Chapter 228: Weaknesses

Hutang Town seems to be very lively these days, this thing and that, it's a terrible thing.

First of all, the Wang family's Qiaoyu was tied hand and foot in his boudoir and was ruined, and then it happened that Hu Lingzhi, the daughter of Hu Xuyong, the seventh generation of Hu Ji Blacksmith Shop, was also ruined in the boudoir at home, and Hu Lingzhi's father, Hu Ji Blacksmith Shop, the seventh generation of Hu Lingzhi's father, Hu Xu Yong, went to the construction site of the Alliance Leader Fort of the Wulin Alliance Leader to ask for an explanation for his daughter.

Now the yamen is overcrowded and crowded, some people come to see the excitement, some people are here to care about the ins and outs of this case, and some people are here to see this yamen to review the case, for example, this famous "loyal and brave marquis" Ah San and "Xiaoyuetang" young master Nangong Manman, as well as the hussar general Ma Shaoqun who took the time to come over, they just came to see how this division Quansheng reviewed the case.

The people in the yamen were waiting for the outcome of this matter with their own purposes and moods.

Shi Quansheng saw the "Loyal and Brave Marquis" Ah San and the hussar general Ma Shaoqun, and hurriedly saluted, politely, and asked the "Loyal and Brave Marquis" Ah San to sit on the chair in the center of the lobby, Ah San said: "Master Shi, this is the place where you work to try the case, we just came over to take a look, please don't be so polite, lest you take care of him, so you just need to set up three seats for us next to you." ”

Shi Quansheng was very moved when he heard the "Loyal and Brave Marquis" Ah San say this, and hurriedly arranged for his subordinates to help the "Loyal and Brave Marquis" Ah San, the hussar general Ma Shaoqun, and the young master of the "Xiaoyue Hall" Nangong Manman arrange the seats for the auditors, and then according to the previous procedures, the court opened to try the case of these people who were misbehaving in Hutang Town.

"Bring the suspects!" Shi Quansheng slapped the shocked wood and said loudly: "Bring those suspects who disturbed the stability of the country in Hutang Town!"

The officials on the left and right shouted in unison: "Mighty!"

The first to be escorted up was Chen Xiucai, who was highly respected in Hutang Town, handcuffed and shackled; the second one who was followed by Chen Xiucai was the burly man, also handcuffed and shackled, and the person behind him was the man with an obscene face, who was also handcuffed and shackled.

The three men were escorted to the public court by the officials, and they stood but did not kneel.

"The suspect in the hall, why didn't you kneel when you saw this official?" Shi Quansheng slapped the hall and shouted: "You dare to despise the court, just by virtue of this, the official will first punish you for the crime of contempt of the court." ”

"My lord, I am a showman here, and I was escorted to the court for no reason, I don't know what I was guilty of?" That Chen Xiucai shook the handcuffs on his hands and the shackles on his feet and asked: "I am also a showman of the imperial court, my lord, you handcuffed and shackled Ben Xiucai without asking any questions, are you not afraid that the court will blame you, can you afford it?"

"Chen Xiucai, why were you handcuffed and shackled to the court, you know it well, don't be grandstanding here, you see, the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' and 'Hussar General' who are sitting next to you are the emperor's own 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' and 'Hussar General', you don't want to put any official shelf in front of your own official, and honestly explain what crimes you have committed, and explain everything clearly. so that they may not be afflicted by flesh and skin. Shi Quansheng said coldly: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, you are a little talent, you dare to make waves in Hutang Town, what crime should you be guilty of?"

"You...... You...... You are spewing blood, what crime did Ben Xiucai commit?" Chen Xiucai was shocked when he heard Shi Quansheng say this, he knew that he would definitely not be able to escape prison this time, but he was secretly glad that his son Xiaoxiucai had been arranged by himself to go to the place of the mysterious organization, no matter whether it was true or false whether he was dead or alive in Hutang Town, at least, his son might be able to get some corresponding remuneration through this matter in the future......

"Bold Chen Xiucai, this official has found out that you colluded with those who were plotting to rebel, help them, and make waves in Hutang Town, the purpose of which is to prevent the alliance leader of this martial arts alliance leader from being built normally, so as to achieve the ulterior purpose of your mysterious organization, come on, hit this Chen Xiucai's knees with a cane, and make him kneel down and speak!" Shi Quansheng shouted loudly: "What you committed has now been clarified, you are still pretending here, don't give you a little color, you are really good to talk as an official." ”

The officials on both sides stepped forward to hold down this Chen Xiucai, and the other officials hit Chen Xiucai's calf with a killing stick.

That Chen Xiucai is a weak scholar after all, how can he bear the pain of this killing stick hitting his calf, and as soon as his leg is weak, he falls on top of the court.

The officials on the left and right sides pressed his shoulders and made him kneel above the court.

The two people next to him who were escorted to the public court with Chen Xiucai were still carrying them and refused to kneel.

Seeing them behaving like this, the hussar general Ma Shaoqun stood up, flicked his leg, and kicked the burly man in the stomach, the burly man was already handcuffed and shackled, and was flicked by the hussar general Ma Shaoqun, he really couldn't bear it, and immediately curled up and knelt down, and the obscene man standing next to him saw this, and was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.

"Come on, bring Xiao Xiucai up. Shi Quansheng said loudly: "Let this Chen Xiucai see, if he doesn't explain honestly, will he have a chance to live!"

After a while, the official escorted a man dressed in Xiucai's costume from behind, and some of the ordinary people who were listening to the trial outside the yamen knew this Xiucai, and everyone said in unison: "Isn't this person Chen Xiucai's son Xiao Xiucai? He has not committed a crime, so why should he be arrested as well?"

"Who are you from Chen Xiucai?" Shi Quansheng asked loudly: "This is the Yamen Gongtang, you are also a Xiucai, you know that this is an official institution under the imperial court, if you dare to speak in vain, beware of you being dismissed." Shi Quansheng pointed at the "Loyal and Brave Marquis" Ah San with his hand and said: "This is the emperor's own 'Loyal and Yong Marquis' Ah San Young Hero, if he finds out that you are talking nonsense, he can cut it first and then play, do you understand?"

"My lord, I am Chen Xiucai's son, Chen Yaozu!" Xiao Xiucai said with sincere fear: "I don't know why the adults arrested Yaozu." ”

"Chen Yaozu, you still have no motive to repent, it seems that you don't want to deal with it lightly. Shi Quansheng slapped the shocked wood and said loudly: "What did you commit yourself, you know in your own heart, you have nothing to do, why are you preparing to flee at this critical juncture?"

"Wronged, my lord, Yaozu has to go to visit because his relatives are sick, how can he say that he escaped?" Chen Yaozu cried out for wrongdoing, and said: "Someone must have framed me, my lord is aware of it!"

"Do you already know what someone has framed you?" Shi Quansheng said, "Then tell me, what are others framing you?"

"So many things have happened in Hutang Town recently, others will definitely talk nonsense!" Chen Yaozu said, "I really went to visit a relative's house to visit the sick. ”

"Oh, I don't know who you're going to visit when you go out?" Shi Quansheng asked, "This official wants to know who you are going to see when you leave in such a hurry?"

"I ...... I went to see my grandmother, my grandmother was sick a while ago, and Yaozu never had time to visit, so I took the time to visit my grandmother!" Chen Yaozu said: "My lord, is it also illegal for Yaozu to visit his grandmother?"

"Of course, it is natural for juniors to visit their elders!" Shi Quansheng said slowly: "But this official knows that you Chen Yaozu are lying, and it seems that if you don't use heavy punishment, you won't honestly confess." After Shi Quansheng finished speaking, he patted the stunned wood and said: "Left and right, pull down this Chen Yaozu, who is full of nonsense and deliberately misinterprets right and wrong, and hit the 20th board first, if he still refuses to tell the truth, he will beat the 20th board until he tells the truth!"

"My lord, what Yaozu said is true, why would an adult use such a big punishment on a person who is studying?" As soon as Chen Yaozu heard that he was going to be pulled out to beat the board, he was already trembling with fright, and he reluctantly said: "My lord, you really want to bend into a trick." ”

"Bold Chen Yaozu, as a showman, you dare to commit evil and commit adultery in the place where you live, what crime should you be guilty of?" Shi Quansheng said loudly: "Your grandmother's family obviously lives in the east of the town, you lied and said that you went to see your grandmother sick, how can you be allowed to talk nonsense in the public court, come and pull this Chen Yaozu, who doesn't know the height of the sky, down to play the board." ”

"My lord, his grandmother's family lives in the east of the town, but his grandmother has no one to take care of her because she is sick, so she went to live at his aunt's house!" Chen Xiucai ignored the fact that someone was holding him, he wanted to excuse his son, and hurriedly said: "My lord, you can't beat someone for no reason just because of this matter!"

"Come on, this Chen Xiucai despises the court, give me twenty slaps and tell him to shut up!" Shi Quansheng roared and said: "Your Chen Xiucai's old mother-in-law gave birth to a daughter, Chen Yaozu's aunt? Are you as stupid as you as an official?"

The official rushed to Chen Xiucai, stepped forward and opened his bow left and right, "pop, pop, pop" and slapped Chen Xiucai in the mouth for twenty years, and blood immediately flowed out of Chen Xiucai's mouth.

At this time, Chen Yaozu, who had already been beaten with twenty boards, was carried back to the public hall by the officials on both sides, and he didn't look as energetic as he was just now, as if he had lost half his life by this twenty boards.

"Daddy, what's wrong with you?" Chen Yaozu returned to the court, and saw Chen Xiucai, whose face was covered in blood, seemed to be beaten to death, and hurriedly said, "Daddy, what are we doing this for?"

"Chen Yaozu, what you have done has long been in our hands for us, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it now, when you are sentenced to death, don't blame the official for not leaving you a little leeway!" Shi Quansheng said: "The fate of you and your father is in your own hands!"

"My lord, what do you want to torture our father and son so hard?" Chen Yaozu reluctantly said: "My father is also old, don't embarrass him anymore." ”

"Chen Yaozu, your father has been unwilling for a long time, so he has a whisper about the current court and the emperor, so that mysterious organization took advantage of your father's point, and promised him to be a high-ranking official and let him do things for the mysterious organization, this time, because this mysterious organization did not get the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, so they wanted to use your father to be an old and young person in Hutang Town, so that he could find a way to help the mysterious organization stop the construction of the alliance leader fort of this martial arts alliance leader, right?" Shi Quansheng stared at Chen Yaozu tightly with his eyes and said, "What the official said is good, right?"

"How do you know?" Chen Yaozu said in surprise: "It seems that there is really no way to hide it." ”

"Chen Yaozu, if you tell the official all the ins and outs of these things honestly, maybe the official will give you a chance!" Shi Quansheng said: "Otherwise, I will report to the imperial court and punish you for serious crimes." ”

"My lord, as long as you can promise me to let my father go, I am willing to say!" Chen Yaozu said, "I will tell your lord everything as it is." ”

"Okay, Chen Yaozu, as long as you honestly tell the official what you know, the official will definitely deal with you and your father's crimes lightly. Shi Quansheng said: "Now that the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' and the Hussar General are sitting in the hall, they will also give you a chance!"

So will this Chen Yaozu confess everything he knows?