284 accomplices
Su Qingluan said, took out something from his arms, and threw it on the ground to see that it was a dark blue purse embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns.
When the purse fell to the ground, it made a "dang long" sound, and it looked like there were some silver coins in it.
Sui Qingluan pointed to the purse: "There should be a few taels of broken silver in itβspeaking of which, the money that this liar cheated away is also a dozen taels, right?" Su Qingluan raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Xi.
At this time, Xi Niangzi had already taken out all the silver coins that had been taken away from the liar before, and counted them, even if the scattered copper plates were counted, there were twelve or three taels.
Su Qingluan sneered: "With the silver in my purse, there must be almost twenty taels - it doesn't matter if you don't, I'll go to my father's stall and get some later." β
When he said this, Su Qingluan kept looking at the liar who was wriggling like maggots on the ground but couldn't break free with a smile that seemed to be smiling.
The three strands of the liar's original fairy wind bones had been rubbed and mixed with the dirt on the very dirty yellow earth, and had become a whole piece, looking very messy and dejected, and he couldn't see the appearance of a fairy before.
The liar seemed to think of something, and his face changed, and the muscles on his cheeks began to tremble and twist with fear: "You...... What the hell are you going to do?! β
"I don't do anything, but if according to the laws of this dynasty, if the theft, deception, and embezzlement of property reach a certain amount, it must not be such a simple matter as whipping, right?"
In fact, the so-called "whipping" is not really whipped with a "whip", but also with a stick. It's just that this kind of torture instrument is relatively small, and the damage is relatively small, at most ten days and a half in bed, and the person who has been flogged and punished can resume his activities on the ground.
However, if the amount of money is large enough, it is not as simple as being beaten, and there are also cane punishment and exile. And the exiled people will definitely go to the border or do hard labor, although this is not a death sentence, but there is a saying that "a few people from the ancient war will return", which is basically equivalent to a suspended execution.
In short, once the amount of property of another person is too large due to theft and fraud, it is likely that there will be no return due to the penalty.
Although the swindler did not know exactly how much money he had to defraud before he was sentenced to "exile", it did not prevent him from knowing that there was such a law.
This person is usually just abducted and cheated, doing some things like stealing chickens and dogs, and he doesn't have the courage or ability to do anything big, so naturally he never thought that he would suffer from exile.
So when he heard Su Qingluan's words, he immediately understood what the other party wanted to do, and struggled: "You are lying!" I didn't take ...... That money isn't mine! β
"Isn't it important to you?" Su Qingluan held up his purse casually, pulled the drawstring on it and loosened it, and sprinkled the broken silver and the scattered copper plates in front of the liar, "You pretended to be a Taoist priest and came here to swindle and deceive, which is clear to the neighbors, and you have indeed defrauded the money." β
So as for how much to deceive, as long as Su Qingluan and the Liu family make a good confession, the Liu family has always been able to catch Langzhong in the Rejuvenation Hall in the past few years, so for them, a few taels of silver is not an insurmountable astronomical amount, and it will not arouse anyone's suspicion, but it can make the liar "add one more crime".
In fact, this liar has suffered on his own. Originally, if he hadn't run a "half-fairy" character for himself, keep a low profile, and lack third-party witnesses, the case would have fallen into a deadlock of "the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable".
It's just that at the beginning, in order to gain the trust of Liu Sheng and Xi Niangzi, he was very strong, and he basically wanted to clean the water and splash the red carpet on the street to open the way - although there was no red carpet.
When I arrived at Liu's house, I was a great god and a sacrifice, and many neighbors around me saw it. Now that Su Qingluan has broken his scam, these noisy neighbors are the best witnesses to this person's deception.
It's really a good reincarnation of heaven, and the sky has spared anyone.
Su Qingluan saw that the liar turned pale with fright, squatted down and pulled the other party's hair condescendingly and smiled: "Of course, you can also have other choices, as long as you confess who your accomplice is." β
"Accomplices?" Xi Niangzi frowned when she heard this, "But Su girl, this is the bull-nosed Taoist priest who came from beginning to end today?" "Yes, it seems that Mrs. Xi is also very angry, and she is not a "master" and "immortal".
Su Qingluan let go of the liar's head, turned around and looked up at Xi Niangzi: "Haven't you ever thought that why your Uncle Liu, who is recovering well, suddenly has a 'sharp deterioration' in his condition, and now he is casually 'exorcized', and he is suddenly better again, isn't this too much of a coincidence?" β
Liu Yunniang raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Qingluan, do you mean that the Jianghu Langzhong who treated Daddy before was also a liar?" β
Su Qingluan nodded: "And it should be this person's accomplice, but he may also really have two brushes - it is more convenient and easier to win people's trust by half-truths." Most importantly, I suspect that the reason why Uncle Liu's legs have become sore, numb and weak, is the temporary effect of some drugs that this person secretly used. β
"So Daddy's legs today are not 'getting better', but 'returning to their original state' - because today's Jianghu Langzhong didn't 'diagnose and treat' Daddy, and naturally he didn't have the opportunity to get close to Daddy's legs to do anything!"
Su Qingluan snapped her fingers: "Yun Niang is so smart!" What's more, this liar came to 'exorcise evil spirits' today, if he calculated the time when the drug took effect, he would be able to make Uncle Liu's legs gradually 'improve' after his 'practice', and everyone would naturally be more convinced of him as a 'master'! β
What made Su Qingluan even more angry was that listening to the symptoms described by Liu Sheng and Xi Niangzi, Liu Sheng's legs were probably smeared unknowingly or secretly drugged and forced to take some nerve-paralyzing drugs.
Thanks to the "experience" of treating diseases in his previous life, Su Qingluan has a considerable degree of understanding of these psychotropic narcotic drugs, and one of the most important points is that this narcotic drug, even if it is a sedative-hypnotic drug with relatively less strict control, will have addiction and withdrawal after a large number of repeated use.
What's more, if this nerve anesthetic drug is not used properly, it will cause the body to produce a variety of neurotoxic symptoms, although most of them are temporary, but they will also be uncomfortable for a while. For example, it will slow down intestinal peristalsis and cause constipation, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and produce vomiting, etc.
Thinking of the pain he suffered in his previous life because of the side effects of these medicines, and thinking that there is absolutely no drug dosage monitoring in this era, let alone controlling the minimum effective dosage, Uncle Liu's body doesn't know how much damage he has suffered, Su Qingluan hates itchy.
It's even more hateful than the over-treatment in the previous life - because it's purely for deception!
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan felt even more angry.
Sometimes, it is easy to fall into some blind spots when people are in a puzzle. After all, Xi Niangzi and Liu Sheng are really walking the rivers and lakes, and they have been in contact with people from three religions and nine streams. As soon as Su Qingluan said this, they thought back to the beginning and end of the matter, and also found a lot of doubts and scrutiny.
It's just that because of the eagerness to recover before, I fell for the way of a liar. And they looked at the liar's wonderful look and knew that even if what Su Qingluan said was not complete, it was not too much.
Knowing that now is not the time to get angry, Su Qingluan took a deep breath and continued to ask: "How is it, do you want to go to the county government to surrender and confess - you know, surrendering and confessing will reduce the punishment." β
The reason why Su Qingluan has a certain degree of understanding of the lower limit of the heavier punishment and some of the provisions of the law is because he borrowed those law books from Mu Xingzhi before.
At this time, Xi Niangzi also came over and stepped on the liar's shoulder condescendingly, making him unable to move: "Speaking of which, you are soft and hard, but you refuse to admit that your brother who is a fellow citizen is a fellow believer, and there is a brotherly anger in the locality." However, I wonder if your 'brother' will be like you? β
"You...... What the hell do you mean by that?! Hearing Xi Niangzi's words, the liar couldn't help but struggle, but Xi Niangzi's kung fu on her feet was very good, and she continued her weight advantage from top to bottom, which made her strength more economical. So after struggling for a long time, the man could only continue to eat soil with his face down unwillingly, and he couldn't see the facial expressions of the people above his head.
Xi Niangzi kept the action of stepping on the liar's shoulder, and sneered: "Whether you want to or not, we will send you to the county government to report to the official." When the time comes, he will naturally say to the county magistrate, and say that your 'brother' in Langzhong. I just don't know, can this brother of yours promise to keep his mouth shut like you and not confess to you in order to get away with it? β
Liu Sheng also answered: "I heard that this county magistrate is honest and approachable, we can suggest that the two of you be interrogated separately, I wonder if you can keep your morality towards your brothers and live and die together without serial confessions?" β
Su Qingluan said in his heart that it was really an old Jianghu, this is simply a heart-wrenching statement!
In fact, the point of Liu Sheng's words is not whether the Liu family of a civilian can succeed in "admonishing" the county magistrate, but to let the liar know that there can also be a "separate interrogation" method.
This kind of "interrogation" does not even require any harsh punishment, it is simply a tactic - whether two people can keep a common secret while threatening their own safety without a cross-word at all.
It is already very difficult to simply advance and retreat together, not to mention that there is another condition that is very fatal to this "alliance of liars" - to confess and betray the other party first, you can reduce your punishment.
So how likely is it that a liar who wants to go the wrong way will risk being betrayed and guilty of not confessing to the other party?