Chapter 0085 Old Wounds
When I arrived at the governor's residence, Lord Song, the head of the government, was trying the case in the lobby, Wu Ruolan, who was suing her father, was kneeling aside, but Lord Song was trying another case.
Anqiu is a small town, located on the coast, economically prosperous and socially harmonious, although it has not yet reached the level of not leaving the road untouched and not closing the door at night, the public security is still good, and most of the usual times are neighborhood disputes, fights, thefts and robberies.
However, this Lord Song is already close to his sixtieth birthday, and the trial of the case has been a little protracted, and sometimes the verdict is simply a bit unbelievable, just under the hall, Li Mo heard that several people around him were discussing.
"What kind of case is being tried now?"
"This Lord Song is too old, in this robbery case, the plaintiff and the defendant insisted on their own words, quarreled endlessly, heard that he was dizzy and impatient, and actually sentenced one to divide the silver equally among the plaintiff and the defendant, and then each played ten boards, it was really ridiculous and very ......"
Hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but laugh.
The lobby was solemn and silent.
His laughter was harsh.
The head of the Song Mansion was confused, but this majestic thing was very clear, his old face turned red and he was shocked, and shouted: "Who is making noise in the hall? Bring it up to me! β
The guard on duty didn't dare to slack off, so he took Li Mo forward and said, "My lord, it's the scholar who is laughing." β
Lord Song looked angry: "That scholar, I haven't beaten you yet, you write a big and unusual paper for others, you dare to laugh at my master!" Come on, drag me down and hit the twenty boards! β
Li Moyi didn't expect to encounter this incident suddenly, and when he saw the public court in front of him, if he resisted it with his strength and injured several guards of the official residence, he was afraid that there was no place for him and Yue'er in this Anqiu Town, and they had to find another place to stay, they had just arrived in Anqiu Town and had not yet settled down, and it was too troublesome to hurry, and then he had an idea and shouted: "Wronged, my lord, the felons of robbery were only sentenced to ten boards, and half of the money was given to him, I just laughed, but the adults wanted to beat me for twenty boards, this is not fair, right?" Everyone saw it with their own eyes, it doesn't matter if you beat me, I'm afraid that someone will say that adults are mediocre and incompetent! β
Although Governor Song was confused, the people who were about to be in their sixtieth year were still very concerned about their reputation. Hearing this, he suppressed his anger, "Okay, you dare to laugh at the adult in front of the court to judge the case, I think it's quite conceited, as long as you break better than the adult, the adult will not beat you, if you break badly, the adult will beat you twice, what do you think?" β
"One word, nine ......" Li Mo echoed two sentences, and then said: "What are the details of this case?" β
Lord Song glanced at a guard, and the guard immediately pulled out, "This pork seller sued the oil seller for fake silver fraud, and the oil seller accused the pork seller for robbery, the two sued each other, and the stolen goods of both parties have been presented to the lobby ......."
As he spoke, the guard showed what he was holding.
After Governor Song nodded, Li Moyi stood up, took two pieces of fake silver and a bunch of money from the guards, and looked at them slowly in his hands, Governor Song frowned: "That scholar, what are you doing?" Can you still tell from this money that you can't spend it? β
This ridicule caused the guards in the hall and the two people on trial to chuckle, Li Moyi said seriously: "My lord, you don't know, these two people are in business, every day the money is constantly coming, and at night they must count the money to reconcile, and they will hang the copper money and wear it up the next day, so there will definitely be some traces on this copper coin, one of them sells oil, one sells meat, no matter how many times they wash their hands, there will be some oil stains or fleshy smell on the copper coin......
As soon as Li Mo spoke, he suddenly turned around, his eyes wandered over the two of them, and his expression was fierce: "I have smelled a strange smell on the copper coin, and people who have not been in contact with this hanging copper coin for a long time will not leave a smell, please raise your hands flat, I want to sniff your hands and see who is lying!" β
The pork shop owner kneeling on the left raised his hands without hesitation, but the oil shop owner hesitated, his face was a little flustered, and Li Mo had a little bottom in his heart.
An arrow stepped in front of the oil shop owner, pointed at the bridge of his nose and shouted: "Bold thief! You still don't plead guilty! If you still don't admit your guilt, you will be beaten with 80 boards, put on a flail for the public, and exile for 3,000 miles......"
Li Moyi's expression was fierce and intimidated, the owner of the oil shop trembled more and more, and finally collapsed, and shouted in panic: "Adult, the villain is guilty, the villain is guilty, the villain is guilty, last month the villain and the Sun butcher across the street had some verbal conflicts, so he held a grudge, today he took advantage of his busy business, wanted to use fake silver to get his money, and didn't want to be noticed by him, the villain then falsely accused him of robbing money, the villain was confused for a while, please forgive the adult, please forgive the adult......"
Li Moyi secretly wiped his sweat, fortunately, this guy was timid, and he confessed obediently after two sentences, otherwise maybe this board would have to be taken down by himself, be cautious, be cautious, be cautious, you need to be cautious in acting in such a proper place.
Someone pleaded guilty to the case even if it was over, the thirty big boards made the oil merchant cry and shout at the sky, and the fine of ten taels of silver was accompanied by the thousands of thanks of the butcher Sun, but it failed to make Lord Song happy, he glared at Li Mo one by one, and shouted: "The hour is not early, the other small cases will be retried tomorrow, and Wu Ruolan, who sued his father, will be brought up!" β
Sun Tuhu and the others all retreated, and only Wu Ruolan and Li Moyi were left in the lobby, one kneeling and the other standing, Li Mo felt that something was wrong, and looked up with a smile: "Lord Song, I just wrote a piece of paper for someone, so I don't need to listen to the trial here, right?" Why don't I step back first? β
"Bold!" Lord Song shouted: "Who in the public court dares not to kneel except for those who have meritorious reputations? The daughter sued her father, she had to beat 50 boards before she asked about the case, you wrote a big reversal paper for her, and laughed at the court, come on, drag it down and give me 20 boards first! β
"Well, isn't it...... My lord, I have wronged you......" Li Mo was dumbfounded, and was dragged down by the two menacing guards, at this time he remembered Li Yuanfeng's warning, although he didn't regret it, he also secretly gritted his teeth and resented, what kind of damn bastard rule is this, Governor Song is obviously taking the opportunity to retaliate!
Right now, as soon as Li Mo arrived in this new realm, he ran into this trouble before his feet were implemented, the other party was the magistrate, and it was unlikely that he would do it, and he had to admit it if he got into trouble with the governor of Song, so he had to admit it.
As soon as Li Mo was dragged to the bottom of the hall, he leaned over and pressed on a long wooden bench, and the guards tied his hands to the legs of the stool and held his feet.
At this time, someone sneered in his ear, Li Mo turned his head in horror and saw that Lin Wei's little guard quickly approached his ear and said, "Brother...... Don't worry, they all saw it at noon, and they all respect you very much in their hearts, and they won't beat you too hard, but you have to scream miserably later, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the anger in Lord Song's heart! β
Li Mo was a little relieved, and couldn't help asking, "Really, don't you lie to me?" β
Lin Wei's little guard said: "Naturally, it's true, brother, you have to act like a little ......."
While speaking, Lord Song asked in the hall, and the two guards standing in the hall hurriedly drove Lin Wei away, picked up the board, and knocked it down with a snort.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, Li Mo's eyes widened, his whole body tensed, he couldn't grit his teeth, and screamed.
This board hurts his heart, from childhood to adulthood, except for the one a few months ago, Li Moyi has almost never suffered this kind of hardship, but he didn't expect to taste it as soon as he settled in Anqiu Town.
"Why, have these bastards shown mercy?" Li Mo gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, scolding the ancestors of Lord Song for 1,800 generations, how could he teach such a cautious cub.
When the second board came down, Li Moyi still screamed loudly in pain, but this was mostly because the board hurt when it touched the wound, this sound was louder than the first board, but the force was much smaller.
As soon as Li Mo understood, the board behind him became lighter and lighter, but he screamed more and more miserably.
The twenty boards were quickly finished, Lin Wei immediately gave him some gold sore medicine, and after fastening his pants, he helped him back to the hall, this time Li Mo learned to be obedient, and the pestle was motionless and silent.
Lord Song had already asked Wu Ruolan, and when he saw that Li Moyi was honestly there, he snorted secretly, "If you don't sue your husband, you will hurt your father, Li Moyi, you write this paper so well, and you pushed this big problem to my lord, Li Moyi, you wrote it, and I have to return this problem to you......"
After a pause, "If you are an adult, I will directly reward you with a board and then blast it out, I guess you will not accept it, but if I take the case, such an abnormal case will be reported, and no one will stumble on the adult, what do you say my lord should I do to handle the case and keep the hat?" β
The mediocre Lord Song looked confused when he was handling the case at noon, why did he suddenly become smart at this time?
Li Mo was secretly strange, and he couldn't help answering, so he had to reply: "What adults are worried about is the perverse sin of a daughter suing her father, right?" In fact, it is very simple to solve, Wu Ruolan and her husband's family are ordered to be doll relatives, although they have not passed the door, but they can already be regarded as members of the husband's family, but the fiancΓ© was beaten by thieves and his legs were broken, and he fainted at home and could not be sued. β
"Such arrogant and lawless people should not be tolerated, the adults arrested him to give a small punishment, and then fined him some silver to Wu Ruolan's fiancΓ©, and paid all the medical expenses by the way, and then completed the marriage for the two of them, with the mansion chief in charge, presumably Father Wu is also satisfied, and will not be dissatisfied, isn't this case a big deal and a small one?"
Lord Song thought about it, slapped the shocked wood, and shouted: "Okay, that's it, Guo Accompani, send someone to bring Wu Ruolan's fiancΓ© into the governor's mansion for treatment, and tomorrow pass Wu's father to the mansion, and the adult will judge in front of the court and withdraw from the ......."
The people who were hearing the trial outside the hall dispersed in a hurry, Li Moyi also limped out, and as soon as the door of the governor's mansion was slammed shut, Lin Wei's little guard rushed over after handing over the errand and approached Li Moyi: "Brother Tai, today thanks to you for revealing the truth on the spot and solving the Xu family's murder case, otherwise my brother Xu Wuzhi would be miserable." β
"It's nothing, Brother Yuanfeng is familiar with you, so I'll do a little favor, it's not enough to worry about." Li Mo pursed his lips and pursed his teeth again, "Hiss~ The unlucky thing is that I was hit by that board, it really hurts......"
The strength of this board is already merciful to the guards, if it is the twenty boards in ordinary times, ordinary people usually have to faint on the spot.
Lin Wei's little guard sighed, "Alas...... You're still light, seeing that the deadline is approaching, and we will be beaten again the day after tomorrow, that's a real beating! β
The tasks undertaken by the guards to solve cases are all time-limited, called "time limits", which are generally seven days for a "limit", and for major homicide cases, the time limit is shorter, and five days is a "limit".
If the case cannot be solved after a "deadline", the guards in charge of the case will be beaten.
As soon as Li Mo heard the other party's words, he immediately knew that there was a case in Anqiu Town, if it was Li Mo before, he would probably choose to watch the excitement, but at the moment the pain in his body was unbearable, but he felt quite sympathy, seeing that this little guard named Lin Wei was not bad, and thought of Li Yuanfeng and his acquaintance, he couldn't help but ask casually: "But is there any weird case?" If so, please tell me more about the case, maybe I can help. β
Hearing this, Lin Wei's little guard perked up, and waited for his words, and while helping him to walk towards the Buji Inn, he talked to him in detail.
Baili Village is a small place that has always belonged to Anqiu Town.
Not long ago, when a businessman surnamed Zhang in Baili Village went out to do business, his wife died at home for no reason, and before the businessman surnamed Zhang went out, someone saw his wife go out to see him off, and some people confirmed that he had been doing business abroad, until he came home five days later to find that his wife had been killed and reported the case, so there was no suspicion of committing the crime, and the rest had no clue, and the case was not even the motive of the murderer.
Lin Wei's account is full of subjective judgment, so it has little reference value, and there are no clues to be found, only that the woman was strangled to death, the house was turned into a mess, and a box containing gold and silver jewelry was missing.
After listening, Li Mo said that he couldn't do anything, Lin Wei's little guard looked very disappointed, and he was silent for a while, and he suddenly said with an expectant face: "Brother Tai, we have to go to Baili Village tomorrow to investigate the case, why don't you go and see it too?" β
Li Moyi hesitated and frowned, and suddenly asked, "Did Guo Beitang ask you to say that?" β
Lin Wei's little guard smiled and said, "Brother Tai, I admire you more and more, after the case is solved at noon today, Guo Daitang called me to invite you...... The scenery is good all the way to Baili Village, and you should take it as a way out to relax. β
Li Moyi had just arrived in Anqiu Town from Dexin County recently, and he was a little tired, and Anqiu really lived and worked in peace and contentment, there was no demon to descend, and it was not bad to go out for a walk, so he agreed: "Okay, but don't expect too much, I may not be able to help anything." β
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Night gradually fell, Li Yuanfeng had already closed his stall and went towards the land temple in the west of the city, Li Yuanfeng was used to living in a broken temple, and it was uncomfortable to live in the inn room.
Lin Wei's little guard helped Li Moyi move things into the Buji Inn, the Buji Inn is a small inn, it is said that the terrain is not good, the roof of the inn was once struck by lightning, and this Buji Inn with only one old man's shopkeeper is his and Yue'er's new residence.
After Lin Wei's little guard left, Li Mo took a feather duster and dusted the couch in the inn room, it seemed that no one had lived here for a long time, and went to Yue'er's room again, said a few words, and then went to the kitchen, a bowl of cold rice and two small plates of pickles were the dinner left by the old man's shopkeeper.
The long night, tossing and turning, Li Mo couldn't help but remember what happened before he came to this world, and the modern metropolis had left him.
People start to recall in their spare time, it is easy to recall the scene of the last memory, Li Moyi remembered the last time he was deeply puzzled, and it has not been solved until now, one is what is the pattern on his right arm, the second is where the true power in his body comes from, and finally why he can't go back.
Dexin County's demon envoy Yiyi obviously failed to completely solve these doubts. Yang Mulin is the new demon envoy of Dexin County, and he is just a person with a demon envoy inheritance pattern, although the true power in his body is vertical and horizontal, and the power of coercion is very similar, but he is not a real demon envoy, this true power has nothing to do with the demon envoy inheritance, could it be that this true power is born from the void in his body?
During the day, he was wearing a long robe and couldn't be seen, but now lying on the couch, Li Mo took the jade pendant around his neck to his eyes and looked at it quietly by the moonlight. After a long time, he put down the jade pendant in his hand without finding anything, and today the board is now hurting tightly, unintentionally shrinking his legs, and touching the scar left on his calf......
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