The light no longer hits the earth, only the waning moon is obliquely shining, and the place where the daytime lights are bright in the capital is darkened, and those who are pitch black in the day have a bright light, brilliant and dazzling, and they are doing dark things in the brightest place at night.

In the capital, there is such a mansion near the city wall, and the two gluttons at the door are slightly weathered, and this mansion must be some years old.

"Buy and leave, buy and leave!" One side of the gambling table shouted that although it is a gambling table, gamblers prefer to call this table a treasure table, as the name suggests, the gold and silver on the table are the treasures in the hearts of gamblers.

Among these gamblers are poor people who try to get rich overnight, businessmen who spend a lot of money on the rich side, and there is no shortage of politicians in the DPRK and China who talk about morality but do things that are unscrupulous. All kinds of gamblers of all kinds are young, it can be seen that the gambling is red-eyed, drunk and trapped in the tiger's den, and does not remember that the tiger hurts people, but it is sad that the Jin Kingdom has advocated a ten-year ban on gambling, and it is too late to wake up.

The gambling in the front hall is in full swing, but the back hall is as cold as the execution ground. There was a man with scaly wounds kneeling on the ground and kowtowing his head like pounding garlic, his hair was out of shape to block his bloody face, his eyes were terrified, the ground was already stained with scarlet blood, and he kowtowed and screamed: "Brother Liu, give me another chance, spare me for a day, and I will personally send it to your house tomorrow." "This embarrassed man turned out to be Deng Qinhe, a scholar of Hanlin who was a member of the third rank of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, who had always been honest and fair, who would have thought that he could owe such a gambling debt.

The thug next to him kicked Deng Qinhe's newly raised head, and a stream of blood flowed out of the corner of his left eye, and he asked with a fierce look: "What is your name Childe?" ”。

Deng Qinhe was not angry when he was beaten, but kowtowed a little faster, he was really afraid of being beaten, and said tremblingly: "Master Liu, Master Liu, I don't know the size, just spare me again, just once." ”

The man surnamed Liu in his mouth was three steps away from him, with a bear-like figure but a white jade scholar's face, a bruise under his left eye, not fierce but kind and kind, and a blue and white straight-collared cardigan was spotless. Lazily leaning on a big chair, looking at everything in front of him calmly, if it weren't for this scene in the courtyard, if it were other places, I would have thought that it was a gentle and elegant rich kid from somewhere.

This person is the boss behind this casino, Liu Shengting.

He looked at the tragedy in front of him with great interest as if he was watching a play, yawned, and said with a gentle smile: "It's not impossible to spare you." ”

As soon as the words fell, Deng Qinhe hurriedly crawled forward, his eyes mixed with blood and tears, as terrifying as the ghost who died unjustly, but his voice said with ecstasy: "Master, you are willing to give me a chance, I will never say a word about what you ask me to do... Before he could finish speaking, a tear of blood fell on the boot in front of him, who had no time to dodge.

Liu Shengting saw the blood and tears dripping on the boots like white jade, gritted his teeth, the tiger's palm turned into a fist, the green mark under his left eye was purple, and the murderous aura in his soft eyes instantly overflowed, and he kicked Deng Qinhe's temple with the boot that only had a drop of red, and said coldly: "Then I'll let you die!" A kick roared, and Deng Qinhe was killed on the spot.

I saw that Deng Qinhe, who had fallen to the ground without breath, was still immersed in the joy when he had just said to spare him, and his face was still smiling like crazy.

Several thugs were shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Come on! Change your boots for Childe!" No one asks whether the Sanpin master is alive or dead, and his life is not worth a boot.

There were a few crisp sounds abruptly, and a man slapped his face and walked out of the back hall, the red mang's clothes were lined inside, and the flying fish suit was outside, which was almost the same as the costume of the person in Tiange who was killed by Li Jianyu's two arrows, but the flow pattern was more precise, and there was an extra hidden dark red jade pendant hanging on his waist. His eyes narrowed, and he looked into the back hall like an execution ground.

This person squinted but couldn't hide the arrogance in his eyes, wrinkled his nose, and said coldly: "Lord Liu Shaoge is so Yaxing, the front hall is playing lively, who wants the back hall to be more lively!" ”

Liu Shengting walked in front of this person around the plum blossom print on the ground, his face was as soft as he had just now, and he smiled slightly: "Lord Jin Shaoge, the good Yaxing has been ruined by this layman." The tone was a little regretful, as if a beloved treasure had just been broken.

This Jin Shaoge master, as Ding Ming said, Song Qiulai is an old friend, Jin Jiuhan of the Hidden Pavilion.

Jin Jiuhan looked at the blood stains that were being wiped away by the servant, and said in a deep voice: "I can't reward this kind of Yaxing." ”

Liu Shengting covered his nose with the white handkerchief he brought with him to block the bloody smell of the courtyard, and also showed a look of boredom, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that it's not Yaxing." "Liu Shengting is not thirsty for killing, and he can't even see blood, let alone blood on his body. He then said with a little sarcasm: "On weekdays, I still wear hidden pavilion clothes, and I deserve to be the young pavilion master, so I am really conscientious." ”

Liu Shengting was defeated as the young pavilion master of the Hidden Pavilion ten years ago, and he was paranoid that the position should have belonged to him and was taken away by Jin Jiuhan, and he always had a mustard in his heart.

Jin Jiuhan smiled bitterly, pretending not to understand, but said with a little worry: "Aren't you afraid that this person will be blamed for killing you?" ”

Liu Shengting said in a strange manner: "How dare I not follow Your Excellency's order. ”

Jin Jiuhan snorted coldly, and seeing that Liu Shengting didn't appreciate it, he said sharply: "Yin Ge asked you to poke this matter out, not to let you stab Lou Zi!"

Liu Shengting spread his hands and said with a playful smile: "Master Jin Shaoge, it's time for you to perform." ”

Jin Jiuhan was silent, stretched out his hands, the long wind was full of sleeves, he just lowered his head and knocked on this hidden pavilion clothes, and then looked at the dark red jade pendant, this dress is a right to wear, and a friendship is to fade, and he couldn't help but feel sad when he looked at it, remembering that hangover, but he didn't know if he could drink that glass of wine called old love again for the rest of his life.

The gamblers in the front hall can also smell this thick bloody breath that refuses to disperse, ignore it, and refuse to pay attention to it. On the contrary, it is this bloody blood mixed with the smell of copper that has become the best aphrodisiac for greed, invading the bones, comforting the desire to try again knowing that it is a knife head licking honey and wandering around the Lechuan River looking for flowers on the other side, today Deng Qinhe found it, the rumors are true, this flower is really red like fire, beautiful and extraordinary.

With the deterrent power of Junzi Cliff, let alone a dead person, even if the city is killed and slaughtered, it can be turned into a small thing, and a small thing can be turned into nothing, but the next day Dali Temple received the news that the Hanlin bachelor was killed, obviously the news was deliberately released, and the government and the opposition were shocked when the case came out.

Dali Temple Qing Wang Chun sentenced to investigate the case, three days later, sentenced Liu Shengting not guilty, according to the system Deng Qinhe for the three officials, the case needs to be reported to the Jin Emperor, the reason stated in the book: according to the law, if the debtor does not return the debt on time, he needs to repay the debt as a slave. In this case, Deng Qinhe was the debtor and did not repay it within the time limit, and it was determined that Liu Shengting had the right to dispose of Deng Qinhe at will.

In Wang Chun's previous judgments, he never convicted him of a capital crime, believing that it is normal for people to make mistakes, and that only by living can people make up for the mistakes they have compensated, and advocating the theory that death is useless. It was also determined that Deng Qinhe had arrears first, and was unable to repay the debts after his death, and was killed by the borrower Liu Shengting, and the debts and human lives were offset in pairs, so he was found not guilty.

On the second day of the letter, Wang Chun joined several senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee to impeach Wang Chun for the wrong verdict, and held that Deng Qinhe's arrears were not false, but the arrears were all gambling debts, and should not be dealt with according to the unpaid arrears in the law.

The two parties insisted on their own opinions, and in the past, it was enough to hand it over to Emperor Jin for adjudication, but the meaning of this case was different, Wang Chun's law enforcement was based on the law, and was supported by the Beining faction who advocated changing the law, and Chen Xu advocated the handling of the case with reason, which was supported by the Yuan Heng faction.

Where can the trial escape the law of reason? There is a difference in viewpoint just because of the different emphasis, that is, there is an essential difference between the two factions in their handling of the problem. Emperor Jin was not able to make a decisive decision and handed the case over to Ling Ge for discussion.

Song Qiulai has been extremely concerned about the change of the law in the past few days, and he naturally wants to make contributions when he first enters the court, and discusses the content of the change with the prime minister Chen Zhixi and Qin Wang Shanhuai every day, which has caused the displeasure of the old Song family of the Yuan Heng faction, and this case has made him even more anxious and does not know how to deal with it, and this case has become a fork in the road for him to choose between the two factions.

Song Qiu has not found a suitable place to live since he came to Beijing, and can only live in the Qin Palace.

Two days ago, when the cold rain fell, the house was filled with a stove, but the weather was a little humid, and the burning was not strong.

As in the past, Song Qiulai, Chen Zhixi, and Shan Huai had a deep conversation in the palace of the Qin Dynasty after the early dynasty, but today there was the first major collision of ideas.

Chen Zhixi said to Song Qiulai with a slight accusation: "If Deng Qinhe is clean and self-loving, how can he owe such a huge gambling debt?" It boils down to something wrong with him. ”

Although Song Qiulai supported the change of the law, he was extremely disagreeable with the decision of Dali Temple, and supported Chen Xu, the secretary of the ministry, and the judgment should be reasonable.

Song Qiulai's accusation against Chen Zhixi did not change his face and said: "I don't deny that Deng Qinhe has a problem, and you can't deny the fact that Liu Shengting killed someone, since it is a murder, it should be punished." ”

"Then according to what you said, should Liu Shengting be directly convicted at this time? Muddy, too muddy! To condemn him is to hinder the greatest obstacle to changing the law! If the law change can't be implemented, the court dispute is the result you want? It's only been a few days since I entered the Ling Pavilion, and I don't know how thick the sky is!" Chen Zhixi pointed at Song Qiulai and said with cross-eyes, frowning angrily, and the tone that was still good and mutagenic completely became disheartened.

Song Qiulai was already upset, and he was young and upright and arrogant, how could he bear this kind of words, and scolded him by name: "Chen Zhixi! You're going to say that I'm messing with the law and it's pure nonsense! You say that you are afraid of court disputes, I think you are just for personal interests, forming a party for personal gain, you are a friend!"

A bunch of nonsense, self-interest, forming a party for personal gain, friends these twelve words Chen Zhixi almost couldn't breathe in one breath, the old face was red, and the clicking sound of teeth was clearly visible, pointing at Song Qiulai's hand trembling and covering his chest, panting heavily, from a young man to a white head, just to draw the great picture of the peace and health of the people of the Jin Kingdom, he was praised by the old Jin Emperor as "the day is insufficient, followed by the night", so indifferent to fame and fortune is not disgraced by others, how can he stand it and be said to be a traitorous minister, and he almost pouted angrily.

When Shanhuai heard these dozen words, he also scolded a few times, and said in his heart that if Chen Zhixi is considered to be a party and a private business, then what am I, and I have become a trick to manipulate power and intend to rebel? Both of them were angry, it was hard to say that the two were wrong, and seeing that Chen Zhixi was not lightly angry, he glared at Song Qiulai, helped Chen Zhixi rub his chest to help Shunqi, and said: "Prime Minister, you dissipate your anger, he can't speak, ignore him." Seeing that Song Qiulai was going to say more, he squeezed his eyes and turned his head slightly towards Chen Zhixi, signaling that this old man was so angry, so don't say it again.

Song Qiulai breathed a sigh of relief, his lips trembled and he said angrily: "Then how do you say this case will be handled?"

Shan Huai saw that Chen Zhixi was a little relieved, and then said: "The rule of law is nothing more than the rule of man, first there is affection and then there is law, the law comes from affection, and affection complements the law, complementing each other, the king's law is not favoritism, and the king's law is not right." If the law is not enough, and the situation is not enough, it is natural to change the law. ”

Shanhuai didn't say how to deal with this case, the first few sentences were said to Chen Zhixi out of love, and the last few sentences were extremely vague but turned the words to the change, in the final analysis, it was to bypass the dispute between the two, for fear that the two would shout again.

Song Qiulai was bored and didn't want to listen anymore, regardless of Shanhuai's obstruction, he buried his head in the house alone, and Chen Zhixi didn't stay for long, and then returned to the house.

Song Qiulai buried his head in thinking about walking on the street, and unconsciously walked to the inn where he lived when he first entered Beijing, a little distracted, and suddenly remembered the sentence that Yu Yuzhen often put on his lips, "Relaxation should be wine", smiled knowingly, and paced in without thinking.

Seeing that there was a guest coming, the shopkeeper looked at it for a while, and felt that this person was a little familiar, and then remembered that a few days ago, the sons of the powerful were invited back to the house to live temporarily, and finally even Qin Wang Shanhuai also came to invite him, and concluded that this person must not be an ordinary person, and hurriedly ran to Song Qiulai in a few steps, and said flatteringly: "Childe, are you going to be a tip or a store this time?"

Song Qiulai smiled slightly: "I'm here to drink today, is there any liquor in the store?" The stronger, the better. ”

Xiao Erxin said that this one is here to buy drunk today, that is a good thing, and the income from selling a few more jars of good wine is not cheap, and he hurriedly said: "Childe, there are naturally spirits, we have good amber in our store, and you think you want that kind of red bead?" Seeing Song Qiulai's brows and his face was puzzled, he still understood how to observe words and expressions after being a junior in the capital for so long, and blamed himself: "Oh, son, I'm sorry, I forgot that you just came to the capital, and you don't know what wine is in the capital, I suggest you order a pot of amber to taste first, and then change it if it doesn't suit your taste." "A pot of amber is twenty taels, and this little two can get five taels.

Song Qiulai asked slowly on a whim: "Have you been drunk for eight years?"

Xiao Er was stunned, as if someone came here a few days ago to live here with this wine, the wine was fragrant, the person called this wine eight years, and finally the boss asked for a few jars, and hurriedly said: "Coincidentally, you wait a minute, I'll ask the boss." ”

A moment later, the boss came out of the backyard holding a pottery altar, the clay pot was full of slag obviously just dug out of the ground, the seal was extremely precise layer after layer, and there were lotus leaves and kraft paper that was sealed by wax, but the rest did not know what the material was, and when he came to Song Qiulai's table, he tore the seal layer by layer, and he was not afraid that Song Qiulai would tear it but didn't, the boss was a smart person, how could such a boy care about money? As soon as he tore it open, he hurriedly poured a small cup for Song Qiulai himself, and then asked, "Childe, you can taste it, but this is this wine?" The innkeeper saw that Song Qiulai had just poured it and wanted to drink it in one gulp, and persuaded: "Son, you drink it in small sips, this wine is very strong." ”

Song Qiulai smelled the familiar aroma of wine when there was still a layer of lotus leaves left, familiar and not a general novelty, a small cup and a drink, drinking the same wine on the two floors of thousands of miles, couldn't help laughing, and said with a bold smile: "It's okay!" All kinds of wine are intoxicating, eight years penetrate my heart, change me a big bowl!"