Seeing that the gate of Yama Hall was about to close, You Shu hurriedly got in.
The scene in the hall is more grand and atmospheric than he expected. The dome is covered with nine-day star maps, each radiating light; the surrounding is a panoramic mural of the mountains and rivers of Kyushu, and the flowing water and waterfalls murmur, as if one side of the universe is ingested in it, and that A huge table was placed above the high hall, and the King Yama, whose face was covered with a mask, was sitting behind it and opened a roster to take a closer look.
The entire hall was emitting a faint light, and he was alone in darkness. Except for the purple lines on the mask, only an extremely tall and majestic shadow could be seen. The twenty-four prisoners were also wearing masks, and they were sitting in the lower seat waiting with a bated breath. Judging from their stiff body language, they should be very afraid of this upper peak.
You Shu became more and more cautious. She stepped on the black stone bricks engraved with flowers on the other side, slowly moved to a post, and stuck out half of her head to check. "Zhao Youshu" had met Murong Lian, the King of Dayong, and Murong Xuan, Prince of Li, on the day he attended the Qionglin Banquet, and he had a fresh memory of their appearance. You Shu did a little research in her mind, and it was confirmed that they were the two most powerful masters today, and the one on the high hall was obviously checking the identities of several people.
"Your Majesty is Murong Lian, the King of Dayong, Murong Xuan, Prince of Li, and the Imperial Concubine Sun?" King Yama put down the roster and asked in a deep voice. Because of the mask, his cold and inorganic voice became more and more hollow and strange.
"I know it's me and I'll let me go soon? Otherwise I'll copy your nine clans!" Murong Lian shouted angrily.
"Presumptuous! Do you know where this place is? How can you be so loud and clamorous?" The prison master, who was sitting first on the left, said coldly. Another prison master pointed at the dome, and saw a black plaque hanging on it, engraved with three wild grass characters - Nether Hall.
Only then did the three of Murong Lian realize that they had been caught in hell, and couldn't help crying and struggling. Then the King of Yama didn't pay any attention, just took out an account book and counted the three people's crimes one by one. After reciting three thousand six hundred and eighty-eight, he stopped and asked, "Can you plead guilty?"
"I don't admit it! I am the emperor, I am the emperor of the real dragon, the emperor of Ziwei, even if I am punished, the Jade Emperor should personally interrogate me. When will it be your turn, a little hell king?" Murong Lian asked with a grim expression.
The other party seemed to think this remark was ridiculous, he made a short and weird chuckle, and then with his right hand, he drew him closer, saying word by word, "But a pseudo-dragon whose scales are not evenly grown would dare to be there. In front of this king, he calls himself Ziwei Emperor Star, and today this king took off your dragon's skin and broke your keel, so I'll see what you will do." The fingertips of the words fell into the root of Murong's neck, and his pale vertebrae were cut off. Pull it out, then peel off the skin and throw it aside.
Murong Xuan and the Sun Clan, who were still maintaining the dignity of the royal family, screamed in unison, and immediately kowtowed to confess their guilt after waking up. Even if he confessed his guilt, he did not forgive him lightly. He ordered the first prisoner and the second prisoner to take the man down and goug out his eyes, cut his tongue, and whip him for two hundred.
The execution place was in a corner of the hall, and the tragic scene was quite shocking. Fortunately, Shu was not used to seeing it, and her mood was calm. She squatted on the ground and watched silently for a long time, and then counted the number of floggings. Unconsciously, it took several hours, and the three people had finished the trial, and King Yama ordered the prisoner to send the person back to Yangshi. Youshu immediately followed the crowd out of the Netherworld Hall, and when she looked back, there was only darkness behind her...
When he opened his eyes the next day, he couldn't recover for a long time. After washing up, he walked slowly towards the front hall, analyzing the dream all the way. With the lessons learned from "Zhao Youshu", he will never naively think that everything in the dream is an illusion, that is to say, last night Murong Lian, Murong Xuan and Sun were indeed thrown into hell for trial. "Zhao Youshu" was beaten 100 times, and his body would show corresponding injuries. What about Murong Lian, who had his skin and bones broken, his eyes and tongue cut out, and Murong Xuan and Sun Shi who were whipped 200 times
Nine times out of ten, it won't last long, right? Thinking like this, he couldn't help showing a thoughtful look.
When I walked to the front hall, I saw a middle-aged man described as wretched sitting at the dining table eating, with a pair of chopsticks tossing between the dishes, very rude. You Shu took a glance and recognized the identity of this person.
This man's name is Wang Fu, and his ancestral home is Shaoxing. He is very sinister and vicious, and is countless times more greedy than "Zhao Youshu". The two often clashed because of the uneven distribution of spoils, but Wang Funai was a candidate recommended by Shangfeng, who was directly related to "Zhao Youshu". As time went on, Wang Fu felt that the county magistrate was young and easy to bully, and he pushed his nose and face more and more, regardless of seniority.
"Oh, county magistrate, you're here. How are you respecting your butt?" Wang Fu didn't stand up to salute, but only glanced at Youshu's butt, his eyes full of malice. These days, the county magistrate is away, and he takes care of all the big and small matters by himself, which can be said to be majestic. Now that the county magistrate has recovered from his injuries and has taken his authority, he is naturally very unhappy.
You Shu stared at the messy tabletop with a gloomy expression. If I remember correctly, although Wang Fu lived in the county government office, he had to take care of his meals. In other words, what he is eating now should belong to "Zhao Youshu", and he is Zhao Youshu.
After two lifetimes, the problem of Shu's food protection has not changed, but he has restrained a lot. He twisted his slightly itchy fingertips and pressed the blue veins on his forehead, then sat down at the table and took a bowl to eat.
Wang Fu put the only chicken leg left in his bowl, and said in a low voice, "Master County, do you have the silver tael that Lord Wang asked you to pay? Have you prepared the small one and send it to the prefecture in person."
You Shu thought for a while, and already understood what he was talking about. In a few days, it will be the birthday of Prince Li, Murong Xuan. Although he has not been officially registered as the crown prince, he has already moved into the East Palace because of his mother's favor, and he is the next king. He has many fans in the court, and it happens that "Zhao Youshu" and his upper peak are among them. In order to record a name in front of Prince Li, they naturally had to rack their brains to search for treasures and hand them over. But where are there any treasures in the folk, aren't they all in the hands of the royal merchants
A few days ago, Zhao Youshu's upper peak took a fancy to a coral tree, asking for 300,000 taels of silver. If he couldn't get it, he distributed the money to the following magistrates, saying that whoever pays more for filial piety will be promoted in the coming year. A small person like Zhao Youshu can't even touch Prince Li's side. The only way to get promoted is to climb up the mountain. Hearing this, he naturally attaches great importance to it.
He has already greeted the wealthy households in Suichang County and asked them to raise money. These people were exploited by the county magistrate, so naturally they went to exploit the tenant farmers under their hands. As the saying goes, they were cut layer by layer, and each layer became thinner.
Zhao Youshu had raised 180,000 taels of silver earlier, but he did not let Wang Fu know that he was also preventing Wang Fu from scraping oil from it. If this skin hadn't changed souls, maybe the money would have been handed over long ago, but now, You Shu has his own plans. He said bluntly, "I have raised 180,000 taels of silver, but I have other uses for this money. You can let Mr. Wang find a way."
Wang Fu could hardly believe his ears, he threw away the chopsticks and asked, "What did you just say?"
"I have the money, but I'm not going out." Youshu repeated word by word.
Wang Fu's face was ferocious at first, then he softened his expression again, and persuaded in a soft voice, "Mr. County, are you having a temper with your subordinates? But you can't make fun of your career! There are seven or eight magistrates under Mr. Wang. Everyone has already gone to raise money. Whoever moves fast will have a number in his heart, and maybe he will be transferred to the state capital in the coming year. You don’t want to take such a great opportunity. What do you want to do? A place to be a seven-pin sesame official for a lifetime?"
Youshu's ideal is to be a very high-ranking official, so that he can come into contact with higher-level dignitaries. Maybe there is a master among these people? But he would never tell an unimportant person what he thought, so he said lightly, "It's not up to you to ask what I want to do. I'm happy to do it myself."
"Okay, are you happy? I'll go to the prefecture to report this to Lord Wang, and see how he handles it!" Wang Fu suddenly stood up and flipped the table, then slapped his sleeves away, completely disregarding Youshu's fledgling The yellow-haired boy with no background looked in his eyes. To be the champion of high school at the age of 18 is really great, but if you don't know how to be a human being, you will only be able to be a stepping stone for your whole life.
You Shu stared at the food spilled on the ground, his facial features gradually twisted and grim, if Wang Fu looked back at this time, maybe he would not go his way to death.
"From Suichang to the prefecture, it takes seven days by car, and seventeen or eighteen days on foot. You can break the hull of his car when it goes to a place where it can't reach the village or the store, and he has to go to the bottom. If a town wants to rent a car, you can break it again, and be sure to delay it for a while." While ordering people to clean up the mess on the ground, he used his mental power to instruct a female ghost who had just gathered up.
The female ghost used to be the cook of the county government office. Her life was not good. Her husband abandoned her for a fan, and her children refused to recognize each other. Although she had no obsessions, she did not have a graveyard. She became a lonely ghost who could not be reborn. . You Shu promised to save for her, and she was able to help her.
The female ghost agreed again and again, and went after Wang Fu, and when there was Shu, she instructed the servants not to prepare such a rich breakfast, a bowl of porridge, and a few steamed buns. What he eats, wears, and uses now are all the hard-earned money of the people. Not only does he have to be diligent and thrifty, but the people below have to do the same.
While thinking about how to reset the county government's constitution, he went to court to prepare for government affairs. In the main hall, except for a small servant who was swept away, there was no half-person figure, a catcher, a yamen, and a subordinate.
"Where's the person?" He looked at the little servant, who couldn't explain clearly.
Just at this moment, a starving ghost that had already been used by him came out of the ground and reported, "Sir, those people are all Wang Fu's team, and before he left, he told them not to listen to you, so they all made excuses. Leave on leave. If Wang Fu has not returned for a day, they will be worthless for a day, and let you be a bare county magistrate."
This starving ghost was a beggar before his death. He had never eaten enough food for a day. As soon as Shu came, he would give him a Yin-Yang Vitality Talisman. Although he would be hungry again soon after absorbing it, it gave him a moment of comfort. Therefore, he stubbornly followed Youshu's side, unable to drive away. The beggar's specialty is naturally to inquire about news, not to mention a small county government, even if it is trivial in the state government, he is also clear.
As the so-called "no curtains, no ya", without the help of the master, most county magistrates simply do not know how to handle government affairs. Wang Fuman thought that calling his team away would give the county magistrate a slap in the face, but he made a mistake. Now this Zhao Youshu is not the original Zhao Youshu, and the way his brain works is different from ordinary people.
Instead of looking for them one by one, he wrote down the names of these people and stopped working. Fortunately, "Zhao Youshu" attached great importance to money, and he kept the keys to the bank in his own hands. Several accountants were also his cronies, so he could naturally impose economic sanctions.
"I don't have any staff, so I pay for it myself. The people I hire are more useful than the yamen who eat dry rice. Which part of Suichang County has the most coolies?" "Zhao Youshu" is very dependent on Wang Fu for everything except the money and money. Most of the servants in the family were invited by Wang Fu, and they don't know who their real master is, so they are very unreliable.
The Hungry Ghost followed behind with his shoulders slumped, guiding, "Turn left at the second intersection in front, go straight to the fourth intersection and then turn left, cross an alley to the pier, where there are a lot of coolies waiting to pass by. Merchant ships unloading."
"Then let's go." Youshu walked slowly, and when he arrived at the pier, he saw many strong, shirtless coolies. He checked it twice and picked twenty men with fierce faces but honest eyes. Three taels of silver a month, only sign a living contract and not a dead contract, settle wages on time, include room and board, and a title of public office, this job is a fool who will not take it.
Twenty people quickly signed the contract, each received a set of yamen clothes to wear, and followed behind You Shu with sticks. They also have justice and axioms in their hearts, but who can uphold justice and axioms when they can't get enough to eat? At most, the county magistrate asked him to tap lightly when hitting someone.
Thinking like this, the group walked across the street and came to Lijia Village. The villagers had long been accustomed to the ostentatious behavior of the county magistrate, and immediately avoided it, with fear and hatred in their eyes. Youshu followed her memory to find Li's house, but saw that the two low houses that used to be dilapidated have now become three-storey blue brick courtyards. There are many flowers and trees planted in the courtyard, which are swaying and protruding from the wall.
The doorman saw that the visitor was the county magistrate, and hurriedly bowed to greet him. Li Ergou went out to gamble early in the morning and has not yet turned around. Li Ni did not care about the defense of men and women. When she got the letter, she ran out with the skirt of her skirt. She didn't feel ashamed when she bumped into the burly man in the room. Instead, her waist twisted more happily. .
Seeing her fiancé sitting in the main seat, with white lips, smooth skin, and round eyes, who was countless times prettier than herself, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "Why don't you say hello? Just here? Did you buy me the golden hairpin that I liked earlier?"
Youshu fixed a look at her, and an evil fire burst out in her heart. It was clear that this woman was accused of doing evil and was sent to the underworld. Why did she have nothing to do, and she was going to suffer from that flesh and blood? Forget it, if the underworld doesn't punish her, it's the same for me to do it myself!
Thinking of this, he felt better. He took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from his arms and rubbed it down with his front teeth. Seeing his small mouth move slightly and his cheeks bulging lightly, Li Ni was also furious. A big man, why can't he look like a big man? It's just something to eat, it's necessary to make it so, so...
Li Ni will never admit that she is practicing this kind of food every day in private, just to look more cute and cute. She rubbed her chest, and waited until her heart sank slightly before saying, "What about you, did you buy the golden hairpin?"
You Shu picked up the teacup and sipped slowly, turning a blind eye to her. Li Ni was about to get angry when Li Ergou hurried in, clasped his fists and said, "Brother-in-law, I've kept you waiting! I'll tell the kitchen to prepare meals. The wealthy Wang from the next village brought two bear paws, just for us to drink and eat. , come here..."
He was interrupted by You Shu before he could finish speaking, "It's not a problem, I have official business today. I heard that someone wants to file a lawsuit with you recently? Which ones are there? Sign up."
Li Ergou was overjoyed, and wanted to support him as his brother-in-law, so he hurriedly reported people to him one by one. Youshu quickly wrote it down on the paper, and when he said goodbye to Li Ergou, he said, "I will take them to the county government today, and you will come and confront them in court tomorrow morning."
Li Ergou agreed again and again, and after closing the door, he showed a very proud expression. The brother-in-law came to arrest people in person, how much face did this give him? If he says it out, see who dares to fight against him!
Some Shu went from house to house according to the list. When these people saw him, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed and confessed their mistakes. Some Shu asked them to write a petition, but they refused, and asked them to beat the drum of grievances. They refused to do it. In desperation, they had to arrest everyone and tie them with ropes and lead them back.
"Look, Officer Zhao Gou is arresting people again!"
"This time, all the people who offended his brother-in-law were caught, what a fucking beast!"
"Bah, if you die, you should go to eighteen levels of hell!"
When the people waited for him to walk past, they spit on the ground.
You Shu has good eyes and ears, but she can only pretend to be deaf and mute. She takes people to the county office and locks them into small cubicles, and goes in and asks them one by one. These people kept saying good things for Li Ergou, saying that it was all their own fault, and had nothing to do with Li Ye. After returning, they would definitely kowtow and apologize.
Shu can't, so she had to shut them up, point at each other with the tip of a pen, and say, "What's this for?"
This was obviously addressed to the starving ghost, he immediately stepped forward and whispered, "This is called Li Wang, because he built his own fields too high, Li Ergou's cow broke his leg when he walked over, and Li Ergou was the same as Li Ergou. He broke his leg and threw it in the mountains. If he hadn't kept a good dog and brought people to look for it in the middle of the night, he might have been carried away by tigers and wolves."
You Shu worked hard and wrote quickly, and quickly finished writing a slap in the face, which was justifiable and well-founded, and asked Li Wang to put his fingerprints on it. These people are peasants who have never read a book, and how can they understand what he is writing, thinking that he is making up and framed up, so they cry and howl, and they refuse to raise their hands no matter what. .
You Shu couldn't, so she had to let the newly hired subordinate grab the person and force a thumbprint. There was anger in the eyes of his subordinates, but there was nothing he could do about it. Now that the world is so chaotic, it is still difficult for him to survive, so how can he take care of others
Every time he walked into a room, he wrote a letter to himself, which made the entire county government wailed and roared. After finally collecting the charges, he lay down and slept peacefully, but the low sobbing sound in the small cubicle rang all night. On the second day, Li Ergou came to the county government early to file a lawsuit, and even called his friends and friends to join in the fun. There were also people with conscience who came to hear the news, carrying vegetable baskets in their hands, which contained stone eggs and other items, and planned to run away immediately after smashing the dog officials.
You Shu didn't talk nonsense. As soon as he sat down, he slapped the gavel and asked his subordinates to bring the plaintiff up. Everyone cried all night, their hair was disheveled, their eyes were red and swollen, and they looked very embarrassed. The people booed angrily, but Shu had a calm expression. He picked up a copy of the letter and began to read it. After just two sentences, a shout came from the court, "You're wrong! This letter was not written by us at all, but by the county magistrate. The handprints that were fabricated and forced to be pressed by us! If God has eyes, he will send a thunderbolt to kill all these wicked people!"
"God open your eyes, don't let good people be wronged! Please God!"
In desperation, the only person these people can turn to for help is God. The onlookers felt the same but were helpless, they had to drop their heads and wipe their tears, their clenched teeth rattled, as if they were going to swallow the people sitting above them alive. On the other hand, Li Ergou stood on his hips and looked proud, while Li Ni also sat in the hall and covered his mouth with a low smile.
No one paid any attention to Shu. He picked up the gavel and patted it. After the volume dropped a little, he continued to read. As he continued to read, the crying person slowly stopped and listened. Li Ergou and Li Ni showed a surprised expression.
"Li Wang, are the words of this adverbial true?" Youshu asked in a low voice.
Li Wang didn't dare to agree. He looked at the hall for a while, and looked at the relatives hidden in the crowd for a while, and his brows were almost knotted.
Youshu didn't need him to answer, Paida and Zhangmu asserted, "It has been verified that everything Li Wang has confessed is true. This officer has convicted Li Ergou of murder and will be executed in the autumn." Then he picked up another sentence. The letter began to read, and it was completely in line with the facts, and Li Ergou was convicted without waiting for the bitter master to nod his head.
Fifteen or six people were tried in a row, but it took only three quarters of an hour, and Li Ergou was sentenced to be executed for several crimes. The yamen standing on both sides rushed up and tied him firmly, and held a large knife around his neck. When the county magistrate handed the public trial documents to the punishment department and got a reply, he could be taken to Caishikou for execution.
Li Ergou was about to go insane, and shouted at his brother-in-law while struggling. In order to cover up the fear and panic in her heart, Li Ni stood up and pointed at You Shu's nose and cursed, saying that if he didn't let her brother go, the marriage would end immediately.
Unexpectedly, Shu was already prepared. She took out a marriage certificate from her arms, tore it into pieces on the spot, and said slowly, "This official has this intention. Then, the next step is to try Li Ni for the crime of persecuting people's lives. The bitter master is here. Where, stand up yourself." As soon as he waved his hand, two yamen pressed Li Ni to kneel on the hall, and the loud noise of knees hitting the ground made one's teeth sour.
At this time, the people realized that the county magistrate was really here, and he really planned to kill relatives righteously and kill harm for the people. Who would kneel down their daughter-in-law on the spot and open a public trial? Do you want to face? Who would tie up his brother-in-law with a knife and scare him out of his urine? Acting can't do that at all!
The few people kneeling below the hall gritted their teeth and stood up immediately.