Chapter 225: Ascension
A rat slipped past the four of them unscrupulously, and stayed for a moment before it emerged from the fence. {Gold} The skinny prisoner slapped his chest and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rat slip away.
"What's all the fuss about a mouse." The prisoner next to the old man sat down again as he spoke, and the old man also sighed and said, "Don't be afraid, you two just came in today, so you may not be used to it, just wait for a long time." ”
Lin Nan didn't bother to pay attention to any rats, he tentatively patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother is too timid." As expected, Lin Nan obviously noticed that his body trembled slightly, and then took Lin Nan's hand away, and said in a rough voice: "See me." Lin Nan was completely sure that she was a woman, so he asked in a low voice, "What crime did the girl commit?" ”
"You ......" The woman looked a little flustered when she saw the leak, but Lin Nan said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I won't say it." ”
The woman looked at Lin Nan's eyes, and suddenly felt that this person was very credible, and the panic in her heart was reduced a lot, and she said lightly: "I am here to atone for my brother." ”
"Guilty?" Lin Nan asked, and then remembered that there is indeed such a law in this dynasty, if the son of a family commits a crime and escapes, the other son of the family must come to the guilt, and if there is no more male in the family, he must arrest his father to take the top. Lin Nan was thinking about it, only to hear the woman say quietly: "My father is sick and can't bear the pain of prison, so he dares to follow Mulan's example and do such things." ”
"Hey......" Lin Nan sighed and asked, "What crime did your brother commit?" "Kill people." When the woman had finished, she turned around and nestled in the horn again.
Killing people tastes life, debts and money, this is the truth of the ages. It's just that the prisoner has to arrest his family when he runs away, but this trick is too poisonous, but it works very well. Some prisoners have violated the law, and they will not run away for fear that their family members will be implicated, so the criminal law of the current dynasty still has its advantages.
Don't talk about Lin Nan, just say that these ten miles are within the jurisdiction of Zhongmu County, and the one who sat in court to judge Lin Nan just now was the county magistrate Wu Baojiu. The Great Sui was the first dynasty in Chinese history to implement the imperial examination system, but this Wu Baojiu did not know a few big characters, and only spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy the post of Zhongmu County Commander. Although Wu Baojiu doesn't know a few big characters. But there are a lot of eyes, he just forced Lin Nan to kneel to leave a way back for himself. Although he didn't believe that Lin Nan was the king of Wu, he didn't dare to be sloppy about this head-killing event.
Since Lin Nan was escorted away, he sent people to Jiankang, and it was Gao Dehong who received the people here. After listening to the description of the visitor's appearance. Gao Dehong was taken aback. Busy with five hundred light horses galloped to Zhongmu. The two places are not far apart, and Gao Dehong has arrived at the yamen in a time of incense. The yacha hurriedly reported to the back hall, and as soon as Wu Baojiu heard his report, his face suddenly sank. I couldn't help but beat my heart suddenly.
"Where is King Wu?" Gao Dehong didn't wait for him to report, and led the troops straight into the back hall. Wu Baojiu saw that he pressed the sword in his hand, so he could only stubbornly and said: "Xiaguan Zhongmu County ordered Wu ......" Before he finished speaking, he was dragged by Gao Dehong by the collar and lifted up. "I don't care who you are, hurry up and tell me Your Highness is there, or I'll cut off your head!"
"In ...... In the ...... In the county jail. Wu Baojiu trembled with fright. I can't even utter a complete sentence. Gao Dehong threw him aside, pulled the yacha and said, "Take me to the county jail." "Yes...... "The yacha came to the prison with Gao Dehong.
Lin Nan was already impatient waiting in prison, and when he saw that no one came, he only felt empty in his heart. In addition, his clothes were all wet, and the cold air in the prison hit people, which only made him miserable, and scolded the county order thousands of times.
Gao Dehong went straight to Lin Nan's cell under the leadership of the cell leader, and heard footsteps coming from a distance, and Lin Nan hurriedly leaned on the fence to look. I saw a military general with a long sword in his hand and heavy armor walking over quickly, it was not Gao Dehong. =Gold==Leaderboard=
"Tokuhiro!" When he finally saw his own person, the excited Lin Nan almost burst into tears.
Gao Dehong heard Lin Nan shouting and hurriedly ran over. Seeing Lin Nan so embarrassed, he was taken aback at first, and then he fell to the ground with a plop and cried bitterly: "Don't be late." Let His Highness suffer! ”
"You're not too late, I didn't suffer." Lin Nan was only happy at this time. But the old man and the yacha next to him were stupid, and a few of them participated in the arrest of Lin Nan, and they were even more frightened, for fear that Lin Nan would arrest them and cut them down.
"Why don't you open the door quickly!" Gao Dehong yelled at the cell boss, and then he came back to his senses, hurriedly took off the key from the shelf next to him, and had to open the lock with a shudder.
"Your Highness, these are none of the villains' business." The cell boss was afraid that Lin Nanqian would be angry with him, so he hurriedly bowed down and begged for mercy.
At this time, Lin Nan returned to the majesty of the prince, kicked him and said, "Forget it, I won't do anything to you." "Thank you to the prince, thank you to the prince, the prince is very kind, the villain is unforgettable." The cell boss kowtowed again and again to thank him, but the three prisoners behind him were taken aback, and they couldn't believe that the down-and-out boy in front of him was actually a prince. At this time, the woman hiding in the horn suddenly ran over, threw herself in front of Lin Nan and knelt down, grabbed his leg and cried: "The prince wants to be the master of the people's daughter." ”
Listening to her mournful cry, Lin Nan's heart softened, so he comforted her and said: "Forget it, it's not easy for this king to get acquainted with the three of you in prison, so let's go out with the prince." When the other two heard this, they hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, thank you." But the woman was not satisfied, shook her head and cried: "My brother is wronged, and I hope that the prince can open a grace and seek revenge for the people's daughter." Gao Dehong looked a little strange from the side, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was doing with this people's daughter and revenge.
But Lin Nan understood more and more, helped her up and asked, "You said that your brother was wronged?" "Yes, please ...... the prince" After the woman finished speaking, she was about to kneel down again, Lin Nan hurriedly grabbed her and said: "You go to the court with me, if this dog official really wrongs your brother, I will deal with it strictly!" In fact, Lin Nan's revenge for this woman was not only out of righteous indignation, but also because he was wronged, and he just wanted to use this excuse to cut off Wu Baojiu's head.
Gao Dehong led the men and horses of the forward battalion and the government messengers in front, Lin Nan and the woman in the back, and all the people walked out of the prison door. At this time, Wu Baojiu no longer had any illusions, and waited for Lin Nan to come out to punish the crime. As soon as this group of people came out, Lin Nan saw Wu Baojiu at first sight, so he stepped forward and snorted: "Lord Wu, what are you doing, the villain can't afford it." Wu Baojiu broke out in a cold sweat, his body was almost on the ground, and he said tremblingly: "The villain has eyes and no beads, and commits such a great rebellious crime. Please also ask Your Highness to be gracious and spare the life of the official. ”
"We'll talk about that later." Lin Nan glanced around, touched the beaten face, only felt that it was hot and still painful, and he was suddenly full of anger. shouted at Wu Baojiu: "Go and call me all the yamen of your yamen." Not even one less! ”
"Yes...... "Wu Baojiu glanced back, and two yamen hurriedly called. In a moment, the forty-nine yacha in Zhongmu County gathered, and Wu Baojiu and the master knelt in front of them and did not dare to speak. Only one of the officials was covered in cold sweat. Trembling all over, needless to say, it was the one who slapped Lin Nan. Lin Nan saw him at a glance and instructed his soldiers: "Drag that person out for me." Before the soldier could make a move, the yacha fell on his back. Gao Dehong stepped forward and pulled him up to take a look, only to see that his face was pale. Pupils dilated.
"Your Highness, he has been frightened to death."
Lin Nan still didn't understand his hatred, and asked Wu Baojiu: "What is his name, where does his family live!" Wu Baojiu hurriedly replied: "This person's name is Jiang Tian, and he lives at the mouth of Liuquan Lane. {Gold} "Lin Nan knew what Liuquan Lane was about, so he grabbed a messenger and asked, "Do you know this place?" The yacha nodded hurriedly, and Lin Nan turned back to Gao Dehong and said, "You are watching here, I will take fifty brothers from the forward battalion to raid his house." ”
"Yes!" Gao Dehong knew that Lin Nan was a person who would take revenge, not to mention a small errand. So I don't take it to heart.
Lin Nan led his men and horses to find the mouth of Liuquan Alley, and saw a middle-aged woman with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks walking around under an extremely thick willow tree, as if waiting for someone to come back.
"The yard next to the big willow tree is Jiang Tian's house, and the woman at the door is his daughter-in-law." After listening to what the yacha said, Lin Nanchong shouted to the side: "Give me the knife!" A soldier pulled out the ring knife and handed it to Lin Nan. Hold on to the door, and if anyone comes out for a while, they will be killed. After he finished speaking, he turned the blade of the knife sideways, only to feel a flash of cold light. The man has rushed out of the city.
The middle-aged woman at the door was waiting for her husband's return, but Lin Nan suddenly appeared in front of her. Before she could shout, Lin Nan's knife had already been cut. Lin Nan, who was splattered with blood, was covered all over his body, and his face was also mixed with a piece of plasma. Then the woman's head had fallen to the ground, and her body had fallen halfway. Such a bloody scene made the yacha look frightened, but the people in the forward battalion did not react. They were all people who had crawled out of human heads and dead bodies, and they had long been numb to them.
Lin Nan drew his knife and rushed into the courtyard, and then he heard a terrible scream, including the old man and the prime of life, everyone's screams were different, but they all sounded so terrifying.
None of them came out, and it was until Lin Nan stepped out of the threshold with a knife. "Your Highness, you don't need to burn the house." The sergeant of the two forward battalions asked.
"Burn!" Lin Nan handed the knife back to the soldier and wiped the sticky blood on his face.
The raging fire was blazing into the sky, the charred furniture made a "crackling" sound, and all hatred was gone with the fire, so one should remember one thing: don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't do what you shouldn't do. Lin Nan didn't bother to look any further, turned around and walked over with the people and horses.
Lin Nan took revenge, and the cluster of evil fire in his heart finally came out, but it was a pity that Jiang Tian was scared to death, and he was somewhat unhappy.
After leaving the alley, he first went to take a comfortable bath, changed into clean clothes, and then went to see Qin Yi. At this time, Qin Yi had woken up, but his body was still very weak, but his life was fine. He had already learned from his subordinates that it was Lin Nan who saved him, and he felt a deep sense of gratitude in his heart, which was exactly what Lin Nan needed.
"Brother Qin, is he better?" As soon as Lin Nan entered the room, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face. Qin Yi saw that his benefactor had arrived, and he was about to get out of bed in a hurry to thank him, but Lin Nan hurriedly supported him and said, "Brother Qin's illness has not healed, so there is no need to do this." Qin Yi was willing to listen, and thanked him before saying: "Your Highness's life-saving grace, Yi Shen Ming Wu, if you have to be sent in the future, I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”
Lin Nan smiled and helped him to sit down on the edge of the bed, and then asked, "Why did Brother Qin fall to this?" After hearing this, Qin Yi sighed and said: "Yi originally came from Luzhou to look for a friend, but the friend moved elsewhere and ran away. When he was about to return to his hometown, he lost his entanglement again, and he was reduced to a few days here, barely surviving on charity. I didn't think that there was a cold rain on the road yesterday, and I got sick again, so I thought that I would be destined for Jiuquan. But he was saved by His Royal Highness, and he was very gracious, and he could not be thanked. As he spoke, he fell down again.
Lin Nan pulled him up and smiled: "Life is not as expected, eight times out of ten." Brother Qin is in great trouble. There will be blessings. Qin Yi sighed and said: "The old mother's wife is now at home, and when she sees that Yi does not return, she must be flustered, and Yi is really unfilial." "When Lin Nan read the history books, he knew that Qin Yi was a filial son. Today, when I saw that I was even more admiring, I patted him and said: "Brother Qin, don't worry, I will immediately send someone to Luzhou with a book to inform Lingtang, brother can be relieved to recuperate here, and it is not too late to return to his hometown to visit his mother when he is healthy." ”
Qin Yi was moved by the five-body cast. Pulling Lin Nan to tears, he said: "Your Highness is so benevolent and righteous, Yi Wan's death will not be rewarded." Lin Nan saw that he was always polite, and he thought of the woman in his heart, so he comforted him and said: "Brother Qin is at ease and recuperates, and there are still some mundane things in Guang, so I won't accompany him here." Qin Yi hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please." Lin Nan nodded, got up and ordered his subordinates: "Take care of Qin Ye, don't be lazy." The men agreed. Lin Nan smiled again and then walked out of the house.
Wu Baojiu and the women were a little anxious, Gao Dehong knew Lin Nan's temper, and sat in the hall and drank tea casually. It was only after more than two hours that Lin Nan walked in from outside the yamen, and at this time he had changed into a white embroidered robe. Feet on the clouds, head scarf, looks elegant and graceful, far away. Slightly surprised, seeing Lin Nan's embarrassed appearance in prison was very different from now.
"Wait." Lin Nan came closer. didn't talk to Wu Baojiu, just looked at the woman.
"The women don't dare." The woman is quiet and graceful.
"Well, you will tell you the facts of the case one by one, and this king will make the decision for you." After Lin Nan finished speaking, he walked towards the lobby, although he was the king of Wu, it was the first time that he sat in the court to try a case. I've seen those routines on TV, so it's not surprising to see the prison cards on the case, shocking things and other things.
In fact, according to Sui law, although Lin Nan is a prince, Wu Baojiu has not yet determined his guilt, and he should still be in charge, and Lin Nan can only observe. But Lin Nan understood these rules, and sat down with a big grin. He is the king of Wu, and Wu Baojiu can only stand aside and listen to him ask about the case.
The woman saw that Lin Nan was in charge of him, and she didn't look at Wu Baojiu, so she walked up to the hall and knelt on the ground, and said eloquently: "Father Min's father has a teahouse on East Street, because it is located on the main street, and the business is quite prosperous. There is an evil in this place, named Pan Sheng, because he saw that my father's teahouse was prosperous, and he wanted to pay for it. My father didn't obey, so he sent people to make trouble every day, and my brother couldn't see it, so he started with someone who came, and somehow beat one of them to death, and in desperation, my brother could only flee to the border. Then Pan Sheng used the black money and this dog official, and the two of them should cooperate with each other, and concluded that my brother had harmed people's lives and wanted to get my father to atone for the crime. On that day, the folk girl was embroidering upstairs, and when she heard that someone had come to arrest my father, she went to fetch my brother's clothes and mixed them into men's clothes, and went to prison. ”
After listening to the woman, Lin Nan also understood the general situation, and asked Wu Baojiu with a snort: "Is what he said true?" Wu Baojiu hurriedly knelt down and said: "This woman is talking nonsense to excuse her brother, Your Highness must not be gullible." The woman was indignant, pointed at him and scolded: "Dog officer, you still want to deny it!" "I ......" Wu Baojiu still wanted to speak, but listened to "Bang!" With a bang, Lin Nan knocked on the shocked wood and said, "Okay, go and bring me Pan Sheng and the few people who made trouble that day, plus the owner of the teahouse, I want to ask." "Yes." Gao Dehong agreed, and he didn't need a servant, so he brought his own people to carry it.
After a stretch of incense, Gao Dehong took a group of people to the lobby, Lin Nan glanced at it, and asked, "Who is Pan Sheng?" A man who looked like a showman, carrying a folding fan, stepped forward and said, "Xiaosheng is." Lin Nan looked at him and said secretly: "It's a handsome guy with a little white face." Pan Sheng saw Lin Nan staring at him, not knowing what was going on, and became a little nervous.
Lin Nan thought for a moment, and suddenly glanced at Wu Baojiu and said, "Lord Wu, you just said that Pan Sheng gave you money and told you not to sentence people's lives, is it true?" Wu Baojiu was startled, and just wanted to speak, but when he saw Lin Nan's eyes glaring, he hurriedly withdrew his mouth, not daring to say more. Pan Sheng saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, thinking that he had recruited everything, and suddenly said urgently: "Lord Wu, you hurt me!" Wu Baojiu only realized at this time that Lu Dao had fallen for Lin Nan, and he didn't care about whether the prince was the prince or not, and said loudly: "You don't want to fall for him, I didn't say anything." ”
"Bold!" Lin Nan was furious, and as soon as he slapped the wood, the soldiers next to him immediately stopped Wu Baojiu. Lin Nan patted some of the cases again and said: "It's written in black and white, you still can't deny it!" "Actually, those are just the cases left by someone reporting the case last time, and Wu Baojiu hasn't come here yet. But Pan Sheng saw it clearly, and thought that Wu Baojiu had indeed confessed, and he couldn't care about that much, so he shouted at Lin Nan: "Lord Wang, these are all instructed by Wu Baojiu, and the teahouse is also under his order, but he just borrowed the name of the villain, all of this was instructed by him to do the villain, and the name of Wu Baojiu is also written on the deed of the teahouse." ”
"Where's the deed?" Lin Nan saw that the case was almost finished, so he hurriedly stood up.
"Here you look." Pan Sheng took out a contract from his cuff and presented it to Gao Dehong, Gao Dehong handed it to Lin Nan, Lin Nan glanced at it, and saw that Wu Baojiu's name was indeed written on it.
"The dog officer turned out to be you!" The father and daughter grabbed Wu Baojiu and gritted their teeth hatefully.
"Wu Baojiu, what else do you have to say?" Lin Nan slapped the table and smiled proudly.
Wu Baojiu knew that it was useless to quibble, so his tone simply hardened, and he snorted: "Xiaguan is planted in your hands today, what else is there to say." ”
"Be bold, dare to speak disrespectfully to the prince!" The soldiers on both sides pulled out their swords, but Wu Baojiu was not afraid at all, twisted his neck and said: "All this is made by this official, and it is all up to the prince!" ”
"You!" Lin Nan saw his appearance and came to the fire, and said, "Come on, pull him out of the gang for me and put him to death in Ling Chi!" ”
"Your Highness." Gao Dehong stepped forward and said in a low voice: "According to Sui law, this person will not die for his crimes. ”
After listening to this, Lin Nan looked at Wu Baojiu again, and saw his disdainful look in his eyes, as if he was demonstrating to him. Suddenly angry, and he didn't care about Sui Lu, so he turned around and walked down the hall and shouted at a soldier next to him, "Give me the knife." ”
"Your Highness." Gao Dehong still wanted to stop him, but Lin Nan was willing to listen, and without waiting for the soldier to make a move, he pulled out his saber.
"You can't kill me, I'm an official of the imperial court." Wu Baojiu was a little scared at this time, and took two steps back.
"Ahh Lin Nan stepped forward and slashed down, Wu Baojiu started from the center of his eyebrows, and a blood mark fell horizontally, and the person was killed.
"Your Highness spares your life!" Pan Sheng and a few troublemakers pounced, and they all fell to their knees.
"Hmph." Lin Nan handed the knife back to the soldier and said to Gao Dehong: "These people can do whatever they want." ”
Gao Dehong sighed, and could only arch his hand: "Yes." ”
"Lord God, the two people don't know how to thank you." The father and daughter fell to their knees, Lin Nan was unhappy, so he sighed and said to the woman: "Okay, you go home, Hugh will write a letter to tell your brother to come back." ”
"Yes." The woman bowed to the ground in gratitude.
"Dehong, you have dealt with these things here, and I will take a few people back to Jiankang first." Lin Nan commanded and walked out of the yatang.
"Yes." Gao Dehong sent Lin Nan away, and snorted at the mother and daughter: "Do you know how much Lou Zi you provoked for the prince." ”
"This ......" The father and daughter glanced at each other, in their eyes, this Wu Baojiu should have died, and it was not surprising that the prince killed an eight junior officials.
Gao Dehong knew their thoughts, sighed and said: "Although this dog official is confused, he is not guilty of death, he is also a court official, although His Royal Highness is a prince, but the court official cannot be killed." If someone plays the impeachment of His Royal Highness, the emperor is afraid that he will not be able to protect it. ”
Only then did the two of them understand, and when they glanced at each other, they both showed embarrassed looks, and they didn't know what to do.
Gao Dehong knew that it was not the fault of the two of them, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you can go back." While thanking them for their kindness, the two of them took a few guys from the teahouse out of the yamen.