Chapter Eighty-Four: Imprisonment
When the master heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao and the old man, the four dead bodies in the hall, two of them were stabbed to death, and the other two should have been done by Xiao Laodao and the old man, especially the one who was broken by the heavy punch, Xiao Laodao didn't have such great ability, it should be the old man who did it.
The master didn't wait for Xiao Laodao and the old man to answer, and rushed to the hall with a fist, "Master, these four flower thieves were all killed by villains!" ”
The master's voice fell, and the old man hurriedly said: "Back to the master, this, these four flower thieves were killed by the old man!" ”
When the county lord heard this, he looked at my grandfather, and then at the old man, patted the shocked wood, and shouted softly: "Who killed it!" ”
The master hurriedly said again: "All of them were killed by villains, they were a group of five, the villain killed four people in the inn, and the other escaped from the inn, and the villain chased him out......"
Next, the master told the story of the pursuit of the man in blue in detail, and finally, the master said: "If the master doesn't believe it, you can search along the road, there is a coachman who was killed by the villain on the road, and the coachman is also in the same group as these flower thieves." ”
After hearing this, the county lord looked a little stunned, even the head catcher next to him, looking at my grandfather's eyes also changed, except for Xiao Laodao and the old man in the hall, everyone looked at my grandfather's eyes, all became complicated, my grandfather could feel it, there was admiration and fear in their eyes.
After a while, the county lord looked my grandfather up and down a few times, and asked: "This righteous man has very good means, I don't know who he is, and what plan he uses to make a living?" ”
The master hugged his fists and replied: "The villain lives in Weishi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he makes a living by performing arts along the street. "The grandfather kept an eye on him here, and did not report his real address, but reported that he was the address of his grandfather's house.
When the county lord heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "This county has been in office for more than ten years, and within its jurisdiction, there has never been such a large number of important cases. ”
The grandfather's heart jumped, and his heart said, the county lord doesn't look very good, and he is not a vegetarian, the grandfather hugged his fists again, and was just about to justify, when the old man knelt on the ground with a "poof" and spoke at length.
"The old man is clear, the old man and others are indeed performing arts, today during the day, the old man and others met with this group of flower thieves, their leader, fell in love with the old man's little girl, the old man has been performing for many years, and also saw that they have bad intentions, I expected that they will come to bully the little girl at night, so I secretly changed rooms with the little girl, late at night, the old man waited in the little girl's room, and several of them pried open the door and broke in, the old man relied on a little fist and foot kung fu, and beat them to death one by one, this matter has nothing to do with this future life, and I hope the old man will know."
After the old man finished speaking, the county lord looked at the old man and said coldly: "Old man, making a false confession will be punished with the same crime as the criminal!" ”
As soon as the county lord said this, before the words fell, Xiao Laodao laughed and asked tepidly: "Dare to ask this lord, who is the culprit?" ”
The county lord was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao was reluctant, and asked again: "Who is the culprit?" ”
The county lord was speechless for a while, Xiao Laodao raised his hand and pointed to the corpse on the ground, and said loudly: "They are the criminals, the lord does not ask about their crimes, but he strictly interrogates innocent people such as us, don't you want to reverse black and white and judge a wrong, false and unjust case?" ”
"You ......" the county lord almost didn't get up from his chair, "who are you!" ”
Xiao Lao Dao slowly made a joke, "The thirty-eighth generation disciple of the Yuxu Palace in the end of the poor Dao is surnamed Xiao Mingran, and the Dao number is not the same. When my grandfather heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, and saw that Xiao Laodao had a dignified face, and what he said was as if it was true.
The county lord glanced at Xiao Laodao a few times and asked, "You are also playing with them?" ”
Xiao Laodao replied: "Poor Dao is a wandering Taoist, and the four seas are his home, so I will go with them for the time being." ”
When the county lord heard this, he no longer paid attention to Xiao Laodao, in the past dynasties, the government's restrictions on the monks were very small, and the county lord turned his eyes back to my grandfather, "This descendant, report your name." ”
The master glanced at Xiao Laodao, "Back to the eldest master, the villain's surname is Xiao, and his name is the tenth of the first month." ”
"Your surname is Xiao too?"
Xiao Laodao hurriedly said: "It's just a coincidence." ”
The county lord was just about to say something, but the innkeeper spoke, "Lord Qiqi, when the few of them stayed at the inn, their names were already recorded. As he spoke, the innkeeper took out a large notebook from his arms, "Please take a look at it." ”
A servant next to him walked over and took the roster and presented it to the county lord, and the innkeeper hurriedly added, "Their names are at the end." ”
The county lord flipped through the roster, and actually read: "Xiao Chu Jiu, Xiao Chu ten, Xiao Eleven ......"
Since the grandfather followed Xiao Laodao to rob the tomb, he has been incognito, especially when he registered in the inn, all of which were "Xiao Chuten".
The county lord looked at my grandfather and asked, "Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi, are they your brothers?" ”
The master hesitated for a moment and replied: "It's not a brother, it's a villain's brother." ”
The county lord asked again: "Then did they ever kill people?" ”
Without waiting for the master to answer, Xiao Laodao replied: "Back to the master, we are a group of eight people, except for me and the other three, the others have been overturned by the drug of the flower thief, and they are still unconscious in the inn. As he spoke, Xiao Laodao pointed to the three women on the ground, "These three girls should also be drugged unconscious, and I hope that the eldest master will send someone to treat them, so as not to delay the hour." ”
When the county lord heard this, he gave the old scholar next to him a look, and the old scholar walked to the hall, beckoned a few officials, and carried the three women to the back hall.
At this time, the innkeeper said: "Lord Qiyu, the thief of picking flowers, everyone gets and is punished, now the three righteous people eliminate harm for the people, not only to protect the peace of my inn, but also to save the three women alive, it can be described as a great achievement, the master must not be observed." ”
The county lord nodded when he heard this, and said: "According to my Qing Dynasty regulations, the thief will be rewarded, and the perpetrator will be punished, but ......" The county lord glanced at my grandfather again, "After that, he injured five lives in a row, but his face did not change, but he was afraid that it was not a good class, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated. "The official of the hall agreed, and when he came over, he would put a shackle on my grandfather.
"Wait!" Seeing this, Xiao Laodao immediately shouted: "Dare to ask the eldest master, what is Xiao Chushi's crime, why should he be imprisoned pending trial?" ”
The county lord glanced at Xiao Laodao and said: "What kind of courage does a man who is a showman, dare to injure five lives in a row, and now he can be calm and calm against the court and half of his bloody clothes, judging from the county's many years of experience in judging cases, this person must have a murder case, you wait for the cultivator to say more, first take the suspect down, and wait for a detailed interrogation tomorrow!" ”
When the old man heard this, he shouted that he was wronged, "My lord is wronged, these five murders were not committed by one person in this later life." ”
The county lord glanced at the old man, but did not say a word, the old man quickly stood up and opened the clothes of a dead corpse on the ground, "My lord, please see, this person was killed by the old man's family stunt, not in this later life." ”
When the master looked down, he saw this dead corpse, with blood hanging from the corners of his mouth, and a bruise the size of a bowl on his chest, as if it had been hit by a strong fist or an iron sand palm, and the force was fierce, killing him with one blow.
Writing here, some people may say that they have never seen real Chinese kung fu, except for the fists and embroidered legs, just see you make up nonsense boasting in the book, can a punch really kill people? It can really be killed, Chinese kung fu, it's not a fist embroidered leg, it's just that it's not suitable for this era of hot weapons, the tricks to really kill people are gone, only some physical fitness tricks are left, even if there are still killing moves, no one has to work hard to practice. What are you doing here? If you kill someone with one punch and eat another gun, it's better not to practice.
The county lord glanced at the old man and said, "I have already said that making a false confession is the same crime as the criminal!" ”
The old man hurriedly clenched his fists, "The old man didn't make a false confession, please see it, big man." With that, the old man walked up to a pillar next to the lobby and slapped it on the pillar with a "bang", and the whole beam of the children's room trembled, and a layer of dust fell.
The county lord was suddenly shocked, "Boldly disrupt the people, dare to threaten the official, come here, take it together!" ”
The old man wanted to explain, but the officials didn't give him a chance to explain, so they came over and grabbed my grandfather and the old man, and put the wooden shackles around their necks.
The county lord shouted: "Escorted to the cell, tomorrow awaiting trial!" ”
My grandfather wanted to resist, but Xiao Laodao kept giving him a look, and several servants escorted my grandfather and the old man out of the lobby like wolves.
At the back of the hall there was a cell, and in the cell, there were several rooms divided by stakes, but it was empty, and there was not a single prisoner, and my grandfather and the old man were pushed into the same room by the officials. Maybe because they both have kung fu on their bodies, and the shackles around their necks didn't beat them.
At this time, my grandfather hit the fire upwards and shouted at the officials: "Let the master go out, the master is not guilty!" ”
A few officials didn't even look at my grandfather, let alone say anything, as if avoiding the plague, quickly left the cell, the grandfather just wanted to scold, the old man pulled his clothes, and whispered: "Little brother, don't worry, your Taoist friend will find a way to save you out." ”
The master turned his head and glanced at the old man, the old man actually seemed not to be in a hurry or impatient, the master sighed fiercely and said, "Master, I have never been angry like this since I was a child!" As he spoke, the master grabbed the shackles around his neck and was about to break them.
The old man hurriedly dissuaded, "Don't, tear off the shackles, we will really be guilty." The master turned around angrily and sat down on the grass nest in the cell.
Half an hour later, there was a noise in the cell door outside, and the head catcher came in with two servants.
Walking to the door of the cell, the head catcher looked at my grandfather, and then at the old man, and with a wave of his hand, the two officials quickly opened the cell door and escorted the old man out.
The master looked at the head catcher and asked coldly, "What do you want to do?" ”
The head catcher did not answer, but signaled the officials again, and one of the officials removed the shackles around my grandfather's neck, and then, the three of them escorted the old man away quickly, as if there was something urgent, and he didn't even have time to lock the prison door.
My grandfather was immediately stunned, looking at the open shackles, and then at the open prison door, what are they ...... Want to jailbreak yourself?
At this moment, suddenly, several oil lamps hanging on the wall of the cell went out at the same time!