Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 225 Class
The clerk was so panicked that he was incoherent. Meng Xingcao yelled at him and hit him with a Qingling Talisman, but it did not wake him up.

Meng Xingcao Yuan had a very grim look on his face at this moment, as he and Gun Shilu were friends who had come from a dead body, and it would be difficult for others to exonerate their colleague's descendants.

But in the eyes of Meng Xingcao, who was in charge of the criminal law of a state, this was just a small matter. He had done it many times before, and it was easy and perfect. Why did it go wrong this time? !

"What should I say to Brother Gun when I see him?" Meng Xingcao sighed, and then angrily said to the minor official: "Wasn't it Lord Wen who presided over the trial just now? Even if he relies on the fact that he is an old man brought by the uncle from the Dali Temple in the Imperial Capital, he shouldn't deny me this little face!"

The clerk hesitated for a long time and could not say anything. Meng Xingcao was so angry that he stood up and comforted Kang Dabao first, then said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, nephew, I will go to settle the account with him and will not let you make any more mistakes!"

Kang Dabao responded hesitantly. This unexpected change had wiped out all the hope he had just had. He did not feel relieved at all. After listening to what Meng Xingcao said, he only said a few formal words of thanks.

Before Meng Xingcaoyuan left, he saw Sima Gong coming. The latter had a bloody cut on his face, which looked a bit scary.

"Brother Gun," Meng Xingcao Yuan just opened his mouth but was stopped by Gun Jia Sima, who apologized and sighed, "Brother Meng, I'm sorry for getting you into trouble this time. I will definitely compensate you in the future."

"What do you mean?" Meng Xingcao's eyes changed, with a hint of panic.

"The Earl is here." The fake Sima Se said, "He is personally trying the case in the court. Everything was fine and my bastard was about to be released. But the Earl suddenly came out and executed him on the spot after questioning him. Lord Wen was also stripped of his official title and was said to be exiled to Liangxi to guard the border."

"This, this, that, I..." Now it was Meng Xingcao's turn to hesitate. The presiding judge Wen was only convicted of a crime of coercion and was exiled. Then he and Gun Jia Sima, who were in cahoots with each other, must be...
Master Kang heard it clearly, and now his chances of saving his head became even slimmer.

It is true that the gourd can save lives, but it can only save one life. What about the many people who are building their foundation in the hall?

How many more could he take away? Even if he took Kuang Liuting away with him, it would not matter. As long as the royal family of the Immortal Dynasty could not be completely killed, it would only be a matter of time before the Chongming Sect led by the Great Master Kang was wiped out.

Kang Dabao thought clearly that he had not brought the gourd here before, and hid it and all the good things in the master's secret room.

Yuan Jin now roughly knew where that place was. Sect Leader Kang thought that if he couldn't go back, relying on the heritage he left behind, he could let Yuan Jin shamelessly establish a title of the founder of the revival of the country with him, which should be enough for him.

"My Lord has ordered me to take you two to the court now," the fake Sima sighed again, and then said to Kang Dabao, "Be careful what you say and do after you go up there. Sima and I will also wait for our fate."

"Thank you, Sima Gun." After hearing this, Kang Dabao seemed to be much calmer than Meng Xingcaoyuan beside him, which made Sima Gun look at him with higher regard.

The three of them had different expressions as they walked into the bright and solemn court together.

At this time, a bloody green-robed official was lying in the hall. From the expressions of Sima Gunjia and Meng Xingcaoyuan, it was not difficult to tell that this should be the Judge Wen who presided over the case as they had mentioned before.

Kuang Liuting sat in the main hall, looking different from before.

The head of Kangda had met this Nan'an Earl three times. The first time was on the day he married Fei Shuhe. This Earl was kind and approachable, and even gave him a second-level flying sword, just like a close elder.
The second time was when he and the Black Shoe Taoist were on their way back. Although Kuang Liuting came for the Black Shoe Taoist, he was still friendly and kind to Kang Dabao.

The third time was today. The Earl of Nan'an sat on the main throne, looking as stern as ice and his smile clearer than the river.

There were two seats below the main seat, which were originally occupied by Judge Wen's deputies. After Kuang Liuting arrived, they were all sent away.

Fei Nan'ao took one seat, and the remaining vacant seat, according to Kang Dabao, should have been where Sima Gong sat before he was whipped.

There were also dozens of high-ranking officials from the state court standing outside the hall, most of whom were at the foundation-building stage. Chief Clerk Bushe and Commander Qin Sufu were both among them, and their faces varied as they watched Kang Dabao being escorted into the hall.

"Meng Xuan, you have been working as a criminal official for such a long time. How many guilty people have you let go, and how many meritorious officials have you framed?" Kuang Liuting had no intention of spending much time on the two people in the hall. He got straight to the point and started with a scolding.

"Master! Master! Meng Xuan pleads guilty! Meng Xuan pleads guilty! I, an official, must die! I, an official, must die!" Meng Xuan bowed with a big plop before he dared to explain: "Master, I, an official, failed in my duty and was too mediocre to tell the good guys from the bad guys! I am willing to resign from my post and go to the border of Liangxi to serve the country!"

"Hmph, you have a good plan!" Kuang Liuting snorted coldly and slammed the desk angrily, frightening the head of the Kang sect, who was still standing there in a daze, and suddenly knelt down.

Kang Dabao could tell from what he heard that Meng Xuan was making a sophistry. Kuang Liuting clearly said that he was breaking the law, but he argued that it was dereliction of duty.

The results of the two actions may not be very different, but their natures are completely different. The former is intentional, while the latter is unintentional. In addition, Meng Xuan took the initiative to offer his loyalty to the country, which really touched the heart of the Nan'an Earl.

Everyone in the provincial court knew that what Kuang Liuting liked most was loyal ministers. Even if he knew that the ministers were pretending to be loyal, the Lord would still like them.

"As expected of an old criminal master who is used to helping people escape punishment, this Meng Xuan really has some skills." Sect Leader Kang felt emotional.

He could also see that Kuang Liuting was a donkey that obeyed the will of others. Although his tone was bad when he slammed the table, his anger had subsided a lot.

Even an outsider like Kang Dabao could see that as a close confidant of the Earl of Nan'an, Fei Sima naturally knew to step out at this time to give Kuang Liuting a way out.

He walked to the front of the hall, bowed respectfully, and said in a loud voice: "My Lord, please allow me to report. I know that Meng Xuan's crime is unforgivable, but with foreign enemies at hand, it is better to keep him under my wing and use him at this time, which will be more beneficial to the country.

Although Meng Xuan was mediocre, he had joined the army to serve his country since the 367th year of Qianfeng. He first joined the Chiyun Guard to fight monsters in Liangxi, and then followed Pingbo Hou to fight bandits in Haibei. There were three heads of pirates who had built their foundation, six corpses of second-level monsters, and countless gains from practicing Qi in his account.

The reason why I mentioned this corrupt official's small merit at this time is not to excuse him, but because I don't want the Immortal Dynasty to lose a sharp soldier in vain. It is better to let him die on the battlefield to fight against monsters. This will show the kindness and generosity of the Lord, and also let this guy have a complete ending. "

"Remove Meng Xuan from all his official positions and temporarily appoint him as the acting criminal officer. Fine him 100,000 spiritual stones from his salary and hand it over to the household department within ten days. No delay is allowed."

"My lord, you are so kind!" Meng Xuan was so grateful that he burst into tears and bowed down to pay homage.

"My Lord, you are wise!" All the officials in the hall, including Sima Fei, sang in unison.

"Get out of here," Kuang Liuting's face still didn't look good. After yelling at Meng Xuan to go down, he looked at Kang Dabao, but didn't ask him. He pointed at an old cultivator wearing a straw-colored hat beside him and shouted, "Go! Check your injuries."

"Yes," the old cultivator did not dare to be negligent and trotted to the front of Master Kang with his tools in hand.

Kang Dabao, the bumpkin, thought he was going to be stripped naked in public, but he didn't expect that the other party only took a bronze mirror and shone it with spiritual light, and was able to see the whole body of Master Kang clearly.

"What's the matter?" The old monk had just taken the bronze mirror and looked at himself carefully for a few breaths when Kuang Liuting, who was at the head of the group, asked impatiently.

"My Lord, this man has several wounds on his body, front and back, inside and outside, of varying severity. Some of them are not light and have damaged his foundation to some extent. If he doesn't have elixirs to treat him, he will not be able to recover for more than ten years." The old cultivator replied respectfully.

"Oh?" Kuang Liuting glanced at Kang Dabao with some surprise, then looked at Fei Nanying, the latter's face was calm, without any sign of guilt.

The battle involved a wide range of issues, and Kuang Liuting could not possibly know every detail. He would generally believe whatever his meritorious subordinates said.

However, the Jiazixuhao Hilltop was one of the few places where the state court lost the battle, so he took the state court officials to the Criminal Department to see the trial of the criminals. It was true that Gun Qiushou had a lot of wounds, but they were only on the skin and flesh, and they were all fresh wounds caused by the whip. Kuang Liuting could see the trick at a glance.

He seized Wen Pan's position on the spot, and after a few casual threats, Gun Qiushou could not withstand the pressure and confessed everything about his escape from the battle.

Kuang Liuting was furious. Not only did he execute Gun Qiushou in court, he also whipped Gun Shilu, whom he had always trusted, in the face for shielding his nephew.

Of course he still had an impression of Kang Dabao. After all, he was the one who pushed Kang Dabao out to be a horse skeleton, and this time he chose him to be a flagpole. He originally wanted him to have a family of loyal martyrs or make new achievements.

But no one expected that Kang Dabao and his followers would escape from the battlefield.

Kuang Liuting was naturally angry when he heard this. He thought that his nephew-in-law Fei Nanying was of the same ilk as Gun Qiushou, but he never thought that the course of events was quite different from what he had imagined.

"Tell me in detail, from the moment you led the local soldiers to assemble at Xiaowu Mountain to how you lost the battle and fled. Don't miss a single detail. Tell me everything in detail." Nan'an Bo's expression became much kinder.

Fei Nanying also winked at Kang Dabao, asking him to seize this opportunity to survive.

"In reply to your Excellency's words, after receiving your Excellency's imperial edict, I brought almost all of my disciples from the sect to the Pingrong County government office." Sect Leader Kang did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and recounted the entire process of the battle in detail, except for the part where he had a fierce fight with Taoist Fire Dragon.

The hall was extremely quiet at this time, with only the slightly rough voice of Master Kang echoing.

Kuang Liuting's expression had not improved since he heard about the deaths of Song Hui and Dong Liu'er. But when he heard that the Qingyun League was injured by the crossbow arrows of the leader Kang during the foundation attack, his brows relaxed a little.

Afterwards, two foundation-building people from the Qingyun League were killed by the people from the Chongming Sect and the Taoist Fire Dragon, and there was already a look of joy on his brows.

He also heard that most of the Chongming Sect's disciples were killed or injured and could no longer fight, so they had to flee back to the sect. Kuang Liuting looked unhappy.

Then he raised his hand to stop the crying Kang Da Sect Master from speaking, turned his head to look at the subordinate who first advised the entire Chongming Sect to enlist in the war, and asked sternly: "When did I say that I would conscript his 11 or 12-year-old children to join the war?"

The assistant official stood out from the crowd holding a tablet and listened to Kuang Liuting's rebuke with an embarrassed look on his face: "I just think that this shows more loyalty and righteousness."

"You bastard! Loyalty! Loyalty! Since you are so loyal, why don't you let your children and grandchildren follow the children of Chongming Emperor to fight together?!" Kuang Liuting was still furious. He threw the tiger-shaped paperweight fiercely, hitting the assistant officer on the head, and blood flowed everywhere.

All the subordinates were so frightened that they were silent. The assistant officer who was hit was so terrified that he didn't even dare to cover the wound on his head, and let the blood flow in this clean hall.

Kuang Liuting was not satisfied after smashing one, so he pointed out another person and angrily said, "You bastard, come out!"

"The official is here!" Bu Se groaned in his heart, but he dared not move. He squeezed out of the crowd and stood at the foot of the hall.

"Gun Shilu was far away in the rear suppressing the rebellion, and he knew to send Taoist Fire Dragon to support Jia Zi Xu Hao. You were at the Xiaowushan formation, but you didn't know about it?" Kuang Liuting asked again in a stern voice.

Buse knew that he couldn't answer with words like "taking the overall situation into consideration" at this moment.

Although he was indeed no match for the Qingyun League at that time and could not spare any troops, Kuang Liuting must not be able to listen to this at this moment, so he could only respond in a muffled voice: "It is because of my poor command. I beg you to punish me, Lord!"

"Punish me! Punish me! Why didn't you come out and confess your guilt when the provincial court was discussing your merits ten days ago?!"

Kuang Liuting angrily shouted back Bu Se, then glanced at all the officials in the state court one by one, and when he felt that there was no more to scold, he looked at Kang Dabao and said:
"The military order given to you by Bu Se was to fight to the death and not retreat, but you were scared away by two foundation-building masters. You are such a useless thing, how can you take on important responsibilities in the future!?"

"Yes, I am a guilty minister who failed in my duty and let down the Immortal Dynasty." Sect Leader Kang kowtowed again in a very humble manner.

"Humph, of course you are a criminal! Serving the country with loyalty is your duty! After killing two foundation-building people from the Qingyun League, why didn't you think of gathering people to take back the Jiazixuhao?!"

After Kuang Liuting said this, there was no longer much blame in his tone, but his words were still annoying as before, and many officials from the provincial court present felt cold in their hearts after hearing them.

Kang Dabao couldn't answer, he buried his head and dared not raise it.

"Oh, I know you don't want to die for the Immortal Dynasty," Kuang Liuting sighed softly, and then said to the officials in the hall in a deep voice: "Even they, who all look righteous on the surface, don't want to die for the Immortal Dynasty in their hearts."

"The officials are guilty!"

"Master, calm down!"

The two Simas bowed first, and the officials of the provincial court behind them were not slow to kneel down as well.

"How can I blame you? How many of the princes, nobles, and important ministers in the court are willing to perish with the country?" Kuang Liuting's words were so heavy, like a huge rock falling to the ground, shocking everyone present and making them dare not speak.

"Kang Dabao, raise your head." Kuang Liuting no longer paid attention to the officials in the hall and called out softly.

Kang Dabao looked up in response, his face already covered in sweat.

Kuang Liuting's anger had subsided, and he said to Kang Dabao in a gentle voice, "You have committed a crime, a serious one; you have also made contributions, which are even greater. In theory, the contributions are the contributions, and the faults are the faults, and the two should not offset each other.

But before and after you lost the battle, you fought for the state court and sacrificed your life for the clan. You can be called a loyal person. The fault for losing the battle is yours, the Sima Mansion, the state court, and me.

If Ben continues to punish you without any reason, it would be too harsh on a meritorious official, and people would laugh at you if the news got out."

Kuang Liuting paused here, and his next words were not just addressed to Kang Dabao alone. He looked down at everyone in the hall and spoke in a deep and calm voice.

"I know that you now think that the Immortal Dynasty is cold, weak, and has no future, so you are all unwilling to die for the Immortal Dynasty. It doesn't matter, just follow me, Nan'an Earl, and see how I do it! One day, you will change!"

No one in the hall dared to answer and remained silent.

"Send the medical officer that the Southern King has bestowed upon me to Chongming Sect, and set off immediately. The medical expenses and magical medicines will all be allocated by the palace, and you are not allowed to be stingy. Kang Dabao, stay in Xuanwei City for a few more days, and wait until I have figured out how to reward you before you leave. You cannot go back empty-handed!"

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