Chapter 62 Section 18

The snake was probably also taken aback, twisted backwards abruptly, its head stood up in a "huh", the head immediately turned into a triangle, and a long letter spit out from its mouth. I am usually afraid of caterpillars, let alone such fierce and poisonous things.When I used to judge cases, when I met stubborn prisoners, I would order some colorful caterpillars to be caught and put on the sensitive parts of these prisoners.In the yard of the county court in Chang'an County, there are many tall tulip trees and poplar trees, and these caterpillars, which are as thick as a child's arm, abound.I often order the guards to pick them. No matter how stubborn the prisoner is, when he sees this kind of caterpillar about to be put in his mouth, neck, or between his legs, he will confess it immediately.A few die-hard diehards get what they deserve, with their necks swollen all the way up and their dicks several times their normal size.I am not a cruel official, I think this method is better than torture with torture tools, which is too traumatic.

Who is hiding here to plot against me?I have been Ting Wei for so many years, even if I am a good stubble, I will inevitably offend many people.I believe that many prisoners and even their relatives are full of hatred towards me.It is said that my predecessor and current prime minister, Yu Dingguo, did a very good job as a court lieutenant. All the prisoners sentenced by him praised him for being fair. Not only did they not resent him, but even if they committed a capital crime, they felt that they deserved it.Therefore, the first emperor admired Yu Dingguo very much and let him work in the position of Tingwei for nineteen years. This is probably the longest person who has stayed in a position since the founding of the Han Dynasty.It was only later that I learned that the rumors about him were not so conclusive. I interrogated a prisoner the month before last. He said that Yu Dingguo's sentence against him was unfair.Therefore, Ting Wei is a difficult official, whoever doesn't believe it, just come and try it.

However, who would pick me to retaliate while I was still in office?Don't you know that the big man has a very harsh sentence for the crime of attacking and killing an incumbent official. Once caught, all of them will bow their heads, and their wives will sit together.Therefore, those who want to take revenge with personal anger, even if they hate to the bone, usually wait until the official resigns before taking action. It's hard to believe that under the threat of fear, so many images flashed through my mind at once.Seeing my frightened appearance, the snake became bolder and started to swim towards me.I held back the pain and wanted to prop up my body with my left hand and escape, but when I moved, I realized that half of my body was numb. I was thrown badly just now.My barge turned around at once, and hesitated beside me.I just wanted to grab its rein, and then I heard two bowstrings, and I saw my horse's left eye was shot through by an arrow, and several clear water splashed out of its eye, no matter what. Knowing whether it was tears or something else, another arrow shot into its chest. It raised its head to the sky and screamed, ran two steps forward, staggered and fell down, gasping for breath, blood foaming all over its mouth. Volt.

Then came the sound of chaotic footsteps from the depths of the bamboo forest, and the rustling of thick and soft bamboo leaves. I saw two veiled men running out. Look, the first one is still relatively young, and the second one seems to have some problems with one leg, because his head keeps rising and falling sharply while running, making it difficult to find the scale.Each of them held a crossbow in their hands and a long sword hanging from their waists.Their footsteps were windy, and they came to me very quickly. The leader kicked me hard, and said loudly: "You bastard, you have today, I finally waited for you!" , I took out a thick cowhide rope, tied my feet, put the other end of the cowhide rope on my shoulder, and ran up the hillside.

If I were to be on ordinary ground, I would have to be dragged to death by him. Fortunately, there are rotten and fresh bamboo leaves everywhere in the bamboo forest, and the soil is very soft due to the long-term decay of bamboo leaves. The clothes are also relatively thick, and the journey was not very painful. After dragging for about tens of feet, I came to a low wall. I vaguely saw several mounds beside the low wall, and I would not pay attention to it when walking by.The man who dragged me stopped and nodded to his companion. The companion grabbed the skirt of my chest, lifted it up, and punched me on the bridge of the nose with his right hand.I fell on my back and fell on the dirt wall.The man also strode over and kicked me violently.The two fisted and kicked, and I lay on the ground, my mind was in a daze, my whole body was numb, and I didn't know what pain was.

The man was probably tired from the fight, so he said to his companion, "That's all." His lame companion nodded, took off his bow, arrow and long sword, and placed them by the low wall.The man also threw down his bow and crossbow, untied his long sword, and said to his lame companion, "Drag him there first." I suddenly understood in my heart that those mounds might be some graves.They must have wanted to drag me to a mound of earth and kill them, to pay homage to the ghosts buried under the earth.I know that many people must have been unjustly killed over the years, but I didn't expect it to be so concentrated.The reason why they untied their swords was obviously because there is a "Japanese Book" that says that swords cannot be brought to the grave of the dead to worship, otherwise the dead will be disturbed.Most people in the Sansuke area believe in this custom.

They dragged me to those mounds, and the leading man said coldly: "Kneel down, and kowtow to these innocent souls killed by you." What else?I kowtowed obediently to the grave, hoping that my good attitude of pleading guilty would be exchanged for the pity of the two living people in front of me so as to save my life. But my thinking is too naive. "Today next year will be your anniversary. What else can you say before you die?" Seeing that my head had almost kowtowed, the man said coldly again. Qu Yi stretched and pulled it, making a "chi chi" sound, obviously he wanted to strangle me with this bowstring, no need to guess.

I was very desperate, thinking of my official position, wife, and so many undone things in the world, and so many unenjoyed happiness, I was really unwilling to die like this, I screamed like a dead horse : "Two gentlemen, I really want to know what kind of hatred you have with me. If you want to die, let me know." Before the man with the bowstring could answer, the lame masked man said angrily, "Did you make people understand when you fucking killed people with treacherous schemes?" The man with the bowstring in his hand stopped him: "Alright, let him know that we killed him and avenged him with our own hands, and we can feel happier ourselves." He tore off his veil as he spoke. .

I saw that it was the face of a middle-aged man in his forties. His face was still relatively handsome. There were dense beards growing around the chin, and the roots stood upright like steel needles. This face looked familiar, but for a while can not remember.I tried to delay the time and shouted: "Wait, who are you? I don't know you at all. If you recognize the wrong person, wouldn't I die unjustly? And if you kill the wrong person, I don't count If I avenged my revenge, wouldn't I take a risk in vain and damage my own morality in vain?" The middle-aged man sneered and said, "Hmph, how could I have mistaken someone? Aren't you the current court lieutenant, Chen Sui? By the way, it is said that not long ago, he was added as a servant. Am I right?"

I nodded subconsciously, feeling extremely hopeless. Since he knew me so well, he wouldn't kill the wrong person.But I still don't want to die!I struggled for the last time: "But I really don't recognize you. What kind of enmity do I have with you? If you tell me, I will die without hatred!" As soon as I finished speaking, the lame man who was still covering his face shouted: "This beast probably wants to delay time, hoping that someone will come to rescue him. Let's ignore him, let's do it!" The man with the bowstring said: "This Zhuzi always likes to hunt with two servants, so don't worry about waiting for the rescuers. Besides, I also sent two brothers to hold back his servants. Let him die to understand."

"Hmph, you forget things too much." The man grabbed me and pulled him under his nose, "Look carefully, do you recognize who I am?" My eyes were probably black and blue, and my eyes were swollen, so I could only subconsciously say: "I really don't know." "Okay, let me tell you now, I am Wan Zhang, Wan Zixia of Liushi in Chang'an, Captain of Fighting Cock. You should know each other by now?" I suddenly realized: "Ah? It's you!" "Finally remembered. Don't you feel that you deserve death?" I was dying and struggling: "You usurped the prisoner at that time, and I killed you just to fulfill the duty of the court lieutenant. If you want to kill me, it is public revenge." "Still sophistry." He said angrily, "You know we want to usurp prisoners, but you deliberately set up a trap to lure us into it, so that you can claim credit for the imperial court and claim that you have killed a large number of robbers. You shameless beast." Now that we've come to this point, there's nothing else we can talk about, it's dead anyway.I sighed, "That's your guess. Anyway, it's in your hands today, so it's useless to say anything." I closed my eyes and just waited for him to put the bowstring around my neck.Being strangled to death is probably very uncomfortable. I usually feel very uncomfortable when I play with my own neck.But there is no way, life is in the hands of others. I feel the cold bowstring around my neck.Wan Zhang said: "Look, this is my sister's tomb, and the tombs of my disciple brothers. Today I want to sacrifice your life to pay homage to my poor sister and my poor brothers." I squeezed out a broken sentence from my swollen throat: "I'm sorry." I didn't expect this murderous brother to spare my life with this sentence, I just said it in passing, and I don't know why I said it.In fact, I still don't take it seriously for their self-proclaimed injustice. The bowstring was tightened immediately, it was so fucking uncomfortable, my seven orifices were so suffocated that I was about to splatter blood, and my mind was dizzy, and suddenly I heard a voice from down the hillside: "Put down Mr. Chen, or I will It’s time to fire the crossbow arrows!”