[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

In the early morning of the next day, the rapid sound of Dengwen's drum broke the tranquility of Huanzhou.More than half a month ago, the murder of ten people in Dabazhai made the entire Huanzhou, Zhizhou and civilians tremble with fear.Today I heard that the murderer had been captured, and the Master Zhizhou was about to go up to question the case. Many people in Huanzhou rushed to the county government office to watch the excitement.

In the lobby of the yamen, there are two groups of people kneeling.The dozen or so young and old in coarse cloth on the right are the sufferers, and the five girls kneeling on the left are each wearing green brocade cloaks with a black eagle embroidered on their chests, which is exactly the attire of the five assassins that everyone saw at the beginning. .That day in Dabazhai, the five killers came here wearing veils and armed with sharp knives. Their attitude was so arrogant that even the Zhizhou adults did not pay attention to them.Now they were limp on the ground with dispirited expressions, and the common people saw that they were pretty, delicate and timid, but they couldn't connect them with the devil who killed people a few days ago without counting and coming and going without a trace.

At this time, Meng Zhizhou had not yet been promoted to the hall, and many young people watching outside the hall saw the beauty of the five girls, and couldn't help feeling sorry for them.Soon, a young scholar in Confucian uniform raised his voice, "It's just a few weak women, how could they be a murderer? I'm afraid they have admitted the wrong person?"

"Brother Xu and I are heroes and see the same thing!" Just as the "Brother Xu" finished speaking, another scholar eagerly answered. "Everyone, just look at the hands of these girls. Their white wrists are frosty and slender. Let alone killing people with swords, even killing chickens may not have the strength!"

As soon as this statement came out, the surrounding people followed the scholar's reminder and looked at the five girls.These five people have slender skeletons, their wrists are not much thicker than firewood, their fingers are white and tender, they are clearly the appearance of ladies.To say that such a hand can kill people, the common people really can't believe it.

With those two scholars taking the lead, the common people outside the synagogue began to talk about it.Some people don't believe that these five girls are murderers, some people think that Mr. Meng loves the people like his own son and would not wrong a good person; Don't find a few vicious ones.For a while, the main hall of the yamen was as lively as a market.

After about half a cup of tea, Meng Tai, wearing an official uniform, walked out of the back hall slowly. Seeing this, two rows of guards in the hall hurriedly touched the ground with water and fire sticks in their hands, and shouted in unison: "Quiet! Mighty!"

The onlookers understood that this was about to be promoted, and soon became quiet.

Meng Tai, the prefect of Huanzhou, was still spinning his calves until he sat in the main hall. Looking at the five pretty girls kneeling in the hall, he subconsciously looked to his left, and changed into an official uniform to serve as the case for the time being. Murong Fu, the prefect, nodded slightly to him.Seeing this, Meng Tai finally gained some confidence, cleared his throat, slapped the gavel, and said loudly: "Who is kneeling in the hall, why are you beating the drum to complain?"

On the right side of the main hall, a dozen people, old and young, hurriedly reported their names and cried again: "My lord, my son/husband was originally a craftsman in Huanzhou. Killed by thieves, please Master Qingtian make the decision for us!" The dozens of old and young people were all in shabby clothes, with rough voices and dark skin, obviously they were all poor people.Now that they have lost their strong laborers at home, how to maintain their lives in the future must be extremely difficult.

Meng Tai turned his gaze to the five women kneeling on the left side of the hall. "Is what they said true? Why did you kill someone?"

Those five women are exactly the five envoys from the Vulture Palace, but now they have all been copied by Murong and their acupoints are so weak that they no longer have the prestige of the past.Hearing Meng Taidi's question, the charming woman in the lead choked up tears and said: "My lord, the women are wronged!" As soon as she cried, the four women behind her also cried in unison, saying that they were wronged.

Everyone in the world has a love for beauty, seeing these five beauties who look like water and delicate flowers helplessly cry, the people outside the hall can't help feeling sorry for them.For a while, the commotion outside the hall became more and more turbulent, and the scholar surnamed Xu who was the first to speak just now shouted loudly outside the hall: "My lord! These girls are weak and slender, how could they be that murderous maniac? Please be careful, my lord. ah!"

It's not that Meng Tai is old-eyed and dim-sighted, nor is he ignorant of pity and pity, how could he not know that these five women definitely don't look like murderous monsters?However, Meng Tai remembered that last night he saw these five women fighting Murong Fu viciously with swords, and even heard with his own ears that these five women threatened to make the Meng family die.Now seeing these women pretending to deceive the people, Meng Tai was very angry immediately, he slapped the gavel and said sharply: "Bold and cunning women, if you dare to play ghosts and deceive the people when you are about to die, aren't you afraid of severe punishment?"

As soon as Meng Tai said this, the five women burst into tears.The woman in the lead was wiping her tears with her sleeves, and said mournfully, "I have heard that there is nothing you can ask for under Sanmu. My sisters and I have no power to restrain chickens, so how can we kill and commit murder? My lord wants to kill me!" Kill, stop torturing us..."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, the people outside the hall sighed "innocent" and "poor", and the scene was a little uncontrollable.

Seeing this, Meng Tai hurriedly patted the gavel, and the two rows of guards in the hall shouted in unison: "Mighty!"

This time, the discussion outside the hall rang for a long time before it gradually calmed down.Noticing the flash of color in the eyes of the woman in the lead, Meng Tai's face suddenly turned blue and white.

Murong Fu, who was sitting on the left side of Meng Tai, said at this moment: "My lord, these five shrews are cruel and sharp-tongued, and they must be tortured to confess."

Before Meng Tai could answer, the scholar named Xu outside the hall shouted loudly again: "My lord, don't beat me into tricks!"

Murong Fu was already very tired of this ignorant atmosphere of "appearance is justice", seeing this scholar jumping out on his own initiative, he immediately turned his head and asked: "Who is under the hall? Report your name!"

The scholar surnamed Xu walked up to the hall immediately upon hearing the words, bowed to Meng Tai and Murong Fu respectively, and said calmly: "Xu Tong, a tribute from Huanzhou, has seen two adults."

Murong Fu nodded, and said coldly: "Xu Shizi, I want to ask you, were you present on the day when the murder happened?"

Xu Tong shook his head, and said frankly: "The students were studying at home that day, and they were not there."

"In that case, you must have never seen those criminals?" Murong Fu asked again.

"I've never seen it before." Xu Tong shook his head again.

Murong Fu's complexion darkened, and he asked sharply: "Since I have never seen the murderer, why insist today that these women are not the real murderer?"

"This..." Xu Tong was tongue-tied and said embarrassingly after being dazed for a long time. "The students see these girls are weak..."

Murong Fu glanced at Xu Tong, and said in a soft voice: "According to what you said, these girls are beautiful and weak, and they don't look like murderers. I see you with triangular eyes, hanging eyebrows, and wretched nature, so you must be the real murderer." gone?"

As soon as Murong Fu's words came out, the people in the hall looked at Xu Tong, who was so ugly, and Murong Fu, who looked like a god, they couldn't help laughing.

Unexpectedly, their laughter didn't stop, Murong Fu's voice changed, and he ordered loudly: "Where is the third class of yamen servants, take down this murderer!"

The yamen servants in the hall were already angry after hearing many bitter words from the people who sympathized with the murderer.At this time, hearing Murong Fu's order, they immediately rushed towards Xu Tong like wolves.

"My lord! You are wronged, my lord!" Xu Tong was knocked down on the hall with his hands cut behind his back by two yamen servants, and he couldn't help but turned pale with shock and called out for being wronged. "My lord, how can you say that students kill people without evidence? My lord, you can't judge people by their appearance!"

Murong Fu smiled coldly, and said solemnly: "You said that I judge you by appearance when you testify against you as a murderer. Don't you judge by appearance when you excuse these five women? You are still a court official, you have read a lot of sage books but you are not good or evil. Point, bewitched by beauty is not only not ashamed but self-satisfied! If you become an official one day, won't the people all over the world complain? Come, call the scholar to come, and get rid of his reputation!"

Murong Fu testified that he was the real murderer and let the government servants take him down. Xu Tong was just nervous, but now when he heard that Murong Fu wanted to depose him, Xu Tong burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, please forgive me! My lord! Forgive me!" With his reputation ruined and his future ruined, Xu Tong couldn't help but regret his talk just now.

Murong Fu acted so mercilessly, and his words hit the nail on the head, the people in the hall immediately bowed their heads in shame, and did not dare to speak nonsense anymore.

Murong Fu sang the bad face, Meng Tai naturally wanted to come out and sing the red face.He immediately said: "Xu Tong, this officer thinks that you are the first offender because of your ignorance, so I will forgive you and step down."

Xu Tongfang backed away in a frenzy, and Meng Tai ordered the guards to take out five cold long swords from the back hall and throw them in front of the five women. "Bold and cunning woman, you assassinated this official last night and was captured by Lord Murong himself. Now that there are all the witnesses and material evidence, what else can you say?"

Seeing that the situation had been reversed by Murong Fu, the five maidservants of Vulture Palace knew that the situation was over.The woman in the lead immediately changed her expression again, and said arrogantly: "You are also worthy of questioning us? Dog officer, I advise you, let us go quickly, and kowtow to us to make amends. Otherwise , when the lord comes, you will surely die without a place to bury you!"

The onlookers originally felt pity for each of them when they saw their frailty, but now seeing the woman's arrogant attitude, the audience was in an uproar.

"Presumptuous!" Rao Meng Taijie, a scholar, was enraged by the woman's words, and he sternly said in a slap in the face. "When you are about to die, you dare to speak wild words! I ask you, who are your surnames? Why did you commit murder? Who ordered you to kill the craftsmen and prevent the rebuilding of the Dabazhai?"

The five women were silent, they just looked at Meng Tai and couldn't help sneering.

"My lord, don't talk nonsense with them!" Murong Fu was not surprised by the behavior of these women. People in the world are always simple-minded and have high self-esteem, and it is just asking for anger to compete with them.This kind of characters who don't see the coffin and don't cry can only be subdued by violence. "These rivers and lakes are reckless and lawless, and they draw their swords against each other when they disagree with each other. They are really desperadoes who cause chaos and peace." As he said, he casually grabbed a token in front of Meng Tai and slammed it to the ground. "Come here, suppress these five criminals for me and beat them twenty times!"

"How dare you!" Hearing Murong Fu's order, the leading woman couldn't help but change color. "Our sisters are not as skilled as others. If you want to kill them, why do you want to humiliate us? Mr. Murong, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the heroes of the rivers and lakes for what you do?" The subordinates were caught within ten moves.Murong Fu's martial arts are so good, he just needs to move his fingers to kill them, unexpectedly he sent them to the yamen.Murong Fu disregarded the rules of the world and disgraced the Vulture Palace, they couldn't help being angry and hated.

Murong Fu glanced at them coldly, and said calmly: "I think you have forgotten that there is an imperial court outside the rivers and lakes! It is the imperial court's law to kill people and pay for their lives! Where is the third class of yamen servants?"

"Yes!" The guards in the hall had been waiting for this order, and immediately stepped forward to push down the five women one by one, and raised the water and fire sticks to punish them severely.

Although the five women couldn't resist the acupuncture points, they still had the strength in their bodies, so after the twenty sticks, although their backs were bloody, they didn't suffer any serious injuries.It's just that they have been in Vulture Palace since they were young, and the sisters in the palace have always been harmonious, and they are even more superior when they go out. How have they ever suffered such insults?The woman in the lead was sweating profusely, clenched her fists tightly, she gritted her teeth and stared at Murong Fu, and said emphatically: "Murong Fu, please remember! Even if we die, I, Vulture Palace, Your lord will surely cut your corpse into thousands of pieces!" After finishing speaking, she suddenly bit down on the root of her tongue.

Unexpectedly, before she confirmed this, Murong Fu had already floated to her side like a ghost.Just hearing a few blunt "clicks", she and the other four sisters' jaws were all dislocated.

"Do you want to commit suicide in fear of crime? Although the crime of murder is serious, it is a serious crime to punish the nine tribes by destroying and rebuilding the Dabazhai in foreign countries. It is not so easy to die. I advise you to obediently recruit the people behind the scenes. Don't suffer from physical pain." Among the five people, Murong Fu stood with his hands behind his back, with a cold and mocking expression, without any sympathy.

The five women failed to kill themselves, at this moment they all stared at Murong Fu with hatred, apparently turning a deaf ear to his threat.

"You're so brave!" Murong Fu was not in a hurry but gave a flattering compliment, only to see him slowly return to his seat and sit down, and said leisurely. "Since you are unwilling to recruit, then fight until you are willing to recruit!"

Murong Fu was so cold-blooded and ruthless, the hall fell silent like a cicada, and there was silence.

Those five females from Vulture Palace couldn't survive the punishment, and soon confessed one by one.It turns out that there is a Jianghu gang named Jindaomen in Huanzhou, and Jin Weixuan, the leader of the sect, joined the Lingjiu Palace a long time ago.This year, the five maidservants of Vulture Palace were ordered to collect the protection fee, but the Golden Gate Master said with a sad face that since the imperial court rebuilt the Daba Village, he would cut off his business relationship with Xia Kingdom, so the protection fee would inevitably be much lower.These five maidservants were not deeply involved in the world, and they were persuaded by Jin Weixuan with a few words, and became the murderous knife.

After getting the confession, Meng Tai hastily ordered the five women to be taken into custody temporarily, but Zhong Shidao had already ordered his troops to kill Jindaomen aggressively.

With Bei Qiaofeng's help, the Golden Knife Gate, who was not well-known even in the original book, was quickly captured.However, Jin Weixuan is experienced after all, relying on the lack of evidence, he categorically denies that he ever instigated the maidservants of the Vulture Palace to commit murder, and even testifies that the Vulture Palace has been blackmailing the Golden Knife Gate for many years, asking the master of Zhizhou to make the decision.

The five maidservants of Vulture Palace are fledgling, when have they ever seen such a brazen person.However, even so, they still couldn't produce any evidence to prove that they had Jin Weixuan's order to kill.As for Murong Fu, who puts the court's law as the most important thing, he has already decided that the case can be closed.

Ten days later, a notice of the closure of the case was pasted on the wall outside the yamen.Five maidservants from the Vulture Palace committed the crime of murder and were sentenced to be executed at Caishikou three days later.Jin Weixuan, the head of the Golden Knife Gate, was sentenced to fifty sticks and fined one thousand guan for not reporting his friendship with the murderer.

No one complained for such a verdict, even the five maidservants of Vulture Palace knew that they would surely die after they fell into Murong Fu's hands, as for whether they died under Murong Fu's hands or were publicly questioned and beheaded at Caishikou, there is actually no difference .Of course, at the last moment before being taken into custody, the five maidservants still conscientiously cried out the final curse: "Murong Fu, the Lord will definitely avenge us! You wait! You wait!"

Murong Fu looked at them indifferently, their beauty had never moved him, neither could their tears. "Having martial arts does not mean that you are superior to others. Since you don't understand this truth, I am happy to use death to make you understand."

The only one who was dissatisfied with this verdict was Qiao Feng. "Murong, you should know that the real murderer should be Jin Weixuan."

"I know, but there is no proof." Murong Fu replied gently.

"But……"

Before Qiao Feng finished speaking, Murong Fu raised his hand to stop him. "I understand what you mean, Brother Qiao, this is a dispute over authority. The authority is constant; The prestige of the ministers in the middle of the country, but it messed up the court's laws. The laws are not strict, how can we establish authority? How can we convince the public? My younger brother will not take it."

Qiao Feng didn't know that Murong Fu let Jin Weixuan go in order to protect the law of the court, he didn't sigh softly until he heard his explanation. "Although you are right, but let the real murderer go free, after all..."

Murong Fu couldn't help laughing "puchi" when he heard that, and replied: "Brother Qiao, brother Qiao, do you really think that the younger brother tortured the maidservant of the Vulture Palace in the hall just because he was in a hurry? Now the maidservant of the Vulture Palace recruited Jin Weixuan, although the imperial court's laws can't punish him, can't the Vulture Palace also punish him?" After all, the Tianshan Child Elder in the original book is notoriously protective of her weaknesses! "If Jin Weixuan was greedy for life and afraid of death, and recruited the Xixia Yipintang, the Vulture Palace will definitely have to find the Xixia Yipintang's bad luck. Wouldn't it be good for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"

With Murong Fu's step-by-step approach, Qiao Feng was completely convinced at the moment, and asked again: "There is still no news about Gongyegan?"

Murong Fu shook his head, and replied casually: "I received a letter from Fei Ge yesterday, Jin Weixuan indeed had a close relationship with Xixia Yipintang. I have already informed Zhong Shidao, let him take precautions against Xixia Yipintang during this period of time." The soldiers led by Shi Dao almost uprooted the power of Jindaomen in Huanzhou. Since Xixia Yipintang lost Jin Weixuan, if they still want to prevent Song Dynasty from building a defense line, they must find another way.

"It's a bit late." Qiao Feng frowned unhappily when he heard the words.

"The news is indeed a step late, let's look at it again." Before the Lanqing defense line was completed, Murong Fu was unwilling to fight rashly with Xixia.However, it is too arbitrary to conclude that Gongyegan's loyalty has changed based on this incident alone.In fact, right now Murong Fu is thinking about another thing: when will Tianshan Child Elder be killed?Thinking of this, Murong Fu felt a chill in his neck.Although he knew that if Tianshan Child Elder came to seek revenge, he would not be able to run away no matter what, but before that, Murong Fu still sincerely thought that he should run away first. "Brother Qiao, since the business here is over, let's go back to Xiping earlier."

The author has something to say:

Maid of Vulture Palace: Murong Fu, you don't follow the rules of the world!

Murong Fu: Lao Tzu is an official ordered by the court!

Tianshan Child Elder: Hehe!