Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 722

"My lord, the trial of the prisoner is over. This is a crime entertained by mortals. There is also the case of Fang Shengyu being killed. He also pleaded guilty."

On the morning of the second day, Li Xiuyuan, who was in the magistrate's yamen, received a confession letter from Cui Wei.

"The trial is over so soon? That's right." Li Xiuyuan looked at the confession in his hand, and couldn't help but move his eyes slightly: "Tell me about this person's background."

"Yes, my lord." Cui Wei said: "This maid named Xi'er, originally named Wang Erxi, is from a certain county in Shandong Province. Because she was poor, she was sold to a certain family as a book boy, and then she couldn't stand the master's abuse and escaped privately. , went to the capital to worship a demon as a master, and learned how to pretend to be a man
The ability to pretend. "

"Is it possible to become like this just by dressing up?" Li Xiuyuan said; "It is said that he once took pills, and then his Adam's apple disappeared, his skin became fair, and he has the figure of a woman."

"Yes, my lord, this Wang Erxi has eaten a pill given to him by his master, and coupled with his attire, he has a beautiful figure." Cui Wei said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "The matter of the pills has been erased, and the confession will be rewritten by the civil servants. If some dignitaries know that there are such pills, who knows how many boys they will harm."

Cui Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately understood what he meant.

Many dignitaries in the capital like to moleste children, if they know that there are such pills in the world, it is hard to guarantee that no one will satisfy their own selfish desires and let people look for them.

"My lord, this is not the first time that Wang Erxi has been sold into the mansion of a dignitary as a woman. This is the seventh time he has committed a crime. Every time he enters a mansion, he must first seduce the wife of the mansion, and because the mansion Madam only thinks that he is a woman, so she is not on guard in her heart, so every time she succeeds easily,
After succeeding, Wang Erxi used this as a threat to ask for a large amount of money, gold and silver. Afterwards, he took the money and fled the house, and continued to sell himself after the squandering was over. "

"Although those women knew they were cheated, they didn't dare to reveal it because of their reputation, so that his affairs have never been discovered."

After listening to this, Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Cheating money and sex, this guy is really powerful, and he can think of such a method. If anyone greedily buys such a maid into the mansion, he will be unlucky for eight lifetimes. It seems that It’s cheap and you can’t be greedy.”

Cui Wei said again: "What your lord said is true, and according to what Wang Erxi said, there are already many people in his line of work. There are more than ten disciples under his master alone, all of whom took pills and disguised themselves as men."

"So it's pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud." Li Xiuyuan said: "In the capital, three families named in the crime book have been cheated, hehe, if those adults know that their wives gave themselves I don't know what kind of mood it will be when I wear a cuckold, but
What I didn't expect was that there are quite a few people who commit crimes in this way. "

"Have you found out where his master is? Find it and arrest him, so as not to let that guy continue to spread this harmful scheme."

Cui Weidao: "Yes, my lord, I will order the prison guards to interrogate again."

"Very good, then you can go." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand as a signal.

But right now.

The mansion of Zhang Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the capital.

Today, many literati, scholars and officials came to visit him.

It's all about Li Xiuyuan.

"Master Zhang, you want to impeach Li Xiuyuan to this official family. As soon as this person took over as magistrate, he drove the subordinate officials and others out of the yamen, and also removed the yamen servants in the yamen and replaced them with his own soldiers. In this way, wouldn’t the magistrate’s yamen become his voice? A colleague of the lower official’s office this morning
When I was about to go to the prefect's yamen to ask for clarification, I was detained by Li Xiuyuan's people and put in prison. You can't ignore this matter, Mr. Zhang. "

"Then Li Xiuyuan's evil deeds are not limited to this. He broke into Fang's mansion under the guise of thoroughly investigating Fang Shengyu's assassination case, bullied Mr. Fang's widow and orphan, and even took away a maid from Mr. Fang's mansion to solve the case." , forcibly identified as Wutongjiao demon, and he didn't know what method he used

He convinced everyone in the Fang Mansion, and even Mrs. Fang was grateful to him.The lower official felt that this person must have used despicable means to threaten them, and asked Mr. Zhang to uphold justice. "

"Yeah, what everyone said is very reasonable. This Li Xiuyuan has made so many things in just three days since he took office. If he is allowed to continue doing it, God knows what other things will be outraged."

Zhang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, squinted his eyes slightly to listen to the complaints of these people. He knew in his heart that Li Xiuyuan had offended these people when he was doing business, and now he brought the lawsuit to himself.

Who made himself the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?

"I already know about this matter. Li Xiuyuan was born as a scholar. He first studied literature and then martial arts. He stepped into the court step by step by defeating the King of Nine Mountains. It is inevitable that he will be a little ambitious and act arrogantly. After all, he is young and energetic. But since this Li Xiuyuan has done so many unsatisfactory things,
It should indeed be impeachment, impeachment, if several people are willing to join the petition, this official is willing to take the lead. " Zhang Yuan said.

The literati who came to sue, the officials were overjoyed when they heard the words, and expressed their willingness to jointly impeach Li Xiuyuan.

Zhang Yuan naturally knew in his heart that one impeachment would not bring down this Li Xiuyuan, but it was not a problem, it was just to leave a bad impression on the officials first, and he would continue to impeach him several times later.

Officials are soft-hearted, if it happens a few more times, Li Xiuyuan probably won't even be qualified for the position of magistrate, and will soon be dismissed from office.

As for returning to Yangzhou to be the governor, that is even more a dream.

That night.

Zhang Yuan asked his servants to light the candle lamps in the study room, then sharpened the ink and brush, thought for a while, and prepared to write an impeachment memorial.

But just when he picked up the pen to dye the ink and was about to write.

"Bah~!"

A drop of ink from the nib of the pen fell on the white paper, but what surprised Zhang Yuan was that the falling ink was not black, but red.

"Crack~!"

There was a slight cracking sound, but Zhang Yuan found that the very handy writing brush in his hand had suddenly split from the middle and turned into two halves.

The pen holder and the nib fell on the white paper, making a mess.

Zhang Yuan stood up abruptly, with a serious expression on his face, holding his breath as he stared at the broken ink pen in front of him.

"Blood dripping from the tip of the pen and the ink pen is split. This is an ominous sign."

This vision, such as the falling of the commander-in-chief flag of the army, is a bad omen, symbolizing the death of the owner.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, I have seen a lot, and I believe in some things.

"This memorial can't be written." Zhang Yuan didn't know why such an idea popped up in his mind.

But then he smiled dumbly: "I don't speak strange powers and confusion. As a servant of the Ministry of officials, am I afraid of retribution? If there is retribution, how can I be a servant? As an official of the court, I am a ghost If you see this official, you have to make a detour."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan chose another ink pen and prepared to continue writing the memorial.

But when he just stretched out his hand, he found that his right hand was stained with a little ink at some point, and the back of his hand was blackened.

I wiped it with my hand, but found that there was no ink stain on my finger.

Stained by the black imprint ink.
But Zhang Yuan saw that the black mark in his hand was rapidly spreading and getting bigger. At the same time, he felt dizzy for a while. He supported the desk and rubbed his head: "What's going on? Why is my officer feeling extra tired today? sleepy"

Before he finished speaking, he fell down and lay unconscious on the desk.

At this time, a pitch-black centipede emerged from the cracked pen holder next to it. The centipede walked around the white paper, and then slipped into Zhang Yuan's ear along his cheek.

After a moment.

Zhang Yuan trembled slightly, and then blood flowed from his ears and nose, and his breath was quickly cut off.

But after a few more hours, Zhang Yuan, who was out of breath, suddenly opened his eyes and woke up again.

His eyes were as black as ink, without pupils, and looked weird.

"It's finally the day when your fortune is exhausted. It's not easy to murder a servant. This person has accumulated too much merit in his previous life. He hasn't exhausted it for almost ten years after being a servant. If he didn't participate in the murder, then A saint in the world, it is estimated that there will be ten years in the next life.

Luck. But right now, not only will he lose his life, but he will also suffer in the next life.The stroke was done well just now, and as soon as the pen was moved, evil thoughts of harm arose. A literati uses a pen to harm people, just like a thief kills with a knife. These evil thoughts instantly wiped out the last bit of merit of this person, and only then did I have start
opportunity for murder. "

Zhang Yuan muttered in his mouth, and then moved his hands and feet again, showing a satisfied look.

Looking at the neatly arranged memorials, I immediately lost them all.

"It's a matter of destroying the ancestors. This group of literati has more than failed than failed."

(End of this chapter)