Chapter II Breaking Justice
Xiao Wuer has been with Mu Liuyun for many years and has a clever temperament. Although he cannot fully understand the twists and turns in his grandfather's belly, at least practice makes perfect, and his cooperation is flawless. Now that he heard Mu Liuyun's orders, he immediately agreed.
He turned around and went to the back hall.
Song San and Wang Er thought Mu Liuyun was just talking at first, but when Xiao Wuer went to the back hall, they realized that Mu Liuyun was serious and begged again and again.
Wang Er waved his hands repeatedly, but when Mu Liuyun didn't even look at him, he begged Magistrate Kong for mercy, saying that the jade bottle was worth thousands of gold, so he couldn't be joking.
Song San somewhat had the bad temper of a scholar. Seeing that Wang Er was begging in vain, he just started cursing. After scolding Mr. Mu for being stupid, he also scolded the county magistrate for not knowing the truth and not upholding justice for him.
Destroying his ancestral treasure for nothing.
There was a lot of noise and chaos here, and suddenly there was a crackling sound in the back hall. Wang Er and Song San fell silent as if someone had pinched their necks. Wang Er frowned slightly, listening carefully, and Song San knelt down.
He softened and his body swayed.
The second crisp sound came again. Song San's eyes darkened and he fell down in front of the hall. He seemed to have been frightened and fainted. After a while, he moved and did not get up. He just lay on the ground and howled.
stand up.
Wang Er's appearance changed at this moment. He was very nervous just now, but now he was kneeling upright and his eyes were chattering. When he looked at Mu Liuyun and County Magistrate Kong again, he seemed to see fellow Taoists.
People, it is clear in their eyes that "this game is stable".
Mu Liuyun stood aside, swaying the paper fan gently, his eyes swept over the faces of Wang Er and Song San, and suddenly closed the fan, the handle of the fan slapped in the palm of his hand, and Wang Er quickly lowered his head and knelt down.
, restrained the light in his eyes.
"Okay, stop howling, my ears are going to be deafened by your howling!" Mu Liuyun walked up to Song San and tapped his shoulder with his fan, "You seven-foot-tall man, howl and open the door.
He is taller than the little lady who sings the song, I am so embarrassed!"
Song San shook, and the crying really stopped.
Mu Liuyun ignored him and only motioned to the government servant next to him, pointing at Wang Er who was kneeling upright next to him: "Come here, tie this guy up! He even accuses others falsely when he sees money. He is greedy and full of evil.
!Your friend is so poor that you have to kill him!
I estimate that this mutton-fat jade bottle is worth more than a hundred taels. According to the laws of the Da Rui Dynasty, it should be slapped with fifty boards and sentenced to half a year of hard labor! Okay, this case is closed, let’s move on!”
In just a few words, two objects were smashed in the back hall, and someone was about to be kidnapped in the blink of an eye. Even the magistrate of Kong County was still confused, let alone the government officials. Fortunately, they had already become accustomed to Kong County.
Ling asked Mu Liuyun to come over and help him sit down, so they followed Mu Liuyun's instructions and stepped forward to twist Wang Er's arm and pin it in place so that he couldn't move.
When Wang Er heard Mu Liuyun's words, he was also shocked. When he came back to his senses and tried to struggle, he was already unable to move. He could only cry and wailed: "What are you doing, Sir? The villain is wronged! That mutton fat"
The jade bottle is the treasure of the villain's store. Everything the villain said before is true. I did not embezzle other people's wealth. The villain is unjust!"
"Oh? Now that things have happened, you are quite tough! Then I will ask you again!" Mu Liuyun looked at him with a smile, "You also heard the sound in the back hall just now. Song San even fainted from anger. What did you do?
You don’t look distressed at all?”
Wang Er stiffened his neck and looked confident: "Back to your lord, I don't feel sorry for you because I know that your lord made a clear decision and did not waste the priceless mutton-fat vase. What just fell in the back hall was just an ordinary teapot.
!The villain's family is engaged in jewelry and jade business, how could he not even hear the sound of jade bottles and porcelain!
Song San, on the other hand, kept saying that the mutton-fat jade bottle was a treasure passed down from his family, but he couldn't even tell whether it was jade or porcelain that he smashed. Sir, he is the thief who embezzled other people's treasures. You should ask some bad guys to take that away.
It’s only right that Song San takes it!”
"I don't think so." Mu Liuyun picked his ears with his little finger, "Song San's family is poor. Such a pair of treasure vases are more valuable than eyeballs. Do you think he has ever heard the sound of broken jade?
?”
"Sir, are you kidding me? Could it be that if he can't hear the sound of jade breaking, then the jade vase belongs to him?" Wang Er was dissatisfied.
Master Kong was shocked when he saw his rude words: "You are so bold and unreasonable to the people, how dare you be unreasonable to Mr. Si Li!"
"It's okay, it's okay! He doesn't understand, I just need to make it clear to him!" Mu Liuyun said in a good-tempered manner to Mr. Kong and cupped his hands, and then winked at Xiao Wu'er, who had already returned from the back hall, and Xiao Wu'er said
The prepared mutton-fat jade bottle and mahogany treasure box were brought up and placed in front of the hall.
Wang Er was really right, wasn't it just a pair of teapots that he threw in the back hall just now?
Mu Liuyun took the mahogany treasure box in his hand and played with it casually: "Song San, how long has this treasure bottle been in your home?"
Song San looked at the beautiful jade bottle and couldn't bring himself to return to his senses for a moment. After being reminded by the Yamen servant on the side, he trembled and replied: "Sir, these pairs of treasure vases were handed down by the ancestors of the small people, and they have been passed down to the hands of the small people for exactly five generations.
"
"How long do you think your store's treasure has been in your store?" Mu Liuyun asked Wang Er again.
"Sir, the treasure bottle has been in the villain's shop for more than ten years!"
"This is interesting!" Mu Liuyun chuckled, turned to Master Kong's case, took a mutton-fat jade bottle and handed it to Master Kong, "Mr. Kong, look carefully at this mutton-fat jade bottle, you can see from
What can you see in the carvings on the bottle?"
Master Kong carefully took the jade bottle and looked at it carefully for a while: "There is some black dirt in the lines, and it feels a little sticky, as if it was stained by oil from cooking."
"That's right, sir, you are really talented!" Mu Liuyun flattered him, "Song San's family is poor. Even if he takes good care of it, there is only one room in the house. As time goes by, it is easy to get some oil stains. This
It’s a good thing that he is poor. If there were more fish and meat on weekdays, the carvings on this bottle would not be intact and he would be tired of it.”
Mu Liuyun took the mahogany box, took out the silk inside, and brought the wooden box closer to smell it: "Then Wang Er said that the mutton-fat jade bottle has been placed in this box and has been placed in the shop for more than ten years.
, that would be interesting!
This wooden box is beautifully carved, and you can see the polished marks on the carvings are still there. It’s not easy to keep this more than ten years old wooden box looking like brand new!”
County Magistrate Kong listened to Mu Liuyun's words and realized that he had been deceived. His face immediately turned ugly and he glared at Wang Er fiercely.
"The fragrance inside this mahogany box, if I remember correctly, should be a kind of insect-repelling herb commonly used in southern barbarians. Using this herb to make incense can prevent clothes from being eaten by insects. The texture of your silk is extraordinary, so it is worth it.
I specially brought it to be smoked.”
Mu Liuyun held the piece of silk and shook it in front of Wang Er: "But the southern barbarians are hot and humid, and there are many poisonous insects and weeds. The locals wear clothes and pants made of linen. Silk is so flashy.
Things are used less.
The most commonly used insect-repellent herb does not have a long-lasting fragrance and needs to be fumigated from time to time. But if it is fumigated too much, not to mention the clothing material, even the wood will turn black.
Wearing linen is durable and cheap. It will become bad after being smoked a few times. If it is used on silk, it will fade and become brittle after two times. After three or two years, it will be as brittle as paper and will break when touched.
Got it!"
After Mu Liuyun said that, he let go. The silk material that he had held between his fingers fell down. The hood covered Wang Er's face. It slipped off again and fell to the ground. It was not as crisp as paper at all, but was bright and clear.
Very smooth.
Magistrate Kong's face was so dark that it looked as if it had been smeared with charcoal. If the eye sockets were not so small, his eyes would almost pop out of them.
"You bastard, you are so audacious!" He wished he could smash the gavel to pieces directly on the table, "I feel so miserable for being deceived by you! Your mahogany box and silk lining are filled with incense.
The smell, there is no change in color at all, it is clearly something that was made not long ago. There is oil hidden in the gaps of the mutton fat jade bottle. Where did the oil smoke come from in your jade and jewelry shop?"
Wang Er lay on the ground shaking in a ball, not even daring to raise his head.
"You just listened to the sound of the teapot being thrown in the back hall, and you looked like you were sure of winning. Did you think that Mr. Kong and I pretended to throw the jade bottle and sent Song San away, and then turned to you to ask for benefits, so you can pay for some
"Yinliang, can you just take the pair of jade vases home?" Mu Liuyun exposed Wang Er's previous petty thoughts, "You really think highly of us two!"
County Magistrate Kong didn't expect that there was such a level, but now seeing him kneeling on the ground shaking like a quail with a guilty conscience, he became even more furious: "Come here! Pull me down and hit the wrench! They say businessmen pursue profits, just now.
Mr. Mu said it would be fifty cents, and Mr. Kong will give ten more cents today! You must show your strength and don’t let people think that our Yamen is short of strength!”
Wang Er dared to argue again. He knelt on the ground and trembled in a ball. He didn't dare to shout about injustice. He was afraid that if he shouted one more words from County Magistrate Kong and gave him a few more boards, he would be dragged away from the front of the hall by two government officials as if he had lost his soul.
Chapter completed!