Chapter 711 Pen and ink harm others as much as oneself
"Sir, the prisoner's trial has been completed. This is a crime committed by mortals. There is also the case of Fang Shengyu's murder. He also pleaded guilty."
On the morning of the next day, Li Xiuyuan received a confession from Cui Wei at the prefect's Yamen.
"The trial was completed so quickly? Not bad." Li Xiuyuan looked at the confession in his hand, his eyes couldn't help but move slightly: "Tell me about this person's origins."
"Yes, sir." Cui Wei said: "This maid named Xi'er, formerly known as Wang Erxi, is from a county in Shandong. She was sold to a certain family as a book boy because she was poor since she was a child. Later, she couldn't stand the mistreatment of her master and ran away privately.
, went to the capital to worship a demon as his master, and learned how to disguise himself as a man.
The ability to pretend.”
"Can he become like this just by dressing up?" Li Xiuyuan said; "It said that he had taken pills before, and his Adam's apple disappeared, his skin became white, and he had the figure of a woman."
"Yes, sir, this Wang Erxi took a pill given to him by his master, and combined with his dressing, he has a beautiful figure." Cui Wei said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "The matter of this pill has been wiped out, and the confession will be rewritten by the civil servants. If some dignitaries know that there is such a pill, who knows how many boys they will harm."
Cui Wei was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what he meant.
There are many dignitaries in the capital who like to have sex. If they knew that there was such a pill in the world, there is no guarantee that no one would satisfy their own selfish desires and let people look for it.
"Sir, this is not the first time that Wang Erxi has sold himself into the house of a high-ranking official as a woman. This is the seventh time he has committed a crime. Every time he enters a house, he must first seduce the lady of the house.
The lady only thought that he was a woman, so she was not on guard, so she succeeded easily every time.
After he succeeded, Wang Erxi used this as a threat and demanded a large amount of gold and silver. Then he took the money and fled out of the house, and after he was done squandering it, he continued to sell himself."
"Although those women knew they were deceived, they did not dare to reveal it because of their reputation, so his story was never discovered."
After hearing this, Li Xiuyuan laughed and said: "They are both cheating money and sex. This guy is really powerful. He can think of such a method. If anyone greedily buys such a maid and enters the house, he will probably be in trouble for eight lifetimes. It seems like
You can’t be greedy for being so cheap.”
Cui Wei added, "What you are saying is true, and according to what Wang Erxi said, there are many people in his profession. His master alone has more than ten disciples, all of whom have taken pills and disguised themselves as men."
"So this means pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud." Li Xiuyuan said: "In the capital, three families named in the crime book were deceived. Haha, if those adults knew that their wives were wearing
I don’t know what it will be like to be a cuckold, but
What I didn't expect was that there were quite a few people who committed crimes using this method."
"Have you found out where his master is? Find him, arrest him, and save him from continuing to spread this harmful strategy."
Cui Wei said: "Yes, sir, I despise my position and then instruct the jailer to interrogate and interrogate."
"Very good, then go ahead." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand.
But right now.
At the residence of Zhang Yuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs in the capital.
Today many literati, scholars and officials came to visit him.
They were all talking about Li Xiuyuan.
"Master Zhang, you must impeach Li Xiuyuan to this official. As soon as he took over as the prefect, he drove the lower officials and others out of the yamen. He also removed the yamen servants and replaced them with his own soldiers. This
, in this way, wouldn’t the prefect’s Yamen become his official voice? A colleague of the lower official said this morning
When I was about to go to the prefect's Yamen to ask for details, I was detained by Li Xiuyuan's people and put in prison. Mr. Zhang, you can't ignore this matter."
"Li Xiuyuan's evil deeds don't end there. He broke into the Fang Mansion under the guise of thoroughly investigating Fang Shengyu's assassination case, bullied Mr. Fang's widow and orphans, and even kidnapped a maid from Mr. Fang's house in order to solve the case.
, forcibly identified as a demon from the Wutong Sect, and he didn’t know what method he used.
He convinced everyone in the Fang Mansion, and even Mrs. Fang was grateful to him. The official felt that this person must have used despicable means to threaten them, and asked Mr. Zhang to uphold justice."
"Yes, what everyone said makes sense. This Li Xiuyuan has caused so many things in just three days since he took office. If he is allowed to continue, God knows what other things he will do that will make people and gods angry."
Zhang Yuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, squinted slightly as he listened to the complaints of these people. He knew in his heart that it was just Li Xiuyuan who offended these people when he was doing business, and now he has brought the complaint to himself.
Who allowed himself to be the Minister of Civil Service?
"I already know this. Li Xiuyuan was born as a scholar. He first studied literature and then martial arts. He stepped into the imperial court by defeating the Nine Mountain Kings. It is inevitable that he will be a little ambitious and act arrogantly. After all, he is young and energetic.
?But since this Li Xiuyuan has done so many dissatisfying things,
It is indeed necessary to impeach, impeach, if several people are willing to jointly submit the petition, I am willing to take the lead." Zhang Yuandao.
The scholars and officials who came to complain were immediately overjoyed when they heard this, and they all expressed their willingness to jointly file a petition to impeach Li Xiuyuan.
Zhang Yuan naturally knew in his heart that one impeachment would not bring down Li Xiuyuan, but it didn't matter. It just left a bad impression on the officials first, and he could continue to impeach him several times later.
Officials are very soft-spoken, and if this happens more often, Li Xiuyuan may not even be qualified for the position of magistrate, and will soon be dismissed from office.
As for returning to Yangzhou to serve as governor, that is even more of a dream.
That night.
Zhang Yuan asked his servant to light the candle lamp in the study, then sharpened his ink, twisted his pen, and thought a little, preparing to write an impeachment memorial.
But just when he picked up the pen and dyed it with ink and prepared to write.
"Bata~!"
A drop of ink from the tip of the pen fell on the white paper, but what surprised Zhang Yuan was that the ink that fell was not black, but red.
"Click~!"
There was a slight cracking sound, and Zhang Yuan found that the very easy-to-use brush in his hand suddenly cracked from the middle and became two halves.
The pen holder and pen tip fell onto the white paper and became a mess.
Zhang Yuan suddenly stood up with a look on his face. His face was solemn, and he held his breath and looked at the broken ink pen in front of him.
"The tip of the pen drips blood and the ink pen cracks. This is an ominous sign."
This phenomenon is like the flag of a commander falling in the army, which is a sign of great misfortune and symbolizes the death of the master.
As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I have seen a lot, and I firmly believe in some things.
"This memorial cannot be written," Zhang Yuan had such an idea in his mind for some unknown reason.
But then he smiled dumbly: "I don't say anything about the strange power and chaos. As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, am I also afraid of retribution? If there is retribution, how can I be a minister? As an official of the imperial court, I am a ghost and god.
If you see me, you have to take a detour."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan chose another ink pen and prepared to continue writing the memorial.
But when he just reached out, he found that his right hand had been stained with a little ink at some point, and the back of his hand was darkened.
He reached out and wiped it, but found that there was no ink stain on his finger.
The black mark is stained by ink
But Zhang Yuan saw that the black mark in his hand was rapidly spreading and getting bigger. At the same time, he felt dizzy. He held his desk and rubbed his head: "What's going on? Why do I feel so tired today?
sleepy"
Before he could finish speaking, he fell down and lay unconscious on the desk.
At this time, a pitch-black centipede emerged from the cracked pen holder next to it. The centipede swam around on the white paper, and then followed Zhang Yuan's cheek and got into his ear.
After a while.
Zhang Yuan's whole body trembled slightly, then blood flowed from his ears and nose, and his breath soon stopped.
But a few hours later, Zhang Yuan, who had lost his breath, suddenly opened his eyes and woke up.
His eyes were as black as ink, without pupils, and looked strange and abnormal.
"Finally, you have waited until the day when your blessings have been exhausted. It is really not easy to murder a minister. This person has accumulated too much merit in his previous life. He has not used up all the merits after being a minister for almost ten years. If he had not participated in the murder, then
It is estimated that a saint on earth will have ten years of service in his next life.
If you are not lucky now, not only will you lose your life, but you will also suffer in the next life. The stroke of the pen just now was good. As soon as the pen was moved, the evil thoughts of harming people arose. A literati uses a pen to harm people, just like a thief uses a knife to kill people. Such evil thoughts
This person's last bit of merit was extinguished in an instant before I could take action.
Opportunity for murder."
Zhang Yuan muttered, and then moved his hands and feet again, showing a satisfied look.
Looking at the neatly arranged memorials, I immediately lost them all.
"It's something that has ruined our ancestors. This bunch of literati are more likely to fail than succeed."