If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 141 Yang Naiwu and Xiaobaicai

When Liao Zhen finally saw Ding Xiu's figure, his face turned pale with shock and his words became stammered...

"Brother Ding, this, this, this...this..."

Ding Xiu smiled and glanced down subconsciously. He was dragging the huge weasel in his hand, but it was already a dead body.

"Brother Liao, this guy hit himself on a rock and was killed. Do you think it's strange?"

Liao Zhen: "..."

If he really believed it, he would have wasted so many years of reading.

After that, Ding Xiu brought the weasel spirit's body back to the village and burned it in front of all the villagers.

At this time, all the villagers just came back to their senses. What does it mean that the real person does not show his face?
that's!
When they wanted to express their gratitude, they found that Ding Xiu and Liao Zhen had left at some point.

"Brother Ding, have you studied Taoism? You must have studied Taoism, right?"

On the way back, Liao Zhen kept asking questions.

Ding Xiu smiled but didn't answer.

This made Liao Zhen even more anxious, as if he was being scratched by a cat. He almost knelt down in front of Ding Xiu, asking for a positive answer.

When he was approaching the town, Ding Xiu finally responded: "Yes, I have learned a little bit..."

"Hahaha!" Upon hearing this, Liao Zhen was excited and laughed.

"What did I say? What did I say? I just said that there must be gods in this world...Brother Ding, have you met a god?"

"Well... as far as I know, there is a fairy school on the seaside hundreds of miles away..."

"Fairy Academy? Divine Academy? Divine Academy?" Liao Zhen's eyes widened and he repeated it three times in a row.

"Correct!"

"Brother Ding, can you take me to see him?" Liao Zhen asked anxiously.

"I'm afraid your family won't agree, right?"

"It's okay. At worst, I'll just stay home."

"Okay, you get ready first, we'll set off tomorrow."

Liao Zhen looked anxious and said: "Why are you waiting for tomorrow? Why don't we just run away tonight."

At night, Liao Zhen sneaked out of the back door with a package on his back. After meeting Ding Xiu, they quietly left the town and headed east.

At noon the next day, when the two passed through Yuhe County, they found many scholars gathered around the county government office, arguing loudly with a man who looked like a master.

There were many people nearby talking in small groups.

Ding Xiu couldn't help but stop and listen for a while, then he realized that those scholars came to the county government office to seek justice for a judge named Yang Naiwu.

Yang Naiwu is a well-known person in Yuhe County. He has always been upright and righteous. Unexpectedly, he has recently been involved in a life-threatening lawsuit.

Here's how it happened...

Yang Naiwu lost his wife in his early years and has never married since.There is also a couple living in his home, the man is Ge Da and the woman is Bi Xiugu.

Aunt Bi Xiu is pretty and fair-skinned. She also likes to wear white clothes and green trousers on weekdays, so some good people jokingly call her a little cabbage.

Xiao Baicai used to be a maid in the Yang Mansion, and she used to serve Yang Naiwu.

When Yang Naiwu got married, he originally planned to take Xiao Baicai as his side wife, but his wife disagreed and decided to marry Xiao Baicai to Ge Da, who was also a servant of the Yang family.

Later, after Yang Naiwu passed the imperial examination, he personally burned the marriage contracts between Xiao Baicai and Ge Da, and freed him and his wife.

The couple was grateful and did not leave the Yang Mansion. They still stayed in the Yang Mansion to help with chores.

Yang Naiwu never married after his wife died. This was his own private matter, but he didn't expect that it would lead to some rumors saying that he had an affair with Xiao Baicai.

Speaking of which, Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai did have a lot of contacts on weekdays.

Firstly, Xiaobaicai used to be his maid, and they were naturally very familiar with each other. Secondly, Xiaobaicai did not move away after getting married. She has been living in the Yang family, with a front yard and a backyard, without looking up. See.

Third, Yang Naiwu sometimes teaches Xiao Baicai how to read and write.

There are even rumors that Yang Naiwu was dissatisfied with his wife for preventing him from interacting with Xiao Baicai, so he poisoned his wife when she was sick and poisoned her to death.

Ge Da was afraid and wanted to quit on his own initiative to help Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai.

In the end, Yang Naiwu disagreed. He liked Ge Da to stay in Yang Mansion, and then secretly interact with Xiao Baicai to enjoy the different feeling.

Not long ago, Ge Da suddenly fell ill. At first, he thought it was liuhuo disease. He took several medicines but it didn't work. The doctor said it was some kind of Sha disease.

After two days of delay, Ge Da suddenly died. His whole body was black and blue, a bit like he died of poisoning.

For a time, all kinds of rumors were flying everywhere.

Ge Da's old mother believed what others said and believed that Yang Naiwu and his daughter-in-law had poisoned her son. She went to the county government to sue Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai, saying that they were a married couple who conspired to kill her. son.

Because Yang Naiwu was a judge, the county magistrate first arrested Xiaobaicai for questioning.

After being tortured, Xiao Baicai finally confessed, admitting that she and Yang Naiwu conspired to kill her husband Ge Da.

Therefore, the county magistrate immediately sent people to arrest Yang Naiwu, and at the same time applied to his superiors to deprive Yang Naiwu of his honors.

There is nothing wrong with the procedure. After all, it is a privilege to appoint people, and they cannot be detained at will, let alone torture.

However, the county magistrate Liu Xigang sent someone to deliver the official document, and ordered Yang Naiwu to be dragged into the hall and tortured severely to extract a confession.

Yang Naiwu was beaten to pieces and passed out several times, but he never confessed.Because he knows that once he pleads guilty, the case will be irrefutable and there will be no chance for him to turn around.

After some scholars in the county heard about Yang Naiwu's experience, they couldn't help being angry and rushed to the county government to express their dissatisfaction.

Firstly, they did not believe that Yang Naiwu would do such an act. Secondly, before the official document was approved, Yang Naiwu still promoted people, but the county government used severe punishment without authorization, which violated the law of the court.

As a result, Liu Xi avoided it and only sent his master to deal with it.

Liao Zhen also listened for a while, then walked to Ding Xiu and whispered: "Brother Ding, I always feel that there is something wrong with this case."

Ding Xiu nodded: "Well, let's leave here first."

When they reached a deserted place, Liao Zhen said angrily: "There must be something wrong with this case. The county magistrate ignored the court's laws and couldn't wait to torture Yang Naiwu. He either had a guilty conscience or wanted to complete the case as soon as possible."

"Well, don't jump to conclusions so early. Let's inquire in private first."

Afterwards, after some inquiring, the two got an important clue. Before that, Yang Naiwu had a conflict with Liu Xi's son Liu Xiang.

That day, Liu Xiang and his two followers were wandering on the street and accidentally saw Xiao Baicai going out to buy vegetables.

Seeing the juicy cabbage, Liu Xiang couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He actually stepped forward to touch the cabbage, and even ordered two followers to take the cabbage back.

None of the people watching dared to stand up and speak.

Fortunately, just when Xiao Baicai was desperate, Yang Naiwu happened to be passing by and immediately stood up and angrily scolded Liu Xiang and the others.

Although Liu Xiang had always been arrogant and domineering, Yang Naiwu was a judge, so he did not dare to do anything in the street, so he could only leave in despair.After learning about this situation, Liao Zhen and Ding Xiu felt that the case was not simple.

That night, Ding Xiu quietly sneaked into the prison.

After Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai were taken to prison, Liu Xi refused to allow anyone to visit them on the pretext that the case was serious.

However, no matter how strict the guards are, how can they stop Ding Xiu?
Ding Xiu first sneaked into the prison where Xiao Baicai was imprisoned.

The prison exuded an aura of decay. Rats, cockroaches, and bed bugs were wandering on the floor, walls, and haystacks as if they were going to market.

Seeing someone appear in front of her, Xiao Baicai just opened her empty eyes, still huddled in the haystack, motionless.

Normally, she is a delicate and charming woman who makes many men fall in love with her.

But the way he looks at this moment... I'm afraid even beggars will dislike it.

The clothes were torn, the whole body was scarred, and there was a foul smell. The hair was dry and knotted, and the pretty face had long lost its color. It was a dead gray, and there was no hope for life.

Who knows how many beatings or even insults she received in court?
In order to get her to confess, Liu Xi used many vicious methods. It can be said that he defeated Xiao Baicai both psychologically and physically.

The government officials stripped her naked in full view of the public, stabbed her with wires, beat her with boards...all kinds of torture, forcing her to insist that she had collaborated with Yang Naiwu to poison her husband Ge Da.

"Xiugu, what's going on? Just tell me and I can clear up your grievances."

Ding Xiu's words seemed to have a magical power, making Xiao Baicai talk as if he was sleepwalking.

Sure enough, all this has something to do with Liu Xiang.

After being scolded by Yang Naiwu on the street last time, this guy held a grudge and was obsessed with Xiao Baicai.

One day, while Ge Da and Yang Naiwu were not at home, this guy sneaked into Xiao Baicai's room and forced him...

Afterwards, Xiaobaicai was in agony and wanted to cry to her husband, but she didn't dare.

Because she knew that once her husband found out, he would probably fight against Liu Xiang. Wouldn't that be asking for death?Moreover, she will be ruined by then.

Liu Xiang caught on to this mentality of hers, and then came to the door several times...

As for the death of her husband Ge Da, she could not explain what happened. The medicine she picked up at the drug store was the decoction ordered by the doctor to give to her husband.

Unexpectedly, her husband's condition became worse and worse, and he eventually vomited blood and died.

"Does Yang Naiwu know all these things?"

"he does not know……"

"Well, let's do that. You have a good rest and just treat it as a dream."

Xiao Baicai did regard all of this as a dream, and she just told her own experience in the dream.In court, no one would believe what she said.

Moreover, she will not be given this opportunity. As soon as she screams injustice, someone will come forward and slap her mouth, making her speechless.

After leaving the prison, Ding Xiu sneaked into the inner office again...

Two days later, an official from the government government and his entourage finally came to Yuhe County and worked with the county government to retry the case.

After all, this case has caused a sensation, and the government also wants to close the case as soon as possible to prevent the situation from getting worse.

The official sent by the government was a promotion official named Zhao Cheng. Although he was also a seventh-rank official like the magistrate, he was sent from above, so Liu Xi did not dare to neglect him.

Outside the county government office, a group of scholars had been waiting, ready to jointly overturn Yang Naiwu's case.

They never believed that Yang Naiwu would do such an outrageous thing.

Liu Xi had always avoided seeing him before. After all, this guy had a guilty conscience.But this time the government sent people down, and he couldn't stop him. He could only send a few scholars to the court.

The leading scholar raised his hands to Liu Xi and said, "May I ask, sir, if Yang Naiwu has confessed?"

Liu Xi was speechless: "He...he certainly won't admit his guilt so easily, but..."

Before he could finish speaking, the scholar asked again: "I would like to ask, Sir, has Yang Naiwu been deprived of his fame?"

At this time, Zhao Cheng couldn't help but said: "The official document has been submitted, and it is estimated that the higher-ups will approve it in the next few days."

"Your Majesty, what you are saying is that the county government has not received the approval from above?"

"This……"

"Since no approval has been received, then Yang Naiwu is still a candidate..." At this point, the scholar glanced at Liu Xi and said sternly: "I dare to ask the magistrate, since you are the magistrate, you should be familiar with the court laws.

Don't talk about raising people, even if they are scholars, they will not be punished before they are deprived of their merits and honors.

But Lord Magistrate, you not only put Yang Juren in jail, but also used severe punishment. This is clearly contempt of the imperial law..."

"Pah!" Liu Xi became angry and slapped the crowd: "Shut up!"

"Please give Mr. Zhao justice!"

"Please give Mr. Zhao justice!"

Several scholars spoke out in unison.

Zhao Cheng coughed awkwardly, glanced at Liu Xi and said: "Master Liu's move is indeed biased, but he is also eager to solve the case..."

"You are so eager to solve the case that you can ignore the laws of the court? Moreover, Xiaosheng also heard that Mr. Liu did everything humiliating when he was interrogating Bi, and Bi finally surrendered."

Liu Xi became anxious and said loudly: "It's ridiculous, so bloody..."

At this time, another scholar stood up.

This scholar is none other than Ding Xiu.

"My lord, there were a lot of people in the court at that time. Many government officials not only witnessed it with their own eyes, but also did it themselves. Your Majesty, you might as well let them come out to testify."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xi couldn't help but perked up, and immediately called two government officials to come out to testify.

When he thought about it, these government officials were all his lackeys, so they would naturally talk to him. How could they tell the truth?

Unexpectedly, after the two government officials came to court, they actually told the story of how they examined Xiao Baicai that day, including how they were instructed by the magistrate and how they deliberately humiliated Xiao Baicai...

As the two government officials took turns telling the story, Zhao Cheng was sitting on pins and needles and glanced at Liu Xi subconsciously.

As a result, Liu Xi sat motionless in his chair, his face flushed, as if he wanted to say something, but he held it back.

It's not that Zhao Cheng doesn't believe what those government officials said, he understands the tricks in the court.

He just didn't understand why Liu Xi could still sit still and didn't stop him?
In fact, it wasn't that Liu Xi didn't want to stop him, but that he couldn't speak at all. Instead, he nodded from time to time, as if he agreed with what the two government officials said.

It is in line with the old saying: a mute eats yellow lotus and cannot express his suffering.

At this time, Ding Xiu smiled and asked again: "It seems that Mr. Liu admitted that he tortured Bi to extract a confession that day, so that Bi was beaten into submission, right?"

Liu Xi had a struggling expression on his face, but he still nodded involuntarily.

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(End of this chapter)