When the pirate leader heard Xiao Xiantang's words, he immediately retorted: "I didn't kill anyone, I'm a fake pirate, we're just putting on a show." ”

As soon as the pirate leader's words came out, Zuo Hong and Dou Xingzu's faces changed greatly, they didn't expect that this pirate leader could be so careless that he even dared to say this kind of thing.

"Lord Xiao, this pirate is scheming, Lord Xiao, you don't want to fall for him." Dou Xingzu hurriedly said.

Zuo Hong also wanted to echo him, but at this time, he was in such a situation, it was really difficult to interject, so he had to look at Xiao Xiantang nervously, worried that he would continue to ask according to the words of the pirate leader.

In fact, Zuo Hong was not worried about the exposure of the fake pirates at all, and even he planned to find a suitable opportunity to tell Xiao Xiantang about the fake pirates at the beginning, so as to catch Xiao Xiantang's ship, but he didn't expect that the ship had not yet been boarded, and he was still hesitating.

Xiao Xiantang's eyes swept over several people, and then he snorted: "Dou County Cheng is too worried, this pirate leader was captured by Lord Ben, and Lord Ben naturally knows that he is scheming, and there is no need for Dou County Cheng to do this." ”

Dou Xingzu's face turned pale for a while when Xiao Xiantang's words were spoken, but it was precisely because of Xiao Xiantang's attitude of great joy that he was relieved, because he knew that Xiao Xiantang was not stupid, but in the end, he was young and vigorous, like this kind of young master who had never even experienced a little setback, in fact, it was best to control it.

"Lord Xiao, what you said is that the lower officials are too worried." Dou Xingzu said respectfully, a touch of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. "I wonder what Lord Xiao plans to do with this person?"

Dou Xingzu would ask this, of course, not out of any good intentions, at first he got the news that this pirate had colluded with Zuo Hong, so he planned to take this opportunity to kill Zuo Hong, the dog who betrayed the owner, at this time, looking at this situation, he knew that the way of this pirate leader was not simple, I was afraid that it was a fake pirate under someone's hands, and Xiao Xiantang's attitude towards him was very unruly, so he had a plan, planning to kill two birds with one stone, so that the state capital and Xiao Xiantang could get rid of it together.

After all, the matter of fake pirates, the state capital makes much more money than their low-level petty officials, if Xiao Xiantang pierces this layer of window paper, presumably the state government will definitely cut down this Xiao Xiantang in order to keep it secret.

Dou Xingzu was making a small calculation here, Xiao Xiantang looked at his eyes, and guessed the calculation in his heart, but Xiao Xiantang was not in a hurry, but looked at the pirate leader and said: "Ling Chi's execution is nothing, like him, in fact, it should be matched with a blood flower drum, and then Ling Chi will be executed." ”

"Snowflake drum? What is that? Dou Xingzu looked at Xiao Xiantang with some puzzlement, not understanding what kind of death method he was talking about, because in Dasheng's law, there doesn't seem to be this kind of criminal law that uses drums.

Xiao Xiantang smiled: "Dou Xiancheng has never heard of it, and it is also ordinary, after all, this is a new criminal law from Dadu, which is designed to deal with some criminals who have committed heinous crimes." ”

After speaking, Xiao Xiantang looked at the pirate leader, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "The so-called blood drum is to find a good executioner, use a knife to separate a small gap of three inches on the top of the prisoner's head, and then pour mercury, and wait for the mercury to slowly penetrate into the prisoner's body, the prisoner will feel itchy all over, and at that time, as long as the prisoner's limbs are grabbed, the prisoner will break free from the human skin by himself, this whole human skin is very suitable for making drums, so it can be made into a blood flower drum, Then when the prisoner was executed by Ling Chi, let the prisoner's feet go to knock, and the prisoner would be accompanied by the screams of Ling Chi's execution, and he would knock on the person's skin drum by the way, leaving a blood mark, and he also had the reputation of the blood flower drum, is it very vivid? ”

Dou Xingzu took a step forward, "Lord Xiao, is this a little too cruel?" ”

"Cruel?" Xiao Xiantang looked surprised: "Otherwise, let's change to another method, in fact, compared to other methods, the blood flower drum is really nothing ......"

Xiao Xiantang looked eager to try.

Looking at the smile on Xiao Xiantang's face, Dou Xingzu and Zuo Hong realized that the so-called blood in the blood drum was not the "snow" they thought at the beginning, and they were all pale with horror at the moment.

The pirate leader didn't expect that this young county magistrate, who looked more handsome than a woman, could actually say such a vicious criminal law, and immediately began to scream again, which roughly means that Xiao Xiantang can't treat him like this, there is someone behind him or something, if Xiao Xiantang dares to touch him, the people behind him will not let Xiao Xiantang go.

Hearing the pirate leader's words, Xiao Xiantang's heart flashed a trace of disdain, but on the surface, he still leaked a confused expression, as if he was really thinking about the pirate leader's words.

Dou Xingzu saw Xiao Xiantang's expression, and was very worried that Xiao Xiantang would ask the pirate leader and ask him who the backer behind him was, so he first shouted, "Above the court, how can you wait for a loud noise", after speaking, he did not allow Xiao Xiantang to speak, and directly asked the official to cover the pirate leader's mouth and escort him down first.

But how could Xiao Xiantang let him do this, and stopped him at the moment. "Dou Xiancheng, are you a county magistrate here, or is this official a county magistrate?"

Dou Xingzu's face changed, and he hurriedly smiled: "It's the lower official who has overstepped." ”

But even so, he still didn't mean to bring people back, but said shamelessly: "Lord Xiao, for such a small matter, I won't bother you to try it personally, and the next official will go to the prison for arraignment later, and then tell your lord the result." ”

Xiao Xiantang looked at Dou Xingzu, Dou Xingzu was eyes dodging, and then looked at Xiao Xiantang again, with a clear conscience expression.

In the end, Xiao Xiantang did not fight with Dou Xingzu on this matter, but Zuo Hong, which fell back to prison, on the grounds of collusion with the pirate leader.

Regarding this matter, Zuo Hong shouted that he was wronged, and went straight to the official guarding the prison and asked him to pass it on his behalf, saying that he had something to report here, although he could not prove his innocence, but it was enough to make up for it.

However, Zuo Hong wanted to see Xiao Xiantang, but Xiao Xiantang didn't want to see Zuo Hong, so Zuo Hong finally begged the official to pass it on, but the news he got was that Xiao Xiantang refused to see him, which made Zuo Hong a little desperate.

At this time, Yang Hao quietly came to the prison and gave Zuo Hong a meal of wine and food, such a good wine and food, almost didn't scare Zuo Hong's pants, and thought that Yang Hao was here to see him off.

Later, when I heard Yang Hao say that Zhao Yongkang asked him to send it, I was relieved. "I didn't expect that in the end, Lao Zhao Ji still hung on me."

Yang Hao smiled when he heard this: "Master Zuo, don't panic, I look at this Xiao Xiaoxian order, that is, I am angry at this time, how can I really take you under the knife." ”