"Report... Gu Jing brought." The officer trotted in from outside to report He Tongda. Behind the officer was a skinny old man in a robe of forty or fifty years old. He was none other than Jia Gujing, a wealthy man in Huizhou City.
Gu Jing had never had anything to do with Gongmen in the past. When He Tongda took office, he received an invitation to attend the banquet. However, it happened that Gu Jing and his son went out to visit immortals and seek Taoism, so they never saw He Tongda.
Today, I was summoned to the county government office by the police officer, and I was still muttering in my heart. I don't know why. Before I entered the lobby, I heard heart-piercing screams that made people shudder. Gu Jing only saw the thin Taoist trapped in
On an iron stool frame, my bare feet were curled up with the soles of their feet on the nail board, and a piece of beef tendon was wrapped around my neck. When my buttocks were lowered, the tendon would tighten my neck, and I wanted to push the soles of my feet to ease the inhalation.
He was stabbed with a nail board. In front of the thin Taoist lay a fat Taoist who didn't know whether he was dead or alive. A trembling blind man collapsed beside the fat Taoist. There were two people kneeling in the hall, and Gu Jing knew one of them.
Qi Ying, the neighbor’s daughter, and the other one look familiar but can’t remember who it is...
He Tongda stood up and cupped his hands and said: "The old business is booming and the wealth is rolling in. I'm going to treat you very politely."
Gu Jing secretly scolded you as a county magistrate. What are you talking about? As soon as we met, you called me "I'm here to take advantage of me." He could only agree: "Where, where. The business is just so-so. You can still get by. I don't know what the adults are looking for."
What's wrong with Gu?"
"Guess what I'm looking for you for?" He Tongda said as he sat with a half-smile.
People in Huizhou call this county magistrate a living treasure. It is better to meet him if he is famous. Sure enough, there is something wrong in his head. You come to me and don’t tell me what it is, but you ask me to guess. It’s really unreasonable. Gu Jing said unhappily.
: "Gu Jing is ignorant, please make it clear."
"Huh? You can't guess? Then guess harder!"
Gu Jing couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I can't guess even if I try hard. Sir, we have something to talk about, so don't beat around the bush like this."
He Tongda said seriously: "What happened? I tell you, I don't know what happened. Half an hour ago this girl came to report that you were defrauded of your money, but you didn't know anything about it?"
"Cough...cough...cough..." Mr. Xie coughed a few times.
He Tongda hurriedly turned around and asked softly: "Master Xie, did I say something wrong again?"
Master Xie said awkwardly: "Master, if he knew, would it still be called being cheated?"
He Tongda slapped his head and said: "That's right. Only if you don't know is it called being cheated. Master is right."
The thin man screamed as his soles of his feet were stung. He Tongda turned around and said, "Come here, find me a piece of cloth to plug the thin man's mouth. Don't you see, sir, I want to ask a question? He is yelling like this, sir, listen."
I’m upset, what are you doing for food? You don’t have such a sharp eye."
Gu Jing knew that there were many tendons on the soles of his feet, and of course he would scream in pain when he was stabbed. But after hearing He Tongda say that they were cheating him of his money, he had no choice but to keep silent and watched as the officer blocked the mouth of the thin Taoist. He
Tongda took a sip of tea and said: "Now that the plaintiff and defendant are all here, my lord, I am going to start questioning the case. My lord, I am busy. I have to follow the big teapot to Wanhua Tower after I leave the hall. You all should be recruited honestly, don't delay.
You have mastered my skills." When He Tongda said this, Gu Jing really remembered that that man was Zhao Jinjiang, the general manager of Wanhua Building. Normally there were social events in the business world, and he had also met Zhao Jinjiang two or three times in Wanhua Building.
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Master Xie had a bitter smile on his face from behind. The heartless He Tongda didn't even notice that Gu Jing, a prominent figure from Huizhou, was in the hall. Your official prestige was gone. As long as Gu Jing took your words out of the hall.
As soon as he said that, his job was over. Mr. Xie bowed his hands and said: "Shopkeeper Gu, my master loves humor. Shopkeeper Gu, please don't laugh. Sir, you are tired from examining the case, so please stay and listen to the trial. I will ask you about this case."
Bar."
He Tongda smiled and said: "My good master, you told me earlier. Come, come. You come to ask the case and I will listen."
Master Xie picked up the gavel and clapped it and said sternly: "Qi Ying, daughter of the people, how did you learn that those three people defrauded Gu Jing of his money? Please tell me in detail."
Qi Ying knelt down and said: "Returning to the Master and the Master, when I was at home, I heard from my father that there were two Taoists who often went to Uncle Gu's house. Every time they went, they were sneaky but extremely proud. Uncle Gu recently came out.
Some time ago, in order to raise money, he sold several of his drug stores at low prices. My father suspected that Uncle Gu had met a liar. This morning, when my father went to Uncle Gu's house, he was ridiculed by the two people, so the daughter of the people
Dare to follow the two Taoists all the way to Wanhua Tower. In Wanhua Tower, I heard that the three of them defrauded Uncle Gu of his money. Just because they divided the spoils unevenly, the fat Taoist wanted to kill the blind man with poisonous hands. The girl could not just
We may have subdued the three of them with our hands, but fortunately the chief manager of Wanhua Building understood the righteousness and escorted the three of them to the court."
He Tongda clicked his tongue and said, "You, a weak woman, subdued the three of them?"
"Let me tell you, my lord, a common girl has been practicing martial arts with her father since she was a child. Subduing the three of them is just a matter of effort..."
He Tongda grabbed the gavel on the table and interrupted Qi Ying's words with a slap, and said fiercely: "Damn it, why is my wife so powerful? She has also practiced martial arts when it comes to love? You slap me for free.
Like..."
"Cough...cough...cough..." Master Xie glared at He Tongda.
He Tongda then said sarcastically: "Master, please ask the case. You can ask. I just want to help you check and see if there are any doubts."
Master Xie said: "Zhao Jingan, is this girl telling the truth?"
Zhao Jinjiang nodded and said: "Replying to Master, everything Miss Qi said is true. Those three people came to my Wanhua Building half a year ago and have been living in Tianzi No. 1 Building. They usually spend money like water, and they are real villains.
I don’t know that the money was defrauded from the Gu family. After Miss Qi found out today, the villain took these three people to the lobby and let the adults deal with them." He Tongda pointed at Zhao Jin and just wanted to speak, but Master Xie shut his eyes in fear.
On the lips.
"Pah!" Mr. Xie was shocked and shouted loudly: "Bold blind man, now that you have two witnesses, what else can you say? Why don't you recruit me quickly and honestly, so as not to suffer hardship!"
The blind man kowtowed and said repeatedly: "Sir, I will attack you, I will attack you...don't use torture...don't use torture..."
He Tongda couldn't help but cursed: "You...why...you just did it? You have no backbone at all, bah..." Mr. Xie tapped the table with his finger a few times, and He Tongda pretended to be confused and looked around.
stand up.
The blind man said in a trembling voice: "Sir, please have mercy, sir, please have mercy. I am just a blind man. A few years ago, I had no clothes to cover my body and no food to eat. I really had no way to survive, so I deceived the shopkeeper Gu and said that his young master had something on his body."
Immortal bones will become immortals in the future. Just to defraud him of some money, he didn't expect that Gu shopkeeper believed it. The villain bribed his housekeeper and tried to trick him again. He came to the place where he lived in the south of the city half a year ago.
It's the two of them who did the tricks." When Gu Jing heard this, he felt like the world was spinning, and his heart felt like a burning pain...
Master Xie sneered and said: "Come here, pour cold water on the fat man to wake him up, and bring the thin man here." The officer dragged the half-dead thin man off the iron stool and poured cold water on the fat man to wake him up.
"How does the iron stool taste? Do you still want to try it?" Master Xie said with a sinister smile.
The thin man vomited blood and said: "If you want... kill me if you want... give me a happy one..."
He Tongda said happily: "Isn't it easy for you to die? I can tell you that I can use seventeen or twenty-eight ways to kill you, Master, right?" Master Xie did not dare to answer He Tongda's words.
, if you commit murder, you have to report it to Dali Temple. I can’t explain it to him, so it’s better to save some energy to investigate the case.
Master Xie glanced at the three of them and said: "If you are stubborn, you can only ask for trouble. The blind man hired you to carry it for others. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, you will be punished with the same crime."
The fat Taoist shook his dizzy head and said: "Your Excellency, it is clear that we brothers are all poor people who are wandering around to earn a living. If we hadn't listened to the blind man's instigation, we would never have defrauded the old man of money.
We only received 10%. The blind man took most of it, so we don’t have to bear the blame for him.”
Master Xie nodded and said: "Okay, who is your name? And how did you deceive Gu Jing? Tell me the whole story. You two should think it over for me. If you report your merits and demerits to Dali Temple, it may be able to alleviate the problem.
His crime."
The thin man sighed and said: "My name is Lin Dong, and he is my junior brother Li Zidan. We make a living by doing tricks for people. We brothers came to Huizhou just half a year ago. Unexpectedly, we were blinded not long after we arrived.
He said that he would pretend to be a Taoist priest to deceive Gu Jing. After getting the money, the blind man kept our brothers in Wanhua Tower and wouldn't let us go out for fear of being discovered. This is the money he defrauded from Gu Jing today. I wanted to go with him
My brother killed the blind man and stopped cheating, but he didn't expect to be cheated by a girl..." The thin man took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and the servant delivered them to He Tongda. He Tongda looked at the banknotes.
The ticket's eyes were all green, and I wanted to put it in my pocket.
The case has reached this point. Gu Jing already knows that the family manager is collaborating with the blind man and they almost deceived him into bankruptcy. It all seems like a big dream. Over the years, he has been traveling around with his son to look for immortals.
But in the end, it was a scam set by a traitor. If it weren't for Miss Qi Ying who had the courage and resourcefulness to see through the scam, she would still be at the mercy of others like a fool...
"Hahaha..., hahahahaha..." Gu Jing suddenly smiled at the sky, laughing so hard that he was out of breath. He ignored the people in the court and walked straight out of the county government office.
He Tongda also laughed, got up and patted Mr. Xie on the shoulder and said, "Look at this old fool, how happy he is after being defrauded of his money. There are still such heartless people in the world. It really makes me laugh to death."
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At this time, the two police officers who had gone to the south of the city returned to the county government office in disgrace. One of them was holding a flat, locked iron box in his arms. He Tongda cursed: "Useless things, I told you to get silver."
Why did the ticket end up like this?”
The officer said aggrievedly: "Sir, you asked us to tear down the wall. But we didn't know which wall it was, so we had to tear down the blind man's wall. We found this iron box in the wall."
He Tongda held the iron box and said, "Blind man, come here and unlock it. Why are you standing there waiting for me to carry you?"
The blind man Zouping crawled over and took out a bronze key from his inner pocket and opened the iron box with a trembling voice...
"Ah, my God..." He Tongda yelled and stood stunned on the spot...