Above the lobby, the county lord sat on the top, with the servants standing on both sides, and six people kneeling at the bottom of the steps, two in front and four in the back. Let's talk about the two in front of us, the one on the left is an old man in his fifties, and the one on the right is a young man in his twenties. The young man was fat and wore silk and satin, and he looked like a rich man. The four people in the back are all in Tsing Yi and small hats, and they are dressed as entourages.

"Smack!" Wu Rumeng, the county magistrate who was sitting on it, looked at the shocked wood, and then said loudly: "The people under the stairs, who is the surname, don't say it quickly!" ”

"I ...... I ...... "The young man was stumbling and spoke for a long time."

At this time, a small guy kneeling behind him said loudly: "My lord, my son-in-law is a fool, please don't worry about him." His name is Zhang Yong. ”

"Fool!" Wu Rumeng looked at Zhang Yong for a while, and said coldly: "Fools still know how to be strong and kill? ”

"At the time, we didn't know what was going on. When I was eating in the restaurant, my son-in-law seemed to think that the girl's song was good, so he cried and wanted to listen to it for a while, so I spent money and invited the girl to come to the private room to sing for our son-in-law. It's rare for Childe to have a time in Yaxing, and we don't want to disturb us, so I went outside the door, and I never thought that there would be such a thing. The little guy was full of words, as if everything had nothing to do with them at all.

Hearing this, the old man kneeling in front of him was anxious, and he cried and shouted: "My lord, don't listen to their nonsense, it was that son who personally invited my daughter to sing in the private room, and he didn't look like a fool at all when he looked at him." Originally, I wanted to go in with my daughter. But the boy said that he liked to listen to the cappella, so he didn't need me to go in, and he rewarded him with two taels of silver. Xiao Lao'er also gave up money for a while, so he let my poor girl go in alone. Afterward. There was a sound of my daughter shouting for help in the room, and I wanted to rush in to rescue me, but I was held up by those four people, and I was not allowed to go in. Later, the beast came out. took the people and left, and the little old man rushed into the house. When I entered the house, I saw my daughter lying on the ground unclothed, and she was dead. The corpse has experienced that my daughter was indeed insulted by him and then strangled to death. ”

Wu Rumeng nodded above and said, "Kong Lao'er, what you said." The county has already found out, and the county did not ask you in court, and you don't have to rush to answer. "Speaking of which. He looked at the little guy and said, "Your son-in-law killed someone, and you all know about it, why didn't you report it at that time, but fled with your son-in-law?" If Kong Lao'er hadn't reported the case in time, the county would have sent someone to arrest him earlier, and if it didn't work, he would have let Er and the others escape! Tell me about it. What is the reasoning behind this? ”

"Back to your lordship, after Childe comes out. We went along, and did not go into the private room to look at it. And. Our son is a fool, and after he came out, he didn't speak, so we didn't know how to take the lead in this matter. Besides, when the adults sent someone to get us, weren't we all in Jianyang County, and we didn't go out of the city, so why did we escape? This little guy is full of words, he doesn't take the murder in his eyes at all, and uses the excuse that Childe is a fool everywhere, as if his own side is useless at all.

The law of the Ming Dynasty is similar to that of modern times, although it is said that murder pays for life, but a mentally ill person such as a fool, if he kills someone, he will not lose his life, and the maximum punishment is to squat for a few years in prison, and the family will compensate the sufferer with some money, if the patient's family has no money, that is, the family will be beaten up, and the discipline is not strict, which is relatively humane.

That is, such humane laws have caused many people from ancient times to the present to take advantage of such loopholes, and after committing crimes, they pretend to be crazy and stupid to avoid punishment.

"You also heard Kong Lao'er's words, he said that his daughter was shouting for help in the private room, why didn't you go in and have a look, but instead pulled him in and didn't let him in? Even the guys in the restaurant heard this voice, you can't hear it, right? Wu Rumeng asked coldly.

"My son-in-law has a brain disease, so we think we're playing with that girl? Besides, once we suddenly break in and frighten our son-in-law, how can we explain to our master when we go back? ”

"Okay......" Wu Rumeng smiled slightly and said, "Let's leave aside whether your son-in-law is a fool or not, but can you admit that he killed someone?" ”

"This ...... Since my son-in-law died after he came out of the private room, the little one had no choice but to admit that the man was killed by his son. However, our son is a fool after all, and he can't be judged by ordinary people. The little guy said.

"Just admit it, come on, let them sign and draw the pledge." Wu Rumeng was very calm, first asked the secretary office to bring the confession, and asked the four little servants to sign and draw it.

The four of them couldn't help but sign, so they had to draw them one by one. After the painting was finished, Wu Rumeng above said: "Whether people are fools or not, this is not what the four of you say, above the county hall, you need the county to decide, there are so many people outside the hall who are watching the excitement, and everyone must admit that he is a fool, so he can be regarded as a fool." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Rumeng's voice was raised, "Come on, pull up the criminal Zhang Yong, take him outside the second gate, show it to the people, let everyone identify it, and determine whether he is a fool." ”

"Yes, sir!" The voice settled, and immediately an errand officer stepped forward, dragged Zhang Yong up, carried him, and walked towards the outside of the lobby.

When the little servant saw such a scene, he hurriedly shouted, "What do you mean, this lord?" ”

"What do you mean, has the county already said it, let the people help recognize it, and see if your son is a fool." Wu Rumeng said lightly: "This is the county's public court, above the public court, since the county counts, you just need to kneel below." ”

"My lord! My son-in-law is indeed a fool, so I don't think I need to humiliate him like this. Our master, but the master of Lord Xiao of Chengdu Mansion, looks down and doesn't look up, if you pass, is it a little too much. The little guy showed his master's name. It can be said that when they were caught by the county officials at that time, they once showed this name, but they were still taken to the county office.

"The county has always enforced the law. In the lobby, regardless of whether they are high or low, but all guilty will be sentenced according to the law. You say that your son is a fool, but that's just one side. You need someone else to prove it, that's it. This county is also, give him a chance to prove that he is a fool. After Wu Rumeng finished speaking, he shouted at the messenger below: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you take Zhang Gongzi out quickly." ”

"Yes!" The adult gave the order for the second time, how dare the errand slack off, and even pushed and shoved at the moment. Push Zhang Yong out of the second door.

At this time, Wu Rumeng in the hall shouted loudly: "The people in the hall listen. This person's name is Zhang Yong, and he is the perpetrator of this case. His family called him a fool, and they waited for help to check it to see if this card was a fool. ”

After Lord Wu finished shouting, the two errand servants also said loudly: "The big guy will help to check and see if the kid is a fool!" ”

Jin Chan and Tong Xuan stood at the front of the second gate. In the process of hearing the case in court, they saw it clearly. When that little guy showed his name, they had already concluded that this Zhang Gongzi was definitely not a fool.

They thought to themselves. This Lord Wu tried the case, but it was interesting, and he even asked the people to help test people. That's fine, let's let the two of us expose this kid's illusion.

When Zhang Yong was pushed over, the two of them looked at Zhang Yong carefully, Zhang Yong had a fat head and big ears, and his eyes were attentive, not sluggish at all. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a fool. At that moment, the two exchanged glances with each other. Then the golden cicada said: "Come on, come on, bring the boy here." Give me a test. I've always been very accurate, and I can tell at a glance whether I'm a fool or not. ”

Seeing that there was a response, the two messengers directly pushed Zhang Yong in front of Jin Cicada. Jin Cicada smiled at Zhang Yong, this Zhang Yong, quickly followed with a smirk, "Hehe......"

Jin Chan was not polite, raised his hand, patted Zhang Yong's face twice, and said, "Are you a fool?" ”

"Hehe......" Zhang Yong smirked again.

"It looks like it!" Yin Zhu grabbed Zhang Yong's ear from the other side, and then dragged him towards the crowd.

He was really not light at this time, and he came suddenly, almost tearing Zhang Yong's ears. Zhang Yong was dragged into the crowd, and he couldn't help howling in pain, "It hurts...... and then scolded loudly: "You dare to drag Lao Tzu like this, looking for death!" ”

"Oops, fools can curse! , who are you? The golden cicada lifted to the back of Zhang's head.

Zhang Yong had already been pulled into the crowd by Tong Xuan, and this time, he stumbled forward again. In the crowd, there was a tall young man, and when he saw Zhang rushing from this side, his knees were raised sharply, and he pushed forward fiercely. At this moment, the force was very violent, and it was just right, on top of Zhang Yong's vital point.

The man's place is the most vulnerable, where can he withstand this blow, so painful that he opened his throat with a "snort", covered the vital point with both hands, and squatted on the ground.

"Even fools know that it hurts!" The tall young man laughed and said, "You should play with it, and keeping it is also a scourge, even if you are a fool, you won't need it in this life!" After speaking, he raised his leg and kicked at Zhang Yong. His kick didn't have any rules, just kicked at Zhang with both hands that were covering there. However, the strength of this kick is very great, and I don't know what kind of enmity the tall young man and Zhang Yong have, and he would make such a heavy hand.

This kick directly kicked Zhang Yong to the ground. When the messenger saw that Zhang Yong was knocked down, he stepped forward to stop him, and he didn't want to rob a few people, so he intercepted the two. Jin Chan and Tong Xuan were in the crowd, and they looked carefully, only to see another citizen come up, accompanied by a tall young man, and began to stretch out his legs and kick Zhang Yong fiercely.

The two of them kicked in the same place, which is the key point of Zhang Yong, you have a hand to cover it, it doesn't matter, it still makes you unbearable pain. Sure enough, Zhang Yong was kicked and turned over, wanting to roll and escape, but there were people on the side, where to hide. The most annoying thing is that the people in front of them, seeing that someone was moving, also joined in the fun, one person and one foot, and actually greeted Zhang Gongzi's body, which hurt Zhang Yong, and now it is a howl like killing a pig.

The four little servants in the hall listened to it sincerely, and the one who had been answering in the public court before hurriedly said: "My lord, my son-in-law is being beaten, please give an order, stop and save my son-in-law!" ”

"He's a fool, it's normal to howl, what's all the fuss, maybe someone else is playing around with him." Wu Rumeng directly used the quibble just now, and said: "You also know that your son-in-law has a brain disease, if I send someone over now and frighten him, what can I do?" How will I explain to your master then? After saying this, Wu Rumeng sneered.

"You ......" the little guy was angry, and his eyes almost didn't pop out. Then Tengdi stood up and said loudly, "Brothers, let's go and save people." ”

As he spoke, he was about to rush into the crowd. But at this time, Wu Rumeng shouted, "Be bold, intercept them!" ”

As soon as the words were settled, an errand officer stepped forward and pressed the four servants who had already stood up to the ground again. These four boys, who are also on fire now, shouted loudly: "My lord, what do you mean by this? ”

"What do you mean? Why did you hold Kong Lao'er in the first place? What do you mean, what does this county mean? This is also afraid that you will go over and frighten your son! Also, above the lobby of this county, before you have spoken to get up, you dare to get up without permission, it is simply unofficial, and you don't take this county in your eyes! Wu Rumeng raised his voice and shouted: "There will be four of them, each of whom will have twenty boards!" ”

"Yes!" The officers agreed, picked up the water and fire sticks, and beckoned to the four of them.

A few sticks went down, and the lobby was filled with the cries of four people.

However, the voices of the four of them, combined, were not as loud as the one outside.

Zhang Yong was kicked, it was screaming, in addition to screaming, he kept calling for help, "Come on, help!" Kill people again! ”

No matter how miserable he screamed, the tall young man didn't mean to stop, picked up his feet as usual, and greeted Zhang Yong vigorously. While kicking, he also scolded: "Aren't you stupid? Fools will cry out for help! Having said that, what can you do if you kill a fool, a fool kills an ordinary person, you don't have to resist your life, and an ordinary person kills a fool, and you don't have to resist your life! When the time comes, I will lose two dollars to your family, and that's it! ”

The law of the Ming Dynasty did not say that a fool did not have to pay for his life, but it was also divided into circumstances, if the fool intended to hurt others, others could naturally defend themselves and beat the person to death, that is, pay for the funeral expenses.

In the crowd, five or six people kicked on their feet, and Zhang Yong could stand it. I knew in my heart that if no one came to save me, I would be beaten to death. In desperation, he raised his throat and shouted: "The master is dead!" The lord is dead! ”

"Do fools know this county?" When Wu Rumeng heard Zhang Yong's shout, he immediately raised his throat and asked.

"I'm not stupid! I'm not stupid! Adult help! Adult help! Zhang Yong had no choice but to admit that he was not a fool. He also understands that if he admits it, he will definitely be unlucky, but it is better than being beaten to death now, after all, his Lao Tzu is the master of the prefect, even if he is sentenced to death, he will think of ways to save himself. Now, if he is beaten to death by these mud legs, it is really not worth it, even if he has to pay for his life, but his own life is much more precious than theirs. Besides, he didn't want to die like that.