After the River God said this, he smiled again: "In this case, we can help the Taoist, so that the River God's trial can be worthy of its name."
"You should also participate, so that you can support your dream or publicity without any shame."
Zhu Bo understood the intention. Although it was a fake dojo and a fake trial in the past, as long as he participated in the key event, it was the real dojo and the real trial. In a flash, there was only one projection left. The master Bo immediately became much clearer, and Bow to the outside.
The ghost judges and others also entered the scene one after another. The river god smiled, and the next moment, he was already in the main seat inside, and the entire projection suddenly became bright, solemn, and majestic.
Even the sound of His Highness' oil wok sizzling and the wails and screams became real.
At this time, the river god sat on top of him and slapped the gavel hard. Everyone looked at Bai Zeng. They were all ghosts, and some were even monsters, which looked extremely terrifying.
"Humph, if you are guilty and do not confess, you will increase your guilt. If you confess honestly, you may be able to reduce the punishment." I saw the river god looking at Bai Zeng coldly, and he was stunned again.
It seemed that the sound of water could still be heard in the hall, and the river was flowing. Bai Zeng had been frightened just now. Although he was still trembling with fear, he couldn't help but feel regret in his heart, as if he had been deceived, but at this moment As soon as the gavel hit, the cold words of the River God fell, with bone-breaking pressure, and I felt frozen all over just listening to them.
Bai Zeng was covered in cold sweat at this time. His courage was gone in an instant. He didn't know why, but he said in a daze: "Master River God, please forgive me. The bad things I did were all ordered by you. I have no choice but to do it." Yes, my lord."
Bai Zeng still wanted to defend himself at this time.
Hearing this, the River God snorted coldly. The chief clerk on the side looked at Bai Zeng and said, "Then why don't you recruit me truthfully?"
"Yes, Lord River God. Eighteen years ago, the magistrate was a governor of the previous dynasty. During the war, when he was a child, he was kidnapped by bandits. Later, he was rescued by a warrior. He vowed to repay the favor. After that, we had more friendships. The two families gradually became family friends."
"It's just that the previous dynasty collapsed and the war was in chaos. This warrior also disappeared for a long time. I thought he was transferred elsewhere by the court or died in the battle."
"In order to deal with this situation, the master also gathered dozens of servants to guard the yard and fields. One day, this warrior suddenly came to visit with more than ten people. He said that he encountered an insurgent army on the road and wanted to take a break."
"At night, the master was already raising people and getting wine and food for them. It turned out that Wu Ren drank too much and his identity was exposed. It turned out that Wu Ren had defected to the emperor a few years ago. At that time, the emperor was still a rebel and was awarded the military title. In this position, this person fought against the government and the army, won many times, and was promoted to a guerrilla general based on his merits."
"I just failed to infiltrate once and was broken up. I thought about defecting to the master, resting for a few days and then returning to the rebel army. I also leaked the news that there was a wanted manhunt in the city at this time."
"My master took note of this, and ordered an investigation into the city that night. I heard that he was wanted, and as long as I killed this person, I would be promised by a seventh-grade official. Therefore, my master called me in the middle of the night and put poison in the hangover potion."
"That night, the villain followed the order and delivered sobering pills one by one. Most of them were poisoned, and only one or two vigilantes were hacked to death with random knives."
"I wanted to cut off the head and offer it as a sacrifice, but at noon the next day, news came that the city had been destroyed by the rebels. The master was shocked and was so frightened that he quickly buried the body."
"Due to the chaos and frequent battles at that time, and the guerrilla general himself sneaking in secretly, no one knew that the rebels would soon be deployed to fight. If the search yielded no results, he was considered dead."
"We were afraid for several years. When the dynasty was founded, we found that no one knew what was going on, so the master promoted people to serve. Since there were few talents in the founding of the country, he quickly became a county magistrate, and now he is a prefect."
"Lord River God, I was just a servant back then. Although the master promoted me to deputy housekeeper, I am not the culprit in these things." Bai Zeng knelt on the ground and begged: "Lord River God, you know, I am like this If a son born in a family disobeys his orders, he will be beaten to death immediately, and no one will complain to me."
"My lord, my lord, I was wronged!"
Looking at the bronze mirror and listening to these words, Pei Ziyun couldn't help but laugh: "It's nothing else. It's a big crime to have this dynasty's blood debt. I didn't expect the prefect to have such a past!"
"Quickly, ask for your name and address, and the prefect will be finished."
Pei Ziyun said this, and the river god in the scene was shocked again: "You are very honest in your confession, but who is the murderer and where is he buried? Why don't you recruit him from the truth?"
When the question came to the most critical point, although Bai Zeng was frightened, he suddenly felt that something was wrong and couldn't say anything. As he was hesitating, the river god slapped the table again.
As soon as the alarm sounded, a breathtaking feeling came. Bai Zeng felt his heart was frightened and his mind was in chaos.
The River God waved his hand: "Still unwilling to invite you? Drag him down and put him in the oil pan."
The whole hall was immediately chilled to the bone. Two ghost messengers came and strangled his neck with the cold chain. Bai Zeng felt a rush of blood rushing to his head. He was stunned for a moment. Only then did he strangle him. He couldn't breathe anymore. , struggling desperately.
Suddenly the cold chains were loosened, Bai Zeng blushed, his knees softened and he knelt down, crying: "I said it all, I said it all! I beg you to be reborn, I beg you to be reborn..."
Bai Zeng turned into a pile of mud and fell limply to the ground: "The guerrilla general's name is Gao Changyi. He was buried under the peach tree in the old house of the prefect, and his head was buried under the Yufeng Pavilion five miles outside the city."
"Has the body been moved?"
"Lord River God, he hasn't moved. He has always been buried there."
"Are there other bad things?"
"Sir, yes, yes, the prefect ordered me to secretly frame a minor official who refused to marry his daughter as a concubine, saying that he extorted two thousand taels of silver, forced the other party to beg for mercy, and obediently married his daughter to the prefect as a concubine."
"I also helped my brother-in-law arrest the owner of a textile workshop and seize his property."
Bai Zeng had followed the magistrate for a long time. At this time, he told the most important things and confessed everything he knew.
Listening to this, Pei Ziyun sneered. The prefect Guo was not clean, and everything else was a trivial matter. But killing Gao Changyi, the guerrilla general from Conglong, was enough to make the emperor furious. This was the fifth grade, but what was important now was to bring the evidence. Hand it over and go out.
"You will be punished if you do something wrong." Pei Ziyun said, instead of looking at Bai Zeng, he turned to look at the girl and asked: "What official has the prefect got enmity with? Who is his political enemy? Do you have any information?"
The girl thought about it and immediately said: "Yes!"
"Chen Yuanzhi is now a counselor (prefecture-level official). He is promoted openly and secretly. He is only responsible for water conservancy. He is a fourth-rank official. He is currently inspecting the house next door."
Pei Ziyun nodded, returned to the altar, put on some incense, bowed slightly, took a step back, and then turned around to look at the increasingly dark sky, smiling slightly: "Send these people away overnight. When we go back, these people must have thought it was a nightmare."
"Yes!" Several Taoists responded, removing the magic power, applying poison to prevent anyone from waking up, dragging him off the altar and onto an ox cart, and then dismantled the altar.
Prefect's Yamen
Late at night, there was not a soul to be seen on the street, and some rain fell, making it look particularly gloomy. In the narrow and long streets and alleys, the watchman had to wear a raincoat, carry a small lantern, and beat the gong.
Some wind blew on the leafless trees, making a strange "whooshing" sound. The sound of an oxcart suddenly came from a street, breaking the tranquility of the night, and then stopped suddenly.
Several figures approached the wall of the magistrate's office. A man in black climbed onto the wall and searched for it for a long time. When he saw that it was safe, he flew into the backyard.
As he approached, Pei Ziyun frowned and said, "Don't use magic, everyone. Continue to seal the spiritual light, search the room, and send these people to the bed."
"Although it doesn't matter even if the prefect is alarmed now. The key evidence is in hand, but one more thing is worse than one less thing. It is better to let the prefect not know what happened until his death."
"Yes!" Seeing that it was almost done, everyone was extra cautious. After a while, several people came out: "Everything went well."
Pei Ziyun glanced at the backyard and said, "Let's go, let's go find this counselor now and send the information to his case. He will definitely be very happy to know about the prefect's dark history."
Prefect's Yamen
The sky was getting brighter and several servants woke up. Bai Zeng woke up, but he was still in a daze. He only felt a pain in his neck. He quickly stood up and looked in the mirror. There was no scar, only pain.
"Is the dream about the Heshen Temple real?" Bai Zeng thought, secretly frightened, it was just a dream, the pain could not be faked, he was frightened for a while, and he walked back and forth in the room.
"Maintenance!" A voice startled me. I looked back and saw that it was a young man who was graciously bringing a bowl of noodles: "I'm here to serve the general manager."
Bai Zeng picked up the noodles, and there was a fragrant aroma. There was a big piece of meat in it, and it was made of chicken soup. It was an excellent noodle, but it tasted tasteless. Just when he was helpless, a servant suddenly came to the door and shouted: " Steward, the master ordered me to call you."
Bai Zeng felt dizzy and turned pale. He put down his chopsticks and hurried away. Seeing the prefect bowing in salute, the prefect glanced at Bai Zeng in front of him. He suddenly felt disgusted for no reason and asked, "You are like this now. What happened last night?" What did you do? You look like you haven't slept well."
"That's what I taught you." Bai Zeng didn't dare to argue and just agreed.
The eunuch sat with a bad look on his face, and after a while he said: "You continue to torture those female Taoists, and they must confess. They say that not only do they usually seduce the scholars around them, but they are also responsible for the red strings of the female relatives who offer incense. Finally, we found a few headless murder cases and pinned them on them. I don’t trust those arrests, maybe they have something to do with the Suyuemen. You go and supervise them, and you must make this case a solid case for me!”
"Hmph, even if a mere Suyue Sect has some skills, I still want to let them know that the people's hearts are as strong as iron and the official law is as strong as a furnace!" the prefect ordered with a grim smile.
Bai Zeng heard this, and for some reason, he panicked and turned a little pale. Seeing the prefect's eyes sweeping over him, he quickly responded: "Yes!"
Just after answering the matter, I remembered yesterday's dream again, and I couldn't help but secretly wondered, was it a dream or not
(End of chapter)