When the morning light had just moved to the plaque "Longcheng County Ya" bronzing four characters.

The wide gate under the plaque has an endless stream of people coming in and out.

On Luming Street, the accumulated overnight cold was dispelled by the lively flow of people gathered from all over the county.

Some officials skillfully moved out the benches and chairs that were originally placed in the county office.

Placed in the open air.

The scribe placed the wooden stickers, signature boxes, and teacups on the desk.

Laid out.

Standing on both sides, holding black and red sticks.

It's another street case.

If memory serves, this is the third time a young prefectural magistrate has taken office.

However, it is a little different from the previous two small fights.

This time, the county-wide public trial convened by the Longcheng County Ya.

Natural pomp and circumstance are even more influential.

What's more, there is also Shangguan from Jiangzhou who came to inspect.

It's two quarters.

Everyone arrived one after another.

Ouyang Rong, Shen Xisheng, and Wang Lengran entered the scene.

Ouyang Rong is the local magistrate, and today's public trial will naturally be presided over by him.

Dressed in a water-green official uniform, he calmly stepped forward and sat at the top of the desk at the top of the desk.

Shen Xisheng and Wang Lengran wore a reddish-brown cloak in their official uniforms, and sat down on the two specially prepared Taishi chairs on both sides of the public desk.

Most of the gentlemen and gentry of Longcheng County gathered outside the venue and surrounded the entire street.

In front of the desk where Ouyang Rong was, there were two rows of standing guards, maintaining order, and a vacant space was vacated between them, and today's suspects and protagonists came on the stage one after another.

Liu Ziwen was arrested by Yan Liulang and others and was taken up, and Liu Zi'an, Liu Zilin and others stood in the crowd outside the public hall and waited.

Liu Ziwen stood in the open space in the middle, and the noisy sound of pointing in all directions made his face gloomy and dripping.

The main culprit on trial today is Liu Ziwen, and the Liu family is represented by him.

Ouyang Rong and Liu Ziwen glanced at each other.

One is above, one is below.

I remember that the first time the two met was at the fundraising dinner in Yuanming Building, and they were warm and polite at that time.

It's just that no one could have imagined that in just over two months, the positions of the two have changed dramatically.

One is the high-ranking public judge, and the other has become a prisoner who is about to be referred to by Qianfu.

The different glances cast from all directions made Liu Ziwen's hand under his sleeve tremble slightly, and the corners of his eyes twitched.

When did he, Liu Ziwen, receive this kind of treatment that was watched and judged by the untouchables.

Shameful.

Ouyang Rong's face was as usual, and he skillfully raised the startling wood in his hand.

Bang——!

"Ascension!"

There was silence.

The public trial has officially begun.

And at the same time that in the open-air court, human and physical evidence were brought up one by one.

Not far away, behind a red wall in Luming Street, which belongs to Su Mansion, there are two heads poking out of the wall, looking at each other.

"Miss, how about it, is the height just right, I guessed that you are also coming, and I specially built a stool for you in the morning, and the height is just right."

"Shall I praise you, then?"

"Okay...... No, no, miss, that's what a slave should do! ”

Seeing the plum blossom makeup girl with lazy sideburns and green silk hanging shoulders beside her tilting her head, the little maid with a bun face hurriedly changed her words, waved her little hand, and said righteously.

The corners of the plum blossom girl's mouth curved and pressed down again.

At this moment, the master and servant were both standing on the stool, lying on the wall, watching the street not far away.

Thanks to the height of the station, I was able to pass over the black crowd on the street and see what was happening in the open space in front of the county yamen.

Caishou seemed to think of something, and turned her head curiously and asked:

"By the way, Miss, didn't you say before that you don't want to pay attention to Ouyang Gongzi's affairs?"

Su Bao'er suddenly fell silent.

This time, she didn't have a poisonous tongue, she shook her head lightly, looked at what was happening on the street outside the wall, and said softly thoughtfully:

"This time it's different."

"Oh." Caishou didn't ask much and nodded.

Her own young lady's mood is changeable, and she is used to it, if there is any change in the young lady, she has to explore and ask questions, wouldn't she be tired to death.

Take the maid's money, the young lady's heart, right?

This is not something that a maid with a monthly salary of 180 should consider!

"Miss, Miss, Ouyang Gongzi is really handsome." Colored ribbon eyes are bright.

"That's what you're focused on?"

"Otherwise, isn't Miss looking at this, or is she looking at Little Lady Xie?"

Su Bao'er shook her head, "I'm looking at the public trial." ”

"What's so nice about the public trial, and it's quite strange, the power of the local county order is so great, Ouyang Gongzi can just find a reason to raid the Liu family, not to mention that he has already taken people down at the ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday......"

Caishou Xiao's face was puzzled, and muttered:

"Anyway, there are many ways to rectify the Liu family, he has so much power, and with the help of Xie Xiaoniang, there are a hundred ways to punish evil and promote good, and make people happy.

"The previous audit and the two promotions were also, Ouyang Gongzi is good anywhere, but the means are too gentle and elegant, miss, is this the book said that the book is angry?"

Su Bao'er's clear eyes reflected the calm figure behind the public case on the street.

In fact, last night when she learned that Ouyang Rong was going to try the Liu family, she was also a little surprised, and she was silent.

Su Bao'er shook her head slightly:

"Is the stunned scholar angry, I also thought so a few times before, I felt that he was arrogant as a scholar for not taking advantage of the thunder method for the Liu family......

"Now it seems that it is the opposite, Ouyang Lianghan knows very well what he is going to do, or what he is doing, Ouyang Lianghan is very calm from beginning to end, and even a little scary."

Caishou was stunned for a moment, as if she had never heard this kind of evaluation in her own young lady's mouth, and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean." ”

Su Bao'er sighed:

"As a local parent official, the county commander is indeed very powerful, even if he has just taken office, besides, he not only has the assistance of the Longcheng County Government, but also has Sister Xie, who is a qi practitioner, to help him, and the power he has is not much in the Liu family.

"And the Liu family has indeed provoked anger and resentment in Longcheng County over the years, and Liu Ziwen and others are also full of evil."

Su Bao'er paused and nodded:

"It stands to reason that in dealing with this kind of enemy that provokes righteous anger, Ouyang Lianghan can't use any off-the-field means, for example, he can find an opportunity to make the Liu brothers 'commit suicide' last night, even if it is an unreasonable thunder suppression, it can make most of the people applaud.

"But Ouyang Lianghan didn't do it, he was restrained all the time, controlling the boundaries of power, and didn't abuse it at all."

Caishou nodded stunnedly, "That's right, so Ouyang Gongzi is still kind-hearted and too gentle, isn't that right?" ”

"Once or twice may be soft-hearted, but from the time of the East Treasury investigation to the present, he has been like this when he returns, and even heard yesterday that he was suspected of being assassinated and impersonated by the Liu family's three indiscriminate off-the-plate moves, he was not angry and impulsive, lynched in retaliation, and even came to a county-wide public trial today......

Su Bao'er shook her head:

"That only says one thing.

"Ouyang Lianghan was always very clear that the name of punishing evil and promoting good and the instinct of jealousy and hatred could not bring him any freedom of action other than legitimate power to this county order.

"Nor did he exempt him from his obligation to treat all tax-levied people in Longcheng – even the Liu brothers who were tried – from a fair trial.

"Maintain this consciousness from beginning to end, the power of the county order is in the hands of Ouyang Lianghan, and it is force, not violence.

"That day, he was re-instated, and for the first time, he was promoted to the street, and he only did the same thing when he came to Longcheng, and now it seems that he has indeed been doing it all along, and he has never deviated from it."

The little maid with a bun face was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then nodded her chin and recalled, "What Miss said is...... What Ouyang Gongzi said about disaster relief, flood control, and justice? ”

Su Bao'er didn't answer, turned her head to Caishou and sighed:

"I kind of understand what Sister Xie said before. Such a person can transform power into unrivaled force, and all onlookers, even some of the enemies, will secretly hope for his victory. ”

After a pause, the little sister of the Su family, who was raised in the boudoir and no one knew her, looked out of the wall intently, and was not surprised at all about the outcome of this public trial and whether a certain young county order could be achieved, her voice was crisp, and she took the lead in asserting:

"Ouyang Lianghan can enter the Divine Capital Political Affairs Hall."

"Ahh The colorful ribbon shook his tongue and leaned back: "Then isn't this a talent for slaughter?" ”

Su Bao'er didn't reply, didn't squint ahead, and didn't know what she was thinking.

Caishou had no choice but to give up and continue to wait and see.

And just as the master and servant were just talking and chatting, the open-air court on Luming Street was caught in a difficult fight.

"Silence!"

Ouyang Rong patted the table and looked around, and after the silence on the field, he said straight:

"Liu Ziwen, you are guilty."

Liu Ziwen's eyes drooped and he stared at the floor, "Forgive the grass people for being ignorant, I don't know what the sin the adults are talking about?" ”

Ouyang Rong turned his head and ordered:

"Come on, go and present the human and physical evidence."

Not long after, Yan Liulang led a group of catchers to bring a heavy wooden barrel and put it in the open space of the public court.

Facing the eyes of the audience, Ouyang Rong looked around and said loudly:

"Everyone, please see, this thing was found from the main room of the inner gate of the Di Gong Gate, it is full of demon oil, like this wooden barrel, there are hundreds of them in the Di Gong Gate, once all of them are detonated, the sluice can be easily blown up, this official suspects that the past several collapses of the gate are caused by this thing."

After speaking, Ouyang Rong raised his chin towards Yan Liulang and the others, who took out some oil-like liquid in the wooden barrel and briefly demonstrated the power of burning shark oil in front of everyone in the audience.

Immediately, under the sun, the flames and deafening explosions made the onlookers look stunned.

This is just a little bit of it, if it is a hundred barrels of this thing, no matter how strong the sluice gate is, it will not be able to withstand it...... In an instant, the sound of indignant discussion swept the audience.

This time, Ouyang Rong didn't bother to ask Liu Ziwen if he knew this thing, he directly sent someone to summon Diao County Cheng and a few long-term followers.

They were taken by Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang to Longshou Mountain to watch the smuggling of oil that day.

Diao Xiancheng and several elders arrived at the scene, and immediately explained the matter of the Liu family's craftsmen smuggling shark oil into the gate that night.

Liu Ziwen's face became more and more gloomy.

Ouyang Rong didn't pay attention to him, and continued to order:

"Someone, go and bring the Liu family craftsman who repaired the gate, and the chief official surnamed Yuan up!"

"Yes." Yan Liulang and the others retreated, and not long after, Mr. Chen and other Liu family craftsmen were brought on the field, but they didn't see the chubby figure of the chief official surnamed Yuan.

Yan Liulang came to Ouyang Rong's side and whispered: "Ming Mansion, when we rushed there, this person had disappeared...... It may have been dealt with by the Liu family. ”

It's so fast...... Ouyang Rong frowned slightly and glanced at Liu Ziwen.

However, he glanced at Mr. Chen and the others who came up, pressed the table for the time being, nodded and said:

"Nothing, that's enough."

As the words fell, Ouyang Rong suddenly slapped the table and stood up.

Bang——!

He shouted at the craftsmen below: "Bold, why do you want to smuggle monsters to blow up the gates, don't you know that this is a capital crime of killing heads?" 10,000 lives is not enough! ”

"My lord, you have been wronged!"

Mr. Chen and other Liu craftsmen knelt on the ground in fright, and their bodies shook desperately kowtow:

"The little ones don't know what this oil is for, the little ones ...... The little ones are all doing things according to the instructions of the Jade Fairy and Master Liu, they say that this oil is a winning thing, which can bless the new gate for a long time, and the little ones don't know anything, they all do as they are told...... Spare your life. ”

"I see." The corners of Ouyang Rong's mouth curved, and he turned his head to look at Liu Ziwen:

"Liu Ziwen, as we all know, the sword shop craftsmen and the priests of the Dragon King Temple are all funded by your Liu family and do things for the Liu family, and you confuse them to transport demon oil behind your back, and you still want to be hard-mouthed? If you continue to deny it and lie in front of your lords, will you be guilty of one more degree later? ”

He nodded slowly:

"However, if you confess your guilt immediately now and have a shy attitude, you can consider reducing the punishment a little as appropriate, at least, you can leave an heir for your Liu family, and you won't be extinct."

Liu Ziwen twitched the corners of his mouth and did not speak immediately.

Under the gaze of Ouyang Rong, Shen Xisheng, Wang Lengran, and all the gentlemen and gentry in the audience, Liu Ziwen's expression was a little uncertain.

At a certain moment, the young head of the Liu family suddenly glanced at Wang Lengran, who was on the top, and then "pounced", he immediately knelt on the ground, with a look of repentance on his face:

"Lord Ouyang, Lord Wang, Lord Shen, the grass people admit their guilt, but the grass people are confused, they don't know people, and they are accomplices."

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows slightly, "Don't know anyone?" An accomplice? ”

Liu Ziwen nodded vigorously:

"It's an unknown person, the charlatan of the jade fairy deceived the grass people, she told the grass people that these demon oils are the things of the sluice gate, and let the small people transport it to the inner gate, saying that it can protect the safety of the newly repaired Di Gong gate."

Ouyang Rong smiled: "Then why do you want to smuggle it in, you can obviously report it to the government, but you choose to smuggle it at night and conceal it, what is your intention?" ”

Liu Ziwen shook his head: "It was all instructed by the demon girl, and he also told the grass people not to make a noise, and the grass people didn't know why, out of kindness, but they didn't expect to be used by the demon girl!" Fortunately, Lord Ouyang Mingjian saw through her tricks! ”

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but look at Liu Zi's sincere and tearful expression, and he sighed:

"So, this Fang Shi called the Jade Maiden Immortal used evil magic to incarnate herself as an official to assassinate Lord Shen, which was also her own decision?"

Liu Ziwen nodded vigorously, with a sincere face: "That's right, the grass people didn't know anything before. ”

Ouyang Rong stared at him for a while, and laughed: "Liu Ziwen, Liu Ziwen, okay." ”

As the words fell, the young county commander suddenly turned his head and raised his chin to a certain place in the crowd in front of him.

Suddenly, the crowded wall parted, and a sassy white-clothed figure walked out of it.

"Get on your knees!" Xie Lingjiang personally escorted an unkempt fat woman in a black robe and threw her on the ground in front of everyone in front of her.

Last night, in order to prevent the Liu dog from jumping over the wall to kill people, or the demon girl ran away, it was Xie Lingjiang who personally guarded the prison.

And today, Ouyang Rong also specially asked Liu Ziwen to appear separately from these witnesses to prevent threats and collusion.

Ouyang Rong sighed at the depressed Jade Fairy:

"Did you hear what Liu Ziwen said just now? Donglin Temple assassinated the official, and pretended to be the official to assassinate Lord Shen again at the Di Gong Gate, as well as smuggling demon oil to the inner gate of the Di Gong Gate, all kinds of capital crimes, all of which were decided by you alone?

"You...... Do a good eight-grade qi practitioner, and want to be a substitute for Liu Ziwen? ”

The jade fairy who had been temporarily untied from the rope struggled to get up from the ground, she trembled all over, and turned her head sharply to glare at Liu Ziwen.

The latter's eyes did not mean to avoid it at all, and he preemptively said with a look of injustice:

"Why does the fairy look at me like this, do you still want to quibble? Aren't you using the Liu family for all this? The contemptible people advise you to explain clearly to the county commander, don't bite indiscriminately, hey, our Liu family has been respectful and respectful to you for so many years, and you are like a guest, but these are not the reasons why you framed us......"

Ouyang Rong said coldly: "Shut up, let her speak first." ”

Liu Ziwen sighed, and the jade fairy immediately opened her mouth and scolded: "Good you Liu Ziwen......"

But in the next second, her voice stopped abruptly.

I saw that in the center of the clearing, the black-robed woman with her face covered in paint opened her mouth very wide, making a "uh-uh" sound, her body swayed, and her seven orifices began to bleed.

Bang! The jade fairy fell in front of Liu Ziwen, whose face did not change.

The audience was shocked.

At this time, there was a faint smell in the air.

Toothache in the past two days......

(End of chapter)