C7

It turned out that a few days ago, the ingrate had led a group of people here to commit evil, but it just so happened that Old Lord Leng caught a glimpse of it.

This old man Leng was poor and had no wife or children. He was also an orphan that he had picked up in his later years.

Taking advantage of the time he spent peeping, he saw a few more people stop outside of Old Fourth Qi's house. Knowing that the ingrate was here to commit adultery again, he couldn't help but feel naughty and secretly followed the three into the house.

He could have been as full of eyes as he was last time, but after witnessing so many vicious methods of murder, he was so scared that his body was like a sieve. He wanted to escape, but his body was trembling and he was unable to move.

Seeing that the ingrate had come out, he could no longer hold on and fell to the ground in fright. He did not even dare to pick up the silver that was as important as his life.

When the ingrate first saw someone, he was startled. When he saw that it was Old Lord Leng, he let out a sigh of relief and thought: "This old man has seen this, it's hard to not leak it out. I can't let this go." As soon as the evil thought appeared in his mind, a vicious expression immediately appeared on his face.

No matter how stupid Old Lord Leng was, he could tell that something was wrong. He hurriedly said, "Please spare me, Master Bai. I …" I didn't see anything. "

The ingrate wanted to take his life, but he suddenly thought, "After all, it's not a small matter to commit murder and arson like this. I'm afraid there might be future troubles, so why don't we blame it on this old man?"

He then helped the old man up, changed his expression, and laughed: "Old man, why would I want your life? This little slut doesn't know how to appreciate favors, so I will definitely teach her a lesson. However, I think that old sir knows the gist of it, and isn't someone who doesn't know his place like this Old Fourth Qi.

"As long as you listen to me, not only will you be free of any worries, I will also heavily reward you with some gold and silver. At that time, you don't have to secretly watch others enjoy themselves, you can buy yourself a beautiful woman and hug her everyday."

Old Lord Leng nodded his head incessantly, saying immediately, "Yes sir, you are right. You are right …"

He thought to himself, "Is it really a blessing in disguise? It seems like this bully wanted me to use me as a forgery to frame the Qi family. Fourth Elder Qi hasn't given me any benefits in all these years. If I can get some gold and silver for this, it would truly be a windfall. Your elder's time has come and gone today. I will get silver for my return home, and good things will happen when I go out again. What a joyous double. "

He bent down to pick up the silver that had fallen from the coffin. With a beaming smile, he said, "If you have something to tell me, then I will do it. If my words are not the same, then tell this little one to crawl out of the coffin and strangle me."

In one night, Old Man Leng took out his grandfather from the coffin twice and made a vow. He did not know if his grandfather had a spirit or if he would really climb out to strangle this heartless old man.

The ingrate stopped the two idle men who were about to set fire to the fire, waved for the pockmarked man to come over, took out fifty silver taels and gave it to him. After listening to the order, the idle man left, looking at the old man with a strange expression.

The ingrate told the remaining idle to pick up the scattered pieces of silver and gave it to Old Lord Leng, saying: "These silver taels are just the initial payment and will be giving you more in the future. You have to understand, even if this grandpa takes out this little bit of silver, who knows how many people are fighting over it for this grandpa!"

"That is... "That's …" Old Lord Leng never dreamed that he would have so much silver taels in his lifetime. Afraid that the ingrate would go back on his words, he tightly held onto his pocket and anxiously said, "Old sir, what do you want me to do? Please do not hesitate to tell me. I will die with no regrets."

A sinister glint flashed across the eyes of the ingrate, and he lowered his head to think. After a long time, he said, "It's nothing, but when the Duke comes, you don't have to say anything. You just have to obediently go with him to the magistrate court. But you don't have to be afraid. The old man will arrange everything properly in the morning. At that time, you can take a bunch of silver and live a carefree life like a rich man or a deity. "Hee hee …

Elder Leng's eyes lit up as his face flushed red. He could not help but be ecstatic and secretly grateful to the fourth elder's family. If it were not for the Qi family dying together, where would the sweet comfort of a rich man last for the rest of his life come from?

Amidst the laughter of the ingrate, they heard a series of shouts coming from the alleyway. The pockmarked idler led twelve or so officials who came in.

The leader of the group was none other than the high ranking official in the government. He pointed at Old Lord Leng and waved his hand, causing the officials to tie him up and drag him out. Even though Old Lord Leng had been warned beforehand by the ingrate, he could not help but be scared silly.

Gao Du, standing in the outer room, was shocked when he saw the miserable state of the inner room. The ingrate quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Greetings everyone, please come in and speak."

The ingrate took advantage of the moment when he was lifting him up and stuffed two large silver ingots into his hand.

Inside the room, the ingrate whispered, "Everything needs to be dealt with first."

Gao Dabao hurriedly asked, "What makes you do that?" "Shopkeeper Bai had already rewarded the brothers with the case just now. Besides, this old man stole your family's silver. How could I dare neglect my duties? I should immediately gather some men and rush over …"

Looking around the room, he said, "But... This... How did this happen? How do I report this to my brother? "Please inform me, Shopkeeper Bai." As he spoke, he had already collected two taels of silver.

The ingrate pointed at the corpse and said, "That old man and this poor Qi bastard stole my silver taels. They even had a dispute with each other and accidentally killed Fourth Wei. Ai …"

Saying this, he sighed and continued, "When I was leading some people to be a thief, I met this old man who wanted to do something bad to this woman. I immediately shouted out to stop him. Who would have thought that he was extremely vicious? So, he used a wooden stick to hit my head … "

As he spoke, he took off his scarf and showed it to Gao Du. Blood could be seen on the top of his head, which had been hit by Old Qi's silver bag, and he added, "Luckily, two of my subordinates managed to restrain him in time. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have been killed by this old man as well. Sigh … "It's a pity that the woman was so ashamed and angry that she bit her tongue to commit suicide …"

How could that old man steal so many taels of silver from the servants and idlers at such a young age?" Kill a strong young man like Fourth Brother Wei? How dare he hit Luo Yang's head with a wooden stick?

However, since he was familiar with the relationship between the ingrate and the Lord Judgement, how could he offend the Lord Judgement for such a lowly person? He had been bribed by the ingrate quite a few years ago. With such a huge incident, how could he be afraid of losing money?

As expected, the ingrate bent over and whispered, "Tomorrow morning, I will come to your mansion to express my gratitude. Please do your best!"

Gao Du nodded, "Shopkeeper Bai is too polite. Since the Qi family dares to steal from your house, they should have this in return. "That old man is too fierce and cruel, he deserves to be punished for seeking for money and harming others. Tomorrow morning, I will have to trouble Shopkeeper Bai to make a difficult trip and report this to my lord personally. By then, I will do my best."

He immediately led some men to escort Old Lord Leng all the way here, ordering him to take out a shackle and place him in death row, waiting for Lord Leng to ascend to the hall tomorrow to interrogate him.

As for Old Lord Leng, he went down to the death cell and thought to himself, "Lord White only said that he obediently followed me to the magistrate court. How come he even went to the death cell alone?"

Just as he was beginning to feel fear, he saw a prisoner open the cell door and walk in, followed by the pockmarked man.

Old Lord Leng was overjoyed. His heart filled with worry as he shouted, "Is this old man here to let me out?" The pockmarked man took out a small silver ingot and gave it to the prisoner, thanking him for the accommodation.

The other prisoners had long since given the order and smiled, "By the order of the head of the capital, I've come to hold this old man in solitary confinement. This should make it convenient for the brothers to act. Lord White is too courteous." Thank you.

The pockmarked man fished out a large silver ingot from his bosom. It was a full fifty liang. The old man's eyes widened as he saw the pockmarked man stretch out his hand and actually put the ingot of silver into his pocket. He said in surprise, "This is …." What is this? "

The pockmarked man said, "This was given to you by Master Bai. Remember that no matter how much you ask in the hall tomorrow morning, you and Fourth Elder Qi will insist that you and you stole the money from the Bai Clan. We will capture you first and go get Fourth Elder Qi together, but by the time we arrived at his house, the three Qi warriors will already be dead.

Hearing that it was his guess, the old man quickly said: "Yes, yes. I understand …"

At this moment, he felt as if the ingot of silver in his bosom had been burnt, and his entire body was boiling hot to the point of wanting to spit out fire. However, he was afraid that the pockmarked man would change his mind, and he could not personally cover it, so he hurriedly continued, "Please quickly go back and report to Uncle Bai, this old man would rather give up his life than miss a thing that he has told me to do."

The pockmarked man sneered and said, "Even if you want your life after missing Master Bai, you can't." He turned around and left.

That night, Old Lord Leng tossed and turned. He imagined a wealthy life in the future, with his wife and concubines in the left and right. He was worried that his son would come to snatch the money out of him when he saw it.

He thought over and over again until the sky started to brighten before calming down. When he thought about how he would only need to frame the fourth elder's family in the lobby and realize his beautiful dream, he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he felt full of energy.

He suddenly felt that the testimony of the pockmarked man who had taught him was a little too simple. Since he had gained such great benefits for nothing, he should think of a vivid excuse to please the ingrate. Maybe the ingrate would even reward him with more silver taels if he was happy. Perhaps because of his good performance this time, the next time there was such a beautiful thing, Uncle Bai would still want to use him as a witness!

Thus, relying on his decades of rogue accumulation, he began to meditate. Suddenly, they heard the door open and a few officials rushed in. Old Man Leng rubbed his eyes, only to see sunlight shining into the cell. He had been deep in thought, and the sun had already risen.

Several officials escorted him straight to the court. On the way, he heard some of them talking. The guardian had been in Tokyo for a few days, and the chief judge was the magistrate.

The lord was sitting in the main hall. There were twenty or so male figures lined up on the left and right sides. Old Lord Leng was kneeling in front of him. The ingrate and the two idlers from last night were also standing by his side.

"You are a good citizen, how can you do such an evil thing?"

He thought of the warning he gave last night and immediately calmed down. He said, "Reporting to my lord, I was foolish for a moment, and was swayed by Fourth Elder Qi's words. I stole the money from Master Bai's mansion …"

He had prepared a detailed explanation and was about to do his best to show off when the man interrupted him. He shouted: "Leaving aside the crime of stealing, now we have lost two lives in such a cruel way! What's the logic in capturing you today? "

Old Man Leng was confident and did not panic. He only interrupted his own thoughts to say something vivid and unflattering. It was quite a pity.

"I was captured by Master Bai and had no choice but to call Fourth Brother Wei. Master Bai will take me to the Qi family, and when we get there, the two Qi family members will be dead for a long time, but it has nothing to do with Master Bai. Please let me know."

With that, he looked at the ingrate, waiting for him to prove to him that what he said was the truth. Then, he would be done. With the power of an ingrate, wouldn't he be able to easily untie the joints and obtain his acquittal? The moment of glory, splendor, and splendor was just around the corner. As he thought about it, he couldn't help but smile.

The man with the pockmarked face sneered. He suddenly came over and tore open his shirt. Ten silver ingots of varying sizes rolled out from his chest. The sunlight was very eye-catching.

At this moment, a dozen or so people standing outside the hall cried out in surprise. Some of them knew that Old Leng, did not believe that he had the guts to do such a evil thing. They were sure that he was being accused by the Bai Clan. They all felt righteous anger, but no one dared to speak up.

Gao Du walked out of the line and picked up the largest silver ingot and asked, "Where did you get this silver?" Is it Shopkeeper Bai who gave it to you? "

The silver tael rolling on the ground, Old Lord Leng was indeed surprised, but seeing the smile on the ingrate's face, he thought in his heart: Could it be that this move was also secretly arranged by Master Bai? "I can't admit that I've received Master Bai's money." Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "These silver taels belong to me. If Master Guan doesn't believe me, please tell me."

The official then turned back to the side of the ingrate and said, "Shopkeeper Bai, is this the official's silver?"

The ingrate bowed as he replied, "Reporting to the capital, it is exactly our account number that has stolen the silver taels. Every pawnshop's pawnshop would have at least thirty taels of silver branded on the lower corner, indicating the difference between this place and the other shops. " Pausing for a moment, he continued, "This old man and old man Qi stole two taels of silver from me, and the difference between them is unfair. They had a dispute and accidentally killed old man Qi, alas …"

He then repeated what he had said to Gao Du in the inner room of the Qi household. He then took off his headscarf and showed it to everyone, though he had already wrapped it around the wound.

He heaved a long sigh and said, "If I could have gotten here earlier, how could I allow this old man to do such an evil deed? He only felt pity for the Qi family … "Sigh …" He seemed to be choked with emotions and kept sighing.

He handed over the silver taels and arranged them back in their proper order. When he was at the entrance of the hall, everyone could see that there was indeed a tiny 'dang' character at the corner of the hall where the ingot was worth at least fifty taels of silver.

It was already rare for the poor commoners to see such a large amount of silver. Seeing that Old Lord Leng had such a large amount of silver hidden in his bosom, they immediately began to cheer. After hearing that Old Lord Leng was not being tortured, the people who were suspicious of him from before began to believe him somewhat.

The official who pushed the matter rose to his feet and shouted, "How can this be said! It was obvious that after stealing the silver taels, you were plotting to kill them for the sake of unfairly dividing the spoils. Now that you have obtained the spoils of war, how could this be considered false? "

Old Lord Leng was dumbfounded as he stuttered: "Master Bai, you... "You …"

The ingrate had spent the entire night and night using money. "You rogue old man, how would you be willing to admit defeat?"

The official who had received the most silver immediately replied, "That's right!" He shouted, "Fight!"

The two officials flipped Old Lord Leng onto the ground. How was he supposed to explain? After a few blows, the skin and flesh were ripped apart. Fresh blood gushed out and he fainted.

The general woke himself up with a splash of cold water and asked, "Are you admitting it?"

Only now did Old Man Leng understand that he had been fooled by an ingrate. However, if he did not admit it, how could he bear it? All of a sudden, he felt extremely guilty, and he trembled with fear as he said, "This little old man has … "Yes!"

The main idea was the same as what Old Man Leng and the white-eyed wolf had said. However, the words spoken by the ingrate had been exchanged for Old Man Leng's own confession, which was then taken by the head of the tribe. All the onlookers had to draw their bets to bear witness.

Everyone who had previously watched the magistrate court proceedings had never done so. They didn't know what was the meaning of this action, but they were all terrified. However, seeing that Gao Du's face was ashen and his gaze was fixed on them one by one, and that there was nothing wrong with his confession words, each of them made a bet while trembling in fear.

Old Lord Leng was taken away from the death row. There were more than a dozen prisoners standing side by side. They were all sitting on a bench with their heads down. They pointed at him and said, "Old man, do you recognize me?"

Old Man Leng did not dare to reply. He raised his head and said, "Old man, remember that in the Underworld, don't blame me for harming you. Blame yourself for being greedy and getting into this mess. Hahaha …"

The other prisoners began to laugh as well. Old Lord Leng felt that something was amiss. The two prisoners picked up his short and thin body and threw him out at the same time. Old Lord Leng was like a kite with its string cut. With a blood-curdling screech, he crashed headfirst into the stone wall of the prison, crushing his skull.

One of the prisoners stepped forward and kicked the old man. Seeing that he did not move, he confirmed that he was dead. He smiled and said, "We should have killed this old man last night. It saved a lot of trouble today."

"How can you possibly understand the mystery of this matter?" What kind of status do you have to stay behind to protect Master Qian Shi? You are from the Royal Family of Wu Yue, and have pledged your allegiance to the Emperor. How can you use money to bribe him? Therefore, he had to take advantage of the fact that the Prime Minister was publicly interrogating him while he was in Tokyo. Now that this damned old man had revealed his true identity, he definitely could not leave this place alive. If the Prime Minister came back, it would be terrible if the old man cried out. If we were to kill him, we would be left with no proof, and when we report it, we will say that the criminal committed suicide by knocking against a wall, and even if the Prime Minister heard that, he wouldn't try to convict you just for the sake of a lowly commoner, right? "

All the prisoners bowed their heads in admiration as they exclaimed in unison, "All of you are brilliant!"

"Heh heh …" Are you guys short of silver taels this time? This is called making a fortune without saying anything … "Eh..." Suddenly, he saw a shiny object on the floor. It was a piece of silver that Old Lord Leng had hidden in his bosom. It was hidden deep within his bosom. He had not fallen down in the hall, and had only rolled out when the two eunuchs had lifted him up.

A prisoner picked it up and presented it to Gao Du as he laughed, "I'm afraid it's unlucky to have a dead man's thing."

The general nodded his head: "Of course it's unlucky to be in the hands of a lowly commoner like him, but in the hands of an elder like me, he's already met with viciousness …" Putting it into his pocket, he said with a face full of pride, "Brothers, let's go drink." "Hahaha …"

Everyone happily walked out of the cell. A ray of sunlight shone through the iron window onto the bloody head of the old man, causing the entire cell to exude a terrifying chill.