Chapter 426: faux pas
Chapter 426 Mistakes
Since ancient times, yin and yang have grown together, and black and white have grown together.
Black and white, good and evil have always been that there is me in you and you are in me, and it is inseparable, and the same is true for officials and officials. Officials rely on officials to implement the law, and officials earn their living by serving officials.
The position of the head of the prison is quite special among the officials. He connects black and white. His life is dirty and tiring, but he is a real fat policeman. As long as the head of the prison is accurate enough, ruthless with his hands, and hard-hearted, the money he earns from being a prison head in Wucheng for a few years will be enough to buy a property in a remote lane in Kang'an City.
When the Anjia trustee found Lin Shunchang, the head of the Dongcheng Bingma Division, and asked him to get rid of the Anjia runaway slave who had just been caught in the prison for two hundred taels of silver, Lin Shunchang happily agreed.
Because the fugitive slave was going to be killed sooner or later, it was a virtue in Lin Shunchang's opinion to let him go to see the King of Hell earlier with a few days less of his sins.
After Lin Shunchang collected the money, he walked back to the yamen and sent the escaped slave to the road. Who would have guessed that he had just stepped on the steps of the yamen when he heard the bell ringing on the high-rise building of the Dongshi government office. In a short while, there was a submerged army in the yamen who ran out with a bucket of water and ran to the place where the fire was burning.
Lin Shunchang stood aside and shouted loudly, "Brothers, put out the fire and come back safely, we are waiting for you to have a drink together."
The Fire Army loves to hear this sentence, "Brother Lin, get two more meat dishes, don't fool the brothers with the prison meal again!"
"Okay!" After more than 20 people from the Submarine Fire Army ran out, Lin Shunchang continued to stroll in. Who knew that after a few steps, the bell rang again, and another group of brothers rushed out carrying the guy . After they passed by, Lin Shunchang carried the lantern and hadn't reached the door of the prison when the bell rang again, and then the horn sounded hurriedly.
This is because the submersible army is not enough, and the yamen began to call the officers on duty in the yamen to put out the fire.
When the officers on duty heard the horn, they immediately put down what they were doing, and each found the water-filled utensils and ran to the gate of the yamen. , a few of the prison guards also ran out. Seeing that Lin Shunchang was still walking inside, he greeted him, "Head of the cell, let's go put out the fire first?"
This opportunity is really rare, and Lin Shunchang responded loudly, "You guys go first, I'll go get a big bucket from the prison, and I'll come right away."
With only half of the guards left in the prison, Lin Shunchang stepped into the gloomy dungeon under the dim light of the fire and the sound of the bell. He couldn't help thinking of the fire that burned half of the sky in the punishment department in the first year of Jinglong, when the bell of the imperial city rang. Then there was a sound, knocking people into panic. He walked to the prison where the prisoners were being held for trial, and at a glance, he saw a thin man with scars on his face, who was held in a solitary cell holding a package tightly.
This man was hunched into a ball, with his neck shrunk, his eyes dodging, and at first glance he looked like a lowly scumbag. Lin Shunchang was relieved and asked his most trusted jailer in a low voice, "What is he holding?"
"Just a few tattered children's clothes, which are supposed to be worn by the children of his family." The jailer replied.
These tattered clothes are probably important items, so An Jiacai specially mentioned the package. Lin Shunchang didn't have any curiosity, so he whispered, "Prepare some food for him. Tomorrow, the lord will have to try the case, but he can't let him have an accident. There have been a lot of mice in the prison recently, and his ragged clothes are afraid to make a move. Rat, burn it."
"The little one understands." The jailer understood. The "delicious food" in the prison is the meal with the head cut off. "I can't let him have an accident" means I can't let him live until tomorrow morning. There are many rats that just pretend to be bitten to death by rats.
After watching the jailer prepare the guillotine meal for the Anjia runaway slave, Lin Shunchang ran out of the yamen with a wooden barrel and ran towards Jiishen Lane in Dongshi City.
Jieshen Alley sells gold, silver and colored silk. Whether the silk is burned, smoked or watered, it is destroyed. After the fire tonight, it is not known how many shopkeepers are going to hang themselves.
Who knew he had not yet reached Caibo Lane, and the brothers who went to put out the fire came back. Lin Shunchang was stunned, "Do you put out the fire so quickly?"
"Some **** set the fire, and we caught the fire before it started. Damn, go back and kill him!" The yacha scolded and walked back.
Arson is a felony, who is so disgusting? Lin Shun took a few glances at the person being held, but he didn't recognize him, so he said, "Let's go back..."
"Dang-dangdang-dang-dangdang-" Before Lin Shunchang could finish his words, the bells on the high-rise building sounded a rhythm of one or two, indicating that the fire was in the east-south direction of the official office.
The crowd turned cursingly and ran to the southeast with their water-drawing equipment. When they arrived, they found that an old uninhabited firewood house had caught fire. After everyone put out the fire, they rushed back to the yamen and heard that someone had escaped from the prison!
The head of the prison, Lin Shunchang, ran to the prison immediately, only to find out that it was the thugs who were arrested tonight who were chasing and killing the Anjia runaway slaves, and wanted to escape from the prison. Lin Shunchang felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly ran to see if the runaway slave of the An family was dead.
The fugitive slave was not dead, but the jailer who planned to poison the fugitive slave was gagged and bound. When the jailer saw the head of the cell coming back, he immediately struggled for help. Lin Shunchang asked quickly, "What's wrong?"
"This kid wanted to poison the prisoner, and was caught by Mr. Wang." The official said.
Lin Shunchang's heart throbbed, "Why did Mr. Wang return to the yamen at this hour?"
"Fortunately, Lord Wang is back, otherwise let those scumbags escape from the prison, enough for you to drink a pot." The ya messenger led the jailer out.
Lin Shunchang chased after him and asked, "Where are the brothers taking him?"
"Master Du went to court overnight to try the case."
Commander Du also returned to the yamen? Lin Shunchang felt that something was wrong and ran out quickly. As soon as he ran to the back door of An's house, he saw someone sneaking out of the door with a bag and running towards the dark alley.
Lin Shunchang was hesitating whether or not to shout to catch up when he heard a muffled sound in the darkness, and then there was nothing.
Lin Shunchang hid in the corner and broke out in a cold sweat. He could not wait to take out the two hundred taels of silver and throw it into the Anjia yard, as if nothing happened tonight. But there is no regret medicine in the world, now it's too late.
In the An Mansion, An Yunchang's cold sweat was several times longer than Lin Shun's when he learned that Suo Yongping had not been silenced, the person sent to set the fire was caught, and his aides fled. He didn't want to take regret medicine, he just wanted to keep Suo Yongping's mouth shut. He walked around the room in circles, but he couldn't think of any feasible strategy other than a torch that set the Dongcheng soldiers and horses on fire.
Could it be that he really can't pass this level? An Yunchang was paralyzed on the Taishi chair and fell into despair.
There were many fires in Dongcheng and the looting of prisons quickly spread to all the prefectures in Kang'an City. Du Maoshen, the commander of Dongcheng, immediately sent the news to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. Zhao Demin, the young Yin of Jingzhao Mansion who was on duty in the Yamen, sent someone to deliver the letter to Lord Yin, and he immediately rushed to the Yamen of Dongcheng to check the details. When Zhang Wenjiang got the news, he immediately changed his official robe and drove to Dongcheng.
Xiao Junping, the minister of Dali Temple, got up in his clothes and frowned, "Jiang Feng, this boy, he will not start sooner or later, but he will start after the ten generals and the envoys of the twelve countries enter Beijing. This is his own idea, or Long live instigation. of?"
In Du's residence, the current patriarch and former minister of punishment, Du Hai'an, let out a long sigh, "The scandal cannot be made public, so we have to find a way to delay the case for a while until the envoys from the twelve countries leave Beijing."
(end of this chapter)