"Guards, drag him out and behead him!"
Hearing Li Yi's words, the court fell into dead silence.
County Magistrate Liu took advantage of the break to take a sip of tea, but he spat it all out in an instant.
He turned his head abruptly and stared at Li Yi with wide eyes. Doubts, astonishment, shock … all kinds of emotions emerged in his eyes.
Behead him?
What gave him the confidence to say such a thing?
Even the county magistrate or the magistrate didn't have the right to approve the death penalty, let alone a County Lieutenant.
In order to prevent indiscriminate killing, according to the law of the Jing Kingdom, the application for the death penalty should be reported to the higher levels and reviewed by the Ministry of Penalty many times. Finally, it should be signed by the emperor himself and then beheaded. How could it be so simple?
Even if his identity was as he thought, he didn't have the right to give such an order.
However, seeing that he said "drag him out and behead him" so easily with a gloomy face, County Magistrate Liu increasingly felt that his background was unfathomable.
County Magistrate Liu was like this, not to mention the yamen runners in the court.
When the young County Lieutenant opened his mouth, they were a little confused.
Repeating words and raising his voice meant that he was lying?
Rubbing his nose meant that he was trying to cover up the truth?
Rubbing his thumb meant that he was flustered?
This method of solving a case was simply unheard of!
What was more unbelievable was that he looked shifty-eyed and ugly, which meant that he was not a good person — Since when was being ugly a crime?
Could this County Lieutenant be more sloppy in solving a case?
What the County Lieutenant said next confirmed their guess. It was really possible!
Drag him out and behead him?
Behead him?
The yamen runners smiled bitterly in their hearts. You're just a County Lieutenant, not the emperor. Who gave you such a great power?
Li Xuan's mouth twitched mockingly when he saw the shocked expressions on everyone's faces. They were just a bunch of country bumpkins who hadn't seen the world before. Just a few words had scared them?
After all, the person standing in front of them was a freak who could turn right into wrong, black into white, and the ground under his feet into a ball. A single sentence from him could make people doubt their lives. Compared to this, what did what they had just said count for?
Having known Li Yi for such a long time, Li Xuan had already deeply understood that there was no need to doubt anything he said.
If you think what he said is wrong, there is only one possibility, and that is that you are not smart enough.
In other words, his IQ was not high enough. He had just learned the word IQ from Li Yi not long ago.
At this moment, the young man kneeling on the ground was dumbfounded.
Beheaded … beheaded?
He raised his head and glanced at the young man who had just spoken. He saw that the young man's face was serious and did not look like he was joking. He suddenly felt his vision go black and instantly collapsed to the ground.
Even Wang Er, who was standing beside him, was stunned when he heard this.
Was this lord serious?
In the next moment, a miserable scream came from the court.
"Lord, please spare my life, please spare my life!"
The young man got up from the ground and kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic, "It's all my fault. I was greedy for money. That day, I accidentally saw the place where the master hid the silver, so I had an evil intention. Yesterday, when the master was not here, I stole the silver. Now, I've buried it under the third peach tree in the backyard. I'm willing to confess everything. Lord, please spare my life!"
This young man was just a lowly servant. How would he know about the twists and turns of criminal law? When he heard the words "drag him out and behead him," he was completely dumbfounded. How would he dare to deny it? What was a few dozen taels of silver? If this went on, he would lose his life!
It was just a few dozen taels of silver. Was it worth it?
The court continued to be silent. All the yamen runners could not help cursing in their hearts.
How could it work like this?
County Magistrate Liu was also extremely shocked. Glancing at Li Yi who had recovered his calm expression, he could not figure out whether it was a fluke or a plan.
If it was the latter, he would have to re-examine this County Magistrate Li.
The reason was that Li Yi's official position was only obtained by his background, and he would at most be a muddle-headed county magistrate. Now it seemed that he had underestimated him.
Seeing the young man kowtowing as if he was pounding garlic, Li Yi felt a little bored.
A few days ago, when he was basking in the sun in the yard, he read a few leisure books, such as "How to Recognize Micro-expressions", "The Secret of Micro-expressions", "The FBI Teaches You to Read Minds" and so on … Originally, he was just looking for novelty, but he did not expect it to be useful here.
He had thought that this young man could hold on for a while, but he did not expect that he would confess so soon.
At this time, the yamen runners' eyes on Li Yi had changed dramatically.
No one thought that this young county magistrate was just a good-looking but useless embroidered pillow. Most of them were constables, and their daily duty was to chase down criminals and catch thieves. County Magistrate Zhou was lazy, so he would ask them to help with some trivial cases, and they were also good at interrogating cases by torture.
This County Magistrate Li was observant, and he could even notice such details as rubbing his nose and rubbing his thumb. Although they were not clear about the meaning of the actions that County Magistrate Li had just said, they were already 70% convinced after seeing the young man confess.
Then, he convicted him with ugliness to disturb his mind, and the sentence "Drag him out and behead him!" What's more, it was a stroke of genius that made the criminal's mind completely collapse, and he confessed to the theft …
Based on this alone, it could be seen that he was more powerful than County Magistrate Zhou!
This young county magistrate was not simple …
"Hey, why did you say those things just now …" Li Xuan returned to his curious nature, and he asked, not caring that they were in the court.
He was really curious about how Li Yi guessed that person's mind through these subtle movements.
If he could learn this trick, wouldn't he be able to see through people's mind easily in the future?
Not only Li Yi, but all the people present were curious about this question at this moment. In an instant, more than ten pairs of eyes looked over.
Even County Magistrate Liu was no exception.
Li Yi turned to look at Li Xuan, "Do you really want to know?"
Li Xuan looked at him with a faint smile, and his heart skipped a beat. He suddenly had a bad feeling.
He recalled that every time Li Yi subverted his understanding, it made him doubt the world, and he could not eat or sleep well. Only by experiencing it himself could he understand the feeling …
"Let's talk about this in a few days." Li Xuan's face turned pale, and he hurriedly shook his head and said.
Thinking of those terrible experiences, the curiosity in his heart was instantly reduced by more than half.
Li Yi did not explain, and the yamen runners were very disappointed. Even though County Magistrate Liu was also curious, it was not appropriate to ask at this moment. He waved his hand, and some yamen runners already understood and took the young man who stole the silver away.
After the case was solved, before County Magistrate Liu had time to breathe a sigh of relief, a yamen runner came from outside the door and whispered something in his ear.
"Lord Liu, about the arson case, Shopkeeper Wu came to urge us again …"
Hearing that, County Magistrate Liu rubbed the area between his eyebrows and sighed in his heart … When would such days come to an end!
County Magistrate Liu's eyes suddenly lit up when he glanced at County Magistrate Li.
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