Chapter 26: Discernment

When the dust settled, I saw Yu Qing slowly stand up and pat the dust on his body. The audience was full of excitement, blood boiling, tears in their eyes, and the crowd erupted in warm applause.

Yelu Guluguo thought that he could smash Yu Qing to pieces this time, but he didn't expect Yu Qing to stand up unharmed, he was so angry that he screamed and strode towards Yu Qing.

Yu Qingyun used his internal strength to fly up and kick him in the temple, Yelu Guluguo took a few steps back and staggered and fell on the broken wooden board of the ring, and a sharp piece of broken wood pierced his neck. Yelu Guluguo's eyes widened, and the word "impossible" flashed in his brain, but he didn't have time to say that he was already dead.

The crowd in the audience cheered and shouted "Hurray!" Banzai! ”

Zhao Kuangyan was even more happy, he ignored his own pain, rushed up and hugged Yu Qing tightly, and said excitedly: "We won!" We won! ”

When several other Khitans saw Yelu Guluguo's death, they screamed and fled with Yelu Guluguo's body.

Zhao Kuangyan finally let go of Yu Qing, scattered the silver taels of those Khitan people to the crowd, and packed all the 100 taels of gold for himself.

I don't know when, Xiang Boy and the coachman have already purchased the goods and came to the edge of the ring together, and when they came, those Khitans had already left.

The coachman pulled Yu Qing and said, "Yu Ye, kill the Khitans, we are in trouble, get out of here!" ”

Yu Qingzheng was about to leave, and suddenly said: "It seems that it is too late!" I saw that a large number of officers and soldiers had arrived and surrounded the site.

It turned out that when Yu Qing killed Yelu Guluguo, the sound of the crowd chanting long live alarmed the officers and soldiers, and when they rushed to this side, they happened to meet the Khitans who were carrying the body of Yelu Guluguo and withdrew, and these Khitans immediately complained to the officers and soldiers. This Yelu Guluguo was originally a Khitan nobleman, and it was a big crime for the Jin people to kill the Khitans, not to mention killing the Khitan nobles.

The killing of the Khitan nobles was a major case, and the officers and soldiers immediately reported it to Zhang Tongzhi, the prefect of Xinzhou. When the prefect heard this, it was worth it, who was so bold that he dared to kill the Khitans in broad daylight, so he immediately ordered the murderer to be arrested.

When the people at the scene saw the officers and soldiers coming, they immediately shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming, run!" "People fled in all directions. The officers and men began to arrest people, and in a short time several people were arrested.

The coachman said, "Let's take advantage of the chaos!" Yu Qing nodded and helped Zhao Kuangyan and the coachman, and Xiang Boy escaped together in the chaos. As soon as he was halfway there, Yu Qing saw that several innocent people had been caught by the officers and soldiers, and they cried out "It's not me, it's not me!" ”

Yu Qing thought: "You can't just leave like this, I killed people, if you leave, those innocent people will definitely suffer." So he said to the coachman: "Uncle, you take Brother Zhao and Xiang Boy away, one person does the work and the other is responsible, I stay, I can't let the innocent people be implicated." ”

Zhao Kuangyan said: "No, we have to go together, we have to stay together." ”

Yu Qing said: "Don't mess around, you guys go quickly!" After that, he pushed Zhao Kuangyan, turned back on himself, raised his arms and shouted: "Hey! As a soldier, the Khitans were killed by me, and they have nothing to do with anyone else, so I will go back with you to deal with them. ”

A man who looked like an officer came up and said, "Did you really kill you?" ”

Yu Qing said: "Yes, it's me!" ”

The officer said, "Take away!" The two soldiers came up and held down Yu Qing, but Yu Qing did not resist, they shackled Qing on the handcuffs. The officer also kept his word and ordered the others to be released.

At this time, a crisp voice came: "And me, I killed him and me!" ”

Yu Qing secretly complained, why is this Brother Zhao disobedient, didn't I tell them to leave, hey! How can this be?

The officer waved his hand and took them away, and two more soldiers stepped forward to take Zhao Kuangyan. Zhao Kuangyan shook his hand and said: "Since I dare to admit it, you are afraid that I will not be able to escape, and I will go by myself." "Let's talk about it, follow Yu Qing's side.

The officers and soldiers escorted Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan to the government and handed them over to the government officials. The master shouted loudly: "Ascension! "The two rows of officials held the killing rod in their hands, and the pestle under the ground was terrifying.

Yu Qing and the others were escorted to the court, and Zhao Kuangyan looked left and right, looking very curious.

The prefect was startled, startling Zhao Kuangyan, and the prefect asked, "Who is in the hall?" Still don't kneel down when you see this official? ”

Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan knelt on the ground and reported their names. The prefect asked, "Are you guilty?" ”

Yu Qingzheng wanted to speak, but Zhao Kuangyan spoke first and said, "What is the crime of the grass people? ”

The prefect shouted: "Bold, you openly killed the Khitans in broad daylight, and you dare to say that you don't know the crime?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan asked rhetorically: "Lord Prefect, do you know how many Central Plains people the Khitans killed in broad daylight?" ”

The prefect said: "As far as this official knows, those Central Plains people who were killed were all in order to win gold, and they were voluntary. ”

Zhao Kuangyan snorted and said, "Hmph! Voluntary? You are in vain as a parent official here, the Khitans are doing mischief under your rule, they killed the Central Plains people voluntarily, and our Central Plains people killed the Khitans is a crime, is there any reason for this? ”

The prefect was so angry that his face turned blue and said: "Clever words, do you know the law of my Great Jin, and anyone who kills a Khitan is a capital crime?" ”

When Yu Qing heard this, he couldn't help but secretly scream that it was not good, Brother Zhao provoked the prefect by messing around like this, if the prefect was convicted of a capital crime, how would it be good? So he shouted loudly: "My lord, this Khitan man is indeed killed by me, it has nothing to do with my little brother, one person does things one person, he just said recklessly and rushed into the adult, but also out of the righteousness of his friend, in order to exonerate me, the small one will compensate you." After saying that, he kowtowed.

The prefect said: "You still understand the matter, I won't care about it for the time being." You killed the Khitans, can you be guilty? ”

"The villain is guilty!"

Zhao Kuangyan saw that Yu Qing confessed his guilt, and he was so angry that he stood up and said, "Oh, Brother Yu! Then he was pressed down by the servants.

The prefect took a look at the evidence recorded by the master, and said in shock: "The case of the person who committed the murder of the Khitan Yelu Guluguo in the Qing Dynasty has been investigated and ascertained by this government, the facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, and the person who committed the crime confessed to the Qing Dynasty, and is now on death row. Zhao Kuangyan, a criminal who despised the court officials, spoke disrespectfully, and the officials did not care about the villain, but the royal law could not be blasphemed, and the government sentenced you to a crime of disrespect and imprisonment for a month, I hope you will reflect on it and repent as soon as possible. After the verdict was pronounced, he withdrew from the court.

Zhao Kuangyan and Yu Qing were taken to the government prison, Yu Qing went to death row, and Zhao Kuangyan went to an ordinary cell. Zhao Kuangyan took out a small ingot of silver from his cuff, handed it to the jailer, and said, "Brother jailer, please lock me up with that death row inmate!" ”

The jailer happily took the silver into his bosom and said, "This matter is on me, if you want me to transfer that death row prisoner to the ordinary number room, even if you give me 10,000 guts, I will not dare, but if you want to transfer the ordinary prisoner to the death row number, it will naturally be no problem." ”

In this way, Zhao Kuangyan and Yu Qing were both put on death row. Zhao Kuangyan said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Yu, do you really want to be executed, if you die, I will accompany you!" ”

Yu Qing comforted him and said: "Silly boy, if you say that you can't die, I still want you to help me find that Chai Rong, you must give me a good life." ”

Zhao Kuangyan sobbed and said, "I promised you something, and I will definitely help you do it, but after I finish what you explained, I will come down to accompany you." ”

Yu Qing saw that Zhao Kuangyan said so emotionally, he was a little overwhelmed, and could only say: "Anyway, I want you to live well." ”

Zhao Kuangyan was silent for a while, and said thoughtfully: "Brother Yu, do you have a wife?" ”

Yu Qing was confused by his cold question, and said, "No, why did you suddenly ask this?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan said: "Oh, is it? Do you have a woman you like? ”

Yu Qing shook his head and said, "No! ”

Zhao Kuangyan couldn't help but be a little surprised, and couldn't help but say, "Great! Yu Qing looked at him puzzled and asked, "Why did Brother Zhao say this?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan said excitedly: "I have a twin sister, her name is Zhao Kuangyan, she looks exactly the same as me, and her personality is similar to mine, I plan to introduce her to you, she will definitely like her when she meets you, and I believe you will also like her." He became more and more excited, as if his sister was really in front of him, as if he had forgotten that he was on death row.

When Yu Qing heard this, he asked in surprise: "Zhao Kuangyan, do you two have the same name?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan was stunned for a moment, and said after a while: "The pronunciation is about the same, but I am a Yan with three words, she is the swallow's Yan, I heard my mother say, when I was pregnant with us, my father said that if it was a boy, it would be called Zhao Kuangyan, and if it was a girl, it would be called Zhao Kuangyan, but I didn't expect it to be twins, so my name is Zhao Kuangyan, and her name is Zhao Kuangyan." ”

When Zhao Kuangyan said this, he almost confused Yu Qing, but he didn't care too much, so he said, "Hey! What's the use of saying that! I'm afraid I won't be blessed to see your sister. ”

Zhao Kuangyan said: "Brother Yu, don't worry, in fact, my father is the commander of the forbidden army, as long as I repair a book and send someone to send it, he will definitely come to rescue us." ”

Yu Qing said: "It's just that Tokyo is 108,000 miles away from here, I'm afraid that your book has not arrived, and the daylily will be cold!" ”

Zhao Kuangyan asked anxiously, "What should I do then?" I couldn't help but cry again.

Yu Qing pinched the bridge of Zhao Kuangyan's nose and said, "Look, look, there is a crying nose?" I said you're like a little daughter-in-law, and you still don't admit it! ”

Zhao Kuangyan blushed and said, "At this time, are you still in the mood to joke?" ”

Yu Qing smiled slightly, spread his hands and said, "I'll leave it to my fate!" But you have to get out alive. ”

At this time, the jailer shouted, "It's time to eat!" Yu Qing said, "Let's eat first." ”

Tokyo, the palace of Emperor Shi Jingjiao of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Khitan envoy said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, my Great Khitan warrior Yelu Guluguo was killed in the territory of your Jin Kingdom, this is a blatant provocation, and I simply don't take my father Emperor Yelu King in his eyes, you must give our Great Khitan King an explanation, you must severely punish the murderer, and compensate for the loss of my Khitan Kingdom." ”

Emperor Shi Jingjiao was submissive, and did not dare to offend the envoy, so he said in a loud voice: "When the ambassador goes back to the emperor to show his father, he said that the child emperor will severely punish the murderer, and compensate 50,000 horses of cloth and 100,000 taels of silver." ”

The messenger snorted, got up, and walked away.

As soon as the envoy left, Shi Jingjiao was furious and shouted the intended purpose: "Now, Liu Zhiyuan, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, will strictly investigate the case of killing the Khitan nobleman Yelu Guluguo, find out the murderer, and correct the law on the spot." ”

Taiyuan Mansion, the mansion of Liu Zhiyuan, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the great eunuch Zhang Gonggong came here in a hurry.

"Hedong Jiedu made Liu Zhiyuan listen to the order: Fengtian transported, the emperor edict said, Hedong Jiedu made Liu Zhiyuan, strictly investigate the case of killing the Khitan nobleman Yelu Guluguo, find out the murderer, and correct the law on the spot, Qin this!"

"Minister, Liu Zhiyuan takes the order!"

Gonggong Zhang had always been afraid of Liu Zhiyuan, and immediately returned to Tokyo after passing the decree.

Liu Zhiyuan said to Guo Wei: "Que'er, that Yelu Guluguo is known as the first warrior of the Khitan, when I met with the emperor Yelu Deguang, the Khitan lord, I once fought with him, he is indeed born with divine power, extremely brave, and I and the emperor are not his opponents." I heard that he came to the Central Plains this time, claiming to be invincible all over the Central Plains, and he was very arrogant, and he set up a ring in Xinzhou, insulting and provoking the Central Plains martial arts, and also killed many martial arts heroes. Who the hell could beat him to death in the ring, but whoever it is, always breathed a bad breath for me! ”

Guo Wei said: "My lord, my subordinates heard that it was two young people who killed Na Yelu Guluguo, both of whom were in their early twenties, such heroes and heroes are really rare. The subordinates also heard that they had been put on death row by Zhang Tongzhi, the prefect of Xinzhou, and they were to be beheaded after reporting to the adults for approval, but the report had not yet been submitted. ”

After Liu Zhiyuan heard this, he stroked his beard, thoughtfully, and after a long time. Said: "Don't wait for the report, let's go to Xinzhou, you call Wang Jun, select 20 pro-soldiers from the pro-military camp to accompany us, we will follow the car lightly, set off immediately, we should be able to arrive at Xinzhou Mansion tomorrow afternoon." ”

Guo Wei asked in great surprise: "My lord, do you want to try this case yourself?" ”

Liu Zhiyuan smiled mysteriously and said, "You're right! With that, the two of them smiled.

Liu Zhiyuan and some people hurried up, and rushed to Xinzhou Mansion at noon the next day and went straight to the mansion. The prefect Zhang Tongzhi heard that the envoy of Jiedu was coming, and hurriedly led the state officials to take over, he knelt in front of Liu Zhiyuan and said: "The subordinates do not know that the envoy of Jiedu has arrived, and they have missed the distance, please forgive me!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Get up! I came to Xinzhou Mansion this time, without him, all for the Yelu Guluguo case, the Khitan people are very unhappy about this case, the emperor has personally asked, do you say I don't come to try it in person? ”

The prefect Zhang Tongzhi was so frightened that he kowtowed like pounding garlic when he heard this, and said: "The lower official should die, such a big case happened under his rule, alarming the emperor and affecting the adults, the lower officials deserve to die for their crimes, please punish the adults!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Has the murderer been caught now? ”

"My lord, the murderer has been caught, he called Yu Qing heard that he was from the Western Regions and was detained in Xiaguan's prison, and Xiaguan was also preparing to ask for beheading after Lord Yuming, but I didn't expect the adult to work hard to try it in person, Xiaguan was honestly afraid, Xiaguan should die."

Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, don't say that the lower official should die on the left, and the lower official should die on the right, then Yu Qing's murder was not instigated by you, what is the crime?" You take this envoy to the heavenly prison, I want to see who this audacious and reckless Yu Qing is! ”

Governor Zhang Tongzhi hurriedly said: "How can this make that heavenly prison a place of bad luck, how can an adult's golden body succumb to that kind of place?" Just go and bring it for the adults. ”

Liu Zhiyuan knew that Zhang Tongzhi, the prefect of Xinzhou, had always been afraid of the Khitans, and implemented the emperor's preferential policy of the Khitans "best", so he originally looked down on him in his heart, but because he was an official appointed by the emperor himself, it was also because of the situation, and it was inconvenient to say it clearly, so he said: "No need, the envoy can go to the prison in person for interrogation." ”

"This ......" Zhang Tongzhi was about to say something, but Guo Wei interrupted him and said, "What? Do you dare not listen to the words of the lords? ”

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials will lead the way for the adults."

Liu Zhiyuan got up and said, "Okay, please let Master Zhang lead the way." ”

Zhang Tongzhi led Liu Zhiyuan and others to death row and met Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan in the cell. Because the jailer accepted bribes from Zhao Kuangyan and took good care of them, the two did not suffer much, and their lives were still bright.

Liu Zhiyuan asked: "Are the two of you the prisoners who killed the Khitan Yelu Guluguo?" ”

Yu Qing and Zhao Kuangyan answered at the same time, and Yu Qing said, "It's the villain." But Zhao Kuangyan said, "What about us? ”

Liu Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Kuangyan's spirit, and thought that this must be Yu Qing, because in his opinion, ordinary people with strong martial arts are a little arrogant, so he asked, "You are Yu Qing?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan pointed at Yu Qing and said: "No, I don't change my name or surname, my name is Zhao Kuangyan, and Yu Qing is my eldest brother." ”

Liu Zhiyuan glanced at Yu Qing, and saw that although he was burly and had a strange appearance, he lacked a kind of domineering, he didn't know that this was the way of life of Xuanjiamen: quiet and inactive, natural Taoism, no quarrel with the world, dare not be the first in the world, they pursue the practice of doing nothing and doing nothing, and the husband is not fighting, so the world can not compete with it. On the contrary, Zhao Kuangyan left a deep impression on him, although he looked thin, he was handsome and clear, and he was a little arrogant in his bones, which was quite similar to his own character, and his love and compassion arose, but in front of Zhang Tongzhi, he couldn't show it too obviously, so he deliberately stretched his voice and asked: "Do you know that killing Khitans is a big crime?" ”

Yu Qing nodded, but Zhao Kuangyan said: "I see that you are also a big official, as the parent official of the people of the Central Plains, watching the people of the Central Plains being bullied by the Khitans, how many people died under the Khitan iron horse and the knife?" You don't care, and we killed a Khitan, and we were immediately put on death row, I don't know whether you are an official of the Central Plains or an official of the Khitan. ”

When Wang Jun heard this, he shouted: "Bold! In front of Lord Liu, the envoy of the festival, he also dared to speak wildly? ”