Master Luo Cao

Kong Lun took the medicine and fell into a drowsy sleep, but Fu Yunshu tossed and turned, and only took a break this morning. Although Brother Kou specifically told him not to think too much, but when he closed his eyes, his mind was still going back and forth. In this case, I would only fall asleep in the morning, and when I woke up, I rushed out to grab someone and asked, "Is Kong Lun awake?"

The man was taken aback, and he stammered after a long while, "Respond...to my lord's words, that young master Kong Da is still... still lying down."

Fu Yunshu was not discouraged, and took a group of people to Kong Lun's room to stare at it. Until noon was approaching, there was a sound of grunts in the room, and Kong Lun opened his eyes. Fu Yunshu was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Take people away and be promoted!"

After the yamen servant shouted "mighty" in a low voice, Fu Yunshu patted the gavel, looked at Kong Lun who was kneeling under the hall with a blank expression, and asked, "Who is kneeling under the hall?"

Kong Lun's eyes were still covered with the scarlet scarlet like a nightmare, and his mind was in a trance. Fu Yunshu's voice seemed to come from a very far away place, and it took a long time to fall to his ears. He said in a daze: "...Kong Lun Len."

Fu Yunshu asked: "Do you still remember the servant beside you, Shen Jue?"

Hearing this name, Kong Lun seemed to hear a "buzz", and the memories accumulated in the depths of his mind for many years were like dust blown by the wind, floating unsteadily into the air and falling into the sunlight.Kong Lun suddenly remembered the first time he met Shen Jue. The ragged young man with his dirty face was running barefoot on the street, bumping away passers-by, and finally fell in front of his carriage. Driving the curtains, but stared at a pair of eyes as clear as a stream, Shen Jue stretched out his hand cautiously, seemingly hesitating for a long time, finally made up his mind, grabbed the hem of his gorgeous clothes, and begged: "I beg you!" Son, help me."

This seemed to have happened a few years ago, but when he recalled it, it was as clear as yesterday, but he couldn't remember what he said to Shen Jue later.

In the end is the past.

The corners of his lips curled unconsciously, and Kong Lun whispered, "How could I not remember?"

"Just remember." Fu Yunshu said: "On the night of the fifth day of May, some witnesses saw someone burying a corpse in a mass grave, and later found that the buried person was Shen Jue. Since he is your personal servant, then Kong Lun, this county asks you, when was the last time you saw Shen Jue?"

Kong Lun said indifferently: "The fifth night of the fifth lunar month."

Fu Yunshu pursed his lips tightly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This county remembers that you said last time that you know when Shen Jue was killed?"

Kong Lun said: "Yes."

Fu Yunshu said: "Do you know who killed him?"

Kong Lun said: "Yes." After he finished speaking, he grinned slowly, raised his eyes and looked at Fu Yunshu, as if he wanted to pretend to smile meaninglessly, but just as he finished speaking, his eyes were filled with mist, which immediately fell torrentially. In the heavy rain, two lines of tears flowed down the cheeks to the chin, dripping onto the cold ground.He was clearly crying, but the corners of his lips were still curved, and he smiled bluntly, and said calmly: "When he was killed, he was on my bed... and I took a tie and wrapped it around his neck .”

"I killed Shen Jue."

Kou Luoche and Fu Yunshu were at each other's throats. Although they knew it already, they never thought that Kong Lun would admit it so readily. Fu Yunshu was stunned for a while, looking at Kong Lun in disbelief. Want to kill Shen Jue?"

Kong Lun said: "I despise him."

Kou Luoche raised his eyebrows and asked questioningly: "Is it because of this?"

"Originally, after all, there is no need to do such a murderous thing after all a love affair, just send him away, but whoever made him so clingy, I couldn't drive him away, so I made a move in a fit of anger." Kong Lun said casually, There was still a smile on his lips, but the tears in his eyes were like a river without a bank, pouring endlessly, he stretched out his hand to wipe it, choked up and said: "Don't look at me like that, we dudes, we have always been like this."

"Oh? If that's the case, Shen Jue is here. You say this again to him." Fu Yunshu finally came to his senses, and raised his hand, "Bring Shen Jue's body in."

Kong Lun was shocked, and turned his head slowly stiffly.Two yamen servants came carrying a stretcher. On the stretcher lay a slender body covered with a pale cloth.

It has been half a month since Shen Jue died, and it was just when the heat was rising slightly that he was buried in the soil for another night. By this time, the corruption should have been a mess. Fortunately, Shen Xun knew some ways to slow down the decay of the corpse. All the precious medicinal materials were used by Shen Jue, so that the young man's brows and eyes were still as bright and springy as before, but his eyes were lifeless, making people feel cold all over his body when he looked at them.

He wasn't wearing a single thread, so Fu Yunshu only signaled the yamen servant to remove the white cloth to his shoulders, and said, "This is Shen Jue, take a look again."

Like the roar of spring thunder and the aura falling, Kong Lun instantly remembered what he said back to Shen Jue at that time.

Shen Jue said, "I beg your lord, please help me."

And he stretched out his hand towards him, and said, "Then come here."

Kong Lun's hand was trembling uncontrollably, he slowly lifted it up, towards the direction where Shen Jue was sleeping, and said in a hoarse voice, "Ah Jue, come here."

The boy who would have held his hand without hesitation and jumped to his side was lying on the spot without moving.

He won't move anymore either.

Kou Luoche said: "Master Kong Da, you should explain the matter clearly to Shen Jue and tell him to be an understanding ghost."

Kong Lun froze there without saying a word.

Kou Luoche then said to Shen Jue: "Shen Jue, listen carefully, the reason why Kong Lun killed you is because he has long since despised you..."

"Shut up!" Kong Lun suddenly roared, his whole body trembled violently, his teeth couldn't stop trembling, he seemed to be extremely cold, and at the same time seemed to be extremely afraid. He got up from the ground with difficulty, and then stumbled towards Shen Jue. go.The yamen servants drew their knives to stop him, but Fu Yunshu raised his hand slightly, then shook his head, he looked at him quietly, at them, watched Kong Lun fall on Shen Jue, and stretched out his arms to hug him tightly .

The dead Shen Jue's eyes were empty and dull, staring blankly at the top, while Kong Lun was lying on top of him at the moment, lowered his head, and met Shen Jue's eyes, as if he was still alive and he was looking at himself.

"Ah Jue..." He reached out and gently touched Shen Jue's cold face, tears fell on Shen Jue's face, and slowly slid down the corners of his eyes, it seemed that Shen Jue shed tears of sadness.Kong Lun hugged Shen Jue's body tightly, and the scarlet in the nightmare rose again, but suddenly disappeared when he encountered the cold and rigid body that could not be concealed, and the world was finally clear.

Fu Yunshu said: "Kong Lun, Shen Jue died because of you, but you kept covering it up and didn't even want to give him back the truth?"

Holding Shen Jue in his arms, Kong Lun said in a hoarse voice, "If the truth is embarrassing, why bother?"

"Truth is the appearance of reality," Fu Yunshu said, "Only distinguish between reality and reality, regardless of beauty or ugliness."

Kong Lun lowered his head and stared at Shen Jue, and fell into a long silence. When Fu Yunshu thought he would never speak again, he suddenly said, "When Shen Jue and I performed the ceremony of the Duke of Zhou, for the sake of entertainment, we often hung him with a belt. Neck... He never refused or expressed dissatisfaction, so I thought that he liked it too, and never thought that this might kill him..." He smiled bitterly, "I did kill him, too."

Fu Yunshu asked: "So, did you accidentally kill Shen Jue?"

Kong Lun said indifferently: "Whether it was a miss or not, I killed him after all."

"You are honest at the moment." Fu Yunshu snorted coldly with disdain, "If you really feel sorry for him, you should have come to the government to surrender as early as the night of the accident, why bother to be hypocritical at this time?"

Kong Lun opened his mouth to defend himself, but was startled for a moment, swallowed his words again, and said in a low voice, "You are right, I am indeed guilty, and I am not innocent at all." He slowly let go of Shen Jue's hand, Kneeling on the ground, turned around, faced Fu Yunshu, and bowed deeply, "I beg my lord to grant me death so that Shen Jue can make amends."

Fu Yunshu choked, but he didn't know how to answer. Since it was caused by a mistake, he was not guilty of death, but it was really abominable to cover up and escape afterwards... He didn't know how to judge, so he couldn't help but look at Brother Kou.Kou Luoche had quite few lines today, and he was even looking at the ground in a daze at the moment, without feeling the little county magistrate's eyes at all.Fu Yunshu waited for him for a while, and finally couldn't help puffing up his cheeks, and called out very softly: "Brother Kou! Brother Kou!"

"Huh?" Kou Luoche just came back to his senses and looked at Fu Yunshu. Fu Yunshu's eyes fell to Kong Lun who was kneeling on the ground. He ran in, rushed to Fu Yunshu's side, and whispered in a flustered voice: "Master... the county magistrate, Mr. Jia suddenly arrived, and he is already outside the county government gate!"

Kou Luoche listened to these words without saying a word, thinking of the news he received last night, his eyes flickered, and he lowered his eyes silently.

"Lord Jia?" The little county magistrate was kept in the dark, ignorant, and asked in confusion, "Which Lord Jia?"

"Jiangbei Mansion's co-prefect, Mr. Jia Kejia." Yang Ye said anxiously, "He came here suddenly for some reason, and he is about to come to the court now." After a pause, Yang Ye quickly added: "Kong De also followed Master Jia is here!"

The county magistrate of the prefectural government is the fifth rank, and the deputy magistrate is two ranks older than Fu Yunshu, the county magistrate of the seventh rank. Kong De was able to invite this big Buddha, which shows that he used all his strength to kill pigs. blood, he must save his only son.Thinking of this, Kou Luoche couldn't help but quietly glanced at Fu Yunshu.

After all, the young county magistrate is a child of a noble family, after being surprised, he immediately regained his composure, got up and said calmly: "Jia Tongzhi Lord Jia suddenly came to our county, you all go to greet me together."

"There's no need to do anything extra," came a voice like a bell, and accompanied by hearty laughter, a fat man strode towards here with his belly shy, "I'm already here, haven't I?"

Fu Yunshu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, Fu Yunshu has met Mr. Tongzhi."

"Your Majesty Fu, you don't need to be too polite." The fat man immediately helped Fu Yunshu up, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has read Mr. Fu's report and is very concerned about the case of corpse transfer in Jiuhe County, so he specially sent me to take a look." Said: "Just take a look, Mr. Fu don't need to worry too much." Squinting his eyes, he turned to Kong Lun who was kneeling motionless on the ground, and dragged his voice, "Master Fu is trying this case?"

"Yes," Fu Yunshu said neither humble nor overbearing: "The person kneeling on the ground is Kong Lun, the criminal in this case." After a pause, he said: "He has admitted his crime, and everyone present is witness."