The government fled "Li Yuliang" and Wu Ciyou, and Grandma Zhang ran back into Kong Lingpei, but Zheng Taizun, the prefect of Yanzhou, still decided to go out and execute all the prisoners who were scheduled for the autumn trial. The reason is very simple, Wu Ciyou has run away and can't get it back, he can't do it as a prefect, and he has to flee to Yungui. The 32 death row inmates in prison, except for four thieves and criminal offenders who committed adultery, were all officials who had mutined in Yunnan and returned to the Central Plains, and there was also a rebellion by Zhong Saburo's congregation. Now that his true colors have been exposed, he must be re-examined, and maybe he will alarm the Criminal Department, and it will be a lifelong regret to let these "Han thieves" get out of his hands with Zheng Chunyou alive. Besides, if you have fled to Yunnan, you can't go to see the king of Pingxi empty-handed! Therefore, when Kong Lingpei came back to report the news that Wu Ciyou could not be arrested in Qufu, Zheng Chunyou was first frightened, silent for a long time, and suddenly burst into laughter like crazy:

"Haha...... Ha...... Ha! I can't imagine that my Zheng Chunyou's dismal management and resourcefulness are exhausted, and he is still a mirror, a mirror...... Haha......"

Hearing him laugh poignantly and strangely, Kong Lingpei was stunned by him, and asked in a hurry, "Taizun...... You, you...... This is? ”

"Taizun?" Zheng Chunyou opened a pair of blood-red eyes, "Taizun is gone, now I am Zheng Chunyou, a righteous citizen of the Ming Dynasty!" He suddenly looked sad and depressed again, sat down in the chair all of a sudden, pondered for a while, raised his tearful face and said: "Ling Pei, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, I have been here for a year and a half, do you know how much I have shaved?" ”

Kong Lingpei didn't dare to answer.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Zheng Chunyou said without hesitation, "The 150,000 is divided into three parts, and one is given to the King of Pingxi; One was given to the third prince of Zhu; The remaining 50,000 I use to help the people around me! Therefore, I am the first corrupt official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but I am the first Qing official in Yu Daming! If something happens to me, please preach this word to all the world. ”

Kong Lingpei asked puzzledly, "How could that be?" Wu Ciyou didn't go out of Yanzhou, he still has to think of a way to arrest him! ”

"If I have soldiers in my hands, do I still need to say it?" Zheng Chunyou smiled coldly, "It's a pity that the imperial court didn't station troops in Yanzhou, and you have soldiers in the Confucian Mansion, but you can't control it......"

"So what should I do?"

Zheng Chunyou didn't say a word, wrote a note before the table, carefully used his own seal, handed it to Kong Lingpei, and said: "You take this note to the library to pick up 10,000 silver tickets, go to Yunnan, go to Beijing to find the prince of the world, and fly away!" ”

"What about you?"

"Me?" Zheng Chunyou gritted his teeth and smiled, "Don't worry—I'm not stupid!" Today, the four doors are opened, and all the key prisoners in the prison are killed, and I will also be wrapped in silver and escape! As he spoke, he walked away and drafted the murder proclamation himself. After writing it, I read it again, and saw that Kong Lingpei was still sitting in a daze, so he said, "You still haven't go, what's wrong?" ”

Kong Lingpei snorted for a long time, and said, "I'm afraid...... I'm afraid that Wu Ciyou has raided my home......"

"If the country is not a country, why should it be a family!" Zheng Chunyou sneered, "It's not cheap for him Wu Ciyou!" After my cousin Zhu Fuxiang was dismissed from office in Gu'an, he had already joined up with Da Xiang Ma Liu Da Scar in Baoqinggu, and more than 700 people had gathered, and I have written to him to pay attention. He knew the reason for this, how could he let Wu Ciyou go? I'm ...... now," he said, a little out of breath, and turned to take off the long sword hanging from the wall, drawing it and flicking it. It was the finest sword, and it immediately let out a loud and buzzing metallic tremble, "What I hate most now is the Emperor Fu Baozhu!" How could the prince choose such a person to do great things? If he hadn't been slackened and soft-hearted, would I, Zheng Chunyou, have today's disaster? ”

He said in deep thought as he approached Kong Lingpei, and suddenly, caught off guard, he stabbed Kong Lingpei in the chest, and the sword pierced the back of his heart.

"You!" Kong Lingpei stood up with a "brush", staggered and refused to fall, and asked Zheng Chunyou with a cruel smile, "Why are you?" Speak out so that I will die with understanding! ”

Zheng Chunyou took a cup of herbal tea and drank it, and said with a smile: "To love the country is not to love the family, to love the family must cherish the body, and to cherish the body must betray friends!" Haven't I fulfilled you? Wu Ciyou knows that I killed you, will I still raid your home? ”

Kong Lingpei stared and listened, "Yitong" fell to the ground on his back, and died silently. Zheng Chunyou pulled out his sword, pulled the tablecloth on the table, wiped it carefully, put it on his body, came out and locked the door, his air was magnificent, his face was calm and went straight to the detention room, and he pressed the sword and shouted: "Ascend to the hall!" ”

The execution ground in Xicai City was miserable and murderous. The thirty-two sword and axe bearers were all dressed in new crimson robes, with dark belts, their right arms bare-chested, their sharpened ghost-headed knives and hooks facing outward, and their broad backs pressed against their hairy chests. They stood impatiently and stomped their feet gently, their faces glowing black and red—that was the effect of the eight taels of old burning knives. The execution ground was surrounded by officials, and there were more than 400 people—even the people from the Yamen of Shouxian County were emptied. On a high platform facing south in the middle was a public desk, and the dead signs were neatly arranged. Zheng Chunyou, dressed in a new official robe, stood behind the case and carried a red pen without hesitation or sloppiness, and checked the cards one by one and handed them to the secretary of the department to send them. Seeing that the servants of each class had already arrived, Zheng Chunyou ordered: "Get ready, this government will personally supervise the beheading!" ”

"Wow-oh-" There was a thunderous roar below, and the person who had already inserted the death card was released. Immediately, there was a commotion among the people who were watching the bustle outside, and they all stretched their necks to look, and the officials in the circle beat them with whips and sticks, forcing the circle to retreat. It was the first time that Kong Sizhen saw a magistrate kill someone, and it was no different from the layout of the Senluo Hall in Hell, and he didn't feel palpitations. When he looked back, the green monkey stood beside Sun Yanling with a handful of melon seeds, and while snorting, he searched for Wu Ciyou and Li Yunniang among the prisoners with his two black eyes, but because the prisoners were dressed in prison clothes and their heads were pressed low by the knife and axe hands, they couldn't see clearly. Sun Yanling seemed to be indifferent, and looked indifferently at Zheng Chunyou with a murderous face with his hands behind his back and a cold gaze.

"Since ancient times, those who have plotted rebellion and rebellion will never wait for the time to be killed!" Zheng Chunyou said loudly with both hands. This is the most murderous and last time he has been appointed as a prefect, so it is particularly solemn. He glanced back at a banner that had been specially made: the royal blue satin was surrounded by blood-red tassels, and the middle line was also his handwriting:

Qin Ming Jinshi and the fifth rank of the prefect of Zhongxian Dafu Zheng

The fifteen yellow characters on the flag pierced people's eyes in the cold light. Zheng Chunyou turned his face, and said with a murderous aura in his eyes: "This mansion is a place of appeasement and appeasement of the people, and has seized the robber Li Yuliang and the leader of the rebellion Yu Liu. ”

"Wow!" Thirty-two executioners agreed in unison, "Your Excellency, please give the order!" ”

"Slow!" Seeing Kong Sizhen's eyes, her clothed servant Dai Liangchen shouted, stepped into the execution ground with his hand raised, stared at Zheng Chunyou and asked, "You said that you have been ordered by the constitution, and you will take out the order of the priest and let everyone take a look!" ”

No one expected that someone would dare to come out and speak at this moment, and there were thousands of black crows inside and outside the venue, and they immediately became silent, and they all straightened their necks and stared.

"Bold!" Zheng Chunyou was already on guard because he received Wu Yingxiong's letter, and when he saw this man jumping out, it was expected that it was someone under Qin Cha, so he "snapped" the public case and shouted, "Give me the people who are making trouble in the court!" Several big men who were guarding Zheng Chunyou's side "chirped" and pounced viciously. Kong Sizhen turned around and said sharply to Sun Yanling: "Yanling, go on!" Zheng Chunyou saw it early on the stage, and called out the name of the head of the Dharma Protector Field and said, "Liu Tianyi, who is making noise over there?" ”

Liu Tianyi thought that someone had robbed the Dharma field, and he was so frightened that he was stunned, and before he could answer, the green monkey suddenly jumped out, pointed to his nose and shouted:

"It's Master! Got it! - The master was sent by the emperor, who dares to take it? ”

The green monkey said, "whoosh" pulled out the waist knife, grabbed Liu Tianyi who pounced, twisted his arm back, and slashed the knife diagonally: "Who dares to be rude?" ”

This hairy boy was taught by Yun Niang and Hu Gongshan, and his kung fu was not shallow, and this time he shot quickly and neatly. Liu Tianyi's head rolled out four or five feet away, blood was splattered everywhere, and even the officials who came up to take Kong Sizhen were so frightened that they were stunned!

"Give me, take, take!" Zheng Chunyou roared, "This is the thief who robbed the government last night!" ”

"You can't take it!" Only then did Kong Sizhen stride in, take out the gold medal arrow given to her by Kangxi from her arms, hold it in her hand, and shake it, dazzling and brilliant, "I am a first-class guard in front of the emperor, Princess Kong Sizhen of Heshuo!" This is the Holy Order's arrow, ordering me to check the people's customs! ”

Zheng Chunyou gasped, and there was a burst of surprise in his heart: This is the "Four Grids" that he has heard of his name for a long time and has never met him! When his life was handed over, he calmed down, and he sneered: "You are Qincha? Why is there neither a court mail, nor a survey, nor a rolling order in the constitution? Hum! From ancient times to the present, how can there be a female generation who is a minister of the Qincha - the obvious Diao woman pretends to be the Qincha, and this is worth it? He raised his voice and shouted, "Don't let any of them go, grab the Fa-rectification in one piece!" ”

Kong Sizhen couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile when she heard this. On the order of Kangxi, she took her husband Sun Yanling to Guangxi as Princess Heshuo to control her father Kong Youde's old department. This time to Guangxi, Sun Yanling originally wanted to take the land route, but Sizhen insisted on going south by water because of the order to visit Wu Ciyou secretly, and did not want to live in Yanzhou Mansion last night, so he met the green monkey who escaped from the mansion, so he agreed on the boat to rob the law field today to rescue Wu Ciyou.

Zheng Chunyou saw the gold medal cast with "Ru I come in person", his heart chilled, seeing that the onlookers were already in turmoil, the officials looked at each other, knowing that a little cowardice would be all over, because seeing that there were only four of her, he felt a little relieved, smiled viciously, and said: "This thing is real or fake, it is difficult to believe it!" ”

Kong Sizhen disdained to answer Zheng Chunyou, and only sneered and waved his hand, Sun Yanling was too busy to come over, and arched his hand: "Princess, what are your instructions?" ”

"Princess!" At this moment, everyone heard clearly, and more than a thousand pairs of eyes shot at Kong Sizhen, and their eyes were wide open, and they couldn't breathe.

"Trillium," Kong Sizhen waved her hand calmly, "take him down!" ”

"Wow!" Sun Yanling agreed, stepped forward and went straight to the prison platform, a scribe came to stop him with his hands open, was a little in the chest, and then slapped him, and fell down on his back. Sun Yanling laughed and said: "I am also a Qincha, the general of Shangzhuguo, the commander of Heshuo's forehead to control the soldiers and horses of Guangxi, Sun Yanling!" Got it? As he spoke, he turned his face and shouted to the crowd: "Whoever comes out to answer the order, the uncle will be rewarded!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen sturdy men jumped in, two of them were still in the color of the captain's uniform, which was the servant he brought, and a few did not know him, who had always been hurt by Zheng Chunyou, and also came to help fight Taiping Boxing, and bowed down to Sun Yanling and said: "But the order of the adult is to listen!" At this time, the prisoners awaiting execution also woke up, knelt down and shouted "wronged" together, and the entire crowd around the excitement was sensational, squeezing forward and backing and clamoring, "Take this dog official!" Take this dog officer! ”

Zheng Chunyou was discouraged for a while, collapsed to the seat, jumped up like a spring, and sneered: "There are really more Qincha than rabbits now, and two of them popped up at once!" It's ridiculous - who else is the chincha? Stand up and speak! As he spoke, he quietly glanced at the audience.

"None? Good! Zheng Chunyou stepped down from the prison and beheaded the platform, pointed to a death row prisoner and asked Kong Sizhen, "I'll call you Lord Qincha - this person, and those thirty-one, what crimes have they committed, tell me?" He said with a smile, and then asked Sun Yanling, "Why do you 'adult' disturb the official affairs of the 'lower officials'?" ”

This sentence is reasonable and very decent. Sun Yanling was speechless, originally saying that he wanted to save Wu Ciyou, but he and Kong Sizhen didn't know each other, because they turned their faces to look at the green monkey. At this time, the green monkey had already examined the prisoners one by one, and only shook his head in frustration. Kong Sizhen's feelings were changing, and he groaned slightly, and said loudly: "I have visited you so far in private, and I know that you have a bad record and are a corrupt official!" In the month of Yuanchun, it is even more ill-intentioned to collude so many people without asking for the Holy Imperial Decree! And if a person is about to be sentenced to be sentenced and complains about injustice, he should immediately stop the sentence and re-investigate, and the state has a clear code - you have committed all the articles and regulations, and you dare to be presumptuous in front of me, claiming to be innocent? ”

"Who thinks you are the Chincha? Who knows what Kong Sizhen is? Zheng Chunyou's face changed, and he drew his sword and sneered in his hand, "Officials! ”

"In!" The servants had already been dizzy and confused by this formation, and at this time, when they heard the shouting of Lord Fuzun, they agreed unevenly.

"If something happens, everything is blocked by this mansion, you can take it for yourself, and take a reward of three hundred taels of silver!" Zheng Chunyou's eyes were red in anger, and he swung his sword to cut off the corner of the table, "There is a cower, slash!" ”

Before the words fell, Sun Yanling was already furious, stepped forward with an arrow, twisted Zheng Chunyou's arm back, got off the sword in his hand, cut off a piece of meat from his shoulder, and asked, "Do you dare to be rude?" ”

"Take it! Just take it! Zheng Chunyou was heartbroken, twisting his neck and screaming.

But the officials had already been frightened by Sun Yanling, who was as brave as a god, and no one dared to move anymore. Kong Sizhen saw that the time had come, holding the arrow in both hands, supported by Dai Liangchen and the green monkey, and went straight to the prison to behead the platform, threw the prefect's seal letter to a dumbfounded scribe on the case, offered the imperial note and the arrow, and performed the big gift of three kneels and nine knocks, and then sat down solemnly and shouted: "Sun Yanling, drag Zheng Chunyou down and behead!" ”

Sun Yanling replied "yes", dragged Zheng Chunyou, who was semi-comatose in pain and covered in blood, and walked down, and was about to be knifed when he threw it to the ground, but the green monkey stopped him and said: "E, you don't know how vicious this guy is—it's not that killing method, I'll come!" As he spoke, a sword on the left, a sword on the right, a sword horizontally, and a sword on the vertical, poked Zheng Chunyou seventeen or eighteen times in a row, and finally plunged into his heart. He shot so viciously that even Kong Sizhen was secretly frightened.

"Escort the prisoner back to the prison first," Kong Sizhen came back to his senses and ordered loudly, "Send a document to the Shandong Division, and the cadres will re-try and decide, report to the Criminal Department for details, and ask the emperor to confirm the execution after the execution!" ”

This disposition was very clear, both in the legal theory and in the procedure, and the officials who were originally suspicious of "robbing the law field" immediately put their minds at ease and agreed loudly under their heads: "Tsk-"

On that day, Kong Sizhen and his entourage stayed in the Futai Yamen, and it was only when dinner was that everyone settled down. Sun Yanling said with a smile while eating: "I really sang a play today, and Yanzhou Mansion was all a sensation!" It's hard for the princess to hold back - in my opinion, this matter must be reported to the court quickly. ”

"Of course, after eating, you will make a break for me, and I will bow after I see it." Kong Sizhen saw that the green monkey was eating sweetly, and pushed the plate of fat goose in front of him over, and said with a smile: "Green monkey, you are right to my temperament, follow me to the side court to make meritorious contributions, okay?" ”

"I don't!" The green monkey puffed out his cheeks and said, "I still want to find my aunt!" As he spoke, he tore the goose in half with both hands, one on the left and one on the right, and the soup was dripping and sprinkled on the table.

Kong Sizhen sighed: "This kid only thinks about his aunt. Alas...... I don't know where Mr. Wu is now - we don't have time to investigate it again this time. Sun Yanling said while eating casually: "We have been staying in Shandong for many days in Zhili, and we don't dare to miss the serious mission." Although I didn't see Mr. Wu this time, fortunately, the officials said that they had escaped. ”

Kong Sizhen's closest close friend is Aunt Su Mala, listening to what Sun Yanling said is reasonable, and thinking that she can't stand Aunt Su Mala, she pondered for a long time, and sighed: "It has to be like this." Hey, only women are crazy in the world, where do men know this? Thinking about it like this, my heart is also discouraged......"

On the second day, the green monkey was still unwilling to go south with Kong Sizhen, and kept saying that he wanted to find Li Yunniang. Kong Sizhen saw that this baby was smart and lovely, and she was more and more reluctant to lose her hand, so she persuaded: "Good boy, you are getting older, and you also want to make a meritorious career, follow me to the south, how good it is to get a red top to see your aunt!" - Didn't you say that your mother was sold to Guangdong? It's not far from us, and I'm asking carefully, maybe your mother and son can be reunited! ”

Speaking of mother, the green monkey hesitated again, looked at this with a pair of big eyes shining with tears, and then looked at that, grinning a few times, and actually cried loudly.