Disaster for the country

For a moment, everyone in Pingcheng felt chilled, for fear of accidentally offending this unreasonable prince.

After beating everyone's boards, Xin Luoyi looked at King Pingxi, who had a pale face, and at the blind man kneeling on the round platform. He glanced at the blind man and said, "You are Wei Qi, your ancestor was a puppet?"

Wei Qi was trembling with fright on the ground, he heard the sound of hitting the board just now clearly, and now he seems to be frightened: "My lord, I am wronged, I didn't kill people... My ancestors were dolls, but, but I don't know how to kill people." ah?"

"You won't? Who made those dolls in your house?"

"I... did it," Wei Qi said.

"Bold and unreasonable, you actually deceived the hall?" Xin Luoyi patted the gavel, his voice was resolute and sonorous: "The autopsy concluded that those people were skinned by puppets, and you are the only one in Pingcheng." Your ancestors were in this business, how dare you say that it has nothing to do with you?"

"My lord, I... I didn't kill anyone!" Wei Qi said again, trembling with fright.

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"What a crime..." someone in the crowd sighed.

Li Shanjian felt very strange when he heard it, and asked, "This aunt, why do you think it's a crime?"

"What auntie, I'm only 36." The woman said dissatisfied, but seeing that Li Shanjian was so good-looking with gauze covering her eyes, her tone softened at that moment: "He is the one who lives in the commoner. The last family in the pigeon house in the cave, his family was pretty good before, there was a younger brother, and then a fire broke out, his younger brother died, and he was moved to the slums. He made a living by carving puppets, although the carving It’s not that good, but there are people who take care of his business. My son likes the little people he carved, but I didn’t expect him to kill people? I have to go home and throw away the puppet, so as not to get bad luck!”

"You mean, there was a fire in his house?"

"That's right, there was a big fire in his house earlier, and the whole house was burned down. There was a younger brother who was burned to ashes, and he was the only one left in the house, and he was a blind man... What a crime... ..." the old woman said again.

Li Shanzan didn't seem to hear what he said, and fell into deep thought for a long time.

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Xin Luoyi asked: "Someone said that they saw you go to the mountain stream where you threw the corpse, didn't they?"

The blind man lowered his head: "I...don't know."

"What don't you know?" Xin Luoyi asked: "I don't know where I left the body, or why I went to the mountain stream?"

"I don't know... where is the body left?"

Xin Luoyi became suspicious, and King Pingxi said with a stern expression: "Your Highness Fifth, since this is the case, why don't you force me to ask?"

The blind man was trembling with fright. If he were really tortured, he didn't know how long he could last with his thin body.

Xin Luoyi glanced at King Pingxi, and said, "King Pingxi is right, so reward him with ten rewards!"

King Pingxi snorted coldly, Xin Luoyi was really trying to make things difficult for him on purpose, he was given [-] reprimands for beating ministers, and only [-] reprimands for beating up a suspect, which clearly made him unable to step down, but this ignorant yellow How could Mao Xiaoer be his opponent? Anyway, he still has a long time in Pingcheng, so come and play slowly.

Immediately, soldiers in armor pressed the blind man on the ground to beat the board. The blind man remained silent. He was much more ambitious than those ministers. .

"Can you plead guilty now?"

The blind man panicked and said, "I admit it, I skinned the body and made it into a doll to sell for money. I'm really poor."

Xin Luoyi said: "You'd better tell the truth."

The blind man said: "I, I am really poor, my lord, I am blind and have no ability to survive, but I have to live on. Wooden dolls are not worth much, and no one will buy them. Pigs Sheep fur is impossible to get in my situation, only..."

"Only human skin, right? You killed people, peeled off the human skin, made puppets, and sold them for money, so you can live, right?" Bi Yudie continued: "How can you do this? Those It's all human life..."

"This world is an unfair world. I think I have done nothing wrong in my life, but I can't see it. My family members have died one by one. Even I can't survive. They are human lives. I It is also human life, and I just want to live on... Princess, you were born rich and have no worries about food and clothing. Do you know the pain of hunger? Do you know how the cold wind cuts people's bones? Do you know that in the swill of the city After digging out a stinky and moldy steamed bun, do you still have the bruises all over your body that were chased and bitten by dogs? Do you know that you do work for a customer's house for a few days at a time, but the other party only gives it to a child? Is it because of the despair you want for the copper coins? No, you don’t know... because you were born rich, you have the love of your family, you have everything bestowed by God, you are favored, and you are born to be superior... I am a blind man, No one cares about me, if I don't want to live, I can only be thrown into a mass grave to feed vultures, I, I just want to live..."

Li Shanjian did not speak. In this world, some people want to live a happier and more comfortable life, but most people just want to live...

"Your Highness, the case can be closed." King Pingxi said with a smile, "Your Highness is a young hero, and I admire you."

Xin Luoyi sneered, after coming for so long, King Pingxi was finally able to say a good word.

"Yes, Your Highness, death is not a pity for such a person." Bi Yudie said coldly, "It is best to be executed immediately."

"Wait a minute." A voice as cold as water sounded, cold and long, like the first drop of rain in the bitter cold of spring rain, or like the sound of white snow falling to the ground, so cold, cold and soft, just as simple as three For a few words, all the noisy voices were silent, and for a moment, all eyes turned to him, and then everyone followed his steps, unconsciously fascinated.

Li Shanjian in the long-sleeved feather coat took a step forward, Tao Jin pushed away the sword held by the person blocking Li Shanjian, took out the token in his hand, the two people walked away consciously, this At that time, it was as if there was a light shining on the place where Li Shanjian walked, which was eternal and magnificent, like a god.

Xin Luoyi didn't expect Li Shanzhi to rush over, so she hurried down and asked, "Shanzhi, how are you? Why don't you rest?"

"Your Highness, where is the suspect?" Li Shanjian asked.

Xin Luoyi took Li Shanjian for a few steps, walked up to Wei Qi, and said very gently: "It's right under your feet."

Li Shanzhang squatted down, poked her hand forward, touched Wei Qi's head, and groped down his head. It was a very thin face with protruding eyes and cold sweat, which could be seen clearly. When he came out, he was treated in a lot of inhuman ways.

"Hand." Li Shanjian said.

Xin Luoyi immediately put her hand into Li Shanzan's palm, with a playful and charming voice, she raised her brows, very proud: "Shan Zan, you like to touch, let's touch it slowly for you when we go back, and I will return it to you." How about a trial?"

Even though he said so, his heart was full of joy.

Li Shanzan threw his hand away angrily, and said to the blind man, "Your hand."

Xin Luoyi couldn't get a good one, but how difficult it is for two blind people to find each other's hands, he was a little displeased: "Shan Zhi, are you worthy of me?"

"Where are his hands?" Li Shanjian asked.

"I won't tell you, I'm jealous." Xin Luoyi put on a weird smile at the moment, like a child who has successfully played tricks on others.

"Your Highness, this is a lot of lives." Li Shanjian said.

Xin Luoyi had no choice but to give up in the end, and put Wei Qi's hand on Li Shanzhi's. Li Shanzhi touched it, and there were many calluses. The palm of the hand might be cracked due to too much work, and it was hard when he touched it. The open wound scratched his hand with a tingling pain.

"Who are you scapegoating for?" Li Shanzhi cut straight to the point and asked coldly, "You are not the murderer."

At this time, all the people present were surprised, and Li Shanjian patted his head and his hand to conclude that he was not the murderer, which is too absurd.

"He admitted it himself." Bi Yudie said.

"Princess, there are many things, what the eyes see and what the ears hear is only superficial."

"Why isn't he the murderer?" Bi Yudie was still dissatisfied, she felt that Li Shanzhi seemed to have trouble with her, she just said that Wei Qi was the murderer and everyone agreed, but at this time, Li Shanzhi overturned all the results .

"It's very simple. A person who can make you sacrifice your life and protect someone, you will naturally take the blame for him. Am I right?" Li Shanzhi said to Wei Qi who was on the ground: "According to Zuo, the corpse was skinned. The traces are very accurate, almost every corpse has no deviation, but you are a blind man, a blind man, and cannot be the most accurate. I am deeply touched by this, because I am also a blind man now. That A few corpses need to be peeled off in one go, and the temperature of the boiling water has not dropped, so you can’t let you touch and peel them off. Therefore, you are not the murderer.”

"Hehehe, you don't know the skinning technique, why do you say that?" Wei Qi said.

"I don't understand, but when I touched your hand, it was covered with calluses. It was indeed a hand honed by a lot of work. There were cracks in the palm. When a cracked hand touched boiling water, it would How? The flesh will turn out and bleed, and the wound will become soft and even the skin will fall off, but the open wound on your hand has no sign of turning out, and I don't smell blood."

Xin Luoyi didn't speak, just looked at Li Shanzhi with his arms folded. At this moment, he was really proud of Li Shanzhi. He had met so many people, so many talented people, none of them could compare with Li Shanzhi. Jian, the prince once boasted that Li Shanzhi has seven apertures and an exquisite heart, which is absolutely true.

"Besides, the few people who died were all good-looking. How can you, a blind man, judge whether they are good-looking?"

Wei Qi didn't speak, Bi Yudie snorted coldly: "What if it's a coincidence?"

"Princess, this is a matter of common sense. Two or three people may be a coincidence, but is it a coincidence that five people are also a coincidence? This pickpocketer is very accurate, and he will definitely not be blind, and you are too disguised."

"Yes, you are too unprofessional in acting. I didn't want to hit you at first, but seeing your poor acting skills, I think it's really hard to get rid of your hatred." At this time, Xin Luoyi showed his true colors, and he It's not that Wei Qi is not the murderer, he doesn't care so much, his biggest opponent is not the murderer but King Pingxi, this is the main purpose of his coming to Pingcheng, just tried the case, he just felt that King Pingxi could go along with him and made him feel uncomfortable Well, this old guy wishes he could get a copy if he gets a wrong sentence.

Li Shanjian took Xin Luoyi's hand, took a step back, and stood still: "When you hit your board, you gritted your teeth and kept silent, but at the beginning, I heard your voice trembling, so for a Would a man who remained silent under torture be shaken? Isn't that contradictory?"

Wei Qi's body was covered in cold sweat, and she remained silent.

Li Shanzan said coldly: "You are not a murderer."

"He's not, so who is?" Bi Yudie was very dissatisfied, she seemed to believe that Wei Qi was the murderer.

There was a smile on Li Shanjian's lips, like a crushed crystal, with a bit of loneliness and sadness, and after a while, it was replaced by a thousand-year-old indifference: "Your Highness, my eyes hurt. "