Chapter 191: Li Cheng sells knives
Ye Xingyuan didn't plan to hold high the banner of righteousness, and of course there was no reason to recruit Li Cheng, if Li Cheng didn't have an official position, maybe he could find a majestic bodyguard. But he is also a dignified nine-grade system, and he has a future, where will he mess with him?
However, Zhu Ning'er said that the Li family's art of war inheritance made Ye Xingyuan quite curious, and after three rounds of wine in the evening, he asked Li Cheng for advice.
Li Cheng was depressed in his heart, drank a few more glasses of wine, and said slightly drunk: "The Li family has passed down the art of war from generation to generation since ancient times, but it is not a rumor. As long as you comprehend the heavenly opportunity in this art of war, you can comprehend a magical power, called the Blue Blood Pill Heart, which can turn your subordinates into loyal elites.
However, this magic power must be the blood of the Li family, and it must be a well-trained pro-soldier family, although I realized this magic power in the year of its establishment, but so far I have not had the opportunity to use it, I am really ashamed of my ancestors. ”
Ye Xingyuan sighed: "Brother Li is also a genius, there will be a place for you in the future, don't worry." ”
The nine-grade system makes it possible for an independent subordinate to be left behind, let alone a family member of the army. If he wants to use this supernatural power, Li Cheng must at least be mixed to the point of being a general and guerrilla, and it is best to be a general soldier of a town, so as to train a larger number of personal soldiers and maximize the power of this supernatural power.
It's just that his achievements at the age of thirty are nothing more than this, and he doesn't know how to tie up with Shangguan, and his career is bleak, and it is still very early to reach the status of being able to barely use this supernatural power.
This supernatural power is probably related to the title that the Li family won in the early years of following Taizu to fight, and although the Li family was later deprived of the title, the supernatural power of the bloodline granted by this mandate has not been deprived.
Li Cheng smiled bitterly, he also had ambitions when he was young, but he has achieved nothing so far, and he has repeatedly hit a wall when he even enters Beijing to make a friend of Huashigang, and it is inevitable that he will feel disheartened. He gently patted the scabbard at his waist, pulled out the sword and waved it in the moonlight, only to see the clear light flickering. The flesh is faint.
"This is the ancestral treasure knife of the Li family, it is useless to sharpen iron like mud and kill people, but now it is just an empty waist, which is a pity!" Li Cheng drank several glasses in a row, drunk and bedridden, and Ye Xingyuan could only sigh and say goodbye.
Zhu Ning'er flashed out from behind the rockery, stopped Ye Xingyuan and whispered: "He has both a treasure knife and a long time ago, so there is no doubt that he is the descendant of the Li family." If the lord can put his heart into his heart and reuse it. He will become a general under his command, and in the future, he will attack the city and plunder the land for the lord, and he will not live up to what he has learned."
Ye Xingyuan laughed and laughed, he didn't expect that he wouldn't let Zhu Ning'er come, she still had to secretly follow and observe, what could she do with this kind of energy, she had to regard herself as the master? He waved his hand and interrupted: "You say these words to Li Cheng, see if he will chop you with one sword!"
Although Li Cheng is down, he adheres to the loyalty of the Li family. Not to mention that Ye Xingyuan didn't have this mind at all, even if he had this mind, he would never dare to announce it to him. Ye Xingyuan was only joking, but Zhu Ning'er looked at his back and stood under the bright moon. Thoughtfully.
The weather is getting colder day by day, and the capital is originally located in the north, and the water will drip into ice as soon as the wax moon is approaching.
Ye Xingyuan had just arrived in the capital for two days, and it was fluttering and snowing. This was the first time he had seen such a heavy snow in the Xuanyuan World, and he was full of interest, so he prepared a warm pot. Pour yourself a drink in the post house pavilion and enjoy watching the snow scene from afar.
"Heaven and earth are general, and the well is a black hole. The yellow dog is white, and the white dog is swollen. "Accustomed to being shocked by the poetry demons, and occasionally sitting alone, chanting one or two limerick poems is quite interesting, Ye Xingyuan shook his head and shook his head, laughing to himself.
Zhu Ning'er hurriedly rushed in and told her, "Lord, Li Cheng killed people on the street, and now he has been imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion!"
Ye Xingyuan was shocked, Li Cheng was such an official of the imperial court, how could he do such a thing? He was shocked: "Virtuous niece, you won't take that day's joke seriously, right? This was arranged by you?"
Ye Xingyuan's first reaction was like this, it was really Zhu Ning'er, a little girl with a ruthless heart and a clever wrist, not to mention that she didn't hesitate to shoot her childhood sweetheart when they met for the first time, even if it was auspicious, she did it well.
It was precisely because of this that Ye Xingyuan thought about it for a long time, so he took the risk to bring this girl with him when he entered Beijing, how could he have thought that she would do such a big thing as soon as she turned her head! Is this forcing Li Cheng to surrender his name?
Zhu Ning'er stomped her foot and said coquettishly: "Why did the lord say this? We are still worried that Li Cheng has no chance, how can we harm him? He is too temperamental, provoked a splash, and killed people under the anger of the quarrel, and I only found out when I passed by. ”
If you want to win over a person like Li Cheng and don't make him cornered, how can he fall into the grass? Just like Lin Chong and Lu Junyi, don't you have to break the family first? Ye Xingyuan felt that his mind was too dark, and listening to Zhu Ning'er's tone, this matter seemed to be indeed accidental, not deliberately guided by her.
Ye Xingyuan was about to ask for details, when there was another cry in the post house, and a group of thinly dressed soldiers poured into the warm pavilion and kowtowed to Ye Xingyuan in chaos, "Master Ye, please save my family envoy, he is really wronged!" "My family envoy is all for my generation's food and clothing, so I went to sell knives on the street, who knew that I met a scoundrel!"
This group of guards brought by Li Cheng was already panicked when they knew that Li Cheng was murdered and imprisoned. They didn't know anyone else in Beijing, they only knew that Ye Xingyuan, who lived in the same post house, had a good relationship with the envoy and could help, so they came to Ye Xingyuan for medical treatment in a hurry.
It turned out that Li Cheng killed people because of his family heirloom knife. It snowed heavily on this day, and of course literati like Ye Xingyuan thought the snow scene was beautiful, but Li Cheng was worried.
They escorted Hua Shigang into Beijing in August, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone only wore jackets, did not carry cotton clothes. Now that the weather is cold, they are all frozen like dogs, and it is thanks to Li Cheng's ability to lead the troops, so no one complains, but in his eyes, where can he not be sad?
It's just that he has been delayed in Beijing for two months, and the entanglement is about to run out, so where is the silver taels to buy winter clothes? Li Cheng loves soldiers like children, and when he has no way to think about it, he takes a family heirloom knife and sells it on the street for 3,000 taels.
Li Cheng was also confused, even though the people in the capital were rich, but who knew the goods in the market, and who could spend a lot of money to buy a treasure knife? Therefore, this knife was not sold in the morning, but attracted several splashes.
The leader of the puffy skin laughed and asked him: "What good is your knife, it is worth three thousand taels of silver? Isn't it intentional to blackmail? If you don't have a reason, you can't say it, turn it to the government and punish you, a liar!"
Li Cheng became a sincere person and said frankly: "How can I lie and deceive others? This knife has three advantages, one is to sharpen iron like clay, the second is to blow the hair off the hair, and the third is to kill people without blood. It's really my urgent need for money, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it for 30,000 taels!"
The splash didn't believe it, and tried it one by one, and sure enough, the sword sharpened iron like clay, and blew off the hair, but this third kind of murder could not be tested without seeing blood. Li Cheng wanted to take a dog to give it a try, but he didn't let him, as long as he killed someone to see, he sneered all the way, which made Li Cheng angry and stabbed him to death, and sure enough, there was no blood on the blade.
Li Cheng surrendered on his own after killing someone, did not resist, and immediately went to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion.
Ye Xingyuan was silent after listening to what happened, sure enough, the end of heroes is always similar, suffocating heroes for a penny, and selling knives and horses is sad after all. The scoundrels always die by themselves, but they have affected this hero.
Killing people on the street, he has already confessed his guilt, and this lawsuit has no way to be dealt with, if Ye Xingyuan in Dinghu Province may be able to think of a way, but he is also unfamiliar with life in this capital, at most, he will do his best as a friend and take care of him, so as not to suffer more.
Zhu Ning'er pulled Ye Xingyuan's clothes, and whispered in her ear: "Although killing people should pay for their lives, firstly, Li Cheng is a person of high rank, and secondly, he is so sprawling and messing around, many people have seen it." If the lord can turn this case over and save Li Cheng's life, he may be able to calm his heart. ”
Everyone has killed people and been imprisoned, you are still thinking about these crooked thoughts, Ye Xingyuan glared at Zhu Ning'er, turned back to those soldiers and said: "Don't worry, Li Zhi will make Ji Ren Tianxiang, there will be no big problem, I will find a way to visit him in prison first, and discuss with him before making plans." ”
The soldiers were grateful, pinned all their hopes on Ye Xingyuan, and retreated with anticipation. Ye Xingyuan summoned a few old officials who were traveling with him and asked them for advice.
Someone frowned and said: "Killing people on the street has a bad impact, but this crime can actually be serious or light, if it is determined that it is a fight between the two sides, and unfortunately accidentally injure someone's life, then the crime will be much lighter." At most, a manslaughter sentence will be given, and some more silver coins and a hundred rods will be enough, and three years in prison will be enough. ”
Someone nodded and added, "That's right, you have to insist that the murder weapon is the one who splashed the skin, but the other party made the first move, harming people's intentions, and was forced to grab the knife to fight back, causing death, or it can be regarded as legitimate defense, even if it cannot be acquitted." But to mobilize public opinion and public opinion, the rod of heaven is twenty years, and it is one year in vain. ”
These old officials are all veterans, and they are the best at exploiting loopholes, Ye Xingyuan admired it very much, and only sighed: "The two of them are really high-minded, but that Li Cheng has already confessed his guilt, and this person is upright, he will never admit that the family heirloom knife is someone else's, this method doesn't seem to work."
The last old official who was beside Governor Hu spoke leisurely: "This situation really does not apply to the method of the two brothers, but I have a way to break it, as long as it is proved that Li Cheng has a disease of obsession, he can be exempted from punishment, as long as he is handed over to his family to be strictly guarded." ”
As soon as these words came out, the other two were in awe, "Sure enough, my brother follows Master Hu, and his vision is wider, this plan is once and for all, and it can be said that it is a universal law!"
Sure enough, there is nothing new under the sun, Ye Xingyuan sighed and shook his head, no matter where he is, if he wants to help people get rid of their crimes, it is nothing more than those few excuses. Ye Xingyuan just felt that it was a pity that Li Chengruo gave his life in vain for a street splash, but he didn't expect that if he wanted to save people, it would be these dirty methods.
Let's go to the prison first to see what this person thinks, and then make the next step. (To be continued......)