South of the Wei River, in the prefecture's mansion.
The spring rain roared, changing from the gentle and lingering mood of the previous days, trampling the garden of the prefecture like a mad buffalo.
The flowers in full bloom have lost their color, and the ground is red. The fallen flowers are colorful. Hanging in the birdcage under the verandah, several colorful sweet-tongued spiritual birds huddled up in a ball in fear, shivering and not daring to make a sound.
At the end of the verandah, in the monastery, there is a large area of clear pearlescent water.
The little maids, all identically pretty and flawless, with faces printed in the same mold and uniformly dressed in identical attire, stood quietly behind the screen in long green skirts. They dropped their hands by their sides, waiting quietly for their master's call.
The fragrance in the monastery is rich and fragrant. This is the best dipterocarp from Wuyou Island deep in the East China Sea. It takes ten pounds of gold to exchange for one or two pieces of fragrance. In the entire ancient city of Weinan and the vast Weinan County, the only person who was willing to use such top-quality incense on a daily basis was the elegant and elegant prefect Lin Jingfeng.
Cigarettes were slowly puffed out from the mouth of the Lingchan Wangyue incense burner made of multicolored alloy on a small incense table under the window edge.
Under the eaves in the middle of the room, a transparent leather bag hung from a silk ribbon, containing a full liter of South China Sea Night Pearl. It is not an ordinary pearl, but a legendary turtle dragon pearl cut out of the ribs of a thousand-year-old turtle.
As a qualified romantic scholar, Lin Jingfeng was averse to fireworks - except for the best dipterocarp incense, no candles or lamps were of use to him. Therefore, he only used pearl light for lighting. At night, all the rooms near him could only be illuminated by night pearls.
Wearing a pink and blue long skirt, with a large area of white delicate and smooth skin exposed on her chest, Miao Miaomiao lazily hugged a spotted leopard cat, reclining on the Qingxin Yuzhu imperial concubine chair, sighing softly, hating the iron. He looked hard at Miao Tianjie, who was lying on the ground struggling.
There was no trace of pity on her face, which was as noble and gorgeous as a pink peony.
Miao Miaomiao looked at Miao Tianjie like an owner looking at a pet in his arms, not like a sister looking at her younger brother.
In the past, Lin Jingfeng, who had always been elegant and elegant, with a calm demeanor and never showed any anger, tightened his face and turned livid with anger. He was like a demon coming out of hell. He kicked and beat Miao with all his strength. Tianjie's weakness.
Miao Tianjie's body was trembling violently, and Lin Jingfeng was wearing a pair of crocodile leather boots, with two shining sapphires inlaid on his head. This gem was much harder than human bones. Every kick on his soft ribs made his ribs crack and crack.
The ribs on the chest were slowly kicked off one by one, and then the broken ribs were kicked to pieces slowly. How could Miao Tianjie endure such torture? But the person who beat him was the prefect Lin Jingfeng, his brother-in-law. He couldn't help it, but he had to endure it.
"Stupid, really stupid."
Miao Miaomiao looked at Miao Tianjie without any heartache and sighed.
"Since you want to seek favors from others, then you do it secretly. You still show off your power and provoke others in front of them every day. Are you afraid that you don't know that you are seeking the official position of a military officer who sacrificed his life for the country?"
"Even if your husband supports you, once this matter gets out, your husband will not be able to withstand the prosecution of the law office."
"It's just provoking people, but you actually bet and fight with them. Let's just say it's a fight. Can you win? Win!"
Gently stroking the fat ocelot in her arms, Miao Miaomiao shook her head helplessly and groaned.
"Lost!"
"Lost! You actually lost to an orphan whose parents were both dead, and even the head of the family gave up on him in exchange for benefits."
"Twenty taels of gold, you actually lost to him like that!"
Lin Jingfeng stepped on the back of Miao Tianjie's neck, crushing his neck bones hard. Miao Tianjie's neck bones made an overwhelming "click" sound, and he was about to be trampled to death by Lin Jingfeng.
Seeing this scene, Miao Miaomiao also closed her mouth nervously, not daring to say another word. After all, Miao Tianjie is her brother.
When he felt that Miao Tianjie's neck might break at any time, Lin Jingfeng grimaced and roared in a low voice.
"It's not about gold. Twenty taels of gold is a huge sum of money to those ordinary people, but what does it really mean?"
"This idiot, after losing twenty taels of gold, actually wants to find someone to snatch the gold back! He actually broke into a house at night!"
Withdrawing his feet, his right leg flicked as fast as lightning. Miao Tianjie, who was beaten almost to death, flew out of the open door of the monastery, flew into the garden, fell under a peony flower, and was The violent storm made me soaked to the skin.
"Fa Cheng Sima Xiang has been alarmed. This matter must be completely wiped out."
Lin Jingfeng had a gloomy face and glared at Miao Miaomiao fiercely.
"In the past three years, prices in Weinan Ancient City and Weinan County have risen slightly. Prime Minister Sima has been secretly checking."
"If he finds out anything about me, I won't be able to keep my position as governor, and I may even be sent back to the Marquis Mansion for confinement."
"I'm finished, do you still have a good life? Can you still have good clothes, good food, and enjoy the luxury of a high house?"
Lin Jingfeng flicked his sleeve angrily and pointed at Miaomiao fiercely. He wanted to say something, but when he saw Miao Miaomiao's pitiful appearance with tears streaming down his face, he retracted the harsh words that came to his lips.
After being silent for a long time, Lin Jingfeng sighed helplessly.
"Miaomiao, your brother, please practice for a few more years and then find a way to get an official position for him."
"He looks like a dog now. If you give him benefits, he will only cause trouble and seek death."
Walking up to Miao Miaomiao, he picked up the leopard cat's top melon skin and threw the fat ocelot cat to the corner of the monastery. Lin Jingfeng's hand had already followed the white and delicate flesh of Miao Miaomiao's chest and grabbed it. His hands were like spiritual snakes, dexterously twisting the pair of amazingly elastic plumps into various shapes. In Miao Miaomiao's blurred eyes, Lin Jingfeng smiled sadly.
"A few months of hard work have been wasted. This kid has some luck."
"Want a favor attack? Okay, I'll let you have a favor attack, just do it!"
With a slight snort, Lin Jingfeng turned his head and scolded the four girls behind the screen.
The long green skirts of the four girls suddenly slipped off, revealing their strong and slender bodies. They turned around and took out tight-fitting clothes that were as black as ink, several times thinner than cicada wings, and surprisingly elastic from the closet behind them, and quickly put them on.
This tight-fitting garment wrapped their entire bodies airtightly, and even their eyes were covered with a layer of prismatic black crystals.
They transformed into ghosts of the night and fled out of the monastery lightly. A violent storm hit them, and their bodies strangely turned into translucent water, blending lightly into the wind and rain.
At the beginning, you can still see a few translucent hazy figures moving quickly in the rain, and you can also see a few shallow foot-shaped watermarks on the ground. But after a few breaths, these shadows disappeared completely, completely blending into the storm.
In the main hall of Yin Xuege's house, Sima Xiang sat solemnly in the hall.
He held the gale crossbow that Yin Xuegue had used to kill the thief, and gently stroked the three arrow-shaped seal marks stained red by blood.
"As expected, the father is a hero and the son is a hero."
After playing with it for a while, Sima Xiang glanced at Yin Xuege, who was standing aside.
"Are you afraid when you kill people?"
The accompanying legal guards of the Law Mansion had clearly investigated and found out that only one of the three thieves was killed on the spot by an arrow. The other two were seriously injured and were killed on the spot by Yin Xuege.
A sixteen-year-old child who has never experienced any trials of wind and rain, faced three thieves who broke into his house on a rainy night, was able to know the thieves' movements in advance, and calmly took out his weapon and hit them with one strike.
Not to mention Yin Xuuge, even among the street patrols in Weinan City, how many of them have actually encountered human life
"Afraid, of course."
Sima Xiang just asked out of curiosity, but Yin Xuuge answered seriously.
"It's just that I have to kill no matter how scared I am. If I don't kill them, they will kill me."
"That's all I'm here for. There's a stupid girl at home that I can't bear to leave."
Sima Xiang was stunned. He didn't expect Yin Xuege to say this.
If it were a young man from another family, given the opportunity to perform in front of him, who wouldn't brag generously
It is extremely rare to have the courage to say that I am scared but have to fight my best. This kind of honesty is extremely rare.
Moreover, you actually risked your life for a little girl? A little girl sold into slavery has no status in this world.
Qing Le stood dumbly behind Yin Xuege, curious and cautious from time to time, peeking at Sima Xiang with a bit of awe.
The Law Mansion is a very scary government office, and the Dharma Prime Minister is even more terrifying than the Prefect. Someone once said that officials such as state shepherds and prefects are 'herdsmen officials' and 'parent officials'; while the ministers of state and county are 'people-slaughter officials'.
The word 'Tu' means everything is left unsaid.
Qing Ling either goes to the market to buy vegetables, or goes to the drugstore to buy various herbs for Yin Xuuge to make medicinal diets. She is also close old friends with the three aunts and six women in the neighborhood. As for the word 'slaughterer', she remembered it deeply in her little head.
It's just that I met Sima Xiang today. This middle-aged uncle is not as scary as the legend in the market.
"Interesting, interesting."
Sima Xiangxiao glanced at Yin Xuege. He admired Yin Xuege's courage to kill the thief and his calmness in dealing with it now.
As for Qing Ling, this little girl who is as skinny as a stick and looks like a monkey, to be honest, he is really not interested.
Yin Xuege couldn't bear to part with this little girl? This is also an interesting thing. With her youthful beauty, it is natural that there is no personal relationship between a man and a woman. In other words, the doll Yin Xuuge actually has a "flesh and blood affection" for this little girl? This is very rare.
Servants sold into slavery were treated as objects by their masters and beaten to death out of thin air. This was all in compliance with the law.
To be able to treat one's servants so kindly and have such a kind heart is not a very precious thing in this world, but it is indeed rare.
With a bang, the main door of the lobby was pushed open, and a strong wind blew in with raindrops. Two wet lieutenants in red strode in and handed Sima Xiang a thick case file in a dark red leather bag.
Sima Xiang took out the cowhide bag, took out the case file, scanned the information on it, and then smiled disdainfully.
Shaking the case file in his hand, Sima Xiang looked at Yin Xuege and nodded.
"In the past few months, I have been negligent. Hey, such shameless and dirty methods actually..."
Before he could finish his sentence, two more red-robed law lieutenants broke in. They bowed to Sima Xiang with their hands clasped in fists, and spoke in dry tones.
"Sir, the origins of the three thieves have been found out. They are members of the Shuilongmen Gang in Weinan City."
"When we went to their home, they were all young and old. They had already committed suicide by taking poison and left behind a confession."
A law lieutenant took out three guilt documents from his sleeve and handed them to Sima Xiang respectfully.
Sima Xiang took the crime book and did not read it. He just shook his hand and the three crime books were reduced to ashes.
He looked at Yin Xuege with a smile, shook off the ashes in his hands, and threw them all out the door.
"Yin Xuege, tell me, why don't I read these three guilt documents?"
Yin Xuuge pretended to be deep in thought. He was silent for a while, then his eyes lit up and he laughed.
"My lord's candle shines thousands of miles away. This kind of wisdom is incomparable to ordinary people."
"It's okay if you don't read these three incriminating documents. Those three thieves broke into my house at night, how could their family know about it?"
"Even if their family members knew about this, how could they know that they would be accidentally killed? How could they commit suicide out of fear of crime?"
"So, these three incriminating documents must be forged and of no use."
Sima Xiang's eyes lit up like two small lamps. He took a deep look at Yin Xuuge and suddenly laughed happily. He pointed at Yin Xuuge and nodded repeatedly to Li Ye and Zhao Ji who were standing aside.
"Unexpectedly, the lost pearl is here in Weinan City."
Xinran laughed a few times, and Sima Lianlian touched his palms.
"Isn't that true? The three thieves, who are accomplished thieves who have tempered their bodies, joined forces to deal with you, a young man. How could they fail?"
"No matter what they came to do, they would naturally cover up all traces. How could their family members commit suicide?"
With a sneer, Sima Xiang looked up to the sky and laughed loudly.
"You really underestimated me. But, since their family members have been silenced, this matter..."
With a wave of his sleeves, Sima Xiang glanced at the law officers.
"Shuilongmen is a civilian force that only makes a living by shipping on the Wei River. It is disadvantageous to restrain the disciples and bring trouble to the people."
"Come on, confiscate all the wealth to the officials, and sell all the real estate in front of the officials. All the people belonging to the Shuilongmen, together with their relatives, happened to be the first generation in Western Xinjiang to open up the barbaric territory, and a large number of manpower were needed to supplement them. They were all exiled to Western Xinjiang to listen to them. You will never be allowed to return to Weinan."
As soon as the lieutenant respectfully accepted the promise, two people immediately strode out.
Shuilongmen is also a famous existence in Weinan County. With the ancient city of Weinan as the center, the water transportation of thousands of miles up and down the Wei River was controlled by Shuilongmen. It was a big and extremely wealthy power.
However, Sima Xiang gave an order and all the Shuilongmen's assets were owned by the government. Shuilongmen's hundreds of disciples and more than ten thousand relatives and dependents were all sent to the wild land of Western Xinjiang who didn't know how far away. In the newly opened wild mountains and forests, if ten thousand people died, it would be difficult for one person to survive.
Not to mention, Sima Xiang sentenced them to never return to Weinan.
They can only live as savages in the western frontier for generations to come.
The Law Office supervises hundreds of officials and the market. It has the power to kill first and report later, and is responsible for maintaining the strictness of the Law. He is directly under the Prefectural Mufu, and even Weicheng Prefect Lin Jingfeng is just on an equal footing with the Lufu. The prefect is in charge of Weinan County's people's livelihood, military affairs, etc. The Law Office is only responsible for one of the "Laws", but this "Law" is enough for Sima Xiang to suppress Lin Jingfeng steadily.
To punish a small water dragon gate, he didn't even have to say hello to Lin Jingfeng. Lin Jingfeng couldn't care about it anyway.
There was a loud sound of wind and rain, and four more lieutenants broke into the lobby. The lieutenant in red raised the wooden plate in his hand, and the remains of two paper talismans were placed squarely on the wooden plate.
Yin Xuuge's eyes widened and he curiously forgot about the spiritual talisman he saw for the first time in this world.
Most of the talisman has been burned, and only a small half of the talisman remains.
This small half-talisman body is only about three inches. The talisman paper is as smooth as peach wood. It has been washed by the heavy rain for a long time, but there is no stain at all. There are faint crimson twisted runes on the rune surface. Although it has been used, there is still a trace of strange energy fluctuations spreading.
Even people like Yin Xuuge who have not stepped into the realm of Qi training can clearly sense this fluctuation of vitality.
The air in the room rotated with this fluctuation of vitality, faintly bringing up a slight wind, blowing out from the window edge.
Sima Xiang's eyes narrowed, and he took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from his sleeve, with the Zhenhai turtle pattern engraved on the back. He emitted a ray of light and shined it on the talisman, and there was a faint gray-yellow halo. The rune surface floats.
Sima Xiang sneered and put away the bronze mirror.
"It's the Huang family in Weibei again. How many mistakes have they made in the past two years?"
"Then for these two broken talismans, go and tell Ouyang Xi, the Chancellor of the Weibei County Law Office, to ask the Huang family to compensate one thousand taels of gold."
"I don't care if they mismanaged the two magic talismans and let them leak out; or if they were stolen by thieves, I only want them to compensate one thousand taels of gold."
"Yin Xuege almost died under these two talismans. These one thousand taels of gold are the compensation they paid for Yin Xuege's medicine."
Yin Xuege couldn't help but look at Sima Xiang in shock.
One thousand taels of gold? This is a windfall, enough for an ordinary person to have enough food and drink for three lifetimes.
He actually wants the Huang family in Weibei County to spit out a thousand taels of gold? How many spiritual talismans must the Huang family sell to amass such a huge amount of wealth? But these one thousand taels of gold are enough to support Yin Xuuge's cultivation for a long time in the future, right
He bowed deeply to Sima Xiang and sincerely thanked him for his thunderous methods.
"The Dharma Prime Minister is wise, and the people are extremely grateful."
Sima Xiang laughed loudly and clapped his hands vigorously.
"Since Xue Ge has said so, as the Dharma Chancellor of Weinan County, I can't help but support the good people under my rule."
"Well, tell the head of the Huang family that in addition to a thousand taels of gold, I want him to personally break the hands and feet of the person in charge related to this talisman."
"It must be a member of the core direct lineage, and you are not allowed to use side members as an example."
Outside the window, the wind and rain suddenly stopped, the rain clouds in the sky dispersed, and the seven bright moons hung high in the blue sky, and the clear moonlight illuminated the sky and the earth.
(End of chapter)