The bandit in Qinggan Mountain was arrested. There was such exciting news just two days after the new year. Everyone was really happy. After learning that Zhenwei Escort Bureau had captured the bandit chief, the people once They are regarded as heroes.
Although Chief Ma and his group of bandits never take action against ordinary people, whether they have their own principles of doing things or not looking down on money, this cannot change their nature as bandits.
To ordinary people, they are just as miserable as snakes, rats, tigers, and wolves. Now that someone is doing justice for God, they naturally need to be greatly praised.
Mr. Hong Wu, who had become a hero for no apparent reason, was not happy at all, because when the county magistrate Mr. Ma sent people to escort all the bandits back, the first thing Mr. Ma said in the hall was -
"My lord, I have done everything you asked me to do, please don't break your promise."
Upon hearing this, several of the gangsters who were escorted up looked at her angrily. One of them immediately spat at him and cursed: "I was so blind that I mistakenly believed you, a bastard who betrayed my brother!"
The few remaining people also used swear words everywhere, and some even tried to pounce on him, wishing to bite off a piece of meat from him on the spot, but they were stopped by the guards.
Chief Ma Da closed his eyes and accepted all these dirty words.
Bang bang - the gavel was slapped loudly. The county magistrate Mr. Ma sitting on it was particularly tall and straight today. He had a chubby round face and two small eyes that looked like a businessman's shrewdness.
"Shut up to me. I won't allow you to be so arrogant in court."
Magistrate Ma first pointed at the little ringleaders and ordered: "Take all these thieves into prison. Once their identities are verified, they will be punished immediately."
After this order, everyone watching the excitement outside applauded. No matter whether you are a green forest hero or a domineering villain, the bandit profession is regarded as a black sheep in universal values.
Leader Ma was in a very complicated mood as he listened to the yelling and scoldings gradually fade away. It seemed that the matter was settled, but also seemed to have a lot of extra baggage. Fortunately, the matter was over, and he had settled down for the rest of his life, even though his brothers were all After his head was chopped off, he could still live a peaceful life with his wife and children.
In the courtroom, Chief Ma had already begun to look forward to his future life, but Magistrate Ma gave him a bolt from the blue on the spot.
"Come here, take Mr. Feng and his two sons with you."
Leader Ma quickly turned around, and amid a burst of cries of crying for father and mother, two richly dressed young men were dragged into the hall, followed by their mother. Even though they were shackled, their faces remained unchanged and their expressions were as dull as usual. .
As soon as he saw the woman, Chief Ma's eyes turned red. The woman glanced at him, but did not speak, just sighed.
Magistrate Ma didn't care about all the things in the world. He just pointed at the big leader and asked Feng: "Ms. Feng, I want to ask you, is this man your husband?"
Feng lowered his head and replied: "To tell you what my lord, it is exactly."
"Okay," County Magistrate Ma nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "I will ask you again about your family's money, but this person is a bandit and took it by force."
"Yes." Feng still said bluntly.
"very good."
Bang - Magistrate Ma interrupted the exclamation and condemnation of the crowd with a scream. He judged: "According to the imperial court's decree, the crime of mountain bandits should be beaten to death with sticks, but I think you are too many in this county." If you do good deeds, I will decide to give you a happy life. Someone comes and drags down their family and beheads them."
"My lord, my lord, I was wronged! How could this thief be my father!"
"Your Excellency, you are aware of this! Common people, common people must have been framed... Mother, please say something!"
The two young masters of the Feng family were dragged out crying, but Mrs. Feng had some guts and walked out on her own without being dragged by the guards.
"Dog officer! You actually used this treacherous trick to deceive someone!"
Chief Ma suddenly broke out in silence, and with blood-red eyes he was about to rush towards Magistrate Ma, scaring him so much that he hid under the table.
Fortunately, the officers were worried about his martial arts skills and put several chains on him. The four of them worked together to drag him back to where he was.
Magistrate Ma felt that he had lost face in front of everyone. He crawled out from under the table with a red face and cursed angrily: "What a nonsense! I am the magistrate of the imperial court, how could I have anything to do with you, a mountain rebel?"
Take it down, take it down!"
A group of officers dragged Chief Ma out of the house forcefully. He refused to listen to the dog officer's shouts along the way, which made Magistrate Ma very angry.
I originally wanted to stay and say a few polite words to the Zhenwei Escort who was doing harm to the people, but what Chief Ma said was so irritating that Magistrate Ma was so angry that he forgot about it.
The three people in the hall were a little embarrassed at this time. Bouncer Chen hesitated to speak, and Bouncer Yu was dissatisfied with the attitude of the county magistrate. Master Hong Wu slowly came to his senses and hurriedly pulled the two of them to leave.
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"Fifth Master, what's wrong with you?" Yu Biao was confused, and his tone was very aggrieved: "We risked our lives to kill this bandit surnamed Ma for his court. Let's not talk about rewards. Why?
Not even a kind word."
"This is weird. I think there's something wrong with what Ma said. There must be a ghost here. Let's leave quickly and don't wade into this muddy water again!"
To say that Mr. Hong Wu's intuition was indeed accurate, Magistrate Ma was angry for a while in the back hall, and then he quickly calmed down, stepped forward in a flattering manner and saluted the other person: "I have seen the general flag.
grown ups."
The imperial court's counties are divided into three, six and nine levels, and county magistrates are naturally divided into three levels. County magistrates such as Magistrate Ma, who govern remote small counties, have only the seventh rank, and the general banner of Jinyiwei is the seventh rank, so it is natural for them to be demoted.
Not to mention the general flag, but a small flag. Should he lower his posture or raise it? After all, this is a royal guard.
"Master Ma."
The general bannerman was not polite at all. After receiving his courtesy, he just looked at him with a sneer and said: "You are living a good life now. We have taken care of everything for you. You are living a happy life."
Master Ma was secretly angry at the Jin Yiwei's rudeness, but on his face he became more and more flattering: "It's my fault for causing you to bother me."
The commander-in-chief dismissed him and said calmly: "Okay, you don't have to be a good boy here. I advise you to take the initiative to submit your resignation to your superiors while it's still early."
Magistrate Ma was taken aback and hurriedly grabbed the commander-in-chief's sleeve and asked: "Why, why is this? But what did I do wrong?"
The commander-in-chief threw him to the ground, looked at him coldly and said: "This is not your first day as an official, Mr. Ma. How come you don't even understand this truth? For the imperial court, corrupt officials deserve to die, and mediocrity deserves to die."
Officials deserve to die, and an incompetent official like you deserves to die even more."
"This this......"
"At least you didn't let this group of thieves cause a big trouble. I'm going to be lenient with you and leave you to live in your hometown for retirement. I just don't know how to thank you. You dare to ask why, ha."
The commander-in-chief flicked his sleeves and strode away, leaving only Magistrate Ma standing there with a pale face, panicking and not knowing what to do.
All the bandits in Qinggan Mountain were beheaded. After a few days, Magistrate Ma finally couldn't stand the sharp knife hanging around his neck, so he handed in his resignation and returned to his hometown.
By this time, Lu Hanjiang and Shangluo had already left here in a carriage.
On the way, Lu Hanjiang asked Shangluo: "What, this brotherhood is really worthless, isn't it?"
"Xiao Lu, you are cheating!" Shangluo said angrily: "You threaten him with family affection. Although people in Jianghu value friendship, you can't change it like this."
Lu Hanjiang didn't care, he said, "I'm not only using his family as a bargaining chip, but isn't this also promising him a stable life and status in the future?"
"You, you're not relying on your status to bribe him!"
Lu Hanjiang smiled and said: "What you said is wrong. When you get something, that's called bribery. Now I'm just making money off him with a bunch of empty words. It's not based on status. As long as you have the courage to pretend, give him
You can ask for the price to be the leader of Xuantian, it just depends on whether he wants it or not."
"This, I..."
Although Shangluo couldn't find any loopholes, she was still unconvinced. She said, "No, this doesn't count."
"Okay then," Lu Hanjiang didn't insist, he said casually: "Anyway, there is still time on the road, I will pick another one next time."
This sounds strange. Shangluo hesitated for a long time and finally asked: "Xiao Lu, isn't it a bit bad for us to be like this? Although these people are all bad people, but..."
"Why do you think so?" Lu Hanjiang looked at her in pretense of surprise, and then said seriously: "Silly girl, don't care about the process, think about the results. The bad people were punished and we gained happiness, well...
..It’s educational and entertaining, look, isn’t this a win-win situation?”
When Lu Hanjiang said such nonsense in a serious manner, Shangluo did feel that something was wrong at first, but she didn't know how to refute it.
Lu Hanjiang reached out and stroked her head gently, and said warmly: "Don't worry, we have punished the evildoers and given them the punishment they deserve. We just added some other colors to their endings, which is not a big deal.
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"Really? What if," Shangluo bit her lip and asked, "What if he is not a wicked person, or if he is a sinner not worthy of death..."
"You think too much. You have to know that you are doing justice for heaven and doing what everyone in the world of heroes is doing. You see, they are not just relying on their martial arts skills to get rid of corrupt officials.
Sword, you can kill someone just by scolding an evil thief? So you can rest assured, don’t say that there is nothing wrong with the result now, even if there are some deviations... they are all acceptable."
"Yes, that's it..."
Shangluo tried to accept this statement. She raised her head and suddenly seemed to see a strange smile on Lu Hanjiang's face. She let out a light sigh and blinked again, only to find that the other person's dull smile was as usual.