"Well, since you confess, it means that you have confessed your sin. Since you are the chief of the grain, according to the relevant laws of the "Great Ming Law" and the "Great Message", you can pay for your sins. Will you pay bread to atone for your sins? ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Qi Hongfu said busily.

"Since you are willing, then I will help you calculate them one by one. The complaint against you for forcibly buying land is sixty-three, thirty according to the rod of law, and two thousand miles. According to the 'Nano Atonement Ordinance' promulgated by the Ministry of Households, Nano 30 stone can be exempted. ”

In fact, not only the grain chief, since the 26th year of Hongwu, as long as he does not "really commit a capital crime", with the consent of the government, anyone can pay money to atone for his crime. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure money had long become waste paper, and the court was certainly not stupid, only accepting rice and not treasure money. Of course, it is also possible to pay the equivalent of silver to atone for sins.

"Yes, I am willing to pay food to atone for my sins." Qi Hongfu heard that he only needed to pay thirty stones of grain, and this crime was forgiven. It was so cheap, so I happily agreed to pay for the food.

"The atonement rice needs to be transported to the household department in Beijing, do you plan to transport it yourself or the court will transport it on your behalf?"

Qi Hongfu thought to himself, isn't this nonsense? said: "It will be transported by the court." ”

"If the court transports it on its behalf, you still need to pay double the loss, which is sixty stones." Liang Wensheng threw the first pit.

"Huh? So many ......" Qi Hongfu felt deceived, thinking that there was no double loss from here to Beijing by dry road, and now they are all lucky, and the loss is much less. How can there be so much loss? It's not that the local government is greedy, it's so fucking black!

"This is the rule of the court." Liang Wensheng said solemnly: "It's okay if you don't pay it, you can hit 30 boards first, and then distribute 2,000 miles." ”

"Deliver, deliver!" Qi Hongfu looked at Liang Wensheng's serious appearance, and scolded in his heart, Liang Wensheng! The common people say that you are a clean official, but you are very greedy. I don't know how much he scraped off this time!

In fact, Liang Wensheng did not get much benefit personally, the court regulations were like this, but the local government could get 30% of the atonement rice to be filled into the treasury.

Liang Wensheng saw that he complied, and this time he threw out a big hole: "After the calculation of this official, there are a total of 63 complaints mentioning the same crime, so you need to pay a total of 3,780 stone meters for this item." ”

"What? Isn't it sixty stones? Qi Hongfu's head was dizzy, and he was so distressed that he almost fainted, and he felt fooled again.

"Sixty stone is once, you have a total of sixty-three times, of course sixty-three times."

"Isn't there a combination of punishments for several crimes, can you give a discount?"

"Of course there is, when I'm done, I'll give you a total discount at a time."

After hearing this, Qi Hongfu felt a little relieved, how did he know that there were big pits behind him.

Liang Wensheng then said: "After counting the crime of forcibly occupying land, and then counting the crime of inducing minors to gamble......"

"Wait, I'm not gambling! I don't recognize this one! Qi Hongfu shouted loudly, as if he wanted him to grasp the reason.

"None? This is a contract found from your home, with the signatures of you and He Zhiyuan, and after investigation by this official, He Zhiyuan is a native of Hejia Village, and he is only a 14-year-old minor this year. Isn't this what you lure minors into gambling? ”

"He brought it up first!"

"Oh? So you admit to it? ”

"Yes, but that's what he brought up." Qi Hongfu tried his best to argue.

"Then tell me about the situation."

"At that time, their village sold me 50 acres of land, and He Zhiyuan proposed that he would redeem the 50 acres of land at a price ten times before the end of this year. I asked him what if he couldn't redeem it with so much silver. He said give me their thirty acres of land as well. I promised that if I lost, I would let him redeem the fifty acres of land, and I would give him another fifty acres of land. That's how we signed the bet. ”

Liang Wensheng was furious when he heard this, and said, "Qi Hongfu, you are really treacherous and cunning!" If you win, you will buy eighty acres of land for four hundred taels of silver, and if you lose, you will sell one hundred acres of land for four thousand taels of silver. Win or lose, you're taking advantage. If you are not a mentally disabled minor, how can such a gambling contract occur? Isn't this an inducement for underage gambling? ”

"Yes...... But he signed it voluntarily! Qi Hongfu said with a bitter face.

"My "Da Ming Law" stipulates that the other party is a minor, whether it is voluntary or not, as long as you sign this crime, you will be established!"

Qi Hongfu thought to himself, this sin does not lead to death, isn't it just to pay for the sin, it's not bad, thinking of this, he said: "Yes, I confess!" ”

"Since it is illegal, this contract is invalid, and you must return the fifty acres of land to the owner free of charge. Would you like to? ”

"Okay, I do. What about the four hundred taels of silver? ”

"The silver was confiscated as gambling money, and the government collected it from the owner of the land to recover it." Liang Wensheng replied. In fact, what kind of recovery, Liang Wensheng just asked him to return the fifty acres of land to the owner.

Liang Wensheng saw that he no longer pleaded, so he continued: "According to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Households, this crime can be atoned by paying 20 stone rice, are you willing?" ”

"Willing? That's forty stone meters, right? Qi Hongfu asked.

"Exactly. If there is no problem with this article, let's talk about abetment. After combing, you instigated and connived at the beating of the people a total of 59 times. Six people were killed, 16 were disabled, and 47 were injured. According to our Da Ming Law, the person who caused the death was sentenced to beheading, but he could be spared death by 100 stones, and 50 stones by nanometers, for a total of 1,800 stones. Would you like to nano? ”

"Yes!" This time the answer is very painful, this is a life-saving event, can you not be happy? I still think in my heart, a life is not expensive.

"Sixteen people were disabled, and according to the law, one hundred stones were required to be exonerated, and the sixteen people were three thousand two hundred stones. Forty-seven wounds were required according to the law to be exonerated by thirty stones, and forty-seven people were two thousand eight hundred and twenty stones. ”

Qi Hongfu listened to those numbers, his heart ached for a while, and his face was distorted for a while. That's all white silver. With only three charges, more than half of his family property was removed, and he really couldn't stand this kind of torture, so he said: "My lord, don't forget it one by one." Just tell me the total, and I'll admit it. ”

"Don't want to hear it? Then I will tell you the total, and the total amount of the seven charges is 23,760 stones, which is converted into a total of 35,640 taels of silver. ”

Qi Hongfu was shocked when he heard this number, this is almost all his family property. But in order to save his life, he couldn't take care of the family property. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll hand it over, when will the adults let me go home?" ”

"I can't let you go back now, I want to report to the Criminal Department, and I can release you after approval."

"If I don't go back to dispose of the family property, how can I pay the atonement rice?"

"Your family can dispose of it for you."

Qi Hongfu had nothing to say, so he could only obediently comply, and finally he made a request: "Can you invite a Lang Zhong to come to the prison to heal your injuries?" ”

"Nian is a person with status, agree to your request, and take it down."

Looking at the background of Qi Hongfu's departure, Liang Wensheng laughed evilly, and said lightly: "Exit ......"

At dawn the next morning, Qi Hongfu was awakened by the pain in his lower body. He unbuttoned his clothes and looked down, only to see that his *words* were swollen like a long eggplant, black and translucent, the wound was red and swollen, and when he touched it with his hand, the pain was unbearable. He first thought that it was Lang Zhong who gave the wrong medicine yesterday, and he was naturally afraid in his heart, if he let the quack doctor abolish this play* art, then he would not become a eunuch for the rest of his life?

So, he called out to the jailer, who came to understand the situation. Looking at the bird-like appearance of his lower body, he couldn't help but laugh like a pig. However, he did not dare to slack off on such things, and quickly reported them to the prison head, who in turn reported them to the torture cell. After a while, the news reached Liang Wensheng.

Liang Wensheng waited for this news last night, but he didn't expect Qi Hongfu to be able to endure it and not find a jailer until dawn. How did he know that there was no oil lamp in the cell at night, he couldn't see his wounds, and in addition to the torture of his buttocks yesterday, he was also mentally tortured, so it can be said that he was physically and mentally exhausted, so he slept heavily at night, and only found out in the morning. Liang Wensheng solemnly instructed Hu Langzhong, who treated him yesterday, to see him again.

Hu Langzhong came to the cell, pretended to check his buttocks and lower body, and said to Qi Hongfu: "I used trauma medicine for the stick wound on your thigh, and it has now scabbed, and it will be fine in two days." The injury has nothing to do with my medication, and from the lower body wounds, this disease is extraordinary. ”

Qi Hongfu was stunned when he heard Hu Langzhong say this, and asked in a trembling voice: "How is it extraordinary?" ”

Hu Langzhong asked rhetorically: "First of all, tell me how this lower body was injured?" ”

"This ......" Qi Hongfu looked embarrassed, and asked hesitantly: "Do you have to say it?" ”

"What are you embarrassed about in front of the doctor? I have to say it, otherwise I won't be able to get the right solution. ”

Qi Hongfu said in embarrassment: "Yes...... I was bitten by a woman during sexual intercourse. ”

"What about the woman?" Hu Langzhong asked urgently.

"It's dead."

"That's right. Your illness has something to do with the woman, and it is both a real illness and a false illness. ”

"Ah, ill? What do you mean? When Qi Hongfu heard the word "ill", he immediately thought of Cuiying's death, felt a chill on his back, and had goosebumps on his body.

Hu Langzhong didn't answer, but asked again seriously: "Have you been in contact with any dirty and evil things recently?" For example, foxes, cats, corpses, ghosts, monsters, etc. ”

After saying this, Qi Hongfu remembered that he went to open the coffin for an autopsy half a month ago, and he couldn't rest assured, he had been to Li Cuiying's coffin to see it. His face turned pale with fright, his body trembled slightly, and he replied, "Yes, I have seen the woman's corpse. ”

"You have been poisoned by adultery!" Hu Langzhong exclaimed.

"Ah, what will happen?" Qi Hongfu screamed in fright.

"If you are light, you will lift it, and if it is heavy, it will fester, until the words rot, and then the poisonous gas will spread to the whole body, and you will die of ulceration."

"Sir, save me, you must save me!" Qi Hongfu was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said in a crying voice.

Hu Langzhong was so frightened that his body was like a sifting chaff, his face was bloodless, and he was happy in his heart, but on the surface, he still said seriously: "I am a Langzhong, I can only help you reduce swelling and relieve pain." But you are more of a false disease, that is, the poison of that woman's adultery, you need to ask a Taoist priest to do it for you at home, to expel the woman's resentment, in order to keep your roots. ”