Chapter Thirty-Eight: The City of the King of the Netherworld
Fluttershy is confused, "What kind of kung fu are you, why my own body doesn't listen to me." ”
Liu Cheng smiled, "Because this time, I will control you as a sword, and everything can be subject to this special force." ”
"What, doesn't the sword need to activate the code word in addition to the force field?, and what code word do I use to activate it?" Fluttershy is even more confused.
"The code word doesn't matter, it's just a formality, it's the power of harnessing these things that matters. I found that there are some words on the immortal recipe, which are not very different from what we usually say, and they are not easy to understand, but once they are understood, they are easy to understand. I seem to have mastered the control of this power. Liu Cheng said proudly.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, a stone on the ground in the distance flew into his hand. "Of course, this power still has a certain range, and beyond it, it cannot be controlled. ”
Fluttershy was convinced, "I don't know how you understood it, and the owner doesn't seem to have understood it!"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said, "Maybe it was the senior who was called Shizu who gave me these different feelings from the past, so that I really learned how to see the essence of the world. ”
"Seeing the nature of the world?" Fluttershy is so surprised that she doesn't dare to say that seeing the world through is Liu Cheng's talent.
The next day, Liu Cheng came to the county office early as agreed, and Luzhou County saw that he was dressed in civilian clothes today, and he felt inappropriate, and it was better to dress decently in the court, so he dressed Liu Cheng as a master.
When the three classes of officials arrived, the trial was officially opened, and at this time, the relevant people had been brought and waited outside the lobby.
Liu Cheng had already told Lu Zhixian about the suspicions, this Zhixian was not a stupid person, so he naturally heard the mystery, and when he came up, he directly slapped the shocked wood and shouted loudly: "Come on, bring Shangguan Qingyun to the hall." ”
After a while, Shangguan Qingyun was brought to the lobby. "The grass people Shangguan Qingyun visited the county master. ”
Lu Zhixian snapped the shocked wood, and said, "Shangguan Qingyun, you are guilty." ”
This Shangguan Qingyun was taken aback, "What is the villain's crime." ”
"Let me ask you what you said when you knocked on your uncle's door that day. ”
Shangguan Qingyun hesitated, "This, where do I remember this." ”
"According to the records of the Lin family's confession, when you knocked on the door, you asked, 'Is your aunt here, and your nephew Shangguan Qingyun has come to visit. 'But that's what you said at the time?' the magistrate asked directly.
"Well, I thought I was borrowing money from my uncle. But I found out that he was not there, and I left. And on that day, I was with two friends who could testify. ”
Originally, everyone agreed that this case was that Master Lin had accumulated virtue and become a good man and became an immortal, but at this time, in Shangguan Qingren's words, he obviously wanted to clear up the relationship.
Lu Zhixian nodded to Liu Cheng, and then said to Shangguan Qingyun: "Boldly Diao Min is not recruited from the truth, that day you went to your uncle's house, knocked on the door and didn't call your uncle home, but directly called your aunt is there? It is clear that you know that your uncle is not at home at all." Where is your uncle, what have you done to him? ”
Shangguan Qingyun sat on the ground in fright, trembling all over, "Grandpa, you can't wronged people, I just said that casually that day, how can I be sure that I have something to do with my uncle's disappearance." I spent the whole day with two friends, and I went to my uncle's house to borrow money, and we didn't part until the evening. ”
Lu Zhixian heard that there was no countermeasure, and then said to Liu Cheng: "Little Diao Min, you dare to be hard-mouthed, let my master torture you now." ”
This Lu Zhixian is really cunning and cunning, and directly kicked the ball to Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng woke up to Zhixian, and then asked, "Then let me ask you, when did your uncle disappear, do you know?"
"That was the day. I went to borrow money that day. Shangguan Qingyun replied suspiciously.
"When did you disappear that day? Morning, noon, or afternoon?" asked Liu Cheng.
"This, where do I know this?"
"Since you don't know, how do you know that he disappeared that day?"
Shangguan Qingyun came down after hearing this, thinking that he had fallen into a trap, but after thinking about it, he remembered it again, "I disappeared that day, and when I tried the case last time, didn't my family say it? Besides, I really wasn't at home when I went to look for my uncle that day, so I guess it was that day." ”
"According to the confession, your uncle went out in the morning, and you were also with two friends in the morning?"
"Of course, we played dice all night and I lost money, so I went to my uncle's house in the morning to borrow money. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Your two friends are really close to each other. Then when you go to your uncle's house in the morning to borrow money, why do you call your aunt but not your uncle?"
"He's this, I'm just casually saying. Shangguan Qingyun just refused to confess.
Liu Cheng looked at the magistrate, "My lord, it seems that he doesn't need to be punished, he can't be recruited." ”
The county official was also very cooperative, and shouted, "Come on, the big punishment is waiting, and I will beat him with thirty boards first." ”
"Master spare my life, I have been wronged!" Shangguan Qingyun wailed while being beaten. After the board was beaten, two more criminal laws were used, until Shangguan Qingyun fainted in pain and refused to confess.
When the magistrate saw it, he had to retry it the next day.
Liu Cheng also felt strange, this Shangguan Qingyun would rather die than recruit, is it because he is afraid that he will be beheaded after confessing, it seems that he can only work on the other two people, so he whispered a few words to the county master.
Shangguan Qingyun and his two friends were temporarily imprisoned, and those two people were naturally not convinced, why should one of our witnesses be arrested and imprisoned.
The county magistrate also understood Liu Cheng's intentions, and did not listen to their arguments, and locked the three in different cells, but the three cells were next to each other.
In the evening, the magistrate sent someone to eavesdrop on the matter, and before Liu Cheng returned to the inn, he wanted to ask the scholar about the case.
Who knows that the scholar is not out of the stall, but his son Bailong is here, this two are good, they can be substitutes, it seems that one day Bailong will take over his father's position. (In the Ming Dynasty, the work of spies was often done by people from the East Factory or the West Factory, but during the Jiajing period, the real power of the eunuchs was withdrawn, and the functions of the Jinyi Guard were greatly expanded.) )
Liu Cheng thanked Bai Long for the painting he painted, and he had nothing to give in return, so he gave Bai Long a bronze dart as a souvenir.
When talking about the case, when it came to the red sleeves, Liu Cheng asked about some of the red sleeves. The white dragon was secretive and reluctant to talk further, and what he said was similar to what Red Sleeves said. Liu Cheng thought that he was protecting the identity of the red sleeves, and it seemed that it was inconvenient for him to ask more, after all, he was a daughter, and he asked so much about what he was doing, so he got up and said goodbye. "I'm going to stop here today, thank you for seeing me and say goodbye. ”
Bai Long said with a smile: "Nothing can be done, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, you can settle this lawsuit tomorrow." ”
Liu Cheng shook his head and left with a smile, this white dragon was the same as his father, talking with a chattering spirit.
Back at the inn, Fluttershy looks at him sadly, and she is not happy, "What have you been busy with all day? I often see you go out, but none of the horses are sold, but you take the horses to the market to see, are there any of you who do this business?" ”
Liu Cheng looked at Fluttershy and smiled, "Okay, okay, I'm going to sell horses tomorrow?" Fluttershy, I see you're talking more and more like a horse now..."
Liu Cheng wanted to say that he was becoming more and more like a little daughter-in-law, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.
"Like what? ”
"Like a steward. Liu Cheng said embarrassedly.
"What is the steward, what is the name of the steward?"
"The person in charge of the house is the daughter-in-law. Liu Rui interjected on the side.
"Go outside and play, and the adults don't talk and interject. Liu Cheng pushed Liu Rui.
Fluttershy is embarrassed and doesn't say anything.
"I'm not young, I'm almost eleven years old, and I'll be able to marry a daughter-in-law in three years. Liu Rui said poorly.
"How does this kid speak?"
These three people really live like a family, and they seem to be very harmonious.
At night, Liu Cheng said that he was too tired and would not practice tonight, so he wanted to sleep with Liu Rui in his arms early, where was Liu Rui willing, "I want to sleep with my sister, she will tell me stories at night." ”
"You're so old, you can't always sleep with your sister, there is a difference between men and women, I can also tell you stories." Liu Cheng grabbed Liu Rui's arm and didn't let him go.
But Liu Rui still broke free, "My sister can tell stories of ghosts and gods, you can only tell the stories of the ancients, so I won't sleep with you." ”
"Little children are disobedient. Liu Cheng pretended to be angry.
"Then I have an idea, can the three of us sleep together? Why waste money by opening an extra room," Liu Rui said with a wink.
"How can that be, your sister is too old to sleep with her father. Liu Cheng hurriedly said.
"Isn't my sister your daughter? Why can't we sleep together?"
"What do you kid know? Go ahead, go and sleep with your sister. Liu Cheng didn't know what to say.
Liu Cheng slept very well this night, and he didn't sleep well for a few days, and he was really sleepy tonight.
After a while, I dreamed that I came to a green mountain, where the waterfall flowed, the silver light flickered, and the surrounding mountains were lush with trees, and birds were singing and flowers. I saw that there was a deep pool under the waterfall, and the mist stirred up by the waterfall was faintly visible in the sunlight.
It's such a beautiful scenery, Liu Cheng has never seen such a low rainbow, he walked over and wanted to touch the edge of the rainbow with his hands, but all he could touch was the wet moisture.
The water splashed and a white dragon suddenly appeared in the deep pool, and Liu Cheng's clothes were wet in the wave river, making it look like a chicken in soup.
He wasn't scared this time, but shouted at the dragon: "The rainbow was scared away by you, what did you do when it suddenly came out of the water?"
"What are you doing, boy, you are not small, the dragon king went to the underworld to sue you, and now you will go with me and close this case." After speaking, he swallowed Liu Cheng in one bite, so fast that even Liu Cheng didn't realize what was going on, it was like falling into a bottomless abyss, pitch black, and he kept falling.
Finally, I found myself lying on a sandy field, surrounded by yellow sand, could it be that I had arrived in the desert?
He shouted, "Sword," and the sword flew out of its scabbard and slashed around, but it was empty all around, not at all like it was in the belly of a dragon.
In addition to the sand all around, the wind sounded, the sky was yellow, like a cauldron buckled on this endless desert, Liu Cheng took the sword and flew up. When he reached the heights, he vaguely saw an earthen city in front of him, and it seemed that many people were walking there, so he flew in that direction.
Not far away, he landed and blended into the crowd and followed him towards the earthen city.
The earth city is not big, and when I walked in, there was a palace-like building inside, and I saw people going inside, but no people going out.
He followed the crowd and walked in, it felt a little dark, as if he was going down, the more he walked, the darker and darker, and as he walked, he came to a dim world, where there was an arc-shaped avenue, and this avenue was crowded with men and women, old and young, and Liu Cheng was surrounded by the crowd and walked forward.
These people didn't speak one by one, and Liu Cheng couldn't help but be a little furious when he looked at it.
Came to a high city wall, only to see the willow trees under the city wall, the bluestone scattered, there were children playing chess under the trees, and there were old people chatting, Liu Cheng walked out of the team into the city, like the group of people who were playing under the city walked over to inquire where this is?
Before he could speak, someone on the city wall suddenly shouted: "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, look up." ”
Liu Cheng looked up and saw a well-dressed old man waving to him.
"Oh, Brother Liu, you are here in person, I am the master of the Lin family, Lin Fuxu" The old man greeted happily.
What, could this be the missing Lin family master?