[Water Margin] Ximen is a fake official

The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly.

And yet, right under the bright sun, the most disgusting crimes take place.

Several yamen servants held their noses and carefully picked up the corpses all over the ground.

Ximen Qingqing watched all this while listening to Shi Qian's words.

She turned her head slowly, looked at Shi Qian, and said with a smile: "I see, since it's inconvenient for you, can I trouble you to extend your hand?"

Shi Qian looked puzzled, and Ximen Qingqing seemed to agree with his words with a friendly smile on his face.

He relieved himself and held out his hand.

He was a little curious, "What do you do?"

Ximen Qingqing clasped his wrist, and smiled at him, until Shi Qian smiled embarrassedly.

He rubbed his nose, "Actually, you let someone catch me that time, I didn't give birth..."

Ximen Qingqing raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Admit to tomb robbery in front of me, and let me let you go, you can do it, you can do it!"

Time shift: "..."

What she meant didn't seem to be...

He struggled a bit, and found that his wrist had been firmly grasped by her.

Ximen Qingqing: "Brother Shi Qian, obediently follow me back to the yamen."

Shi Qian was on the verge of crying, "If you catch me, why are you laughing at me? I'm sorry..."

Ximen Qingqing stared at him coldly, "Don't think about making jokes and fooling around, you don't want me to regard you as an accomplice of the murderer, do you?"

The smile on Shi Qian's face slowly disappeared, and the corners of his mouth drooped.

He said helplessly: "As expected of the jade-faced judge Ximenqing, I can't hide it from you. I didn't hide it on purpose. I just thought that one thing is worse than one thing. I am a thief, and I am also a tomb robber. I always go to the Yamen for nothing." What are you running for?"

Ximen Qingqing lowered his eyes and said, "Of course you are going. Although they are all doing bad things, some people are at least human, and some are worse than animals!"

Shi Qian had never heard her say such exaggerated words, so it could be seen that she was pissed off.

Shi Qian stared at her blankly, twitched the corner of his mouth, and suddenly brought up another topic, "Do the officials know? On the road, a bad person like me who does petty theft is looked down upon."

Ximen Qingqing looked at her quietly.

Seeing her gaze, he suddenly couldn't help but want to tell her everything.

Shi Qian lowered his head and rubbed a small stone with his toes.

He said softly: "On the road, the kind of hero who violently kills people is worthy of admiration. He is welcome on any mountain. I am like..."

He laughed at himself, "...it's like picking up leftovers that others don't want. Even if you want to go to the mountains, you'd better be tied to a few powerful people so that you can reuse them."

Ximen Qingqing narrowed his eyes, "You won't mention this for no reason. Could it be that you heard the murderer mention which mountain to go to when you were in the tree?"

Shi Qian stared at Ximen Qingqing in surprise.

Ximen Qingqing nodded, "Very well, seeing your expression, I know I guessed it right again."

Shi Qian is now full of admiration.

He couldn't help asking: "How on earth did you guess it? No, it's better to say, how does your head grow? Why do you seem to know everything?"

Ximen Qingqing sighed, "I don't deserve your compliment, and I don't have a particularly good brain."

She closed her eyes, showing a look of resistance.

If her memory is really good, she should firmly remember that she just glanced at all the contents of "Water Margin" and saved all the victims before those people killed. Unfortunately, it was because she didn't remember. ...

"it's not your fault!"

A voice suddenly pierced the darkness.

Ximen Qingqing opened his eyes, looking at Shi Qian who suddenly spoke in surprise.

"Uh……"

Shi Qian himself didn't know why he suddenly said such a sentence.

He scratched his nose with the other hand, and whispered: "Some people kill people, some people die, it's not your fault."

Ximen Qingqing smiled, "You are right, why should I bear other people's crimes."

Bah, she must have lost her head just now.

Ximen Qingqing: "In that case, can you tell me who the two you met are?"

Shi Qian: "...why did you go around and back again?"

He muttered a few words in a low voice and sighed: "Forget it, anyway, I can't hide it from you, the officer."

Shi Qian said: "I heard from those two that they are going to join Liangshan."

Ximen Qingqing's eyes were darkened.

Shi Qian: "I've been here for a while, and I also recognize those two people. They are Suo Guansuo Yang Xiong and Sanlang Shixiu."

Ximen Qingqing: "So it's these two people."

Shi Qian said again: "Actually, Shi Xiu said something before leaving, I think it makes sense."

What can a pervert who kills and dismembers corpses say?

Ximen Qingqing stared at him silently, waiting for him to continue.

Shi Qian said: "Shi Xiu said that they have no way out right now, it's better to go to the mountains to shed grass, and when the imperial court orders peace in the future, everyone can also be an official."

Ximen Qingqing was stunned.

Someone actually thought this way before breaking the law. I broke the law because anyway, the bigger the trouble, the more the court will be able to reconcile it. When it is reconciled, the conditions may be better than now, and it will be upgraded to a higher level.

No wonder the men here who know some martial arts can't restrain themselves at all, they fight when they want to, and kill when they want to.

It's a vicious cycle.

Ximen Qingqing thought for a moment, then said to Shi Qian, "Thank you for waking me up."

Shi Qian looked confused, "Huh? Did I say something powerful?"

Ximen Qingqing smiled.

Looking at her smiling face, he felt bad again because he was defenseless against her again.

……

The yamen servant collected the corpse, and took Ximen Qingqing and Shi Qian to the Jizhou government office.

The Jizhou magistrate showed an impatient expression when he saw Shi Qian, "It's you again, did you steal this time, or did you steal the grave?"

He was obviously used to being arrested and interrogated, but because of Ximen Qingqing's presence, Shi Qian was inexplicably ashamed.

He hurriedly said: "My lord, I came here as a witness this time. I saw the murderer who killed the master and servant."

The yamen servant came forward to report the situation.

The magistrate of Jizhou was too scared to see it with his own eyes, so he asked Wu Zuo to check it.

"Who is the deceased?"

The yamen servant said: "It's Yang Xiong's wife, Pan Qiaoyun, and her maid, Ying'er."

The prefect of Jizhou: "Then ask her relatives to collect the corpse."

He looked at Shi Qian again, "You said you saw the murderer?"

Shi Qian glanced at Ximen Qingqing, nodded and said, "The murderers are Yang Xiong and his good brother Shi Xiu."

Prefect: "Why did he kill his wife for no reason?"

Shi Qian scratched his face, "I listened on the tree for a while, it seems that Pan Qiaoyun stole the man, Ying'er helped, Yang Xiong was too angry and killed the two under Shi Xiu's fire."

Prefect: "Steal someone? Who is the adulterer? You can call and ask."

Shi Qian: "I didn't hear the name or surname. It seems to be a monk. The monk asked Toutuo to help cover him."

The magistrate paused.

Ximen Qingqing noticed something, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, but what's wrong with that monk and Toutuo?"

The magistrate sighed, "To be honest, a monk and Toutuo died in an alley a few days ago. The monk was naked and stabbed several times with a knife. Toutuo died next to him, with marks on his neck. There is a knife, after comparison, the edge of the knife on the monk's body is exactly the knife next to Toutuo's hand."

The magistrate coughed, and said in embarrassment: "When this monk died, he must have done some dirty things with Na Toutuo, and he didn't know why they had an argument, so he killed him."

Ximen Qingqing: "The murder case of Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu has been reported now, so it can be seen that the way of death of those two people is not so simple."

The magistrate has also understood now, "Yang Xiong also killed it?"

The magistrate frowned: "Yang Xiong doesn't seem like a person who doesn't know the law. He is usually very good. Besides, he is a prisoner in two prisons in Jizhou. When the two were killed, he was busy in the prison. .”

Shi Qian: "I heard that Shi Xiu killed it."

The magistrate smacked his lips, "This brother is really nosy enough. He knew that his sister-in-law was stealing people, so he went to kill the adulterer and the helpers, and even encouraged Yang Xiong to kill the wife and maid."

Ximen Qingqing asked, "What's the situation with the two of them?"

According to a yamen servant who knows the relationship between Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu, it turned out that Shi Xiu had helped Yang Xiong out of the siege, and the two became brothers of the opposite sex, but Yang Xiong had an official position, but Shi Xiu had nothing. His old father-in-law, that is, Pan Qiaoyun's father, Pan Gong, saw that Shi Xiu had been a butcher, so he opened a slaughtering workshop with him.

Speaking of this, the yamen servant was also a little angry, "This Shi Xiu has nothing. Pan Qiaoyun bought the clothes, shoes and socks on his body, and Mr. Pan ran up and down to open the slaughter workshop. He paid the money, and Mr. Pan let Shi Xiu In charge of the accounts, that Shi Xiu actually agreed with shame. Shi Xiu doesn't know how much benefit Pan Gong and Pan have received, but now he has made such a mess!"

"I blame Pan Qiaoyun for stealing the man..."

"I wonder what this has to do with Shi Xiu, let him run up and down, kill so many people, and force Yang Xiong to kill Pan."

Shi Qian muttered: "Probably because Yang Xiong is so powerful, and if he wants to take people to Liangshan, he will have something to rely on."

While speaking, Mr. Pan had already stumbled towards him. When he saw Pan Qiaoyun's head on the ground, he suddenly fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

The magistrate angrily said: "These Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu are nothing. Immediately send a letter to arrest these two people."

The yamen servant who brought the body back said: "This official was the first to arrive at the scene, and he found that the direction in which the two escaped had already been chased by the people around him, and the younger one also sent two yamen servants there. "

The magistrate stared at Ximen Qingqing for a while, then suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Everyone: "..."

I just remembered to ask now, my lord, you are too slow!

Shi Qian secretly raised the corner of his mouth, thinking that Ximen Qing would show his name to blind everyone.

Ximen Qingqing lowered his eyes and said, "I've met the adults, the younger one is named Jiang Song."

"Ah!" Shi Qian called out shortly.

The magistrate looked at him: "What are you going to say?"

Shi Qian desperately shook his head.

He secretly looked at Ximen Qingqing, puzzled.

Ximen Qingqing opened his mouth and said: "After hearing the case just now, I feel that Shi Xiu is extremely cunning. I don't know if they can catch up."

She frowned, "Maybe, he will do the opposite and kill a carbine."

The magistrate was taken aback, and immediately ordered: "Then what are you waiting for, send out the document quickly, so that the people will pay attention."

The yamen servant took the order and left.

The clues of the case are clear, and the murderer is also clear at a glance. After the magistrate left, everyone followed orders. Only Mr. Pan lowered his head, holding his daughter's head and crying non-stop. The white hair on his head wept along with him. His movements trembled slightly.

Ximen Qingqing walked to his side, pursed his lips, and said to him, "Go buy a coffin and bury her."

Pan Gong cried and said: "Why is my son's life so hard? The first official she married went away, and then she married Yang Xiong. I thought Yang Xiong was a good man. I didn't expect him to kill my son just like this. I knew it would be so. Why are you forcing Qiaoyun to get married!"

Ximen Qingqing: "People are even more beasts than beasts, so how can you blame the victims for their lives? Don't blame yourself."

She patted Mr. Pan on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "They thought they would go to Liangshan early in the morning to eat delicious food, drink spicy food, and wait for the imperial court's order in peace?"

She clenched her fists and looked aggressively, "With me here, they can't think about it!"

If Liangshan is not destroyed, her surname will not be Ximen!

Pan Gong fell down and kowtowed to Ximen Qingqing, "If you can help me avenge me, I would like to give away all my wealth..."

Ximen Qingqing helped him up without waiting for him to finish speaking.

Ximen Qingqing shook his head, "No."

Pan Gong was startled, "Do you think there are few?"

He smiled wryly, "Yes, you are an official, so you probably don't care about these little money."

Ximen Qingqing said indifferently: "It's not because of money that I reject you. It's never because of money that I search for the truth and catch the real culprit."

"I reject you because I will not take revenge on anyone in private, and everything I do is to abide by laws and regulations."

She looked at Pan Gong earnestly, "I will help capture Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu and bring them to justice."

Pan Gong seemed to see something in her eyes, and shook her hand firmly, "Then I will trouble the officials."

Ximen Qingqing: "However, old man, why do you trust me so much?"

Pan Gong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know why, but when you see the officials, you feel hopeful."

He smiled wryly, "If it wasn't for the official, you said your name is Jiang Song, I would have thought it was that jade-faced judge Ximen Qing."

Her calm and unhurried appearance in the courtroom is too convincing.

Ximen Qingqing lowered his head and smiled, "Hope? It's my honor."

She helped Mr. Pan go out, watching him tremblingly stepping out of the threshold, walking alone to the coffin shop on the corner of the street.

The white lanterns in front of the coffin swayed in the wind.

The author has something to say: When I read "Water Margin", when Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong met, Dai Zong once told them how good it is to go to Liangshan. He also said that he became an official after Zhao'an. He was so active in this matter, directly killed the monk and Toutuo, and offered a plan to Yang Xiong to ask Yang Xiong to trick Pan Qiaoyun to the mountain to kill him. Xiu intentionally dragged Yang Xiong to Liangshan, using this matter to make Yang Xiong unable to turn back.

In fact, I think the author himself didn't like many people in "Water Margin" when he wrote "Water Margin", including Song Jiang, otherwise Song Jiang would not be tied up in a hotel or on a mountain, and when he was about to be beheaded, he would suddenly jump. A person came out and said that he could not be killed. This is the timely rain of Song Jiang.This plot appeared again and again, making people feel that Song Jiang was like a bastard fool.

The same is true for Shi Xiu, the author said he was witty, but seeing what he did and the way he encouraged Yang Xiong, he felt a bit bitch.

Really, even the cheating Pan Qiaoyun didn't give me this feeling.