The county magistrate of Huxian County did not hide his dislike for Hu Wei, and when he came up, he ordered a messenger to beat Hu Wei twenty times, and Hu Wei was not allowed to defend himself at all, no matter how Hu Wei shouted that he was wronged, he ignored it.

The 20 boards were quickly finished, Hu Wei was beaten to death, he was a scholar, although he was quite strong among scholars, but he was not the kind of person who was as strong as an ox.

Of course, even if a person is physically strong, he can't stand the twenty boards, and those errand officers can see that the county magistrate from home hates Hu Wei, so they naturally won't show mercy, and they don't have the benefit of Hu Wei, so they can't spare his ass!

Seeing that Hu Wei was knocked unconscious, the county magistrate of Huxian County waved his hand and said, "Fetch cold water and pour him up!" ”

The messenger immediately took a basin of cold water and poured it all on Hu Wei's head, Hu Wei slowly woke up, once he recovered his consciousness, the pain in his buttocks was revealed, Hu Wei couldn't help but cry out, if this kind of big board wants him to suffer another twenty, he has to die in pain!

"County Zun, student, the student was falsely accused, the student didn't kill anyone, why didn't the county zun ask clearly, and beat the student? Could it be that the county honors hope that there will be a murder in the jurisdiction? Hu Wei hated it very much in his heart, he not only hated Feng Chuang's false accusations, but also hated the county order of Huxian County, beating people indiscriminately.

The county magistrate of Huxian County was slightly stunned, and thought: "Yes, maybe it's a false accusation!" Well, it's unlikely, there are so many witnesses, as well as physical evidence, how can he be wronged, this Diao Min named Hu Wei is cunning, and he wants to use this to deceive him! ”

Thinking about it like this, he was angry, slapped the table again, and said to Feng Chuang: "Feng Chuang, is this the murderer you exposed, you read carefully, don't know the wrong person!" ”

Feng Chuang saw that Hu Wei was beaten and fainted, his heart was happy, the more embarrassed Hu Wei was, the happier he was, if the county order could kill Hu Wei on the spot, then he could fly to the sky with joy!

Listening to the question of the county order of Huxian County, Feng Chuang hurriedly said: "The villain has looked carefully, it is him, he is Hu Wei, the villain and he are neighbors, I have known him for more than 20 years, and I will never recognize the wrong person!" ”

The county magistrate of Huxian snorted and said, "Are you sure you still want to expose him for killing people, right?" ”

Feng Chuang nodded again and again, and said: "The villain heard him say that he killed someone and robbed the silver, he didn't dare to hide it, he must be exposed, and he can't be allowed to get away with it!" ”

"At large, you still know some vocabulary!" The county magistrate of Huxian pursed his lips and said: "If you expose the mistake, you will have to sit back, you have to understand this, you understand what it means to sit back, right?" It is to turn the sin that he didn't commit into your sin, which was originally intended to kill his head, but because it was a false accusation, it became to kill your head, you can understand? ”

This is not to scare Feng Chuang, this is a clear clause, "Tang Law Shu Yi" volume 23: "Those who falsely accuse people, each sits back." "Discussion": "If a mortal is suspicious and makes a false accusation, he will be allowed to make a false accusation and accuse the person instead." ”

The county magistrate of Huxian County didn't want to have a real life lawsuit in the jurisdiction, so he asked Feng Chuang very solemnly, if Feng Chuang was scared and said that there was no such thing as murder for money, then he would not try it, and the evaluation at the end of the year would not be affected by the homicide case!

As soon as he heard that he was going to sit back, Feng Chuang immediately hesitated, he didn't believe that Hu Wei really killed someone, he came to make false accusations, and he just wanted to take a bad breath, looking at Hu Wei unlucky, if he wanted to sit back, then he felt worthless, in case Hu Wei was not killed, but he was killed, this is not worth it!

Seeing that Feng Chuang hesitated and didn't answer, Hu Wei shouted: "The student is wronged, the student is wronged, this Feng Chuang is obviously falsely accused!" ”

Huxian County's face sank, could it be that this Feng Chuang was really falsely accused? Running to the county government to falsely accuse the enemy and achieve the purpose of venting anger, this kind of behavior is too hateful!

The county magistrate of Huxian County doesn't care if Hu Wei has been wronged, whether he made a mistake in beating Hu Wei, whether he made Hu Wei frightened, it doesn't matter, as soon as Xiaomin beats him, what else can Xiaomin do?

But Feng Chuang came to make a false accusation, making the county magistrate mistakenly think that there was a murder case in the jurisdiction, and the county magistrate was frightened, so it didn't matter, the county magistrate turned his face, and the consequences were very serious!

Huxian County Commander put his hand on the sign, as long as Feng Chuang didn't say anything again, he would decide that it was a false accusation, the so-called revelation was to announce his personal vendetta, he had thought about it, he wanted to beat Feng Chuang forty boards, and beat him hard!

Feng Chuang no longer hesitated, he said: "The villain did not make false accusations, because the villain is not the plaintiff, the villain just exposed, and told the county zun truthfully what he heard, so this is by no means a false accusation, of course, there is no need to sit back!" ”

Feng Chuang can be regarded as a wanderer on the rivers and lakes, or a person who has wandered, he is also a little clever, and he wants to use the difference between exposing and not accusing to clear himself out!

The county magistrate of Huxian County laughed fiercely, his voice was cold, and said: "Whether it is a false accusation or not, but it is not up to you to decide, it is up to the official to decide!" He pulled a stick out of the holder and threw it on the ground!

Suddenly, outside the courtyard, among the onlookers, someone shouted: "Is it a false accusation, just go and look for the body, there is a forest in the southwest of the city!" ”

This shout was extremely loud, and the people inside and outside the courtyard heard it, and the county magistrate of Huxian County was stunned for a moment, and the sign in his hand was not thrown down, and the errand officers in the hall all turned their heads to look outside the courtyard, but there were too many people watching the excitement at the gate outside the courtyard, and I really couldn't see who shouted this voice just now.

The county magistrate frowned, in fact, he didn't want to verify it, because the result of the verification may be that there is really a corpse, wouldn't it be terrible, if you don't verify it, then it will be as if there has never been this case, and pretend that nothing has happened, wouldn't it be good!

Putting the stick back in his hand, the county magistrate of Huxian County thought to himself: "Who is so annoying, shouting nonsense, and saying that you are going to the southwest of the city, there is a forest there, but it is not too big, is there a tree hole there?" ”

Because this is a public trial, and someone is shouting like this, the county order of Huxian County can't pretend not to hear it, although he wants to pretend very much, but he can only send someone to take a look and go through the motions, lest someone say irresponsible things and reach the ears of Shangguan, which is not good.

The county magistrate of Huxian County called the head catcher and said: "You go again, go to the southwest of the city to have a look, go and return quickly, the official will not retreat, just wait here!" ”

The head catcher immediately understood, and took a few catchers out of the yamen and ran to the southwest of the city, where there was indeed a forest, because it was relatively remote, so few people went over, at most, it was just that children occasionally went to collect firewood, but the people of Huxian County all knew the existence of this forest.

When squeezing out of the crowd, the head catcher asked the lively people, and he said: "Who shouted that voice just now, it makes sense to shout, this cha master wants to thank him, who is it?" ”

What he said was the opposite, and the correct meaning should be: Which bastard shouted just now, and as a result, Lao Tzu wanted to run like this, stand up and let Lao Tzu take a look, and beat this bastard by the way!

No one answered, it seems that everyone doesn't know who shouted, and the person who shouted obviously didn't want the head catcher to thank him, if you do good deeds, you don't have a name, and if you do bad things, you can't leave a name!

The catcher ran in front, and a few catchers followed behind, running to the woods in the southwest of the city, looking like they were busy with business wholeheartedly!

The head catcher fully understands the hint of the county order of Huxian, so it's okay to be perfunctory, go quickly, come back quickly, and then end this matter, everyone has less trouble!

Running all the way, the head catcher came to the edge of the woods, and when he looked back, he saw that the catchers had followed, but they were also followed by more than a dozen people, all of whom were idlers who loved to watch the excitement!

The head catcher was angry in his heart, these idlers were not full of food, even if they ran along, they had to come to see this excitement, if they didn't come, they would be perfunctory, turn around and go back to the yamen, but they followed, they had to go into the woods to go around, and it was not troublesome.

The head catcher pointed at the dozen or so people, and shouted: "You all report your names, this chamaster sees that you are all unemployed vagrants and idle, so if there is a loss of things in the county in the future, I must arrest you first in the yamen and interrogate you properly!" ”

These words are really good, those people who love to watch the excitement scatter in a hurry, and no one wants to let the head catcher remember them!

The head catcher sighed, walked into the woods, and said to the catchers: "Turn around, let's go back to the business, that damn Feng Chuang, we have run so many unjust roads today, we have to repair him well, don't break his two legs, grandpa will follow his surname in the future!" ”

The catchers ran out of breath, and when they heard what the catcher said, they said that when they returned to the yamen, if the county respected Feng Chuang's board, they would carry out the execution, and they would beat Feng Chuang so that his mother couldn't even recognize him!

The forest is not very large, that is, more than 100 trees, but they are all big trees, and there is even a big tree, which is more than 100 years old, and the bark is full of cracked cracks, and the roots are coiled, which looks like a sense of vicissitudes of time!

The catcher walked to the big tree and said: "I used to be busy, and I really never took a closer look at the big tree here, it turns out that this big tree really has a tree hole, it looks really not small, let alone hiding a corpse, even if it hides three or four, it's no problem!" ”

On the hundred-year-old tree, there is indeed a big tree hole, the entrance of the hole is half a person high, the hole is downward, it seems to be connected to the roots, and it looks quite deep.

A catcher smiled and said: "Boss, you really can't go to find a corpse, it's not necessarily whether there is a corpse, and it's not necessarily this wood, let's go back, pay the business early, it's over a long time ago!" ”

The head catcher snorted, he was just curious, someone outside shouted about this wood, and then he came, and there was really a big tree hole here, is this a coincidence, if it is really a coincidence, then there should be a corpse in this tree hole!

He knew in his heart that this was impossible, because there was no such coincidence in the world, but he couldn't bear it, and walked to the middle of the tree and looked into the hollow of the tree!

It didn't matter what he saw, and he immediately shuddered, turned around, and shouted to the catchers, "Come and see what's in this hollow!" ”

The catchers hurriedly came over, they all stood on the edge of the tree hole, looked into the tree hole, and after seeing it at a glance, their faces also changed greatly, and everyone couldn't believe it, how could there be such a thing in this world!

The head catcher's face was extremely ugly, he said: "This is really a strange thing every year, there are a lot of them this year, when we come, we just come here to take a casual look, and I really saw the corpse, so could it be that there is really a murder in our county?" ”

"The county lord will definitely lose his temper, maybe he will be angry with us!" The faces of the catchers are bitter, this is really unlucky!

In the hollow of this hundred-year-old tree, there was really a corpse, a corpse dressed in blue satin, but without a head, a headless corpse!