Chapter 39 Ruthless
According to legend, Wu Zetian asked Lai Junchen to try the case of the rebellion of the Right Prime Minister of Wenchang Zhou Xing and Qiu Shenji. Lai Junchen invited Zhou Xing to visit his home. While discussing some cases, they drank with each other. Lai Junchen said to Zhou Xing: "Some prisoners refused to admit it after repeated interrogation. Is there any way to make them confess?" Zhou Xing said: "It's easy! Take a urn, burn it around with charcoal, and then let the prisoners enter the urn. What crime dares not admit?" Lai Junchen immediately found a urn and burned it around with charcoal according to Zhou Xing's method. So Lai Junchen stood up and said to Zhou Xing: "Someone sued you for rebellion, please get into this urn by yourself!" Zhou Xing was very panicked and kowtowed and admitted his crime. This is the origin of asking you to get into the urn.
Chen Gui never dreamed that the county magistrate Lu dug a hole for himself as soon as he met. What he unexpectedly expected was that he supported Cao Hu with one hand and colluded with the new county magistrate. All this came too quickly and before he could react, Cao Hu had already rushed up and captured himself in one fell swoop.
"Cao Hu, how dare you?" Chen Gui shouted loudly.
Chen Gui had been accumulating power for a long time, and this loud roar scared Cao Hu and shrank. However, when he saw Lu Haoshan's gaze next to him, he was unwilling to lose his power in front of the "new boss". He gritted his teeth and grabbed Chen Gui's hand and twisted it back. He grabbed him with a gripping technique and said with a fierce look: "Chen Gui, your good life is over, and you dare to be so arrogant. If you squeak, don't blame me for being merciless."
"Haha, joke," Chen Gui sneered: "When is it your turn to speak in front of me? Who are you? If you weren't me, you were still eating in the ground with water and sweat. Are you just a dog I raised or an ungrateful wolf that you shouldn't feed."
When Chen Gui was insulted in public, Cao Hu turned red from scolding. The big big hand of the palm fan suddenly pinched Chen Gui's neck and said, "Bold, I'm still so stubborn when I die. I'll be in the prison cell later. Let's see how I deal with you."
Chen Gui is a young old man over fifty years old, while Cao Hu is a burly man in his prime. Cao Hu pinched Chen Gui's neck a bit like a chicken. He gently lifted Chen Gui's feet off the ground. Because they were not breathable, his face turned red. In just a short while, his eyes were almost protruding.
"Okay, Captain Cao, stop at the right time." If you don't stop, someone will die. Lu Haoshan hurriedly ordered Cao Hu to let go.
"You're lucky." Cao Hu relaxed his hand, and Chen Gui fell to the ground with a "pop", making him scream in pain.
Fortunately, the bone was not broken. Chen Gui raised his head, looked at Lu Haoshan with a resentful look on his face, and said angrily: "Mr. County Magistrate, we have no resentment in the past, and today we have no resentment. A few days ago, I gave you the beautiful maid in my family. Why do you have to kill Chen?"
"Is that true?" Lu Haoshan looked at the sky and said with a sneer: "Then I would like to thank the county magistrate, put a ear next to Lu. In this way, I can't eat well and sleep well. Even if I dream, I'm afraid that nonsense will be heard from the ears of the county magistrate Chen. Don't think I don't know, County magistrate Chen, how do you say I want to thank you?"
Chen Gui was stunned for a moment. He thought it was a good move, but he didn't expect that others would see it early in the morning. In this way, not only did he not achieve the desired effect, but he became disgusted. When he thought about it carefully, he was too careless that day, or he didn't take this county magistrate Lu seriously at all, and gave it to him in the mansion, saying that he was his own beautiful maid. Can he be unsuspecting? If he gave it to him by other methods, he would be a little more effective.
"Sir, that woman is given to you, and the contract for sale is in your hands. You are her master. If you want to fight or kill, that is your freedom. Even if you beat him to death, that is also your family matter. It has nothing to do with Chen. Why do we let a little bitch destroy our friendship?" Chen Gui began to play the emotional card.
This was so humble that he almost knelt down and cried. Lu Haoshan did not think it was moving at all and said expressionlessly: "Friendship? What kind of friendship do we have? County Magistrate Chen is so serious."
This is obviously because after the vegetarian meal, he doesn't want a monk and breaks the bridge. Chen Gui wants to vomit blood. Although he doesn't like this county magistrate, he is very respectful to him on weekdays and gives many gifts during festivals. He also gives him all the benefits he deserves. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, he will leave himself clean without a trace of hesitation, and turn against him faster than turning a book.
Without a trace of affection, this is not like a nerd, nerd, who is clearly a ruthless villain, and also like a decisive general.
"Sir" Chen Gui hurriedly said: "What crime did the official commit? You have to give a reason. After all, Chen is also an eighth-rank county magistrate. How can he deal with it in one sentence?"
"If you don't know, unless you don't do it yourself, County Magistrate Chen, you have done countless bad things over the years. There are more than ten murder cases just for you. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation. Tomorrow, I will open a public court and publicly trial you in front of the fellow villagers of Jiangyou. You will count your crimes one by one. See if you are still so stubborn?"
Chen Gui's eyes suddenly turned red, and he shouted in a stern manner: "Public trial? OK, okay, I have something to do, you can't escape. Then I will expose everything. When everyone is hugged and die, I will pull you on the back of the corpse." After that, he pointed to Lu Haoshan and said: "What a good county magistrate Lu, very good, very good. Don't forget that you will also share the benefits before the New Year. Don't think you are so noble."
Lu Haoshan's attitude was not like a joke, and Cao Hu's eyes seemed to eat him. Chen Gui was anxious and threatened to drag everyone into the water to protect himself. Anyway, he was colluding and no one's butt was clean, but if he wanted to deal with himself, it was not that easy to deal with.
"It's too noisy." Lu Haoshan said boredly.
With a dull sound of "punch", Cao Hu slashed Chen Gui's back chest spoon with a palm blade. Chen Gui was stunned and his eyes were soon turned upwards. Then he fell to the ground with a "bang". He was caught off guard and was knocked unconscious.
Cao Hu said with relief: "Sir, this is quiet."
"Tak him down to prison. By the way, give him a single room, give him good food and drink, don't be too harsh, and keep his life. I have his own plans." Lu Haoshan was afraid that Cao Hu would make his own decision, so he immediately ordered.
"Yes, sir." Cao Hu was just thinking about how to kill Chen Gui in the prison, but as soon as Lu Haoshan's order was issued, he could not violate it, so he had to respond with some depression, then he found two confidants to carry Chen Gui and directly carried him to the county jail.
After Cao Hu and his men left, another person walked out from behind the screen. The man was Zhou Dayuan, the servant of the Household Department, and said to Lu Haoshan with some concern: "Sir, this Chen Gui has been an official for many years and knows a lot of secrets and has many people's handles. If he tells these things, not only the Shangguans will not let us go, but even the people of Jiangyou will have to eat us."
Lu Haoshan sneered and said, "Who told him to say it? When it was his official hand, was it his turn to speak?"
"But, didn't the lord say that the public trial will be held in the lobby tomorrow and in front of Jiangyou's fellow villagers? Then he will talk nonsense in the hall, and that will not have a good impact."
"He doesn't have this chance."
Zhou Dayuan felt a little excited: "What do you mean by sir?"
"You don't have to worry, just wait and watch the show at night."
"Yes, sir." Zhou Dayuan felt something Lu Haoshan was going to do, but Lu Haoshan didn't say it, and he didn't ask.
Lu Haoshan sat back to his seat, picked up the cup of tea, and started to drink the tea with great flavor. This ancient tea was the original organic tea, and even the water was also a good mountain and water that had not been polluted. The brewed tea was naturally better.
Chapter completed!