The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 13 The Trial of Evil

When the sun rose and the mist steamed the mountains and rivers, there was a burst of drumming.The crowd of people on Bailong Mountain was turbulent, and the banners were fierce.On an open flat ground, twenty execution frames were arranged, and not far away was a low platform with several tables and chairs placed on it.On the surrounding area, countless people gathered, including young adults and captured civilians.

At this time, the drums stopped, Lin Yifan changed into a neat green shirt, and led the village masters to the high platform.Chen Dengke, who rushed over last night, stood up with a high-spirited face, opened the trial book that he had been thinking about all night, and began to read it in rhythmic rhythms.

The trial letter was very long, I don't know how Chen Dengke wrote it, anyway, most people couldn't understand it, and they were so bored that they fell asleep.Perhaps because of the impatience on everyone's faces, Chen Dengke reluctantly ended the reading and asked Lin Yifan to speak.

Lin Yifan pulled himself together, stood up and glanced at the audience, and said slowly: "I am the magistrate of Hengshan County, but I have caused the people to flee and suffer. This is my crime, and the court's crime. Fortunately, today The righteous people in Hengshan helped each other and wiped out the bandits in Bailong Mountain. This is all thanks to you. However, justice has not been done, and crimes are still there, and this world cannot be heard. Therefore, a public trial conference was set up here to punish the evil, clear the sins, and avenge the hatred of the people. Come ! Bring the thieves into the arena for trial."

After a while, twenty bandits were escorted over and tied to the execution rack.At this time, the bandits already knew what kind of result they were going to face, and they couldn't help shouting, cursing and begging for mercy.

"My lord, please forgive me, the villain is forced to be a thief, please forgive me!"

"Dog officer! You will die badly. I will still be a good man after 18 years."

"The dog official is not trustworthy, and I will not let you go even if I am a ghost."

"My lord, I am willing to serve you as your slave and handmaiden, please spare my life!"

"I know where the gold and silver treasures in the cottage are. As long as the adults let me go, I will offer these treasures."

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But Lin Yifan remained unmoved, opened the interrogation materials last night, and stated the crimes he committed one by one, then picked up a pen, crossed out the names on them one by one, and at the same time ordered indifferently: "Behead!"

Hearing this, the executioner raised his sharp blade and slashed at the bandit's head.For a moment, heads rolled and blood spattered.Luo Yi shouted loudly: "Take the corpses down, and another batch will come up."

The bandits were brought up one after another, and groups of 20 were tried and beheaded.There was a pool of blood on the square, and the strong smell of blood permeated the entire square, making one sick from smelling it.At this time, more than a dozen batches of executioners have been changed, and more than a dozen blades have been rolled.The onlookers were already vomiting and dying, their faces pale.Lin Yifan and the village leaders were also having a hard time, the scene was too bloody and brutal.Only Luo Yi still had a serious face, and shouted without any emotion: "The next batch!"

The bandits collapsed at this time, and the strong people couldn't stand it anymore. For a while, the whole prisoner-of-war camp cried loudly, which was very miserable.But not all bandits were sentenced to death, and there were still a few people who were exempted from the death penalty because of their conscience.

It was noon, and the killing continued.Everyone was numb, just watching the knife rise and fall, and the knife rise and fall.At this time, nearly 300 people had been beheaded.

At this time, the prisoner-of-war camp was completely empty, and there were only more than 40 people trembling. They were spared the death penalty but had to suffer hard labor for three years.Lin Yifan kept his promise to the third master and was sentenced to hang, which can be regarded as a complete corpse.The rest of the heads of the family did not have such good luck, because their crimes were more serious than ordinary bandits, how could they be easily let on the road, and they were all sentenced to be cut in half and let them die in pain.

After the public trial was over, Lin Yifan, who returned to his residence, vomited like he was seriously ill.When he came out, everyone could see his weakness.

When he came to Juyi Hall, Luo Yi began to report the results of the public trial.But everyone was dumbfounded, and no one wanted to recall that scene again.As for the common people, those who were on the verge of death due to abuse left with a smile after learning that the bandits had been punished with justice.Although the common people were frightened by today's killing, their emotions are still stable.

After listening to Luo Yi's report, Lin Yifan nodded reassuringly, and said, "That's fine. By the way, how is your discussion on the distribution of Bailongshan's property?"

Everyone glanced at each other, and finally Xue Cheng stood up and said, "My lord, the distribution has been made. We believe that the dead in the battle should receive 20 taels of compensation, the seriously injured should get [-] taels of compensation, and the rest of the young and strong will get five taels of war. Nine cottages participated in the battle, and they were distributed according to the number of participants. Each person who participated in the battle was allocated one tael and one bolt of cloth, and the village master and I were only given ten taels."

Lin Yifan thought silently, frowned slightly, and said, "That's not right, you put in so much effort, and you worked so hard to get so little, wouldn't it make people feel sad."

"My lord, it's already quite a lot. This tael of silver is half a year's expenses for an ordinary family. This kind of reward has already caught up with the military salary of the frontier army. It's not a loss!" Liu Laogen quickly explained.

"However, I said that the goods here are shared by everyone, and now the output is only one-tenth, which is too little?" Lin Yifan said dissatisfied.

"My lord, we have all made up our minds. The rest of the property will be handed over to your lord. Now Hengshan County is waiting for prosperity. Without these money and food, we can't do it. As a member of Hengshan County, how can we only benefit ourselves and disregard the people Well-being. Please help me." Xue Cheng said generously.

"Yes, adults need it more than we do, so let's accept it." Everyone responded one after another.

Lin Yifan stood up excitedly, bowed to everyone and said, "Everyone is righteous, Dong thank you very much."

Everyone discussed for a while, and Lin Yifan said: "Okay, now the matter is over, the bandits have been wiped out, and the people have been rescued. I think we can go home, let's go tomorrow, how about it?"

Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard the words, but Luo Yi worried: "Sir, are we leaving just like this?"

"Otherwise?" Lin Yifan asked strangely.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Luo Yi had no choice but to explain: "My lords, everyone, the terrain of Bailong Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, it is located on an important traffic road. You can reach Hengshan County in the east, go straight to the grassland in the north, and go deep into the grassland in the west. Hengshan. If we give up such an important place, other bandits will soon occupy it, and then we will face threats again. I think it is better for us to occupy this place directly and guard the mountain road."

Everyone gasped when they heard the words, but Luo Yi didn't say anything, no one thought of this.

Lin Yifan thought about it for a while, and felt that this method was good, but, "Bailong Mountain is indeed a good place, but we are powerless. Hengshan County is now dilapidated, and there is no population or military strength. How can we occupy this place?" ?”

Luo Yi smiled slightly, looked at the crowd, and said, "Who said there is no one? Now we have more than 400 people gathered, and as long as 100 people are allocated, it is enough to gain a foothold here."

"This?" Without waiting for everyone to react, Lin Yifan immediately said: "This is not possible. Now that the war is over, everyone is eager to go home and reunite. How can it be possible to divide the troops to garrison here? It is not appropriate!"

Everyone looked at each other when they heard the words, before Xue Cheng stood up and said, "My lord, there are hundreds of wounded in our army now, and it is not easy to transfer, not to mention the conditions here are not bad, why not leave the seriously injured here to recuperate, and separate 50 people Taking care of the wounded here, this way, Bailong Mountain is considered to be garrisoned, what do you think?"

Lin Yifan was overjoyed when he heard the words, "That's great. Since you brought it up, Old Xue, I'll leave this matter to you. The others will go down the mountain tomorrow. But who do you think is the most suitable commander for the garrison?"

"This..." Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, no one expressed their opinion, and no one wanted to stay.

"Oh, how come no one wants such a good job?" Lin Yifan shook his head, feeling very sorry.

Everyone was puzzled, looked at Lin Yifan, looked at everyone's blank eyes, and then continued: "This Bailong Mountain is located on an important traffic road. As long as we guard this important road and establish a stronghold, we can guard Hengshan County and everyone else. The enemy's invasion to the west of the cottage, and secondly, a market can be established here to facilitate trade with the villagers of the cottages in Hengshan. In this way, wouldn't the people stationed here benefit?"

When everyone heard the words, their eyes could not help but red, and they stood up and recommended themselves to stay here to guard against the enemies in the west.As they talked, they almost started a fight if they disagreed.But Chen Dengke on the side frowned and rolled his eyes.After a while, he stood up and said: "Everyone be quiet, you are shouting here before the matter is clear, what a bunch of reckless people."

Li Huzi was furious when he heard the words, grabbed Chen Dengke by the collar and shouted, "What did you say, you sour scholar? I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again?"

Chen Dengke shrank immediately, and repeatedly begged for mercy: "It's nothing, it's nothing. You let go, so many people are watching? A gentleman uses his mouth and doesn't move."

"Hmph!" Li Huzi let go of Chen Dengke and glared at him, "You said just now that we didn't figure things out, what exactly is it that we didn't figure out? Tell me!"

Lin Yifan was also a little strange, so he asked: "Xiu Cai, is there something wrong with what I just said?"

Chen Dengke bowed in fear and fear, and said after deliberation: "My lord just said very well, and the students couldn't help but be enlightened when they heard it. Your lord really deserves to be..."

Lin Yifan curled his lips, damn it, did all the ancient scholars have this kind of virtue?It took me a long time to talk about the topic before I talked about it?He couldn't help interrupting him, saying: "Stop gossip and focus on the key points."

"Yes! The students think that adults have been thinking so hard these days, so it is natural that a wise man will make mistakes." Chen Dengke couldn't help shaking his head and said, seeing Lin Yifan's impatient face, he quickly said seriously: "About the matter of stationing troops here, The students have two doubts. One is that the elimination of the Bailong Mountain bandit by us will inevitably lead to a change in the balance of power in Hengshan. It will not be long before the rest of the bandits in the west will know the fate of the Bailong Mountain bandit. To be honest, the students think that the adults will deal with it The bandits are too aggressive. I'm afraid that other bandits will join forces to deal with us. Now we have so many people. Once the bandits gather, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist. Therefore, more troops stationed here will not work, less It doesn’t matter. The second is that the establishment of a market requires a stable Hengshan. Now our crisis has not been resolved, and we will face looting by other bandits at any time. Moreover, Hengshan’s terrain is complex and changeable. If we want to open a trade route, I'm afraid it's very difficult. Therefore, the students think it's not very meaningful to be stationed here.?
"Oh!" Lin Yifan was very surprised. He didn't expect this scholar with a nerdy face to have such an idea. But think about it, how can a person who can gather a group of mountain people to build a cottage be a simple person. "Chen Xiucai, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"This?" Chen Dengke glanced at Lin Yifan hesitantly, seeing the look of encouragement in his eyes, he couldn't help raising his breath and said, "My lord, the students think that we should take the initiative and wipe out the other bandits before they react. .Only in this way can we quickly weaken the strength of bandits and at the same time strengthen our own strength."

After finishing speaking, before Lin Yifan could open his mouth, Xue Cheng jumped out and said, "This plan is wrong. Now that we have suffered heavy casualties, how can we still have the strength to wipe out bandits everywhere? Are you too naive?"

Chen Dengkehao did not flinch, and said confidently: "We have indeed suffered heavy losses, but our gains are huge. Don't forget, Hengshan is not just our nine mountain villages. Now we have wiped out the bandits in Bailong Mountain, and our power is in full swing. , plus there is the righteousness of the adults. As long as we persuade the other villages to cooperate with us, we can restore our combat power in an instant. With our example in front, I think there are very few people who are unwilling. Even if there are those who are unwilling, Then those of us are not vegetarians, I believe they will still know the current affairs."

Everyone heard the words and looked at each other, speechless.Lin Yifan was overjoyed, looked at Chen Dengke and praised: "Sir, you are a great talent, please forgive me for my negligence just now."

"Don't dare, my lord is a student of Zhesha." Chen Dengke hastily declined, but there was joy and pride in his eyes.Because he noticed that the eyes of everyone looking at him were no longer disdainful as before, but with respect.

"Okay, then follow Mr. Chen's words." Lin Yifan made a final decision, and ordered: "The previous decision remains unchanged, but the returning young and strong will not be disbanded for the time being, and each village will conduct reorganization and training. This place will be handed over to Luo Yi first. Mr. Chen will be in charge of the alliance of the various villages. I will lead the people back to Hengshan County to handle county affairs. One month later, we will go deep into Hengshan to suppress bandits. During this period, Luo Feng’s scouts will be responsible for investigating The situation of the bandit stronghold. Xue Cheng, you lead a group of young adults to follow me to Hengshan County to preside over the law and order of Hengshan County. Is everyone clear?"

"Yes! I will live up to my lord's entrustment."

(End of this chapter)