
126:重新接案216Please respect copyright.PENANAV66PbgXco3
哥哥回到看察廳,恢復公務,消化大量堆積的案件。216Please respect copyright.PENANABXPtlVpCFN
只是,怎麼說……216Please respect copyright.PENANAgvOJ7mKvl0
好幾天過去,我真的覺得哥哥變了。216Please respect copyright.PENANAkPv6MsXG4E
如果以前的哥哥,充滿活力……現在的哥哥,感覺就像缺點什麼,有哪裡不太對勁。216Please respect copyright.PENANA2jnuB7UuEA
好像哥哥不論做什麼,都缺了一點活力,少了一點勁,失去某個重要的部份。216Please respect copyright.PENANAbPtECn1x4H
不是因為和我同床共寢的影響,也不是和我有關,是其他外在更深刻的影響。216Please respect copyright.PENANAbGC3MQzQ8o
我默默觀察,思考著到底是什麼事,一心希望能幫助哥哥。216Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Km7FwCHX
直到這一天……216Please respect copyright.PENANAhKnIXBz49V
我帶著午飯前往看察廳,一起和哥哥吃,順便閒聊。216Please respect copyright.PENANAmOzBP4ktsJ
大約午餐結束的下午一點,一位文職,門口作揖:「大人。」216Please respect copyright.PENANAqmtmyQnAdE
哥哥:「什麼事?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAdmB7r3CtbU
文職:「有人前來認領葉沙的遺體,正等在棺旁。」216Please respect copyright.PENANAcktULrjA9O
哥哥表情黯淡:「知道了,我就到。」216Please respect copyright.PENANA4NyAaiPSfI
就法律規定,如果有人死在大牢,必須驗過遺體之後入棺,放入防腐藥液,等待家屬領回。葉沙的遺體,當然照規定處理,棺木停放在偏僻的內牆角落。216Please respect copyright.PENANAZaf1nFDFFo
本來這事哥哥不必出面,讓部屬處理就好,但是哥哥堅持一定要親自處理,親自送葉沙出廳。216Please respect copyright.PENANARVAbHpPfPm
因此哥哥在我的幫忙下,重新穿好官服,邁步走出。216Please respect copyright.PENANA0MzIP3aWrk
我放下空碗盤,緊跟在後面。216Please respect copyright.PENANASIjTp2X40G
隨著走近停棺處,哭聲傳來,也能看到棺邊站著幾人,和一個空推車。216Please respect copyright.PENANAwHLQMP7i19
四位準備搬棺上車的大哥,一位處理文書的秀才大哥,一位準備拉棺材推車的壯漢,與一位……216Please respect copyright.PENANAZkA83CQKVT
是五十以上的婆婆,一頭白髮,充滿皺紋,柱著拐杖,滿臉鼻水淚水:「兒啊……兒啊……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAj2lyCZuLac
哥哥:「這是怎麼回事?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAsY8BsRtIYv
所有人跪拜:「大人!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAQhxHGMjOyo
老婆婆柱著拐杖,慢慢彎腰,吃力的向下跪,明顯身體很不好。216Please respect copyright.PENANAPdlWsF1MD0
哥哥快步過去,親手把老婆婆扶起,問部下:「這是哪位?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAFF9osDhme9
文職:「大人,是葉沙的母親。」216Please respect copyright.PENANAI2311timdV
哥哥:「什麼!」216Please respect copyright.PENANACEuxMFoDz0
婆婆哭哭啼啼:「大人……大人……」216Please respect copyright.PENANA0dobUnAgeH
哥哥:「妳不是身體不好,怎麼來了?省區大人不是會照顧妳?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAwRFywbxmay
婆婆:「省大人……給我一點錢……讓我走……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAPuzcjb3vaz
哥哥難以置信:「…………」216Please respect copyright.PENANAzLnBp2bHLJ
婆婆痛哭流涕:「沒關係……我也不想留在那裡了……害死我兒的地方……」216Please respect copyright.PENANALxDhk3tAdb
哥哥:「…………」216Please respect copyright.PENANA2E1HTaC1oG
婆婆慢慢走回棺邊,伸手撫棺:「怪我自己命苦……好不容易生下的獨子……兒啊……回家吧……和娘一起回家鄉吧……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAPyjAbdUx1o
哥哥:「…………」216Please respect copyright.PENANAnjG3hRJXlz
下屬們:「大人,是否可以移棺上車?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAyqJc8l84Uz
哥哥默默點頭。216Please respect copyright.PENANAjv6lZRu9Gz
大哥們,一起合力,把棺材搬上拉車。216Please respect copyright.PENANAfT5tDOPmEa
材車壯漢,開始拉車前進。216Please respect copyright.PENANARu1gzo6BxD
婆婆一步步跟在旁邊,哀傷哭泣:「兒啊……回家了……要跟上啊……要跟娘一起回家啊……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAJKX2qI0JfM
哥哥就此帶著我,一起走在後面。216Please respect copyright.PENANADqp06eh2S3
雖然哥哥什麼都沒說,但是我感覺到,哥哥體內的某些部份,慢慢回來了。216Please respect copyright.PENANArUDomCQwkl
從哥哥的雙眼變化,看的最清楚。216Please respect copyright.PENANA145ud9BcZ8
原本混濁的雙眼,開始明亮,甚至幾乎冒出火焰。216Please respect copyright.PENANANKfLoJqlgu
鬆弛的臉頰,也開始緊繃,牙齒緊抵彼此。216Please respect copyright.PENANAetFIhXfBy3
這一刻,我終於知道,這陣子,哥哥失去的部份,究竟是什麼?216Please respect copyright.PENANAnvmYgMaB6t
是對公理正義的追求……216Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ3iB0L6rx
哥哥為什麼這麼堅持公理正義?216Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ2uKGRrpj
真的沒有特定原因,卻可以說出幾個理由。216Please respect copyright.PENANAfZspexw6sx
媽媽的遺言。216Please respect copyright.PENANAfnN9I1euP9
哥哥本人的個性,厭惡不公義的情況。216Please respect copyright.PENANAJnOtIGI2ZG
厭惡錯誤的事情,被扭曲成為正確。216Please respect copyright.PENANA46zsBmQTn7
看到被壓迫弱者哭泣,立即會想伸出援手拉一把。216Please respect copyright.PENANAme7RQxYdU5
覺得自己的身體安危不重要,凡事問心無愧最重要。216Please respect copyright.PENANAK9GlfDn5kY
身為士大夫,學而優則仕,想要為天下萬民服務到底,鞠躬盡瘁的心情。216Please respect copyright.PENANA0yyelXmAjj
如果不是讀書,是習武,怕真的會成為那種傳說中專殺狗官的大劍客。216Please respect copyright.PENANAZy1FdSKTi0
哥哥真的就是如此剛烈如火、嫉惡如仇的好人。216Please respect copyright.PENANAQgcZKNxjbC
因此,拉車來到廳門前,就要推出的時候。216Please respect copyright.PENANAe988YYlVMt
哥哥:「慢著,先別推出去。」216Please respect copyright.PENANAdZQzBTPBhX
眾人看向哥哥。216Please respect copyright.PENANATHZELBgRDd
哥哥沒有看著我,繼續盯著眼前的棺材:「小仙,我……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAXziZmV5prS
我直接說:「好啦……我已經知道你想做什麼了,哥哥開心最重要。剩下的,我們夫妻一起面對吧。了不起,一起入天牢就是。」216Please respect copyright.PENANA1jN17wJGRV
哥哥:「謝謝妳……」216Please respect copyright.PENANA6S8LMZopmE
我說:「唉……我也只能嫁雞隨雞,嫁狗隨狗啊……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAI9bLbAdPrL
哥哥轉移視線:「婆婆,妳家鄉還有誰在?」216Please respect copyright.PENANA0w3TpgfZBB
婆婆不懂怎麼忽然這樣問,愣愣搖頭,表示已經沒有任何親戚。216Please respect copyright.PENANAk2JPGHJ1sb
哥哥:「如果妳在家鄉已經無依無靠,不如告官吧?」216Please respect copyright.PENANADqcZQQPuOn
婆婆恍惚:「大人……?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAejEJpH2DEE
哥哥:「我再無能,總也是堂堂正三品,聖上親賜看察使。只要提告,我一定親自在聖上面前,為妳兒子討出一個道理!」216Please respect copyright.PENANA5osKoOJKor
婆婆:「大人?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAzldEmBLLG3
哥哥:「我一定捨命到底,不論好壞都給婆婆一個交待!婆婆,告官吧,不要讓葉沙含冤白死了!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAkGVg3BBPbs
婆婆知道哥哥說真的,再次淚如泉湧,跪拜在地:「拜託日審陽……夜審陰……青天大老爺……給老身和苦命的兒子……主持公道了……」216Please respect copyright.PENANAADdkThgeqz
哥哥:「好!婆婆妳的告案我接了!!!!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAMi7XW5uQXG
這事,立刻傳遍整個蝦宜港,造成轟動。216Please respect copyright.PENANAb24l54wKUi
一小時之後。216Please respect copyright.PENANALgezuOu965
蝦峰的快馬驛站,哥哥親自前往。216Please respect copyright.PENANAHhJnd9kOTX
向著跪拜在地的騎士(驛卒)遞出一個扁長木盒:「四百里加急。」216Please respect copyright.PENANAnDIdaExy9R
騎士接過木盒:「大人,請問送往何處?」216Please respect copyright.PENANAqMTiJHl4O2
哥哥:「京城,向聖上告御狀!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAOj6Uh7tZCI
騎士意外,身子一顫。216Please respect copyright.PENANAmYhG9eBC0K
向皇帝告狀不是開玩笑的,弄不好甚至可能惹來殺身之禍。216Please respect copyright.PENANAUoe5HT5YUg
哥哥:「快去!!!!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAQtz1mGhxzr
騎士不多問,立即上馬,動作俐落:「駕!!!!」216Please respect copyright.PENANAGW24vx20W6
然後,哥哥回到官聽,另寫一封私信,派人送往省府。216Please respect copyright.PENANAstJrFiWQ2O
「省區大人,如果你善加照顧葉婆婆到最後一天,下官還可以默不做聲。不過現在,下官不怕驚動聖駕了!已經四百里加急,就這一切直報陛下聖尊,參你一本!請準備就這九條人命的事,一起前往聖上面前,說個分明吧!!!!」216Please respect copyright.PENANASi8DpSVt7I
從省府傭人流出來的消息,據說省區大人收到這封信,看完之後,那個表情實在是啊……216Please respect copyright.PENANA95klE1F1Eo
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