Sure enough, Li Tao and Liu Xuan talked for half the night that night, and no one knew what they talked about, while Pei Yue waited anxiously outside the door.

Finally, Li Tao and Liu Xuan came out of the house. As soon as Pei Yue saw Li Tao's expression, he knew that the matter was done. In the future, Liu Xuan will be Li Tao's military advisor, and Pei Yue will naturally be respectful to him. He stepped forward and saluted Liu Xuan: "Thank you Liu Shilang for Gao Yi, the little master will rely on you for more support in the future!" ”

Liu Xuan replied: "Lao Pei, you're welcome!" In the future, we will be a family, so we won't talk about two families! ”

Li Tao suddenly asked on the side: "Old Liu, what should Liu Langjun say?" ”

Liu Xuan groaned: "I agree that Zhiren should have no problem, but his surname is unstable and needs to be sharpened." To be on the safe side, I guess it's better not to tell him just yet. When the time is ripe in the future, it's not too late to talk to him slowly! ”

Li Tao nodded: "Then rely on Liu Lao!" ”

Pei Yue also secretly praised himself on the side: Jiang is still old and spicy, and Liu Xuan is more thoughtful. The little master has no foundation now, and if the details are revealed, the situation will be worrying. When he has the ability to protect himself in the future, he will have no worries about giving it to Liu Zhiren.

Li Tao looked at Pei Yue: "Uncle Yue, I've worked hard for you, let's set off overnight!" Don't rush to Luzhou before Cui Xiang and tell Lao Nie that everything is going according to plan! Liu Lao and I will also rush to Luzhou later! ”

"Okay, little master! I'm going to go! Pei Yue promised to turn around and leave.

Looking at Pei Yue's back, Liu Xuan suddenly asked, "If I didn't guess wrong, then the person who stole the jade book must be Pei Yue, right?" ”

"Exactly!"

"What a righteous servant!" Liu Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

……

Cui Xiang is a servant of the ministry, in addition to completing the tasks assigned by the emperor, he also has the responsibility of inspecting the performance of officials of all sizes in Luzhou. After returning to Luzhou, Liang Dequan and others carefully waited for Cui Xiang, for fear of a little mistake. Cui Yu knew that Liang Dequan was Princess Anle's confidant, and he didn't think about what to do with him. Even if he wanted to clean up Liang Dequan, he couldn't do it without Webster's nod.

As a result, Cui Xiang and Liang Dequan were all going through the motions, which made Cui Xiang feel quite boring. If he hadn't promised to wait for Li Tao's arrival in Luzhou, Cui Xiang would have returned to Chang'an long ago.

This time, Cui Xiang had nothing to do, and he wrote in the house.

"Chenglan, so Yaxing!" Li Longji's voice sounded in Cui Xiang's ears.

"It's Saburo! See how well I write? Cui Xiang put the brush aside and asked with a smile.

Li Longji walked closer and took a closer look, only to see Cui Xiang writing a plaque frame, and the book was wildly written: Wei Tuo is reincarnated.

"Yes, Chenglan's words are vigorous and powerful, dignified and chic! It's just ......" Li Longji asked puzzledly: "Who is this plaque?" ”

"San Lang still remembers Fengqiu?"

"Seal the mound?"

"That's the executioner!"

"Oh! Naturally remember! Li Longji suddenly realized that he dared to love Cui Xiang is to write a plaque for Fengqiu.

"I heard that the five generations of the Feng family acted as executioners and never made a mistake, so I admired it very much, so I inscribed this plaque for the Feng family!"

"Chenglan's Mobao is famous, and I think the Feng family will also be honored." Li Longji is not a sycophant, Cui Xiang's words are really not said.

Cui Xiang smiled and stopped talking, and immediately sent someone to send the plaque to Feng's house.

Just as Cui Xiang and Li Longji were coming, the people sent out came back.

"What? Feng Qiu politely declined. Cui Xiang and Li Longji were taken aback.

Cui Xiang was very annoyed, and after a moment of silence, he said to Li Longji: "San Lang, how about you accompany me to this Feng family?" ”

……

Feng Qiu greeted him with a big salute and let Cui Xiang and Li Longji to the main hall.

Without waiting for Cui Xiang to speak, Feng Qiu first confessed: "Cui Shilang, it's not that I don't know how to lift up, it's just that the four words inscribed on this plaque, I really don't deserve it!" ”

"Why is that?" Cui Xiang was very calm.

"My lord doesn't know that the law enforcement of the closed family is to save his job, but this is not the case in conscience!"

"What do you mean by that?" Cui Xiang's eyes widened.

"If Cui Shilang is not to blame, please come with me!"

After Feng Qiu finished speaking, he got up and led Cui Xiang and Li Longji to the backyard.

The backyard is a small single courtyard with a tube house against the wall. Feng Qiu opened the door and invited Cui Xiang and Li Longji to enter. The two looked at Fengqiu suspiciously, and then walked in curiously. When they saw it clearly, Cui Xiang and Li Longji were surprised! Originally, the room was full of enshrined tablets, and each tablet had a name, address, and date of death.

Cui Yu and Li Longji looked at Feng Qiu in confusion.

Feng Qiu sighed and said, "These are all tablets of criminals beheaded by the Feng family in the past dynasties, and there are seven hundred and sixty-three so far!" Some of them deserve their sins, and they are innocent of death! But there are also a lot of unjust souls! We have to give some paper money to these unjust souls every year! There are rules on the ancestors, all those who are wronged souls must be dyed red on the tablet! ”

It was the first time Cui Xiang and Li Longji had heard of such a thing.

"In order to save my job, I dare not speak for the criminals. This is the rule of the ancestors! ”

Cui Yu smiled faintly, and approached a tablet dyed with a red head with his hand. See that it says "Hu Gongliu", killed the next year. He couldn't help smacking his mouth, and said to himself thoughtfully: "Hu Gongliu, Hu Gongliu......"

Saying that, Cui Xiang picked up the tablet, looked at the red, and asked, "What is this red dye?" ”

"Blood! It's human blood! ”

Cui Xiang gently wiped the dust on the tablet, carefully put it back in its place, suddenly turned to Fengqiu, and asked, "In your opinion, among the criminals who have been subdued this year, are there any wrongful beheaders?" ”

Feng Qiu shook his head and said, "I don't dare to say it!" ”

"It's okay, let's be honest!"

Feng Qiu's throat shook up and down for a while before he said: "This year, a total of fifteen people were beheaded in Luzhou, and at least half of them should not be beheaded!" ”

Cui Xiang gasped when he heard this: If half of the people really shouldn't be beheaded, there are really too many unjust cases.

"How did you find out?" There was no change on Cui's face.

"I learned from the Blood-Seeking Observation!"

"Blood?" Cui Xiang was a little confused.

"According to the verification of our Feng family for several generations, most of the people who spew blood late are swordsmen! For example, Zhang Zhonglin, who was beheaded not long ago, was the first to be stabbed, but the blood was the latest to spurt out. So I conclude that Zhang Zhonglin must have been wronged! If you don't believe it, you can retry the case, and you should verify it! ”

Cui Xiang's heart moved: "Do you recognize Zhang Zhonglin?" ”

"Zhang Zhonglin and I just know each other and never have any contact! He is my close neighbor, with an eighty-year-old mother and a seven-year-old son! As far as I know, Zhang Zhonglin has always kept to himself, and he is really a person who does his duty. When he returned from the execution ground, he met Zhang Zhonglin's family to collect the body. His white-haired old mother was crying in the coffin, his seven-year-old son was crying, and his wife was grief-stricken with a three-foot white silk on her head...... I remembered that Zhang Zhonglin's blood was not right, and I suddenly felt compassion! I have heard for a long time that Cui Shilang is an upright official and enforces the law like a mountain, and I hope that Cui Shilang will be aware of everything! ”

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