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Fu Chuan followed the consonance formed by the six-pole yin and yang mirror, looking for the thought that Yin Zhen escaped from.

Unexpectedly, Yin Zhen did not escape from Wuxing City.Fu Chuan followed Lingxi all the way over the eaves and walls, and finally stopped in front of a side door of an orderly government office - this is Wuxing Taishou's Mansion.The prefect's mansion is a county government office, and it is rare to directly deal with the people and tell the prisons. Usually, all kinds of criminal disputes over the small people's economy are mostly dealt with by the judges of Wu'an and Chongxing counties under the jurisdiction of Wuxing City.

Most of the people who come and go in the prefect's mansion are second-level county and county officials, and the front government hall is neatly repaired but rarely used.

Today is a special case.

An astonishing number of corpses were excavated under the stele of Zhenren Xie, and there were countless cases of dismemberment of his parents under the curse of the curse. They colluded with each other and dispatched a large number of guards to escort them alone. For this reason, many clerks and government servants were dispatched from Wu'an and Chongxing counties to help out.

The prefect's mansion, which is usually solemn and solemn and no one dares to make loud noises, is bustling with people like a vegetable market at this time.

There is a specialization in the art of asking questions, and Fu Chuan doesn't intend to meddle in his own business.

He wholeheartedly wanted to find Yin Zhen's evil thoughts after death, and it was his duty to solve the incomprehensible things outside the world.

The situation was urgent, and Fu Chuan didn't have time to go to the gate of the prefect's mansion to reveal his identity, explain his intentions, and obtain permission. He directly followed the direction pointed by Lingxi, turned over and jumped into the high wall of the prefect's mansion, flew past all the way, and stopped directly at Outside the courtroom where the prefect’s mansion is open to the street and directly welcomes the people to watch—Yin Zhen is “inside” the courtroom?

The prefect Le Shiqi is solving the case.

Guo Ying was not in the courtroom, and the case of Guo Ye's murder of his parents was not being judged.

An old man in his fifties was kneeling in the hall, crying about his son's unfilial piety, and begging the yamen to beat his son: "There are four sons in the Caomin, and I dare not say that a bowl of water is not partial, and the one who favors and favors is Yao'er. Never would I have imagined that the eldest, second, and third children are all loving and filial, but this little one who was favored when he was a child...curses the grassroots with a sword, and uses magic to kidnap the grassroots to dig dung and do hard labor..."

After the dragon girl destroyed the alchemy cave of the inn with a mouthful of fire, all the victims controlled by the evil spirits woke up instantly.

There are not a few people who took their sons to Wu'an and Chongxing counties to file a lawsuit. They didn't want to get involved in sorcery cases, so they coaxed the witches who came to sue as witnesses involved in the case to the prefect's mansion.

As a result, the small cases that were supposed to be concluded by the county magistrate below were rushed to the prefect's mansion and sent to Le Shiqi.

There is no difficulty in trying this kind of case.The father brought his son to the yamen to sue his son for being unfilial. The appeal was just to order the yamen to slap the board, and it was not serious enough to be sentenced to death. Usually, the trial could be concluded after a few simple questions-if the father said the son was unfilial, then the son was unfilial.If a son refutes his father's words in court, isn't that an ironclad proof of "unfilial piety"?

The whole Wuxing City knows that Prefect Le is a filial son, and the cases he has handled, as long as they involve human relations, are partial to the elders.

The old man was victimized by his son's sorcery, and he was forced to dig a cesspit for eight months. Ready to execute.

Who would have thought that Le Shiqi looked at the youngest Yu who was kneeling in the hall, and asked, "What do you have to say?"

The youngest Yu had also heard about Le Taishou's reputation, so besides pleading guilty at this time, he absolutely dared not defend himself.But since he cursed his father with a sword, he already had the intention of killing his father. It is impossible for him to have any reverence for his father, so he said unwillingly: "The little one was born to be his son. The old father said that the son is not filial, and the son will not be filial." Unfilial, how dare you argue?"

Le Shiqi stared at the old man quietly, and asked, "You have three other sons in your family. Even if he is stubborn and uneducated, can't the four of you, father and son, hold him hostage? Today, I went to the yamen to report to him. What kind of intentions do you have in accusing your youngest son of being unfilial and punishing him with the laws of the country?"

These words stunned everyone.

It is true that it is relatively rare for parents to send their unfilial sons to the Yamen to be punished, but it is not uncommon.It usually occurs in families with unruly children and parents who are unable to discipline them.The law of the country is majestic, sending disobedient and disobedient sons to the Yamen to intimidate them can really achieve the effect of control in many cases-no matter how young and powerful you can bully the old and weak parents, there is still a court that can control you.

The old man Yu has suffered such a great grievance, so it is completely reasonable to bring his son to the Yamen to sue and punish him with the national law.

Le Shiqi's question was completely incomprehensible.

——What exactly did Prefect Le want to say?

The old man Yu was full of bewilderment, and looked helplessly at the servants around him, trying to figure out the intention of Prefect Le.

Le Shiqi sneered and said, "Could it be that you sent your child to the yamen today to report a crime of unfilial piety, and asked the court officials to record it on the record. He will pick a quarrel and beat up the youngest son in the future, and then come to the court to make a petition. It is just an excuse that the unfilial son will not change after repeated admonitions. Beating and killing to get rid of the crime?"

There is no evidence for this statement, it is completely conjecture.

Not to mention that the old man Yu was directly dumbfounded, all the government servants, clerks, and even Le Shiqi's staff who were in charge of the trial were all dumbfounded.

The staff who followed Le Shiqi also went to the inn just now, and witnessed everything that Le Shiqi experienced in the virtual world on Yubi, so they can probably understand Le Shiqi's shocking changes.But is this also "getting" too far?

Yin Zhen's pitiful situation does not mean that all "unfilial sons" are innocent, and all parents who have been harmed by the spell are villains.

The aide was originally standing in a corner to listen to the trial, but upon hearing this, he had to quietly walk to Le Shiqi's side, whispering softly: "My lord, this case doesn't hurt the root cause, just sentence the boy to a few slack, and I will tell the police to come down with a stick." show mercy."

Le Shiqi raised his hand to stop the staff from continuing to speak, and looked sideways.

The staff could not argue with Le Shiqi in the courtroom, so they had no choice but to back down and continue to stand aside to listen to the trial.

Le Shiqi asked again: "Yu, why didn't you answer my question?"

The old man Yu came to the yamen to make decisions for himself. In his mind, he had enough reason. The government would only help him deal with the unfilial sons. How could he expect that when he met the prefect Le who did not play cards according to common sense, the guns would be aimed at him? With him coming?He was baffled by the question, and shocked by the prefect's majesty, he stammered and said: "Caomin, Caomin brought the youngest to the Yamen to beat the board because... because he has bad intentions and is not controlled by the family law. ...there is no other way..."

"You are six feet tall and have strong arms. Even if your other three sons are all weak-handed scholars, it is not impossible for a father and son to be unable to hold down the youngest one. You have three sons, why not use them? It's them Everyone thinks that your adopted son is so vicious and punishes you that you can't bear to do it, or are you so arrogant that you use the laws of the country as a stick and the government officials as your slaves, and you have to discipline your son for you regardless of everything else?!"

Le Shi slapped the gavel together, and said angrily: "Look up and see, what is this place? It's your Yu family's ancestral hall?!"

The staff was almost pissed off by Le Shiqi, and walked quickly to the secretary, before he could take care of him, the secretary had already put down his pen and hands, and when he saw the staff coming over, he quickly got up and saluted.The staff breathed a sigh of relief, but the clerk hinted with his eyes: Don't worry, I didn't write it down.

The imperial court has always regarded the people as the best care for the people, and the Fumin officer is also called the parent officer. It is the state policy for the people to ask their parents to make decisions when something happens at home.

Usually, there are officials who will blame Xiaomin for being troublesome, and often come to complain and cause trouble, causing trouble for themselves.However, such complaints can only be complained privately within the yamen, and they never dare to bring it to the table.The duty of the prefect as a shepherd is to take care of the people in the county on behalf of the emperor, and Le Shiqi's words of scolding the old man are simply untenable.

——If these few words are recorded in the file and submitted to the higher-level yamen, Le Shiqi will not be punished, then he will be in hell.

The old man Yu was already trembling with fright, he just kowtowed and confessed: "Caomin, Caomin don't sue..."

"When you are my official, the court of the prefect's mansion is your guest room. If you want to send a messenger, you will come to file a complaint, and you will run away when you are frightened? Shameless troublesome people, how arrogant and rude to despise the court and this official! Come on, Put this troublesome person under the shackles for half a day, so as to make an example to others!" Le Shiqi said angrily.

The aide's expression changed in shock, and he was about to run back to stop him.

Le Shiqi had already issued the signature and slammed it on the case.Once the order is signed, it will never be changed overnight.

The whole staff is not well, na na said: "My lord..."

There are no particularly irreconcilable contradictions in this kind of private oral litigation. For example, if it involves economic, human life and other disputes, if the court official does not want to file a case, he directly negotiates with both parties. on record.

Le Shiqi babbled a lot of nonsense during the trial, and as long as Old Man Yu was so frightened that he withdrew the case, these records could be destroyed directly.

However, Le Shiqi refused to let it go, and he even sentenced the plaintiff to a fine.

Once the old man Yu was taken to the shackles to show the public, the ins and outs of the case had to be recorded.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, even if the clerk deleted all the nonsense that Le Shiqi said, or the spring and autumn style of writing was vague, the case itself was judged very strangely, and it couldn't be covered at all.

——The father accused the son of being unfilial, but the court official did not deal with the son, and dragged the plaintiff to the shackles for a long time.

The higher-level yamen looked through the files, and this unreasonable punishment was a ready-made excuse, and it would definitely be brought out for questioning.

Everyone in the court felt that the prefect was a little abnormal, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The staff felt that their heads were as big as a fight, and when they went up to have fun, they discussed together: "My lord, if these small cases are sent together, it is better to send them back to Wu'an and Chongxing counties. Our focus now has to be on the case of the Guo family." Well, what happened in Xuncheng and Xingcheng is a lesson from the past."

Le Shiqi snorted coldly, "Is Guo Ye on the case?"

The staff hurriedly summoned the yamen servant in front of the hall to inquire a few words, and stepped forward to report: "Guo Ye has been captured."

"Bring him to court!" Le Shiqi ordered.

The old man Yu and the youngest Yu have already been taken down. Although Le Shiqi judged the case in a muddle-headed manner, no one dared to cry out injustice or curse the unfair punishment in front of the court——In the era of peace and prosperity, the yamen was extremely majestic, Running into a yamen is a deadly sin.

Immediately the next trial was held, and the office staff in charge of the hall reorganized the order, but only a few clerks looked at each other speechlessly, very helpless.

Fu Chuan watched for a long time in the dark, and he was sure that Le Shiqi was abnormal.

Yin Zhen's evil thoughts are above the court.

Perhaps, when Long Nu stuffed Yin Zhen's skull into Le Shiqi's head, Le Shiqi and Yin Zhen had some kind of connection.

Now Le Shiqi is adjudicating cases in the courtroom indiscriminately, so paranoid, just like Yin Zhen.

Everyone knew that the old man Yu was not at fault, the one who was at fault was the youngest Yu who murdered his father, but Le Shiqi arbitrarily sentenced the innocent old man Yu to the shackles for half a day.Just like Yin Zhen's punishment with a sword curse, knowing that some parents are innocent, he still wants to sentence innocent parents to hard labor.

Yin Zhen, who was abused to death by her father, is a weak child who prefers the humble and the young, and naturally hates all the authoritative parents.

It doesn't make any sense.

If Le Shiqi, who has Yin Zhen's evil thoughts, is allowed to try the case of Guo's family, one can imagine what will happen.

Seeing that the Yacha was ordered to bring Guo Ye, who had just been captured, to stand in court, Fu Chuan hid under the pillar in the back corner of the courtroom, and a wisp of fingering wind bounced towards the sleeve of the staff member, beckoning him.

The staff suddenly turned around and saw Fu Chuan, and seeing Fu Chuan raised his hand as a gesture of silence, he quietly retreated out.

"Mr. Fu?" Seeing Fu Chuan's sneaky appearance, the staff was puzzled, "Are you...?"

"Prefect Le is not quite normal now. The evil thoughts that Yin Shusheng saw just now after the death of his son are in the courtroom. If I break in now, I am afraid that I will hurt the decent reputation of Prefect Le." Fu Chuan said to Le Shi Qilue I feel a little guilty, after all, it was Long Nu who stuffed Yin Zhen's skull into Le Shiqi's head without saying hello, which caused Le Shiqi so much trouble, "Can you think of a way to retire temporarily, sir? There are too many people in there now." .”

The main gate of the public hall is opened facing the street, and the common people are allowed to listen to the hall and watch, in order to show majestic justice and no partiality.

Now the prefect's mansion is full of people coming and going, and there are not a few Wuxing people who come to watch the excitement, and the outside is full of people.It is not difficult for Fu Chuan to rush in to deal with Yin Zhen's evil intentions, but it is difficult to preserve Le Shiqi's face in front of so many people.

"Mr. Fu, wait a moment."

Without further ado, the staff went to the court with a hurried expression on their faces, leaned close to Le Shiqi's ear, and said threateningly: "My lord, Mr. Fu from the Hanjiang Sword Sect and Guardian Xue from the Longlin Guard have come, and they said that it is thanks to Daoist Master for the stele to come out." Something big happened—please hurry up and discuss the countermeasures."

Le Shiqi was really surprised.

Just saying that Fu Chuan came, he may not be very concerned, the staff said that Xue Xuan of Longlin Guard came together, Le Shiqi couldn't sit still.

Everyone saw that Le Shiqi left the courtroom in a hurry and went to the back, but the staff stayed where they were calmly, and nodded to the chief clerical officer and the chief officer in the hall, implying that it's okay to be safe occur.

As soon as Le Shiqi stepped over the threshold of the lobby, he was grabbed by Fu Chuan, flew directly to the eaves, and took him far away from the prefect's mansion.

"Fu Zhenren?" Le Shiqi was not surprised and frightened when he was led over the eaves and walls, and asked with a frown, "Why are you doing this?"

Fu Chuan didn't answer, he found a secluded corner and put Le Shiqi down, and started the body search directly.When he was playing, Qi changed into official uniforms when he was promoted to the hall. The hall was ventilated from all sides and did not keep warm.

After all, Le Shiqi was also a majestic third-rank official of the imperial court, and Fang Mushou was captured by him and touched him up and down, and his heart ached: "Fu Zhenren, what are you doing?"

Fu Chuan had already searched his whole body roughly, but he didn't find Yin Zhen's finger bones at all.

Le Shiqi was full of anger, and Fu Chuan suddenly squeezed his left hand.Slowly pinch the palm open, and inside is a snow-white phalanx.

Without the support of the sword spirit, this phalanx was ordinary and without any aggressiveness.Fu Chuan glanced at it briefly, and he was sure that this phalanx could not even "move" - ​​it was Le Shiqi who took the initiative to take this phalanx.

"Master Taishou, you are Le Shiqi, not Yin Zhen. Don't confuse your identity." Fu Chuan warned.

Le Shiqi smiled lightly on his chubby face and said, "I can tell the difference."

"Can the prefect tell me that the old man was sentenced to the old man's shackle for half a day in the hall just now, is it the prefect's intention or his meaning?" Fu Chuan pinched the snow-white finger bone and asked.

"Of course it means." Le Shiqi replied.

Fu Chuanming knew that Le Shiqi was lying, but he found that he had encountered a problem that Taoist magic could not solve at all.

This is the confusion of identity that Xie Qinghe has been worried about happening to Fu Chuan.

The Dragon Girl showed everything in the Void Realm on the jade biscuit, and only half an hour had passed for the crowd to watch, but Le Shiqi spent several months from birth to death in that nightmare experience.From the mature and cheerful prefect of Wuxing to the weak son of the Yin family who was beaten to death, Le Shiqi has experienced a life replacement that ordinary people cannot understand.

If Le Shiqi was asked to stand under the jade and look at everything in the void like most people, he might feel sorry for Yin Zhen's experience, and he might not change his usual perception.However, what is special about him is that he has personally experienced all of that.

Today's Le Shiqi is no longer just Le Shiqi, part of his cognition has become Yin Zhen.

Let's say he's a Fallen, he just went through a period of trauma.Let's say he is not a fallen demon, his current experience is no different from being bewitched by a demon.

Just like he took Yin Zhen's phalanx away on his own initiative today, it wasn't that the phalanx that had lost its strength did anything to confuse him, it was simply that he thought he was Yin Zhen and wanted to do something for himself.

Le Shiqi's encounter was too special, and Fu Chuan had no reference to solve, and was helpless about his current situation.

—He didn't do anything out of the ordinary.Even if the trial and punishment were improper, it should be dealt with by the imperial court, not by Fu Chuan.

"Master Taishou, Yin Zhen's experience is indeed tragic and impressive, but you are now living as 'Le Shi Qi'. The deceased is dead, let him rest in peace earlier. Yin Zhen can't You can choose your own life, Lord Prefect." Fu Chuan advised.

There was a faint smile on Le Shiqi's chubby face, and he asked, "Master Fu, can I go back?"

"Let me take you back. After running for a few miles, it will take some time for you to walk back home." Fu Chuan felt deeply guilty towards Le Shiqi. If he hadn't restrained the dragon girl, Le Shiqi would not have encountered such a situation. Bad luck? "My lord, please wait a moment."

Fu Chuan was still holding Yin Zhen's phalanx in his hand. This phalanx seemed to be limp and motionless without the support of the sword spirit, but once it encounters any "power" that can be used, such as resentment, hostility, ghost energy, etc. Wait, it will instantly rejuvenate.

Fu Chuan wrapped the phalanx with talisman paper, and the Lingxi floating in front of his eyes disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he wrapped several talisman papers around the phalanx again.

Le Shiqi has been quietly watching him move.

"I will bring it back to the Patriarch Hall, and ask the brothers to recite the scriptures a hundred times to dispel the evil thoughts and hostility, and bring it back to the way of heaven." Fu said.

Le Shiqi suddenly said: "Anecdotally, Fu Zhenren once avenged Wang's daughter in Xingcheng and helped her kill her father."

Fu Chuan thought for a while and asked, "Does your lord want me to kill Yin Shusheng to avenge Yin Zhen?"

"You and everyone in front of the stele knew that Yin Zhen was killed by her father, Yin Shusheng. However, based on the relationship between the three gangs, even if Yin Shusheng killed Yin Zhen innocently, he is the father and Yin Zhen is the son. He fled in the shackles."

"Father and son." Le Shiqi suddenly sneered, "The most irreversible human relationship between heaven and earth."

"Even if I bring Yin Shusheng to court for questioning and sentence him to death, if the file mentions the Ministry of Punishment and the imperial court level by level, it is impossible to really circle him to death."

Le Shiqi turned around and asked Fu Chuan: "If Master Fu can seek justice for Wang's daughter, can he also seek justice for Yin's son?"

Fu Chuan asked back: "My lord, if you don't try it, how will you know that you will not be imprisoned when the file is delivered to Longcheng?" Fly away.

After arriving at the prefect's mansion, Fu Chuan put Le Shiqi down and said: "I have made an agreement with my lord that if the files are delivered to the Dragon City, I will come here as promised and take his life to avenge Yin Zhen."

Without waiting for Le Shiqi to answer, he grabbed Le Shiqi's hand, stared into Le Shiqi's eyes, and sincerely advised again: "Please don't be trapped in Yin Zhen's pain, my lord is young. There are countless 'Yin Zhen' in this world waiting for 'Le Taishou' to uphold justice. My lord, Yin Zhen can't save them, but Le Taishou can."

Le Shiqi was slightly moved, and after a while he cupped his hands and bowed deeply to Fu Chuan: "Fu Zhenren is merciful."