In the late autumn of the sixth year of photosynthesis, Yingchuan, which is about to enter winter, is becoming more and more desolate.

At this time, in Changshe County, Yingchuan County (now Changgedong, Xuchang, Henan), the people complained and the people were struggling.

In the autumn, the magistrates at and above the county level issued new decrees and imposed heavy taxes, causing the poor people below the landlord level and the displaced people to tighten their belts, and they still did not have enough to eat, and even the landlords' families had no surplus food.

In the midst of the chaos, it is not surprising that local officials tied a man to a stone pillar in the street, and the market was bustling with people.

In recent years, there have been more people stealing chickens and dogs, and it is not unusual to tie people to stone pillars.

But today's onlookers are talking about the melon-eating crowd, and our Changshe has a murder case!

As the sun rose and the drumsticks shook the sky, the official pointed to the man tied to the pillar and shouted to the crowd around, "Do you know this man?" ”

The onlookers can know about the murder that happened on a rainy night yesterday, how can anyone dare to speak out?

Seeing that there was no answer, the officials could only question him again.

"What's your name? Who? Why did you kill Liu Yuanwai? ”

The man tied to the stone pillar was Xu Fu, his face was smeared with white ash, which seemed a little strange, but since last night, he had thought that if he went to the dungeon this time, even if he died, he would not confess.

So he had been tortured since last night, but he didn't say a word, and in the morning, the official who had been busy all day really had no choice, so he went to this official.

And he came up with a solution, which was to tie Xu Fu to a pillar or execute him on the street, one was to frustrate Xu Fu's self-esteem, and maybe he would confess.

The second is to let the onlookers easily identify who this person is, so that they can sign and draw the pledge.

But no one in the crowd dared to answer, which made the official's face unbearable, and he immediately roared to the back, asking people to bring up the torture instrument of **!

This is the market, there are many vendors on the street, and they can't care about doing business at this time, and they are terrified to see that this man is being put on the torture instrument, and his body is already scarred, but his eyes are still very resolute.

"Oh, this is going to be executed!"

"I heard that Liu Yuanwai's death last night was not unjust, his concubine robbed someone else's wife!"

"It's not, what's more, Liu Yuanwaiguang didn't say anything, and killed her husband, entered the government, didn't eat the lawsuit, and was released without even writing a paper."

"yes, there's no way to do it, hey, it's another life now."

"I don't know who this man is, why did he suddenly stand up for that man?"

Knock knock!

After three consecutive drum beats, the crowd around them suddenly fell silent, and even the vendors stopped to watch.

"Dare to distract the people! After breaking into a private house in the middle of the night, assassinating Liu Yuanwai, and then absconding in a hurry, we arrested him and refused to admit his guilt. ”

Xu Fu, who was tied to the pillar, spat directly, snorted coldly, and turned his head.

This greatly stimulated the officials, and the whip in his hand was raised vigorously, and it whipped towards Xu Fu's body.

From last night to this morning, Xu Fu has hardly rested, either being beaten or on the way to being beaten.

After the evil anger in his heart was released, the official said loudly: "This torture instrument is used to divide the corpses of five horses, you raise your eyes and see, as long as I give an order, this torture instrument will pierce your abdomen, cut your throat, and amputate your limbs!" ”

Xu Fu couldn't pay attention to it, and closed his eyes weakly.

The official shouted, pointed at Xu Fu and scolded angrily: "Still hard-mouthed? How could there be such a vicious person as you in Changshe County! Well, since you refuse to admit your guilt, don't blame this official for executing him on the street! ”

The long whip in his hand was raised high, as long as he gave an order, the ** torture instrument would make Xu Fu five horses split.

The crowd of onlookers immediately turned their heads, and some women with children immediately turned around to prevent the children from seeing the bloody scene.

At this critical juncture, Cheng Liu quickly whipped his horse and did not get off the saddle, and shouted at the official from afar: "Wait! ”

The long whip held high did not fall, and seeing that the man who came on the horse was a little angry, the official asked coldly, "Who is coming?" ”

Cheng Liu led the horse to Xu Fu, and when he saw that he was still alive, the heart he was carrying finally fell.

turned to look at the officials who were executed at the scene, and explained: "This official is the county guard of Danyang County, this is the approval document, in addition, this matter is a little strange, the prisoner has not been punished, this official proposes, take it back to the government and try it at a later date!" ”

Although he is the county guard of Danyang County, he is not a big official of Yingchuan County, but the official rank is there, how dare this little official be disobedient, so he agreed to Cheng Liu's request.

Sweet potatoes led spring butterflies, summer cicadas and embroidered winters also arrived, and Jiang Xue abandoned the horse and directly performed light skills, and at this time also stood on the roof of the street on the left.

Last night, Xiudong rushed to the inn overnight and told Cheng Liu what happened to Xu Shu.

Cheng Liu was a little strange at the beginning, when Xu Shu first happened, it was the sixth year of Zhongping (186).

And now it is only six years (183 years), a full three years of difference.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for the historical records to make mistakes in recording the year, but Cheng Liu didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he hurriedly gave up the carriage and rode a fast horse to Changshe County overnight.

Because of the lack of familiarity with the terrain on this halfway, even if I took the map, I took a lot of long detours, if it wasn't for Jiang Xue opening the way in front and bypassing some deep mountains and old forests, it might have to be delayed a lot.

But fortunately, it came just in time.

Cheng Liu and several people arrived at the official mansion together, and the local officials brought up a pot of good tea and good tea to entertain them.

"Does Cheng Daguan know that this person is guilty of a capital crime?"

Cheng Liu waved his hand, and the sweet potato directly took out two bags of silver taels and put them on the table, which was estimated to be about one or two hundred taels.

"The officer knows that he has committed the crime of losing his head. But in troubled times, the business of seeking people's money and taking people's lives is complicated, and the root cause must be investigated, and the fault can only be made on Li Yuanwai. What's more, there are murders in the entire Yingchuan County every day, and the authorities will only pay attention to your financial taxes, but not your approval complaints. ”

The little official immediately understood, and after accepting the two bags of money, he asked with a smile: "That big official, stay for lunch to eat together?" ”

Cheng Liu shook his head.

"Send the prisoner to Dongfang, and say to the outside world that he will be executed."

The petty officials nodded again and again: "Please rest assured, no outsiders will know about this matter!" ”

After a night's journey, although Cheng Liu was extremely tired, he couldn't take a break when he thought of Xu Shu's injury, so he went to Dongfang first.

It was about half a pillar of incense, and Xu Shu was also sent over.

Cheng Liu looked at Xu Shu lying on the bed, with mixed feelings.

At this time, Xu Fu is also called Shan Fu, but he is not called Xu Shu, and after he joins the army, he will change to the word Xu Shu.

But now he smiled slightly, since history has accelerated the process, then he should also speed it up.