Qi Jing had a dark face, and there was no superfluous expression on his face, but he looked like he was very fierce. Whether he is a good person or a bad person, as far as that face is concerned, he does look like a bad person.

Qi Jing was escorted to his knees, and he didn't look at anyone, as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him.

Even if he doesn't seem to have anything to do with himself, this one thing is related to him, and it has a lot to do with it.

The prisoner knelt down and the trial began.

The county magistrate first listed the witnesses in turn, as usual.

The main bookkeeper handed over the written pleadings to the county magistrate, and the entire cause of the case was described in a clean manner, and the facts were clear and the penmanship was sophisticated.

After the evidence is collected, it is a confession.

The county magistrate sat upright, pointed to the top of his head, and said majestically: "Prisoner in the hall, do you understand these four words?"

Qi Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, did not raise his head or reply, but Bai Luoshang couldn't help but look up, where there was a plaque of "Mirror Hanging".

The county magistrate knocked on the wood again and shouted, "The one who kneels, do you recognize this official?"

Qi Jing was silent.

The county official snorted coldly and said, "This official is the county official of this county, and he is the parent of a county." ”

Qi Jing still didn't speak, and he didn't even raise his head.

The county magistrate stared at the person kneeling on the ground, didn't see him raise his head for a long time, and frowned again: "If you don't reply, are you really despising the court?"

Qi Jing sneered faintly, still did not raise his head, let alone speak.

The county magistrate stared at him for a long time, and finally let out a sigh of helplessness, and said: "Kneel down sinner, this official will ask you, do you have any grievances? If so, this official allows you to go out and beat the drum to voice your grievances." ”

Qi Jing sneered again.

The county magistrate was not angry, and said in a rare good-natured manner: "Do you need to ask a lawyer to defend you?"

Qi Jing was finally willing to raise his head, but his face was full of sarcastic smiles: "To be wrong, to be wrong, to be wrong, to be right and wrong, to distinguish between right and wrong, what is the use of such a lawyer!"

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows, "So, are you admitting to the heinous crimes you have committed?"

Qi Jing was silent again.

The county magistrate was also very patient and not impatient, pointed to the law board in the hand of the official, and asked, "Do you know what they hold in their hands?"

Qi Jing didn't raise his eyebrows.

The county magistrate smiled and said, "What they raised was the 'King Law', do you know what the consequences of your eyes being without the King Law?"

Bai Luoshang unfolded the fan and shook it gently. He suddenly felt that the way this county magistrate tried the case was very special and interesting.

The county magistrate pointed to the torture tools such as rods and clamps listed in the hall, and said with a smile: "You know that there is a method of trying cases called 'one move to punish you, and you will not be punished'. ”

Qi Jing scoffed: "Under the heavy punishment, what kind of confession can happen, what kind of confession do adults want to get?"

The county magistrate shook his head, and said regretfully: "If you don't see the coffin, you don't cry, and if you don't give some color and suffer a little, you don't know where the court is." Come on, torture me, and hit thirty boards first. ”

The heavy and ruthless board fell on Qi Jing, but he was stunned from beginning to end.

This made Bai Luoshang have to admire from the bottom of his heart, he is really a man.

The county magistrate clasped his hand lightly on the official case, and occasionally said two sentences, "hit hard", "hit hard", "didn't eat hard", as if he was watching, looking like that, it was more leisurely than watching the lively people outside the hall.

Thirty boards, and it passed with a snap.

After the fight, Bai Luoshang felt that her ears were still ringing with a "buzzing" sound.

Even though Qi Jing is a man and a hero, he is not beaten by iron after all, he is also flesh and blood, so the thirty boards are enough for him to open his flesh and blood.

But he still pursed his lips and didn't squeak.

Seeing that he still didn't let go, the county magistrate ordered him to be beaten with thirty boards.

These thirty boards are obviously heavier and more painful than the thirty boards just now, because the person who replaced the board this time looks stronger and more powerful than the previous two people.

The board hit Qi Jing hard, making a fierce sound, one sound, one sound, each sound seemed to be able to make the skin of the person under the board open.

For a while, in this public court, almost only the sound of the board could be heard.

Everyone who watched was too frightened by the sound to speak.

After the crackling beating, Qi Jing's mouth could already faintly hear a trace of pain.

After all, he is also a human being, a person of flesh and blood, it is impossible not to feel pain if he is a human being.

Bai Luosheng's hand shaking the fan also accelerated with the rhythm of their playing board, as if they played the board would also make him nervous. When the board stopped, he also stopped shaking the fan.

He pursed his lips tightly and looked at Qi Jing from a distance, not knowing what he was feeling.

After the board was finished, the county magistrate raised his eyebrows lightly and asked with a smile, "Is the prisoner willing to speak now?"

Fine sweat was oozing from Qi Jing's face, but he actually dared to look at the county official with his dark face, and sneered back, "If the adult beats me again, the case can be closed." ”

The county official obviously didn't expect Qi Jing to have the strength to oppose him, and his face changed, and he said coldly: "Do you think this official wouldn't dare?"

Qi Jing sneered fearlessly, "Try it." ”

"I want to see if you are really not afraid of death. ”

Sure enough, the county magistrate ordered people to beat Qi Jing again.

This time, there were four stronger, burlier and more ferocious men, who held the board and fought Qi Jing mercilessly.

They relied on the "royal law" and whipped the "criminals", so when they attacked, they could show no mercy, and no one would reproach them because they were "enforcing the law".

Sixty boards, every time the stick falls, you can hear the sound of inhalation, not from Qi Jing, but from the ordinary people watching outside the hall. Countless mouths, at the same time, make a neat inhalation sound. It was originally funny, but now it makes people laugh. Because everyone knows that it is very likely that when the next stick falls, that person will be beaten to death.

Angry like a gossamer, his life hung by a thread, Qi Jing lay on the ground, almost motionless. He's still alive, but it's not much better than dead.

Sixty boards, no one was killed in battle, not because that person's life was hard, but because the county official showed mercy.

Bai Luoshang unconsciously closed the fan.

If anyone is under such a stick, he will lose half his life if he doesn't die.

Because those thugs are all people with strong internal strength, they don't need a board at all when they shoot, and hitting people with anger may have already interrupted people's breath. Not to mention that they are still holding sticks, and they can knock an ordinary person to death with a casual knock, let alone a hundred and twenty sticks. Even if Qi Jing is a master, it is impossible to defeat these one hundred and twenty sticks.

Qi Jing is still alive, which shows that it is the county official's subordinates who show mercy.

The county magistrate sat in the hall and stroked the four sticks on the public case one by one with his hand, one tube and one word, which together means "strict law enforcement".

"Can you still hear the officer?" asked the county magistrate.

Qi Jing's face was white, blood was flowing from his nose, he squirmed his mouth slightly, and said, "...... TOEFL, not dead yet...... My lord...... It's so easy to try a case......"

The county magistrate smiled bitterly and said, "Relaxed? Do you think I'm relaxed? To tell you honestly, for this case, even the official's hair is about to turn white." ”

Qi Jing wanted to say something, moved his lips, and a mouthful of blood was spit out before a breath.

The county magistrate sighed and said: "This official has never tried such a difficult prisoner as you, although you are the second prisoner that this official has tried since he took office, but against you, this official has used all the methods that this official can think of, but this official still has not been able to threaten you." You are the most difficult prisoner in the world that this officer has ever seen. ”

Qi Jing closed his eyes and said, "...... I've seen adults too...... The most difficult county magistrate in the whole world ......"

The county magistrate's eyebrows widened, and he said happily: "Are you willing to confess?"

Qi Jing seemed to have no strength to speak more, closed his mouth, and nodded clumsily.

The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, nodded his head with a little satisfaction, and his straight back also bent down slightly at this time, raised the paper, glanced back and forth a few times, and said with a smile: "The official is asking you now, did you do the case of robbing the official silver in Qianshui Mountain three years ago?"

Qi Jing nodded.

The county magistrate said: "When the silver robbery occurred, six officers and soldiers died, and you killed them?"

Qi Jing nodded again.

The county official glanced at Li Yuanzheng, and then Li Yuanzheng glanced at a servant, who comprehended and brought a box from the dark corner.

In the box, there were six knives, six knives of all kinds.

The county magistrate pointed to the box and asked, "The murder weapon you used to kill people can be in it?"

Qi Jing only glanced at it quickly, nodded without hurry, and answered the county official's question.

The county magistrate was very satisfied with Qi Jing's attitude, and asked again: "Which one?"

Qi Jing was able to answer without thinking about it: "The second on the right." ”

The county official glanced at the box, then glanced at Li Yuanzheng, and Li Yuanzheng took two steps forward and handed the knife to the county official.

After taking the knife and looking at it, the county magistrate said, "This is the murder weapon you used?"

Qi Jing said: "Yes." ”

The county magistrate laughed, and suddenly asked a very strange question: "What is this knife for?"

When Qi Jing heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Knives, of course, are all used to kill." ”

The county magistrate said: "No wonder this knife is so angry, it's really terrifying." ”

Qi Jing raised his head lightly and looked at the county official inexplicably.

The county magistrate returned his eyes coldly, handed the knife back to Li Yuanzheng, and continued to ask: "Four years ago, you did the robbery of a woman in Lu Village? That woman was later found dead in the Houshan Water Canal, but did you do it?"

Qi Jing still nodded very honestly.

The county official continued to ask: "Five years ago, there was a butcher of the same name in Lu Village, who was dissatisfied with the strict taxation of the imperial court, and fell into the grass and blatantly killed the official in the county office, but the butcher was you?"

Qi Jing nodded again, and confessed to the things asked by the county officials one by one, without concealing anything.