Lin Tiancheng
When Lin Tiancheng was in prison, he was only given one meal a day, and sometimes he only had one meal every few days.
He was so thin that he looked like a ghost. He couldn't speak, couldn't open his eyes, and his hair was disheveled. Few people had ever seen his face.
Unlike now, her gray hair was combed meticulously and pinned on top of her head with a long, shiny wooden hairpin.
He was wearing a grey Taoist robe, was able to eat his fill, had a ruddy complexion, and was skilled in martial arts. He really looked like a Taoist priest with great accomplishments.
Not to mention, even if the jailer who delivered meals to him all year round came in front of him, he wouldn't be able to recognize him.
He is more suitable to testify for Qin Nian than Su Bi.
Standing outside the court listening to the trial through a thick door, Lin Tiancheng, who had great kung fu and strong hearing, heard Wen Xinglan ordering Qin Nian to be beaten. He hurried forward and said that he was a witness.
He wanted to save Qin Nian, which was equivalent to saving Wen Xinglan. If the yamen runners really wanted to come and beat Qin Nian, Qin Nian would definitely use the space to deal with Wen Xinglan.
When he was summoned to the hall, Wen Xinglan, who was full of authority, looked at him and said, "Who is this person in the hall? Why don't you kneel when you see me?"
"I am a Taoist priest, I have transcended the Three Realms and am not in the mortal world, so I will not kneel."
"Since you are a Taoist priest and not in the mortal world, why do you care about the affairs of the mortal world?"
Lin Tiancheng sneered: "Being outside the Three Realms and not being bound by secular etiquette does not mean that you will not speak out for justice.
Last night, I was standing at the East City Gate waiting for my nephew, and I saw this little girl and several of her family members entering the city through the East City Gate.
At that time, I thought this girl was extremely beautiful, so I looked at her a few more times. "
Wen Xinglan sneered: "Old Taoist, you said that you have jumped out of the Three Realms and are not bound by secular etiquette. This point is still valid.
"But you are a Taoist priest, why do you look at the girl so much? Are you a fake Taoist priest? Seeing the beautiful woman also makes you want to be lustful?"
"snort!"
Lin Tiancheng had a look of disdain on his face, and pointed at Wen Xinglan with his hand: "There are 30,000 battles in the world, and both the beautiful and the ugly are in line.
People admire beauty, but people guard against ugliness. I think this little girl is a prize.
Your Excellency is sitting in the temple, and I think you are guarding against it, like guarding against the Zhongshan wolf. "
Wen Xinglan asked a question and Lin Tiancheng answered with a series of rhymes, which stunned the bailiffs in the court.
This Taoist priest is quite capable and his words are very coherent.
Wen Xinglan said with a bad face: "Old Taoist, two servants of Mr. Zhang's family saw with their own eyes that Qin Nian stabbed Mr. Zhang to death with a sharp knife.
This is a witness.
You said Qin Nian didn't kill Mr. Zhang, where is the witness?"
"I am the witness."
Lin Tiancheng shook his head and said, "Let me tell you in detail. When Qin Nian and her family came into the city, I picked up my nephew.
At that time, I didn’t know that the girl’s name was Qin Nian.
Turning around, we walked towards the county town to see the lanterns. I and my nephew walked behind Miss Qin. There were too many people, and everyone walked very slowly.
They can only follow one another and no one can surpass them.
After walking for a while, the people in front of us retreated like a tide, shouting, "There's a killing ahead, there's a killing ahead."
At this time, Qin Nian was right in front of me. There were too many people. I saw Miss Qin and her grandmother were about to be squeezed down, so I helped them.
They didn't fall down. When she thanked me, she told me that her name was Qin Nian, and that she ran a stew restaurant. She wanted to treat me to a completely vegetarian stew.
It was then that I knew her name was Qin Nian.
I watched the family leave through the east gate they came in through.
I heard people talking this morning that the murderer of Mr. Zhang has been caught. She is a girl who runs a stew restaurant. Her name is Qin Nian. She is being interrogated in the lobby.
I was shocked. Isn't this an injustice?
So I came here to testify that when Mr. Zhang was killed, Qin Nian didn't even walk over.
How can you kill someone if you haven't even come to Mr. Zhang?"
"Mr. Zhang's servant saw Qin Nian kill Mr. Zhang with his own eyes. How do you explain this?"
Lin Tiancheng's eyes were filled with chills: "It's easy to explain, they lied.
The county magistrate should not be unconvinced if someone comes out at this time and testifies that he saw with his own eyes the two servants of Mr. Zhang commit murder.
Should the county magistrate arrest the two servants and bring them to court, just like he did with Miss Qin?
First, let them admit to the murder. If they don’t admit it, they will be beaten with twenty water and fire sticks?
The county magistrate did not try the case, but made a judgment right away, and the judgment was still a false and wrongful conviction. "
Wen Xinglan said: "Qin Nian once colluded with Zhang Heng, a pawnbroker, to deceive Mr. Zhang and bought one hundred acres of land from him at a low price.
She was reported to the government office by Mr. Zhang, so she had a motive for committing the crime. Why would the servants of Mr. Zhang's family kill the master? They had no motive for committing the crime. "
Lin Tiancheng looked at Wen Xinglan: "Don't you know the result of Qin Nian's land purchase case?"
Thinking that it was handled by Prince Xuan himself, the former county magistrate and the legal advisor were exiled, and Mr. Zhang, who made the false accusation, was beaten with thirty sticks.
Wen Xinglan opened his mouth, but he didn't have the courage to say that King Xuan was wrong in his judgment. If he angered King Xuan, he would probably be exiled.
If that time really comes, the Minister of the Central Secretariat will not turn against his brother-in-law, Prince Xuan, for a small county magistrate like him.
Wen Xinglan knew what was going on.
But in this court, he could not be intimidated by this Taoist priest who appeared out of nowhere.
He snorted coldly: "I ordered Qin Nian to be beaten just to scare her and make her tell the truth, I didn't intend to really beat her.
"I am trying a case, do I need a Taoist priest like you to point fingers at me? If you are so capable, why don't you become an official?"
"I have immortal bones, so I want to be a Taoist priest. Just like you, sir, you don't have immortal bones, so you can only be an official.
This is a choice that everyone makes based on their own conditions.
However, the worst consequence of being a Taoist priest is that one cannot ascend to heaven. The worst consequence of being an official is that one's entire clan is exterminated.
Therefore, I, for the sake of my future immortality, will not lie. County magistrate, for the sake of your clan, please do not do anything that goes against your conscience. "
Wen Xinglan's heart trembled after hearing these threats.
He was an aide to the Minister of the Central Secretariat Ji Lin, and it was with Ji Lin's recommendation that he took the position of magistrate of Yi County.
A few days ago, Ji Lin sent a killer and informed him very vaguely that the killer was going to kill Mr. Zhang during the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
If Mr. Zhang didn't come out to see the lanterns, I would go to his house and kill someone.
Then, Mr. Zhang's servant reported that Qin Nian from Dawa Village was the murderer and wanted to make this case a murder case.
Qin Nian had no chance to turn around and was killed.
Although Wen Xinglan was Ji Lin's staff, he was not his confidant. At his level, it was unlikely that he would understand why Ji Lin did this.
But if he wants to become Ji Lin's true confidant, he must follow Ji Lin's instructions.
Last night, Mr. Zhang was murdered, and this morning, two of his servants came to accuse Qin Nian of murder.
Qin Nian was arrested. If she did not admit to the murder, she would be tortured first. Once she confessed, she would be chopped to pieces.
Just a country girl with no background.
In the last land purchase case, she was rescued by King Xuan. It happened that King Xuan was there to provide disaster relief, and also to teach Zhang Guohao, who was hostile to him, a lesson.
Qin Nian was lucky and was helped by King Xuan.
Even if this is a wrongful case, with her background and the people in her family, what can they do to him?
Unexpectedly, a Taoist priest suddenly appeared along the way.
Judging from the posture of this dead Taoist priest, he is not an ordinary person. You have to be careful and don't really get your whole family involved.
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