Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 578 The Body of Guilty
After all the hard work, nothing changed, but Yan Xu was not too disappointed.

In the beginning, he didn't even know what fate was, and had no idea at all. Now, at least he has reached a half-understanding level. Moreover, he is luckier than other practitioners because he has control over a piece of the world, just like a blind man touching an elephant, although it is incomplete, at least he has a piece of the elephant in his hand.

Right now Yan Xu is making continuous progress towards the realm of earthly immortals, and comprehending the heaven and earth is the fastest and most effective way, because a perfect earthly immortal is a small world of his own. To achieve this realm, he undoubtedly needs to constantly verify with the outside world. Now he is taking this shortcut.

That is why Yan Xu said that whether success or failure will become nutrients for his growth, because it is only a means, a process, not a purpose, let alone an end.

Things turned out just as Yan Xu had expected. Wu Song was entangled by Li Ping'er, the wife of a fourth family. She wanted him to take over the spacious mansion, which could be moved by itself without any oiling when entering and exiting.

If it were someone else, they would have been ecstatic. This would be like pie in the sky, a great opportunity to get both wealth and beauty!

With Wu Song's reputation and the county magistrate's appreciation of him, he only needed to give a part of his money as a token of appreciation, and he could take over Ximen Qing's house, at least half of his property, and a beautiful wife. It would be a one-step process, and he would immediately become one of the wealthy families in the city.

The problem is that Wu Song doesn't like Ping'er, even if it's meat.

Wu Dalang was quite satisfied. After all, he was not marrying a wife. It would be nice to have a concubine so that his younger brother could have a taste of meat instead of being so bad-tempered all the time. Anyway, he could chop Ximen Dalang to pieces alive. So he thought.

Unfortunately, Wu Song refused to give in, and Li Ping'er, who was unable to get what she wanted, had to take a risk under external pressure and asked Wang Po for a prescription.

Even Sun Erniang, an old black shop, couldn't drug Wu Song. How could Li Ping'er get such ability? After being seen through by Wu Song, she turned against him and used something against him to threaten him because she saw Wu Dalang killing Ximen Qing that night.

As a result, after he said this, he cut off his own way of survival and was killed on the spot by Wu Song, his superior.

Wu Dalang was willing to kill and set fire for Wu Song, so how could Wu Song be merciful?

Although he knew that he had committed a serious crime, Wu Song did not panic. He cut off Li Ping'er's head, pulled down the curtain to wrap the head, and ran straight to Wang Po's Teahouse with the head in his hand. He killed the vicious old woman with a knife, and wrote "Murderer" on the wall with blood. Only then did he come to his senses.

In order to avoid implicating his brother, Wu Song went to surrender himself with the two heads and told the whole story.

But Wu Song was not stupid. He did not mention Ximen Qing's story. He only said that Li Ping'er and Wang Po conspired to harm him, and he killed them in a fit of rage.

Although this sounds very strange, after all, it is fine not to eat the meat that is delivered to your mouth, but you also kill the person who delivered the meat. Most people really don't do this. If it were someone else, they would have rushed over to lick it long ago. Why would they need to force-feed the meat?

But it does make sense when applied to Wu Song, because in the eyes of others, he is a straight-forward man who is not interested in women and cannot tolerate any humiliation. It is not impossible that he got angry and killed someone because of this incident.

Moreover, once Li Ping'er died, Ximen Qing's property became a concern for the county magistrate and the wealthy families in the city.

The county magistrate had always valued Wu Song, and considering the benefits he had brought, he gave him a lenient sentence. Everyone in the yamen admired Wu Song as a righteous man, and they often drank wine at his invitation, so the wolf-tiger medicine that Li Ping'er had given turned into highly poisonous arsenic, and the place of murder became a teahouse.

In this way, the case becomes that Li Ping'er seduced Wu Song but failed, and because of love turned into hatred, she colluded with Wang Po to poison him, and was killed by Wu Song in anger after being discovered.

Simply put, killing is justifiable.

Because Yanggu County was a small county, the prisoner had to be escorted to Dongping Prefecture to apply for his fate. The county magistrate hinted that the wealthy families in the city who divided up Ximen's property each donated a portion of silver, nominally because they admired Wu Song's character and were grateful for him killing the tiger on Jingyang Ridge, but in fact it was a profit for him.

Of course, this is mainly because of the county magistrate. Otherwise, even if he would show some appreciation, he wouldn't give out so much.

The silver was divided into two parts. The smaller amount was given to Wu Song for his own safety, and the larger amount was given to Wu Song by the county magistrate who arranged for someone to go to the government office to take care of it.

As a superior, the county magistrate's action was very benevolent, so Wu Song specifically thanked him when he was escorted away.

When the prefect Chen Wenzhao heard the report, he immediately went to the hall.

Chen Fuyin was an intelligent official who was familiar with all matters in the government office. He had known about the Wu Song case for a long time. After all, the Yanggu County Magistrate had to go through this man if he wanted to bribe someone. He did not care about this little money, but just admired the man's noble character.

Liuxia Hui was famous for his ability to remain calm when a woman sat on his lap, and Wu Song was no different. So the court first read the petition submitted by Yanggu County, and after reviewing it, called the county clerk, took the reply, and then ordered people to replace Wu Song's long shackle with a shackle for a less serious crime, and then put him in jail.

Those who hang around in the yamen naturally know how to behave, and from the moment they saw the shackles being changed, they knew that this person had caught the prefect's eye, so no one dared to bully him.

Chen Fuyin was very fond of this upright and brave man, and often sent people to keep an eye on him. As a result, the officials and jailers did not ask him for a penny, but instead gave him food and wine.

Although the police officers and jailers hold the lives of the prisoners in their hands, they also know who they can and cannot provoke.

Chen Fuyin changed the recruitment file to a lighter one and submitted it to the provincial court for detailed consideration of the sentence. After some investigation, the only sentence was forty strokes of the cane and exile two thousand miles away. Thus, Wu Song's fate returned to its original trajectory.

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Wu Dalang also came, but he only took the new clothes and shoes that Pan Jinlian had made late at night, as well as the homemade pancakes. Before leaving, he secretly told Wu Song that there were gold leaves hidden inside for him to use in an emergency.

Finally, he gave each of the two escorting officers a bag of loose change so that they could buy some wine and meat on the way and he also took good care of them.

The two runners took the silver and, knowing that this man was valued by Prefect Chen, they immediately patted their chests and agreed.

Wu Dalang took Pan Jinlian to Shaohua Mountain, while Wu Song and two messengers walked along the way. When they passed by the Cross Hill, Erlang, who had not yet turned evil, saw through their tricks and beat the couple up. If Wu Song had not heard the names of several heroes from them, he would have killed them on the spot. How could he become sworn brothers with them under such circumstances?

What's interesting is that after being beaten, Sun Erniang and Zhang Qing were not angry. Instead, they admired Wu Song as a good man and treated him with good wine and meat. During the beating, they talked about a Taoist priest riding a cow who had the ability to bring the dead back to life. That day, there was a monk in the kitchen who had his feet removed. The Taoist priest just stretched out his hand and wiped the monk, and he was restored to his original state, and he also turned into a Taoist priest.

To add to the persuasiveness, Zhang Qing also showed the two swords left by the monk, which were indeed made of iron and not made in a day.

Wu Song and the two officials were amazed when they heard it, especially Wu Song, who could not help but remember that his brother had told him about the immortal he met, who also had a strong bull. They thought they were the same person.

When Wu Dalang left, he told Wu Song that if he wanted to find him, he should go to Shaohua Mountain. Thinking back on it now, he couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

Unfortunately, he is now a criminal and doesn’t know when he will be able to meet his brother and sister-in-law again.

(End of this chapter)