Xue Rui said she was going to inquire about the trial of the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce case. That night, a servant from Ya'a came to inform her that she should be prepared to go to court tomorrow, and Yu Shu agreed wholeheartedly. Yu Xiaoxiu and Jing Chen are both concerned about this case. The former is afraid that Bi Qing and Qiu Biao will be released again, while the latter wants to accompany Yu Shu to the court hearing. "I'll just go. I heard Mr. Xue said that Bi Qing, Qiu Biao and the others initially pushed the ship robbery case onto the people who rescued the ship midway. Isn't that what they were talking about? It's better to have one less problem than one more thing. Before this case is settled, you It's best not to show up." Yu Shu gave up the idea of ??accompanying Jing Chen, and recalled with Yu Xiaoxiu the situation on the ship when they were forced to have no choice but to jump into the river to protect themselves. The two Qiu Bi hated it so much that they just wanted to Let them be executed tomorrow to satisfy their hatred. After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Yu Shu was too excited to go to court tomorrow, so he lay down for a while and then simply got up to do arithmetic. In the past few days, she was preparing for the exam. The algorithm for finding the yellow frost stone was put aside as soon as she had the idea. She picked it up tonight and continued to study it, and found a very strange phenomenon: "Strange, according to this calculation, the stone should be in my place." Come on, I¡¯ve obviously lost one.¡± Yu Shu touched his chin, thinking about it over and over, he could only say that he had miscalculated the steps again, this method won¡¯t work, and he had to find another way out. He thought to himself that it was a pity, and put aside most of the calculated results. Yu Shu took out the paper again, listed all the theories about Huangshuang Stone again, and then applied the eight magic formulas of life and death one by one, looking for suitable formulas to make inferences. . Yu Shu went to bed at midnight last night and woke up the next day without the rooster crowing. He was simply too excited to sleep, so he packed up and waited for the Yamen to call someone. It didn't take long for officials to come to the door. The court where the case was tried was located at the Yamen in the south of the city. It wasn't that far away. It took about half an hour to walk to the place. As soon as I entered the door, I heard a shout: "Your Excellency, justice." Yu Shu brought the positive certificate. "Yu Shu was still thinking about whether Xue Rui would come today. As soon as he reached the door of the lobby, he looked inside and saw a man wearing a black hat sitting under the background of the bright moon behind the sea. There is a royal official in the imperial court, and there is a wooden table on the side, and the person sitting behind it is Xue Rui, who is wearing a red official uniform. It was not the first time that Yu Shu saw him dressed in public clothes, but every time he felt that when he wore these clothes, he seemed like a different person, meticulous and serious, quite majestic. Seeing him present, Yu Shu felt a little more at ease. Presumably the case was settled without any accidents. Xue Rui saw Yu Shu being brought up, nodded to her without leaving a trace, turned to the official behind the case and said: "Sir Xu, it is this person who was responsible for the robbery of the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce's merchant ship entering Beijing in July. He was lucky enough to escape, and witnessed how Bi Qiu and the bandits cooperated with each other to seek wealth and murder. " Only then did Yu Shu turn his attention to the people kneeling on the ground in front of them, wearing prison uniforms and disheveled hair. Turning to look at her, it was not difficult to recognize the bearded Qiu Biao. The other long-faced man who was staring at her was undoubtedly Bi Qing. They had obviously been tortured in prison. All of them had wounds on their faces, and the shackles on their hands and feet were bloody. However, they had become sallow and thin from hunger after being locked up for a few days. This was exactly what they should be. Without the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce as a backstage, they How can such felons have an easy time in prison? After many days, Yu Shu was happy to see this old enemy again in this state. He was not afraid of Bi Qing Qiu Biao's evil look and sneered at him: "Boss Bi, you didn't expect that I jumped from the boat into the river that night to escape." , I ate the wind and drank the dew in the forest, and ate sparrow meat for half a month, but I still managed to survive." Bi Qing thought that he still had the slightest hope of living, but he didn't bite back at Yu Shu's irritation. He kept his mouth shut. "Pa!" "Is this Yiyang Yushu who is leaning down?" Hearing the sound of the alarm, Yu Shu stepped forward and bowed, as if he were a humble citizen: "Reporting to your lord, I am the one here." "Do you know how many times you are kneeling here? "People?" "I recognize them all when they turn into ashes," Yu Shu said a classic line, pointed at Bi Qing Qiubiao, and raised his head with an angry look: "It's these two who secretly made a secret conspiracy to steal commercial goods. Collaborating with the gangsters to murder the lives of all the passengers on the boat! I managed to escape and hid in the capital. I was caught by them not long ago. They were afraid that I would expose their evil deeds. Not only did they sneak into my house at night with the intention of harming me, they also You even hired a murderer to kill me!" Yu Shu's face turned red, he cupped his hands to Xue Rui and said gratefully: "Thanks to Mr. Just get away with it." Xue Rui looked at Yu.?Performing there, I almost couldn't help laughing. I suppressed my lips, nodded, and said to Mr. Xu: "The Taiheng Chamber of Commerce has thoroughly investigated Bi Qing. Mr. Xu has just reviewed the accounts. Those colleagues The criminals have all confessed, proving that this July ship robbery case and another business robbery case that occurred in the southwest three years ago were both committed by Bi Qiu and two people. Now that both witnesses and material evidence are available, please Mr. Xu "Convict me." Before Yu Shu came, the trial was almost done, and all the confessions had been collected before the trial began. She came just to go through the motions. Besides her, there were two other people from the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce present. The steward was sent by his employer to provide physical evidence and await trial. The reason why Xue Rui attended the court here was because there was a clear article in the law that if the crime was punishable by death, it must have approval from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and the two officials must be present, so in this case, Xue Rui had to put in a lot of effort to apply for approval from his superiors before the trial started. Once he was sentenced, he could be sentenced directly and then the trial could be resumed. "Bang!" "My friend, Bi Qing, Qiu Biao, Xu Liu, Friday and others from Yiyang County, robbed merchant ships at the Shangjiang Gorge in Kaifeng County in July, guarded and robbed themselves, killed people, and made profits. Seeking wealth, resulting in the death of twenty-six people and the possession of tens of thousands of wealth. After investigation, it was confirmed that his crime was extremely heinous. Therefore, I have ordered that you and your family be stripped of their wealth and that Bi Qing, Qiu Biao, Xu Liu, and Wu Wu will be sentenced to death. , beheaded in public on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, and executed at noon! " "Come here, drag me down to death row!" Mr. Xu who was sitting in the hall threw the fire sign, and Bi Qiu and others knew that they were doomed. Immediately he began to howl and beg for mercy. Qiu Biao's face was ashen. Looking back at Bi Qing, seeing that the situation was over, Fang went crazy. Panting heavily, he turned to face Yu Shu unpreparedly, thinking that he had saved half his life and worked so hard. She fell into the hands of such a nobody, full of regret and hatred, her eyes were red, and the heavy shackles in her hands were raised high and hit her head - "I will kill you!" The government officials on both sides were not in a hurry to stop him, they just watched him pounce on her. Yu Shu and Xue Rui were shocked. Without any time to think, they grabbed the jade paperweight on the case and threw it towards Bi Qing's hand, trying to stop him, but someone moved faster than him - "Zhao!" Yu Shu! I went out this morning to do some fortune-telling. I had already been prepared for any unexpected events. I kept staring at Qiu Biao and Bi Qing. When I saw Bi Qing's attack, his eyes showed a cruel look. When he raised his hand to knock, he raised a thick-soled hard-on foot. The banging boots hit the opponent's chest and abdomen hard, leaving no trace of strength behind! "Pfft!" Bi Qing had been suffering in prison for several days, but she was strong enough to work and eat every day. She kicked her, and with a muffled grunt, she fell backwards to the ground. His head hit hard, a mouthful of blood came out of his mouth, he rolled his eyes, and then passed out. Everyone present, including Xue Rui, was dumbfounded when they saw this scene. Who would have thought that a witness would kick the prisoner until he vomited blood in the courtroom with a mirror hanging above the mirror. After a moment, Xue Rui came to his senses first and shouted sharply. Said: "Drag the prisoner down yet!" Yu Shu lightly stamped his numb legs and lowered his head. He sneered slightly at Qiu Biao who was looking at her with dumbfounded eyes a few steps away, and immediately told the latter to hit him. He shuddered and looked at Bi Qing being dragged down by his arms. His legs were weak and he was pulled down by the Yamen without any struggle at all. Xue Rui happened to see Yu Shu's face, and with a flash of his eyes, he knew that she had been on guard for a long time. The hard kick just now was probably a long time ago, so he didn't shy away from counterattacking when he saw danger. He was so brave to her. He was angry and happy, without any expression on his face. He gently put the paperweight in his hand back on the table, smoothed his sleeves, and said to Master Xu: "Master Xu has made a clear decision. I will go back to Dali Temple to record the records." Please send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to report the matter." "Don't worry, Mr. Xue, I will handle it properly." Xue Rui took the copy of the confession from the master and left with two official servants, passing by Yu Shu. At that moment, he paused and whispered: "I'll settle the score with you later." Yu Shu was immersed in the pleasure of venting his anger when this sentence came to the tip of his ears. He twitched his eyebrows and turned his head inexplicably. Xue Rui, who was leading people away with big steps, wondered: "What's the account?" Among the few spectators outside the yamen, there was a boy who looked like a young man when he saw the case was settled. He turned around and trotted away. He stopped at the corner of the street, climbed into a carriage, and whispered to the window: "Second Master, the case is settled. The man in the carriage seemed to take a deep breath: "Well, let's go." Anyway, the ship robbery case was over, and Bi Qing Qiu Biao deserved it, and Yu Shu returned happily. After arriving home, he told Jing Chen the good news as soon as he opened the door. "The beheading is on the third day of the twelfth lunar month. It's just the right day. I don't have to take an exam that day so I can go see it." Yu ??? pulled Jing Chen's sleeve into his room. There happened to be some pen and ink on the table, so he picked up the pen and wrote "Third day of the twelfth lunar month" on the paper, and drew a circle again. Jing Chen looked at the circle, thought for a while, and asked, "Can I go?" Yu Shu tilted his head: "You also want to see killings, aren't you afraid of losing your head if you see blood?" Jing Chen asked back "Then you're not afraid?" Yu Shu stopped laughing and said in a deep voice: "Of course I'm afraid, but no matter how scary it is, it's not more terrifying than the bloody scenes we saw when we escaped. However, I want to see them with my own eyes. How did he die?" So that she could remember the painful lesson of that shipwreck and not to trust people's hearts easily. She turned her head and asked Jing Chen, "Do you also want to see how these two evil people are punished?" Jing Chen shook his head and said honestly, "I just want to be your companion." If she was afraid, At least there is someone around. Yu Shu blinked and smiled knowingly: "Okay, let's go together. Then we will find a high place to watch the execution. I heard that there are many people watching the beheading." "Yeah."