Chapter 19 The verdict is "wet" and recovered
Wang Huizu stretched out his hand to help him up, raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and the official sat next to Wang Huizu cautiously, waiting for the other party to give him a clever plan.
In this short half-bowl of soup, the county order seems to have gone through a long time for the chicken to go from an egg to a plump wing, and then to be boiled into chicken soup.
During this period, his emotions have been up and down, from the initial anxiety and helplessness, to the later full of anticipation, at this moment, his psychology only admires one person.
This person is himself.
If it weren't for his luck back then, he would not have left Wang Huizu, an unknown person, if he had been turned away at the beginning, the dangerous things in front of him would have made him heart failure sooner or later.
……
Knowing that it could be remedied, Wei Tingkui suddenly rejoiced, at this time, he was no longer in the mood to investigate what the content of the verdict was, for the sake of today, the most important thing was how to go back and explain to the prefect.
After all, that verdict was ruined in his soup pot.
It's so raw, why bring a pot of soup?
What an event!
He couldn't help but complain a little more about his wife, but this complaint was quickly washed away by joy.
"Master Wang, tell me quickly, what good way do you have?" Wei Tingkui's tone was full of expectation.
"It's actually very simple, it only takes two words."
"What two words?" Wei Tingkui and the official said in unison.
"Move." Wang Huizu blinked and said mysteriously.
"That's three words!" The official crossed his fingers and counted them.
"It doesn't matter how many words, what matters, how do you move?" It is worthy of the county order, and the priority can be clearly distinguished at the critical moment.
"That is, adults, you move your mouth, Wang and I use the pen, and the official brother moves the matter!" Wang Huizu said methodically.
"Huh~Huh~Huh~ Adult! The little one has found Lang Zhong! Wang Huizu's seemingly mysterious and confusing words had just finished when the door of the room was pushed open with a loud voice, and Xiao Tao burst in, pointing to a doctor in his fifties who was following him breathlessly.
"Don't huh yet, just stand there, close your mouth tightly for me, and then open your mouth when Master Wang finishes talking in a while!"
Wei Tingkui's composure at this moment was in stark contrast to the previous anxiety.
Although Xiao Tao didn't know what happened when he went to invite Langzhong, he knew that if the county master told him to shut up, he had to shut up, otherwise he would be slapped immediately.
"Master Wang, what do you mean, I said, you write, he sends?" After stopping the reckless Xiao Tao, Wei Tingkui turned his body towards Wang Huizu and quickly changed his face.
"Yes and no." Wang Huizu smiled and shook his head.
"What does that mean? I beg Master Wang to make it clear! The official who was more anxious than Wei Tingkui didn't care about being polite or impolite at this time, and couldn't help but forcibly interject.
"It's ......a big deal," Wang Huizu got up, and glanced vigilantly at the two people who were standing on the side, whose breath had not yet stabilized--- Xiao Tao and Lang Zhong he invited, and stopped talking.
"Master Wang, you say." The official, who was accustomed to seeing this kind of occasion, parted the injured hand behind him, and his body naturally leaned forward again and again, until his ears were at a distance from Wang Huizu's mouth, and he was completely still.
Although Wei Tingkui felt indecent, the matter was urgent, and he didn't care about anything else, so he also learned from the official errand and came over steadily.
"The three of us should do this......" Wang Huizu said in a low voice again.
"This method is feasible, and the official has no opinion." After Wei Tingkui heard this, he thought for a moment, and then quickly expressed his attitude.
"That's all it can be now." The official nodded thoughtfully.
"This mouth, the official has already moved, next, it's up to Master Wang!" Wei Tingkui let out a long sigh of relief as if relieved.
Wang Huizu turned around quietly, his eyes searching for the four treasures of the study.
Wei Tingkui immediately understood, and like a faithful servant, he diligently brought the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone over and put it on the table, while the official quickly pushed the pots and pans on the table aside as if he had long forgotten the pain, raised his uninjured hand, and studied ink for this unfathomable Master Wang.
Regarding this verdict, from the initial draft to the first and second drafts, after many times of deliberation, many revisions and polishes, I have already memorized it in my heart. At this time, there is no need to think about it, just pick up the pen for a moment, and the beautiful and handsome brush words will fill a blank sheet of paper.
"After many verifications, the evidence of the crime of the prisoner Pudongsheng abducting and selling underage girls and forcing them to become prostitutes in the name of adopting a righteous girl and adopting his daughter-in-law is true, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, his crime should be punished ......" The official chanted as he read it, and suddenly his voice trembled, he raised his arm and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and cautiously tested, "Master Wang, did you write this wrong?" ”
When he read the words of his guilt, the corners of Wei Tingkui's lips couldn't help but rise and go.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Wang Huizu gently put down the brush in his hand and responded tepidly and impatiently.
"The verdict we just sent is written that the criminal Pudongsheng abducted and sold a young girl in the name of the first girl's daughter-in-law, and the evidence of the crime of abducting and selling a young girl and forcing her to become a prostitute is not true, and he is acquitted in accordance with the laws of the Qing Dynasty. These two verdicts look very different! ”
Although the observer tried to restrain his intonation and voice, when he said the last few words, he still uncontrollably soared high.
Wang Huizu glanced at him calmly, and his tone was still calm and unwavering: "What you just said is that there are two verdicts?" ”
In order to warn the other party, he accentuated the "two" word.
The official knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly denied it: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I meant ...... That's all there is to it! Only this one. ”
Wang Huizu chased after him, sent the verdict to the official, and said very seriously: "Then take a closer look, what is the problem?" ”
The official hurriedly wiped his sweat and said repeatedly: "No, there is no problem." ”
Wang Huizu smiled slightly, put the verdict in his hand, stared at his eyes and said meaningfully: "Now, Lord Wei has moved his mouth, and I, Wang someone, have also moved my pen, and next, there will be a labor official to send a big brother to make a move." ”
After receiving this completely different verdict, the written expression was embarrassed: "This? ”
At this moment, the psychology of the official is in a dilemma.
If you agree, once the prefect sees through it in the future, the head on the item will inevitably move, but if you don't agree, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass this hurdle at the moment.
He seems to have fallen into a seaweed that is difficult to escape, whether he agrees or not, he cannot escape the death penalty.
There is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, how should he choose?
"If you're embarrassed, forget it!" Wang Huizu took the verdict from the official's hand expressionlessly, and prepared to tear it up.
The official and the county commander immediately panicked, and shouted at the same time that they didn't, ready to reach out to stop them. When people are in a hurry, they are easy to panic, and when they are in a hurry, they are prone to chaos. No, the official forgot about the injury to his right hand in a hurry, and directly exclaimed that he used his injured hand to grab the verdict.
Obviously, Wei Tingkui was more panicked than him, so he shot faster and more powerfully, and this one grabbed it, and directly caught a burst of ghost crying wolf howl.
"What's wrong?" Wang Huizu was so shocked that he let go directly.
"Master Wang, please, please don't tear it up, okay? Can't I do it? The official pleaded with the torn hand.
"Your hand ......" Wang Huizu pointed to his hand that was badly caught, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes. I don't know when, his scalded hand had already bulged into a big blister, but Wei Tingkui scratched him directly impartially, and it was dripping down his wrist at this moment.
"I'll move this hand!" The official said in a voice that bordered on pleading.
"In my opinion, you'd better not move!" Wang Huizu stared at his hand and frowned slightly.
"It was my fault just now, I've figured it out, I have to move this hand, if it doesn't move, I'm afraid my neck will have to move!" The official said aggrievedly.
"If you don't move it again, I'm afraid this piece of paper will be wasted by your hand again!" Wang Huizu said.
Only then did the official remember the heartbreak when he was arrested just now, and when he looked down, his hands had already been grabbed and separated, and he was miserable.
It didn't matter what he saw, he was suddenly scared half to death, and the house once again sounded a pig-like howl.
"Lang Zhong, hurry up and come over to heal this official!" Wei Tingkui turned around and waved his hand at Lang Zhong, who was trembling behind him.
"Yes!" Lang Zhong rushed over with the medicine box.
Cutting the skin, disinfecting, dressing, bandaging, Lang Zhong carried out one by one in an orderly manner, and when he finished wrapping the last layer of cloth, the official quickly snatched the verdict from Wang Huizu's hand, like grasping a life-saving straw, and dragged it in his hand.
"Master Wei, Master Wang, I'm ready to do it!" The official bit his lower lip, and it seemed that he had made up a lot of determination.
"Well, remember what I told you!" Wang Huizu admonished uneasily.
"Remember!" The official clumsily stuffed the verdict into his arms, turned his head and left the county office.
"Master Wang, are you sure there will be no problem with this?" Wei Tingkui looked at the back of the official leaving and asked with a little worry. Although he believed in Wang Huizu's ability, he was even more afraid of the power of the prefect.
"It's because his prefect has a problem with his eyes, what does it have to do with you and me?" Wang Huizu smiled slightly.
"The previous verdict ......" Wei Tingkui wanted to speak and stopped.
"The previous verdict is definitely not written by Wang, I'm afraid it ......"
"I'm afraid of what?" Wei Tingkui asked.
"I'm afraid there are too many people!" Wang Huizu glanced at Lang Zhong next to him vigilantly.
"Xiao Tao, reward Lang Zhong, it's cold outside, let him go back early!" Wei Tingkui immediately understood and instructed Xiao Tao to say.
Originally, he was a little annoyed, and the official sent a verdict saying that Pudongsheng was acquitted, and he thought he had heard it wrong, but fortunately, the official sent him to destroy the evidence with his own hands.
After Xiao Tao left with Lang Zhong, the county commander lowered his voice and said, "Master, what do you mean...... That verdict was dropped? ”
"Yes." Wang Huizu's tone was unquestionable.
"Who did it?" Wei Tingkui was a little panicked in his heart, and his tone was a little anxious.
"Guess."
"Is that him?"
"Yes."
"Oh!"
When he said this, a shadow passed in front of Wei Tingkui's eyes, a shadow that could no longer be familiar with it. He really betrayed him, this duplicitous, ungrateful, white-eyed wolf with a knife in his smile, a pickpocket inside and out, and a wolf's heart and lungs!
Wei Tingkui's eyes reflected a trace of murderous aura that could not be concealed.
Wang Huizu saw all this. At this juncture, he is unwilling to make any more extraneous branches, lest things get out of control.
Worried that Wei Tingkui would not be able to control the recurrence of the incident, he persuaded him politely against his will: "If you are the leader, it will inevitably make some people dizzy, as long as he is not a big traitor and has not done anything hurtful to heaven and reason, he can still be forgiven." If the official can successfully complete the task, you have the right to pretend that you have not sent anything! ”
Regarding Wang Huizu's indifferent attitude, Wei Tingkui said that he did not understand: "As if nothing happened? How is this possible? ”
Wang Huizu didn't say much, looked at Xiao Se's courtyard and said quietly: "Unless you want to make another enemy." ”
It was just a few words that made the county magistrate who was still angry just now die down.
He snorted coldly and began to look for other topics, and after searching for a long time, he remembered his injured foot and complained: "You! Anywhere! It's just that I'm too reckless to do things, and I run out with two injured feet without even wearing a shoe, what if the wound is infected? ”
Wang Huizu smiled and said nothing, quietly listening to Wei Tingkui whining like an old father, "counting" Wang Huizu's "no", and suddenly heard a "clang", and a dirty, black, mushy thing rolled out from behind a pillar next to him.
It startled the frightened county magistrate.