Qin Official

"Heifu... Chief of the camp, the doctors in the camp said that the East Gate Leopard is not in danger..."

Ji Ying ran to the "head examination" place to report back. After hearing the news, not only Hei Fu breathed a sigh of relief, but the other people also said that Dongmen Bao was destined to die, and their expressions relaxed.

Ji Ying himself felt a stone fall in his stomach. Although he had known Dongmen Bao since he was serving in Anlu County, the two of them had often ridiculed each other and seemed to have a grudge. But Dongmen Bao was injured and fainted, and it was Ji Ying who was running around most actively. Unknowingly, more than a year had passed. Under the leadership of Hei Fu, the two of them got along day and night. They were as close as brothers. They would still quarrel when they should. But when the other person's life is in danger, he will try his best to help.

But Ji Ying immediately realized that something was not right about the atmosphere: in addition to everyone in Xintun gathered there, there were also many Qin soldiers watching at the smelly head examination place, pointing at the scene in front of them.

"What happened? What are you doing?"

Ji Ying was just waiting for the reply from the Chinese medicine doctor in the camp. He didn't know what was going on outside, and he suddenly felt strange. Why was Gong Ao, a member of his camp, tied up by Wu Hua Da Da, as if he was being interrogated by the law officials?

He immediately became nervous, fearing that Gong Ao had committed a crime and escaped? Disobey? This will all lead to accountability! Heifu had warned them long ago that as long as one of his companions escapes, if the other four do not stop him, then in the final trial, in addition to the escapee, the other four will also be executed!

"No big deal."

Heifu smiled and said: "Just wait, there will be a good show."

While they were talking, a carriage came speeding back. The Qin soldier driving the carriage and the Dou Shi clerk in the carriage got out of the carriage, took out the headless corpse carried in the carriage, and placed it in front of the military judge...

"Is this this person?"

The military judge asked the assistant to bring Gong Ao over first, let him take a look at the body, and then asked him to whisper the answer in the ear of the assistant.

After Gong Ao finished reading, Man was also brought over to do the same.

After both of them gave their answers, the military judge frowned, glanced at Heifu, and shook his head at him.

It turned out that Heifu's idea was very simple. Since it was impossible to tell who killed this person based on his head alone, he could only ask the village chief who captured the two men to go to the scene of the incident and retrieve the headless body. According to the village chief who captured the two men, there was no one around at the time. Only the body fell under a willow tree, which was not difficult to distinguish.

Heifu also suggested that when the body is returned, a headless body that died elsewhere should be brought over for the two of them to identify. Since he was killed in a fight and his head was beheaded with his own hands, it was impossible not to be impressed by the appearance of the slain person.

However, what surprised them was that Gong Ao and Man actually denied that this was the body of the deceased...

Li Xian on the side said with his tongue: "It seems that when Man was fighting for the head, he also noticed the dress of the corpse. Now there is some trouble."

"There's no rush." ​​Hei Fu was still confident: "If the first move doesn't work, there's a second move."

Since there was no blackmail to reveal the truth, there was no need to lie. The military judge asked someone to move the real body from the car down, and then confirm with the two of them whether this was that person's body?

"This is the body of the person I killed." Gong Ao only came over to take a look and said without hesitation.

On the other side, Mitsuru was brought over again. After a slight hesitation, he also said to his assistant: "It's the corpse I beheaded!"

The military judge shook his head again and asked the assistant to cover their eyes and take them to a place thirty steps away from each other where they could not hear each other's voices. Then he asked a black-robed doctor invited from the military camp to come out and conduct an autopsy directly. …

When he was in Anlu County, Heifu saw the meticulousness with which Shi Nu performed autopsies when handling cases, almost reaching the level of forensic autopsy reports of later generations.

Relying on this advanced autopsy method, unless like the uncle who was killed by the black husband but lied that he died in the line of duty, the wound around the eye socket was smashed to pieces by "accidentally" falling off the cliff and destroying the evidence, otherwise there is no way to escape. Send an order to Shi Fayan!

It was only when Hei Fu became friends with Nu that he learned that this skill, known as the "Ling Shi Technique", was actually not invented by the officials handling the case, but was taught by Qin doctors in their schools. taught.

Nu also said that if Heifu's younger brother wanted to develop in the direction of Lingshi in the future, he would also have to learn this skill...

Although there is no order history on the battlefield, there are doctors, especially "sore doctors" who specialize in dealing with sword wounds. The wound on the head just now was examined by the wound doctor. They can rely on the characteristics of the wounds to accurately reconstruct the injuries the deceased suffered during his lifetime and the manner in which he was killed...

Not long after, under the watch of more and more Qin soldiers, the black-robed doctor had completed the examination of the corpse. He wrote all the information he found on wooden slips and then forwarded them to military officials for review.

Hei Fu felt a little sad. The rigid character of the Qin people shaped by Qin Lu was deeply imprinted in their bones. Even on a battlefield with simple conditions, the doctor's examination of the corpse still had to be submitted to the military judge in writing and could not rely solely on oral reports.

After reading the love letter, the military judge finally relaxed his brows. He nodded to Heifu and once again ordered the two assistant officials to question Gong Ao and Man.

"At that time, how we fought with this man and how we killed him! Everything must be told in detail!"

Gong Ao was blindfolded, but he still stood up straight, held his head high, and slowly told what happened. While recording, the assistant nodded slightly to the military judge.

As for the other side, it was much more difficult. After being asked this question, he was already sweating profusely. After hesitating and hesitating... suddenly, he seemed to have lost the courage to continue speaking, and he knelt down slumped. Fall to the ground!

Man didn't stay in the Qin army in vain, and knew that the process of his speculation and fabrication could not be completely consistent with the facts. He understood that it was impossible for him to escape the questioning of the military law officials, but it was too late to regret at this moment. He could only bang his head on the ground and said loudly:

"Villain... villain plead guilty!"

…

After a clever interrogation, the truth finally came out. The man was indeed killed by Gong Ao, but during the fight, Gong Ao's shoulder was also injured.

Just when Gong Ao cut off his head and was about to hang it on his waist, Man came. Seeing Gong Ao's injury and seeing the head, he suddenly had evil thoughts and raised his sword, wanting to kill Gong Ao and take his head. !

Unexpectedly, Gong Ao was more capable than him. Within a few moments, he chased Man Man everywhere. Gong Ao was such a hot-tempered boy, how could he endure being attacked by someone unexpectedly! I didn’t want the head anymore and threw it directly on the ground!

At this time, a village happened to be passing by. Seeing the Qin soldiers fighting among themselves, he captured them...

After all, according to the situation at that time, it did seem that Gong Ao was chasing Man. He was also unpleasant to speak, so the suspicion was pointed at Gong Ao.

If Heifu hadn't stood up and asked the military judge to be cautious and find out the truth through the headless corpse, Gong Ao might have been unjustly killed.

Yes, this crime deserves death. After pleading guilty, Man was sentenced to be beheaded by the military judge for committing two crimes: fighting for the head and private fighting!

Execute now!

In front of hundreds of Qin soldiers, Man was pushed down on the wooden stake, his ax fell, and blood spurted out for several feet. His head was in a different place. His flying head was tied with a hemp rope and pulled up. Hanging above the gate!

Afterwards, the military judge also smiled at Heifu.

"Heifu, actually I heard about your deeds when I was a military historian in Jiangling County. You are worthy of being the chief of the Pavilion, Heifu, who solved three major cases in a row. You are really good."

Otherwise, the military law officials would not listen to the advice of a small village chief.

The military judge stroked his beard and said, "If you hadn't been here today, I'm afraid the truth about this first case wouldn't have been revealed so quickly."

Heifulian said he didn't dare. At this time, the military judge looked at Gong Ao, who was still full of indignation after being released.

"Commander Ao, your grievances have been cleared. I will record this head on the wooden slip between you and Xintun... Don't worry, your achievements will be reported truthfully, and you will be rewarded with a title." few."

At this point, Gong Ao has been cleared of his grievances, and Heifu's village has also obtained the seventeenth head they dreamed of, reaching the "profit theory" standard. This should be a happy thing for everyone.

However, at this time, Gong Ao's arrogant temper came up again. He was sulking and said in his heart: "It's ridiculous! I just want to get my innocence back. Who cares about this rotten head?"

Thinking like this, he opened his mouth and wanted to say that this head could be counted on Xin Tun's head and the commander of the village could be promoted.

As for him?

No matter what reward or title, I don’t care about it. I don’t want it any more! Give it to whomever you love!

However, as soon as he said a few words, Heifu guessed what this guy was going to do. In desperation, he stretched out his foot and tripped Gong Ao to the ground!

Gong Ao was shocked, and just as he was about to question, Hei Fu knelt down and pretended to help him up, but instead he stuffed a handful of sand into Gong Ao's mouth, and scolded him in his ear: "Shut up!"

The military judge looked at the performance of these two people and sneered: "Chief Heifu, what does this chief want to say?"

"He said he was grateful to the military judges for enforcing the law impartially and clearing his name."

Heifu smiled broadly and pressed Gong Ao hard with both hands to prevent him from speaking.

The military judge was not stupid and had already guessed what Gong Ao had not finished. However, for the sake of Hei Fu, he did not pursue it too much. Instead, he waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. He would continue to count the heads for everyone's sake. Gongjue...

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"Heifu, what do you want to do? Why do you humiliate me in public like this!"

After walking dozens of steps away, Gong Ao broke away from everyone's support and revealed the sand in his mouth, his face full of indignation.

However, Heifu just looked at him coldly and said nothing. Li Xian, who was standing beside him, sighed and said, "Gong Ao, you are so talented, but you don't know what the military law says?"

"How?"

Gong Ao felt that the handful of sand almost choked him to death, and he was still coughing.

Li Xian was originally literate and knew the law. When he was assembled in Fangcheng County, he was pulled by Heifu and asked him to copy the military law with him and understand the orders and prohibitions in the army. They were the only two people in the entire village who were familiar with the military regulations of the Qin army.

So he said to Gong Ao: "It is said in the military law: Those who are not punished will die! Those who are not rewarded will die! If you were talking nonsense just now, you are already hanging on the camp gate together with Man's head. Got it!"

As soon as these words came out, Gong Ao's expression changed.

This is Wei Liao's supplement to Qin's military law: Those who deserve to be punished but ask for forgiveness must be put to death; those who deserve to be rewarded but ask not to be rewarded must also be put to death!

Yes, Qin's military regulations are so exaggerated. You may think that refusing rewards is a matter of personality, a sign of integrity, and a matter that can be decided by individuals. But in the eyes of Qin officials, this was a subordinate disobeying the orders of his superiors and an attempt to question the reward and punishment system in Qin's military law!

If left unchecked, this trend will continue to spread, eventually causing the soldiers to become disloyal and the general to be unable to command the army.

Therefore, anyone who offends, whether he should be punished but not punished, or should be rewarded but refused, will all be put to death! This situation must be nipped in the bud.

Li Xian sneered: "Gong Ao, just now the commander not only proposed an autopsy to the military judge, which proved your innocence, but also stopped you from talking about seeking death, but he saved you twice! What about you? How did you repay the commander? of?"

After Gong Ao heard this, he was stunned for a while. Although he was arrogant and proud of himself, he was not a ungrateful person.

After learning the truth, the anger just now turned into regret and guilt. This young man who never liked to kneel down, without saying a word, immediately knelt down to Hei Fu, bowed his head heavily and said: "Gong Ao never owes anything. No one can do anything, but now, I owe the village commander two lives! I will remember Gong Ao in my heart and I will repay you!"

Heifu sighed and helped Gong Ao up. Gong Ao was still full of guilt and did not dare to look up at him. It seemed that the biggest thorn in the village was finally convinced after this incident.

"When I was reciting military regulations and laws in Fangcheng County, I saw this paragraph at the end, which should have been added by Wei Liao, the state captain."

Heifu looked at his subordinates, Gong Ao with shame on his face, Ji Ying who was trustworthy, Li Xian who was good at observing people's words, Xiao Tao who was honest and quiet, and Divination who was chattering like a god...

He said slowly: "Let the soldiers be like relatives, and the soldiers be like friends. Only in this way can we be stopped like a wall, moved like wind and rain, the chariots will not be rutted, and the soldiers will not be turned around. This is the way to fight!"

"What Guowei said is so good! My wish is also the same. In the same village, everyone can be like relatives and friends, sharing life and death! Only by trusting each other can we survive this battle to destroy Wei and make more contributions. Sir!"

"Like relatives, like friends, under the command of the commander of the camp, if you survive, you will make more meritorious services!"

No matter who they were, they all responded in unison. They surrounded Hei Fu like stars surrounding the moon. After a bloody battle, the relationship between everyone seemed to be closer than before.

Even the aloof Gong Ao was included in the small group because of this incident, and he only followed his lead.

Seeing that everyone was finally kneaded into a whole, Hei Fu was very satisfied and said with a smile: "Let's go and see Ah Bao in the camp!"

"Of course, let the second and third sons also see how embarrassed he is when he is injured!" Ji Ying started to make noises.

Unexpectedly, before Hei Fu and others reached the camp gate, they heard a voice calling him.

"Heifutun Chief!"

When Hei Fu and others turned around, it was the doctor in black robes who had just examined the body. According to Ji Ying, this man's name was Chen Wujiu, who was a medical officer with the army. It was Chen Wujiu who treated the Dongmen Leopard's wounds... …

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and Hei Fu was even more worried: "Could it be that Dongmen Leopard's injury has recurred?"

He immediately took a step forward and responded: "I am a subordinate. I dare to ask Dr. Chen, how is Master Dongmen Bao's injury?"

"He is fine and there is no fear for his life for the time being. It is you I am looking for!"

"Looking for me?" Hei Fu was stunned. He vaguely guessed the reason, but he pretended to be confused: "I wonder what's going on?"

Chen Wujiu looked at Ji Ying: "I heard from the person who sent him here that the wounds on the gentleman's body were treated by the village chief?"

"It's me..." Hei Fu was about to explain. After receiving the answer, Chen Wujiu's face lit up and he impatiently pulled Hei Fu away!

"It's fine if it's you! No need to say more, come with me quickly and show me the method of stopping the bleeding of those wounds again!"