Chapter 14: Corrupt officials and tyrants collude
Such a big bloody case did not go through the court, and it took another two days before the trial of Gong Ren.
Gong Ren was taken off the chains and taken to a big black house, facing two sturdy black lacquered tables, and on the left sat a fat old man, with a big belly and a bloated body, with too much flesh on his face, and his neck could not be seen, and his head seemed to be inserted in the cavity. On the right sat a thin old man, thin like a skeleton, with big cheekbones, eyes like two big holes, two rows of big horse teeth exposed outside, and a fat official uniform. Behind them, they couldn't make out a mural, like a tiger coming down the mountain with its paint skin spread out, and a black forest of black branches in the background. On both sides of the public hall stood 8 crooked melons and cracked dates, fierce and vicious officials, one holding a big bamboo stick in his hand, like a little ghost in the palace of Hades.
The thin old man respectfully said to the fat old man, "Your Excellency, please first." The fat old man said disdainfully to the thin old man: "Lord Liu, you are the presiding judge, I am just here to observe." The thin old man nodded, smiled at the fat old man, and said, "Master Li, the old man is rude." He turned his face back, his smile changed, and he immediately yelled at Gong Ren like a ghost: "Bold murderer, do you know who alarmed?" alarmed the governor of Liangguang, Lord Li. You're not a kid! Master Li has never tried a case in our county, and he has never inspected my county, which shows that your crimes are obvious and your influence is extremely bad. If you are smarter, and your flesh suffers less, if you are obsessed, hum, I'm afraid you, who have fine skin and tender flesh, will suffer a little sin. ”
Gong Ren was shocked, he had long heard that Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, was insatiable, and he didn't know how many people's fat and ointment he had scavenged from the people in the position of governor, and this case, I don't know why it alarmed him? I couldn't help but mutter. This Lord Liu, presumably it is Liu squinting and his father Liu Peeling, this is not a good bird. I heard that as long as he passes through the hall, he will peel off the skin at the lightest, and break his leg and arm at the worst, so the people call him Liu Peel. fell into the hands of these two corrupt officials and tyrants, told the truth, and their lives could not be guaranteed, and if they did not tell the truth, their bodies and bones would also suffer.
Suddenly, Liu Papi shouted: "Kneel!" Before Gong Ren could understand what was going on, a servant behind him kicked with his foot, and Gong Ren knelt down. Liu Papi asked, "What's your name?" Where to stay? Gong Ren said: "My name is Gong Ren, and I live in Gongjiazhuang." Liu Papi asked again: "Let me ask you, how did you get to Xijiazhuang, and quickly recruit from the truth?" Gongren pleaded loudly: "I can't sleep at night, and I know Xijiazhuang's Xipin, so I want to take a look at Xijiazhuang." Unexpectedly, there happened to be a prostitute who wanted to misbehave in Xipin's house, so I went in and fought with him. The old lady West also came out to fight the thief, and the bad guy took out his gun and killed the old lady West. If you don't believe it, please examine the gunshot wound on the old lady West? These things are not complicated, just ask the West Pin to know. ”
A few words stopped Liu Papi. After a pause, Liu Papi asked someone to bring Xipin, and asked: "You are the Gongren of Gongjiazhuang, how did you know Xipin's Xipin, and quickly recruit from the truth?" Gong Ren said: "It's a long story......" I told the story of rushing to the market and meeting Xipin, and Xipin meeting Liu Slanted Eyes and teasing.
Before he could say anything, Liu Papi suddenly smashed the table with a startling wood and said loudly: "Bold fanatic, you dare to frame tolerance, make a big fuss in the market, and dare to lie here." Since you dare to make a big fuss in the bazaar, you dare to kill someone, come and give him thirty sticks first, and kill his arrogance!"
Gong Ren shouted loudly, but the officials didn't care about this, and suddenly came to their senses, put down Gong Ren, and beat Gong Ren with a mess, beating Gong Ren to the flesh, and it was unspeakably miserable.
After a while, Xipin came to the lobby with her little feet upside down, and she was pushed by the officials to stagger, unsteady on her feet, and fell to the ground all at once. She saw that Gong Ren was beaten and covered in blood and bruises, she was so angry that she trembled all over, and said to Liu Papi: "If you don't call, I will come too, he didn't kill him, why did you beat him?" Liu Papi smiled and said, "You said that he didn't kill the person, what evidence is there?" Xipin said loudly: "This gangster obviously wanted to tease me, but Gongren arrived in time to save me, and the gangster shot and killed my father." When he was about to escape, he lost this black square scarf in a panic, county master, you see? Xipin said, took out a black square scarf from his arms, and let Liu peel it to see.
The official presented the black square scarf to Liu Papi, Liu Papi didn't look at it, and when he saw the square scarf, his face changed in fright, and he quickly tucked the black square scarf into his sleeve.
After a pause, Liu Papi threw the startled wood, and loudly scolded Xipin and said: "What a bad woman, you are in cahoots with Gongren, and you may kill your father!" Come on, put a stick on me, don't give you some color and see, it seems that you don't move!? ”
A group of wolf-like servants surrounded him, and they were going to do something to Xipin.
Xi Pin's heart was horizontal, his waist was straight, and he pleaded loudly: "Even if I have a relationship with Gongren, then there is no need to harm my father?" That's not right at all. Gong Ren sneered and said: "County master, your lawsuit is indeed confused, without evidence, raping public opinion, right and wrong are reversed, and black and white are confused." The black scarf that Xipin brought just now is evidence, as long as the person wearing the black scarf is found, the matter will naturally be understood. Isn't torture like this a confession? ”
At this time, Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, coughed twice, I am afraid that he will not be able to stand it anymore, so he glanced at Liu Papi. Liu Papi nodded, waved his hand to the officials, and the officials stepped aside. Liu Papi said loudly: "Steward Liu of the Chuanli Gold Bureau." ”
Soon, Liu Squinted came out, presumably he was listening in the lobby wing, otherwise he wouldn't have come out so quickly. He first respectfully bowed to Li Hanzhang: "The villain greets the Governor Li. He bowed to Liu Papi again: "Meet the county lord Liu." Then he turned around unhurriedly, smiled at Gong Ren and Xi Pin and said, "I think these two are wronged." ”
Gong Ren was stunned in his heart, he thought that this Liu Slanyan was a great evil and traitorous person, but he didn't expect that Liu Slanyan would help him speak in this hall. Liu squinted and said to Gong Ren: "Aren't we just making some trouble about collecting money, in fact, this is not to blame you and me." You see, the grain tax, the salt tax, the tea tax, the sugar tax, the stamp duty, the indemnity donation, the land donation, the grain donation, the house donation, the sitting donation, the shop donation, the paper donation, the fruit donation, etc., are all sent down from above, and we are just routine. They don't want to pay, and we know their suffering......"
When Gong Ren heard him say these words, his heart gradually became paralyzed. Liu squinted his eyes and said: "Which girl is not pregnant with spring, which teenager is ruthless and righteous, this is a matter of course, there is no big deal." I miss Xipin and can't sleep at night, so it's normal to go to Xijiazhuang to see her. When did you come from the Mansion? ”
Gong Ren said casually: "It's time." "So when did you arrive at Xijiazhuang?" Gong Ren said again: "It's probably the right time, right? Liu squinted his eyes and then asked: "Then it is a full three hours from Haishi to Yinshi, and it is only five or six miles from Gongjiazhuang to Xijiazhuang, where have you gone on this road?" ”
Gong Ren felt speechless for a while. Just now, Liu squinted his eyes around and around, and he also went around himself, Meng Guding said the wrong thing, if he asked about the things on the road, it would be even more difficult to argue, and he was so anxious that Gong Ren couldn't help but have a layer of cold sweat on his head, and quickly changed his words and said: "No, I left when I was ugly." ”
Liu squinted his eyes and sneered, and said, "The big husband dares to do it, why don't you admit it again." Look at you on the big set, avenge the people, act bravely, what a hero, that is really a hero saving a beauty, which makes people envious. ”
Gong Ren is angry in his heart, isn't this a stimulus to induce confessions, but don't be fooled by him.
Liu squinted his eyes and said: "You went out of the house when you came to Hai Shi, and you went to Xijiazhuang when you arrived at Yin Shi, whether you admit it or not, that's what is going on anyway." And I know what you're doing? ”
Gong Ren became even more nervous, and asked with a stammer: "What do you say I did?" ”
Liu squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, and said: "When you came out of Gongjiazhuang, you didn't go to Xijiazhuang at all, but gathered some gangsters from the Triad to ambush near Xijiazhuang. When you think all this is done without revealing and seamless, you went to Xijiazhuang to have a tryst with your lover, but you didn't expect to have a special complication, and you ran into a person who went to Xipin's house to cause trouble, and a murder occurred. ”
Gong Ren heard what he said with a nose and eyes, and couldn't help but flutter in his heart, but he couldn't argue, he really couldn't answer, and the cold sweat on his head dripped down his face after a while. Not only was Gongren anxious, but Xipin's heart was also confused, staring at Gongren with a pair of suspicious eyes.
Gong Ren gritted his teeth and said loudly: "What evidence is there for these nonsense you said? ”
Liu squinted his eyes and smiled again, circled around Gongren, and said unhurriedly: "I see that you have a lot of blood on your body?" If you still don't admit it, you might as well ask it to be tested. ”
Gong Ren was taken aback in his heart, not good, in a hurry, he forgot about the bloodstains on his body, but the matter had come to this, and he could only grit his teeth and get drunk and refuse to admit half a pot of wine, and shouted: "Wronged, wronged, I am wronged." ”
With a wave of his hand, several officials pounced on him, and in a few clicks, he took off his clothes, leaving only his underwear. One of the puppets took the clothes away. After a while, he came to report, "Sir, there are at least three or four people's blood stains on this dress, and there is also a triad ticket. As he spoke, he handed over a ticket.
This test made Gong Ren regret it so much that he almost fainted. The blood on the body can't be relied on, and the ticket on the body can't be relied on, and they all blame themselves for being careless, that day, the big eye of the triad stuffed the ticket to himself, and he didn't hide it, and he carried it with him every day, this is really if people are unlucky, drink cold water and stuff their teeth.
Liu squinted his eyes and smiled again, and said unhurriedly: "This first person's bloodstain, of course, is yours." The bloodstains of this second person may be that of the old lady of the West. The blood of the third man, the fourth man, needless to say, must have been the one you killed. The physical evidence is there, do you have anything to deny? ”
Gong Ren only felt that his chest was full of blood and blood, his head was buzzing, and he couldn't speak for a long time. This is really a big wrong, and I can't wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River, but the matter has come to this point, and I have to tell the story of the murder at the intersection of Xijiazhuang and the fact that I accidentally got stained with blood at the scene.
Liu squinted at Gongren's eyes and asked, "The person you killed or the blood that someone else killed and stained you, I'm afraid I can't tell!" Who can be your witness? ”
Xipin also thought that Gongren had another murder, so he lowered his head silently, unable to make up his mind.
Liu Papi saw that his son was so shrewd and capable, and he decided the case by dividing it by two, and couldn't help but smile and nod again and again, as happy as if he had drunk a few taels of wine. Li Hanzhang also admired Liu Squint's wit very much, and said three times in a row: "Okay! Good! Good! ”
Gong Ren thought for a while and asked: "The people of the triad have been making trouble in my county for a long time, and everyone knows it, just because you found a cloth ticket on me, why do you say that I am a member of the triad?" ”
Liu squinted his eyes and said: "The errand guy found two triad tickets at the scene of the crime, which are exactly the same as your tickets just now." As he spoke, he handed Liu Papi two triad tickets. Liu Papi looked at the meeting tickets, then slammed the table and yelled loudly: "The criminal is tough, obviously these three tickets are exactly the same, I think you can deny it?!" ”
Gong Ren sighed deeply and said, "It's really a good person who died in the hands of the certificate." Knowing that it would be useless to defend again, he simply closed his eyes slightly, closed his mouth, and stopped talking.
Liu Papi slapped the table with a startled wood and said, "Now that the truth has been revealed, what else do you have to say?" Li Hanzhang said loudly: "Tell me quickly, where did you get those tea leaves?" Liu squinted his eyes and said in a pretentious manner: "Come on, where did you get those tea leaves?" ”
Gong Ren wanted to tell the story of those teas: "Isn't it just some tea, and it's so secret, these teas are ......?"
Li Hanzhang's eyes were firmly fixed on Gong Ren, and Liu Papi and Liu Squinted's eyes were also firmly fixed on Gong Ren.
When the words came to his mouth, Gong Ren suddenly had an extra heart: Is that some tea, if it is really some tea, will it alarm Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang? If I just say it, can I escape death? That could have died sooner.
Gong Ren sneered, shook his head, and said, "Really, I can't tell you guys anything, where did those tea leaves go, how do I know?" ”
Li Hanzhang suddenly smiled, eased his face, and said to Gong Ren: "I see that you are still young, as long as you tell you about these teas, I will guarantee you for other things, and I will not pursue it." ”
Gong Ren thought to himself: Don't fool people, I don't know your virtues, anyway, if you die, just rot these tea leaves in your stomach. Gong Ren said: "I really don't know where these tea leaves went, I just met there and saw the scene of the killing."
Li Hanzhang stared at Gong Ren's eyes and smashed: "You really don't know." ”
"I really don't know. But now that it's in court, I'm going to ask who killed Old Lady Xi, and I hope you can find out clearly. ”
Liu slanted and said: "Since you are a strongman in the triad, you can't do anything, it must be you who colluded with the gangsters and blinded the eyes of the Xipin girl." It's really exhaustive, but it cost Qingqing's life, you fool. ”
Gong Ren shook his head again and sighed deeply.
Xipin pondered for a while, and said loudly: "I don't think it's so simple, please ask the county lord to investigate?" ”
Liu Papi shouted loudly: "You are young, what do you know, I think even you should be beaten hard." ”
Liu squinted and hurriedly stood in front of the county master and whispered: "Dad, this girl has fine skin and tender meat, but she can't beat it." Liu Peeli looked at the black square scarf that was tucked into his sleeve just now, and whispered to Liu slanted his teeth and glared: "I think, even you should fight together!" Why are you doing everything you can to make trouble for me? Liu squinted his eyes and smiled all over his face: "Yes!" Be! Daddy was right. But don't be soft on this fool of Gong Ren. ”
Li Hanzhang whispered to Liu Papi: "I think Ling Lang is really young and promising, quick-witted, decisive, brave and strategic, staying in Xiangshan County is really a waste of talent, why don't you follow me back to the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion?" Liu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The dog is so virtuous and talented, dare to work with the governor." Li Hanzhang said: "For the time being, let him be a senator in the governor's mansion, follow me to deal with some confidential affairs, and then let him have a greater interest when he has an opportunity in the future." Liu Papi said: "Then I really have to thank the Governor." It is really the green smoke coming out of the grave of my ancestors, which is not only the creation of dogs, but also the glory of my ancestors. Li Hanzhang waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say kind words, it's settled." ”
Liu squinted his eyes and was secretly surprised on the side, and a smug smile appeared on his face. He knelt down, kowtowed deeply to Li Hanzhang three times, and said, "Thank you Lord Li for your support, you are like my reborn parents, but I still have one more matter, and I want to ask Lord Li for permission." ”
Li Hanzhang waved his hand and said, "Just say something, right?" ”
Liu squinted his eyes and said: "At present, I still have a private matter to deal with, and when I finish dealing with this matter, can I go back to the governor's mansion with you." ”
Liu Papi glared at Liu squinted, thinking that this son was not sensible, no matter how big the family matter was, how could the errand of the governor's mansion be important. Unexpectedly, Li Hanzhang was magnanimous, and said to Liu squinted: "It turns out that it is such a trivial matter, after staying in the place for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be no such and such trivial matters, okay, you finish handling your affairs, and try to get to my Guangdong Governor's Mansion as soon as possible." ”
Liu squinted his eyes and kowtowed deeply again, saying, "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your wisdom." ”
After listening to his son's official business, Liu Papi yelled at Xipin: "I see that you are still young, and you don't dare to kill your father, hurry up and go home and reflect honestly." Come on, blast me out--" Although Xipin shouted loudly: "Gong Ren is wronged, it was the bad guy who killed my father, Gong Ren was wronged." But the officials, regardless of how he shouted, pushed and beat him with sticks, and drove him out.
Liu Papi sneered at Gongren and said: "You are different from her, first, you make a big fuss in the bazaar and openly confront the imperial court, second, you enter a private house in the middle of the night and have a tryst with your lover, and third, you are a triad gangster, killing people and robbing goods." These three crimes are punished together, what do you say? Do you admit it, so as not to suffer from the flesh and skin, or do you want to taste the criminal law of my Great Qing Kingdom? ”
Gong Ren sneered and said, "In the hands of you dumb officials, what else is good, you just watch it, right?" ”
Liu Papi said to the eight officials, "Let's start." Don't be polite when dealing with such a bad people. After speaking, he stood up, took Li Hanzhang's hand, walked out of the lobby leisurely, and went to the living room to drink tea.
Liu slanted his eyes and walked in front of Gong Ren proudly, shook his head and sneered: "It's up to you, you still want to go against me, and you don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick." Didn't you go to the door bare-ass---you have nothing to do, so I told you to try my tricks today. Gong Ren spat him and scolded fiercely: "You scoundrel, scoundrel, scoundrel, as long as I live, I will not be finished with you." Liu squinted his eyes and smiled, and said, "You still want to get out alive, dream!" You fool. ”
Gong Ren tilted his head, and he didn't bother to talk to him anymore.
Eight officials came up and used all kinds of means, and after a while, Gong Ren had been tortured all over his body, and he died and came back to life, without a piece of good meat on his body, and then he was dragged into death row.
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