12 Arrested and brought to justice

When Yu Chen heard that Lu Gong had a way to solve the problem, he couldn't wait to bow to Lu Gong, "Sir, please tell me why I don't dare to try it?" Lu Gong whispered in Yu Chen's ear: "I look at you, you have a heavy evil spirit.

If you want to get rid of the evil spirit, you must ask for help from the gods to get rid of it?" Lu Gong saw that Yu Chen was listening attentively, with a pious expression on his face, and was secretly happy in his heart. He paused for a moment and continued: "Did you know that there is a Qingfeng Temple five miles to the south from here?"

Chen nodded respectfully and said, "Well, Mr. Lu continued, "You must go to the temple every night for three consecutive days, face the courtyard wall outside the temple gate, face the wall for two hours, and keep silently reciting the four words 'turn bad luck into good luck'

Words can wash away the evil spirits from the body." Yu Chen bowed his head again and said happily: "This is not difficult, don't say three days, three months is not a problem, thank you sir for your advice, I will be able to do it."

Lu Gong returned to the yamen, changed his clothes and crown, and ordered the yamen servants to interrogate Huang Luo to the back hall. After a while, Huang Luo knelt in front of Lu Gong.

Really?" Huang Luo'ai said: "No need to ask, sir, it's a capital crime." Lv Gong frightened and said: "It's a capital crime without a doubt! He will be beheaded at the end of Qiu." Huang Luo kowtowed his head and begged: "Please, sir, be merciful beyond the law."

"The villain was confused for a moment and committed this unforgivable crime. Please spare the villain's life. I will thank you in return." Lu Gong said: "It's not difficult to spare you. You must perform meritorious service to atone for your sin." Huang Luo saw it.

There was a glimmer of hope, "I will definitely perform meritorious service and atone for my sins. Please tell me, I will not give up even if I die!" Lu Gong whispered: "I will give you the opportunity to perform meritorious service and atone for your sins. You must do this tonight..."

After hearing this, Huang Luo was filled with surprise and kowtowed, saying: "I will act according to your Majesty's advice." Lu Gong said: "After the matter is completed, I can take your sentence lightly and send you to another place to be reborn."

Huang Luo was escorted back, and Lu Gong summoned Ge Qing and Su Shun to give him face-to-face instructions.

At midnight, the crescent moon was hanging high. Yu Chen took a shower and changed clothes. He went to Qingfeng Temple according to Lu Gong's method. He saw that the door of the temple was closed and all the Taoist priests had taken a rest. He found a secluded place, faced the courtyard wall, stood solemnly, and closed his eyes.

Recite piously and silently: "Everything bad turns into good luck, every bad thing turns into good fortune..."

While he was talking about this, a dark shadow suddenly flashed out from the corner of the courtyard wall. Yu Chen saw it and asked cautiously: "Who is it?" The other party asked back: "Who are you?"

Next, Yu Chen recognized his junior brother Huang Luo and asked in shock: "Junior brother, why are you here?" Huang Luo held a wooden stick and said in surprise: "Ah! So, senior brother, why do you come here to stand silently late at night?" Yu Chen asked

"It's inconvenient to say this. I heard that you have been imprisoned. How did you get here?" Huang Luo whispered: "I escaped from prison and escaped here. Please help me find a place to hide." Yu Chen explained to Lu Gong the solution.

He was convinced and feared that Huang Luo would misunderstand him, "This is not difficult. You stand aside for two hours and then explain." Huang Luo held a big wooden stick in his hand and stood behind Yu Chen without asking any more questions.

Yu Chen faced the wall again and muttered silently: "Everything bad turns into good luck, every bad thing turns into good luck..." Huang Luo saw that Yu Chen closed his eyes and recited silently, without any defense, so he tiptoed a few steps forward and swung a big wooden stick at Yu Chen's legs.

After hitting him hard, Yu Chen screamed and collapsed to the ground. He looked back and heard Huang Luo sneer and said: "Brother, I'm sorry, I have to do this in order to survive."

At this time, Ge Qing and the soldiers who were ambushing on both sides rushed up, "Catch the thief alive!" "The thief can't escape!" It was too late to speak, but now, Yu Chen's hand shook, a bright light flashed, and a

The dart flew toward Huang Luo's door, but Huang Luo couldn't dodge. He hit the hall right in the middle. Huang Luo's brains burst and he fell to the ground dead. Yu Chen said angrily: "I helped you get out of prison, but unexpectedly you betrayed your friend and took revenge on me."

..." Before Yu Chen could finish his words, all the soldiers rushed forward and tied him up tightly.

When Mr. Lu heard that the thief had been captured, he was overjoyed and went to the hall that night. Yu Chen, who had both legs broken, was carried to the hall by the government servants. At this time, Zhaoyan was also brought to the hall by Su Shun.

Lu Gong spoke to the people in the hall: "Yu Chen, Zhaoyan raised his head, you can recognize me!" Yu Chen lay down and Zhaoyan knelt down. They both raised their eyes and looked up. They were stunned. Hey! The person sitting in the hall is Mr. Zheng Youce, a calligrapher.

Yes! It suddenly became clear at this time.

Lu Gong ordered the yamen servant to turn Yu Chen up and sit up. Lu Gong asked: "To tell the truth, you stole four thousand taels of official silver from the official treasury of Daming Mansion, and now you have recovered one thousand six hundred and fifty taels. Where is the rest?" Yu Chen said:

"I fell into your trap, and I just wanted to die quickly. But let me know it before I die. How do you know that I stole it?" Lu Gong said: "I asked you to know it before you die, and tell everyone what happened. Three days ago, in the morning,

Wei Liang, the brother of the sinful girl Wei Qian, sent her a bribe of two hundred taels, begging me to give his sister a lighter sentence. When I wanted to refuse, I had no idea. There was a small piece of yellow paper in the center of the ingot of silver. This piece of yellow paper reminded me that only

The official silver was wrapped in this yellow paper. It must have been that when Wei Liang tore off the wrapping paper, it accidentally fell into the recess of the silver ingot. To be sure, I ordered Ge Qing and Su Shun to go to the official treasury of Daming Mansion to get the official silver wrapping paper to correct it.

, the paper texture and color are all consistent! Therefore, I judged the official treasury where the bribe money was destined to come from. I learned from Wei Liang that the bribe money was borrowed from Ru Yuchen, so I immediately interrogated Wei Qian and asked Wei Qian

I found out from my mouth that you are Huang Luo's senior brother, and I also learned from Huang Luo that you are a master of Qinggong. You are not a member of an official, so why do you have such official silver?" Lu Gong paused, smiled and said, "No need to say more.

"This bribe was stolen. Who is the person who stole the silver but you?"

After hearing this, Ge Qing, Su Shun and other officials all understood it and shouted out loud: "How wonderful!"

Yu Chen was dumbfounded. After a while, he sighed, "Oh! I didn't expect that a small piece of yellow paper ruined my life!" Lu Gong slapped the alarm and shouted: "I can't even do it? What's the rest of the loot?"

Where is the money hidden? Is it still necessary to carry out severe punishment? The matter has come to this, and it will be punished as it is!" Yu Chen sighed again: "The matter has come to this, I will not hide it. Call me! Master Chen, you have caused me so much trouble!

"Tell me, I actually stole four thousand taels of silver from the bank of Daming Mansion, but I only got two thousand taels. The remaining two thousand taels were obtained by Master Chen who was in charge of the bank, and he put them into his own pocket." When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.

.Yu Chen revealed the secret: "I heard that a Tang Dynasty landscape painting was hanging in the hall of Master Chen. It was valuable. I robbed it several times without success. One night, I went to steal it again without touching the ambush mechanism. It fell into the trap."

Inside the copper mesh pocket..."

Late at night, in the Chen Mansion, Master Chen Bo was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the main hall. The house was brightly lit. Yu Chen was tied up and pushed in by the servants, and he knelt in front of him. After Master Chen asked for his name and address, he patted the table and said, "Hello.

You are so bold! You dare to steal from me. Who is your instruction?" Yu Chen shook his head and said, "No one has given instructions." Master Chen said, "I have been waiting for you for many days. Please tell me what I will do to you today.

?" Yu Chen held up his chest and said, "I have been arrested. I have nothing to say. I will do whatever you want." Master Chen secretly praised Yu Chen's fearlessness. He pondered for a long time and pushed away the servants. He stood up and untied Yu Chen, "I

I won’t send you to the official position, and I won’t kill you either. Please come back.”

Yu Chen was confused, didn't he know what he wanted to do? Yu Chen retreated to the door, turned around, jumped up to the room, looked around, there was no ambush, Lord Bo really let me go back, if I don't thank you, it will be merciless, I think so

, and landed lightly on the spot. When Master Chen saw his return, he turned from worry to joy, "Why did you go and come back?" Yu Chen knelt down and said, "I haven't thanked you yet. You are so generous, I can't thank you enough.

If the adults can be of use to the villain in the future, please let me know, and the villain will not hesitate to do anything!"

Master Chen laughed loudly and said: "Haha... But I tell you the truth, the painting you stole is a fake, and the treasure is not in my possession." Yu Chen asked in surprise. "Fake? Where is the treasure?" Master Chen

Bo asked: "How? Do you want to steal the treasure?" Yu Chenfu said: "How dare you do this, a villain." Master Chen Bo sneered and said: "Hey! Do you want to repay your kindness? I tell you that the treasure is hidden in the mansion of Lord Xu.

In the study. "If you dare to steal it, I will definitely reward you heavily." Yu Chen bowed his hands and said, "It's a promise. I'll wait for good news within three days." He turned around and flew up to the ridge of the room, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Yes.

Yu Chen continued: "Within three days, I stole the treasures and asked Lord Chen for a small reward. He did not give me a reward. He said that if I wanted a reward, please go to the bank of Daming Mansion to get it. I don't know what he meant. He gave me a reward."

I gave the key to the bank and attached a topographic map of the bank. I said that he wanted me to steal the official silver. After the promise was made, I would divide it into 50 and 50. He would help me steal four times in a row, one thousand taels each time, and the last time

When I was discovered by the Ku soldiers, I tried my best to escape."

After hearing this, Mr. Lu took a breath, "I have already analyzed it. You did not steal these four thousand taels of official silver alone. There must be helpers. However, you never expected that it was a traitor in the government!" There was silence in the hall for a moment, and then Mr. Lu continued.

Asked: "With the addition of 2,000 taels, the total is 3,650 taels. Where did the remaining 350 taels go?" Before Yu Chen could answer, Zhaoyan said, "I have 300 taels at my place."

, Yu Chen gave it to me to keep." Yu Chen added: "I have squandered fifty taels."

Lu Gong pointed out to Zhaoyan, "You don't follow the rules of women, you keep an adulterer, you don't report it, you are guilty of a double crime!" Zhaoyan bowed her head and begged: "You know your crime, please forgive me."

Lu Gong angrily scolded Yu Chen, "Not to mention the fact that you assassinated me, you killed innocent people indiscriminately, killed Cao Baozheng and Wei Liang with swords, and killed Huang Luo with bodyguards. With these three lives, your crime deserves to be cut into pieces with a thousand knives!"

After a pause, he said regretfully: "Now that the country is in the process of employing talents, I regret that you have used your talents in a crooked way instead of serving the country. If you stole official silver just because of someone's instructions, there is still room for forgiveness.

Alas! It’s too late!”

In the early morning, Duke Lu ordered Ge Qing and Su Shun to lead dozens of soldiers to escort Yu Chen and Zhaoyan to Daming Mansion. Yu Chen was loaded into a prison car and prepared to be escorted away. Ge Qing stepped forward and asked, "What should I do with Lord Chen Bo?" Duke Lu said helplessly.

"My official power is small and this is under the jurisdiction of my superiors. There is nothing I can do. I have written some materials for you and Su Shun to send to Mr. Xu of Daming Mansion." After saying this, he handed an official document bag to Ge Qing.

Ge Qing and Su Shun took Yu Chen, Zhao Yan and a box of stolen money to Daming Mansion. On the way, the two rode horses, laughing and talking, forgetting the fatigue of several days. Su Shun praised: "Master Lu has an insight into everything.

With his clever calculations, he is truly the pillar of the country!"

Ge Qing said with emotion: "Nowadays, Song and Liao are at odds with each other. Liao is strong and Song is weak. After the 'Chanyuan Alliance', our Song Dynasty pays silver and tribute to Liao every year. It is really a national shame! If the officials of Song Dynasty were as smart and capable as Mr. Lu,
Chapter completed!