In the lobby of the Chenghuang Yamen of Tiantong City, standing on both sides of the hall on the left and right in front of the Chenghuang bookcase, the ghosts holding water and fire sticks reversed the previous state of yawning.

The wind swirled gently, and the light of the cloudy sun could not reach the lobby, and it was a little dim.

The ghosts concentrated on it, staring at the gushing Xiao Shizhu with wide eyes, trying to take a closer look at the appearance of this soul, who was speechless and speechless, in the darkness.

Many ghosts have already admired Xiao Shizhu.

In their opinion, Xiao Shizhu in front of him is not only eloquent and knowledgeable, but also brave and dares to speak up.

In the past, the city god who was high in the eyes of the ghosts was questioned bluntly by Xiao Shizhu without any scruples at this time, and the city god was speechless.

"The curator is an official, and he should be familiar with the laws of the Nine Shadows. But he knowingly committed a crime, shielded his son to beat his ghost at will in the school, and sheltered his son so that he could threaten the life and safety of his ghost at will, and should be reduced to the people. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu took a step forward and continued to say aloud to the city god: "And according to the law of the Nine Shadows, the curator will be sentenced to the crime of knowingly committing and harboring murder, and he will be sentenced to at least half a year's labor and imprisonment. ”。

The laws of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are strict, and it will never be said that there are too many times when the net is open.

As long as the evidence is ironclad, then the first offender and the accomplice must be punished.

"Wait a minute, Master Su. At this moment, the local judge beside Chenghuang City retorted to Xiao Shizhu after Xiao Shizhu finished speaking: "If you want us to convict the curator and his son, at least there must be conclusive evidence." Even if you can prove that the female ghost's injuries were caused by the curator's son, there is only physical evidence. If there is no witness or confession, how can the sentence be imposed?".

That's right, although the laws of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are strict and harsh, they are also very evidence-oriented, and they strive to kill a person well, and they will not wronged any ghosts, but they will not let go of any prisoners.

Therefore, the judge used this to refute Xiao Shizhu, which also made sense, and it was not nonsense.

At least for now, Xiao Shizhu has only shown physical evidence. As for the human witnesses, just based on the oral statements between him and the female ghost, the evidence is simply insufficient, and it cannot reach the point of ironclad evidence.

It is true that the curator and his son cannot be convicted on the basis of these alone.

Xiao Shizhu was stunned for a moment, and while calming down a little, he suddenly felt a little regret and chagrin in his heart.

At the beginning, he should have arrested a few students who came here with the curator's son to beat up female ghosts, so that there would be a witness.

"What should I do, do you want to reveal my identity?" Xiao Shizhu was a little in a dilemma for a while, and secretly thought in his heart: "No, the national law is ruthless, even if I reveal my identity, it is not ironclad evidence." Doing so will only make other ghosts who don't know the truth think that I am oppressing people with power, and if the curator's father and son use this to sell miserably, I will be at a loss for words. ”。

Just as Xiao Shizhu racked his brains and thought hard about the countermeasures, the curator and his son beside him sneered again.

The two grimaces were covered with smug looks.

That's right, in addition to the umbrella of officials and officials, there are two other reasons why their father and son are not afraid of the law.

First, the curator's son often beats and scolds other students, but never makes a homicide.

Second, no demon will stand up and testify against his crimes. Because the local city god and the judge, the friendship with the curator is not shallow, and they are all called brothers and sisters in private, and the ghosts in Tiantong City are all known. In this way, even if the curator is dismissed and his son is brought to justice, the local city god and the judge will not let go of the accuser.

It is precisely because of this that their father and son are unscrupulous.

Moreover, this local city god is a lazy official, and he pays attention to everything from a big thing to a small thing. If it can not be troublesome, it will never be dealt with seriously. As long as the curator's son doesn't make trouble and can get by, Chenghuang will naturally not take it seriously.

Coupled with his friendship with the curator, he naturally turned a blind eye to the bad deeds of the curator's son.

This has been the case all year round.

It's just that I didn't expect that Xiao Shizhu came directly to the door today. And Xiao Shizhu stood in the court without fear, and bluntly said that he wanted to sue the curator and his son.

This made it very difficult for Chenghuang to be left and right until his own judge spoke for him. Because he knew in his heart that the curator's son had indeed done a lot of evil things.

Now it's okay, the judge refuted Xiao Shizhu for the city god, which made Xiao Shizhu speechless for a while, and the city god was secretly relieved.

It seems that this matter can be hastily resolved as always.

"There are witnesses. ”。

But just when the curator's father and son and Chenghuang were all secretly proud, thinking that they had won, a ghost behind Xiao Shizhu suddenly shouted loudly to the court.

Xiao Shizhu, who was still meditating, came back to his senses, turned around and looked away, and saw a ghost standing in the group of ghosts, who was on an errand in the academy, who was raising his right hand and shouting to the city god and the judge in the lobby: "I testify that since the curator and his son entered school last year, the curator has repeatedly warned us privately not to meddle in our affairs. So his son has beaten many other students so far, but the curator wants us to turn a blind eye. Otherwise, he will fire us. So we don't dare to meddle in our business either. ”。

This ghost saw Xiao Shizhu's courage, and was unwilling to endure it anymore, nor was he willing to shelter the curator and his son anymore, and bluntly said what he saw and heard.

As soon as these words came out, the city god and the curator in the lobby, the muscles in the corners of their eyes twitched one after another.

In the courtyard outside the lobby, the onlookers were in an uproar.

Immediately afterwards, another school ghost almost took a step forward, squeezed out of the group of ghosts, and continued to shout to the lobby: "This female ghost is a new student who only enrolled this year, so she is often bullied by him." Just because the other party is a weak female ghost, and the family is not rich or expensive, and it is an orphan with no father and mother, so the director's son bullies him unscrupulously. ”。

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and soon the other ghosts also talked nonsense.

"I've seen the curator's son burn the arm of the other party's left hand with red-hot charcoal on this female ghost, and if you don't believe it, you can roll up the sleeve of the female ghost and check it. ”

"I have seen the curator's son beat the female ghost many times, even stabbed her in the palm with scissors, and then laughed as the female ghost screamed in pain. ”......

Under the gossip of the ghosts in the school, the curator's son was frightened, and his whole body trembled again and again.

And Xiao Shizhu had already walked up to the female ghost and whispered to her, "Roll up your sleeves and let me see the burns." ”。

The female ghost cast a grateful glance at the ghosts behind her who were still talking about the bad deeds of the curator's son, and then nodded to Xiao Shizhu, and slowly rolled up the sleeve on her left arm.

The comprehensive staggered on her arms, blue and purple scars, appeared again.

After a while, the burns the size of copper coins on the female ghost's arms were also exposed as the sleeves were rolled up.

The scald on the female ghost's white arm left an ugly reddish-brown scar, which was extremely eye-catching, and Xiao Shizhu gritted his teeth for a while, and his face turned blue again.

"Yes, it's this hand. As the female ghost rolled up her sleeves, the ghosts shouted again, "Probably near the elbow." ”。

Xiao Shizhu and Chenghuang, who listened to the ghost's words, as well as the judge who refuted Xiao Shizhu with his words before, looked at it in the darkness and saw that the burn on the female ghost's arm was indeed near the elbow.

The curator's son, who was not far away, suddenly collapsed to the ground, and his eyes became blank and dull.

The laws of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are strict, and the curator's son knows that this is really ironclad evidence, and he can't run away from serving his sentence and hard labor.

Although they did not lose their lives because of this, the labor performed by the ghost prisoners of the Nine Shadows Kingdom was second only to that of the Beiyin Dynasty, and it was the most bitter and tiring among the many other ghost countries outside the Beiyin Dynasty. Many ghost prisoners did not survive to the end of their hard service.

Be lenient with others, and only target law-abiding ghost people in the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In the face of ironclad evidence, the curator and his son finally felt a sense of despair.

But it seems that retribution will be late, but it will never be absent. Just when the curator and his son were in despair, the guards of Qinglan and Xiao Shizhu walked in with a few students from the academy.

The students hung their heads all the time, not daring to raise their heads to meet him.

Xiao Shizhu looked back and recognized that one of the students was the student who had beaten people with the curator's son before, and was overjoyed.

It seems that Qinglan is from the guards of the forbidden army, and after knowing about this, she hurriedly went to the school hall and brought the fox friends of the curator's son in the past.

Seeing Qing Lan and his guards, bringing the three or five students to the main hall, Xiao Shizhu smiled at Qing Lan and said, "It's really timely. ”。

Although Xiao Shizhu didn't know what method Qinglan used to bring these students, it was undeniable that Qinglan's move relieved Xiao Shizhu's urgent need.

"Lord Chenghuang. After briefly stating that she was Xiao Shizhu, a self-proclaimed follower of Su Gongzi, Qinglan said to the high-flying Chenghuang: "These are the accomplices who beat the female ghost with the curator's son. This is a well-known thing in the academy, please ask Chenghuang to enforce the law impartially and judge justly after asking according to the rules. ”。

"Yes, they are the fox friends of the curator's son, and they are ghosts who bully other students together. ”

Outside the lobby, the ghosts of those halls shouted in unison.

The curator's son, who was sitting on the ground, had despair in his eyes.

Chenghuang, who was difficult to ride a tiger, looked at the judge on the side, but saw that the judge was also helpless and at a loss.

After thinking about it for a while, the city god could only bite the bullet and inquire about the few students brought by Qinglan according to the procedure.

The result is that although Xiao Shizhu acted impulsively and bravely, he did not wronged the curator's son.

In this way, the city god is even more difficult.

The verdict also proves that his previous inaction and blind tolerance of the curator's father and son are guilty of dereliction of duty. If the verdict is not made, it will definitely cause public resentment.

And Chenghuang saw that Xiao Shizhu didn't look like a ghost to be messed with, and knew that it was impossible to send Xiao Shizhu away casually like he had sent other ghost people in the past, so he was even more embarrassed for a while, and couldn't help but take off his black gauze hat, scratching his ears and cheeks, very irritable and anxious.

Xiao Shizhu was not in a hurry, he walked to the curator's son who was still stunned, took out a box of ointment from his sleeve, took the little ghost's hand, and after applying some of the ointment to the other party's wrist that was broken by him, he gave the box of ointment to the little ghost: "If you apply this medicine for ten days in a row, the bone crack on your hand will be healed." Be a good ghost, next time don't rely on your own father who is an official, just do nonsense. Next time, I won't break your wrist, I'll definitely break your neck. ”。

Without waiting for the little ghost to come back to his senses, Xiao Shizhu paced to the middle of the lobby again, stood still and faced the anxious Chenghuang with a face on his face, and said loudly behind him: "Please judge Chenghuang according to the law." ”......

The waves crashed on the shore, violently hitting the boulders at the foot of the mountain near the sea on the west side of Dushuo Mountain, and the fortifications of the Nine Shadows Kingdom built on the coast.

The wind and rain were shaking in the monstrous waves, and it was dark under the dark cloud-covered sky.

Occasionally, there was a rapidly cloudy light, and through the small gaps in the dark clouds, beams of light were also in the dimness, and they looked pale and weak.

However, in the rain curtain in the sky, the rain and mist that drifted past the place where the beam fell, were all clearly illuminated.

The waves roared on the rough sea, and between the wind and the water, the waves several feet high rolled in. The peace and tranquility of the past are long gone.

Under the storm, it stood on the Dushuo Mountain by the sea, but because the crown of the big tree on the top of the mountain was not destroyed by the torrential rain.

It's just that the earth is full of dampness, and the stones are full of water droplets, but there is a smell of death.

In less than ten days, more than 3,000 ghosts from the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom stationed here were infected with the ghost plague. Half of the sick ghost soldiers did not make it to the wind and torrential rain that would prevail after dawn today.

The high fatality rate is frightening, but the cure rate is very low, which makes the vicinity of Dushuo Mountain full of terror and panic.

If a soldier dies of illness is still alive, his body will turn to dust and powder not long after death, and the plague will disappear in his body.

If the demon soul is in trouble, the body will not be destroyed after death, and the plague will not remain in the corpse.

The king of Yama had to order that the corpses of the sick and dead soldiers should be burned, and that the corpses should not be buried in the sand, let alone directly transported back to the soldiers' hometowns.

The ashes of the corpses burned by the flames were divided into various boxes and then prepared to be returned to the families of the soldiers.

This is not the most troublesome thing for King Yama, the most troublesome thing for him is that he still can't determine what the source of the disease is from, and where is it?

This made it impossible for the king of Yama to eradicate the plague from the source, and only relied on medicine to control the epidemic, which was really a bit of a struggle, and a bit of a drop in the bucket.

Only by eliminating the source of the disease can the epidemic be better controlled.

When the king of Yama was anxious, his guards came to report that there was a scarred soul of the Tushan clan, and he took the initiative to come to the door and threatened to tell the king of Yama what was the source of the disease?