"Dog slave, you'd better beat me to death, otherwise I will let you know when I get out..."
At this time, a man with disheveled hair was being hung up and whipped.
"What do you know about your grandfather's ruthless work?"
In the dark prison cell, a black-clad swordsman and penman wielded a whip and whipped it hard a few more times.
The screams were unbearable to hear.
In the cell next to the execution cell, Li Qian trembled and trembled as he listened to the sound of the whip, and only today did he know the dignity of an official with swords and pens.
That day, he dragged the corpse of the county official and threw it in a cart, causing a commotion in the county temple.
The county official who was supposed to order Li Qian to come to the temple now has his body lying on the car.
The county officials were not surprised. They never expected that Li Qian was so strong and strong, because of the custom of the Han family.
But to my surprise, no one came to pick up the dried plums.
On the one hand, the county soldiers and officials in the county monastery are all descendants of powerful locals, and they are very familiar with Li Qian.
On the other hand, they were also dissatisfied with the county governor. The county governor was too harsh and persecuted the loyal Li family for a trivial matter.
Among the many county officials, there was an assistant officer with a bronze seal and a yellow ribbon hanging around his arms, waiting for him to issue an order. He was Wei Jing, the meritorious official of this county.
Among the officials of a county, the meritorious officer is regarded as the "most powerful person in the county". When the county guard has something to do, it is basically the meritorious officer who takes charge of the county affairs.
Such a prestigious position can naturally only be filled by the children of powerful families in this county.
This is the case for the man named Wei Jing. He comes from the Wei family from Juyang, Jiyin, and his ancestor is the Changle Weiwei of this dynasty.
As a first-class disciple of the nine officials in the capital, Wei Jing has a certain demeanor that is different from his colleagues.
There were frequent banquets, and Wei Jing often chanted after drinking:
"Life is destined to last forever, and the dying is like a whirlwind of dust. Why not take advantage of the high-ranking students and seize the important road first."
He also likes to play Tie Ruyi with a spit kettle for fun.
Every time we have a banquet, I don't know how many spit pots will be broken, but the people in the county think that he is charming and suave, and they flock to him like ducks.
All the heroes and celebrities in the county were regular guests at his Wei Jing banquet, and Li Qian was no exception.
Therefore, Wei Jing naturally did not want to embarrass Li Qian. He only asked people to help the dead county official into the official temple, and took Li Qian to pay a visit to the county governor Zhang Chong.
At this moment, Zhang Chong was listening to his old wife's words.
His wife is like him, tall and fair, and she is his treasure. But this time, his wife is losing his temper:
"You old man, I worked as a county guard in Jiaozhou and earned fifty million in three years.
You have been the prefect of Lu for four years, and you have never brought anything home, and you have to support so many servants.
Those poor people are of no use, why not use my family to ensure that when we return to our hometown, we will be wealthy."
Zhang Chong was troubled by his wife's thoughts, and he had no doubts about his old wife's promise.
If one of Lao Wife's clan members is appointed to manage the property, not to mention thousands of cars of property after he leaves office, even a few hundred cars will not be able to fit into it.
Just because the old wife comes from the Hou family in Mi County, Henan County, and her family has been running the business for generations, and the family has accumulated tens of millions of money.
But he still couldn't help but scold:
"The man you are talking about is called Sun Fen. He went to the South China Sea to become an official and made enough money, but in the end he was taken over by Liang Ji. I told you a long time ago that too much money is a disaster."
It would be okay if I didn't say this, but when I said this, the old wife became even more angry:
"Stop fooling around. You just have learned a lot about family law. You have yin and yang in your brain. If you don't make money, you are stupid. Money is a curse, so why are so many people taking advantage of it?"
These words choked Zhang Chong and made him furious, but he was speechless.
Fortunately, at this time, the meritorious Cao Wei Jing came to pay him a visit, and he immediately left as if running away.
As soon as he entered the office, he saw Wei Jing and all the Cao officials there, the elite of the county, that's all.
There is another person kneeling below, dressed in plain clothes and carrying a thorn tree, it is Li Qian.
Zhang Chong was secretly happy and was about to sit upright in the hall when he suddenly saw a dead body in the corner outside the hall, which looked familiar.
Without a few more glances, Li Qian would have kowtowed.
"My Majesty the Ming Dynasty, my servant Li Qian is guilty. The first crime is that he was good at commanding troops to cross the border. The second crime is that he accidentally killed a county official by mistake. He knew that he would not be forgiven even if he died, so he begged for death."
After Zhang Chong heard this, he had one thought:
"What? Kill the county officials, who was killed?"
Thinking again about the familiarity he had just glimpsed, he immediately realized that this Li Qian actually killed the horse Kuai who was delivering his order.
Immediately, Zhang Chong was sweating.
He immediately looked outside the temple, where there were figures of people, and then looked at the officials below, who were looking at him with eager eyes.
He didn't care much. He raised his butt and ran towards the back corridor of the temple.
Only Li Qian and many county officials were left looking at each other.
Sitting on his knees next to Wei Jing was Bian Chong, the military commander.
He came from Enju County and was from a middle-class family, but he was brave and able to do his job. He was promoted by Zhang Chong as the commander of the army.
Bian Chong listened to Wei Jing and said doubtfully:
"Brother Wenhan, my lord, what's going on? You were sitting peacefully just now, why did you suddenly run back to the back of the hall? Are you in a hurry?"
Wei Jing was thoughtful and asked the county guard to lead him to Zhang Chong behind the corridor.
The governor is the captain of the county guard. He is a native of Zhang Chong. He is known to be brave and powerful. He was appointed as the governor by Zhang Chong and came to Jiyin with him to take up the post.
When the sect governor led Wei Jing to find Zhang Chong, the back courtyard was in a commotion.
While Zhang Chong called his servants to pack the carriage, he was busy packing the valuables into boxes. When he saw a servant still holding the luggage, he scolded her and asked her to quickly pack the valuables for his wife.
After a busy day of work, Zhang Chong was gasping for breath. When he saw Wei Jing coming, he slapped his forehead and said:
"Wen Han, please hang my official seal and ribbon under the mulberry tree in the corridor. While I am removing the seal and ribbon, you will be in charge of county affairs."
Wei Jing hurriedly said:
"Lord, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
"What's the matter? What did you say it was? You Jiyin are so powerful.
The local tycoons dare to kill my county magistrate at open fire. You tycoons dare to come to me directly with the murderer.
If I don't resign in a wise manner, I'm afraid I will be in the same accident as the county official who was in the hall."
Wei Jing was frightened. He never expected that the county governor would have such an idea.
Zhang Chong cannot be blamed. It was Wei Jing who had miscalculated and should have sent Li Qianxian to the temple prison directly.
Wei Jing immediately knelt on the ground, kissed Zhang Chong's hakama, and cried:
"My lord, please calm down. This is because my servant is behaving uncontrollably. I thought that Li Qian wanted to live in my hometown, and I didn't want him and my lord to get into trouble."
So I took it upon myself to bring him to pay homage to the lord, but without thinking, I would endanger the lord. This is a crime of death."
After saying that, he took off the Jinxian crown on his head, took off his robe, neatly placed them aside, and bowed respectfully to the ground to apologize.
Wei Jing just lay there, and Zhang Chong was also thinking about how true Wei Jing's words were.
After a long while, Zhang Chong asked leisurely:
"Do you think Li Qian killed the county official out of anger, or did he kill him accidentally?"
Wei Jing thought for a moment and said seriously:
"My lord, the key to this matter is not why Li Qian killed the county officials, but the fact that he threw himself into prison. He came here to seek death. Otherwise, he would have gone on the run if he had killed the county officials at that time."
"Want to die? Why?"
"For the sake of the family, I know Li Qian's temperament, and what I want most is to raise my family's reputation. Therefore, my lord does not need to be afraid of Li Qian, because he has a bond."
Only then did Zhang Chong suddenly realize that he was being suspicious.
Then he ordered his disciples not to clean it up, but to restore it as soon as possible, and then he took Wei Jing back to the hall.
All the Cao officers in the hall were waiting anxiously when they saw Wei Jing coming back with Zhang Chong, and they all took their places again.
"Ahem"
At this time, Zhang Chong regained his previous calmness. After scolding him twice, he spoke directly:
"Li Qian, since you know that you will not be able to escape the death penalty, I will say no more. I just hope that you will think more about your relatives and friends. Here comes someone! Take Li Qian to the prison and ask for his execution in the autumn. .”
Li Qian didn't say a word the whole time. He only trembled slightly when Zhang Cong talked about his relatives and friends, and then he was taken into custody by the county soldiers.
Then for more than ten days, some tribesmen, except Li Dian, bribed the knife and pen officials of the prison temple and brought in some clothes, quilts and food. After that, Li Qian was not asked to go there again.
But even though there was no shortage of food and wine, Li Qian still looked troubled at this time.
I was locked up in there for more than ten days and listened to the torturers all day long.
Just to squeeze the last bit of money from those prisoners. And some of them do it just for fun, just to play.
Sure enough, once you become a prisoner, you are no longer a human being. You are just a chicken, duck, pig, or dog, to be slaughtered by others.
But these and the mental torture Li Qianzheng suffered are not worth mentioning.
As we all know, waiting to die is scarier than dying directly.
Li Qian somewhat understood why all criminals had to wait until later in the year to punish them.
At this time, the knife and pen official named Dong had just finished flogging a young knight and was walking to the edge to drink water when he saw Li Qian who was resting with his eyes closed.
Not sure what he was thinking, he came up across the wooden threshold, kicked Li Qian to the ground, and mocked:
"Hey, he is indeed a hero from our Cheng family. He can sit upright in this place.
But you pretend to be a celebrity to me, in this place, you cry when I ask you to cry, and laugh when I ask you to laugh."
After saying that, he whipped me and said, "Cry for me."
Li Qian suffered a terrible disaster, and his skin and flesh were torn apart with a whip.
But here and now, is there any difference from the scene where he brutally tortured the water bandits in the military tent that night?
Li Qian was whipped, but he only looked at the man named Dong.
He didn't know this person. In the past, he looked down upon such low-class food-fighting officials.
But today, he stared at him intently, determined to remember this person in his mind.
The man named Dong was offended and said something to cheer him up:
"You damn ghost, you still think you are the past. How dare you show me that I can't kill you now."
As he said this, he asked Lun to come over and whip him again.
But the whip was blocked by a tall man.
The man named Dong was about to scold him, but when he turned around and saw this man, he immediately stopped his foul language, dropped his whip, and knelt on the ground.
It turns out that this tall man is the commander of the county, Cao Cao, Wen Wu, and his immediate boss named Dong.
Wenwu was from the Cheng family of Jiyin, and happened to be from the same hometown as Li Qian.
He did not come alone, to be more precise, he came with the county magistrate Zhang Chong and others.
Civil and military officials ignored the knife and pen official named Dong, and immediately asked the people below to unlock the door and ask Li Qian to come out.
Li Qian was still puzzled when he saw Zhang Chong, the prefect, taking fat steps, grabbed his hand, and said:
"Brother Jin, you have suffered."
How is this going?
Li Qian naturally didn't know that all this stemmed from the impact of the solar eclipse on Kyoto that day.
The fate of this little fish was once again decided by the dragon-tiger fight in Kyoto.