When Sun Ling was "caught", he wasn't too panicked.
After all, he and Huang Jun have been gangsters in Ruyang County for so long, and have been to the Yamen many times, so they are relatively familiar with the arrest process.
So he also knew that if he was caught at this point in time... there should be room for mediation.
What time is it now? It was getting dark, and the county magistrate had already finished dinner and had a rest. Even if he hadn't rested, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to put on his official uniform and go to court to hear the case in the middle of the night.
If nothing unexpected happens, in a situation like Sun Ling's, he will have to be sent to jail for a night, and then he will be arraigned at dawn the next day.
And the buffer time of this one night is very important... Some rich and powerful people can rely on this one night's operation to confuse right and wrong and get away with it.
Speaking of this, I know that the man’s name has already appeared in many people’s minds. Yes, Chang Wei in "The Nine-Rank Sesame Official" is a good example. Although in that film There's a lot of comic exaggeration, but some of the phenomena are right.
Of course, Sun Ling also knows that it is impossible to expect Huang Jun to save him; they have been friends since they were young, but after all, they are two scoundrels, and they seem to be very arrogant on weekdays. Being righteous is also a false sense of righteousness, which is the so-called sharing of wealth and honor but not adversity.
Sun Ling asked himself, if Huang Jun was arrested today and he ran away, he would not spend money and take risks to rescue Huang Jun.
From this point of view, these two fakes are exactly the opposite of the real Shuangxuan...
Sun Ling and Huang Jun rarely say unpleasant things to each other in normal times. Save face for each other, hello, hello, hello, everyone, but the critical moment is when disaster strikes and we all fly away.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai usually slander each other, saying "Sooner or later I will hack you to death" and "I will fuck you to death", but they can still help each other at critical moments.
To sum up, at the moment, Sun Ling puts all his hopes on himself.
He plans to make good use of this night to make two preparations:
First, bribe the government officials and promise benefits. If the master orders the execution when he goes to court tomorrow, these government officials will Then you can help him "cover" it a little bit.
Second hand, think about your confession, clarify your logic, and try to get yourself off the hook or at least get a light sentence.
From Sun Ling's perspective, if he "handled" this matter tonight well, not only would he not be guilty, but he could even be on the path of "acting bravely when he sees justice"; for example... "It's me." I helped the county magistrate retrieve the property stolen by the thieves. Unexpectedly, I was mistakenly arrested by your government officials, but I was afraid of hurting them, so I came back with them." With this kind of rhetoric, take the time to perfect the details. Not necessarily without credibility.
He thought very well. However, as soon as he was taken to the county government, something unexpected happened...
He was not what he expected. Sent to jail like that, but was taken to the "back hall" by the guards.
Then when you try a prisoner, you don’t necessarily have to go to court; some cases that are inconvenient for people to watch in public can be tried in the back.
But this situation is Sun Ling's knowledge blind spot, because he has never been "interrogated in the back hall" before. The cases committed by ruffians like him and Huang Jun were all with Other similar small cases were brought to court together, and they were tried one by one. There was no need to ask them to go to the back.
Sun Ling couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he knelt down in the back hall with his hands tied today.
But then he thought again: "Huh? Why did the county magistrate bring me to the back hall? And the trial started all night? I heard the man named 'Master Mei' say under the bed before, The money in this bag was stolen from the county magistrate's house. Could it be...that this was a bribe received by the magistrate? The county magistrate himself was afraid that the case would be made public, so he wanted to deal with it quietly."
The more Sun Ling thought about it, the more reasonable he felt that this inference was, which made him a little more certain; anyway, he had the identity of "Sun Yixie" as a protective shield, and the county magistrate would not dare to kill him to silence him. If he could tell It would be best to "act bravely when seeing justice". If it doesn't work out, you can also threaten the other party by saying "the county magistrate doesn't want to publicize the matter of this money".
As he was kneeling there thinking about it, the "county magistrate" came.
I saw this gentleman, wearing a sapphire blue satin coat and a turban on his head. He was of average height and build. Judging from his face, this county official is quite young, but the beard on his mouth is not short, and even a little unnaturally long, as if it has been glued on; in addition, this gentleman also has a special pair of beards. The small, lively eyes look like "four eyebrows" on the face.
After seeing this, everyone has undoubtedly understood that this county magistrate...is pretended to be Sun Yixie.
The real county magistrate is drinking tea with Mei Chiyang in the room next door. As for the masters and servants who accompanied Sun Yixie in acting, they naturally also got the real magistrate. The order is here to cooperate.
Because Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai had the promise of the two Jinyiwei bosses from "Yunshui", they could "act cheaply" in such a local government office.
The county magistrate here in Zhoukou thought to himself, you are punishing evildoers anyway, and you are not doing anything harmful to the world. Besides, you are doing it in the back hall in the middle of the night, so it won’t be spread out... Let’s just have fun. Son, I'm just going to watch a show.
In this way, the drama of Sun Yixie interrogating "Sun Yixie" at night began.
Let’s talk about Brother Sun. He made a grand entrance, sat down on an imperial chair, and then used his small eyes to scan Sun Ling’s body, staring at him until Sun Ling felt uncomfortable all over.
But the "Master" didn't speak, and Sun Ling couldn't say anything first. He could only kneel there and occasionally raise his eyes to steal a look at the "County Master".
"Master, this is the thief we caught... He will get both the stolen goods and the stolen goods." After Sun Yixie sat down, one of the arrestersHe quickly pretended to go forward and report.
"Well..." Sun Yixie just pondered for a while.
"Master! I am wronged!" Sun Ling raised his head and shouted.
As a result, before he finished speaking, a pair of shoe soles hit his face.
At this moment, I saw Sun Yixie supporting his right hand on the armrest of the Taishi chair. Using his hand as a fulcrum, he jumped up sideways and kicked forward with his legs together. The soles of his two feet He just kicked Sun Ling in the face.
In short, how the charterer in "Kung Fu" kicked the Fire Cloud Evil God, Sun Yixie is now kicking Sun Ling.
But Sun Ling is not the Fire Cloud Evil God... The Fire Cloud Evil God was kicked like this and he could still reply "Try a little harder, I'm okay"... Sun Ling was kicked like this, even if it was... The man flipped over and rolled backwards, with blood pouring from his nose and gums.
While he was still stunned, Sun Yixie sat back down, crossed his legs, and said leisurely: "Master, I didn't ask you a question. Who told you to speak without permission? You should be beaten!" ”
Sun Lingxin said: “Shouldn’t I be beaten? You’ve already finished the beating.”
But he only dared to keep the complaint in his heart, and he didn’t dare to say it casually. There is something wrong with this gentleman today. How can any scholar jump up and kick someone after saying half a sentence like this? Could it be that the master from Zhoukou is a martial arts champion? Or some martial arts master from a nouveau riche family bought an official and was assigned here?
"I'm asking a question, and you answer it, do you understand?" After a few seconds, Sun Yixie saw that Sun Ling had been restrained by him, so he raised the corners of his mouth under his fake beard, Said with a smile.
"Understood...understood..." Sun Ling knelt down again and nodded repeatedly.
What he was thinking before the trial, such as "using Sun Yixie's identity to call people" and "threatening the master with money"... were all forgotten at this moment. Later, he went away; a ruffian like this always bullies the minority with more, bullies the weak and avoids the strong. If you are more aggressive than him, you will stun him when you get up, and he will wilt all of a sudden. He may be more cowardly than ordinary people.
Sun Yixie has dealt with more people like this than the fish he has eaten, not to mention the little Sun Ling. He can still deal with big gangsters, but the story is The following is not mentioned here for the time being.
"Let me ask you, what is your name? Where do you live? What do you do?" Sun Yixie asked, while picking up a cup of tea on the table and taking a sip slowly.
Sun Ling knelt there, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "The villain Sun Yixie, a native of Hangzhou, is...well...a man of the world."
This What he said himself was false, and the yamen servant next to him almost laughed when he heard it.
Just you? Still a member of the Jianghu? Have you ever seen a person in the world being kicked in the face by a county official? Are you afraid that you met Bao Qingtian pretending to be Li Yuanfang?
"Huh?" Sun Yixie's "huh" scared Sun Ling so much that he trembled all over. Unexpectedly, his next sentence was, "What did you say?" He put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at the other person, "You are the one who is righteous and Bo Yuntian, chivalrous and soft-hearted, merciful and compassionate, loyal and courageous, handsome and unrestrained, with a jade tree facing the wind, studying hard and making progress every day... Sun, the descendant of Jiangdong Sun Sect. Also harmonious? "
Fortunately, Huang Donglai is not here at the moment. If he were, he would probably give up the plan and rush directly from the next door and shout: "Damn it, I really can't stand listening to you, your surname is Sun. Do you want to be shameless? "
Not to mention that Huang Dong is here. At this time, those people who cooperated with Brother Sun in the back hall were dumbfounded after hearing this. How can they put gold on their own faces like this? The key at the end is "Study hard. , What kind of idiom is "everyday upward"? This is the first time we have heard it.
"Uh..." Sun Ling was stunned after hearing this, but he still replied bravely, "Yes...exactly" Below. "
"Oh..." Sun Yixie nodded, "Then I'll ask you again..."
His next question was very scary.
"In Hangzhou, if you want to eat a plate of West Lake vinegar fish, how many hands will it take from when the fish is picked up by the fishermen to when it is put on the table in a tavern in the city? What is the approximate gross profit for each hand? "
After Brother Sun said this, Sun Ling almost instinctively said a word from his mouth: "Huh? ”
Sun Yixie’s expression was ferocious: “Ah what?” Did you not hear it clearly or did you not understand it? "
"No, no...I heard it..." Sun Ling quickly shook his head and replied hesitantly, "It's just..."
"Just what?" Sun Yixie said, "The Hangzhou Sun Sect has always had contacts with the imperial court. Even I know that the young master of the Sun family, Sun Yixie, has been running the fish market business in Hangzhou these years. Could it be that Mr. Sun, you... leave?" After only a few months in Hangzhou, have you forgotten all these things? ”
At this time, Sun Ling looked as if he had been fished out of the water, and the cold sweat had almost penetrated the outside of his clothes.
He never expected it. , let alone the matter of the money, he only asked a few words, and his imposter matter would be revealed on the spot...
Once he loses the protection of the identity of "Sun Yixie" , turned back into that ruffian Sun Ling, he may be in trouble tonight.
“Oh! Sir, is that what you are asking about? "Otherwise, this unruly man has his own cleverness. In his desperation, Sun Ling suddenly came to his senses and pretended to be suddenly enlightened. "Hey, I just... didn't understand, because what you said is not the same as what we said. The words in the industry are different, you just have to ask...how many hands are passed after the fish is caught, right? This...that...three hands. ”
He started to make it up, because he suddenly thought that the county magistrate must not know about such a thing. What can a scholar know about selling fish? Even if he makes up nonsense, it will be difficult for the other party to tell the difference. It's true.
Just like that, Sun Ling started to make things up and think about it; although he didn't understand the business in the fish market, he thought about how much a plate of fish would cost when it was served to the tavern table. I still know, but at this price anywayJust peel it off layer by layer and guess.
Sun Yixie laughed secretly in his heart when he listened to his answer full of mistakes, but on the surface he pretended to be deceived and nodded: "Oh~ I see, it seems you are really Sun "Yixue Sun Shaoxia..." As he said this, he also cupped his hand, "Disrespectful, disrespectful."
What is meant by teasing is that you have to give the other person time to breathe.
As the saying goes - can you give me time to sing a song and listen to the story until the end before saying goodbye.
This matter must have its ups and downs, ups and downs, ups and downs, ups and downs, and ups and downs again... This rhythm constantly puts pressure on the other party, just like waterboarding, and allows the other party to take a breath from time to time. , can make the other party suffer more.
At this moment, Sun Ling thought that he had managed to get through. He felt relieved and almost collapsed to the ground. He also smiled with a twitching corner of his mouth and replied: "You're welcome, sir." "It's just a false name."
"Okay, I'll ask you again..." Sun Yixie quickly added, "Why do you have money from my house on you?"
When Sun Ling heard that the question finally came to this point, he quickly replied: "Sir, the common people were walking on the road just now and saw a figure running sneakily with a big baggage. I thought he was He was acting suspiciously, so he stepped forward to stop him, wanting to find out what was going on.
"Unexpectedly... this man couldn't help but immediately drew his knife and tried to harm me. Fortunately, my martial arts skills are not bad either. After a hard fight, I wounded him. Seeing that the situation was not good, he dropped the baggage and ran away. Then I picked up the baggage and opened it. It was full of silver...
"Sir, you You know, we knights have always been indifferent to fame and wealth, and we can't be greedy for this ill-gotten gain, so I wanted to take the baggage to the government.
"Unexpectedly, I was halfway there. , I was surrounded by all the police officers. Although I knew it was a misunderstanding, I couldn't explain it clearly at the moment. I was afraid of hurting them and causing a bigger misunderstanding, so... I just let them tie me up. Came here. ”
At first glance, there is really nothing wrong with his words, because there is no evidence for the doubtful parts, which can neither be proved nor falsified.
"Oh, hehehe..." Sun Yixie also laughed after hearing this, "Come here, please untie Mr. Sun and watch your seat. He paused and then continued, "If that's the case... then we have to have a good chat." ”