Judgement

Chapter 27 Nine Deaths

"Open the door, open the door." A row of imperial guards patted the gate of Yicui Building like wolves and tigers.

"Who, what are you yelling at in the middle of the night?" The doorman yawned and came out to open the door. As soon as the door opened, the boy was kicked down by the soldiers of the imperial army, and the shining steel knife was directly pressed on his neck.In the Yicui Tower, there was endless crying and shouting.

"Master Luo of Dali Temple is here." With the loud roar of the forbidden army, all the men and women in Yicui Building ### fell silent and stood with hands down.

"Who is the bustard? Where is that Xu Siniang?"

"The housewife is here, Mr. Luo, we are old acquaintances, and you are a frequent visitor here. Why do you want to mobilize people today."

"Who is an old acquaintance with you? Come and take away. Everyone has to ask. People in the Yicui Building are all banned in the building and will come as they go."

Xu Siniang was taken away by Lord Luo of Dali Temple. Dali Temple is the highest court in the Southern Song Dynasty. If she enters Dali Temple and survives, it depends on good luck...

On the courtroom of Dali Temple, Luo Shixiang slapped Xingmu and shouted sharply: "Bold Xu Siniang, how did you structure the imperial court to commit the crime of Yangzhou governor Ying Tianxiong's daughter Ying Xiaolian, tell me the truth."

"Lord Luo, the lady has never known Ying Xiaolian? The lady opened a brothel and has nothing to do with the prisoner."

"I think you're a hard-boiled duck. Come on, give me twenty slaps first."

As soon as the yamen on both sides heard the words of the adults and beat them severely, one of them stepped forward to lift up the skirt and took off the fourth mother's trousers, and the two took water and fire sticks and beat the fourth mother mercilessly on the buttocks, how could the fourth mother have been subjected to such severe torture? , screaming and crying like rain.After ten blows, Xu Siniang's skin was torn apart and she couldn't make a sound.

"My lord, the female prisoner has fainted." The yamen servant was also afraid of losing his life, so he hurriedly reported to Luo Shixiang.

"Wake up with cold water." A scoop of cold water hit her head, and Xu Siniang, who was lying on the ground, woke up faintly, coughing repeatedly.

"The criminal, Xu Siniang, can you plead guilty?"

"The women are wronged, the women are wronged. I beg Master Qingtian to see clearly."

"Okay, let me ask you if there is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Qingguan in Yicui Tower, where is he now?"

"The woman doesn't know, but Feng Qingzhi is what your lord is talking about? She disappeared three days ago. The woman really doesn't know who Ying Xiaolian is."

"Hmph, you are so eloquent. The officer has now found out that Ying Xiaolian came out of your Yicui building, and she is the one who committed Ying Xiaolian's crime. Lin'an formed a private party to plot evil, Waiting for an opportunity is not good for the emperor, but fortunately, the censor discovered in time that the traitor will be punished."

Only then did Xu Siniang understand that Feng Qingzhi was that Ying Xiaolian, but now the poor girl has become a vain soul who died in vain, and she couldn't help feeling sad.

"Pa" sounded the startling wood, waking Xu Siniang out of her thoughts. "Criminal woman, you still haven't recruited it for real."

"My lord, it is clear that Ying Xiaolian was sold by a woman from Bai Qixuan's Bai Erye two months ago. The woman really didn't know that what Bai Erye sold was a criminal who was ordered by the imperial court. Please look into it clearly."

Luo Shixiang didn't expect that the son of Bai Yuchun, the richest man in Lin'an, would be involved in it, so he frowned and said, "Put the prisoner in the women's prison first, and then bring Bai Qixuan to court for trial, then leave the court." Come over and pull up Xu Siniang's trousers, each of them lifts Xu Siniang up with one hand and drags her into the women's prison.After Luo Shixiang got out of the hall, seeing that the sky was not yet bright, he rode his horse to the Yushi Mansion to report to Wang Ziqi. When Wang Ziqi heard that Bai Qixuan, the son of Bai Yuchun, the richest man in Lin'an, was also in the case, he said with a sly smile: "Lord Luo!" , I played this matter to the emperor yesterday morning, Lord Luo is also there, right?"

"Yes, the humble position is here. Later, Longyan was furious and sent the forbidden army to Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the matter."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Understood, I'll do it now."

In the other courtyard of Lion Alley, Bai Qixuan was sleeping soundly with four servant girls in his arms.A group of officers and soldiers knocked on the gate of the courtyard, but Bai Qixuan and Simei didn't hear it.Luo Shixiang snorted coldly, "Slam the door." All the soldiers hacked at the gate with their swords, axes and forks together, and the gate was smashed in a moment.

"Ah, what are you doing?" The soldier forked up the five white worms that were still sleeping on the bed.Luo Shixiang flicked his sleeves and said, "Chenghe Titong, put on your clothes and take you to Dali Temple." He turned around, went out, got on the sedan chair and left.

Bai Qixuan, a playboy, has seen this kind of scene where the sword is out of the sheath and the sword is out of the spring, and he has already been so frightened that his face is pale and shit is flowing.On the other hand, the maid Chuntao was a bit assertive and took care of Bai Qixuan to get dressed.After the officers and soldiers took Bai Qixuan away, they immediately reported to the White Mansion, and the entire White Mansion became a mess.

Zhou An, the magistrate of Lin'an County, was called back to the Baifu by his father-in-law. Zhou An also wondered why Bai Qixuan was taken away by Dali Temple. The only way now is to save people first.Bai Yuchun was such a precious son, he opened the warehouse and took out 1000 taels of gold and handed it to Zhou An.

Although Zhou An said that being an official is not a good prospect, his mind is extremely good.He took a thousand gold and set up the carriage, and went to the home of Su Wenwen, the servant of the Ministry of War in his hometown.Su Wenwen didn't want to see Zhou An in his heart, but he couldn't hide.Zhou An and the county government guards who were driving the car each held a big box, walked in and said, "Master Su, please don't refuse to ask brother Wang if you have a humble job."

"Hehe, Brother Zhou is being polite, I wonder if there is anything Su can do to help Brother Zhou?"

"Brother Su, my unworthy brother-in-law, what happened?"

Su Wenwen said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhou, I really can't do anything this time. Your little brother-in-law Bai Qixuan has caused a catastrophe. Yesterday morning at the court, Lord Censor Wang had already reported to the Holy Majesty, and the Yangzhou traitor Ying Tianxiong I didn't expect your brother-in-law to be involved in this case, and now the only one who can save your brother-in-law is Prince Yushi and his lord. Alas, the little fourth-rank official Su is really "

Zhou An winked, and the county government guard put down the box in his hand, turned around and went out.Only Zhou An and Su Wenwen were left in the flower hall, Zhou An said: "Master Su, here is 500 taels of gold, I just hope that brother Su can speak well in front of Lord Yushi, if there is anything necessary, Zhou An will let you know My father-in-law is ready. There are still 300 taels of gold to be handed over to Lord Luo of Dali Temple."

"Brother Zhou, take a look, you're out of touch with this, don't you. Don't worry about Mr. Yushi and Mr. Luo. Su will definitely do his best. Besides, Quanzi is still Bai Qixuan's friend." Zhou An saw Su Wen Zhang accepted the gold, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then left for home.In Zhou An's heart, he most hoped that Bai Qixuan could be punished and executed by Dali Temple. Wouldn't the Wanguan family wealth left by Bai Yuchun belong to him? How could he give up and hide the 200 taels of gold that he had privately deducted immediately after returning home.

After all, it is easy to do things with money, Bai Qixuan was neither court nor shackled in Dali Temple.The next night, Su Lefu, Su Wenwen's son, came to visit Bai Qixuan. "Brother Bai, you're really good at picking people this time. You took pictures of the imperial court's imperial convicts, right? My father has already helped you to get some, and it's already settled with Mr. Luo of Dali Temple. It's Yushi Mr. Wang wants 10 taels of silver, Master Bai has already sold two silk and satin shops in Lin'an City, so it's probably about the same."

"This time it's all thanks to Brother Su Gao Yi, and Bai has nothing to repay. If you don't dislike the other courtyard in Lion Alley, you can give it to Brother Su." Bai Qixuan knew that Su Lefu had always been interested in the four maids in Lion Alley. , this time it is to repay Su Lefu.Not long after Su Lefu left happily, Wang Baoer came with some food and wine.

"Open the door, open the cell door for me."

"Yes" the jailer opened the prison door.

"Get out." Wang Baoer entered the cell with a big belly.

"Brother Bai, today your father has given you 10 taels of silver and entrusted your father to excuse you. If nothing goes wrong, Brother Bai will be able to go out tomorrow. Come brother brought some wine and vegetables for Brother Bai today."

"Brother Wang, you still think of me. Come on, come on, I'll toast you to Brother Wang." Wang Baoer secretly laughed in her heart, the 10 taels of silver had already entered her own [-] pocket

Luo Shixiang of Dali Temple just came back from Yushi Mansion, and the prince was in a particularly good mood.Because of Ying Xiaolian's matter, Emperor Gaozong praised him for his loyalty, and promoted Prince Qi from Yushi Zhongcheng to Yushi doctor.Now that this incident has been going on, it is necessary to find a scapegoat to take the blame, and this scapegoat is Xu Siniang.There are 72 types of instruments of torture in the torture room of Dali Temple. Xu Siniang is hanging on the wooden pillar with disheveled hair at this time. Tear open all the holes.Xu Siniang's head drooped weakly on her shoulders, the blood at the corner of her mouth had dried up and turned into a black scab.

Luo Shixiang walked into the torture room, the pungent smell of blood only made Luo Shixiang faintly nauseous, covered his nose with a sweat towel and asked, "Is she recruited?"

The executioner stepped forward and replied: "My lord, this woman just refused to recruit, and now she has passed out again."

"It's not a pity to die for such a nasty woman. Come on, Huoxue will serve you. I want to see if this woman's bones are harder or the punishment in Dali Temple is harder." Huowax is the cruelest punishment for female prisoners in Dali Temple except Ling Chi. .

Xu Siniang, who was unconscious, was tied to a bench by the executioner. On the head of the turpentine torch was an iron pot filled with grease. After being ignited, the burning kerosene dripped slowly in clusters of sparks.In the execution room, Luo Shixiang glanced at Xu Siniang, and said, "Execution."

The executioner moved the torch to Xu Siniang's head, and a ball of sparks fell on Xu Siniang's forehead. "Ah!" Xu Siniang woke up with a miserable scream.A puff of blue smoke immediately rose from the white forehead, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the torture chamber.Xu Siniang's bound fingernails were dug deeply into the bench, and her whole body was twitching violently.

Luo Shixiang yelled: "Sinner, don't hesitate to recruit me. How did you and that Ying Xiaolian have the wrong intentions?"

Xu Siniang trembled as she spoke in pain: "My lord, Ying Xiaolian was bought by a woman from Bai Qixuan for 300 taels of silver. The other women don't know about it."

"At the end of her life, she still framed others, come on, continue to torture me. I don't believe she can't be pried open, hum." The torch was moved to the top of Xu Siniang's head again.

"My lord, what I, Xu Siniang, does is to make a living by making jokes, in order to please the grown-ups. Why does Xu Siniang try to plot something wrong, my lord is clearly aware of it, cough, cough, cough." Xu Siniang spat blood profusely.

"It's still a matter of rhetoric and torture."

One drop two drops, the fireball fell on Xu Siniang's head, ignited her hair, her face was burned with blisters, and the muscles on her face were turned outwards. Xu Siniang's screams made the executioner unbearable. I watched it, the cry gradually became lighter

"My lord, she is dead."

"Well, dead? Then throw it on the mass grave to feed the dogs." Luo Shixiang left without even looking at it. The case was settled as the prisoner's wife committed suicide, and Xu Siniang's Yicui Building was confiscated. confiscated.The two yamen servants took Xu Siniang's dead body to the donkey cart, but instead of throwing it at the mass grave, they took the dead body to Yicui Tower to exchange for silver, which is an unwritten rule in the yamen.

The yamen servant got 50 taels of silver and left Xu Siniang's dead body behind.Fortunately, Xu Siniang was always nice to the girls in Yicuilou, so the girls invited Qiu Langzhong from Huichun Pharmacy, and Qiu Langzhong saw that Xu Siniang looked like this, and he also hugged a dead horse as a live horse doctor.Yingxiang, Baihui, Renzhong three acupoints with silver needles applied together, twisting the silver needles slowly piercing, the cold sweat came off the face.But there was no reaction at all, just when Qiu Langzhong was about to pull the needle.The girl who was burning the fire at the side suddenly shouted like a flower: "Si Niang moved her fingers, Si Niang moved her fingers."

In this way, Xu Siniang came back alive after crawling around the gate of hell, and was secretly transferred to Caihe Village in the north of Lin'an City.Later, a new bustard came to Yicuilou, and most of the girls left Yicuilou