Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

Xu Shi went straight to a cell in Xitou. The criminal in this cell had three lives and was sentenced to be beheaded five days later. He was thin but very strong.

"Ming'er, go in and feed him this." Xu Shi took out a bottle from his sleeve.

"Father, what is this?" Xu Ming took it over, feeling suspicious.

"Dumb medicine, it's inevitable that he will reveal the truth in the execution ground tomorrow, and today he must be made unable to speak again." Xu Shi said with his hands behind his back.

Hearing this, Xu Ming looked at the criminal in the prison. The other party's eyes were filled with confusion and astonishment. Xu Ming's hands trembled. He had read sage books and had never done such a thing before.

"Don't hesitate anymore." Xu Shi glanced at his son, "If he is not dumb, and the incident happens, not only your cousin's life will be lost, but our whole family's life will be lost, and the people in the prison will kill three innocent people. , who was originally a prisoner on death row, and he was dumb before beheading, and this moment is not a woman's kindness."

Hearing this, Xu Ming pressed his trembling right hand with his left hand, and stepped forward to open the cell door, only to see that the criminal suddenly showed a fierce expression.

Seeing this, Peng Yi followed into the prison, and exchanged glances with Xu Ming. The two of them stepped forward to hold down the criminal, but the criminal resisted fiercely. If the criminal was not tied up by iron chains, they would not be able to suppress him.

Seizing the opportunity, Xu Ming closed his eyes and poured the dumb medicine into the criminal's mouth, then leaned against the wooden pillar to pant for breath.

The criminal strangled his own neck like crazy, and fell to the ground after a few ah-ah.

Seeing this, Xu Ming was terrified, his legs were trembling, and he looked at his father: "Father, what's wrong with him?"

"The drug for dumbness is mixed with drugs. Although he is thin, he is very powerful. If you don't get mesmerized, you won't be able to detain him." After Xu Shi explained, he pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, come out, and lock the door first. Ming'er, after we leave, you drag this criminal to Dongtou prison."

"Yes, Dad!"

"Well, let's go." Xu Shi glanced at the criminal who fell to the ground, shook his head, and walked eastward.

When he arrived at the Dongtou prison, what caught Xu Shi's eyes was that his nephew was actually holding the hands of the daughter of the Lu family and rubbing them, presumably to warm his hands, and he immediately understood why this kid was willing to replace the young master of the Lu family, and immediately roared angrily Said: "Asshole."

This roar startled the affectionate two people, and they separated instantly. Mrs. Lu also sat up from the bed and looked out.

"Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, why are you here?" Shen Wenchang stood up, brushing the hair that had fallen from his forehead to the sides so as not to block his view.

Hearing this, Xu Shi pointed at Shen Wenchang and cursed: "The bigger you are, the more promising you are. Now you don't even care about your parents and your own life? You're really capable, and why are we here? If we don't come, you will die tomorrow."

Shen Wenchang bowed his head and remained silent.

Xu Ming opened the prison, went in and dragged Shen Wenchang out, "Cousin, follow me quickly."

"No, I won't go, I can't go." Shen Wenchang struggled.

Seeing this, Peng Yi was in a hurry, walked in, and took Shen Wenchang's right hand: "Cousin, stop making trouble, this is not a joke, come with us."

"I'm not kidding, I'm not leaving." Shen Wenchang broke free, and quickly hugged the pillar next to him, "I can't leave my wife and go to the Underworld alone, who knows if it's dangerous or not."

Several people were stunned upon hearing this.

"What daughter-in-law? What nonsense are you talking about, get the hell out of here!" Xu Shi pointed at Shen Wenchang from the outside, obviously already furious.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyi stood up and said, "Wen Chang, listen to your uncle and cousin, you should go!"

Hearing this, Shen Wenchang turned to look at Lu Qingyi, but didn't speak, just shook her head blindly, all she knew was that she couldn't leave.

"Bastard, don't you even care about your parents?" Xu Shi was so angry that he looked around, picked up the big wooden spoon for scooping porridge, and was about to go in and fill the warehouse.

"My lord, the imperial envoy is here." At the intersection of the prison, the pillar shouted inside.

Xu Shi heard that his thoughts were over, so he had to wave his son and Peng Yi to come out quickly.Shen Wenchang also quickly let go of the wooden pillar he was holding, ran inside and lay down facing the wall.

The servant of the punishment department walked to the crossroads in a short while, glanced at the pillars, and led the people towards the east end in strides.

"I have seen the imperial envoy." Xu Shi stepped forward and saluted.

The servant of the criminal department walked quickly to the door of the cell and took a look. Seeing that everyone was there, he turned around to look at Xu Shi with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Xu is coming to the prison, so I came here to see if there is anything I can do to help." busy."

"Don't dare to bother your lord, it's not for business but for personal reasons. Brother Lu and I have some friendship. Today his family is in trouble, so I came here to say goodbye to brother Lu and his wife." Xu Shi lowered his head and said slowly.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment nodded his head when he heard the words, feeling a little bit in his heart, presumably Xu Shi felt the same as him at this time.

"Hey, since ancient times, companions are like companions to tigers. Once you enter the officialdom, you can't help yourself. Brother Xu, look away." The servant of the Ministry of punishment said, raised his hand and took Xu Shi's arm, and walked to a secluded place: "Brother Xu, tell the truth." , I don’t want Brother Lu to die unjustly like this, but I made the doubts very clear in the passbook of going to Beijing, and the one who came later really ordered to beheaded, and you should be considerate of me, the supervisor of the beheading. Hey, if the Lu family has someone The change, the little brother cannot escape the blame."

Xu Shi nodded his head when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty will take care of it. I and Gou Zi want to intercede with the literati court tomorrow. Why don't your lord push the boat along the way and use this to speak to His Majesty again."

Hearing this, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment pondered for a moment and said: "This is a good way to delay. I'm afraid, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be determined not to listen to good words."

"Then we have to give it a try." Xu Shi was a little excited. He couldn't save the full warehouse today, so he thought about telling the servant of the Ministry of Punishment to make a show tomorrow. There will be no injustice in the future?"

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment was shocked when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Okay, you should prepare overnight, it is best to have the Wanmin Letter, and I have the right to make a show in the court tomorrow, so as to make a second suggestion to His Majesty."

Xu Shi was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, sir."

"That should be the case, why bother to thank you." The Ministry of Punishment supported Xu Shi's hand.

"Then, my lord, I'll go back and make preparations first." Xu Shi cupped his hands to the minister of punishment, then winked at his son and nephew, and left.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment greeted Mrs. Lu a few words, then turned around and left in a hurry.

The surroundings returned to silence, Shen Wenchang turned around slowly, sat on the bed and looked at Lu Qingyi.

Shen Wenchang felt that the atmosphere was a bit dignified, so he pretended to joke: "Look, God won't let me go out, maybe Lord Yan knows that I'm extremely handsome and wants to meet me."

"What nonsense." Lu Qingyi said angrily, and now she could only point to the phoenix hairpin in Xiaorou's hand, and she wanted to return Shen Wenchang to the Shen family in its entirety at the execution ground tomorrow.

"Wen Chang, promise me that if you have a chance to survive, you must do well, okay?" Lu Qingyi knew in her heart that there was only one night left, and she would die tomorrow, so she had to say something.

"What do you mean?" Shen Wenchang heard a hint of overtones.

"If you can survive tomorrow, don't be decadent. In the future, there will be good girls who will like you." Lu Qingyi choked up a little as she spoke.

Shen Wenchang's expression changed when he heard the words, he got down and grabbed the wooden pillar and asked, "Yiyi, what are you talking about? Why will girls like me in the future, aren't we married?"

Lu Qingyi had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know how to persuade her. With these words today, she expected that Shen Wenchang would understand tomorrow.

"Yes, we're married, we're married." Lu Qingyi wiped away tears with a handkerchief.

Shen Wenchang became suspicious, no matter what happened tomorrow, if Yiyi died, she would never live.

The three of Xu Shi failed to save people, so they returned to the mansion, saw Shen Zhongnan, and sighed: "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, I was about to rescue Mancang, but the imperial envoy suddenly came to the prison, I had no choice but to give up."

Shen Zhongnan fell down on the stool upon hearing the words, silent.

"However, there is still a turning point. Tomorrow, we will intercede with the Nantong Literati Law Field. Time is running out, so Ming'er and I will leave first." Xu Shi said, turned and left.

Shen Zhongnan murmured: "Heaven's death for Shen's family, heaven's death for Shen's family."

Looking up and seeing a crescent moon, Shen Zhongnan only felt trembling all over. Tonight is really a happy and sad night.

In the early morning of the next day, people from the Ministry of Punishment escorted the Lu family members from the prison to the prison van and rushed to the execution ground. As soon as the prison van left the intersection, Shen Zhongnan and Mrs. Shen rushed over and followed the prison van, yelling but not daring to shout. Can follow closely while wiping tears.

Shen Wenchang turned around, looked back, and saw the old father and stepmother supporting each other and following behind the prison car, his nose was sore, tears flowed down like a spring, he kept shaking his head, and murmured, "Don't follow me anymore!" Don't follow me." Shen Wenchang didn't want her father and stepmother to watch her head move.

When they arrived at the execution ground, the hands of Shen Wenchang and the others were folded behind their backs and tied up with hemp ropes, and the wooden signs of death row prisoners were erected behind them.

Shen Wenchang glanced sideways at Lu Qingyi, how much she didn't want to die, how much she wanted to live well in this world with her Yiyi.

Lu Qingyi also looked back at Shen Wenchang affectionately, and after noon, she was no longer seen.

Lu Wenzheng was kneeling listlessly in the center, completely unaware that the person kneeling outside was not his son.

"Miss! Master, madam." Xiao Rou shouted outside the execution ground.

When Lu Qingyi saw Xiaorou, she immediately became nervous. Just as she was about to call Xiaorou and ask about Fengchai, she saw a large group of people running towards here in a hurry not far away.

When the group of people approached, the leader turned out to be the magistrate of the four counties of Nantong, followed by a group of scholars.

"See the imperial envoy!" The four county magistrates and several Juren went to the execution platform and knelt down, while the rest knelt outside the execution ground.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment pretended to be surprised: "What are the magistrates doing?"

"Returning to your lord, when I find out that lord Lu has been wronged, I have come to the execution ground to beg your lord imperial envoy to report to His Majesty, and open the court for a retrial." Xu Shi held up Wanmin's calligraphy and said.

"I beg your lord to write a letter to your Majesty." The voices of the crowd were loud and resounded through the court. Some of the onlookers remembered Lu Wen and knelt down to beg for permission. Shen Zhongnan, the Wang family, the Peng family, and the Xu family all knelt down and joined the crowd Shouting, in an instant, everyone inside and outside the execution ground knelt down.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment knew how things would develop, but he didn't expect the situation to be so large. It was really rare for everyone to invite Lu Wenzheng.Just when he was about to accept everyone's request, a servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice stood up beside him and whispered in his ear: "My lord, Mr. Zhang has a few words for the younger one to bring to your master. Disobeying the imperial decree is an unforgivable crime. Whether the case is right or not, is His Majesty's consent, if the case is overturned, His Majesty will lose face."

The servant of the Ministry of punishment was shocked when he heard the words, and stared at the servant of the Ministry of punishment in a daze, why didn't he know that he still had Zhang Shoubei under his command?

"I beg your lord to write a letter to Your Majesty." Xu Shi shouted again.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment only felt his hands and feet were cold. Yesterday he and Xu Shi had made an agreement, and now he is no different from a villain. Besides, officials, scholars, and common people knelt on the ground today. If he insists on executing the sentence, he will be notorious.

Seeing the hesitation on the imperial envoy's face, the yamen servant of the Ministry of punishment looked up at the sky, and it was almost noon, so he stepped forward and put his ear to the mouth of the servant of the Ministry of punishment, and without waiting for the imperial envoy to speak, he shouted: "The imperial envoy has an order. As soon as noon arrives, immediately Execution."

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment was shocked, he was wondering why the yamen servant put his ear close to him, and before he could speak, he heard that the yamen servant gave orders in his name, how could the little yamen servant be so bold?If there was only Zhang Shoubei behind him, he wouldn't be afraid, he was so afraid that he, a little servant, would not be able to fight against the person behind him.

Xu Shi and the others thought things would go well, but they didn't expect the imperial envoy to reject everyone's invitation. They looked up in shock, only to see the imperial envoy shook his head at him, and then carefully looked at the yamen servant who spoke just now.

When Lu Wenzheng heard the words, the hopes he had picked up were shattered again.

Lu Qingyi was still praying to the sky when everyone was inviting each other, but after hearing what the yamen servant said, she lost her energy and looked up at the sky. It would be noon soon, and she hurriedly looked for Xiaorou in the crowd.

"Xiaorou, bring Fengchai!" Lu Qingyi yelled with all her strength, and there was no waiting for anyone.

Xiaorou hurriedly squeezed in when she heard the words, but was stopped by the yamen of the Ministry of punishment, and had to hold Fengchai high.

"This is the Empress Dowager's Fengchai. It was given to my young lady at the beginning. No matter what crimes she commits, she can guarantee that no one will die." Xiaorou shouted loudly.

The yamen servants knelt down one after another when they heard the words, Xiao Rou ran in with her robe in hand, and knelt down beside Lu Qingyi with a plop: "Miss!"

"This phoenix hairpin, please take a look at it." Lu Qingyi looked at Shen Wenchang who was beside him.

As soon as Xiao Rou stood up when she heard the words, she was interrupted by the imperial envoy: "No need, no need, the government and the public know about this matter, and you don't need to look at it if you are not an official. I just don't know who my niece wants to protect?"

"The younger brother of the guarantor girl, Lu Qingzhe." Lu Qingyi looked at Shen Wenchang with tears in his eyes, and tried his best to finish every word.

Shen Wenchang was shocked when he heard the words, opened his mouth, and tears flowed out immediately. There were thousands of words in his heart that he wanted to say to Lu Qingyi but he dared not say a word. A mortal crime of fleeing in fear of crime.Only now did she understand the meaning of what Lu Qingyi said in the prison last night, but Lu Qingyi was wrong, how could she live without clothes in this life?

Shen Zhongnan in the crowd breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, the Lu family is protecting Lu Qingzhe, and right now he is protecting his son.

The servant of the punishment department waved his hand, and a government servant stepped forward to untie Shen Wenchang.Shen Wenchang shook his head, and was about to utter a sound when he heard an angry roar from the side.

Xu Shi stood up, waved his hand and said, "Pull Lu Qingzhe off the execution ground quickly."

Hearing this, Xu Ming didn't care about his weak legs, so he pulled Shen Wenchang's arm with one hand, covered Shen Wenchang's mouth with the other, and dragged Shen Wenchang down to Xingtai.

Lu Qingyi has been watching Shen Wenchang, and they are about to end their relationship in this life.

Shen Wenchang was paralyzed on the ground, looking up at Lu Qingyi on the stand, his eyes seemed to be talking: "I don't want to die today because I want to keep your brother. After today, I will go to the spring to find you. Don't forget about Naiheqiao." Drink Dream Soul Soup."

Lu Qingyi looked at Xingtai's eyes, lifeless, already ready to die, and said: "Little brother, live well, don't seek death, don't seek death!!!"

When everyone heard the words, they only knew that the elder sister had made the last words to her younger brother, and there was no doubt about him. Only the Shen family, Xu family, Wang family and Peng family knew the inside story. The original resentment towards Lu Qingyi disappeared in an instant. Mancang don't seek death, she is a good girl, it's just God's evil.

"My lord has an order, execute the sentence!!!" Seeing that the hourglass was running out, the clerk of the Ministry of Punishment shouted loudly that as long as the Lu family died, he could become a petty official. He would not let people mess up such a good thing.

Hearing this, Shen Wenchang crawled forward a couple of times, and just as he saw the knife-axe hand taking off the dead card, he saw three figures in the air, kicking the knife-axe hand's knife and landing on Xingtai, and immediately crawled to stand up, as if I see hope.

"Who dares to rob the law court?" The servant of the criminal department asked first, and the servant of the criminal department behind him wanted to kill the servant with a knife, thinking that the man who guarded Zhang would be lawless?Even Zhang Shoubei wouldn't dare to be so arrogant when he saw him, right?

Qian Feng avoided the yamen servants, strode forward and said: "Master Imperial Envoy, I am waiting here under the order of General Qian. At present, someone has obtained the evidence and will arrive in the capital in a few days to file an imperial complaint. However, Mr. Lu Injustice, as an imperial envoy, Your Majesty should be able to distinguish right from wrong, if Your Majesty knows that Lord Lu has been wronged and repents, I'm afraid you will blame Your Majesty."

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment was very upset when he heard the words. Now that there is evidence, it will be even more serious.

The Lu family members looked at each other, and looked at the minister of punishment with piercing eyes.

"My lord, don't listen to them, they actually want to rob the court, this is a serious crime."

"No, there are indeed grievances in this case, and it cannot be executed." Seeing that things have turned out like this, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment cannot be executed in full view, so he went all out to protect Lu Wenzheng.

"Da da da, da da da..." There was a sound of horseshoes in the distance.

Seeing the crowd watching, the eunuch in charge squinted his eyes and saw the knife and axeman again, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat from fear, and while driving the horse hurriedly, he shouted: "Keep people under the knife, under the imperial decree, keep people under the knife! !!"