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Shen Wuji noticed that there was something wrong with the way Luo Jinyu looked at him, as if he was hesitant to speak.

"What's the matter?" Shen Wuji asked with concern, "If you have something to say, just say it, don't be bored."

Luo Jinyu thought for a while about where to start, and then said after a while: "I had a dream, it was about you and my previous life."

Shen Wuji: "..."

If possible, he would like to get Luo Jinyu back to the capital right now!What kind of broken place is this? Since Luo Jinyu came here, she has become more and more confused. She is a fairy gate, a previous life, and a fox demon. Hey!

Looking at his expression, Luo Jinyu knew that he still didn't believe it, so she said: "Forget it, you don't like to hear this, so I won't say it."

"You'd better say it." Shen Wuji said helplessly, "Our family is afraid that if you don't say it, then you will suddenly run away for some reason, and our family will not be able to find you. You usually look like a bookworm, and you are more upright than anyone else. , who would have thought that you could even play tricks on Dongchang spies? You are really good." As he said this, the man wanted to stick out his thumb, deliberately sending it to Luo Jinyu to hurt him.

Luo Jinyu pushed back his "malicious" thumb, and said, "If you want to hear it, I'll tell you, you have the right to listen to it as a story. I dreamed,..."

……

"... That's all." Luo Jinyu said.

Shen Wuji's face was blank, and he said: "Luo Zishi, it's not good for you to arrange our family, you are really cruel, and you want to ruin our family's appearance."

Luo Jinyu said: "It's what I saw in a dream, I didn't arrange you on purpose."

"Teasing you." Shen Wuji blinked and smiled again, took his hand and said, "Your dream is also interesting, thinking of coming to our house in your mind is like a big obsessive wolf dog..."

"I don't mean that!" Luo Jinyu hurriedly said, "I—"

"Hey, don't worry, our family is not angry." Shen Wuji laughed, "The big wolfhound is so majestic, and it doesn't wrong our family. You haven't seen the hounds raised by the late emperor in the hunting ground. They are called one. They are beautiful and sturdy, not inferior to jackals, tigers and leopards. Ordinary people are afraid when they see them. When we return to Beijing, our family will take you to see them. Don’t be afraid, they are not afraid of others, but they are very afraid of our family. With our family here, they even have their tails clamped. Have you ever had a dog?"

"When I was a child, the puppy my mother picked up was not imposing, but it was very smart and well-behaved." Luo Jinyu sighed, "When I talk to you, I always digress. How did I get there?"

"Hey, let me show you some beautiful dogs, next time you dream again, make our dream more beautiful." Shen Wuji said.

Luo Jinyu said helplessly: "I told you, I didn't dream that you were a dog, it's just..."

"It's just that there is no difference," Shen Wuji said indifferently, "It seems that people are better than dogs, but many people are not as good as dogs. By the way, our family remembered, didn't you say that the token is for you to sleep?" Did you catch the Taoist? Why did you dream about the previous life?"

Luo Jinyu shook her head: "I don't know, maybe there is an occasional confusion, I will try again tonight."

What are you going to try? They all said it was a trick of the rivers and lakes, and it must have been applied with hallucinogenic drugs for you.Shen Wuji was thinking so, but he didn't say it out, he just perfunctory, so that Luo Jinyu could rest in the official office with peace of mind.

Luo Jinyu made up his mind to try again tonight, and asked again: "Is there any progress on your side?"

"Progress?" Shen Wuji said triumphantly, "To say 'progress' is to look down on our family's ability to handle affairs. Now, it's almost the 'end'. They are all mobs. Our family first asked people to seize four gates and towers, Fran cannons were set up outside the city, and our family borrowed armored soldiers from other places in the city to strictly guard against riots. Once they found any abnormalities, they would kill them immediately. That day our family killed chickens to scare monkeys. It wasn't done for nothing, and these townspeople were scared out of their wits when they heard what our family said, their faces were all green, and they went home honestly, not daring to leave the door."

Luo Jinyu asked: "What are you going to do next?"

"Our family ordered people to set up a list. The murder and corruption of the evil god believers in Meizhen is because someone with a heart deceived the people behind their backs. Therefore, they are all innocent. Our family only punishes the ten people who are the leaders of the organization. After killing these ten people, This case is over." Shen Wuji said, "They weighed the pros and cons, and thought it would be better than being massacred, so they were all obedient and willing to cooperate."

Luo Jinyu asked: "Which ten people?"

"I don't know yet." Shen Wuji said, "If our family draws up the list of ten people, no matter who the ten people are, there will definitely be some conflicts with them. Therefore, our family asks them to vote by themselves."

Luo Jinyu was startled, and said, "What do you mean by 'voting by yourself'?"

"It's just that our family doesn't care who they choose, in short, they choose ten people to come out to serve our family." Shen Wuji said, "I'm not afraid that they will choose randomly, our family has told them who is responsible for the murder. , our family knows it well, but it’s just to give them a chance, and they don’t dare to provoke our family anymore, they will choose well.”

Luo Jinyu thought for a while, then asked: "What if there are more than ten people?"

Shen Wuji asked puzzledly, "What?"

"I said, what if there are more than ten people who actually killed people?" Luo Jinyu said, "You said, over the years, they have killed countless people. Naturally, most of the townspeople are just helping the evildoers and enjoying their benefits, not really Do it, but there are probably more than ten people who really do it."

Shen Wuji was slightly startled, and said in surprise: "Our family is still worried that you will say that our family is violent, why... you still think there are less than ten people?"

"It doesn't matter if there are more or less, but it should be a few people, just a few people, not one more, not one less." Luo Jinyu said.

Shen Wuji sighed and said: "It's like what you can say, but Jinyu, things are not as simple as you think. In order to identify exactly who was killed and who killed them, one must first find out all the bones and test them all, and the result may not be obtained from the test.

Second, although our family dared to scare these townspeople, we could only scare them. Could it be that our family really dared to massacre the city?If our family kills one or ten people, the other thousand people will think, 'Sacrifice ten of them, save me, and I will help Shen Wuji kill him'.But if our family wants to kill a hundred or a thousand, other people will think, 'Is it possible that I can't escape if I kill so many? 'In this way, left and right are dead, they might as well turn back.If this provokes a civil uprising, even if we can mobilize troops to suppress it, our family will be guilty on the court side. "

Luo Jinyu said incredulously, "Is it because of these two reasons?"

Shen Wuji asked: "Aren't these two reasons enough?"

"Of course it's not enough, and it's also ridiculous." Luo Jinyu stood up, frowned at him, and said, "You seem to be speaking logically, but in fact they are all absurd words. What do you mean by 'endless'? What do you mean by 'not necessarily proven' Outcome'? So many people were innocently killed because of other people's greed and selfish desires, how can you just say 'not necessarily'? It is true, as you said, things have been going on for a long time, and the real culprit may not always be found out , but if this is the conclusion drawn after the investigation, it is really not possible, so you have to let it go, but if you don’t check it now, you have already reached a conclusion?"

"I..." Shen Wuji was about to speak, but was interrupted by Luo Jinyu.

Luo Jinyu continued: "As for the second reason, it's even more ridiculous. You didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. The hundred or thousand you killed were all lists that required extensive investigation and careful finalization. You Now use some methods to prevent them from rebelling against the people, but such people are so vicious and vicious, you are like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. They escaped by luck today, and they will inevitably do evil again in the future, and then there will be innocent people people suffer."

"That's not what you said, Jin Yu," Shen Wuji sighed, "It's not our family... well, this is the court's usual way of dealing with such incidents. There is also a saying among the people, as the saying goes, 'the law does not blame the public'... ..."

"What kind of 'conventional practice' is this? Which page of the regulations of this court writes such a conventional practice?" Luo Jinyu asked sharply, "It is already illegal to accept unknown money, not report the case when it is known, and connive at the murder. , it’s the so-called law that does not blame the public, but now you can’t even blame those involved in murder?”

Shen Wuji said awkwardly: "So what do you mean—"

"Check!" Luo Jinyu shook his sleeves heavily, and said decisively, "Even if the water in the river outside Meizhen is drained, all the bones sunk in it must be fished up; We must also invite all the innocent souls buried in the ground: identify them one by one, record them in the book, and then search down to find out who the murderer is. Although physical evidence is hard to find, there are human witnesses. There are reasons for everything. I don’t believe that everyone will be investigated. Not sure."

Shen Wuji said helplessly: "If a hundred corpses were dug up, only ten were found in the end, what do you say?"

"Don't say that ten cases were found out in the end, but only one case was found out, and the other 99 cases were investigated in vain, even a hundred cases were investigated in vain," Luo Jinyu looked at him firmly, with firm eyes, He paused and said, "I also need to check."

Shen Wuji was stunned for a while, avoiding his gaze, and said in a low voice: "Jinyu, don't be stubborn with our family. Our family has always listened to you about other matters, but you are really too naive to think about this matter. Simple……"

"Am I thinking too naively and simply, or are you weighing the pros and cons to the point of becoming obsessed?" Luo Jinyu laughed angrily, and said coldly, "The imperial court is afraid that the criminals who kill people for money will rebel, so let them go... I would rather You know, what is the imperial court trying to do by keeping such villains?"

"Luo Jinyu! Calm down!" Shen Wuji couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw that he would stop him completely, "Yes, the court soldiers are not afraid to kill these villains, there is no need to use court soldiers, our family alone People can be killed, but think about it anyway, the emperor—" Shen Wuji's voice fell abruptly, he stood up, got closer to Luo Jinyu, and said in a low voice, "Think about it anyway, the emperor just took the throne, he is a He wants to be famous. He treats you well and looks like he is afraid of you. Why do you think it is? If he wants to be Tang Taizong, he must first let people say that you are Wei Zheng. Only with a wise king can there be Wei Zheng. Do it. He's trying to use you to suit himself."

"I--"

"Listen to our family." Shen Wuji said, "Before coming here, the emperor specifically hinted at our family that this case must be handled 'beautifully'. What does 'beautiful' mean? Pick it up and put it down gently, that is, big things become small, and small things become small.”