Chapter 151 Pi Kai (ròu) blooms

When he said this, the men naturally agreed, and they dragged me to the market, and came to a flagpole in the middle, where ropes were brought and all my clothes and trousers were stripped off, and I was tied to the flagpole naked.

Needless to say, all the crowds in the huge bazaar were attracted here, and it is difficult to describe the embarrassment (qíng).

When the men saw me like this, they all smiled and smiled around me, while the women looked non-shy, hiding their faces and retreating.

After a while, the inner three layers and the outer three layers were surrounded by water.

The man at the head said loudly to everyone: "Today we caught a thief from a foreign country, he stole my family's ancestral wine, in order to punish him, I specially tied him here, so that the villagers can know this person's face, so as not to suffer again!" ”

I shook my head desperately and shouted, "It's not me, it's not me!" ”

"It's not you, why don't you tie me?" A young man stepped out of the crowd and approached me to ask me.

I blushed and said aggrievedly, "They caught the wrong ......"

Before I could finish speaking, the young man gave me a big mouth and hit me with a golden eye.

People immediately laughed and shouted: "Well beaten, well beaten, until now he has not pleaded guilty, beaten to death, see if he dares to quibble again!" ”

Before the words were finished, some children also shouted: "Hit, beat him!" ”

As he spoke, some of them took out branches and whipped me, and some of them picked up stones from the ground and threw them at me, so that I screamed and begged for mercy, but no one listened, and continued to beat.

When someone saw it, they were afraid of their lives, so they hurriedly intervened to stop it, and the people's agitated (qíng) xu barely subsided, but the cries continued, and they unanimously demanded that I be severely punished.

At this time, I was already covered in bruises, and my eyes were probably swollen by something, and I couldn't open them.

I struggled to look into the crowd, hoping that Shousheng would be able to come out and save me from danger.

However, when I looked at it, I was surrounded by angry eyes, and people kept shouting, "Hit, hit, beat him!" ”

I didn't dare to look at it anymore, I just wanted to close my eyes, and suddenly, a familiar look came into my eyes, and my heart couldn't help but light up: It's Shousheng!

In the crowd, a face with a dark face mixed in with the crowd, not only did he not have a trace of pity (qíng), but he was still laughing at me with a hippie smile.

I could see that Shousheng had found ash from the bottom of the pot somewhere, smeared it on his face, and squeezed it into the crowd.

I was ashamed, resentful, and scolded Shousheng in my heart, you are really not a person, I saw my friend carrying the black pot for you, and I didn't have the slightest sense of shame, and your conscience was called a dog to eat it?

Just because I looked at it, it attracted the attention of the leader, and following my gaze, he immediately spotted Shousheng.

But he didn't say it immediately, the purpose of doing so was nothing more than not to startle the snake, so as not to be escaped by the guard.

I saw him quietly disappear into the crowd, but quickly detoured in the direction of Shousheng.

When I saw this (qíng) scene, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and immediately shouted: "Shousheng ......"

There are also a few people who have also discovered Shousheng,

When they saw me shouting, someone immediately reached out and gagged me.

Shousheng was actually alert at this time, and found that the momentum was not good, and as soon as he lowered his head, that is, (yù) escaped, and the person who didn't want to be the leader had sneaked behind him, and he had to turn around (shēn), and happened to meet him, and he was caught squarely!

Needless to say, Shousheng ended up the same as me, stripped naked, and the two of us were tied to the flagpole one after the other.

The leader excitedly shouted: "Now that his accomplices have also been arrested, let's let everyone know his face!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Shousheng was naturally not spared, and he was beaten more violently, causing him to scream in pain.

While I pity him, I also curse in my heart: You should taste this!

Just when the people (qíng) were excited and angry, they suddenly heard someone outside the crowd shouting: "Why are you gathering to make trouble, don't you disperse quickly!" ”

The crowd immediately retreated, then made way again, and two men (shēn) dressed in official attire walked in.

When the officials asked the reason for the incident, the person at the head (qíng) spoke passionately about what had happened, and when the officials heard it, they were very sympathetic to him, scolded the two of us, and then asked them to loosen the ties for us and prepare to take them back to the yamen for trial.

Those people refused, thinking that the authorities would definitely punish us lightly.

When the officials heard this, they were a little impatient, and repeated their meaning again, and when they saw that the people had not let us go, they became angry and said to them: "It is illegal to lynch people in broad daylight (rì), and it is another crime to strip people naked and insult them. "

When everyone heard this, they were all speechless, and the leader glanced at the others, and two people came up and untied us both from the flagpole.

The official ordered us to put on our clothes, lock our hands with iron clamps, and lead us back to the yamen.

Entering the county office, the first thing that catches your eye is to shine on the wall, a one-line building complex composed of blue brick reliefs, there is a monster that resembles a unicorn in the middle, it is said that it is called "greedy", I have an uncle who has worked in the yamen, and sometimes takes us there, I have heard, that is mainly to warn officials not to be corrupt and bend the law.

The archway on the opposite side of the wall is called "Xuanhua Fang", it faces the south book "Jutan Guzhi", faces the north book "Xuanhua" two words, is the first day of the first month of the county every month, the fifteenth day of the first month, the place where the people are educated. The gate is three rooms wide, the bright room is the aisle of the 100-meter Yongdao, and the first half of the east corner is placed to shout a drum for the people to beat the drum and voice the grievances; There are two stone tablets erected in the first half of the west section, which are engraved with "false accusation plus three grades, and the more sue flogging fifty", which makes people feel that the county government is terrible.

Entering the gate, you can see the Yin Hotel, Yashen Temple, and Sanban Courtyard.

After the instrument door, it is the tall and magnificent county government hall, there is a plaque hanging on the hall door, there are four big characters of "Fengyi Beast Dance" on it, the pen body is strong and powerful, extraordinary.

There is a wide platform in front of the hall, and the carved beams and paintings in the hall are clear and beautiful. There is a warm pavilion in the hall, which is the county court. On both sides of the warm pavilion, there are battles, knives, guns, swords, halberds, torture instruments, etc., which are also places for the county to hear major cases and hold major ceremonies.

The gossip diagram in the middle of the warm pavilion is delicate and beautiful, and the 36 white cranes around it are lifelike, (yù) spread their wings and fly, making visitors forget to return. The kneeling pits left on the two kneeling stones are particularly noteworthy

Eye. On both sides of the corridor in front of the lobby, the east is the officials, households, and ceremonial rooms, and the west is the soldiers, criminals, and workshops.

There is a couplet hanging in front of the three halls, which reads: "It is not honorable to gain an official, and it is not disgraceful to lose an official, don't say that an official is not used, and the place depends on an official; Eat the people's food and wear the people's clothes, the people can be bullied, and they are also the people. ”

There is a drum stand on the east side of the gate of the county government, and the drum stand is enlarged on one side, and I know that this is specially used for the complainant to beat the drum and shout injustice. If there is no murder or injustice, the complainant cannot just beat the drum and shout for injustice; However, if the complainant beats the drum, the magistrate must immediately be promoted to the council.

Entering the hall, before I could calm down, I only heard a sudden "click" sound, which turned out to be the officials standing on both sides of the floor with sticks, and the rhythmic sound was made, and then, the sound of "mighty" resounded throughout the hall.

The two of us, including the people who came in with us, were so frightened that they immediately knelt down, not daring to make the slightest movement.

At this moment, a (shēn) man with a short beard and an official uniform paced in through a door on the left.

In the solemn public hall, the county magistrate with the "Mirror Hanging High" plaque on his head sat behind the public case, and the wolf-like officials were divided into two shifts, and the county official was shocked: "Ascend to the hall—oh—"

I saw that Shousheng was already on the ground at this time, his face was sallow, and he didn't dare to move, I was naturally very afraid, but when I saw Shousheng like this, I couldn't help but be a little funny, and I also looked down on such characters.

It's really in response to the old man's words: wolf heart and rabbit gall.

Seeing that I was not concentrating, there was another "pop" sound in the hall, and the county magistrate shouted: "Under the lobby, how dare you look around, come, beat him thirty kills!" “

I panicked and begged for mercy, but no one listened to them, and the fierce servants could not help but say anything, and they came up and pressed me there, and began to fight.

After a dozen sticks, I was beaten to the point that my skin was open (ròu), and I was in pain, and I shouted again and again: "The county lord spares his life!" ”

But the conscripts had no intention of stopping, and continued to beat until thirty strokes.

At this time, I somewhat understood: why Shousheng was so honest, it is very likely that he already knew about these ghost ways of the Yamen, and he was trying to find a stubble to beat you, so that the subsequent trial could go smoothly.

Originally, he was the one who committed the crime, but I became the victim of the whole incident.

After listening to the statements of those villagers, the county magistrate learned that Shousheng was the real perpetrator, needless to say, he received a heavier punishment than me, because he didn't want to admit his sins at first, and only said that those people wronged him.

The county magistrate immediately moved the stick, and the guard was so cried that he had to honestly explain the crime.

After hearing this, the county magistrate said disdainfully: "Bah! ”

Both parties were ordered to sign and detain, and the sentence was 40 and 7 (rì) were imprisoned.

Then let the denouncers step down.

Naturally, the villagers did not do it, and they were still asking the county officials to punish us severely.

The county magistrate was a little impatient at this time: "Such a thief, just did this thing of rooster and dog thief, how do you want the county to deal with it, isn't it enough to imprison 7 (rì)?" ”

Those people still wanted to argue, but they heard a deafening "click" sound again.