The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

"Heifu... Captain, the doctor in the camp said that Dongmen Bao is not in danger of death..."

Ji Ying ran to the place where the "head inspection" was held to report. After hearing the news, not only Heifu breathed a sigh of relief, but the other few people also said that Dongmen Bao was lucky and their faces relaxed.

Ji Ying himself was also upset. Although he had known Dongmen Bao since he served in Anlu County, the two often ridiculed each other and seemed to have resentment. But when Dongmen Bao was injured and fainted, it was Ji Ying who ran around most actively. Unknowingly, more than a year had passed. Under the leadership of Heifu, the two lived together day and night and were as close as brothers. They would still quarrel when they should, but when the other party was in danger of life, they would also try their best to help.

But Ji Ying immediately found that the atmosphere was not right: in addition to all the people in Xintun gathered outside, there were also many Qin soldiers watching at the smelly head inspection place, pointing and commenting on the scene in front of them.

"What happened? What are you doing?"

Ji Ying was just waiting for the reply from the doctor in the camp. He didn't know what was going on outside. He suddenly felt strange. Why was Gong Ao, the squad leader of his own garrison, tied up and looked like he was being interrogated by the law officer?

He immediately became nervous. Maybe Gong Ao had done something wrong. Escaped? Disobeyed orders? They would all be held accountable! Hei Fu had warned them long ago that if one person in the same group escaped and the other four did not stop him, then in the final judgment, except for the one who escaped, the other four would also be executed!

"No big deal."

Hei Fu smiled and said, "Wait, there's something interesting to watch."

As he spoke, a carriage came back at a high speed. The Qin soldier driving the carriage and the Dou Shi clerk in the carriage got off the carriage, took down a headless body from the carriage, and placed it in front of the military judge...

"Is it this person?"

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

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

After both of them gave their answers, the military judge frowned, looked at Hei Fu, and shook his head at him.

It turned out that Hei Fu's idea was very simple. Since it was impossible to determine who killed this person just by looking at the head, then the only thing he could do was to let the village chief who captured the two go to the scene of the crime and retrieve the headless body - according to the village chief who captured the two, there was no one around at the time, and only the body fell under a willow tree, so it was not difficult to distinguish.

Hei Fu also suggested that when the body was transported back, a headless body that died somewhere else should be moved over for the two to identify. Since they fought and killed, and cut off the head with their own hands, it is impossible that they have no impression of the victim's appearance and figure.

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

Li Xian on the side said with a click of his tongue: "It seems that Man noticed the body's dress when fighting for the head. This is a bit troublesome."

"No hurry." Hei Fu was still confident: "The first trick doesn't work, there is a second trick."

Since the truth was not deceived, there was no need to falsify it. The military judge asked someone to move the real body from the car and confirm with the two whether it was the body of that person?

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

On the other side, Man was brought over again. After a little hesitation, he also said to the assistant officer: "It's the corpse of the head I beheaded!"

The military judge shook his head again, asked the assistant officer to blindfold them, and took them to a place 30 steps away where they could not hear each other, and then asked a black-robed doctor invited from the military camp to come out and perform a direct autopsy...

When in Anlu County, Heifu saw the meticulous autopsy of Lingshi Nu when handling the case, which almost reached the level of forensic autopsy reports in later generations.

Relying on this leading autopsy method, unless the eye socket wound was "accidentally" smashed to pieces by falling off the cliff like Shuwu, who was killed by Heifu but lied that he died in the line of duty, otherwise he would not escape the eyes of Lingshi!

Heifu became friends with Nu and learned from their conversation that this skill called "Lingshi's Technique" was actually not originally created by the officials handling the case, but was taught by Qin doctors in their study room.

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

Although there were no Lingshi on the battlefield, there were doctors, especially "sore doctors" who specialized in dealing with sword wounds. The wound on the head just now was examined by the sore doctor. They can accurately restore the injuries the deceased had suffered before his death and how he was killed based on the characteristics of the wound...

Not long after, with more and more Qin soldiers watching, the black-robed doctor had completed the examination of the corpse. He wrote down all the information he found on the wooden tablet and then handed it over to the military law officer for review.

Heifu sighed a little. The old-fashioned character of the Qin people shaped by the Qin law was really deeply imprinted in their bones. Even on the battlefield with simple conditions, the doctor's examination of the corpse still had to be submitted to the military law officer in writing, and could not rely solely on verbal reports.

After reading the letter, the military judge finally relaxed his frown. He nodded to Hei Fu and ordered two assistants to ask Gong Ao and Man respectively.

"How did you fight with this man and how did you kill him? No matter how big or small, you must tell us everything!"

Gong Ao was blindfolded, but he still stood straight, raised his head, and slowly told the story. The assistant recorded it and nodded slightly to the military judge.

As for Man, it was much more difficult. After being asked this question, he was already sweating profusely. After hesitating for a while... Suddenly, he seemed to lose the courage to continue and fell to his knees!

Man did not stay in the Qin army in vain. He knew that the process of his guesses and fabrications could not be completely consistent with the facts. He knew that he could not escape the questioning of the military judge, but it was too late to regret it now. He could only hit his head on the ground and said loudly:

"I... I plead guilty!"

...

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

Just as Gong Ao cut off the head and was about to hang it on his waist, Man came. Seeing Gong Ao injured and the head, he immediately had an evil thought and raised his sword, wanting to kill Gong Ao and take his head!

Unexpectedly, Gong Ao was more capable than him. After a few moves, he chased Man around. Gong Ao was so hot-tempered that he could not stand being attacked by others! He didn't want the head and threw it directly on the ground!

At this time, a village happened to pass by and saw some Qin soldiers fighting for the head, so they captured them...

After all, it seemed that Gong Ao was chasing Man, and he was a bad person, so the suspicion pointed to Gong Ao.

If Heifu had not stood up and asked the military judge to be cautious and find out the truth through the headless body, Gong Ao might have been wrongly killed.

Yes, this crime deserves death. After confessing his guilt, Man was sentenced to beheading by the military judge for the crimes of fighting for the head and fighting privately!

Executed immediately!

In front of hundreds of Qin soldiers, Man was pressed down on a wooden stake, and the axe fell, blood gushed out for several feet, his body and head were separated, and his flying head was tied with a hemp rope and pulled up and hung above the gate!

Afterwards, the military judge also smiled at Heifu.

"Heifu, in fact, when I was a Wei Shi in Jiangling County, I also heard about your deeds. You are worthy of being the Heifu Pavilion Chief who solved three major cases in a row. You are really good."

If not for this, the military judge would not listen to the advice of a small village chief.

The military judge stroked his beard and said, "If you were not here today, I am afraid that the truth of this case of competing for the head would not be so soon."

Heifu said he dared not. At this time, the military judge looked at Gong Ao, who was still full of indignation after being untied.

"Gong Ao Shizhang, your grievances have been cleared. I will record this head on the wooden tablets of you and Xin Tun... Don't worry, your achievements will be reported truthfully, and the reward of the title will not be less."

So far, Gong Ao has cleared his grievances, and Heifu's village has also obtained the seventeenth head they dreamed of, reaching the standard of "Yinglun", which should be a happy thing for everyone.

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

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and wanted to say that this head could be counted on Xintun's head, and let the headman be promoted.

As for him?

What reward, what title, Nai Gong doesn't care, don't want it! Give it to whoever you want!

However, he had just said a few words when Hei Fu guessed what this guy was going to do. In a hurry, he stretched out his foot and tripped Gong Ao to the ground!

Gong Ao was shocked and was about to ask questions, but Hei Fu squatted down again and pretended to help him up, but he stuffed a handful of sand into Gong Ao's mouth and scolded him in his ear: "Shut up!"

The military judge watched the performance of the two and sneered: "Hei Fu, what does this sergeant want to say?"

"He said thank you to the military judge for enforcing the law impartially and clearing his name."

Hei Fu smiled and held Gong Ao tightly with both hands to prevent him from speaking.

The military judge was not stupid and had guessed what Gong Ao had not said, but for Hei Fu's sake, he did not pursue it too much, but waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. He still had to continue counting the heads and calculating the merits for everyone...

...

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

After leaving a few dozen steps away, Gong Ao broke free from the support of the crowd, spit out the sand in his mouth, and his face was full of indignation.

Hei Fu just looked at him coldly without saying anything. Li Xian, who was standing beside him, sighed and said, "Gong Ao, you are a sergeant, but you don't know what the military law says?"

"What does it say?"

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

Li Xian was literate and knew the law. When they gathered in Fangcheng County, Hei Fu pulled him to copy the military law with him to understand the military's orders and prohibitions. The two of them were the only two people in the whole village who were familiar with the military regulations of the Qin Army.

So he said to Gong Ao, "The military law says that those who ask for no punishment will be put to death! Those who ask for no reward will be put to death! If you had said something nonsense just now, you would have been hanging on the gate with Man's head!"

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

This was Wei Liao's supplement to the Qin military law: those who should be punished but ask for forgiveness should be put to death; those who should be rewarded but ask not to be rewarded should also be put to death!

Yes, the military regulations of Qin were so exaggerated. You may think that refusing rewards is a personality, a noble character, and a matter that a person can decide. But in the eyes of Qin Li, this is a subordinate's disobedience to the orders of his superiors, and an attempt to question the reward and punishment system in Qin's military law!

If left alone, this atmosphere will continue to spread, and eventually lead to the soldiers' disunity and the general's inability to command the army.

So anyone who violates the rules, whether they should be punished or not, or refuse to be rewarded, will be executed! This situation must be nipped in the bud.

Li Xian sneered: "Gong Ao, the captain not only proposed an autopsy to the military judge to prove your innocence, but also stopped you from talking nonsense and seeking death, but saved you twice! What about you? How did you repay the captain?"

After listening, Gong Ao was stunned for a long time. Although he was arrogant and self-righteous, he was not a person who didn't know what was good for him.

After learning the truth, the anger just now immediately turned into regret and guilt. This young man who never liked to kneel down, without saying a word, immediately knelt down to Heifu and bowed his head heavily, saying: "Gong Ao never owes anyone anything, but now, he owes the village chief two lives! Gong Ao will remember it in his heart and will definitely repay it!"

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 troublemaker in the village was finally convinced after this incident.

"When I was reciting the military rules and regulations in Fangcheng County, I saw this paragraph at the very end. It should have been added by the national commander and his lieutenant."

Heifu looked at his subordinates, the ashamed Gong Ao, the trustworthy Ji Ying, the observant Li Xian, the honest and taciturn Xiao Tao, and the mysterious Bu Cheng...

He said slowly: "Make the five-man army like relatives and the soldier like a friend. Only in this way can we stop like a wall and move like wind and rain, without leaving tracks and without turning back. This is the way of war!"

"What the national commander said is very good! My wish is also to say that in the same garrison, 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 gain more merits and titles!"

"Like relatives, like friends, obeying the order of the garrison commander, survive and gain more merits and titles!"

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

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

Seeing that everyone was finally united as a whole, Hei Fu was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the camp to see A Bao!"

"Yes, let you two or three see his embarrassing appearance when he was injured!" Ji Ying started to make a fuss.

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

"Captain Heifu!"

Heifu and the others turned around and saw the man who had just examined the body and the black-robed doctor. According to Ji Ying, this man was called Chen Wujiu, a medical officer accompanying the army. Dongmen Bao's wound was treated by Chen Wujiu...

Everyone looked at each other, and Heifu's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that Dongmen Bao's injury has recurred?"

He immediately stepped forward and replied: "I am a humble official. May I ask Doctor Chen, how is the injury of the soldier Dongmen Bao?"

"He is fine. His life is not in danger for the time being. I am looking for you!"

"Looking for me?" Heifu was stunned. He vaguely guessed the reason in his heart, but pretended to be puzzled: "I wonder what's the matter?"

Chen Wujiu looked at Ji Ying: "I heard from the person who sent him here that the wound on the soldier's body was treated by the captain?"

"It was me..." Heifu was about to explain, but after Chen Wujiu got the answer, he showed joy on his face and couldn't wait to pull Heifu away!

"I'm glad it's you! No need to say more, just follow me and show me how to stop the bleeding from those wounds again!"