Chapter 3 Dog Corrupt Officials = Bandits
After the housekeeper and Lang Zhong left, Caidie came over and asked carefully, "Miss, who have you offended, and why does this person want to harm you so much?" ”
Zhou Lingji smiled reluctantly when she heard this, but she didn't speak, but she complained in her heart, who did the original owner offend?
No, I must find out who is behind the trouble, and I can't let others slaughter them like this.
Thinking of this, Zhou Lingji suddenly had an idea and said: "Caidie, it's not early, you go down first, prepare tomorrow morning, a dress worn by ordinary people, it must be men's clothes, and you have to bring it to me early in the morning." ”
Although Caidie was a little puzzled, she had been following Zhou Lingji for a long time, and she already knew her style of doing things, so she obeyed her orders and retreated.
At this time, the wolf dog ran in, Zhou Lingji was happy when she saw the wolf dog, just now it saved her life, if it wasn't for it, I'm afraid that the sword would have stabbed herself, she squatted down, stroked the dog's head, and said with a smile: "Thank you for saving me just now, I can consider not eating you." ”
When the wolf dog heard this, he showed a playful expression again, as if to say, "I saved you, but you still want to eat me." ”
As soon as the wolf dog saw that Zhou Lingji was stealing fun, it rubbed straight to her side, barked a few times in a low voice, shook its head and tail, and began to sell cuteness, Zhou Lingji was amused when she saw this, "It's not early, let's rest." ”
When the wolf dog heard this, he hurriedly ran back obediently and fell asleep, Zhou Lingji blew out the candle, returned to bed and fell asleep, she lay on the bed for not long before falling asleep.
In her sleep, Mu Xue's quilt fell, and suddenly a red light flashed, and a man in a big red robe who couldn't see his face clearly stood in front of the bed, and he picked up the quilt on the ground.
Covering Zhou Lingji's body, he looked at Zhou Lingji's sleeping appearance, his face showed a happy smile, he kissed her forehead, and then a red light flashed, and the person disappeared without a trace.
Early morning.
Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock......
There was a rhythmic knock on the door, Zhou Lingji woke up from her dream, she rubbed her hazy eyes and asked, "Who is it?" ”
"Miss, it's a slave." The sound of butterflies came from outside.
Zhou Lingji walked over and opened the door, and couldn't help but be stunned, in addition to the maid Caidie in front of her, there were many people dressed like fast catchers, "What's wrong?" Zhou Lingji asked with a confused expression.
One of them quickly said: "Zhou Lingji has been accused of poisoning your servant, hurry up and change your clothes and go to the yamen with us." ”
Zhou Lingji's eyebrows furrowed together in surprise, "What did you say?" Obviously, those people came to kill me, how could it be that I killed them? ”
"yes, that's not what our young lady did." Butterfly and all the servants want to argue for it.
Zhou Lingji wanted to defend herself, but those catchers didn't listen at all, and directly dragged them away, and the maid Caidie was also taken away.
After a while, they came to the county office, only to see a person sitting on it, he was wearing a dark blue robe, with an official hat, a sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, looking about thirty or forty years old, sitting there with an official shelf, he was the county commander of the county.
Zhou Lingji was forcibly dragged to the court, she was pressed and knelt down, and the maid Caidie was helping her speak, but no one listened, and the onlookers in the hall also talked about it.
"Smack" Hu Xianling slapped the table with a wooden block to make the hall quiet, and then asked Zhou Lingji, "Do you know the guilt?" ”
Zhou Lingji said with a blank face: "My lord, I ......"
As soon as she said two words, the Hu County Order directly interrupted her and said: "Obediently confessing your guilt can avoid the pain of flesh and skin." ”
When Zhou Lingji heard this, he guessed that this county order must have received the benefit of the mastermind behind it, so he wanted to confess his guilt like this.
"My lord, as soon as you come up, you will make me confess, should you let the plaintiff come out and confront him." Zhou Lingji just remembered that she had never seen where the plaintiff was.
Hu Xianling was stunned for a moment, but did not answer, there was a discussion in the court, and he said directly: "Come on, give her a clamp." ”
Zhou Lingji looked panicked, and said impatiently: "Hey, my lord, how can you not ask anything and directly torture you, this is illegal." ”
However, no one gave her a chance to defend her innocence, and the maid Caidie stood behind, so anxious that she was about to cry, but she couldn't do anything to help Zhou Lingji.
Those catchers took two wooden planks and walked up, Zhou Lingji saw it, she was faintly scared, she secretly complained in her heart, she didn't expect that she would have to suffer this kind of wrongs and pain as soon as she crossed over.
"You plead guilty or not." Hu Xianling slapped the table and asked.
Zhou Lingji was furious, he didn't expect this dog official to be even more treacherous than the TV he watched, at least those dog officials would be so cautious that people couldn't justify it, and this was purely an unreasonable bandit, and it was unlucky to be carried into his hands.
Seeing that Zhou Lingji didn't move, they sandwiched her fingers in the middle, and they worked hard together.
"Ah......h
"My lord, my young lady is wronged, please don't torture her......" Caidie stood behind and cried, she grew up with Lingji, it can be said that they have become brothers.
No matter how Caidie cried and shouted injustice, no one dared to speak, and then Hu Xianling asked again: "Zhou Lingji, do you admit your guilt or not." ”
Zhou Lingji has never suffered such a crime since she was a child, and what makes her even more unacceptable is that she didn't expect this ancient official to be sentenced directly without asking anything, thinking back that she had reviewed countless drafts and watched so many costume dramas, and she had never met such a thing.
At this time, her lips were already blue, her face was pale, and beads of sweat were rolling down, and she looked pitiful, very lovely, she endured the pain and said: "My lord, you just let me confess, you should also let me know what crime I have committed, right?" ”
Her words were very loud, almost everyone heard them, and immediately there was a lot of discussion in the court, and after listening to Zhou Lingji's words, they all felt the strangeness of this matter.
This Hu County Order is simply unreasonable, he saw that Zhou Lingji had caused controversy among the people, and he was afraid that something about himself would be leaked out, and his expression was obviously worried: "Zhou Lingji, you poisoned the servants in the house last night, and more than a dozen people died, after checking that these people were indeed poisoned and died, you still don't admit it, it seems that it is not okay to use a large one for you, come to the mouth." ”
When Zhou Lingji heard it, she understood why the masked black cloth of those assassins last night was poisonous, it turned out to be the plan of the mastermind behind it, if the assassination was not successful, this poisoning and wronging her was the second plan, but I didn't expect the scheming of the mastermind behind this to be so heavy.
"My lord, those people last night obviously assassinated me, you should let the plaintiff come out to confront me now, instead of blindly using torture, no one will obey you like this." Zhou Lingji held back the pain in her limbs and shouted angrily, at this time she was covered in sweat.
Zhou Lingji said, looking down at the court, the maid Caidie didn't know when, the figure disappeared, why did the Caidie who was still crying there just now disappear? Does she have anything to do with it? Seeing this, her heart was like a five-flavor bottle overturned, and she couldn't say what it tasted like.
At this time, the court was arguing, "There is no plaintiff, only the defendant, isn't this a clear wronged person?" ”
A cold sweat broke out on Hu Xianling's face, he was asked by Zhou Lingji, and he had already begun to blow his nose and stare at him, he slapped the table and roared: "Silence." ”
This roar instantly quieted down, "Zhou Lingji, talking nonsense, provoking the people, not admitting guilt, coming, slapping the mouth." ”
Order, catch and quickly torture Zhou Lingji, twenty palms and mouths to beat down, Zhou Lingji's nose and mouth have been bleeding, blood dripping, staining her white clothes, her mouth has been swollen and can't open, the pain has made her numb, the sweat from her whole body wet her clothes, she collapsed weakly on the court.
Her eyes were filled with hatred, helplessness, grievance, and wrong, but she didn't shed a single tear.
Zhou Lingji was cleaned up by the criminal law, and Hu Xianling showed a treacherous smile, "Come on, take the paper and let her draw it." ”
Hu County's order was ordered, and those people hurriedly grabbed the paralyzed and weak Zhou Lingji, and directly forcibly drew it, Zhou Lingji, a domineering female editor, how could she be so easily convinced, she used the last bit of strength in her body, grabbed the paper, and tore it to pieces.
Facing Hu Xianling, she was not afraid, but glared at him angrily, her eyes full of hatred as if she could kill, "Dog official, as long as I, Zhou Lingji, don't die, I will definitely let you live rather than die in the future." Her voice was heavy, full of anger and arrogance.
"Be bold and disrupt the people, tear up the paper, the crime is unforgivable, and it will be decided." Hu Xianling looked anxious, he couldn't wait to kill Zhou Lingji immediately, and immediately ordered Zhou Lingji to be killed on the spot.
Death is not so terrible for Zhou Lingji, but she doesn't know who is behind it? This made her unwilling.
Hu Xianling kept shouting, "Kill her." ”
Don't dare to disobey, raise the knife and be cut down, Zhou Lingji is no longer holding the hope of life, she closed her eyes in despair, and there was no expression of fear,
Just when the knife was still one centimeter away from Zhou Lingji, the wolf dog that appeared at some point at this time pounced and instantly knocked down the catcher.
"Wang! Woof! Wang ...... "It bared its teeth and stood in front of Zhou Lingji, not allowing anyone to approach.
Zhou Lingji opened her eyes, she saw the wolf dog at a glance, and her heart instantly became a little excited, she never expected that this dog was not afraid of death to save her.
How could a dog fight these knife-wielding catches, Zhou Lingji was worried that this bandit-like dog official would kill him together.
"You go." Zhou Lingji roared at the wolf dog.
But the wolfhound had no intention of leaving, and kept baring its teeth and glaring at the catchers.
Sure enough, Hu County ordered that the dog and Zhou Lingji be killed.