There's A Beauty

Seeing that the gate of Yan Luodian was about to close, Youshu hurried in.

The scene in the hall is even more magnificent than he expected. The dome is covered with nine heavenly star maps, one by one exuding light; the surroundings are panoramic murals of Kyushu mountains and rivers, and the gurgling water and waterfalls seem to absorb a universe into it, and that There is a huge table above the tall palace, and the masked King Yama is sitting behind it, opening a book for a closer look.

The entire palace shimmered, but he alone was pitch black, except for the purple lines on the mask, only an extremely tall and majestic shadow could be seen. 24 The prison masters were all wearing masks, and they sat down and waited quietly, holding their voices. Judging from their stiff body language, they should be very afraid of this upper peak.

Youshu became more and more cautious, stepping on the black stone bricks engraved with Bana flowers, slowly moved behind a pillar, and poked out half of her head to check. On the day "Zhao Youshu" participated in the Qionglin Banquet, she had met Murong Lian, Lord of Dayong, and Murong Xuan, Prince of Li, and she still had a fresh memory of their looks.Youshu searched in her mind, and she confirmed that they were the two most powerful masters today, and the one in the high hall was obviously checking the identities of several people.

"The hall is Murong Lian, the Lord of Dayong, Murong Xuan, the Prince of Li, and Sun Shi, the Imperial Concubine?" Yan Luo Wang put down the roster and asked in a deep voice, because through a mask, the cold and inorganic voice seemed even more hollow and weird.

"You know it's me, why don't you let me go quickly? Otherwise, I will copy your nine clans!" Murong Lian shouted angrily.

"Presumptuous! Do you know where this place is? How can you be loud and clamoring?" The prison master sitting first on the left said coldly.Another prison master pointed at the dome, and saw a black plaque hanging on it, engraved with three big cursive characters - Netherworld Hall.

Only then did the three of Murong Lian realize that they had been caught in hell, and couldn't help crying and struggling.The King of Yama ignored him, just took out an account book, and counted the crimes of the three people one by one. After reading a total of 680 eight articles, he stopped and asked, "Can you plead guilty?"

"I don't admit it! I am the emperor, I am the son of the real dragon, Emperor Ziwei, even if I have to be punished, I should be interrogated by the Jade Emperor himself. When will it be your turn, a little Hades?" Murong Lian asked with a ferocious expression.

The other party seemed to think these words were ridiculous, so he let out a short and strange snort, and then drew him closer with a move of his right hand, and said word by word, "However, a pseudo-dragon that hasn't even grown its scales yet dares to stand in front of you." This king claims to be Ziwei Emperor Star in front of me, and today I will peel off your dragon skin and break your keel bones, and it will depend on you." After saying that, his fingertips had already inserted into the base of Murong Lian's neck, stabbing his pale spine. Pull it out, then peel off the skin and throw it aside.

Only then did Murong Xuan and Mrs. Sun, who were still maintaining the imperial dignity, screamed together, and immediately kowtowed to confess their guilt after regaining consciousness.Even if he pleaded guilty, the man never let him off lightly. He ordered the first prison master and the second prison master to take him down to gouge out his eyes and tongue, and give him two hundred lashes.

The place of execution is in a corner of the hall, and the tragic scene is quite shocking.Fortunately, Youshu was not used to being surprised, and her mood was calm. She squatted on the ground and watched silently for a long time, and then counted the number of lashes.Unknowingly, it took several hours, and the interrogation of the three of them was over, and King Yama ordered the prison master to send them back to Yangshi.Youshu immediately followed the crowd out of the Nether Palace, and when she looked back, there was only darkness behind her...

When he opened his eyes the next day, he couldn't recover for a long time. After washing, he walked slowly towards the front hall, analyzing the dream all the way.With the lessons learned from "Zhao Youshu", he will never naively think that everything in the dream is an illusion, that is to say, last night Muronglian, Murongxuan and Sun were indeed thrown into hell for trial. "Zhao Youshu" was beaten a hundred times, and his body will show corresponding injuries. What will happen to Murong Lian, who was skinned and broken, and Murong Xuan and Sun, who were whipped two hundred times?

In all likelihood, he won't live long, right?Thinking of this, he couldn't help showing a thoughtful look.

Walking to the front hall, I saw a middle-aged man who was described as wretched was already sitting at the dining table eating, a pair of chopsticks was stirring up and down in the dishes, which was very rude.Youshu glanced at him and recognized the person.

This man's name is Wang Fu, and his ancestral home is Shaoxing. He is very sinister and vicious, and he is infinitely more greedy than "Zhao Youshu".The two often clashed over the unequal distribution of spoils, but Wang Funai was directly recommended by "Zhao Youshu" Shangfeng, and instead of being connected with in-laws, it was not easy to offend, so he had to endure it.As time went by, Wang Fu felt that the county magistrate was young and easy to bully, and he became more and more aggressive, regardless of superiority or inferiority.

"Hey, the magistrate, you are here. How is your buttocks?" Wang Fu didn't get up to salute, but only glanced at Youshu's buttocks, his eyes full of malice.These days the magistrate of the county is not here, and he takes care of all major and minor matters by himself, which can be said to be majestic.Now that the magistrate is recovering from his injury and has taken away his authority, he is naturally very unhappy.

Youshu stared at the messy tabletop with a very gloomy expression.If I remember correctly, although Wang Fu lives in the county government, he has to take care of his own food.In other words, what he is eating now should belong to "Zhao Youshu", and he himself is Zhao Youshu.

After two lives, Youshu's problem of protecting food has not changed, but she has restrained a lot.He twirled his slightly itchy fingertips, pressed the veins on his forehead, and then sat down at the table and took a bowl to eat.

Wang Fu put the only remaining chicken leg into his bowl, and said in a low voice, "Master Wang, have you prepared all the silver taels that Mr. Wang asked you to pay? If you have prepared the small ones, you will send them to the state capital yourself."

Youshu thought for a while, and understood what he was talking about.In a few days it will be Prince Li Murongxuan's birthday. Although he has not been officially registered as the crown prince, he has already moved into the East Palace because of his mother's favor.He has many fans in court, and it happens that "Zhao Youshu" and his Shangfeng are among them.In order to make a name in front of Prince Li, they naturally racked their brains to search for treasures and hand them over.But where are the treasures in the folk, aren't they all in the hands of the imperial merchants?

A few days ago, Zhao Youshu's Shangfeng took a fancy to a coral tree and asked for 30 taels of silver. If he couldn't get it, he distributed the silver to several magistrates below, saying that whoever had more filial piety would be promoted next year.A small person like Zhao Youshu can't even touch Prince Li's side. The only way to be promoted is to climb the peak. Hearing this statement, he naturally attaches great importance to it.

He has already greeted the rich households in Suichang County and asked them to raise money.These people were exploited by the county magistrate, so they naturally went to exploit the tenant farmers under his hands. As the saying goes, each layer is cut and each layer is thinner, until the common people are cut into walking corpses before they are willing to stop.

Zhao Youshu had raised 18 taels of silver earlier, but she didn't let Wang Fu know that he was also preventing Wang Fu from taking advantage of it.If this skin hadn't changed its soul, maybe the money would have been handed over long ago, but now, Youshu has her own plan.He said bluntly, "I have raised 18 taels of silver, but I have other uses for the money. You can let Mr. Wang figure out a way for himself."

Wang Fu couldn't believe his ears, he threw away his chopsticks and asked, "What did you just say?"

"I have the money, but I won't give it away." Youshu repeated every word.

Wang Fu had a ferocious face at first, then softened his expression, and tried to persuade him in a soft voice, "Master, are you out of temper with your subordinates? But you can't make fun of your official career! There are seven or eight county magistrates under Mr. Wang's hands. They have already gone to raise money, and whoever moves quickly will be registered in his heart, and he may be transferred to the state capital in the coming year. What do you want to do if you don’t want such a great opportunity? Don’t you think it’s a shit in this place? The local government will be the seventh-rank sesame official for a lifetime?"

Youshu's ideal is to be an extremely human minister, so that she can get in touch with higher-level dignitaries.Maybe there is a master among these people?But he would never tell his thoughts to an unimportant person, so he said lightly, "It's not up to you to ask me what I want to do. I'm happy with myself."

"Okay, okay, are you willing? I'll go to the state capital to report this matter to Mr. Wang, and see how he handles it!" Wang Fu suddenly got up and turned the table, and then flung his sleeves away, not treating Youshu as a fledgling at all. And the yellow-haired boy with no background saw it.It's really great to be the number one scholar in high school, but if you don't know how to be a human being, you will only be able to serve as a stepping stone for the rest of your life.

Youshu stared at the food spilled all over the floor, her facial features gradually distorted and hideous, if Wang Fu looked back at this moment, maybe he would not go on his own way to death.

"From Suichang to the state capital, it takes seven days by car, and seventeen or eight days by foot. You break the shaft of the car when it reaches a place where there is no village in front or a store in the back, and he has to go downhill. If a town wants to rent a car, you must stop it again, and you must delay for some time." While ordering people to clean up the mess on the ground, he used his spiritual power to command a female ghost who had just been gathered.

The female ghost used to be the cook of the county government office. She had a bad life. Her husband abandoned her for a fan, and her children refused to recognize her. Although she had no obsession, she had no place to settle down. She became a lonely ghost who could not be reincarnated. .Youshu agreed to save her, and that's what got her to help with all her strength.

The female ghost repeatedly agreed and went after Wang Fu, and Youshu ordered her servants not to prepare such a rich breakfast, a bowl of porridge and a few steamed buns.What he eats, wears, and uses now are all the hard-earned money of the common people. If he wastes extravagance, he will really be punished by heaven.Not only must he himself be diligent and thrifty, but the people below must also do the same.

While thinking about how to reset the regulations of the county government, he went to the court to prepare to deal with government affairs.In the main hall, apart from a cleaning boy, there was no one in sight, the policemen, the yamen servants, the subordinates, and they all ran off to nowhere.

"Where's the person?" He looked at the boy, but the boy hesitated and couldn't explain clearly.

Just at this moment, a starved ghost that had already been used by him came out from the ground and said, "My lord, those people are all Wang Fu's subordinates. Before he left, he told them not to listen to you, so they all made excuses." I'm on leave. If Wang Fu doesn't come back, they won't be on duty for a day, and let you be a polished county magistrate."

The starving ghost was a beggar before his death, and he had never had enough food for a whole day. Youshu gave him a Yin-Yang vitality talisman as soon as he came. Although he would soon be hungry again after absorbing it, it gave him a moment of comfort.So he followed You Shu wholeheartedly, and he couldn't drive her away.The specialty of a beggar is naturally to inquire about news, not to mention a small county government office, even trivial matters in the state capital, he is also clear about it.

As the saying goes, "No government office without curtains", without the assistance of masters, most county magistrates simply don't know how to handle government affairs.Wang Fuman thought that by calling his team away, he would give the magistrate a blow, but he was wrong.Now this Zhao Youshu is not the original Zhao Youshu, her brain works differently from ordinary people.

He didn't search for them one by one, but wrote down the names of these people and stopped wages.Fortunately, "Zhao Youshu" attaches great importance to money, the key to the treasury has been held in his own hand, and several accountants are also his cronies, so economic sanctions can naturally be imposed.

"There is no manpower, so I pay for it myself. Those hired by money are more useful than government servants who eat dry food. Where is the most coolie in Suichang County?" You Shu stepped out of the county government office and asked as she walked. "Zhao Youshu" was extremely dependent on Wang Fu for everything except money, and most of the servants in the family were invited by Wang Fu. They didn't know who their real masters were, so they were very unreliable.

The starving ghost followed behind with shrugged shoulders, and pointed out, "Turn left at the second street ahead, go straight to the fourth street and turn left again, and you will arrive at the pier through an alley. There are many coolies waiting to pass by. Merchant ship unloading."

"Then let's go." Youshu walked slowly, and when she arrived at the pier, she saw many strong, shirtless coolies.He checked twice and selected twenty men with fierce faces but clean eyes.Three taels of silver a month, only signing a living contract and not a dead contract, paying wages on time, including food and lodging, and having a public title, this job is not accepted by a fool.

The 20 people quickly signed the contract, each received a set of government servant's clothes to put on, and then followed Youshu mightily with sticks in hand.They also have justice and axioms in their hearts, but who can insist on justice and axioms when there is not enough to eat?At most, the county magistrate told him to be gentle when beating people.

Thinking this way, a group of people walked through the streets and alleys to Lijia Village.The villagers have long been accustomed to the county magistrate's ostentatious behavior, and immediately avoided it from a distance, their eyes full of fear and hatred.Youshu followed her memory to find Li's house, but saw that the two low houses that used to be dilapidated had now turned into a green brick courtyard with three entrances. Many flowers and trees were planted in the courtyard, swaying and poking out of the wall.

The guard at the door saw that the person was the magistrate, so he quickly bowed to greet him.Li Ergou went out to gamble early in the morning and hadn't turned around yet. Li Ni didn't care about the defense of men and women. When she got the letter, she ran out with her skirt in her hands. She didn't feel ashamed to bump into the big men in the room, and her waist twisted even more happily. .

Seeing her fiancé who was sitting in the main seat, with pink lips, smooth skin and round eyes, who was countless times prettier than herself, a flash of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "Why don't you just say hello?" Just here? Did you buy that gold hairpin that I fell in love with last time?"

You Shu decided to look at her, and suddenly an evil fire burst out in her heart.It's clear that this woman committed evil and was sent to the underworld. Why is she fine, and she has to suffer that flesh and blood?Forget it, if the underworld doesn't punish her, it's the same if I do it myself!

Thinking of this, he felt better, took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from his arms, and rubbed it down bit by bit with his front teeth.Seeing his small mouth moving slightly and his cheeks bulging slightly, Li Ni was also furious.A big man, why can't he look like a big man?It's just something to eat, it's necessary to make it so, so...

Li Ni never admits that she practiced this kind of eating every day in private, just to look more delicate and cute.She rubbed her chest, and waited for her anger to subside a little before she said, "May I ask you something, did you buy the golden hairpin?"

Youshu picked up the teacup and sipped slowly, turning a blind eye to her.Just as Li Ni was about to get angry, Li Ergou hurried in, clasped his fists and said, "Brother-in-law, I kept you waiting! I'll tell the kitchen to prepare the meal, and the rich man from the next village brought two bear paws, which are just right for us to eat. , come here..."

He was interrupted by Youshu before he finished speaking, "Don't worry about it, I have official business today. I heard that someone wants to sue you recently? Which ones are there, please report your name."

Li Ergou was overjoyed, and wanted to support him as his brother-in-law, so he hurriedly reported the people one by one.Youshu quickly wrote it down on the paper, and said goodbye to Li Ergou, "I will take them to the county government today, and you will come and confront them tomorrow morning."

Li Ergou repeatedly agreed, and after closing the door, he showed a very proud expression.Brother-in-law came to arrest him himself, how much face did this give him?If you say it out, let's see who dares to fight against him!

Youshu went from house to house according to the list, and when they saw him, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to admit their mistake, looking very miserable with tears flowing down their cheeks.Youshu asked them to write a complaint, but they refused, and asked them to beat the grievance drum, but they refused. In desperation, they had to arrest everyone and tie them back with a rope.

"Look, Zhao Gouguan is arresting people again!"

"This time, all the people who offended his brother-in-law were arrested, what a fucking beast!"

"Hey, if you die, you should go to the eighteenth floor of hell!"

The people spit on the ground after he walked over.

Youshu has good eyes and ears, but she can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. After taking people to the county government office, they are locked into small cubicles and asked one by one.These people kept saying good things for Li Ergou, bluntly saying that it was all their fault and had nothing to do with Master Li, and they would kowtow to apologize after returning home.

Youshu had no choice but to order them to shut up, tapped each other with the tip of a pen, and said, "Why is this?"

This was obviously addressed to the starving ghost, and he immediately stepped forward and whispered, "This is called Li Wang. Because he built his field ridge too high, Li Ergou's cow broke his leg when he walked over, so he was killed by Li Ergou. He broke his leg and threw it in the mountains. If he hadn’t raised a good dog and took people to look for it in the middle of the night, he might have been snatched away by tigers and wolves.”

Youshu worked hard to write, and quickly finished writing a well-founded and well-founded certificate, asking Li Wang to press his fingerprints.These people are peasants who have never read a book, and how can they understand what he is writing, thinking that he is making up and framing, so they cry and howl, and refuse to raise their hands no matter what. .

Youshu had no choice but to let the newly hired subordinates catch him and forcefully press a thumbprint.Anger loomed in the subordinate's eyes, but there was nothing he could do about it. Now that the world was in such chaos, if he could hardly survive, how could he care about others?

Every time he walked into a room, he would write a complaint by himself, which made the whole county government wailing and howling.After finally collecting all the crimes, he lay down and fell asleep peacefully, but the sound of weeping in the small cubicle rang out all night.On the second day, Li Ergou came to the county government early to file a lawsuit, and even called his friends and friends to join in the fun.There are also conscientious people who heard the news and came, carrying vegetable baskets filled with stones, eggs, etc., planning to run away immediately after smashing the dog official.

Youshu didn't talk nonsense, as soon as she sat down, she slapped the gavel and asked her subordinates to bring the plaintiff up.Everyone cried all night, their hair was disheveled, their eyes were red and swollen, and they looked very embarrassed.The people booed angrily, but Youshu looked calm, picked up a certificate and started to read, and just after reading a few sentences, someone shouted, "You are wronged! This certificate is not written by us at all, it is the magistrate of the county. They fabricated the fingerprints and forced us to press them! If God has eyes, he would send down a thunderbolt and strike all these villains to death!"

"God open your eyes, don't let good people be wronged! I beg you, God!"

In desperation, the only person these people can turn to for help is God.The onlookers felt the same but were helpless, so they could only lower their heads and wipe away their tears, clenching their teeth, as if they wanted to swallow the person sitting above them alive.On the other hand, Li Ergou looked up with his hips akimbo, triumphantly, and Li Ni also sat in the hall and covered her mouth with a low smile.

Youshu ignored no one, picked up the gavel and patted it, and continued to read after the volume below slightly decreased. As she read, the crying people stopped slowly and listened carefully. Li Ergou and Li Ergou Ni showed a surprised expression.

"Li Wang, is everything in this statement true?" You Shu asked quietly.

Li Wang didn't dare to agree, he looked at the hall for a while, and his relatives hidden in the crowd for a while, his brows could almost be knotted.

Youshu didn't need him to answer, she patted the exclamation wood and asserted, "It has been verified that everything Li Wang confessed is true. I have convicted Li Ergou of murder and will be executed after autumn." The identity certificate began to read, and it was completely in line with the facts. He also judged Li Ergou guilty without waiting for the suffering master to nod.

Fifteen or six people were tried in a row, but it took only three quarters of an hour. Li Ergou was sentenced to be beheaded for several crimes.The yamen servants standing on both sides rushed forward and tied him tightly, with a big knife on his neck. When the magistrate of the county handed over the public trial documents to the Ministry of punishment and got the approval, he could be dragged to Caishikou for execution.

Li Ergou was about to go crazy, he was struggling and calling for his brother-in-law.In order to cover up the fear and panic in her heart, Li Ni stood up and pointed at Youshu's nose and yelled, saying that if he didn't let her brother go, the marriage would be dropped immediately.

Unexpectedly, Youshu had been prepared for a long time, took out a marriage certificate from her arms, tore it into pieces on the spot, and said slowly, "This officer has exactly the intention. Then, the trial of Li Ni's crime of persecuting human life will continue. Where, stand up by yourself." After speaking, he waved his hand, and two government servants pressed Li Ni to his knees in the hall, and the loud noise of knees hitting the ground made one's teeth ache.

At this moment, the common people realized that the county magistrate was for real, and that he really planned to kill relatives righteously and eliminate harm for the people.Who would kneel down his wife on the spot for a public trial?Do you want to save face?Who would tie up his brother-in-law with a knife and make him pee twice in fright?Acting can't do this at all!

The few people kneeling under the hall gritted their teeth and immediately stood up.