The imam said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "My lord, the world is so big, and strange things happen frequently, and it is not just us. There are many swords and guns in the embassy of the adults, and it is not the same as attracting evil spirits, let alone the undefended township. Now that this matter is here, we may not be able to do it if we want to let it go gently, so what is the best plan for you?"

It speaks standard Western Regions.

Chen Lu understood what he meant, it was nothing more than wanting to kill Wen Da, and he himself was powerful among the villagers.

He pretended not to understand, and said, "Since you are the imam, let me do as you custom." ”

The imam said: "We often use burning at the stake to alleviate their sins when we encounter such situations, and the afterlife will not affect them, nor will they affect their fellow villagers. We discussed with the patriarch, prepared the firewood, and waited for the master to release the demon husband, and we could carry out the execution. ”

At this time, Li Xian came over and said, "Patriarch, although this girl has lost her body, it is caused by strange possession, it is not my will, and it is not suitable for your adulterer and wife." This girl is quite pitiful. The old man pleaded for her and let her go. ”

The imam said, "I don't dare to call the shots in this matter, but I'll ask my neighbors." ”

Ha San said: "Slow, this is the fiancée of the clerk, and the bell must be tied to the bell." Clerk, your fiancée did not betray you. If you don't want her to die, you just say something, and we'll look poor anyway. ”

The clerk pondered for a while and said, "The general doesn't know, this is the same as the customs of the Central Plains, it's not a question of whether I want to kill her or not." If I intercede for her, the neighbors will think that I am a shameless person. ”

Nalan said: "I hate this adulterer even more, why should this girl carry this pot? But the facts are already here, your fiancée is innocent. As her fiancé, you are afraid that others will laugh at you and dare not protect her, what kind of man are you?

The clerk's face turned red and white after being scolded, gritted his teeth, settled down, and said, "Okay, Miss Xie." I begged the elders and patriarchs to let Lan'er go, and I was willing to marry her. ”

The two elders looked at her in surprise, and the crowd erupted in laughter.

The imam said, "If you marry this unclean woman, you will not be able to see the prophet, and you will not be allowed to set foot in the temples and halls in the future." ”

The clerk said bitterly, "I do." Chen Lu and several officials appreciated him, praised and encouraged him.

The clerk continued, "Master Chen, I have a request for me to slaughter that beast myself. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to agree to marry Lan'er, and the neighbors would dislike us. ”

Ha San was furious: "What are you? What does it have to do with us whether you marry Lan'er or not? You dare to blackmail the court envoys, you are impatient!"

The imam said, "What do you say, boy, and since you let the woman go, there is nothing left." Let the mission take matters into its own hands, and now we're going to cleanse you. ”

The clerk nodded. Chen Lu didn't understand, thinking that he was going to turn the document into a eunuch, and just about to speak, Lu Hatu came over and muttered a few words in his ear, and Chen Lu sighed.

The imam waved his hand, and a few people came over, put Lan'er down, still tied, gagged his mouth, tied the paperwork, and there was an execution rack next to it, but it couldn't be used now, and whoever he atone for his sins, he would go to whomever the execution rack.

The patriarch confessed to Chen Lu and walked over, and the incense case had been arranged.

The imam cleaned his hands, put on the incense, prayed in the air for a while, inserted the incense into the incense burner, he spread his hair, picked up a long sword on the incense table, twisted the sword in his hand, stepped on the seven star steps, walked back and forth a few times, felt a talisman from his boots, put it on the tip of the sword, flat-ended the long sword, prayed to the sky again, shouted "go", spit out a stream of fire from his mouth, ran to the tip of the sword, and the talisman burned all at once.

With a gentle blow from the imagin, the ghost talisman floated up and burned to ashes.

Everyone saw the ashes pass over, emitting a thin red light, to be exact, a red line, rushing towards the clerk's chest, and the red thread was endless, entwining and changing on the clerk's body.

The red lines gradually thickened, and each red line was lined up together, and suddenly a dazzling light flashed, and two Western Regions characters appeared on the chest of the document: "Into the soil." "Time went out in an instant.

The clerk seemed to see it, and closed his eyes in pain. Lan'er stamped her feet there and whined.

The patriarch waved his hand, and a few young people dug a pit not far away, and the crowd was silent.

Chen Lu and several officials thought they were going to be buried alive, and just about to speak, Lu Hatu waved his hand, and several people were silent, Chen Lu wanted to wait and see what happened.

At this time, the ground had thawed, and a hole more than three feet deep was soon dug. They untied the paperwork, tied his hands and feet again, put him on his knees in the pit, and filled in the earth, leaving his head exposed.

Chen Lu remembered, this is a kind of punishment in the Western Regions, if you get through, everything will stop, and if you can't survive, you will die. If a person's chest is compressed and his breath is not smooth, he can usually hold on for an hour.

Chen Lu looked at the sun, and Lu Hatu said: "It's not the first moment."

At this time, the patriarch, the patriarch, and the pavilion chief came together to greet the envoys.

The pavilion chief said, "Two hours into the earth, it will be up to him to make it." The villagers all said that in these two hours, the mission should not pull out the camp, first, let the old men see the results, and the villagers also wanted to see if the Celestial Empire would be partial and how to deal with the adulterer. ”

Chen Lu said: "You don't know my old man's family, I pay the most attention to fairness, justice and openness, and I also respect the customs of the local people. But we also have difficulties, we are doing an errand for the imperial court, and we must reach Haret City within a time limit, and we cannot violate the deadline. With such a delay, I can't leave today. You see, okay, let's leave some of them and go first, and the envoys go first. ”

The pavilion chief was in a difficult situation. The imam spoke: "Master Chen, we are all doing this for the sake of the face of the Celestial Empire, and in normal times, there is no room for negotiation at all. I hope that the master will understand our difficulties and postpone it for two hours. You won't be delayed just because of these two hours, will you?"

Chen Lu and Ha San didn't agree, they were afraid of long nights and dreams, especially Chen Lu, who was no longer what it used to be.

He knew that Lan'er in the green dress would not just give up like this, and he couldn't stay here for a long time.

Li Xian didn't understand this, and looked at what a few people from the Western Regions said was true, so he agreed.

He said: "Master Chen, this incident was caused by us, and it is immoral to just leave. These few hours are not a big problem, and we can discuss what to do with Wenda. ”

Li Xian has always supported Chen Lu, and Chen Lu also knows that he is a decent person and has always had a good impression of him.

This time, I heard that Li Xian was his son, and I did feel a little funny at first, but after thinking about it carefully, I seemed to understand a little, he had firmly remembered Li Xian's name, and he had the opportunity to go to his hometown and ask.

Since then, he has inevitably become a little closer to Li Xian. Hearing him say this, he had no choice but to agree, and hurriedly returned to the Chinese army's big tent with Li Xian.