65 Stand-ins
Qiu Xiaobei was taken to court.
The jailer who pressed her over forced her to her knees, thinking about the big ...... Woman, can bend and stretch, kneeling less flesh and flesh is also due, a certain adult in the criminal department in front of the photo was shocked: "Tong Shupei, if you want to do something wrong to the daughter of the Chen family, you will kill her if she opposes it, and then throw the body into the river, first the body has been salvaged, you are guilty!" β
"No, no!" Qiu Xiaobei straightened up, "I'm not Tong Shupei, I didn't kill anyone, I came out of the palace...... Woooooooooooooooo β
She couldn't identify herself, and the prison eye waiting next to her quickly covered her mouth, looking at her skillful operation, it can be seen that this kind of thing is not once or twice.
"Bold Tong Shupei, now that the evidence is conclusive, and the human and material evidence is there, do you still want to quibble?"
As soon as the adults in the hall waved their hands, someone brought two plates, one with a blood-stained dagger on it, and a jade pendant on the other, which looked like a family heirloom.
Sure enough, I heard the adult say in a loud voice: "The dagger was found in the courtyard of your house, and the jade pendant was found in the deceased's house." Bring witnesses. β
A peasant woman was brought in, probably afraid of the court, she didn't dare to look at it with her eyes shrunk, knelt beside Qiu Xiaobei, and told what she saw.
It is said that on that day, she went to look for the deceased, but when she was at the door of the deceased's house, she saw Tong Shupei running out of the deceased's house in a panic, she felt strange, so she went into the house to see, and found that there was a lot of blood on the ground, she was frightened and hurried to report to the official.
Later, other people testified that they saw Tong Shupei appear by the river, and it was based on this clue that the body was recovered in the river.
"Tong Shupei, what else do you have to say!"
There was a shocking sound.
Qiu Xiaobei opened her mouth to speak, but found that her whole mouth was numb, when she was in prison just now, she didn't know what she had wiped on her lips, this would, she looked unharmed on the outside, but in fact she couldn't open her mouth to speak.
"Woo ......"
"Look at you, too, you have no excuse, come on, let him sign the charge!"
Draw your sister's charge, I'm not Tong Shupei, I'm the eunuch next to the prince in the East Palace!
At this point, the result of her efforts to scream was only a "woo", and the onlookers outside the court were still applauding, they couldn't hear Qiu Xiaobei's heart, they only thought that the adults in the fair and honest criminal department had handled another happy case.
Tong Shupei They know that the Tong family is a prestigious family in Kyoto, and Tong Shupei has always been very gloomy because of his appearance and figure, and his impression has always been not good.
This case is very clear, at first glance, it is Tong Shupei, who wants to rob the people's daughter because the family is rich and powerful, and the woman is unwilling to follow him, so he kills the person, all the evidence is in front of him, no one suspects that the murderer is not Tong Shupei, they are only worried about whether the officials will protect each other and let the murderer go, and the criminal department as always has a strong force, let them praise it loudly.
Who would have thought that the criminal department they believed in had already found a substitute for the prisoner!
The master presented the charge and put it in front of Qiu Xiaobei, and the jailer grabbed Qiu Xiaobei's two hands and pressed the red clay, and then pressed it on the charge.
Where is the thin man the opponent of the jailer, the strength of the resistance is not seen at all, and he pressed the handprint in a few clicks.
The Qingtian lord above had a solemn and clear face: "Tong Shupei, mutilating innocent lives, the crime is unforgivable, sentenced, decided!" β
This case has been tried by the Yamen below, and now it is only once in the Criminal Department, so the verdict can indeed be given directly, but this action is indeed sloppy and fast, and the beheading is directly sentenced, just like being in a hurry to kill her mouth, and even the punishment is waived for her.
After all, unlike those in the dark prison who don't have any background in Kyoto, she's from the East Palace!
She didn't know whether to be glad that she didn't have to suffer from flesh and skin!
"Woo ......"
Qiu Xiaobei was dragged up and escorted back to the dungeon, she experienced the twists and turns just now, and most of her strength was consumed, and when she was pushed away by her arms, she had no way to resist.
But on the way to the cell, she saw Ying Shurong walking past her with a case file in her hand!
"Woooooooooo
As if taking a pill that instantly increased her strength, Qiu Xiaobei struggled violently, a pair of feet towards Ying Shurong desperately trying to rush towards him, and her body was even more desperate to make the loudest sound she could make now.
Ying Shurong looked at her, at this moment, he didn't have the casual appearance when he saw him in Zuiyuan Building, neat official uniform, and upright facial features were serious but wooden, as if he had just come back to his senses from a textbook.
"Wait." He called out to the jailer, "Who is this?" β
"This is the murderer Tong Shupei, who killed Yingxiu in Tongjia Village, this is the crime that has just been drawn."
The master who came out came over and handed over the charges to Tong Shupei, and at the same time, the jailer pressed Qiu Xiaobei's arm with force, so that her entire upper body could not be lifted down, which caused her a lot of pain, but she still tried hard to raise her head, opened her mouth vigorously at Ying Shurong, and looked at him without blinking.
But Ying Shurong only looked at her for a while, and then looked down at the charge, which was clearly written, even the physical witnesses, how the murderer committed the murder, etc., were written very carefully.
"Decapitation?"
"Fight for your life, Yingxiu still has an old father at home, and the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, so he must give the old man an explanation."
Ying Shurong glanced at his master: "This is also a human life, this official suggests, or think about it more." β
"My lord, this verdict has been handed down, and I am afraid that it cannot be changed in front of the people." The master saluted Ying Shurong, and then asked the jailer to take the person down quickly.
"Woo woo woo ......" Qiu Xiaobei was dragged away, she used all her strength, and she could only let her feet stay for a short time, she broke away with a hand in the danger of being broken arm, and grabbed towards Ying Shurong.
But her hand failed to touch Ying Shurong, so she was caught back and dragged away by force.
"Does he have anything to say?" Ying Shurong sensed something keenly, stopped the jailer who wanted to beat Qiu Xiaobei, and then held Qiu Xiaobei's shoulder.
"My lord, criminals are like this," said the master, "if you commit a crime and don't want to be punished, sir, you won't sympathize with him, think about the innocent people who died, and the families of the deceased." β
Ying Shurong glanced at his master, before he became the left waiter of the Criminal Department, the entire Criminal Department had its own system, and in a short period of time, he, an "outsider", was ostracized, but they were all respectful on the surface, so you couldn't make a mistake, but Ying Shurong still sensed that something was not quite right in the entire Criminal Department.
But it will take time, and he will not be able to break into the criminal department overnight, and he will still be able to investigate.
Look at it now, even a little master has more authority than him in the Criminal Department.
He looked at Qiu Xiaobei, finally patted her on the shoulder, and said to the jailer: "Now that the death sentence has been sentenced, there is no need to torture them anymore." β
"Adults are worthy of being people who read the books of sages, and their hearts are soft." The master said, and Dao didn't let the jailer attack Qiu Xiaobei again, but just signaled to take the person down quickly.
Qiu Xiaobei was pressed to death by the two jailers, and she couldn't break away in the slightest, she could only be pressed farther and farther away from Ying Shurong, she turned her head to look back, and her head was very low, and she could only see his official robe, symbolizing justice.
Back in the previous cell in the dark cell, Qiu Xiaobei was pushed hard, she staggered forward several steps, and finally stood firm against the wall, and then "hissed" and covered her right arm.
She bit her lower lip and touched her right shoulder with her painful but still intact left hand, suspecting that there might be something wrong with her joint.
But it's not over.
After pushing her in, two jailers followed.
Qiu Xiaobei quickly turned around, leaned his back against the wall, and looked at them in panic: "Don't you want to?" "What do you want to do?
"Hmph," the jailer rolled up his sleeves, with a fierce aura on his body, "Why, do you think you have a chance to get out if you pick up Ying Shurong?" Tell you, what is Ying Shurong, and what about Zuo Shilang, he is nothing in the Criminal Department. When you enter here, you are Tong Shupei, being obedient can also make you walk peacefully, now, if you want to look good, you can take care of it. β
Qiu Xiaobei clinged to the wall, watching one of the jailers take a whip and throw it on the ground, making a "pop" sound, her eyes closed reflexively.
"My lord, a few adults, he didn't mean it, you, you can do well, let her go!" Lao Zuo pleaded for Qiu Xiaobei with the wooden fence, who knew that the whip was immediately thrown at him and hit his hand, forcing him to retract his hand.
"Don't meddle and mind yourself, otherwise, you'll be next!"
After the jailer warned Lao Zuo, the next whip was thrown directly at Qiu Xiaobei.
Taking advantage of the jailer's lesson to Lao Zuo just now, she held a piece of rune paper in her left hand, and the fingers of her right hand cut a small hole by herself to bleed, she quickly smeared the blood on the rune paper, and as soon as she did this, the whip was already flying towards her.
She opened her eyes, and the rune paper in her hand went outβ
The rune paper is blurred, not visible to the naked eye, but it is really suspended in the air, and for a while, the yin qi is flourishing, as if the yin qi and resentment accumulated by the entire dark prison for many years are gathering towards this cell at this moment.
Lao Zuo and the others only felt that the already cool cell was several degrees cold in an instant, and even shivered, and the jailer, at the moment when he threw out the whip, suddenly blew a strong wind in front of him, blinding his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw the criminal "Tong Shupei", and actually looked at him disdainfully and ridiculed, he was so angry that he rushed two steps closer, raised his whip and whipped it hard, hitting the other party to the ground and screaming.
Another jailer shouted from the side, "Shoot him, kill him." His face was flushed with excitement, and his eyes were bloodshot, filled with irrepressible excitement.
It's as if the murderous anger hidden in his heart was completely stimulated, watching his companions beat people, he couldn't stand it and simply rushed up, and directly beat "Tong Shupei" with his fists and feet, eager to beat people to death like this.
Qiu Xiaobei dodged, covered her right arm and hid to the side, watching a jailer hit and kicked against the wall where she had just stood, and the fist hit the wall so hard that it quickly bleed, but he didn't feel it at all, while the other jailer also hit the wall with a whip at first, and after his companion rushed over, the whip hit his companion.
This scene, except for Qiu Xiaobei, was only seen by the old left, he was stunned with his eyes open, half loud, and when he looked sideways at Qiu Xiaobei who was close to him, Xiaobei gave him an innocent smile.
Lao Zuo at the time: "......"
Qiu Xiaobei stuffed a sour and astringent pill into his mouth, didn't eat it, just put it in his mouth, and then waited for a while, and when he saw that it was almost over, he snapped his fingers, and the talisman paper suspended in the air spontaneously combusted, and soon burned to ashes, and the two jailers also stopped, but they still didn't find out about their own situation, and they still spoke harshly to the wall.
"Enjoy your last two days."
The jailer snorted at the wall, and the two walked out together, and locked the cell door with chains, and when they left, Lao Zuo asked in a daze, "You, who are you?" Theyβare they alright? β
"A little carving insect trick, I just sprinkled psychedelic drugs on them, and they hallucinated," the sourness made the numb mouth move, but her speech was still a little slurred, "It's just an injury that takes several days to heal, and it is estimated that you won't be able to get out of bed in a short time, and the other, oh, is the one with the whip, and the shoulder is probably dislocated." β
Swing it out so hard, you won't control it at all when you're unconscious, and you'll throw yourself out of the mortar.
While she explained to Lao Zuo, she also looked at Lao Zuo meaningfully.
The farther cells can't see the situation in this cell, they can only listen to the sounds, and the closer, the weak-willed, will also be blinded by the yin wind at that time, and their eyes can't be completely opened, and at low temperatures, they won't have the consciousness that they can't see clearly.
But this old left is still sober.
There was a pain in her shoulder, and she didn't bother to study it, so she tore the strip of cloth from the hem of her clothes and simply bandaged her right shoulder.
When Lao Zuo saw it, he guessed that although she hadn't been beaten just now, she was probably still injured during the outing, so she hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?" β
Seeing that Lao Zuo still cared about her, he didn't treat her as a ghost, either he had a big heart or believed in her words, no matter what, it was good for her, so she walked towards him, stopped at the separated railing and sat down, leaning on the railing, covering her stomach with one hand, and gently stroking.
Behind her, Lao Zuo also leaned over and separated her from her by two erected wooden sticks: "Little brother? β
The cellmate in the right prison also came to his senses and also came to the side of the wooden fence: "How is it, little brother, are you okay?" They're so bastards, they're just going to take us as a stand-in for criminals, and they're going to treat us like this, damn it, damn it! β
He slapped the wooden bar a few times.
Qiu Xiaobei shook her head at him, not hiding her weakness, which happened to be the appearance of her being "beaten".
She tilted her head slightly and asked Lao Zuo behind her: "If you have a chance to go out, are you willing to fight with me once?" β
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Ying Shurong, who walked away, stopped, opened the fist he had been clenching tightly, and there was an extra piece of jade in the palm of his hand, the best mutton fat white jade, with a delicate chain, the jade was a little familiar, he took the chain and let it go in the air, the light shone on the jade, he saw the place where the jade was inlaid and connected with the chain, and wrote a name.
Ling Xi!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's mother, the former queen's surname Ling, compared to Fan, the national surname, represents the surname of the incomparable noble status, he actually prefers his mother's surname, when he was studying, as a waiter, he had accidentally seen the name Fan Shenxi gave himself in private.
Ling Xi!
This is the crown prince's jade, why is it on a condemned prisoner?
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"What did you say?"
Lao Zuo's eyes hidden in his hair widened, and then he forced himself to calm down: "Little brother, this is not a joke. β
"I'm not kidding." She turned sideways and grabbed Lan Shan, "Brother Zuo, your wife is waiting for you at home, you don't want to go out, do you have to return to your original identity and go back to your wife in a dignified manner?" β
"I think, of course I do!" When it came to his wife, Lao Zuo grabbed the bar a little uncontrollably and pulled it, "But how can I get out, you tell me, how to get out?" β
The secret prison is guarded by five steps and ten steps and one sentry, and it is afraid that a prisoner in the dark prison will make trouble if he runs out, and it can almost be said that he is cut off from anyone other than the jailer.
"Yes, there's a chance."
Qiu Xiaobei's eyes were full of determination: "Two days later, it will be my execution day, and I can go out from here." β
Since the Criminal Department wants to be a "hero" and show absolute "impartiality", then her execution must be a public execution, and the execution ground is outside, and that is her only chance to get out.
"What, you're going to be executed in two days? How can it be so fast? β
"It's fine." Qiu Xiaobei sneered, she moved her mouth, and her words became clearer and clearer, "They can still keep me for two days, which is already bold." β
"What, what do you mean?"
Lao Zuo's hand came through the gap in the lanshan and grabbed Qiu Xiaobei's hand, and when he heard her snort in pain, he hurriedly let go: "I'm sorry, I touched your wound?" β
"It doesn't matter." Qiu Xiaobei's face turned pale, but he waved his left hand in a relaxed manner.
Lao Zuo didn't have the heart to take care of this, and when he heard her say that she was fine, he believed it, and asked anxiously: "What do you mean by what you just said, are you, do you have any powerful identity?" He thought about her punishment of the jailer, and he had some incredible speculations, but it didn't matter if she really had a background, or what kind of gods and ghosts: "How dare they replace you." β
Qiu Xiaobei smiled coldly: "Probably it was too smooth before, so they all swelled up and became bolder, so it's okay to give us a chance." β
"Y-What do you want to do? Even if, even if you are very powerful, you can escape, but we ......" He touched his face in disbelief, and then put down his hand in disgust, "We are not our own appearance anymore, the mask on our faces has been worn since we came in, we can't get it off, even if we get out, we will be treated as criminals, right?" β
He looked at her injured shoulder: "You too, since you couldn't escape before, I think you can't control so many people with what kind of psychedelic drugs, and besides, on the day of the execution, in front of the public, I am afraid that it will not work if you want to use the same means, plus at that time, you were tied up, unable to speak, or the appearance of another person, even if it is a loved one, it is difficult to recognize you, what can you do?" β
The little excitement he had just risen sank again.
Qiu Xiaobei appreciated this old Zuo more and more, he almost hit most of the words, her tricks really can't be used outside, especially in the middle of the day, under the sun, there are still many people watching the scene, not to mention this secret prison of the criminal department, she also thought about leaving while confusing the two jailers just now, but there are too many secret sentinels outside, and her chance of success is too low, so she can only use a roundabout method.
She didn't believe in herself, but she believed in Her Highness.
He will find himself and recognize himself!
"I naturally have my own method," she grabbed the sleeve of Lao Zuo's hand that wanted to be withdrawn, "If I can get out, I can remove the mask from your face, but I won't hide it from you, this method is a bit dangerous, and I can't guarantee that it will succeed." β
Lao Zuo was silent, the dim cell, even if he was close, he couldn't see what his expression was, Qiu Xiaobei's hand holding his sleeve was too hard and turned pale.
She relied on one breath to support herself so that she would not fall, Lao Zuo did not speak for a long time, as the cold sweat slipped down her forehead, she could barely support it, and just when his sleeve was about to be unable to grasp, her wrist was grabbed by Lao Zuo in turn.
"I'm here, even if I'm alive, it's better to fight, even if I'm dead, it's better than in this dark place day after day, day after day, I don't even know if I'm alive!"
He believed that he had seen with his own eyes, and that the two jailers had imprinted in his mind the scarred appearance of themselves, and his intuition told him that there was more to the little brother than that.
If there is really someone in this world who can help him out, he believes that it must be the person in front of him!
"Good, good!" Qiu Xiaobei's breath in his chest was relieved, as long as one agreed, all the people in the secret prison were innocent people, and the mood must be the same, even if she could only instigate half of the people, it was enough.
She leaned back towards the railing mountain, and her whole body seemed to be out of strength, and her lips opened slightly.
"I don't know what do you want me to do, little brother?"
Qiu Xiaobei nodded weakly: "First, tell me first, whose substitute and stand-in you are doing." β
As she spoke, her body slipped from the fence to the ground and lay down.
Lao Zuo panicked: "What's wrong with you?" What's going on? β
He was worried about her, but Lan Shan couldn't do anything other than reach over and touch her gently, so he could only shout anxiously: "Little brother? β
The cellmate in the cell on the right squeezed his face to look at Lan Shan, but he didn't hear Qiu Xiaobei and Lao Zuo's words: "What's the matter, is the injury serious?" β
"No, it's fine." Qiu Xiaobei reluctantly raised a hand and waved it weakly, "I'm just tired, just lie down, just lie down." β
She put down her hand, and then took out a black stone from her cuff, and handed it to Lao Zuo through the gap in the fence......
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