from Jinhua. Unexpectedly, they were chased by officers and soldiers on the way back and were injured. Therefore, they temporarily gave up their original plan.

Intend.

Since a large number of Tang soldiers settled in Wucheng, they have become very cautious and rarely go out. Since Tang soldiers settled in, their tents and checkpoints have been seen in many places in the countryside, and they frequently block roads for inspection. Therefore, they have temporarily stopped their activities.

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"What does this county captain want from me?" Cui Jianfeng asked Chen Yuntian.

"Did he hear some news about the officers and soldiers chasing us?"

"No way? If they knew about it, would they still ask Boss Cheng why he was injured?" Cui Jianfeng shook his head in denial.

"Then what does he want from you?"

"I don't know either. However, judging from the fact that he asked Boss Cheng what we were doing and what happened and when we were injured, it can be said that he does not know our whereabouts. So, there is no problem in meeting him.

"

"No matter what, we have to be careful." Chen Yuntian said.

Cui Jianfeng felt that this was the case, and he couldn't get any answers from Chen Yuntian and Zhu Guangcai, so he was prepared to meet the county captain, an uninvited guest.

In order to prevent accidents, Chen Yuntian and Zhu Guangcai were also prepared to respond when necessary. After all, the county government is engaged in the investigation of criminal cases. It is not a good thing for such people to come to their door.

Fortunately, when Cui Jianfeng arrived at the scheduled meeting place on time the next day, the county captain had already come to his guest room and was waiting for him.

"You came to me suddenly, what's the matter?" Cui Jianfeng asked straight to the point when he saw the county captain.

"I'm not looking for you, but the county magistrate wants me to know about your current situation." The county captain smiled and said: "It seems that he cares about you very much. I know that you are a fifth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty. For a small official like me, I can't

I shouldn’t have come to see you.”

"If you want to see me, you can come to see me anytime, anywhere." Although Cui Jianfeng didn't have a good impression of Zheng Mingjie, he didn't have any ill feelings toward the county captain in front of him, so he just said it lightly.

"Excuse me for disturbing you at an inappropriate time." The county lieutenant said with an apologetic smile.

"It's okay. What's the point of your county magistrate letting you know about my situation?"

"I don't know for sure. After sending away the government soldiers who escorted the two criminals Wei Kangshun and Lu Dazhu to the capital prison that day, he still seemed uneasy, so he suddenly asked me and asked me to send someone to find out about your situation."

"That's it." Cui Jianfeng immediately understood Zheng Mingjie's intention and smiled lightly: "Go back and tell him, just say I know what he means."
Chapter completed!