The city lord of Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "This matter has nothing to do with you, your lord, you haven't returned for several years, you don't even know them, and the bitter lord is yourself, so the city lord can only persuade you to pay attention to controlling your subordinates in the future." ...... And if the people in your house disturb the etiquette laws of the country, the lord of this city will never let it go. ”

At this time, Shao Wu interjected: "Lord Peng Keng's words are also deeply touched by this gentleman. There are many misdeeds of the people in the country, and I, as the king, should also blame myself, and since this case happened in the country of Bamu, I have my responsibility. ”

Shaowu's opening is tantamount to showing his identity, and his words are very measured, and he is actually comforting the tiger baby in public. Huwa and Xiaoyang City Lord both stood up and saluted: "The lord is serious, I am ashamed!"

The onlookers in front of the hall and the lively people in the square made a roaring voice, everyone did not know in advance that Shaowu was coming, but at this moment they knew that not only Lord Peng Keng, but also the monarch had also arrived, and they were sitting in the hall to listen to the trial! At this moment, regardless of whether Shaowu could be seen or not, from the front of the hall to the square, all the people bowed down and bowed to the monarch in one direction.

Shao Wu knew that there would be this scene, got up and raised his hand and said, "Everyone, don't disturb the city lord to continue to ask about the case." ”

After calm returned inside and outside the lobby, Huwa pointed at Tengjin and Fujihua again: "Lord of the City, how should they punish them?"

The Xiaoyang City Lord, who had returned to his seat, said very simply: "Each person will be punished with twenty rods!"

Everyone was taken aback, the city lord was also punished too heavily! The long ears and the velvet offenses have nothing to do with rattan gold and rattan flowers, as the housekeepers of the house, they can't talk about lax control, but it's a bit of negligence in employing people, according to common sense, it's almost the same to be reprimanded by the head of the family, why do you have to be punished?

But after listening to what Huwa said just now, everyone was also thinking in their hearts. It seems to make sense. Where these two housekeepers are wrong, Lord Peng Keng's family has already made it very clear, so the city lord didn't say anything more. But the twenty torture rods are too heavy, and if the people with bad bones are not careful, and the government officials are not careful in execution, they may be killed.

Tengjin and Fujihua didn't say a word, they were willing to accept the punishment, and the government servants stepped forward from both sides, crackling and cracking and beating each with twenty torture sticks. The person was lying on his stomach at the time of the torture, and the torture stick was struck on the back and buttocks. The sound was very loud.

Tengjin and Fujihua are both demon cultivators, and their muscles and bones are far stronger than ordinary people, and these twenty torture sticks will not hurt their muscles and bones, but the main thing that is cut in the public court is face, which is completely different from the meaning of being punished at home behind closed doors.

In front of everyone's eyes and in front of the monarch, the government officials who executed did not dare to attack too lightly, at least they had to fight vigorously, with majesty and posture, and the government officials were sweating. And the vine gold and the vine flower did not dare not cry out for pain and did not dare to scream too badly, and waited for the board to finish. Huwa nodded and said, "Get up and retreat!"

Tengjin and Fujihua got up obediently with grinned teeth, and did not continue to stand in front of the hall, but ran to stand behind the tiger baby. At this time, I listened to Yang Hanling's secret thoughts: "You have to thank Lord Xiaoyang, he deliberately punished him heavily." This board is over, even if it is a break in public. No one can continue to use this matter as an excuse to attack you and Lord Peng Keng.

There is today's punishment, and the king is on the spot. It can also establish rules of etiquette for the disposal of various cities in the country. The affairs of Lord Peng Keng's mansion are still like this, if something similar happens in other people's mansions in the country, they must not be spared, let alone disposed of. And most people don't have as good a body as you. That's the best deterrent. ”

Tengjin and Fujihua nodded quietly to show that Xiaoyang was their brother of the same generation, and of course they knew that this city lord would not harm them. Obviously it was a matter of long-eared and velvet criminals, Huwa first blamed herself, and the monarch also sighed, and then Tengjin and Tenghua were each punished with twenty torture sticks, what should we do with the two main owners next?

The city lord of Xiaoyang did not waste time, and directly pronounced the sentence: Long ears and velvet openly plundered in the city outline, and according to the circumstances at that time, he should have been punished by exile. However, Master Pang Keng's other accusations were that they used methods to secretly injure people during the robbery, and the hidden danger would occur in a few months, which could endanger their lives, so they should be beheaded. As a rule, it should be reported to the monarch and the execution should be carried out after approval. ”

Each city may convict a capital offense when adjudicating a case, but it may not carry out an execution without authorization. After the sentence is completed, the punishment of beheading must be reported to the national capital, reviewed by the Rissho Lord, and finally approved by the monarch before it can be executed. But today is easy to do, the monarch is sitting here, and the young man said: "Accurate! ”

Long ears and velvet screamed in terror, or shouted or begged for mercy, but their mana and supernatural changes were sealed, and they struggled at the moment, and then their mouths were blocked again, and then they were pushed out of the lobby and escorted outside the south gate to be beheaded. The tiger baby glanced at Yang Hanling, Yang Hanling nodded quietly, and used his magic power to make a trick.

Long ears and velvet are demon cultivators, and when they are decapitated, they go down with a knife and appear immediately. Yang Hanling cast a spell to cover up a little, so that the people can still see the human body, only the monks who are clear and clear in the four realms can see that it is the corpse of the original body of the monster when they unfold the original god. The executioners were the king's personal guards, but at the moment there were not many people running out of the city to see the beheading, and everyone was still gathered in the square, because there was still a case that had not been tried.

The news that the person who identified it was Master Peng Keng, and that the monarch's young affairs were in the hall had already spread, and all the prisoners who were brought to the hall were as pale as dirt, and the interrogation process was very smooth. In fact, the inside story of the case has long been clarified, and it is only a public trial at the moment.

However, the significance of this passage is very important, and it is necessary to let the people in the country know what is clear. Shao Wu gave Xiao Yang a very embarrassing opportunity, so he interrogated him in public. Ding Gongzhu, the four monks of the Qiaoshan Sect, and the Ding Gong clan were interrogated in turn, and finally the city lord of Xiaoyang summarized the case.

Things have come to this point, even sharper than the chief ear and the velvet, and the final verdict is about to be announced. The city lord Xiaoyang left the table and went to the front of the hall, bowed to the young man, and said: "This matter involves my in-law family, and when it comes to conviction and sentencing, the minister should avoid suspicion and ask the lord for permission." ”

Shao Wu nodded and said, "You can step down, Master Chuan is in the hall." ”

Xiaoyang had to avoid it at the moment, and Shaowu also agreed to his request. Huwa sued here, and Xiaoyang interrogated the case here, but it was not easy for Xiaoyang to judge it. Because no matter what Xiaoyang judges, those with ulterior motives will find an excuse to attack. Some people will say that the sentence is light, and Xiaoyang deliberately favoritism, and some people will say that the sentence is heavy, and Xiaoyang protects himself and does not think about his relatives. Anyway, people have two skins in their mouths, and they will say anything, and they don't have to bear any responsibility.

The good-haired man with a long beard came to the hall and made the final verdict: the four monks of the Qiaoshan Sect who kidnapped the snake girl were beheaded; Ding Gongzhu, who knew that he did not act against the conspiracy with the murderer, was beheaded; and those who were directly involved in the matter in the Ding Gong clan were regarded as conspiracy and were also beheaded. The whole clan of the Ding Gong clan, cutting the hereditary title and cutting the clan title, all migrated to the West Boundary Mountain.

Ding Gongzhu is rightly worried, if this matter is thoroughly investigated, it will be the disaster of the Qiaoshan Sect and the Ding Gong Clan. The punishment for so-called clan crimes is also divided into three grades: the first class is to punish the whole clan, which is the heaviest; the second class is to ambush those directly related to the crime, and the rest of the people are punished as slaves; and the third class is to ambush and punish the people directly involved, while the rest of the clan is displaced and the clan no longer exists.

When the bearded man pronounced the sentence, the punishment was set for the third degree. Such a judgment is somewhat of a figurative thought of Shaowu, the monarch definitely doesn't want Xiaoyang to be too difficult to be a man in the future, and on the other hand, it also takes into account the current reality of the Bamuro country.

During the war a few years ago, many people fled their homes in various places, and many of them were taken with them. For example, the remnants of the Zheng and Xiang kingdoms were still there, and they took with them a lot of troops and men when they retreated. The area around the West Boundary Mountain is the boundary between the original Xiangguo and the Zheng Muro, which is sparsely populated for various reasons, but there are large areas of land suitable for reclamation at the two feet of it, and now it is in the hinterland of the Bamuro country.

From the densely populated center of Ba Yuan, the migration of people to settle there and reclaim is also beneficial to the national strength of the Ba Mu country. Although many people in the Ding Gong clan now take Ding Gong as their surname, they no longer enjoy the rewarded clan name "Ding Gong", and they will not live alone in the Xijie Mountain, but will be scattered to various places to replenish the lost village population.

As long as they settle in the local area, cultivate the countryside, and become the residents of the villages there, they can be exempted from the status of sinners, but there is no Ding Gong clan in the Ba Mu country, only those village residents surnamed Ding Gong who are scattered to the western boundary mountain, and many of them may not use this surname in the future.

When the lord of Xiaoyang City asked about the case and when the bearded lord announced the verdict, he did not mention the Xiaoyang lady Xiaohuan, who had left the clan, and the young man did not make it clear how Xiaoyang would deal with the family affairs of the back house.

After the verdict of this case was announced, the relevant criminals did not behead in Yeliang City, but were sent to the national capital to ambush and execute. The lord of Xiaoyang City later sent Xiaohuan to return to the clan, and Xiaohuan returned to the clan at this time, and was also exiled to the Western Boundary Mountain, becoming an ordinary resident of the local village, but she was at least able to keep her safe - these are all for later.

The well-haired lord pronounced the verdict in the court, and the monarch ordered that the relevant prisoners be taken to the capital to be beheaded, and then walked out of the city lord's mansion surrounded by ministers and personal guards to greet the people. All the people in the square knelt down and chanted, and the scene was spectacular. Until Shaowu returned home and closed the door, the people still bowed and bowed.

The matter of Yeliang City was over, and the young man asked Huwa: "Senior brother is finally back, do you want to take up a post in the school palace next?"

Huwa shook her head and said: "You gave me the position of learning righteousness, I didn't know it at the time, and I am ashamed that I have never taken care of things." Since Xiling and Hou Gang are well handled, I don't have to go to do much more. Hou Gang is trained by the order of Cangjie's predecessors, I am afraid that he will not stay in the country for a long time, and when the time is ripe in the future, you might as well be promoted to Xiling to serve as a scholar. ...... I have not recovered from my injuries and will have to go back to Pengshan for retreat during this time. ”

Shaowu: "I'll send you back to Pengshan first, and when you leave the customs, I'll see you again." ”

Of course, Huwa understood what Shaowu meant, and at that time he was going to teach Jinghua Jue, and nodded: "At that time, you might as well invite Mr. Changling to see if Hanxiong can arrive." If Xiao Miao is free, take her with you. I heard that Lingbao, Zhu Sanxian, and Lin Xiao are all leading the army, and if there is no war, I want to summon them all to Pengshan. Well, I will call Xiling and Hou Gang together again. ”

Shao Wu smiled: "You have been here for nearly three years, and we haven't been together for a long time." When you get out of the customs, just send a message, and I'll summon everyone to it. (To be continued......)