After figuring out that the Li family does have a demon cultivator, the next step is to figure out how high this demon cultivator is and what spells he is good at.

Although the Nine Evils of the Origin can break ten thousand laws, Li Chengjing is not so arrogant that he really thinks that with his current Taoism, he can underestimate the world's mystical cultivation.

After all, he is now just a Jindan realm equivalent to Xuan Xiu, and with the particularity of the Origin Nine Evils, Li Chengjing can at most raise his actual combat strength by one or two realms.

However, whether it is himself or that demon cultivator, in fact, he can't see the light.

If you are a righteous path cultivator, this matter will naturally be easy to handle, just contact other righteous path cultivators secretly, and gather people to beat each other.

But not by himself.

Let's think about it in the long run.

Li Chengjing took this matter to heart.

After the government was dispersed, Jiao Zuowen hurriedly came to him and invited Li Chengjing to go to Jinhua Building together.

In this way, it is clear that he is afraid that Li Chengjing will run away.

Let Li Chengjing cry and laugh.

The two of them walked towards Jinhua Tower.

This Jinhua Building is very close to the Yamen, and it is only half a street away from the door.

At the door stood the famous gentry of Yizi City, large and small, who came up from afar to salute and greet him.

Li Chengjing knew some of these people, and when he met Dai Mao for the first time, when the other party was invited to a banquet, most of the gentry who accompanied him did not know each other.

Li Chengjing found that even Li Dong, the head of the Li family, was among them. 33

It can be said that at this banquet, almost all the gentry who can count the names in Yizi City came.

bustling into Jinhua Building.

Today, Jinhua Building has been completely wrapped up and does not welcome guests.

During the banquet, the gentry of all sizes toasted repeatedly, and all kinds of beautiful words emerged one after another, but in Li Chengjing's view, there was no nutrition and lack of interest.

Drinking the wine in his stomach, he was instantly wiped clean by his water, and when he drank until the bright moon was empty, most of the people here were drunk, Li Chengjing looked indifferent, not the slightest drunk.

However, Li Chengjing found that a gentleman surnamed Wang had a sad face and looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Chengjing thought for a while, this person seems to be called Wang Fugui.

However, if he doesn't speak, Li Chengjing will naturally not make trouble by himself.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

The show is finally on.

Jiao Zuowen said: "My Yizi City is located in a remote area, aliens are extinct, there are occasional demons and evils, but the incompetent people surrender, and now I Yizi City also has its own recruits, Jiao is a generation of Yizi City people, thank you Li Zhaoguan!" ”

After a drink, Li Chengjing smiled and said: "Master Jiao is polite, and the squire fathers are polite." Killing demons and protecting the common people is the duty of my generation, and we should not boast! ”

At this time, Wang Fugui was full of wine and said respectfully: "It is a blessing for us to be able to have a banquet for Li Zhaoguan today. It's just that I heard that Li Zhaoguan is now also in charge of the official affairs of the torture room, and the little old man took advantage of today's festive day to dare to ask the Zhaoguan master a little thing. ”

Li Chengjing heard this, and said: "Master Wang, you are embarrassed for me, although this official has received the official duties of the torture room, but in fact, the errand is still done by the original person. It's just a name below, and the specific errand official doesn't ask. ”

Wang Fugui's face was stagnant, and he was unhappy.

But ask? However, when he asked, he sent someone to Zhao Longhu's house to hand over the money in private, but this person didn't dare to accept it.

"Hey!" Wang Fugui sighed heavily and said, "Ming people don't say dark words, Wang actually has something to ask." ”

When the words came to this, Li Chengjing could only say: "The head of the Wang family, please speak." ”

"To tell you the truth, a few days ago, the ploughing cattle in the villain's house were stolen, and in order to exercise the child's ability to do things, he handed over this matter to him. But after all, this kid is young, impetuous, and only wants to do things quickly, but he ends up doing foolish things. In order to close the case as soon as possible and come to invite credit to Xiao Lao'er, he was blinded by lard and bribed Secretary Zhao in the execution room. was directly taken down by the impartial Zhao Si for the crime of bribing officials. ”

"Xiao Lao'er is old, just such a son, Wang wants to ask Li Zhaoguan, can you tell Xiao Lao'er what kind of punishment I want to sentence for my foolish child?"

"Oh!" Li Chengjing immediately knew who this person was.

It was Wang Qing's father in the cattle theft case.

Li Chengjing sneered in his heart, when the matter came to this field, this person couldn't forget to climb that cow soil, and his heart was really black to the extreme.

At the same time, I understand that tonight's banquet really wants to use this gathering to find out my attitude towards rectifying the rule of officials.

But more importantly, I want to see through Wang Qing's determination whether there is any possibility of collusion between officials and businessmen.

Li Chengjing immediately smiled and said, "Oh, Master Wang, you asked the wrong person what you said." Although Li led the errand of the torture room, but in the end he was a recruiting official, and he was not familiar with Daqing Law. ”

"You said yes? Jiao master book! ”

Jiao Zuowen was stunned, how did he turn to himself.

Without waiting for him to respond, Li Chengjing asked sincerely: "Therefore, the sentencing of this punishment still needs to ask the authority who is familiar with the Daqing Law, our Jiao Master Book." Wang Jiazhu Xu drank too much wine and was confused. ”

"But since the head of the Wang family has asked, then I will help you ask clearly. Jiao Zhushu, dare to ask the bribery officials, what crime will be sentenced according to the Daqing Law, and what is the sentence? ”

Jiao Zuowen suddenly had a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he deeply regretted in his heart, how could he have remembered that he had let Li Chengjing accept the errand of the torture room, let alone that he had caused so many incidents on a whim.

He wanted to fool the past, but seeing Li Chengjing's serious expression, Jiao Zuowen's heart trembled and blurted out.

"According to the law of Daqing, the bribe giver is guilty of the same crime as the bribe-taker, and the bribe is five taels or less, and the rod is forty years, and the prison sentence is two years. Sixty taels or more of bribes, one hundred rods, and three thousand miles of exile. Those who accept bribes of more than 100 taels will be abandoned by the head of the market. ”

After speaking, Jiao Zuowen immediately regretted it.

After Li Chengjing finished speaking, he looked at Wang Fugui and said with a smile: "The head of the Wang family also heard that Wang Qing bribed ten taels of silver, and according to the law of Daqing, he would have to pay a rod for forty years and two years. Now it's clear that there should be no hesitation in my heart! ”

Wang Fugui was stunned and looked at Li Chengjing in disbelief.

"That's it?"

It's not that the punishment is too heavy, but it's too light.

Looking at the yamen, it was clear that he was ready to take the opportunity to open his mouth and bite himself hard, but he didn't expect that Li Chengjing would say that the crime was just to beat forty boards and then squat in prison for two years.

If it were ordinary people, it would naturally be a very heavy punishment, but for them, the gentry and wealthy families, it was not a matter at all.

In the past, Wang Fugui was naturally difficult to accept, but compared to the seizure of his family property, now this punishment is already a blessing.

The serious expressions of the surrounding gentry suddenly lightened, and the scene returned to a cheerful atmosphere.

Wang Fugui was even more grateful, and even secretly scolded himself for being confused, and even sent someone to assassinate this person, but fortunately, he did not succeed and he was not exposed.

Just when Wang Fugui was happy.

Li Chengjing said lightly: "But the master of the Wang family, instead of worrying about Lingzi's bribery, you should worry about other things." ”

The wine that Wang Fugui had already brought to his mouth froze instantly, looked at Li Chengjing suspiciously, put down the wine glass and asked, "Something else?" The villain didn't understand the meaning of the old man's words. ”

Li Chengjing said lightly: "After being verified by the torture room, the theft of the cattle by the cattle is a false accusation, but Wang Qing deliberately designed and framed it in order to occupy the five acres of fertile land reclaimed by the cattle soil, and the evidence is conclusive!" ”

When Wang Fugui heard this, his heart trembled.

As a gentry, he is not an ordinary person who does not read and does not understand anything.

But they know the law of Daqing.

Sure enough, Li Chengjing continued: "Framing others, according to my Daqing law, is the same as bribery, and it will be punished by sitting back. A person who falsely accuses another person of answering a crime shall be punished with a second-degree punishment. Except for those who falsely accuse a person of exile and be punished with a rod, the crime shall be increased by three degrees, except for those who falsely accuse a person of death and sit on the contrary and die, and shall be punished with one hundred and fifty rods for each crime, and shall be exiled for three thousand li and serve for three years. ”

"And your son-in-law framed a false accusation of stealing your family's ploughing cattle, according to the investigation of the torture room, the value of the ploughing cattle is about eighty taels, so your son-in-law will be convicted of stealing. According to the law of Daqing, stealing less than five taels of property, shaving one's hair, five hundred arms, and fifty rods, stealing more than five taels of property, less than ten taels, exile, and one hundred rods. Whoever steals more than 10 taels of property shall divide the amount stolen by the amount of the stolen by the severed arm, shaving the hair, the cane, the exile or the beheading. ”

"And ploughing cattle is worth eighty taels of silver, which is already a felony, and according to the law of Daqing, it should be punished with shaving hair, black arms, and a staff of one hundred and fifteen, and exile for three thousand miles. According to the responsibility of falsely accusing others, Wang Qingdang was sentenced to the crime of false accusation of theft, shaving his hair, wearing his arms, and a staff of 15 years, exiled for 3,000 miles, and serving for three years! ”

"I'm afraid this is what the head of the Wang family should be worried about. This official sees that the head of the Wang family is not too old, why don't you consider having another one? ”

"Whoa!" With a bang, the bowl fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

Wang Fugui sat on the ground with his butt and fell to the ground with most of the table of wine and food.

A group of gentry was dumbfounded.

Most of them were scholars, and even in the past dynasties, the punishment for theft was extremely severe. For example, one of the most inconspicuous punishments is the Bow.

Even if it is stealing property, the government will tattoo the crime on the arm of the thief, the first time tattoo one arm, the second time tattoo the other arm, if it is the third time, no matter how much property is stolen, it will be directly sentenced to the head of the thief.

It can be seen that the punishment is severe.

What's more, if you falsely accuse others, you must increase the number of crimes according to the punishment that the person who made the false accusation if he had been wronged.

Li Chengjing made it clear and told Wang Fugui, don't think too much, your son is at least exiled for 3,000 miles, and it is basically impossible to come back in this life if he does not die.

At this time, Li Chengjing stood up with a sneer, looked at the gentry, and said: "This official knows what the purpose of your banquet today is, so it is better to make it clear today, and save yourself from entanglement in the future." This official is to rectify the rule of officials, whether you obeyed the law before, or if you were really dirty, this official is not to blame in the past. But from today onwards, I also ask you to abide by the law and behave as a person, so that the official can guarantee here that he will not trouble you. But if you feel that the weight of this official's words is not enough, you still go your own way, and regard the law of Daqing as nothing, believe this official, I will let you know whether the blade of the execution knife in Yizi City is good enough! ”

Some people died, but not completely......