"I ...... I didn't steal, I misunderstood, it was a misunderstanding......"

In front of everyone's eyes, Liu Zilin seemed to have swallowed a piece of cold bump, and his heart was cold, he hurriedly denied it, looking around, as if he was eager to seek help.

It's a pity that the young head of the Liu family with a gloomy face at the back of the crowd is also helpless at the moment.

"Misunderstanding? You used the official's night pearl to buy a orchid in Yuanminglou, written in black and white, the city bond contract is here, the size and condition of the night pearl are all correct, Boss Zhu, the pawnshop shopkeeper, and the city orders are also here, you can testify that this pearl is fake, you and the official misunderstood? ”

The young county commander was puzzled, pondered, and he looked up as if he had suddenly realized:

"So you mean to say that the official stole Ling's Night Pearl a month ago, took it to the pawn shop to pawn, and found that he couldn't sell it, so he kindly found out and quietly returned it to you, and you didn't notice the whole process, and bought the orchid with the Night Pearl a few days ago? That's what it means, right? ”

“……”

Liu Zilin wanted to say "yes", but ......

"Hahaha......"

A burst of laughter sounded on the street of Shengtang, which was originally a serious atmosphere, and he tried to hold back again.

Even a certain Xie girl with slightly red-eyed eyes and a stunned mind couldn't help laughing, flattened the corners of her lips, and stared at the senior brother who was witty and calm.

Obviously, no one would really believe this funny statement.

Liu Zilin was speechless for a while.

Ouyang Rong continued to sigh and asked:

"Then what do you mean by misunderstanding? Is it the long legs of the night pearl of this official that ran into your pocket? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Liu Zilin, who was soaked in cold sweat, was still a little empty at this time, and this sudden change in the night pearl directly made him stunned.

In fact, he is not to blame for his carelessness.

Originally, his plan was simple and effective:

privately threatened Ying Niang to cooperate with Luo Er, and the former deceived Xie Lingjiang to take out the corresponding property, hand it over to the intermediary Luo Er, and buy Ying Niang from Yuanming Building.

At this stage, Xie Lingjiang should personally check the city bond contract, so it can't be faked.

In the second stage, Luo Er took Yingniang to the City Order Division to eliminate the deed of sale, and he could choose a busy day to thank Ling Jiang, and the two of them went alone.

There is a lot of room for maneuver in this, and it directly changes from "canceling the deed of sale" to stealing beams and changing pillars, giving Yingniang to Liu Zilin, and then letting Xie Lingjiang, who is in the dark, go back to lead people back.

This should also be the time when Xie Lingjiang relaxed her vigilance the most, otherwise if she didn't believe Ying Niang, she wouldn't have handed over the Night Pearl to redeem her for her.

But Liu Zilin never expected that the problem would be with this damn night pearl, which is also the most irreplaceable contract.

Because Xie Lingjiang is not a fool, she just believes too much in the bullied weak, but in the first stage, Luo Er's process and contract for redeeming Ying Niang will definitely care about and review.

But who would have thought that a dignified Xie concubine had no extra property on her, only a night pearl left!

It was also sent by the senior brother of the county order...... No, what people give you, why are you giving them so casually!

Liu Zilin was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

However, a certain unlucky Liu family junior died and couldn't guess that Xie Lingjiang and his senior brother were quarreling during that time.

Because of the liberalization of grain prices, he was in a semi-cold war state, and mistakenly thought that the senior brother didn't care about the people, so he didn't listen to the senior brother and went to Yuanming Building to find Yingniang, and then didn't hesitate to take out the night pearl to ransom people......

Behind the desk, Ouyang Rong didn't look at Liu Zilin, who was speechless, and directly asked Diao Xiancheng, who was surprised to eat melons next to him:

"Lord Diao, if you steal other people's property like this and use it to buy slaves and maids, will the city bond contract be considered valid?"

"Yuming Mansion, naturally it doesn't count, the slave and maid should be returned to their owners." Diao Xiancheng thought about it and said: "This orchid Yingniang should still belong to Yuanming Building. ”

Ouyang Rong bowed his head and asked the old city order: "On the contract of the city bill, the night pearl replaces the orchid, what is the price?" ”

The latter replied respectfully: "Twenty consistently." ”

Ouyang Rong nodded, and calculated the account very intimately:

"Far more than ten times, and stealing official wealth, it should be engraved with the word 'thief' on the face, and the exile is 3,000 miles, Lingnan is too close, let's drive it to the north of Liaodong."

Liu Zilin's heart trembled when he heard this, he knelt down, sweating profusely, and said: "The county commander has wronged you!" I didn't steal, my family has no shortage of property, how can I steal! ”

He hurriedly took out a small bag of gold and silver treasures from his sleeve and sprinkled it on the bluestone floor tiles with trembling hands.

Ouyang Rong looked around and sighed to everyone:

"It's so rich and stealing the things of the official, it seems that he has an addiction to stealing, and I don't know how many of these treasures on the ground are stolen."

The crowd laughed.

“！！！” Liu Zilin.

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyelids, looked at him, and stretched out his hand to point at a few people on the field:

"The official and everyone have seen it, it is the human evidence and physical evidence that Liu Shao found himself, and it all proves that you asked Luo Er to take the Night Pearl to Yuanming Building to ransom people, since you said that you did not steal the Night Pearl, who is the one who took out the Night Pearl and gave it to Luo Er?"

He didn't lift his eyelids, and said slowly:

"Can the official think so, what this Miss Xie said is the truth, the night pearl was given by her, and the person was redeemed by her, and you and Luo Er were in contempt of the court and falsely accusing the lover the whole time!"

Liu Zilin's bloodshot eyes swayed from side to side, and his face hesitated.

The young county magistrate immediately raised the startling wood and wanted to make a decision, not giving him time to think, nor giving him a third option:

"Tell me quickly, whether it's stealing official wealth or falsely accusing a good person!"

Seeing that he was about to make a decision, Liu Zilin was anxious, gritted his teeth and said, "Thief...... Theft of official property! ”

Theft of official property, at most a face or imprisonment, can also find an opportunity to top the bag, especially the prison sentence...... That is, if you go to prison, you can also redeem and eliminate your sins;

But deceiving the government and framing the beloved person is to sit back and kill the head!

You can only choose the lesser of two evils.

Ouyang Rong nodded and quickly convicted: "Okay." That is to admit the theft of official property,"

Liu Zilin was stunned for a moment, and faintly felt that he confessed too quickly, and he didn't have time to quibble, such as whether the night pearl was picked up, this reason was fake at a glance but seemed to be foolable...... Made, how can there be a sense of being fooled!

It's just that at the moment, he took care of eating back grass, and immediately defended lamely:

"No...... But it wasn't the grass people who stole it, yes, yes, it was him! He stole it and stuffed it to the grass people. ”

Liu Zilin pointed in a hurry.

A fat young man with a shrunken head and a shrunken head stood for a moment.

"The villain doesn't have it, the villain doesn't have ......"

Luo Er waved his hands wildly, shook his head and shook his face, but the vicious gaze of Liu Zilin, who was facing away from Ouyang Rong, made him suddenly shake his head and shut up in fright.

Under the playful gaze of the young county magistrate, Liu Zilin took Luo Er to his side and pointed at him loudly "exposed".

The latter pouted, but could not speak, as if taken by some kind of obscenity, and his fat face was flushed.

But in the end, he could only bow his head and confess under Liu Zilin's eyes, Luo Er could only have the last trace of illusion, hoping that after the conviction, the Liu family could use money to redeem him, or buy the relationship during the exile......

Witness this scene of the ugliness of the world.

Most of the county officials such as Diao County Cheng and Yan Zhukuai, as well as Wang Caozhi, Ma Zhang, Wu Bo and other grain merchants and squires, most of them had complicated eyes, smiling or disdainful.

The other onlookers are not stupid, and when they see this case, they still don't know the general truth.

The young county magistrate sighed lightly, and finally, he turned his head to look at the owner of Yuanming Building:

"Boss Zhu, Hu Ji belongs to Yuanming Building, and she was taken back to stay overnight without permission, and what to do with it is up to you."

Boss Zhu glanced at a silent girl, and he smiled cutely: "I'm a businessman, just give me double the overnight money, it's a trivial matter." ”

The young county magistrate who was betrayed nodded and shook his head again.

Immediately, he threw out the lot, got up and announced:

"The Decree is clear...... The criminal Luo Er stole the jewel, and it was an official property, and he was engraved with a 'thief' on his face, and he was sentenced to exile for 3,000 miles, exiled to the north of Liaodong, and served for three years, and was not allowed to return to his hometown after the expiration of the term.

"Accomplice Liu Zilin, concealed the crime and did not report it, embezzled stolen money, and boldly roared in court, punished with two sentences, 70 rods, and two years in prison.

"The private daughter Xie family, secretly hid the orchid overnight, and showed a knife in court to despise the king's law, and ordered to return the orchid, fined ten times of silver, and then fined, seventy lashes!

"The case is closed, this verdict!"

Bang ——!

Ouyang Rong slapped the table and made a conclusion, and the verdict was closed.

The audience was silent.

The faces of the grain merchants and squires were slightly surprised.

What is the background of this case, as long as you are not blind, you can see it clearly, Luo Er and Liu Zilin, who almost beat a rake, deserve this punishment.

But it is very surprising that the young county order is so harsh on the little junior sister, but think about it carefully...... But it's also fair.

Many people sighed lightly, looking at the public case shrouded in the afternoon sun and their eyes were quite convincing.

I don't know who took the lead, and a burst of tacit applause began to ring in the onlookers on Luming Street.

And the three people who are being punished at the moment have different reactions.

Luo Er cried for his father and mother, hugged Liu Zilin's leg and shouted for help, begging for ransom and commutation of sentence.

Liu Zilin kicked the fat young man away with a disgusted and disgusted face, and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

The three young men of the Liu family couldn't help but start to tremble, not because they could spend money to seek a reduced sentence, but because of the next ...... Seventy rods, this bitter fruit seems to be unable to run.

Cane punishment is the use of a cane to hit the buttocks, back, and legs...... As for flogging, it is slightly lighter, and it is to beat the back with bamboo boards and wattles.

Seventy rods! Liu Zilin couldn't help but tighten his chrysanthemum, wiped the sweat on his head, and looked at the eldest brother at the back of the crowd, but the latter had already turned around with an ugly face and was about to leave.

Yan Liulang frowned and waved his hand, and asked his subordinates to escort the fat young man who was paralyzed on the ground and collapsed with regret.

The exile of 3,000 miles is not a joke, but it is slightly better than the death penalty, and 3,000 miles is not really 3,000 miles, but the meaning of exile is extremely far, but unless you are lucky, the death rate is extremely high on the road alone...... Barely coming back.

After the judgment of the young county order, the cane punishment and flogging punishment required Yan Liulang and other arresting officials to be executed immediately in court.

It's okay to let his subordinates beat Liu Zilin with a cane, but Yan Liulang and the others faced Xie Lingjiang with a little embarrassment.

"Miss Xie offended ......"

Xie Lingjiang shook his head silently, signaling that it was okay.

The executable catchers still turned their heads to look at Ouyang Rong, but Ouyang Rong didn't look at them, nor did he look at Xie Lingjiang.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing that the blue-clothed catcher was still hesitating, the young county commander standing with his back continued to urge with a straight face:

"If you are physically incapacitated, or if you don't have enough manpower, then the official will smoke it himself."

Unexpectedly, Yan Liulang and the others immediately nodded in favor and surrendered to Shangguan.

"......" Ouyang Rong.

"I'll come, I'll come."

In the next second, the young county commander snorted coldly, walked down the steps, took a wattle, and came to the little junior sister with her hands and low eyebrows.

"Brother Lao, I am tired...... No mercy. ”

"It's good to know, turn your back." He said, staring down at the tiles.

The noble daughter of the Xie family turned around obediently, facing everyone, and turned her back to her senior brother.

The back of Ouyang Rong's hand trembled, but he still twitched it hard......

Xie Lingjiang lowered his head to bear it, even though the snow back hidden under the silk coat was covered with red marks of broken skin, he pursed his lips the whole time, and the slippery hair covered the expression on his pretty face, without saying a word.

Senior brother is really pumping.

But she was a little happy.

Compared with the strange silence where only the sound of whips remained in the place where the young county commander personally executed him, Liu Zilin, who was on the other side with his buttocks, was crying and crying...... The two sides are in stark contrast.

Ouyang Rong noticed that something was wrong.

I didn't whip it, and a wooden fish sound sounded in my ears, what's going on?

Is it the merit value given by the surrounding audience, or the merit given by Liu Zilin next to him who was beaten on the board, or is it ...... Ouyang Rong couldn't help but look at the little junior sister in front of him.

Probably not......

In addition, in addition to the sound of the wooden fish, Ouyang Rong found that it was also a technical task to use thin wattle strips to whip seventy whips in a row, especially to be careful to avoid certain parts of the back, although a few whips were still accidentally drawn...... The roots of the little sister's ears were red, and her thin shoulders trembled.

Seventy whips, a lot of whips, finally came to an end, and the sound of the wooden fish in my ears disappeared in time......

Someone was speechless, dropped the whip, wiped his sweat, and asked in a stern tone:

"Do you dare to draw a knife brainlessly in the future?"

"No...... Don't dare. She buried her face and whispered: "Don't dare anymore." ”

Thanks to the "little fluorescent" good brother for the cuteness! Sticky fencing!!