Chapter 799: Caught Again
Manbao walked into the pharmacy carrying a basket on his back, greeted Doctor Ji, sat down at his seat, and began to wait for patients to come.
At this time, Zhou Silang had just left the city gate of Yizhou City and arrived in Luojiang County. County Magistrate Tang, who had rested in the county government office for the night, got up and had a hearty breakfast. Then he summoned the Luojiang County government official who was watching Qili Village to question him.
"You mean that Baldy is in the gambling house in the county town now?"
"Yes, he left the village the night before yesterday and went to Daguan Village outside the city to play big/small betting. He actually won a handful of copper coins and came into the city the day before yesterday. He has been hanging around in the gambling house since then." The bailiff said, "He was really lucky the past two days, winning constantly, but he started losing money yesterday and has almost lost all the money he had. He didn't leave last night, so he's probably still in the gambling house now."
County Magistrate Tang said, "Then take your men and go there and bring the man back to me."
The yamen runners didn't expect that they would catch Baldy again. They still didn't understand how Baldy had offended their master. Not only did he ask them to keep an eye on him, but he also summoned Tang County Magistrate from Yizhou City.
However, precisely because of the presence of this important figure, the yamen runners did not dare to be negligent. Several people formed a team and rushed to the gambling street like wolves and tigers, dragged out the bald man whose eyes were red from gambling, and took him to the county government office.
The trap is ready, just waiting for the gamblers who will sneak into the last corner:...
Seeing that Lai Tou was caught by the yamen runners, they could do nothing but put away the IOU that Lai Tou had signed and plan to find time to go to Qili Village.
The monk can run away, but the temple cannot. Even if Baldy is caught, doesn’t he still have someone at home?
Baldy hadn't slept for a day and a night, and was a little confused when he was taken to the county government office. But maybe it was because he was familiar with it, so he was not very scared this time.
So when he was forced to kneel in the lobby, he didn't look scared at all. He just knelt there in a daze, his mind still thinking about gambling.
County Magistrate Tang came out from the back hall and sat down on the seat of the county magistrate in the lobby of Luojiang County with great interest. He touched the things on the table curiously. After studying the things on the table, he propped up his chin and looked at the bald man who was still in a daze.
County Magistrate Tang took a look at the bald man and knew what was going on.
He turned around and asked the yamen runner, "How much did you lose?"
"The IOU I wrote down is eight taels."
County Magistrate Tang sighed and said, "That's their family's annual income, right?"
The bailiff replied "Yes".
Magistrate Tang pulled a stick from the stick holder, touched it, and asked, "I heard he asked him to sell his wife and daughter. Is there anyone else in his family who can be sold?"
The yamen runner said, "There is another son."
County Magistrate Tang handed him the stick and said with a faint smile, "Then give him ten strokes of the cane to wake him up."
"yes!"
The yamen runners took the stick and dragged the bald man away to beat him. Because County Magistrate Tang was different from County Magistrate Yang, the yamen runners hit the bald man with ten boards. The bald man did not expect that this beating would be more painful than the last time, and he could not help but screaming loudly.
County Magistrate Tang listened expressionlessly. After the beating was finished and he was dragged in, he spoke again, "Zhou Dali, look up and see who I am."
When the bald man looked up, he realized that the person sitting in the hall was not County Magistrate Yang, but a very unfamiliar official who was wearing official uniform and looked very majestic.
County Magistrate Tang smiled at him and said, "County Magistrate Yang has returned to the capital to marry. I have been transferred from the prefectural capital to try your case. Do you know what you have done wrong?"
The bald man shook his head.
County Magistrate Tang's smiling face darkened as he said expressionlessly, "He doesn't even know what he's done. It's obvious he has no intention of repenting. So, whether he gets a trial or not is irrelevant. Come, put him in the cell and execute him on a later date."
The yamen runners were stunned and didn't react for a moment. County Magistrate Tang raised his eyelids and glanced at them coldly.
The bailiffs came to their senses with a start and immediately dragged the confused bald man away.
It wasn't until he left the lobby that the bald man reacted and struggled, "What, what do you mean? Execute me, why do you want to execute me..."
No one paid any attention to him. They dragged him to the deepest part of the prison, pushed him inside and closed the door.
Luojiang County is small, poor, and the people there are not very violent, so there are few people committing crimes throughout the year.
Even if someone was caught fighting or stealing, County Magistrate Yang would not lock them up in jail for free. Most of the time he would lock them up for a while, and then force them to go out and work after they had been tamed.
They either went to work in government fields or to serve in the army building bridges and roads. There was always endless work waiting for them.
Therefore, the prison in Luojiang County has always been very lenient, and the innermost part is usually where serious criminals sentenced to death are imprisoned.
Since County Magistrate Fu, there has not been such a prisoner in Luojiang County, so the place has been empty. A man came in from an uninhabited area, and the rats and cockroaches that had made their home there became excited. They squeaked lively and ran around to have fun, but they came back in after a while.
This made Baldhead, who often saw rats and insects, feel cold in his heart and he used his hands to drive away the rats and insects.
He knew that this kind of thing was just like a dog, if you were mean to it, it would become soft, so he grabbed a handful of straw from the ground and beat it like crazy, and finally drove the rats out of the cell. But he knew that they didn't go far, and they must be hiding in some corner, secretly watching him.
But Baldy had no time to think about that. He rushed to the railing, waved his hands vigorously, and shouted: "Sir, sir, why did you arrest me this time? What does that gentleman mean? What do you mean by execution?"
The prison warden hit his hand hard with a wooden stick, forcing him to pull it back, and shouted, "Behave yourself! The adults told you to reflect on your mistakes, so you should reflect on them yourself. You don't even know what you did wrong, so how can I know?"
After saying that, he left.
Someone from a cell far away shouted over here, "Hey, brother, what crime have you committed? Why are you on death row?"
The bald man's legs went weak and he fell to his knees. He looked towards the place where they were talking and found that it was a corner. He could only barely see the people living inside. It was obvious that his cell was really deep.
There was no one in the nearby cells connected to his.
Baldy's tears suddenly fell, "I, I was just gambling, gambling is not against the law..."
"Come on, can gambling get you sent to death row? You're even going to be executed. Do you know what execution is?" The prisoner at the corner said, "That means beheading. Brother, what kind of evil have you done?"
"No, I didn't, I didn't..."
But no one listened to him except two prisoners who were sitting around the corner, bored out of their minds.
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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