"Brother Xiao, the brothers of the Zhenfu Division have captured two Dongying people, how do you think this should be handled?" Zuo Tianming came to Xiao Lie's study and saw that Xiao Lie was correcting the official documents, and there was no official salute if no one else was there.

Xiao Lie put down his pen and looked at Zuo Tianming: "What Dongying people?"

"In the morning, the brothers patrolled and saw these two Dongying people molesting a little girl who sold vegetables, and beat the little girl's father to death. The brothers happened to see that when they went up to arrest them, Dongying was quite arrogant, and the squeaky brothers didn't understand what they were saying, so they started with them in a daze, and these two Dongying people also injured several of our brothers, and finally subdued them with iron chains. It's in the hall now, waiting for you to send it. ”

"Did you tell Senior Brother Yin about this?"

"No, early in the morning, I took Xing Hao to the barracks to inspect it, and I haven't come back yet. ”

"Let's go, let's go see. Xiao Lie changed into his official uniform and followed Zuo Tianming to the lobby of the Duwei Mansion. Sitting behind the bookcase, I saw two people kneeling in the hall, and my hand was shocked: "Who is kneeling?"

Seeing the arrival of the big official, the two kneeling people restrained their arrogance a little, and replied in extremely stiff and non-standard Mandarin: "We are samurai from Japan, and we came to the Ming Kingdom with General Akiyama to learn your culture and martial arts. I didn't expect to meet Your Excellency in such a way just a few days after I arrived here, is this the hospitality of your country?"

"Since you are here to study, you should know the laws of our dynasty, you are committing murder in the street, do you know what to do with you?" Xiao Lie's face was serious.

"How can I call it a murderer, I am a good cook, I want to buy some, the old man will give it to me, but he accidentally fell while walking on his own, and it has nothing to do with us. ”

As soon as Dongying finished saying this, Zuo Tianming flew up and kicked him to the ground. Dongying people stumbled on the ground, stood up and shouted a bunch of words to Zuo Tianming that they didn't understand. Zuo Tianming still had to start fighting, but was scolded by Xiao Lie, Zuo Tianming was still angry and said to Xiao Lie: "These two little bastards, I haven't learned anything else, but I've learned to talk nonsense, you don't have to listen to them, every sentence he said just now was made up." I think we can deal with it as we want, and I also give a warning to other so-called Dongying people who come to study, once they come to the Celestial Empire, they can't do anything wrong. ”

The officers and soldiers in the hall dragged the two Dongying people back to their original positions and knelt down, Xiao Lie's eyes widened angrily, and he scolded them: "Today's evidence and material evidence are there, and you still have to quibble to get away with the crime, do you think that the law of my Heavenly Empire is child's play?"

Seeing that Xiao Lie did not have a relaxed attitude, he had no choice but to show a treacherous face: "Even if the two of us break the law here, we should be sent back to China, and our country will condemn us, and the laws of your Celestial Empire cannot be imposed on us." ”

"Kill to pay for your life, pay for debts. Since ancient times, there has been such a truth, and I have never heard of changing places to punish crimes. I think you don't take the laws of the Celestial Empire too seriously, and if you don't teach you a lesson, I'm afraid you won't have a memory. Left and right!" shook the wood, calling people on both sides.

"In!"

"Ordered Zuo Tianming to be the supervisor and beheading officer, take the sergeant of the headquarters, and drag the two of them to the crossroads of the Guandi Temple, without waiting for three o'clock in the afternoon, and beheaded them immediately when they arrived at the position. ”

"The last general commands!" Zuo Tianming agreed, raised his hand and ordered a few sergeants, called the executioner of the Criminal Law Department, and set up two Dongying Wokou to leave. The two Dongying people struggled to turn around and shouted: "Aren't you afraid, aren't you afraid, our Akiyama Famous General will take revenge? You have to think about it, this is not your own business, but a matter between two countries, are you not afraid, your monarch will take you for blame?"

"The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules, that is, if you commit this heinous crime in our country, you will be punished by me. Dragged away, the hour of execution must not be delayed. ”

The two of them were still squeaking and shouting, and no one paid attention to the two of them, and took them to the intersection of the Guandi Temple, where Zuo Tianming told the people about their crimes, and then ordered the executioner to cut off the heads of the two of them. Hang the head above the city gate as a warning.

When Yin Xuesong and Xing Hao came back from inspecting the barracks, they saw the human head above the city gate at a glance. Yin Xuesong was afraid that Xiao Lie would get into trouble, so he urged Xing Hao to rush to the Duwei Mansion without stopping. When he entered the Duwei Mansion, he didn't bother to take off his official uniform, and went directly to find Xiao Lie.

"Xiao Lie, what's the matter with the heads on the city gate?" Yin Xuesong was sleeping when he first saw Xiao Lie, and forced him to pull him up from the bed.

Xiao Lie looked at Yin Xuesong with sleepy eyes and didn't speak, he hadn't woken up from his sleep yet. Yin Xuesong raised his voice and asked again: "I asked you what to say, the heads on the city gate, what's going on!"

Xiao Lie was shocked by Yin Xuesong's loud voice, shook his head and replied, "You said that those two slaves let me be beheaded in the morning." ”

"Why did you behead them?"

"They beat an old man who sold vegetables to death, and I did it according to the official letter of the law. The malicious perpetrator was immediately decided, and I didn't bend the law for personal gain. Xiao Lie poured himself a cup of herbal tea and drank it in a big gulp.

"You should wait for me to come back, I've just been out for a morning, how can you kill them?"

"Did I kill the wrong person?"

"I didn't say that you killed the wrong person, Dongying people are not our Ming people, countries are different from country to country, law and law are not compatible, in case the monarch of Dongying comes to Xingshi to ask for guilt because of this matter, how can this matter end. ”

"Senior Brother Yin, don't worry, I'll find someone to inquire after I kill them, his Ryukyu Kingdom is fighting a civil war, don't look at what generals, guards and the like are all in the Eastern Land, in fact, they are all ronins of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and they came to us after they had no place to stay. It doesn't matter if you kill him one or two, besides, isn't this also a matter of law, even if I go to the Jinluan Palace, I'm not afraid, I don't believe it, long live the Lord can kill my head because of this. ”

"I told you a long time ago, now it's not the same as before, you can't do anything rashly, you have to go around your brain when you encounter problems, and you think of the pros and cons of all parties. ”

Before Yin Xuesong finished speaking, anger rose between Xiao Lie's eyebrows: "Senior Brother Yin, we are officials, but isn't the original intention and intention to protect the people from harm." Now that the common people have been harmed, can we just sit idly by? What is the difference between that and corrupt officials? I said at the beginning that as long as I have no conscience and original intention to be an official, I will not continue to work hard for the imperial court. It's a big deal, the emperor asks me to carry the guilt, and it will definitely not affect you. ”

"Xiao Lie, what are you talking about, what do you think of me? Don't you understand why I'm telling you this?"

"I only know that if you kill someone, you have to pay for your life, and I don't know what to weigh the pros and cons. ”

Yin Xuesong trembled with anger, pointed at Xiao Lie with his finger and scolded angrily: "Xiao Lie, let me tell you, what I'm worried about is not you and me, we have been dead I don't know how many times, it's not bad this time, I'm worried about the people in this city." If the Mishima slaves are really unreasonable and ask for their crimes, what should the people of this city do? ”

Xiao Lie took off the dragon sparrow blade from the weapon rack and threw it in front of Xiao Lie: "You kill me now, take my head, go and ask the Lord of Long Live for the guilt, if someone really comes to ask for the guilt, take my head and tell them that this impartial law enforcement official has been beheaded, see what reason they have to mess around." ”

"Unreasonable. Yin Xuesong was also really angry, trembling his body, he didn't know what to say about him, so he simply didn't see it and walked out of Xiao Lie's room with a flick of his sleeves. Qiu Feixu vaguely heard the two of them arguing about something, and was going to come over to take a look, but just walked to the door, he saw Yin Xuesong walking out of Xiao Lie's room in a hurry, and stepped forward to ask, "Senior brother, why is there such a big fire?" ”

"Ask him to go. Yin Xuesong looked in with a trembling voice, sighed and walked back to his room.

Qiu Feixu looked at Yin Xuesong, who was walking away, and walked into Xiao Lie's room for some reason: "What are you two arguing about?

"It's not that I have to quarrel with him, it's just that he's so unreasonable. Xiao Lie told Qiu Feisu about these things again.

After listening to this, Qiu Feisu smiled: "Just for such a trivial matter, arguing like this." Senior brother, he is also worried about the comfort of the people, if this does not involve the people, he will not blame you. ”

"I understand the reason, but you can see what he said just now, as if the responsibility lies with me alone. Xiao Lie, who was still arrogant, immediately wilted when he saw Qiu Feixu, and Qiu Feixu hadn't been sneering at Xiao Lie and hitting him for a while now, which made Xiao Lie feel a lot more comfortable.

Qiu Feixu picked up the dragon sparrow blade thrown on the ground, re-hung it on the weapon rack and said to Xiao Lie: "Okay, it's not a big deal." He has a short face, and I'll be going to talk to my senior brother in a while, and if you give him a gift, you can get it. ”

Xiao Lie never dared to refute what Qiu Feixu said: "Okay, I'm thick-skinned, I'll apologize to him." ”

As soon as Qiu Feisu was about to leave, he saw Zuo Tianming panicking, running in with sweat, and didn't say hello to Qiu Feixu, panting and saying to Xiao Lie: "Brother Xiao, the head on the city gate building and the body of the Dongying people in Yizhuang are all lost!"