Chapter 75

"My Tiger Blade Gang doesn't even have a third-level protective suit, why don't you change a condition."

Zhang Mingze said to Li Fei.

There are many third-grade exotic beasts, but very few third-grade exotic beasts that can be used to manufacture protective suits; it is the same principle as the second-grade superior steel armor implanted body Li Fei uses.

What is more critical is that the technology for manufacturing protective suits is top secret; only the imperial court masters this technology, and the protective suits worn by the formal martial artists of the Stop-Fighting Academy in various places are all issued directly from the capital, and every protective suit is recorded and strictly supervised.

So the number of protective suits flowing outside is very, very small.

Li Fei stared at the other party: "Then you can change someone for me to kill."

Zhang Mingze narrowed his eyes and didn't speak.

The atmosphere in the private box was a bit heavy.

"Alright, then a third-level protective suit."

Zhang Mingze was silent for a moment before finally agreeing to Li Fei's condition.

Li Fei: "Give me the other party's information."

Zhang Mingze handed Li Fei a document: "Three days, is that enough?"

Li Fei didn't answer, took the document and read it first.

What was recorded on the document was an official named Feng Zhenshan, 47 years old this year, who had been an official in the Judicial Academy for fifteen years.

Besides the other party's basic information, there were also contents such as the other party's daily route, where they liked to go to play, and how many guards were following them.

"He is an official of the Judicial Academy, why does he need to take so many guards for daily travel?"

After Li Fei finished reading the information in his hand, he asked.

Zhang Mingze: "The Judicial Academy is in charge of laws, judging cases and sentencing; this Feng Zhenshan bends the law for personal gain, and has offended many people over the years, so naturally he has to find a few more guards for himself."

Li Fei looked at the other party: "These people who were offended also include the Tiger Blade Gang, right?"

Zhang Mingze smiled slightly: "If you don't believe what I said, you can check it yourself."

"I will."

Li Fei took the document in his hand, stood up and left the private box.

Zhang Mingze watched his back as he left, lost in thought:

"A righteous person in the Jianghu?"

On a street paved with stone slabs, figures were sparse, and there were no small vendors setting up stalls.

There was a mansion in the middle section of the street.

Below the steps outside the main gate of the mansion, there was a stone lion more than two meters high standing on the left and right, which was very imposing.

A plaque was hung on both sides of the main gate, on which a couplet was written:

Upper couplet: Administering government and serving the public, with clean hands and clear breeze standing on ice

Lower couplet: Creating happiness for the people, with upright spirit walking in the mirror

On the plaque directly above the main gate were written three large characters—Judicial Academy!

This was the Judicial Academy in charge of the laws of a place, and it was an absolute department with real power.

Two guards wearing dark black uniforms stood at the main gate, wearing square-topped hats on their heads, with blades slung at their waists, looking straight ahead, looking majestic.

A burst of noise suddenly came from inside the courtyard gate.

Soon, two guards wearing the same uniforms pushed a couple wearing coarse cloth and linen clothes out very roughly.

"Official, please be kind, let us plead for the adult again, my son is really wronged!"

"Official, I beg you, my son is wronged!"

This couple was forcibly expelled from the main gate of the Judicial Academy, and the two knelt under the steps, kowtowing to the guards to plead.

"Get out, get out, get out!"

A guard scolded impatiently.

"What's the use of you two kneeling here?"

"Is it up to you to decide whether your son is wronged or not?"

"The imperial court has the king's law, the adults above will naturally enforce the law impartially; if you shout here again, it is contempt for the king's law; do you believe that I will catch you into the prison again and let your family reunite?!"

"Get out quickly!"

Under the threat of the guards, this couple could only stand up helplessly and leave quickly.

The two guards guarding the main gate were already accustomed to such scenes and asked their colleagues with a smile:

"What's the situation with this pair?"

"Don't mention it, it's really damn unlucky!"

The guard who drove the people away spat, "I already hinted to them, let them send gifts to the adult, but guess what? These two idiots actually brought an old hen to send gifts?!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

The two guards at the main gate burst into laughter upon hearing this, and one of them even laughed to tears.

"An old hen... hahahaha laughed me to death..."

"Really a pair of idiots, just this still wants to let the adult overturn the case for their son? Wait for death!"

"Alright, alright, don't talk about it, go in quickly, there are quite a lot of people coming today."

After a conversation, several guards walked into the Judicial Academy again.

After a while, two more guards carried an old man with white hair out.

After these two guards carried the old man out of the main gate, they actually let go and threw the other party down from the stone steps, making the other party fall quite heavily, lying on the ground for a long time without being able to climb up.

One of the guards pointed at the old man on the ground and scolded:

"Dead old man, this is the Judicial Academy; if you dare to make trouble here again, I will cut you with one blade and no one will plead for you!"

After scolding, the two turned and prepared to go back.

"Hey, brother, this old man has come many times, what's going on this time, so angry?"

The guard at the gate asked curiously.

"This old man has lost his mind, he actually dared to collide with the adult just now!"

"Oh? Then this lesson is light. Which adult did he collide with?"

"Judge Feng."

"So it's Judge Feng, no wonder. Judge Feng is still kind."

"That's it."

Several people chatted casually, and no one looked at the old man lying on the ground more.

After a long while, this old man struggled to climb up from the ground, with abrasions on his face and hands.

He was full of misery, looked up at the plaque written "Judicial Academy," and then turned and left tremblingly.

The old man walked and rested for a while, and walked for a long time before walking home.

His home was a two-entry courtyard.

After passing through the front courtyard and coming to the courtyard of the main courtyard, the old man sat on a stone stool and suddenly burst into tears.

This crying was extremely suppressed and very desolate.

"Old man."

A voice suddenly sounded beside the old man.

The old man was startled, hurriedly looked up, but saw a cyan ghost mask, and his face changed drastically.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."

Li Fei gently pressed the old man with his hand and said softly.

After he got Feng Zhenshan's information, he let Liu Saner help him inquire; although the Tiger Blade Gang probably didn't lie to him, his always cautious personality made him not easily believe anyone.

Liu Saner quickly found out some news about Feng Zhenshan and informed Li Fei of the handling of some cases the other party had handled.

Judging from the handling of these cases, Zhang Mingze indeed didn't lie to him; this Feng Zhenshan was a scumbag who bent the law for personal gain and exploited the people, and killing this person was acting on behalf of heaven.

But Li Fei still didn't rush to take action.

He inquired that the other party was handling several cases recently, and the old man in front of him was related to one of the cases.

So Li Fei ran to the outside of the Judicial Academy to wait in person, first waited for this old man, and then followed the other party home all the way.

"You... who are you?"

The old man looked at the mask on Li Fei's face suspiciously.

Li Fei said softly: "I am someone who can help you."

"Help me? How to help?"

"I know your son and daughter-in-law killed someone, and the person in charge of this case is the third-level judge of the Judicial Academy, Feng Zhenshan, right?"

"What's the use of knowing this? What can you help me with?"

Once the case was mentioned, the old man was not so nervous anymore, replaced by deep despair.

"Can you tell me in detail about the cause and process of this case?"

Li Fei found a stone stool and sat down, asking.

The old man looked at Li Fei; although he felt very strange that someone appeared for no reason and said he wanted to help himself, he was unwilling to miss any opportunity, so he told Li Fei the case of his family from beginning to end in detail.

This case was not complicated:

The old man's family had been in the tofu business for generations, and it was passed down to his son's generation, which could be considered to have some savings.

In order to let the children in the family study in the city and receive a good education, the old man's son planned to buy a house in the city.

In the end, the other party took a fancy to this two-entry courtyard, but even after putting in all the savings, it was still not enough.

So the old man's son went to borrow a sum of high-interest money, which was usury.

Originally thinking that the family business was good, it wouldn't take long to pay it back. But unexpectedly, there was a problem with the business, and a long-term big client ran away with the debt.

This made the capital chain of the old man's family completely broken, and the usury couldn't be paid back for a while, and finally it rolled more and more.

Next was half a year of long-term debt collection, various threats and intimidation.

A week ago, the debt collectors came to the door again, not only beating the old man's son, but also moving their hands and feet on his daughter-in-law, and finally even wanted to force violence on the daughter-in-law, threatening that the other party should use her body to pay off the debt!

The old man's son couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a kitchen knife to counterattack, and injured the debt collector. The other party was furious and also drew the blade he carried with him to slash at the old man's son.

The final result was that the old man's son and his daughter-in-law worked together to hack the debt collector to death.

It was such a case; according to the law of the Great Lan Dynasty, the old man's son and daughter-in-law had a chance to be judged not guilty; at the beginning, Feng Zhenshan, who was in charge of this case, also told the old man so.

"Feng Zhenshan hinted to me that as long as I send some gifts and handle it up and down, my son and daughter-in-law could be released without guilt. But after I finished sending him gifts, he changed his words not long after, saying that the victim's family of this case also sent gifts to others, and this case is now difficult to handle, and in the end, it is possible to be judged as intentional homicide by my son and daughter-in-law, and they will be sentenced to death!"

"I panicked immediately and asked him what to do? His meaning in and out of the words was for me to continue sending more money. I had no choice but to mortgage this house of the family to others, exchanged for a sum of money, and sent it all to Feng Zhenshan, just asking for my son and daughter-in-law to be fine. After he received the money, he promised me that this case was no problem."

"But when I asked him about the situation of the case today, he changed his words again! Saying that the situation is not right now, the victim's family side handled many people, even his superiors were handled, and this case can only be judged according to intentional homicide now. I was indignant for a moment and wanted to find him to reason, but was forcibly thrown out by his people."

The old man wiped his tears while speaking.

Li Fei listened to this case with cold eyes, and he looked at the old man:

"Is the Judicial Academy handling cases like this on weekdays? Eating from both sides, trying every means to squeeze out the money of both sides, and in the end, whoever sends more money, they favor whoever?"

The old man was full of despair: "Where do ordinary people like us understand the ins and outs of this? We only know when we suddenly encounter a lawsuit..."

He paused and said in a crying voice that was as thin as a mosquito:

"Where is there any king's law in this world?"

PS: Transitional chapter, so this chapter has more words

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