"Okay, I'll continue. Others want to make money, and I want to make money. And I am in a high position, and I have more ways and means than others. I am in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and I am responsible for the exchanges with the foreign tribes of Xijiang, Xisha, Tianhai, and Nanban. And these places, they have rich resources, such as salt, gold and silver, copper and iron, horses, cattle and sheep, and even population. So I made a deal with them. I helped them open up the joints, sold low-priced private salt to the Tiandu Dynasty, sold low-priced tea to the outer frontiers, and then sold their minerals and women to the Central Plains at a high price. Of course, at the beginning, it was just a small fight, but then the business became bigger and bigger, and the appetite naturally increased. And with the increase of money, I can naturally get more officials, my position is naturally stronger, and my arrogance is increasing day by day. As a result, my sons and grandsons have also embarked on this road of no return. In the past, I always thought that my grandson, Tao Zhili, was stupid, killed people in the street, raped and insulted women, and was finally beaten to death. Now I understand that it was my stupidity, my fault, that led them to the point of no return one by one. But this world is too unfair, the bad guys are always triumphant, and the good guys are bullied. If I had to choose again, I'm afraid I would have made the same choice back then. Speaking of this, Tao Feng wiped his tears again.

"Okay, got it. In the list you handed over, there were 39 officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and 28 people from the four major prefectures of Longcheng. and fifty-six members of the Tianwu Gang, the Flying Bear Gang, and the Muliang Gang. Now tell me about their situation and how they killed for you. "Luofan.

Tao Feng took another sip of tea, and continued: "The business is bigger, and there are naturally more people who know it, and there are more joints to be bought. In these years, there are few officials who are not greedy. As long as I give them a fair share, they will be willing to do it. And for those who don't want to join, I can easily find an excuse to remove them. I made a list of dozens of officials, and they were the people most involved in the case, and many of the joints were also arranged by them. And if I want to do big things, I naturally need to have a profitable helper. In addition to the guards under the Department of Foreign Affairs, I recruited the Tianwu Gang, the Flying Bear Gang, and the Muliang Gang to help me with my work. These three gangs are responsible for the escort of smuggling on weekdays. And on the way, if they encounter black and white roads blocking the road, they will also come forward to solve it. With my support, these three gangs have become more and more bold. Sometimes, when they are found transporting, they kill them. ”

"Extinguish? Let me ask you, did you massacre Lijia Village, Bingcheng Xiaogui Village, and Huangcheng Tuya Village in the southwest of Fucheng? Luo Fan slapped the table.

Tao Feng nodded and sighed: "They did it." The business is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more things are being shipped. They told me to build some secret warehouses in various places for transit, and those remote villages were the most suitable. I was going to give them the money and ask them to move the villagers away, but I didn't want them to kill all the villagers for the money. There were also a few times when the princes of the Tiandu Dynasty found clues and extorted money from them, but they were all killed. ”

At this time, Luo Fan looked at the three gang leaders kneeling on the ground in the front row, patted the table and asked, "Tianwu Gang Leader Helian Tie, Flying Bear Gang Leader Xu Wei, and Muliang Gang Leader Shan Bian, the three of you can hear clearly." Lord Tao Feng, it means that he participated in the sale of illicit salt and slaughtered the village, can you admit it? ”

"I don't recognize it! This old thing is looking for its own death, but it is talking nonsense and implicating us. I think he ate too much and blindfolded his brain. What's more, we are the people of the Black and White Alliance, whether we are guilty or not, we should not have your Tiandu Dynasty to ask! The three gang leaders craned their necks and shouted.

"You don't approve of it, so you can't help it, someone came to bring the three gang hall masters forward." Luo Fan slapped the table.

Immediately, more than a dozen hall masters were escorted again, and those people stepped forward, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting: "We confess, we confess." Everything we have told us to do, and we are willing to confess our sins. ”

"Damn it. What good has this kid given you, you dare to betray me! According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, if you betray the gang leader, you should be destroyed! You are not afraid of death, but you must also think about your family! Seeing the mutiny of his subordinates, the three gang leaders immediately raised their voices and threatened.

However, their threats are simply useless.

Qiu Dadeng, the master of the Gaoyi Hall of the Tianwu Gang, led the kneeling to the front, looked at Luo Fan and flattered and shouted: "Luo is always arrested, we confess our guilt." It was the three of them who forced us to do it. I am from the Tianwu Gang, I have all the evidence of Helian Tie's crimes, and I have all the evidence of his smuggling, murder and so on! Immediately afterwards, other hall masters also stepped forward to give evidence.

"Damn! Qiu Headlight, you idiot, what's in it for you to identify me. We are the members of the Black and White Alliance, and he can't help us. You are killing yourself by identifying us now! When Lao Tzu goes out, I have to pull out your skin! Helian Iron roared angrily.

Qiu Dadeng turned around and scolded: "Phew! Helian Tie, don't resist. Can you deal with the thunder and the gods, the Mu Gang and the Donglai Gate are much bigger than our gang, and they have not been wiped out, has the Black and White Alliance said a word? Hurry up and confess your guilt, maybe the gods will catch the grace of the adults and spare your life. ”

Hearing this, Helian Tie and the others then remembered, yes, this is the world-famous living Yama in front of him, he wants to kill people, who can stop him, for a while, all his backs sweated, and there was no trace of majesty!

At this moment, the three hundred prisoners kneeling in the field knelt down and begged for mercy: "We confess, we confess, beg the thunder chief god to arrest and spare their lives!" ……”

Luo Fan slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Those who take the initiative to confess their sins will be reduced by one degree, and those who take the initiative to expose others will be reduced by one degree." and when he is guilty of a capital offense, he shall be sentenced to exile. When the family is connected, it is no longer implicated. When the house is raided, it will be changed to a light punishment! If there are those who conceal it, if there are those who resist to death, the sin will be increased by two degrees, and the sin will be brought to the family! ”

For a while, everyone in the audience began to enthusiastically confess their guilt. Actually, Luo Fan had already negotiated the conditions with each of them last night. For those prisoners who were certain to die, Luofan gave them the condition that they would not kill their family members and keep their family's talents and property enough to live. As for those who are mortal and stubborn, all they need to do is let their subordinates prove it.

Next, Tao Feng and his people did not hide anything, telling one crime after another, and laying out one crime after another. Some of the people who heard the trial were indignant, and some were shocked and covered in cold sweat. Qiao Bafang, Yin Shaocheng, Kou Ling and others were so frightened that they quit early. The methods of falling into the world are too terrible, and if any of them were on the stage today, they would not be able to withstand such a judgment.

Only Sima Yue sat upright and did not leave, she listened carefully to the confessions of each prisoner, and she carefully watched the entire trial process. The judgment of Luo Fan made her sincerely frightened in her heart, but there was a trace of unexpected feelings. It was a passion that had dissipated in the past, a hope that had buried in the dirt. Back then, when I was young, what I longed for was to become a person like Luofan, but one wrong step was the wrong step, and now I can only go on in the dark. However, seeing such a strong opponent, Sima Yue no longer felt angry and troublesome, but more accepting and calm.

By dusk, the case was finally heard. Luo Fan picked up the verdict, stood up and said, "Everyone in the audience listens to the verdict." The Tao Feng case involved a huge amount of money, and there were many subjects committed. Therefore, I have divided the perpetrators into three categories, the first of which is inevitable. In the second category, serious crimes can be punished, and in the third category, co-ordination should be punished. In the first category, death is inevitable, and there is no room for forgiveness because the crime committed is serious. In the second category, serious crimes can be punished, which are among the death penalty, and the criminal department will continue to verify the charges and impose a light or heavy sentence. The third category, the co-accomplices, will also be verified by the Criminal Division and then sentenced. ”

"Read out below, the first category of the list of inevitable deaths: the Department of Foreign Affairs Tianqing Shen Arrest Tao Feng, the Department of Foreign Affairs Shen Arrest Tao Yi and Tao Xiang, the Department of Foreign Affairs arrest officials Tao Qianji, Tao Yun, Tao Hui, Tao Jiao, Tao Ge, the chief of the Tao family's guards, and the housekeeper Hou Xiang——"

As soon as Luo Fan pronounced the name of Hou Xiang, Hou Xiang seemed to have been struck by lightning, and he quickly bounced his head and shouted: "No, there shouldn't be me." Thunder is always a god, you promised me. As long as I am willing to testify against Tao Feng, you forgive me for my innocence, and you can't be untrustworthy. ”

Seeing the noisy Hou Xiang, everyone also looked at it curiously.

Luo Fan said coldly: "What Lord Ben promised, naturally I won't forget." I ask you, what did Lord Ben say yesterday? ”

"You say, if only we would report the truth and tell all the sinful deeds, we would be forgiven without sin. I have already testified against Tao Feng and confessed my guilt. Hou Xiang still replied in a confused manner.

"That's true. Ben-sama's words, you remember them clearly. So, have you ever reported your sin truthfully? You are a potter's housekeeper, but you forcibly occupy other people's land, forcibly marry people's daughters, and even ordered the Flying Bear Gang to help you kill several people, you can report these, can you deny it? Luo Fan scolded sternly.

Faced with Luofan's accusations, Hou Xiang froze for a while. Wan Er, pretending to be aggrieved, cried: "My lord, you can't listen to others' nonsense." How have I ever forcibly seized other people's land, how have I forcibly married a rice girl, and how have I ever killed someone? It must be someone else who saw me testifying against Tao Feng and deliberately framed me. My lord, you have no evidence to accept such a verdict. ”

Luo Fan slapped the table and shouted: "This official trial has always been fair and open, if you feel unconvinced, then I will let you obey." The heirloom card is in court! ”

Immediately, Jin Jiawei escorted two women, as well as a few peasants. When they came to such a strict land of royal law, they trembled with fear, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

Luo Fan pointed to those people and said: "Hou Xiang, you can see clearly, these two women are the concubines you plundered and robbed, and those few farmers are the parties who were injured and robbed of the property, and I still have the testimony and bills written by various merchants who have bullied the market for many years. Also, the minions of the Flying Bear Gang and their gang leaders can also prove that you are guilty of murder. With such ironclad evidence, what else do you have to say! ”

When Hou Xiang heard this, he was as stupid as a chicken, and he collapsed to the ground. On the side, Tao Feng laughed: "Okay, good judgment!" The living Yama is worthy of the Living Yama, no one wants to hide! Sima Yue, Yin Shaozheng, Kou Ling, Qiao Bafang, and all the colleagues in the court, I Tao Feng will go first, I am waiting for you in hell, you will not live too long than me, hahaha! Hahaha! ”

Tao Feng's last laugh was also his last words to everyone. His words sounded the alarm bell of everyone's death, and the person in charge of this alarm bell was not the king of the Tiandu Dynasty, but the young man in his twenties in front of him.

After Luo Fan finished reading the first list, thirty-nine people all collapsed to the ground, and all that awaited them was death. And the rest of the people are all lucky, because they can live, otherwise according to the laws of the dynasty, they are not estimated to survive.

"That's amazing. There were more than 300 prisoners, and all of them were clearly culpable, and none of them could deny their guilt. This was done overnight, and Luo Fan still has many unknown skills. Zhao Xue's eyes adored, and now Luofan is already a great person in her eyes.

"Yes, I, Xue Yang, have never had such a ability. Don't say one day, even if you give me three months, it is impossible to make these high-ranking people confess. There is really nothing wrong with such a trial. Xue Yang sighed again.

"In this first trial, thirty-nine heads are about to fall to the ground. Luofan is really ruthless. He Mingming said.

"This is already the most lenient sentence. According to the laws of the dynasty, but if you sell illicit salt, half of the people here will not survive. Moreover, the Tao Feng case is not simple, and there must be a lot of things involved in the four major families behind it. Luo Fan is so simple to deal with, one is to deter the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the other is to avoid the expansion of the incident, which can be regarded as the best result. However, his reputation as a living Yama is one more achievement. Ye sighed and frowned.