South of the Wei River, in the prefecture's mansion.
The spring rain roared, changing from the gentle and lingering mood of the previous days, trampling the garden of the prefecture's mansion like a mad buffalo.
The flowers in full bloom have lost their color, the ground is red, and the fallen flowers are colorful. Hanging in the birdcage under the verandah, several colorful sweet-tongued spiritual birds huddled up in a ball in fear, shivering and not daring to make a sound.
At the end of the verandah, in the monastery, there is a large area of light as clear as water.
The quadruplets, who are all equally pretty and flawless, with faces printed in the same mold and uniformly dressed in identical clothes, are wearing green long skirts and standing quietly behind the screen. Their hands are hanging by their sides,
Quietly waiting for the master's call.
The fragrance in the monastery is rich and fragrant. This is the best dipterocarp from Wuyou Island deep in the East China Sea. Ten pounds of gold can be exchanged for one or two pieces of incense. The entire ancient city of Weinan and the vast Weinan County are willing to use this top-quality incense on a daily basis.
, and only the elegant prefect Lin Jingfeng.
Cigarettes were slowly puffed out from the mouth of a Lingchan Wangyue incense burner made of multicolored alloy on a small incense table under the edge of the window.
Under the eaves in the center of the house, a transparent leather bag hangs from a silk ribbon, which contains a full liter of South China Sea Night Pearl. It is not an ordinary pearl and clam pearl, but a legendary turtle dragon pearl cut out of the rib armor of a ten-thousand-year-old turtle.
As a qualified romantic scholar, Lin Jingfeng does not like fireworks - except for the best dipterocarp, no candles or lamps are of use to him. Therefore, he only uses pearl light for lighting. At night, all the rooms near him are illuminated.
, can only be illuminated by night pearls.
Wearing a pink and blue long skirt, with a large area of white delicate and smooth skin exposed on her chest, Miao Miaomiao lazily hugged a spotted leopard cat, reclining on the Qingxin Yuzhu chaise longue, sighing softly. She hated iron.
He looked hard at Miao Tianjie, who was lying on the ground struggling.
There was no trace of pity on her face, which was as noble and gorgeous as a pink peony.
Miao Miaomiao looked at Miao Tianjie like an owner looking at a pet in his arms, not like a sister looking at her younger brother.
Lin Jingfeng, who used to be elegant and elegant, and behaved calmly. Lin Jingfeng, who never showed the slightest anger, tightened his face and turned livid with anger. He was like a demon coming out of hell. He kicked and beat Miao with all his strength.
Tianjie's weakness.
Miao Tianjie's body was trembling violently. Lin Jingfeng was wearing a pair of crocodile skin boots, with two shining sapphires inlaid on his head. These gems are much harder than human bones. Every kick that hit his soft ribs caused a sensation.
The kick made his ribs crack and crack.
The ribs on his chest were slowly kicked off one by one, and then the broken ribs were kicked to pieces slowly. How could Miao Tianjie endure this kind of torture? But the person who beat him,
It was the prefect Lin Jingfeng, his brother-in-law. He couldn't help it, but he had to endure it.
"It's stupid, it's really stupid."
Miao Miaomiao looked at Miao Tianjie without any heartache and sighed.
"Since you want to seek favors from others, you do it secretly. You still show off your prowess in front of others every day, fearing that you don't know that you are seeking the official position of a military officer who sacrificed his life for the country?"
"Even if your husband supports you, once this matter gets out, your husband will not be able to withstand the prosecution of the law office."
"It's just provoking people, but you actually bet and fight with them. Even if you bet and fight, can you win? Win!"
Gently stroking the fat ocelot in her arms, Miao Miaomiao shook her head helplessly and said "shenyin".
"Lost!"
"Lost! You actually lost to an orphan whose parents were both dead, and even the head of the family gave up on him in exchange for benefits."
"Twenty taels of gold, you actually lost to him like that!"
Lin Jingfeng stepped on the back of Miao Tianjie's neck and crushed his neck bones with force. Miao Tianjie's neck bones made an overwhelming sound, and he was about to be trampled to death by Lin Jingfeng.
on the spot.
Seeing this scene, Miao Miaomiao also shut her mouth nervously, not daring to say another word. After all, Miao Tianjie was her brother.
When he felt that Miao Tianjie's neck might break at any time, Lin Jingfeng grimaced and roared in a low voice.
"It's not about gold. Twenty taels of gold is a huge sum of money to those ordinary people, but what does it really mean?"
"This idiot. After losing twenty taels of gold, he actually wanted to find someone to snatch the gold back! He actually broke into a house at night!"
Withdrawing his feet, his right leg flicked as fast as lightning. Miao Tianjie, who was beaten almost to death, flew out of the open door of the monastery, flew into the garden, fell under a peony flower, and was
The violent storm made me soaked all over.
"Fa Cheng Sima Xiang has been alarmed. This matter must be completely wiped out."
Lin Jingfeng had a gloomy face and glared at Miao Miaomiao fiercely.
"In the past three years, prices in Weinan Ancient City and Weinan County have risen slightly. Prime Minister Sima has been secretly checking."
"If he finds any clues, I won't be able to keep my position as governor, and I may even be sent back to the Marquis Mansion for confinement."
"I'm finished, do you still have a good life? Can you still have good clothes, good food, and enjoy the luxury of a high house?"
Lin Jingfeng flung his sleeves angrily, and pointed at Miaomiao fiercely. He wanted to say something, but when he saw Miao Miaomiao's pitiful appearance with tears streaming down his face, he retracted the harsh words that came to his lips.
After being silent for a long time, Lin Jingfeng sighed helplessly.
"Miaomiao, your brother, please practice for a few more years and then find a way to get an official position for him."
"He looks like a dog now. If you give him benefits, he will only cause trouble and seek death."
Walking to Miao Miaomiao, he picked up the leopard cat's melon skin and threw the fat ocelot cat to the corner of the monastery. Lin Jingfeng's hands had already followed the white and delicate flesh of Miao Miaomiao's chest and grabbed it. His hands were like snakes.
, deftly twisting the pair of amazingly elastic plumps into various shapes. In Miao Miaomiao's blurred eyes, Lin Jingfeng smiled sadly.
"I have been wasting my efforts for several months. This kid has some luck."
"Want a favor attack? Okay, I'll let you have a favor attack, just do it!"
With a slight snort, Lin Jingfeng turned his head and scolded the four girls behind the screen.
The long green skirts of the four girls suddenly slipped off, revealing their strong and slender bodies. They turned around and took out the tight-fitting clothes that were as black as ink, several times thinner than cicada wings, and astonishingly elastic from the closet behind them.
The clothes were put on quickly.
This tight-fitting garment wrapped their entire bodies airtightly, and even their eyes were covered with a layer of prismatic black crystals.
They transformed into ghosts of the night and fled out of the monastery lightly. A violent storm hit them. Their bodies strangely turned into translucent water and blended lightly into the wind and rain.
At first, you could still see a few translucent hazy figures moving quickly in the rain, and you could still see a few shallow foot-shaped watermarks on the ground. But after a few breaths, these shadows completely disappeared, completely blending in with the strong wind and rain.
as one body.
In the main hall of Yin Xuege's house, Sima Xiang sat solemnly in the hall.
He held the gale crossbow that Yin Xuegue used to kill the thief. He gently stroked the three arrow-shaped seal marks stained red by blood.
"As expected, my father is a hero and my son is a good man."
After playing with it for a while, Sima Xiang glanced at Yin Xuege, who was standing by.
"Are you afraid when you kill someone?"
The accompanying legal guards of the Law Mansion had clearly investigated and found out that only one of the three thieves was killed on the spot by an arrow. The other two were seriously injured, and Yin Xuege beheaded them and beheaded them on the spot.
A sixteen-year-old child, who had never experienced any trials of wind and rain, was able to know the thieves' movements in advance when faced with three thieves who broke into his house on a rainy night, and calmly took out his weapon and hit them with one strike.
Not to mention Yin Xuege. Even among the street patrols in Weinan City, how many of them have actually encountered human life?
"Afraid, of course I'm afraid."
Sima Xiang just asked out of curiosity, but Yin Xuuge answered seriously.
"It's just that no matter how scared I am, I will kill them. If I don't kill them, they will kill me."
"That's all I am here. There is a stupid girl at home that I can't bear to leave."
Sima Xiang was stunned. He didn't expect Yin Xuege to say this.
If it were a young man from another family, he would have a chance to show off in front of him. Who wouldn't brag generously?
It is extremely rare to have the courage to say that I am scared but have to fight my best. This kind of honesty is extremely rare.
Moreover, he actually fought tooth and nail for a little girl? A little girl sold into slavery has no status in this world.
Qing Le stood dumbly behind Yin Xuege, curious and cautious from time to time, peeking at Sima Xiang with a bit of awe.
The Law Office is a very scary yamen, and the Faxiang is even more terrifying than the prefect. Some people once said that officials such as state shepherds and prefects are 'herdsmen officials' and 'parent officials'; while the faxiang of prefectures and counties is
Well, they are 'people-slaughterers'.
Just one word "Tu", everything is left unsaid.
Qing Ling either went to the market to buy vegetables, or went to the drugstore to buy various herbs for making medicinal diets for Yin Xuuge. She was also close old friends with the three aunts and six wives of her neighbors. The word "civilian butcher" was deeply remembered in her little mind.
Among the melons.
It's just that I met Sima Xiang today. This middle-aged uncle is not as scary as the legend in the market.
"Interesting, interesting."
Sima Xiangxiao glanced at Yin Xuege. He admired Yin Xuege's courage in killing the thief and his calmness in dealing with it now.
As for Qing Ling, this little girl who is as skinny as a stick and looks like a monkey, to be honest, he is really not interested.
Is Yin Xuuge reluctant to leave this little girl? This is also an interesting thing. With her beautiful appearance, it is naturally not involved in the personal relationship between men and women. In other words, Yin Xuuge, this doll, actually has a liking for this little girl.
There is a "flesh and blood relationship" in it? This is very rare.
There are cases where servants sold into slavery are treated as objects by their masters and beaten to death out of thin air. This is all in compliance with the law.
Being able to treat one's servants so kindly and having such a kind heart is not a very precious thing in this world, but it is indeed rare.
With a bang, the main door of the lobby was pushed open, and a strong wind blew raindrops in. Two wet lieutenants in red strode in and handed over a thick meal in a dark red cowhide bag.
The case file was handed over to Sima Xiang.
Sima Xiang took out the cowhide bag, took out the case file, scanned the information on it, and then smiled disdainfully.
Shaking the case file in his hand, Sima Xiang looked at Yin Xuuge and nodded.
"In the past few months, I have been negligent. Hey, such shameless and dirty methods are actually..."
Before he could finish his sentence, two more red-robed lieutenants came in. They clasped their hands and saluted Sima Xiang, and spoke in dry tones.
"Sir, the origins of the three thieves have been found out. They are members of the Shuilongmen Gang in Weinan City."
"When we went to their home, they were all young and old. They had already taken poison and committed suicide. They also left behind a letter of incrimination."
A law lieutenant took out three guilt documents from his sleeve and handed them to Sima Xiang respectfully.
Sima Xiang took the crime book and did not read it. He just shook his hand and the three crime books were reduced to ashes.
He looked at Yin Xuuge with a smile, shook off the ashes in his hands and threw them all out the door.
"Yin Xuege, tell me, why don't I read these three guilt documents?"
Yin Xuege pretended to be deep in thought. He was silent for a long time, then his eyes lit up and he laughed.
"The candle of your age shines thousands of miles away. This kind of wisdom cannot be matched by ordinary people."
"It's okay if you don't read these three incriminating documents. Those three thieves broke into my house at night, how could their family know about it?"
"Even if their family members knew about this, how could they know that they would be accidentally killed? How could they commit suicide out of fear of crime?"
"So, these three incriminating documents must be forged. They are of no use."
Sima Xiang's eyes lit up like two small lamps. He took a deep look at Yin Xuuge and suddenly laughed happily. He pointed at Yin Xuuge and pointed at Li Ye and Zhao Ji who were standing aside.
nod.
"Unexpectedly, in Weinan City, the missing pearl is here."
Xin Ran laughed a few times, and Sima Lianlian touched his palms.
"Isn't that true? The three thieves, who are accomplished thieves who have tempered their bodies, joined forces to deal with you, a young man. How could they fail?"
"No matter what they came to do, they would naturally cover up all traces. How could their family commit suicide?"
With a sneer, Sima Xiang looked up to the sky and laughed loudly.
"You really underestimated me. But, since their family members have been silenced, this matter..."
With a wave of his sleeves, Sima Xiang glanced at the law officers.
"Shuilongmen. The civilian forces that make a living by shipping on the Wei River are disadvantageous for their disciples and bring trouble to the people."
"Let's copy it. All the extravagant wealth will be confiscated to the officials. All the real estate will be sold in front of the officials. All the people who belong to Shuilongmen and their relatives will happen to be the first generation in Western Xinjiang to open up the wild territory and need a lot of manpower to supplement them. They will all be exiled to Western Xinjiang to listen to them.
You will never be allowed to return to Weinan."
As soon as the law lieutenant respectfully accepted the promise, two people immediately strode out.
Shuilongmen is also a famous presence in Weinan County. With the ancient city of Weinan as the center, the water transportation of thousands of miles up and down the Wei River is controlled by Shuilongmen. It is a big and extremely wealthy force.
However, Sima Xiang gave an order and all the Shuilongmen's assets were owned by the government. Hundreds of Shuilongmen's disciples and more than ten thousand relatives and dependents were all sent to the wild land of Western Xinjiang who didn't know how far away. Those who had just opened up
In the wild mountains and forests, if ten thousand people go there, it is not easy for one person to survive.
Not to mention, Sima Xiang sentenced them to never return to Weinan.
They can only live as savages in the western frontier from generation to generation.
The Lufu supervises hundreds of officials and the market. It has the power to kill first and report later. It is responsible for maintaining the strictness of the "Law". It is directly under the Prefectural Mufu. Even Lin Jingfeng, the prefect of Weicheng, is just on an equal footing with the Lufu. The prefect is in charge of Weinan County and responds to people's livelihood.
, military, etc., the Law Office only manages one of the "Laws", but this "Law" is enough for Sima Xiang to suppress Lin Jingfeng steadily.
To punish a small water dragon gate, he didn't even have to say hello to Lin Jingfeng. Lin Jingfeng couldn't care about it anyway.
There was a loud sound of wind and rain, and four more lieutenants broke into the lobby. The lieutenant in red raised the wooden plate he was holding, and the remains of two paper talismans were placed squarely on the wooden plate.
Yin Xuuge's eyes widened and he curiously forgot about the spiritual talisman he saw for the first time in this world.
Most of the talisman has been burned, and only a small half of the talisman remains.
This small half-talisman body is only about three inches. The talisman paper is as smooth as peach wood. It has been washed by the heavy rain for a long time, but there is no stain at all. There are faint crimson twisted runes on the talisman surface. Although it has been used, it still remains
There was a trace of strange energy fluctuations spreading out.
Even people like Yin Xuege, who have not stepped into the realm of Qi training, can clearly sense this fluctuation of vitality.
The air in the room started to rotate with this fluctuation of vitality, faintly bringing up tiny bits of wind, which blew out from the window edges.
Sima Xiang's eyes narrowed, and he took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from his sleeve, with the Zhenhai turtle pattern engraved on the back. He emitted a ray of light and shined it on the talisman, and there was a faint gray-yellow halo.
The surface of the symbol floats.
Sima Xiang sneered and put away the bronze mirror.
"It's the Huang family in Weibei again. How many mistakes have they made in the past two years?"
"Then for these two broken talismans, go and tell Ouyang Xi, the Chancellor of the Weibei County Law Office, to ask the Huang family to compensate one thousand taels of gold."
"I don't care if they mismanaged the two magic talismans and let them leak out; or if they were stolen by thieves, I only want them to compensate one thousand taels of gold."
"Yin Xuuge almost died under these two talismans. These one thousand taels of gold were the compensation they paid for Yin Xuuge's decoction."
Yin Xuege couldn't help but look at Sima Xiang in shock.
One thousand taels of gold? This is a windfall, enough for an ordinary person to have enough food and drink for three lifetimes.
He actually wants the Huang family in Weibei County to spit out a thousand taels of gold? How many talismans does the poor Huang family have to sell to amass such a huge amount of wealth? But this one thousand taels of gold is enough to support Yin Xuege's future.
Have you been practicing for a long time?
He bowed deeply to Sima Xiang and sincerely thanked him for his thunderous methods.
"The Dharma Prime Minister is wise, and the people are extremely grateful."
Sima Xiang laughed "haha" and clapped his hands vigorously.
"Since Xue Ge has said so, as the Dharma Chancellor of Weinan County, I can't help but support the good people under my rule."
"Well, tell the head of the Huang family that in addition to a thousand taels of gold, I also want him to personally break the hands and feet of the person in charge related to this talisman."
"It must be a direct lineage member of the core clan, and you are not allowed to use side clansmen as an example."
Outside the window, the wind and rain suddenly stopped, the rain clouds in the sky dispersed, and the seven bright moons hung high in the blue sky, and the clear moonlight illuminated the sky and the earth.