The sky is full of blue light, the wind is surging, the heavy rain is pouring down, and the raindrops of beans fall in the courtyard of the county government.

Lightning leaped over the clouds like a python, and a thunderbolt exploded outside the window......

The blue light reflected Yang Liwu's miserable ghost-white face.

"Judging by the lowly position...... That Liu Ming hijacked the death penalty prisoner, which was really bold. It must be punished severely in accordance with Song Law! Yang Liwu said coldly, "What do you think?" ”

"This ......" He Zhixian's palms were sweaty, thinking that this Yang Liwu was poisonous enough. not only cleared all his charges. It is even more important to harm the most famous scholar in this county.

He Zhixian is also a scholar, and he naturally understands that if he agrees to Yang Liwu, he will be no different from that dumb official. This Liu Ming is rich in five cars, and the export is a chapter, and there will be great achievements in the future, and it is really intolerable to miss its future.

He Zhixian is a little greedy and lazy, but there is still a view of right and wrong.

Yang Liwu seemed to have expected it, and he said unhurriedly: "It doesn't hurt if you want to be the master of the blue sky and go down in history." We have been crawling in the mud and are not afraid of getting dirty. If the adults are unwilling to do it, then the lower officials will do it. ”

"You're going to kill someone?" He Zhixian said in a trembling voice.

"Such wicked people will naturally be eliminated quickly." Yang Liwu touched the yellow beard on his chin, "But ...... If the adults help, I, Yang, promise not to harm Liu Ming's life. If he can squat in the ten-year or eight-year class room, I will be satisfied. ”

He Zhixian was extremely angry when he saw Yang Liwu so shameless, but his seven inches were pinched in the hands of the other party, and he was already more than capable of strength.

"Your Excellency......" Yang Liwu took a step forward and said slowly, "The lower officials know that in two months, the three-year term of office of the adults will expire, and then they will inevitably be promoted to find another place and leave the place of right and wrong." We guarantee that the Fei County Ya, who is ironclad, will definitely praise your achievements in the past three years. As long as the adults can help send Liu Ming to the county prison, the little one is naturally willing to contribute to the adult's reputation and future......"

This sentence hit the soft underbelly of He Zhi County.

In this dynasty, the performance of officials is still evaluated in the old system of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, with three years for Wenchen and five years for Wuchen. After the expiration of the term of office, the higher authorities will give an evaluation to the officials who are released, divide them into numbers, etc., and then give rewards and punishments for meritorious deeds.

As for remote prefectures like Qingzhou, the assessment is more lenient, and most officials can be promoted.

As long as you close your eyes for another two months, you will be able to leave with the satisfaction of your colleagues and subordinates in the county, and even the citizens of the county.

When the time comes, change states and be promoted, and continue to follow your career smoothly.

What a temptation!

A gust of wind blew, and the rain poured into the house and hit He Zhixian's confused face......

After the rainstorm, Fei County was in shambles. Several simple houses were washed away by the heavy rain, revealing broken walls. Many people were carrying wooden beams and pushing carts, repairing in the derelict places.

Ho Fu.

He Zhixian was pale and sat in the main hall. From time to time, he picked up the tea cup on the desk and put it down again, looking restless.

"Master......" the porter came to report, "Liu Gongzi is here." ”

"Let him in......" He Zhixian hurriedly beckoned, while looking at the landscape painting screen on the right side uneasily.

"My lord......" Liu Ming lifted his coat and stepped in, arching his hand, "My lord sent someone to call me, and the students came immediately." ”

"Hmm......" He Zhixian's face forced composure, "Liu Ming, the report is meritorious, the official has a plan in his heart, and he will arrest the other party on the same day." ”

Liu Ming calmly arched his hand: "My lord, I am clear." ”

"But...... Since you will be interrogated in court at that time, you will tell the official how you entered the county jail and set fire to save people. He Zhixian stroked the beard and said, "Of course, you don't need to worry. Entering the county jail and setting fire to it is also an extraordinary measure in an emergency, and this official forgives you for your innocence. ”

When He Zhixian said this, he couldn't help but glance at the screen.

At this time, behind the screen, there is a scribe who is spreading out his pen and ink, and every sentence and detail that Liu Ming says will be recorded and become evidence in court.

And in the inner hall across the door, Yang Liwu was ambushed with several messengers. According to his plan, as soon as the records were completed, several errand officers would take advantage of Liu Ming's unpreparedness and capture him by surprise, and then put him in the county jail for conviction.

As long as the crime is convicted, then everything is a certainty.

At the last moment, He Zhixian still felt weak and agreed to Yang Liwu.

At this moment, he looked at Liu Ming with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Do you want the students to tell us more about saving people?" Liu Ming asked calmly.

He Zhixian felt that this Liu Ming, his eyes were like torches, and his aura seemed to be very powerful. He had done something bad now, and his heart was so weak that he unconsciously avoided his gaze and looked down at the floor.

"If you can get rid of Yang Liwu, it will benefit the township and remove a harm. The students thanked the villagers here......" Liu Ming bowed deeply.

He Zhixian's eyes were hot, and he suddenly felt guilty. Looking at Liu Ming's young face, he suddenly remembered how he looked when he took the imperial examination seven or eight years ago. He Zhi County back then, the title of the gold list, how high-spirited?

The Jinluan Hall is holy, and the words of the official family back then still linger in the heart of He Zhixian -

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is not easy to be an official, and there are many temptations. When you are hesitant and timid, you should remember that the people are the people and the people. The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. ”

This is the official family admonishing themselves to be honest for the officials, for the benefit of the people, not afraid of the powerful, and to make suggestions and suggestions for the court.

The young He Zhixian secretly swore in the palace that day that he would definitely promise to the official family and be a good official.

However, I didn't expect the world to be impermanent, and since then, I have been the magistrate of two counties, and the sharpness of He Zhi County has also been wiped out.

"The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to bully ......" He Zhixian recalled this sentence and felt uneasy.

Is he still the same Jinshi who stood on the Jinluan Hall and solemnly swore an oath that day?

Offering advice to the Son of Heaven and benefiting the people, where did his original ambition go?

He Zhixian looked at the black gauze hat in front of the case, his face turned pale, and a warm blood welled up in his chest. He bit his lip and motioned for Liu Ming to come closer.

Liu Ming walked closer with understanding.

"Liu Ming, you have to tell me how you went to the county prison before." He Zhixian deliberately said loudly towards the side of the screen. Then he quickly wrote a line of words on rice paper with a pen, flipped it over, and showed it to Liu Ming.

Liu Ming looked down and saw a few words of dragon flying and phoenix dancing - "There are people behind the screen, and they immediately deny the arson case in the county prison"

He Zhixian looked at him Nunu and winked.

As long as Liu Ming denies that he was imprisoned and set fires, then he can be spared prison for the time being.

He Zhixian thought to himself, he could only do his best.

That Liu Ming nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and patted He Zhixian's shoulder, his eyes were calm. This made He Zhixian suddenly have an illusion, he felt that the sixteen-year-old young man in front of him had a calmness and wisdom different from his age.

"Your Excellency...... Regarding the arson of the county prison...... Liu Ming raised his head, "I did it!" ”

He Zhixian was extremely surprised, thinking that he intended to save this kid, why did this kid not play cards according to common sense.

"In order to save Ji Fei, I had no choice but to use a stratagem and enter the county prison ......," Liu Ming said eloquently.

He Zhixian was frightened, and desperately gestured to the other party, signaling him not to go on. He looked behind the screen, and was sure that the scribes were taking notes.

"That Yang Liwu, desecrating public weapons, corpse vegetarian meal, tyrannical and bullying the people...... For the sake of the people in the county, I have to do the same! Liu Ming looked upright.

He Zhixian thought to himself, this young man scolded in his later life, spoke righteously, and spoke righteously. But even if the other party says flowers in his mouth, he still can't escape prison.

Thinking of this, He Zhixian couldn't help beating his chest and sighing at his incompetence.

He Zhixian weakened his knees and knelt down.

"Why are old parents like this?" Liu Ming hurriedly took a few steps forward and helped him up.

"This official is just a puppet...... Ashamed of the son, ashamed of the people of Fei County...... "He Zhixian is sorry to kneel on the ground."

I am finished, although I have retained my official position, but I will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history in the future.

At this moment, there was a rumble on the side of the main hall, the screen fell to the ground, and several wolf-like officials with big shoulders and round waists rushed out of the back room.

"Diao Min Liu Ming! You entered the county jail without permission to kidnap death row prisoners, and Ben Cha was ordered by the history and adults to arrest you and put you in prison! "A black-faced officer, flashing his saber.

In an instant, four or five messengers all stepped forward to surround Liu Ming with great vigour.

Liu Ming turned to look at these errand servants, revealing a mocking look: "In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, you want to frame the scholars?" ”

"It's not easy." A gloomy voice rang out in the room.

Yang Liwu walked out slowly, slowly walked in front of Liu Ming, staring at each other with a pair of snake eyes, the horizontal flesh at the corner of his mouth hanging, revealing an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"Yang Liwu ......," Liu Ming responded.

"Lord Yang's name, is that also your name?" A vicious fat servant next to him was about to come up and slap Liu Ming.

"Hey...... For Xie Yuanlang, we have to respect. Yang Liwu stopped. Anyway, Liu Ming is now a fish, and he is not in a hurry to punish the other party.

"Help Lord He into the back room to rest first, I want to talk to Xie Yuanlang alone." Yang Liwu waved his hand and commanded the officer.

Then He Zhixian has no way at all, and now he has already become a puppet that has been set aside. Everything can only be arranged by Yang Liwu.

"Come on...... Make tea for Xie Yuanlang. Yang Liwu pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit down." ”

"Why didn't you tie me up?" Liu Ming asked.

"No hurry, no hurry." Yang Liwu said with a smile, "If you want to eat prison food, what is the hurry?" Wait until there will be something for you to eat. I'll be reasonable with you first. He had an expression on his face that a lion tiger had caught its prey, and was not in a hurry to eat it, but toyed with it first.

"You scholars...... Yang Liwu shook his head and said, "I feel that I have learned a lot of truths, so I want to do something big?" When I was a soldier and a military commander, there were two scholars in the team, both of whom were sour talents, and they wanted to learn from that class. Before the war, he told me a lot of great truths, what the world rises and falls, the husband is responsible. As a result......" he smiled, "when I got to the battlefield, I saw the bloody scene, I saw that someone's head was cut off, someone was cut in half, and the two scholars were all weak in their legs, and they couldn't even take a step, and they all spilled feces and urine on their pants......"

Yang Liwu touched his chin and said, "From that moment, I came to a conclusion. Scholars, except for being an official, are all waste. He looked at Liu Ming in disappointment and said, "Xie Yuanlang, why don't you read your book well, and what other messy things are you doing?" Do you think you have a good life in prison? ”

"You scholars, if you have not been sinned, you will not have a long memory. Do you know how we treat prisoners in prison? Do you know the standing cage? Yang Liwu's eyes became excited, "It is a special wooden cage, the upper end is a flail, which is stuck in the neck of the criminal, and the bricks must be placed under the feet to barely stand." If the sin is lighter, there will be more brick mats. If you suffer a heavier sin, you will have fewer bricks...... In order to avoid being hanged, you can only stand on your toes. ”

Yang Liwu glanced Liu Ming up and down: "Xie Yuanlang, you have fine skin and tender meat, how long can you stand there in the cage?" His eyes narrowed, "Do you think I'll put a few bricks at your feet?" ”

Hearing Yang Liwu's words, Liu Ming couldn't help but shudder.

"Do you regret it now?" Yang Liwu looked at Liu Ming, his eyes showed a raging smile, "Xie Yuanlang, heroes are not easy to be. After this station, there is a water prison waiting for you. The water in this water prison is not the spring water with flower petals floating in your Liufu bath. It was a stagnant pool of water, and there were all kinds of insects floating in it, and it smelled very fishy. The water is waist-high, and you will stay in it for three days and three nights. Let me tell you, after I came out, I basically soaked under my waist. ”

Yang Liwu paused at this time, and said with deep meaning in his eyes: "If you can agree to some conditions for me, I will naturally make your sins lighter......

"Cunning?" Liu Ming asked expressionlessly. He naturally listened to Zhou Ding's dirty things about Yang Liwu.

"Yes, Cunning." Yang Liwu's eyes lit up, and his hand slowly stretched out to Liu Ming, "In this cage, there are many prisoners who have been exonerated like this...... Xie Yuanlang, you handsome young man, how many big girls and little daughters-in-law have hooked their hearts......"

At the moment when Yang Liwu's hand quickly stretched out, Liu Ming quickly pulled out an object from his arms.

With a "bang", the white blades in the room lit up.

Hearing only a thud, the sound of a white blade entering the flesh, and then a miserable scream of "ahh

He didn't expect that this Liu Ming, who is usually polite and polite, would pull out a dagger so quickly.

His trembling right hand curled up weakly, the dagger pierced so deep that there were red blood stains on the table.

The errand in the house immediately became scrambling, no one expected that this Liu Ming, at the critical moment, was still so bloody.

Yang Liwu gasped, closed his eyes, his face stiffened, and he quickly pulled out the dagger with his left hand, his feet were weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Tie up Liu Ming for me!" He yelled angrily, "Prison in jail!" ”

Several servants put wooden shackles on Liu Ming and pushed him into the courtyard.

Yang Liwu covered his injured hand, his eyes were bloody, and he roared with murderous aura: "Liu Ming, will you know what it is like to be in prison later?" ”

Liu Ming looked at Yang Liwu and sneered, "Do you really think that you are the soil emperor of Fei County?" ”

Yang Liwu grinned, revealing an evil and fierce gaze: "This Fei County...... Does anyone dare to mess with me? ”

"Does anyone dare to thwart me?"

He turned his face to the sky and shouted madly:

"Does anyone dare to disobey me?"

This roar was extremely arrogant.

However, at this time, a ridicule sounded outside the hospital:

"A little man with a knife and pen, but so rampant!"

(Wow, I was shocked by my own writing, begging for a recommendation.) ）