In the city, the three of them could only ride horses slowly. After leaving the city, they were able to gallop wildly. Su Pingcuo was originally a warrior, so riding horses was no problem.

Su Pingcuo knew that he was going to take Batulu away this time, and also knew that once Batulu left, he would be of little use in the future, so he couldn't help but feel worried. Fortunately, he had said hello to the Minister of Civil Affairs before, and would treat him well.

Take more care of me, so I feel more at ease.

The three of them headed south and arrived at Gusu County, seventy miles away from Suzhou City, at sunset.

In fact, Su Pingcuo had not seen Batulu for several days, but he had previously told the officials below that whenever Batulu went to their jurisdiction, they would immediately send someone to report it. According to the Gusu County Magistrate, Batu

Lu has been cleaning up old cases in Gusu County these days.

Hearing what Su Pingcuo said, Chen Liqiu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He knew why he was laughing. Batulu was not very bright and could not understand even ordinary cases. Any long-standing case must have many twists and turns.

How could Baturu be so clear about it?

It was already evening, and I thought that Batulu had already rested. Unexpectedly, the three of them came to the street where the county government office was located. From a distance, they saw a large number of villagers gathered outside the county government office. They were bustling with hundreds of people.

The lights above the courtroom were brightly lit.

The three tied up their horses, squeezed through the crowd, and arrived outside the government office. They saw Batulu in soap clothes sitting in the court hall, and the county magistrate in official uniform sitting in the west corner, standing on the left and right.

There were more than a dozen government officials holding killing sticks, and a man and a woman were kneeling in the hall. Both were in their thirties. To the east of them was an old woman who was over seventy years old, but this person was not kneeling.

Instead, he sat on a small bench.

Seeing that Su Pingcuo wanted to step forward to speak, he reached out to hold him. He also wanted to see how his senior brother solved the case.

Everyone in the hall seemed to be waiting for something, and no one said anything, but the people gathered outside the county government office were whispering and discussing in private.

I thought that everyone would laugh at Batulu for his nonsense, but after listening for a moment, I found that instead of laughing at Batulu, everyone admired him, saying that he was as wise as a fool and understood everything.

Not long after, a group of government officials hurried back from the west side. As they passed by, they smelled a strong stench on their bodies.

Batulu was waiting for these people. When he saw everyone returning, he immediately asked eagerly, "How is it? Are there any injuries on the body?"

"Sir, the body has rotted and there are no injuries on the bones." The man who looked like a man bowed and replied.

"Are you getting maggots?" Batulu asked again.

"No maggots seen." Wuzuo shook his head.

"Why are you so careless? It's been a year, and even if there were maggots, they would have rotted away long ago." Batulu asked again, "Is there a cocoon? It's the cocoon before the maggot turned into a fly.

, the cocoon has a hard shell, even if the meat inside is rotten, the shell should still be there."

"

No." Wu Zuo shook his head.

Hearing Wu Zuo's words, Batulu became furious, picked up the gavel tree and slapped it vigorously, "What an adulterer and a spoiled woman. She has no law and is so audacious that she dares to murder her own husband."

After Batulu finished speaking, the man and woman in the hall were so frightened that they were shaking like chaff and kept shouting that they were wronged. But the old woman sitting on the small bench fell to her knees and cried for Master Qingtian.

"Don't do this to me," Batulu said, shooting the gavel again, "Woman, let me ask you, when did your man die last year?"

"July." The woman replied timidly.

"How many days has the corpse been kept at the morgue?" Batulu asked again.

"Seven days." the woman answered.

Batulu stood up from his seat and walked down the hall, "It's so hot in your bird place. In summer, there are flies everywhere. The flies will definitely lay maggots on the corpse after seven days of resting. Even if the person is buried, the maggots will not die.

It can also form cocoons and turn into flies. There are no maggot cocoons in the coffin, which means that the flies have not laid maggots on your man. I have seen many dead people, and only those who died of poisoning do not attract flies."

After Batulu finished speaking, the onlookers were in an uproar. The man and woman denied it and kept shouting that they were wronged.

"What an injustice," Batulu pointed at the woman, "You remarried within two months of the man's death. You must have had an affair before, otherwise you wouldn't have remarried so quickly."

"And you," Batulu pointed at the man again, "you look like a dog, but you are actually not a good person. Let me tell you, if you didn't know how to speak, I wouldn't doubt you. Just you.

Only a person with such a smooth tone can seduce someone else's wife, but if you don't know how to speak, you won't be able to seduce her."

"Your Majesty, it is clear to you that we are really unjust." The man shouted that we were unjust.

"I've finished the examination. It's you who poisoned the person." Batulu waved his hand, "If you come, you will be punished. Each person will be given two hundred sticks first."

Hearing Batulu's words, the man and woman were immediately frightened and turned pale. The killing stick in the hand of the yamen officer was no joke. Not to mention two hundred sticks, even a hundred sticks were enough to beat someone to death.

Batulu gave the order, and the government officials immediately obeyed it without consulting the county magistrate sitting in the corner. This shows that this is not the first time that Batulu has done something similar in the past few days.

He once presided over the Yushitai and was proficient in criminal law. The two hundred sticks did not violate the criminal law, because the court stipulated that the maximum number of punishments for interrogation was two hundred sticks. If the prisoner did not confess after being beaten with two hundred sticks, a bailee must be removed. However, for ordinary people

There is no way he can take so many sticks.

The yamen officer knocked the man and woman down and then beat them. Once the stick was knocked down, they cried for father and mother.

"Boss didn't spend so many years with Master in vain. What he said makes sense."

Chen Liqiu said in a low voice.

When Chen Liqiu mentioned Master, he felt dark in his heart. He just nodded and did not answer the question.

At this moment, Batulu's voice came again, "Hit me, give me a hard beating. If you beat me to death, it's mine. There are people above me, and no one can do anything to me."

Hearing Batulu's words, he looked at Supingcuo standing aside with sympathetic eyes. It seemed that Supingcuo had been wiping Batulu's butt during this period.

Just as ghosts were crying and howling in the hall, he suddenly heard the sound of dry coughing coming from behind him. He could clearly distinguish the throat-clearing cough from the intentional coughing, and the subsequent dry coughing was intentional coughing.

Hearing the sound of dry coughing, he turned around and looked back.

At this time, there was a sea of ​​people outside the county government office, rubbing shoulders with each other. For a while, he could not find who was coughing before, but one of them happened to raise his hand to wipe his nose at this time, so he took another look at this person.

When he took a closer look, he immediately realized that he actually knew this person. He was none other than Sasaki, the Japanese who was let go that day.

Sasaki's appearance was a bit surprising, but not too surprising, because Suzhou is very close to the Jianghuai River, especially Gusu County where everyone is located. It is only three to four hundred miles away from the Jianghuai area occupied by Sun Ru. If the Japanese know that Batulu and him

Because of his relationship, he will definitely come and capture Batulu. Sasaki's appearance this time is most likely to capture Batulu.

He didn't stare at Sasaki for a long time, and turned around after realizing it was him. Batulu didn't know that the danger was approaching, and still showed off his power in the hall, "Only one of you can live, whoever confesses first will be let go."

I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I have people not only in the state, but also in the court. Let alone two, I'll kill two hundred. It won't matter."

Hearing Batulu's words, he smiled helplessly. As a senior brother, he demonstrated the power of a fox and a tiger to the fullest. With such a trick, it is a miracle that he has not been captured by the Japanese until today.

I have to say that Batulu's method is indeed effective. At the critical moment of life and death, the adulterer and the wife immediately rushed to confess and confess in order to survive.

Seeing the two men confessing, Batulu felt very proud. He first asked the chief bookkeeper to record the two men's crimes, and then turned to look at the magistrate sitting in the corner, asking them to learn from him.

Although he was facing the court, he quietly retreated, and Sasaki also slowly squeezed forward and came to the back.

Sasaki pretended to raise his hand to wipe his nose, covered his lips and asked in a low voice, "Jun, why are you here?"

"What are you doing here?" I asked casually.

"We were ordered to capture that burly black man," Sasaki whispered, "take him away quickly, otherwise we will take action."

"How many people are here?" he asked again.

"More than twenty," Sasaki said, "We can't beat you, so don't fight us."

"I won't kill you." He said.

The two kept their voices low, but they could hide it from others but not from Chen Liqiu who was nearby. However, Chen Liqiu did not look back, he just pretended to look towards the court and glanced back from the corner of his eye.

"I know you won't kill me, but if I run back by myself again, they will doubt me." Sasaki muttered in a low voice.

"Hmm." He made a nasal sound.

Worried about being noticed by his accomplices, Sasaki did not dare to approach him for a long time. Seeing that he agreed, he turned around and tried to squeeze elsewhere.

"Is the ship back yet?" he asked in a low voice.

When asked, Sasaki could only pretend to tie his shoelaces and bend down to answer, "We just docked this morning."

"How many people are here?" he asked again.

"Many, the eight major families have sent people here, so be more careful." Sasaki replied in a low voice, then hurried away without waiting for another word.

At this time, Batulu was enjoying the cheers and praises of the onlookers, feeling proud and majestic.

I came here just to take away Batulu, and had no intention of getting into more entanglements with the Japanese, so I winked at Chen Liqiu and Su Pingcuo, and the three of them squeezed out of the crowd and came to the court.

Others did not know Chen Liqiu, but Batulu knew them. Seeing them suddenly appearing accompanied by Su Pingcuo, he was overjoyed and jumped up and down, "Haha, third child, fifth child, you two

Why are you here?"

"We are here to take you home for the New Year." Chen Liqiu smiled.

"Go home?" Batulu was stunned.

Chen Liqiu heard the conversation with Sasaki before and knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he urged, "Yes, let's go quickly."

"So urgent? The case hasn't been concluded yet." Batulu didn't know that he was on the verge of death.

Worried that the Japanese would find the mounts of everyone on our side, they stretched out their hands and pulled them, "Let's go, I'll cut them off later."

"Wait, my magic stick." Batulu turned towards the publican and picked up his iron stick.

When I saw the iron rod, I remembered that the horses prepared were not enough. The Batulu people were tall and their horses were more than three hundred kilograms, and the iron rod also weighed more than three hundred kilograms. One person had one rod and one horse.

It's simply not enough.

Seeing the frown, Chen Liqiu guessed what he was thinking, "I'll help him carry the stick."

Nodding, Chen Liqiu was very thin, and he was riding a stallion, so it was not a big problem to carry a weight of four to five hundred kilograms.
Chapter completed!