At noon, Zhou Kairong came to the Sizhengtang of the Imperial City with an indescribable thing in yellow, white and green.
He could move, but others could not move yet. His subordinates, disciples, servants, brothers, and wives were all trapped in the trap.
Now he wants to come and beg Zhong Shen to let him go back.
But Zhong Shen didn't have time to see him.
The commander of the Imperial City Department, a dignified third-grade official, can he just say that he can see it?
After standing in the courtyard for more than an hour, a guard came forward and said, "Follow me to the study."
Zhou Kairong obediently followed him to the study room, where Zhong Shen was reading. As soon as Zhou Kairong walked in, Zhong Shen covered her nose.
"It really stinks, as bad as the reputation of the two tigers of the Zhou family!"
Zhou Kairong did not dare to say anything more, so he leaned over and saluted: "Please command and let us go."
Zhong Shen sneered: "Did I tie your legs? If you want to leave, just leave! Take your subordinates with you and clean the yamen entrance for me before you leave!"
Zhou Kairong said yes repeatedly, but he didn't leave yet.
Zhong Shen said impatiently: "What else can I do?"
"Please Commander Zhong, please clear my nephew's innocence."
"Innocent?" Zhong Shen smiled, "It's really shameless. How can your nephew be innocent?"
Zhou Kairong said with a trembling voice: "Wu Xu slandered my nephew for abducting civilian girls. My nephew is absolutely incapable of doing such a thing."
Zhong Shen said: "Robbing a decent woman in the middle of the night, isn't this kidnapping?"
Zhou Kairong blushed and said: "My nephew has a bit of a naughty temperament, how can he be confused with the likes of human teeth?"
"What is naughty? Beating a beggar to death is also naughty? Burning a beggar to death is also naughty? Smashing and looting is also naughty? Wounding others is also naughty? My subordinate lantern holder was injured by your nephew, is this also naughty?"
Zhou Kairong argued forcefully: "This is all Wu Xu's slander..."
"Unbridled!" Zhong Shen hammered the case and yelled, "Wu Bofeng is the Qianhu of the Deng Yamen, and the Deng Yamen is the official office of the capital! All kinds of crimes are the judgment of the Deng Yamen! You are allowed to talk nonsense here!"
Zhou Kairong lowered his head and said nothing. Zhong Shen took a sip of tea and said in a calmer tone: "You want an explanation today, so I will give you an explanation. This case has been verified and the verdict of the Zhang Deng Yamen is true. Your nephew deserves to be killed! The accomplices are also
It’s time to kill! That’s it!”
"Commander..." Zhou Kairong raised his head and gritted his teeth and said, "We can't do anything!"
"Do you want to do it?" Zhong Shen smiled ferociously, "If you do it, you should kill your son as well. Go back and discipline your little tiger well. Either get out of the capital, or stay at home and don't go out and hold the lamp."
The yamen has issued a wanted order, if he dares to act recklessly again, just wait until his body is collected!"
Zhou Kairong was so angry that he was shaking all over. Zhong Shen slapped his nose and said, "What are you still doing here? Do you think I really don't dislike you?"
In front of the Zhang Deng Yamen, Zhou Kairong's family and a group of cadres were almost buried in dirty things.
The trap had been lifted, and Zhou Kairong ordered his men to carry Zhou Haifan's body away.
After taking two steps, he saw a handsome young man wearing armor standing in front of him.
He recognized this young man as Yu Shan, the son of the Minister of Punishment.
Yu Shan cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhou, the commander has ordered us to clean the yamen before we can let you all leave."
Zhou Kairong said: "I have a close friendship with Yu Shangshu, please don't embarrass me, young master."
Yu Shan said: "Responsibility is a matter of duty. A humble position is to act according to orders. I have forgotten the doctor's forgiveness."
Zhou Kairong had no choice but to bring his subordinates to clean up the filth.
…
Xu Zhiqiong slept at home until dusk, then took the horns and firewood sticks to the Punishment Department.
He didn't want to hear the noise of these two dead souls, so he never released the two dead souls. But when he arrived at the Judge's Pavilion, he did not see Xia Hu.
she is not here?
Or sleep in the back room?
"Xia Tuiguan, Xia Tuiguan?" After shouting for a long time without receiving any response, Xu Zhiqiong was ready to leave.
In the past, he could wait a little longer, but now he doesn't want to wait. The middle stage of ninth grade is right in front of him, and he doesn't want to wait for a moment longer.
There are many magistrates' offices around, so let's try another one first. If you don't stick to your post, you will make two transactions cheaper for others.
Xu Zhiqiong was about to go out when he saw Xia Hu walking in from the door.
Xu Zhiqiong hurried forward to greet him: "Xia Tuiguan, are you going out?"
"Why are you going out?" Xia Hu got angry somewhere and said in a cold tone, "Is it possible that I have been staying here to serve you?"
What kind of attitude is this? I'm here to take care of your business, and you still talk coldly?
Xu Zhiqiong put the two horns on the table and said coldly: "If you don't want to serve me, I'll find someone else next time."
Seeing Xu Zhiqiong take out two horns at once, Xia Hu's eyes instantly became much gentler: "You killed two villains at once?"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "I didn't kill him, could someone else give it to me?"
"What a skill, Judge Ma!" Xia Hu's voice became much softer.
"It's so careless that it makes Officer Xia laugh."
"Judge Mengma has taken care of him. Judge Laoma will take the prisoner to the evil mirror to take a picture."
This voice is so sweet, it makes Xu Zhiqiong's skin crawl.
You can't blame Xia Hu for being too realistic. Life as an official is indeed difficult. If you conclude a case, you can only get five points of merit. If the trial is wrong, you will get five points deducted.
Not only is the efficiency low, but it is also deeply involved. There are dozens of judicial chambers in one evil punishment department, and the competition among officials is very fierce.
Just relying on this meritorious service, there is no hope of promotion. Xia Hu often fishes and does some private work.
It is against the rules to do private work, and officials cannot leave the Punishment Department at will. Xia Hu was naturally in a bad mood after finally sneaking out and wandering around the capital for a day without finding anything, and was summoned back by Xu Zhiqiong.
But seeing these two sins, Xia Hu felt better.
Not only did she feel better, looking at this silly ninth-grade judge, Xia Hu suddenly felt that he was quite handsome.
It is the same in any era. If you want to impress a girl, you cannot just rely on sweet words, you must have hard currency.
Xu Zhiqiong released two dead souls, and Zhou Haijin cursed loudly. Xia Hu still used the old method, squeezing lightly with her fingers to quiet Zhou Haijin.
The ghost of the guard said nothing. He was observing the surrounding environment and seemed to be aware of what was about to happen.
Zhou Haijun's crime was two inches six, and the evil mirror stage first showed his crime.
"Smashing shops and robbing property is considered greedy for money."
"Teasing women is considered lustful."
Xia Hu looked at the crime while writing the verdict. When he saw Zhou Haijun burning the beggar to death, Xia Hu smiled: "What is this greed for?"
There is nothing to be greedy for in a beggar; he is doing evil for the sake of doing evil.
"Evil begets evil, and the guilt is doubled!" Xia Hu wrote a few more strokes in the sentence.
Compared to Wang Shijie, Zhou Haiqu's crimes were much less. Just killing two beggars earned him nearly two inches of karma. The rest of his evil deeds accumulated one by one, and finally he accumulated two inches and six.
After the verdict was written and sealed in a bamboo tube, it was the guard's turn next.
The guard's crimes were two to three. Seeing the crimes on the evil mirror stage, the guard realized his situation.
He knew that he was dead, and he also knew that he would be punished for the crimes he committed during his lifetime.
He knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Xu Zhiqiong and Xia Hu: "Two adults, two masters, please listen to the villain. The villain did commit sins, but he was all instructed by the evil young man of the Zhou family.
This is definitely not the villain’s intention, and I am sure the two adults will be given a lighter sentence.”
Xia Hu looked at the scene on the evil mirror stage, nodded and said, "I was indeed instructed."
The guard kowtowed repeatedly: "I beg you to show your respect."
"How high are you?" Xia Hu smiled, "When you beat the beggar and the child, why didn't you raise your fist an inch? A slave like you must not be lenient, and must be severely punished!"
The guard still wanted to defend himself, but Xia Hu pinched him again, and the guard became quiet.
Xu Zhiqiong really envied this skill: "Can I also learn this method when I reach the seventh level?"
Xia Hu shook his head and said: "This is my unique skill, not a judge's skill. As long as you keep taking care of my business, I will teach you when you reach the seventh rank."
"Do we have to wait until the seventh level?" Xu Zhiqiong sniffed, feeling that Xia Hu was lying to him.
"How could I lie to you? With your ninth-level physique, if you want to learn such a skill, it will be harmful but useless."
Qiong was delivered to the door.
"Judge Ma, I have to rely on you to take care of me in the future!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "If you are not here, how can I find you?"
"As long as you call my name, I will come back naturally. Just wait for a while."
After leaving the Evil Punishment Department, Xu Zhiqiong ran all the way to Fengdu City.
When we arrived at the Senluo Hall, Nie Gui'an, the ghost guard who guarded the gate, came up to us, and several other ghost guards also came to us.
"Judge, please come in." The other ghosts didn't know Xu Zhiqiong, so they could only greet him casually.
Nie Gui'an became familiar with Xu Zhiqiong and stepped forward to greet him: "Judge Ma, come with me."
It seems that the competition in their industry is quite fierce.
Following Nie Gui'an as he walked inside, Xu Zhiqiong discovered that there were many side halls in the Senluo Palace, but Nie Gui'an always brought Xu Zhiqiong to the side hall of the warden Shi Cheng. It seemed that they had another friendship behind their backs.
"Judge Ma Shangfeng, deport the two villains!"
Listening to the excited echoes, Xu Zhiqiong kept a calm expression and kept hinting to himself: "I'm used to it, I'm really used to it."
The warden, Shi Cheng, praised: "In just a few days, you have brought two more criminal prisoners. You are really taking good care of me."
"You're welcome!" Xu Zhiqiong quickly returned the courtesy.
Shi Cheng verified that it was correct and brought the voucher to Xu Zhiqiong. A ghost servant followed him out of the back hall and whispered: "We don't have enough gas."
"Ask the executioner to go next door and borrow some. There's no business next door anyway, so it's a waste to sit idle! Ask the brothers to prepare two hooks and sharpen them. They didn't hook last time, so they couldn't fish them out in a long time!"
Shi Cheng taught his subordinates a lesson, then turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said with a smile: "Put away the two vouchers. There are forty-nine merit coins in total. As a rule, if you lose or get robbed, you can come to me to get a replacement.
Send Ma Shangfeng, Judge Ma!"
The loud voice echoed in the Yama Hall for a long time.
Excited, Xu Zhiqiong rushed all the way back to the Punishment Department.
It’s about to be promoted to the ninth level!
When I arrived at the merit reward building, I took pictures of two vouchers. After a burst of smoke, I picked out forty-nine merit awards.
Xu Zhiqiong came prepared and brought water.
First I grabbed a handful, ten in total, drank it with a sip of water.
He grabbed another handful, still ten, drank two mouthfuls of water, and drank it again.
On the third hand, he only caught one. To be promoted to the middle of the ninth rank, he only needed twenty-one. Xu Zhiqiong was afraid that he would eat too much and not count, thus wasting his merit.
After eating a golden bean, Xu Zhiqiong was overjoyed and was finally promoted to the ninth rank.
Before he could laugh out loud, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly convulsed and fell to the ground.
What is going on? An adverse reaction to the promotion process?
You can't fall here, you have to find a safe place to stay, and you still have twenty-eight meritorious deeds in your hand!
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to struggle to get up, but he couldn't stand up after trying several times.
A figure swayed in the distance, a judge wanted to reward the tower.