A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1026 'Judge Bao! ' (Please order the whole thing!)

When County Magistrate Chen ordered people to arrest Bao Longxing, Hua Shier took action. He went outside and used acupuncture to knock out the gatekeeper, then closed the gate of the government office to prevent outsiders from entering. Then he turned back and walked into the hall with a smile:

"You guys play like this, right? Then don't blame me."

Seeing Hua Twelve suddenly stand up and say something strange, County Magistrate Chen said dissatisfiedly:

"Hua Twelve, what are you doing? Don't think that just because your brother is the head of the county police, you can act so recklessly in court. You are just a small constable now, how can you have a say? Hurry up and stand still. Be careful or the county will arrest you and Bao Longxing together!"

Chang Kun watched coldly. When he heard that this inexplicable person was just a constable, he thought of his son's experience here and snorted coldly:
"What a shabby place! Even a small constable can be so presumptuous. There are all kinds of people here!"

"Your Excellency the Admiral is right. I really don't know what you are talking about!"

The lawyer Fang Tangjing first agreed with Chang Kun's words like a servile person, then glanced at Hua Twelve with a look of disgust and contempt.

Hua Twelve ignored these guys, but opened his arms and said to everyone:
"Everyone, I have an announcement to make. From now on, I am the county magistrate of this county. From now on, when you talk to me, you must call me Sir!"

He felt that this broken-down government office was a joke. Sometimes he was the official county magistrate, sometimes he was the deputy magistrate, and sometimes he was switched back again. It was all right. If that was the case, why couldn't he do the same?

Ma Bangde in "Let the Bullets Fly" could take the letter of appointment from Cannes to take office in Echeng. Why couldn't he replace County Magistrate Chen and Bao Longxing? How could those masters in the capital know what the County Magistrate of Wumeng, who was thousands of miles away, looked like?
If Hua Shier wants to be a stable county magistrate, all he has to do is make everyone in the county government acknowledge that he is the county magistrate. That's all.

This is extremely difficult for others, but it is very simple for Hua Twelve.

Hearing Hua Twelve's shocking words, County Magistrate Chen was so angry that he laughed and said to Xu Baijiu:

"Old Xu, your brother turns out to be a lunatic, take him away quickly!"

Fang Tangjing laughed loudly: "I knew it, how could there be such a person who doesn't know what he's talking about? Turns out he's a lunatic!"

Xu Baijiu naturally knew that his brother was not a lunatic, but a wanted criminal by the imperial court. He quickly stepped forward to pull Hua Twelve and asked in a low voice:

"What are you doing? Stop messing around!"

Hua Twelve shook his shoulders, shaking Xu Baijiu away, and then walked to the table in the hall:
"Sir Chen, you are a fatherly official, but you protect each other when handling cases, and you confuse right and wrong. I think you should quit your job as county magistrate. How about..."

After he stretched out a long note, he suddenly smiled:
"It's better to die!"

As he spoke, he pointed his finger out like lightning and hit County Magistrate Chen right on the forehead.

The man who was known as the triple Andy Lau in the parallel world fell with his head tilted back, slumped on the official chair like a dead fish, and did not move a single movement. He died without a single scratch on his face.

Everyone was shocked. At this moment, Hua Twelve turned around and took a step in front of Fang Tangjing. He stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck:

"As a lawyer, you are not objective and fair, you are full of tricks and set up traps. I think you have wrongly judged many cases. Why not just die?"

After Hua Shier finished speaking, he gathered his five fingers and crushed Fang Tangjing's throat. The latter rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

He killed two people in a matter of words, and only then did the people around him react.

Admiral Chang Kun, not sure if he was angry or frightened, twitched his face and pointed at Hua Twelve and shouted:
"How dare you kill an official? Capture him quickly!"

The eyes of the two masters behind him became fierce when they heard that, and they leaped up at the same time, rushing towards Hua Twelve like eagles soaring into the sky. Judging from their movements, they were two masters who practiced Eagle Claw Kung Fu.

Hua Twelve flipped his right hand, and a big Black Star was already in his hand. Bang, bang, two shots came out.

The two Eagle Claw masters had nowhere to hide in the air. Even if they were not in the air, they could not avoid the bullets. They were both shot in the middle of their eyebrows and fell to the ground with a thud at Hua Twelve's feet.

"What are you doing jumping around for?!"

Hua Twelve pointed his gun at the surroundings as he spoke: "This is a Western musket. It's powerful, right? Anyone who dares to move will be shot to death!"

Chang Kun brought more than two people. In addition to these two masters, there was also a team of guards. At this time, the admiral shouted to the guards:

"Don't listen to his threats. Western muskets can only fire one bullet. His musket can fire two bullets in a row, which is already the limit. Hurry up and take him down. If he resists, kill him without mercy!"

The guards he brought were about to rush forward upon hearing this, but Hua Shier fired another shot, directly killing one of the guards in the front:
"Master Chang is right. Three bullets are the limit of my gun. Come and catch me quickly. I can't wait any longer!"

After saying that, he fired a shot and killed another one.

Everyone was afraid to move, their eyelids twitching, there are already four of them, and you still say it makes sense? You are unreasonable with your musket!
Hua Shier walked up to Chang Kun and put the gun to his head:

"Master Chang, as a high-ranking official of the imperial court, you colluded with County Magistrate Chen and bent the law for personal gain in order to save your son. How could you..."

After what happened before, everyone knew that after the two words "it's better to die", he would start killing people.

Chang Kun screamed, "I am the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, a first-rank official, and my godfather is Eunuch Li Lianying. If you want to kill me, the court will not let you go, and Eunuch Li will not forgive you either!"

Bah!
Hua Shier thought a close-range headshot was too bloody, so he smashed Chang Kun's temple with the butt of his gun. The force penetrated into Chang Kun and killed him instantly.

This was the second first-rank court official he had killed since he came to this world.

Hua Twelve spat at Chang Kun's corpse and said, "Let your godfather come and settle accounts with me. It's just the right time to send you and your son over there to reunite!"

After killing Chang Kun, he pointed his gun at Chang Kun's guards:

"Your Majesty!"

The remaining guards all knelt down in unison. The soldiers of the late Qing Dynasty were not motivated to do anything and were quick to surrender.

Xu Baijiu's face turned pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat. His brother was indeed a wanted criminal who had fought in Yangzhou, captured Jinling, and killed Pang Qingyun. He was simply a murderer. At this moment, he stepped forward with gritted teeth:

"What on earth are you trying to do? You might as well run away."

Hua Twelve laughed:
"Why are you running? Didn't I say I want to be the county magistrate?"

He walked over and released the tied-up uncle and nephew Bao Longxing. At this time, the two uncle and nephew had become timid in front of him:

"The twelve brothers are truly heroic. I admire them. I admire them."

Hua Shier smiled and patted Bao Longxing on the shoulder: "Now that County Magistrate Chen is dead, the alternate county magistrate should take office. How about I be Bao Longxing and take your place as the county magistrate?"

Bao Longxing's face froze. He was reluctant to give up his official position. It cost a lot of money to buy an official position, and he hasn't even made back his money yet. He forced a smile and said:

"This is not good."

While the two were talking, one of the kneeling Chang Kun guards saw that Hua Twelve had his back to them and was not looking at them. He moved his eyes, stood up and ran away.

Hua Twelve didn't even turn his head, but fired a shot with his backhand, hitting the man directly in the back. With a bang, the body fell to the ground.

This made those who were ready to take the opportunity to escape no longer dare to move.

Hua Twelve smiled and asked Bao Longxing: "I didn't hear clearly just now, what did you say?"

Bao Longxing's right eyelid twitched and he forced a smile:
"I say, my admiration for you is like the endless flow of the Yangtze River, and like the flood of the Yellow River, which is unstoppable. If you don't become the county magistrate, who will? I want to become your brother, and we will be inseparable. You can be the county magistrate for me. What do you think?"

At the end, I was being cautious.

Bao Longxing was also a little cautious. Although he agreed, he also wanted to become sworn brothers with Hua Twelve. In this era, sworn brothers are still very important. After all, you don't ask to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but you hope to die on the same day of the same month of the same year. Few people would kill their sworn brothers. He wanted to protect himself to the greatest extent.

Hua Shier naturally understood what Bao Longxing said:
"It's not impossible to become sworn brothers!"

Although he could kill Bao Longxing and do it himself, having a tool to take the lead would save a lot of trouble.

Bao Longxing was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked Bao Youwei to go to the backyard to get a live chicken and yellow paper. He then cut off the chicken's head and burned the yellow paper on the spot.

With everyone's reluctant witness, the two men cut off the chicken's head, burned yellow paper, lit three incense sticks, became sworn brothers on the spot, and told each other their ages.

Bao Longxing said first: "I am sixty-nine this year, how old are you, brother?"

This guy has lost all his dignity in order to become the boss.

Hua Twelve's facial muscles twitched: "You're fucking sixty-nine?"

Bao Longxing confidently pointed at Bao Youwei, who looked like Uncle Da:
"Look, his hair is all white, but he still calls me uncle. You'll know what I said is true!"

Hua Twelve nodded: "Okay, I believe you, I am exactly ninety-six this year, and I will be the eldest brother from now on!"

Xu Baijiu was listening with a frown on his face. Based on the ages you two reported, is he really that old? It sounds like he is driving.

Bao Longxing pointed at Xu Baijiu and said, "I am good friends with your elder brother, and he is only 28. You said you are 96. Isn't that a lie?"

Hua Twelve laughed and took out the Big Black Star again:
"You don't believe me?"

Bao Longxing nodded heavily upon hearing this: "Brother!"

When the two said their vows, they said in unison: "We don't ask to be born on the same day, month and year, but we ask to be together forever."

These two were actually vague about the last sentence.

After they finished speaking, they were both surprised and asked each other:
"what did you say?"

Then they were both stunned, pointed at each other and laughed:

"It's really yours!"

Hua Shier slapped Bao Longxing on the back of his neck:

"Don't fucking imitate me!"

Bao Longxing hung his head in dismay: "You are the eldest brother, whatever you say goes!"

Next, Hua Twelve used his ultimate move and took out the 'Three Corpses Brain Pill'. According to the old rules, he first found an unlucky guy among Chang Kun's guards to do the experiment, and let everyone present see the effect. When everyone was frightened out of their wits by the miserable scene, he gave one pill to each person and asked everyone to swallow it.

A group of yamen runners, constables, and the guards brought by Chang Kun, in short, except Xu Baijiu, even Bao Longxing and Bao Youwei, the uncle and nephew, were given one.

Bao Longxing was filled with grief and indignation: "Brother, we are sworn brothers, how can you treat me the same way as them?"

Hua Twelve slapped his forehead, waking up from a dream: "You are right!"

He took out another Three Corpses Brain Pill and said, "They take one, and I'll give you two. Isn't that good enough?"

Just when Bao Longxing opened his mouth to refuse, Hua Twelve stuffed it directly into his mouth:

"Come in you!"

Ignoring Bao Longxing who was kneeling beside him and scratching his throat, Hua Shier threw the body of County Magistrate Chen aside. He sat on the official chair, picked up the gavel and banged it:
"Ascension!"

The yamen runners on both sides did not dare to neglect and shouted at the same time with their water and fire sticks: "Wei, Wu!"

Hua Twelve said loudly:

"Admiral Chang, the commander of the navy, Magistrate Chen, lawyer Fang Tangjing and others were killed by forty bandits. Fortunately, I came to the rescue and killed the bandits to avenge them. Master Bao, please write a memorial on my behalf and report it to the court!"

Bao Youwei immediately bowed and accepted the task!
Hua Twelve nodded and continued, "From now on, all matters in the county government will be handled by me. Now, the case of Chang Wei killing Lai Xi will be tried. Bring the plaintiff, defendant, and witnesses to the court!"

The Qi family went back home after the trial yesterday. Before that, they were arrested by Lord Chen and locked up in the government jail. At this time, several bailiffs ran out quickly and brought up all the people related to the case.

Master Qi and the others knelt in the hall, not daring to look up, but simply bowed their heads desperately: "Sir, we are innocent, please help us!"

Hua Twelve directly pronounced the verdict:
"Chang Wei is found guilty of killing Lai Xi and will be executed immediately. Madam Qi is unfaithful to her husband and will be caned 20 times. The rest of the people will be released without charge!"

The unconscious Chang Wei was carried up. Hua Shier, the acting county magistrate, picked up the knife himself and slashed it down with one clean and sharp move. While Chang was still in his sleep, he killed the naturally powerful Master Chang who had no martial arts skills.

Madam Qi was pinned down in the hall by several yamen runners, and was about to take off her pants, but was stopped by Hua Shier. If they had really done that, it would not have been a punishment but would have killed the other party.

He just beat her like that. Her pants were covered in blood after twenty strokes of the stick. After the beating, Madam Qi was taken back by the Qi family. Although she was not humiliated in the county government, she probably would not have a good ending. She was definitely divorced.

Hua Shier spent another half a day to win over all the people in the county government. From then on, no matter who was asked about the situation in the government office, he would say that he was the alternate magistrate Bao Longxing.

Bao Longxing: So I’m a copycat!

When Liu Ziqing came to deliver lunch at noon, she was surprised to find that Hua Shier was promoted to county magistrate after only one day on the job. The speed of promotion was so fast that she almost dropped her jaw.

The bodies of County Magistrate Chen and Chang Kun were carried to the mountain and buried overnight. When asked, they were found to have been killed by the Forty Bandits, and their bodies could not be found.

The next day, Hua Shier's first day in office, he began to clear out the prisoners in the county jail according to the case files.

"Hu Xiaosan, you ran rampant in the village, crippled your neighbor, and were sentenced to three years in prison? Did you accept a gift? I will change the sentence to immediate execution!"

"Huang Erren, you lent money at high interest, forced women into prostitution, and took possession of other people's wives and daughters. You were sentenced to two and a half years in prison? I will change the sentence to one hundred lashes. What? I don't know what one hundred lashes is, but it means being beaten to death with a stick. Don't stop until your intestines are beaten out!"

"Liu Dacai, you have occupied a huge amount of other people's land and houses, oppressed the people in your hometown, and brought disaster to the area, but you are only sentenced to two months and fined twenty taels of silver? This is just a scratch. I will sentence you to death and confiscate all your property."

In just one morning, Hua Shier released more than a dozen wrongly accused people from prison, as well as some whose crimes were not serious and who could be arrested or not. The rest were all beheaded.

With his own strength, he managed to clear out the cell.

Finally, only Leopard Head Lei Bao was left. It was then that Hua Shier remembered this Six-Gates Divine Constable who was imprisoned in prison.

After a few life and death talismans, Lei Bao also became Hua Shier's tool.

In the evening, someone brought two thousand taels of silver, saying that their master had taken possession of someone else's daughter. It was heard that the family was going to be promoted to a high-ranking official the next day, so their master sent someone to make arrangements in advance and presented generous gifts, asking the county magistrate to take good care of her when the time comes.

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Hua Shier took the money with a smile, and after sending the person away, he discussed with Lei Bao:
"I want the money, but I don't want to do what they want. Can you give me some advice on what to do?"

That night, the family that sent the money died, and the girl who was taken away was sent back. Hua Twelve couldn't help but sigh, the tool man is really useful!

Hua Shier was in power in Wumeng. In a short time, the name of 'Judge Bao' became famous in the surrounding villages. The common people who had their grievances redressed made plaques of 'Justice Bao' overnight and sent them to the government office the next day with drums and gongs. As a county magistrate, he was able to fulfill his duties, improve his reputation, and be loved. He was very proud of himself.

(End of this chapter)