The retinue rode horses and soon arrived in Dianzhou. He handed the letter, along with the edict, to Liu Yichen. "It's a wonderful thing, I can try the case."

Liu Yichen led another group of cavalry and surrounded Ma Feng's mansion and shouted loudly. "Ma Feng came out, I was the merchant that night, the royal brother Liu Yichen."

Ma Feng was in the mansion, trembling with fright. "The old man has been up and down in officialdom for half his life, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing when he was old."

His heart was full of pain and remorse, if he hadn't been too greedy for money, he would have enjoyed his old age in peace, and he wouldn't have been punished so severely.

Those slaves and maids and housekeepers are too scared. They looked out at a troop of horsemen, with sharp blades in their hands, and they were so frightened that they could not help but tremble.

Liu Yichen shouted. "Ma Feng, as an official of the imperial court, you naturally know the sin of private salt, and it is wise to confess your guilt as soon as possible."

Ma Feng heard the noise outside, his hands trembled, and he picked up the gold ingots on the side. "Birds die for food, people die for money, and the matter is not known until now."

He laughed loudly to the sky, opened his big mouth, and the gold ingots instantly reached his throat, he sang and danced madly, and after a while, he fell to the ground on his back.

Liu Yichen rushed in with the soldiers. Looking at Ma Feng's corpse, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. "It seems to be a suicide by swallowing gold."

Thinking of this, he ordered the soldiers again. "Pull this corpse to the entrance of the market, cut off the head, and confiscate the gold in the treasury."

They raided Ma Feng's house, and it was only a few days' work, and the silver and gold, pulling many wagons, and putting them into the treasury, were simply too much to pile up.

The people looked at Ma Feng's corpse, applauded happily, and threw vegetable leaves and dirt on it. "Such an old dog, scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, should have died a long time ago."

The officials who were smuggling salt fled one after another. Liu Yichen issued a pursuit warrant, and at the same time ordered the prefect to elect some new honest officials.

He returned to his residence and looked at Song Zhiyao. "Xianggong, haven't you read the letter of the young general?" Liu Yichen opened the letter and paused for a while.

He laughed. "It seems that Brother Bai Hong, life is also good, let's go back together, he has a secret, he wants to tell you about me."

Song Zhiyao asked curiously. "What's the secret?" Liu Yichen just said in a deep voice. "When I arrived in the capital, I naturally knew everything."

The two of them went to Xiao's room and looked at her. "Tomorrow is the beginning of the court, girl, do you want to testify? Let's be honest. ”

Xiao Shi turned his head and smiled indifferently. "My lord, the slave family has long put life and death out of the way, but the slave family doesn't want to talk anymore."

Then she fell to her knees and pleaded. "My lord, the slave family only wants to take care of him again, and in this world, this relationship should also have an end."

Liu Yichen knew that after selling so much illicit salt, he would inevitably cut off Cao Shilang's head. It's just that this woman is so infatuated, and it makes herself feel sad.

Song Zhiyao was also on the side, moved to tears. "What can be done if they are fulfilled by being a good man? This kind of fate is difficult for the Buddha to understand. ”

Soon, Xiao was sent to Cao Shilang's cell, looking at her, the two hugged each other and cried. was just silent, only tears rippled.

Liu Yichen waved his hand and ordered the guards to do so. "In these days, they will satisfy them with whatever they want to eat and use, and don't let them be aggrieved."

He turned around and walked straight out of the prison. The terrible cry behind made him have mixed feelings in his heart. "That's how life is."

A few days later, he ascended to the court to interrogate Cao Shilang, and Mrs. Cao was on his side. "Are you guilty? The ledgers of the salt mountains are all in my hands. ”

Mrs. Cao was also on the side, whimpering. "The slave family knows all the things he did, and from the salt mountain, there are thieves everywhere, and I don't know how much he missed."

Cao Shilang was dressed in a clean white prison uniform, his eyes were closed, and he occasionally said yes. With an indifferent face, it seems that life and death have been put aside.

Song Zhiyao stood aside and looked at the few people in the hall. Mrs. Cao spitted at the corners of her mouth, her eyes were red from crying, and she told about the private salt.

Cao Shilang just smiled, turned his head, and smiled softly and coldly. "Madam, things are like this, the villain is deeply sorry in his chest."

As he spoke, he stroked the black hair in front of his head and smiled. "There is nothing to say about the villain doing this, but he should do what he wants."

On the side, Xiao Shi just twitched his nose and whispered Buddhist scriptures with a whimper. Liu Yichen looked at them, thought for a long time, and patted the shocked wood heavily.

Liu Yichen looked at him and said kindly. "Since you did this, you didn't think about how the people were suffering, what did you think at that time?"

Cao Shilang opened his eyes, danced his hands, and said with a stunned smile. "My lord, this silver is like a human life, without it, no one will pay attention to you."

Mrs. Cao glared at him, stretched out her fingers, and said hatefully. "My lord, even if you don't mention the matter of the private salt, you will have to pay for your life if you kill the slave lover."

Cao Shilang pursed his lips and smiled contemptuously. "If this is the case, then he is also a traitor to the wife of an adulterer, and he is unfaithful to others, and he deserves to die."

Song Zhiyao looked at them helplessly. "The law is unforgivable, there are extenuating circumstances, and it is also this evil fate, it is difficult to tell who it is."

At this time, Xiao Shi glared angrily and pounced angrily. "You wicked woman, it's not you who are a hindrance, why did my husband come here."

She stretched out her hand and squeezed Mrs. Cao. With a strong stroke, Mrs. Cao's cheeks flowed bright red blood and splashed around the lobby.

Liu Yichen waved his hand, and several officials pulled the two of them together. The two became entangled, scuffled together, and separated for a long time.

Cao Shilang got up and grabbed Xiao's slender waist. "Lady, my husband is also a dying person, so why not leave chaos in the world."

Liu Yichen slapped the wooden road again. "Adjournment, another day." Those officials separated the three of them and dragged Cao Shilang and the others back to the prison.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Song Zhiyao walked up and said. "Xianggong, how to judge what is good?" Liu Yichen smiled charmingly. "Yao'er, what do you say?"

She stared at the big eyes of the water spirit and said suspiciously. "If you connive at the two of you, you will be in vain of the law of the country and the people."

Liu Yichen took a sip of tea and said with a smile. "What if you kill it?" Song Zhiyao replied. "It's really pitiful, and they can't help themselves."

Looking at her appearance, Liu Yichen smiled kindly. "In this world, it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, but it is just worthy of the heart, not in vain, just enough."

Song Zhiyao looked at Liu Yichen's generous face thoughtfully. "Xianggong, unconsciously, time is like flowing water, and you are also old."

The red sunset shone on Liu Yichen's bun, showing a white thread. He brushed off his gray hair and twisted it in his hand for a long time.

Liu Yichen smiled with satisfaction. "Good Yao'er, it is with you that every inch of time has not been wasted, and it is engraved in Xianggong's heart."

As he spoke, he hugged Song Zhiyao's neck, and his handsome face was slightly against her cheek. The two of them interlocked their fingers majestically, listening to each other's heartbeats.

Liu Yichen quietly pressed her red lips and pinched her ears. "Okay Yao'er, we've been here for a long time, and it's time for a good life."

The two held hands, rode tall white horses, and walked together in the market. The people were bustling and enjoying this rare ease and happiness.

The two of them walked to the side of the road, and a beautiful little girl was shouting and selling knots. "Flower silk knots, three copper coins and one piece."

Song Zhiyao looked at her, her little face flushed by the evening breeze. remembered that in the past disaster relief, those poor little girls who were sensible stepped forward.

She took out a silver strip or two from her bosom and stuffed it into the little girl's bosom. "My sister is all here, you go home early tonight, so you can rest."

The little girl looked at the silver in amazement and thanked her. Song Zhiyao looked at her jumping figure and couldn't help but smile warmly.

As she spoke, she walked up to Liu Yichen and carefully braided a bow in the cold moonlight. "Xianggong, it's on your heart."

Liu Yichen rolled his wide sleeves, stretched out his hand, and twisted the tiny red thread. "It's the old matchmaker of the moon, and she also connects us together."

The two wandered for a long time and sat at a night food stall on the side of the street. The two ordered two bowls of tea and a large bowl of lotus rice balls, and ate them together.

Suddenly, Xiao Er looked at them and shouted in surprise. "Your Excellency! It was the adults who caught the smuggled salt thieves and let us small people have salt to eat. ”

The people in the market came respectfully together. Although Liu Yichen is a dragon species, they just love Liu Yichen and are not afraid of him.

Liu Yichen smiled and chatted with the people, as kind as family. From a distant corner, a faint cry was heard.

"Brother Huang, it is the poisonous salt that harms the little ones like this." He was hunched over, his eyes drooping, and his body covered in filthy dirt.

Those people looked at the beggars and sighed. "Brother Huang, those who were poisoned are too many to count, and they are very miserable."

Liu Yichen rewarded the beggar with a piece of silver, and the two rode back on horseback. "Fellow villagers, I will repay all your wishes."

The two returned to their residence, and Liu Yichen said to Song Zhiyao. "Tonight, I'm going to go to prison and talk to those two alone, and keep a decent one."

Looking at Liu Yichen's expression, Song Zhiyao seemed to have a premonition that something was going to happen. "Xianggong, Yao'er and you, can you go there together?"

When the two arrived at the prison, they saw Cao Shilang, clinging to Xiao's body. The two were entangled in their bodies and whispered love words to each other.

Liu Yichen lowered his heart and pushed the door open. "Cao Shilang, you say, based on your business, how should I be convicted?"

Cao Shilang smiled while protecting the Xiao family. "Why should you worry, brother villain, I have been waiting for the villain for a long time in heaven."

Listening to his words, Liu Yichen smiled. "You can buy private salt, but it shouldn't be poisonous, and how many people have been harmed, and you can't survive or die."

The bleak moonlight shone on Cao Shilang's withered face, which was like a twisted and terrifying skeleton, very hideous.

He muttered to himself. "Yes, the villain begged for ill-gotten wealth and killed his life, so if he can go to heaven, he can only reincarnate in the animal road and go to hell."

Cao Shilang was ashamed and embarrassed, and Xiao Shi hugged his body and clinged to it. After a long time, Cao Shilang raised his head and said hoarsely.

"My lord, please give me a pot of hot wine, pen and paper." Listening to his words, Liu Yichen ordered the jailer on the side to bring these two things.

Cao Shilang drank the hot wine in one gulp, and his cheeks flushed. He happily tugged at Shaw's wrist. "Good lady, we will always be together in the next life."

Xiao looked at him, teary eyes. "Your Excellency!" Her knees were heavy on the ground, her hair was disheveled, and the blood on her forehead was dripping and seeping to the ground.

She howled. "Skinn the slave family, Ling Chi, and feed the five horses to the dogs, just ask for the grace of the adults, and reward the slave family husband for a way to live!"

Cao Shilang grabbed the pen and wrote with ink. "Thirty years of chaos, before leaving to know the right way, I only wish to have no life and no world, and I will stay together."

As he spoke, he laughed aloud. "Lady, see you in the next life!" As he spoke, he threw down his pen and ink and slammed it against the wall, instantly bursting his brain and spilling blood.

Xiao stared at Cao Shilang's corpse and choked up and cried. After a long time, Song Zhiyao walked up and comforted Xiao with a kind face.

"Don't worry, your husband's business, that's it, the court will no longer pursue it, we will take the silver and build a cemetery for him."

Xiao Shi was stunned for a long time, and Fang wiped away his tears. "Madam, the slave family knows about it, and they want to build a double tomb, and the slave family will rest here after a hundred years."