When he saw me, he was first overjoyed, and then immediately put his joy back.

The man who escorted me saw that I was standing still, pushed me, and said sharply, "Above is Cui Fujun, bow down." ”

Yin Si is according to the ancient system, and the rules are also the old one, the hierarchy is strict, and the subordinates have to kneel and bow when they see their superiors, not to mention that I am just a person who has been dragged to be tried now, but before I can kneel, Cui Jue raised his hand and said, "No need, prisoner below, what did you see when you first saw me?" ”

I thought I was going to start the interrogation directly as soon as I came up, but I didn't expect him to ask such a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the subject, I didn't see Yuan Shouyi and Huang Yunqiu here, so naturally I didn't dare to talk nonsense, so as not to be caught, to tell the truth, "I saw the skeleton." ”

When I said this, the city god next to me and the man on both sides stared at me, and the man who escorted me to me glared at me, "Hugh is going to talk nonsense." ”

Cui Jue stopped this person again, looked at me and smiled, "I have interrogated countless prisoners since I took the position of the prince, if the prisoners think that I have wronged them by arresting them, then in their eyes, I am a white bone ghost." If the prisoner feels that he has not been wronged, then he is a human being when he sees me. Since you are seeing the Bone Ghost, then you must think that I have wronged you by arresting you. Do you know why I arrested you? ”

I said, "A black snake sued me and said I had killed it." ”

Cui Jue nodded and said gratefully, "There is indeed such a black snake who came to me to complain, saying that you broke its gall and caused its two hundred and thirty years of creation to be dissipated in one fell swoop." I know your true identity, I won't ask about the matter of Sichuan and Chongqing, after all, there is no word from above to check you, today I will only check your grievances and entanglements with this black snake. ”

Emperor Dongyue suffered such a big loss in Sichuan and Chongqing, it stands to reason that the entire Yin Division should be launched to hunt us down, but these days have been peaceful, I think it is the Emperor Dongyue who did not pursue this matter. After all, as an emperor, he didn't do anything to us when he went out with the Wheel King, and it was a shame to say it, and he wouldn't make a big deal about it.

On the other hand, Liu Cheng used gentian to put him together, this matter is also extremely embarrassing, and he is embarrassed to say it, plus Liu Cheng is also his mentor, he should have reached some kind of agreement with Liu Cheng before he is willing to let us go temporarily.

Cui Jue's words made me feel a little relieved, if I don't care about the affairs of Sichuan and Chongqing, then I really don't have any big fault, the Qing is self-purifying, a lot calmer, and said, "Cui Fujun is clear, although I have a relationship with the snake, but it is really not that I killed it." ”

Cui Jue said, "You are a Taoist disciple, there is a place that I am very dissatisfied with, that is, the tolerance for demons and monsters is too low, Taoist cultivators want heavenly essence and earth, and demons also want heavenly essence and earth, which conflicts with your Taoist priests, so your attitude towards them has always been to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and you have enough reasons to kill it." If you hadn't killed it, you'd have to show me the evidence. ”

It's actually very simple to show evidence, let them go to the tomb to have a look, but I can't use it as evidence, once I let Yin Si know the secret in the tomb, not only will the Sun family's efforts be in vain for generations, but it will also implicate my Sun family, and even the Zhao family.

Cui Jue had already thought of a reason for me to kill the big snake, coupled with the big snake's complaint, I really didn't know how to defend for a while, standing in the hall and hesitating for a long time, Cui Jue saw that I had nothing to say, and asked again, "Nothing to say?" ”

What am I going to say, isn't this forcing me to admit it, the beach is in the boat, there is no way out. If the evidence is presented, the case will be even bigger, and my father and grandfather will also be pulled down for interrogation, and if they don't show evidence, they can only admit it.

In contrast, it was better to admit it, and he tentatively asked, "What will happen if I admit this?" ”

After listening to my words, Cui Jue was happy, but he didn't bother with me, but summoned the person who escorted me and asked him, "How long did he spend on the road?" How? ”

The man who brought me said, "I sharpened my sword and cut it in less than half an hour." ”

Cui Jue nodded, I heard that there was something wrong with their words, and I said that the execution ground didn't mean to pit me? so that I can add a few more sins.

It's just that I'm too worried, Cui Jue looked at me again and said, "I judge the case of good and evil first, the reason is second, this time there are a total of three people, I set up a checkpoint for each of you on the road, in order to determine your good and evil, you are the fastest person to make a choice, if you admit that you killed the big snake, I will follow your good and evil, and then choose the best way to deal with it, do you have any objections?" ”

I looked at Cui Jue in a daze, my grandfather told me about Cui Jue and Zhong Kui before, saying that Cui Jue was the softest in judging the case, and Zhong Kui was the most decisive in judging the case. If Zhong Kui decides the case, he only looks at the case itself, and whoever is wrong will be punished, so he has left a great reputation over the years.

And Cui Jue's case is much softer, among which Cui Jue's most widely circulated case is the case of 'Cui Decisive Tiger', a tiger ate an old man's child, after Cui Jue caught the tiger, it was natural to read that the tiger eats people, plus the old man's child went into the mountains to find trouble by himself, and the tiger was the first offender, so he sentenced the tiger on the spot to replace the person who was eaten by it to provide him with his high hall. The tiger no longer eats people, and follows the old man home. The case may seem uneventful, but it is a win-win situation, the tiger has saved his life, and the old man can live for a long time.

Since Cui Jue can go to great lengths to set up levels to test my good and evil, it means that he is not a mediocre person and should be able to tell right from wrong, so he said, "There is no objection." ”

Cui Jue smiled, "Okay, let me tell you, when you cross the Santu River, the river becomes faster, which means that you are a wicked person, but since I said that I don't ask about the Sichuan-Chongqing matter, then I won't pursue the Santu River." After passing by the execution ground, you sharpened your knife as a prisoner, beheaded the other two prisoners, and two lives were stained on your hands, which is a great evil! ”

I was immediately stunned, this was completely different from what I expected, and before I could argue, Cui Jue said again, "But whether you are true or false, it's not my turn to decide." He waved outside, "Bring them up!" ”

I looked back and saw that the two people on the guillotine had been brought in by the shadows, and I was dumbfounded, weren't they already gone?

When the two entered it, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and met Cui Jue.

After all the etiquette, Cui Jue said to me, "I used a little trick to protect them, you beheaded them on your behalf, your good and evil should be determined by them, if they say you are good, then you are good, say you are evil, then you are evil." ”

The two men came in and saw me, and their faces were happy, but they did not dare to say more.

Cui Jue then asked the two of them, "This little baby in front of me beheaded you not long ago, if I hadn't designed to protect you, you would have been scattered." Now this official has a question for the two of you, do you think this little baby is good or evil? ”

The two looked at me, and I stared at them, and my life and death were all in their thoughts.

The two of them didn't hesitate, and said directly, "Of course this little brother is a good person, although he sharpened his knife and cut us, it just made us less tortured, and if it was someone else, I was afraid that he wouldn't care about us, and where did he have the courage to mention that knife, Cui Fujun made it clear, don't wronged this little brother." ”

Cui Jue's color did not change when he heard this, I looked at the two of them and breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you." ”

They both nodded in response.

Cui Jue said, "Your words saved him and saved yourself, and you remembered that your conscience was not clear, and you could still know how to repay your kindness, so you two were exempted from the punishment of swords, and went down to listen to the retrial of the local city god." Then let the two men be brought down, and the two of them bowed their heads and thanked them.

When these two people left the mouth, I looked at Cui Jue silently, waiting for his decision.

Cui Jue also looked at me for a while, and said, "That snake has been cultivating for more than two hundred years, and it is blessed by heaven and earth, if you kill it, you will not respect heaven and earth, and it should be punished severely. Then let you go back to the sun, and within three hours, you can ask if you can borrow your courage, and if someone answers 'yes' within three hours, you will be safe, and if no one agrees, it is your destiny. ”

This verdict seems fair, but I heard a hint of conspiracy, not that Cui Jue designed it for me, but that the big snake designed it.

I didn't realize until now that the soul of the serpent was the soul of the young man, and the young man left a trace of the soul of the serpent, but the two of them were always one, and the serpent and the young man were the same person to put it bluntly.

And that young man has been coveting my gentian, he must have manipulated the big snake to come down to Cui Jue to complain, so as to take the gentian from my body.

It took a lot of effort to get my gentian, and I definitely didn't want to give it to someone like this, so I immediately said, "I don't agree!" ”