Chapter 11: The Master's Calculations
Li You pushed open the door and looked at Wang Miao with a serious face. "Miao'er, pass the order down and ascend to the court!" "Yes, Childe." Wang Miao turned around and ran towards the lobby, and Li You paced behind him, pondering every detail of the next step repeatedly.
The inner ghost has not yet been discovered, and he must not be allowed to find any clues, otherwise, his efforts will be wasted.
A moment later, all the officials were in place, and Li You sat in front of the bookcase, his brows furrowed, and he looked at everyone coldly. On top of the bookcase, there is a transcript submitted by Liu Zhong and others. Everyone sensed that Li You's expression was wrong, and they stood solemnly one by one, and no one dared to pant loudly.
"Liu Zhong?" After Li You was silent for a while, he turned to look at Liu Zhong, who hurriedly walked to the center of the lobby and saluted Li You with a fist. "Sir!"
"How many suspects are there in the list that this official handed over to you?" Li You's face was still cold, and Liu Zhong immediately realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly knelt on the ground. "Master, my subordinates follow the list, one by one..."
"This official asked you, how many suspects are on the list!" Li You didn't wait for Liu Zhong to finish speaking, and directly interrupted him. "Sixteen." Liu Zhong didn't dare to say anything else, so he had to answer truthfully.
"Then you, how many have you interrogated?" Li You continued to ask. "Five, five." Liu Zhong knew that he was at a loss, and immediately lowered his head. In Zhou Dawei's butcher's shop, Liu Zhong showed the roster to everyone, the main purpose was to let people hurry up to report the news. In this way, you can not only reduce your effort, but also get some benefits afterwards.
"Someone! Drag down the officer, twenty rods! "Master, subordinates..."As soon as Liu Zhong heard this, he immediately panicked, and just wanted to explain, Li You immediately twisted his eyebrows, revealing an angry look, and Liu Zhong immediately didn't dare to say anything more.
The officials in the lobby were still a little hesitant, but seeing Li You's complexion, they immediately stepped forward and dragged Liu Zhong down.
"Oops! Oops! In the torture room, Liu Zhong's painful wail was heard. Zhao Wu, Sun Lei, Liu Xiao and Liu Yi all cried and waited for their fate. I checked a few people by myself, and I should have taken a few hits, and several people already knew it.
In fact, Li You understood, Liu Zhong and others understood, and the officials who executed also understood that Li You's order just now was twenty rods, and he didn't say anything about heavy responsibility, let alone beating him to death, which meant that Li You only needed to punish him in a formal way, but his attitude was already very clear.
Moments later, the two executing officers returned to the lobby. "Tell the master, the execution is over." "Hmm." Li You nodded in satisfaction, and then raised his eyes to look at Zhao Wu. "Zhao Wu!"
When Zhao Wu heard this, he immediately knelt in the center of the hall and waited for Li You's punishment.
In less than an hour, Liu Zhong and the other five people were all beaten by the board. Although they are all held high, after all, it is a wooden stick, and it is impossible not to hurt when it hits the fleshy buttocks, although it will not open the flesh.
"Give you another half a day, before noon tomorrow, if you don't interrogate everyone clearly, the next board will be supervised by the master and me." Li You stiffened his face and said word by word. "If the transcript is not detailed enough, dare to fool the official, be careful of your head!"
The five people covered their buttocks and stood tremblingly above the lobby, completely shocked by Li You's might.
Hey, folks, it's no wonder we're not going to blame.
In the afternoon of the same day, a new round of arrests began in the entire Shengtang County. Only this time, the officials were all pale, and no one's face was sold. In less than three hours, the more than 40 people who were omitted from the list were all put in prison.
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The princess hid in the door and looked out through the crack in the door.
Yesterday evening, several officials arrested all the men from the Yang family, the Lou family, and the Liu Pozi family. The princess hid in the house, listening to the cries of the ghosts of her neighbors crying wolf, and realized that she was about to be in great trouble again.
However, last night, it passed peacefully, no one came to block the door, and no one came to scold the street, which made Wang Po have a trace of luck. Could it be that the godson greeted the yamen? It shouldn't be. I went to him yesterday, and he said that the wind was too tight to help him.
Early the next morning, Wang Po hid behind the door early and looked out for a long time, but still did not see anything abnormal. After much hesitation, Wang Po plucked up her courage, opened the door, and stood on the street.
Call! Wang Po took a deep breath, and her heart was still pounding. Just as she was about to go around the corner to take a look, she suddenly saw several long figures on the ground around the corner, so she immediately realized that the situation was not good, turned around and ran towards the house.
"Found by the old thing, sisters, rush!"
At that moment, a shout rang out, and forty or fifty women rushed out of the corner, like a pack of hungry wolves, and ran towards the princess. Wang Po hid behind the door, hurriedly inserted the door bolt, and ran into the house in a panic.
"Surnamed Wang, get out!"
"Something that has been hit by a thousand knives, get out of it for my aunt!"
Bang! Bang!
Bang Dang! Bang!
Forty or fifty women ran to the door of the princess's house, and not only scolded her, but also began to throw things at home. Broken crockpots, rotten cabbage, and even dung or something, all thrown into the courtyard of the princess.
Wang Po's family was woken up, and after listening to Wang Po's trembling explanation, they all hid in the house, and no one dared to go out of the yard, let alone go out to reason with these people. Wang Po listened to the number of her family, and couldn't help but twitch herself twice. Why can't you control this mouth!
Originally, Wang Po expected her godson to help her think of a way, after all, he boasted to himself that he knew the people in the yamen. However, when he went to him yesterday, he couldn't help him, and the last hope of Wang Po was dashed.
Hey, what should I do! The princess clasped her hands together and prayed to the gods from all walks of life.
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of drums came into the county office, and the official on duty immediately ran out, and when he saw that it was a little flower child, he immediately showed a dissatisfied look. "Why are you again!"
"Mother-in-law's house has been blocked again, there are so many people, so many people." Xiao Huazi gestured while talking, and the impatient Zou frowned. Because of the nonsense of the princess, they worked overtime until the second half of the night last night, and they hated the old woman to death in their hearts. "It's blocked, it's blocked, that's what she asked for."
"They're throwing things, they're going to die! It's going to kill you! "Xiao called Hanako to continue to compare, although the official was still reluctant, but after all, the master had an explanation, and if someone really died, he couldn't bear the responsibility." Come, come with me. ”
The official led the little Hanako to the lobby, and was just about to let the little Hanako wait in the lobby, when he looked up and saw that the county commander Li You was already sitting in front of the bookcase.
"Master, this little flower is here again, saying that Wang's mother-in-law's house has been blocked again." The official hurriedly reported to Li Youyu. "Forty or fifty people, all with weapons and throwing things." Hanako stepped forward and gestured as she spoke.
"Bold!" Li You's brows furrowed. "Immediately gather all the officials, bring the ropes and chains, and the officials must clean up this group of people!" "Yes!" The official on duty did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran to the squad room. When Xiao Hanako saw that the official was gone, he immediately made a grimace at Li You, and Li You stretched out his thumb to Xiao Hanako, showing an approving smile.
A moment later, more than a dozen heavily armed servants, under the leadership of Li You, went straight to Wang Po's house with a fierce momentum. In less than half an hour, they came to the street where Wang Po's house was located.
At this time, forty or fifty women were still scolding at the door of the royal mother's house. When Li You saw it, he immediately showed an annoyed expression. "The officials obey the order!" "The subordinates are here!" "Surround these people with their own officials." "Yes!"
The lancet was unsheathed, and more than a dozen officials walked violently towards the women not far away. The women had already heard the shouts of the officials, and when they saw them walking towards them viciously with lancets in their hands, they were all stupefied, and stood there one by one, and no one dared to make any more movements.
"Squat!" The servants gathered the women together and ordered them to squat, and the women all obediently squatted in place. Seeing that the situation was under control, Li You paced and walked closer.
"Do you know what crime you have committed in ignoring the orders of your own officials and repeatedly insulting your witnesses?" Li You looked at these women with a cold face. These women were shocked by Li You's momentum, and they were all stunned in place.
"Lord Qingtian, the women are wronged! I don't know who started it, and all the women sat on the floor and began to weep. Li You still had an angry face, but a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Are you wronged? What have you done? ”
"Master, my man has never seen Liu Niang, how can I be familiar with her." "Master, my man doesn't go out of the door, and he doesn't know Liu Niang at all." "Master, my family, my family is not good at all, how can I go to find Liu Niang." For a while, forty or fifty women began to talk nonsense, all of them crying out for their men.
When Li You heard this, he immediately frowned. "Are you telling the truth?"
"Tell me the truth." "Whoever lies, who thunders five times a day." "He who lies shall not die well." The women scrambled and swore a poisonous oath.
"Could it be that this princess is deceiving the official?" Li You turned his head to look at Liu Zhong and the others. "Liu Zhong, after your interrogation last night, did you find any suspicious people?"
"Didn't find it." "There is no suspicious person." Liu Zhong and the others immediately replied to Li You.
"What a bold princess, she dares to tease this official!" Li You was furious. "Where is the princess now?" The women were just about to speak, when a young man named Hanako suddenly burst out. "Master, I saw Wang Po climb over the wall and run in that direction." Xiao Huazi pointed to the south, and Li You immediately turned to the officials. "All the officials, chase after the officials!"
After Li You finished speaking, under the guidance of Xiao Hanako, he quickly ran south. The officials were stunned for a moment, then immediately spread their legs and followed closely behind Li You.
A moment later, in front of the princess's door, only a group of women sat on the ground. The women looked at each other, completely unaware of what was happening.
Could it be that this princess really escaped over the wall?
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If you want to ventilate the news, no way!
Li You followed closely behind Wang Miao, always running at the front of the line, and occasionally a fast-paced official wanted to overtake Li You, but he was immediately reprimanded back by Li You.
At this time, Li You's hole cards had been exposed to the inner ghost, but under Li You's control, even if the inner ghost understood, there was nothing he could do.
Ten minutes later, Li You and his team came to the small forest in the south of the city.
"Childe, I'll call the door, and you can ambush on both sides." Wang Miao no longer needs to disguise at this time. "Good!" Li You nodded in agreement. "Liu Zhong, Liu Xiao, Liu Yi, the three of you take the lead, and the others follow behind." Compared with others, Liu Zhong's family is one of Li You's relatively trusted few, and at this time, although the inner ghost has nothing to do, Li You still has to minimize the risk.
Under the guidance of Wang Miao, a team of people tiptoed to the door of the house. Li You divided a dozen people into two teams and ambushed them on the left and right sides of the gate, with Wang Miao standing alone in the center.
Wang Miao knocked on the door seven times in a row according to the rhythm of Wang Po's knocking on the door. The crowd held their breath and waited patiently.
A moment later, a crack opened in the door.
"You, who are you?" A man's voice came from inside the door.
At this moment, the officials who were in ambush on both sides swarmed up, and the gate was completely pushed open. The man inside the door noticed that something was wrong, and just as he turned his head and wanted to run, five or six lassoes fell from the sky and tied him firmly in place.
At this time, Li You finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The hateful inner ghost, Master Ben has finally won back a city!