The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In a room in the Fuya Neitang, Su Jin was interrogating Guo Pinchao, the general judge of Yangzhou.Fastest novel update

Guo Pinchao originally thought that after the public trial in the daytime, the matter was understood, and after being taken back to the prison, he secretly rejoiced that according to the confession in the daytime, he had fallen into the trap of Feng Jingyao's fans by mistake, and finally had to help him do a few things that violated the rules of the court. For example, in the case of corvee, you can't pay for the corvee, and you can take extra care of yourself, allowing Feng Jingyao to pay for the exemption from corvee; another thing is to use the convenience of his position to allow Feng Jingyao to sell salt tea and other things that are limited and monopolized by the imperial court; it seems that It seems very important, but Guo Pinchao, who is well versed in the key points, knows that these things are insignificant at all; Feng Jingyao is active in taxation, and the court does not take a penny less. Taxes have little effect.

In the evening, they were suddenly taken to the court again, and Guo Pinchao's heart beat like a small drum. Could it be that something else fell into their hands?He made up his mind that if he had solid evidence, he would admit it without hesitation, and if he had no evidence, he would never say a word. As long as it was tried by the prefect of Song, he would not be fooled.

However, when he saw that the person sitting opposite was Su Jinshi who didn't meet much and didn't say a few words, his head was a little big. It was this person who came to Yangzhou and smashed his comfortable and comfortable life like a vase. However, this man is capable of destroying the bandits in Bagong Mountain. Even Feng Jingyao has figured out the difficult part, so it is not easy to fool him.

"Master Guo, Guo Tongpan, how are you?" Su Jin spoke with a smile.

"Officer Guo Pinchao deserves to die for his crimes. He was careless and strayed into the trap of traitors. He really owed the emperor's grace and shamed the people." Guo Pinchao kowtowed like garlic, with tears and snot in his nose.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Master Guo is a sensible person, but it's a pity that he woke up a bit late. As a state judge, he is an official appointed by the central government. No. 1 under the adults is in charge of the decision-making power of soldiers and civilians, money, household registration, taxes and labor, and prison lawsuits in Yangzhou Prefecture. It can be said that he has a high position and great responsibility. People can't figure it out."

Guo Pinchao kowtowed and said: "Yes, yes, the prisoner failed to clean himself up, and he failed to wake up after the incident. He is really confused. The prisoner has confessed to the crime in the public trial hall today, and the imperial court is willing to punish him. accept."

Su Jin sneered and said: "A confession, what a confession. I think you are too dishonest. What you confess are trivial things. Is this also called a confession?"

Guo Pinchao shook his body, and hurriedly said: "Where did the envoy come from, the prisoner has already reached such a point, what else is there to hide?"

Su Jin said: "If you fool others, you may be able to fool them, but if you want to fool me, you have miscalculated. I advise you to think about it. It is best to pour beans into a bamboo tube. This way you will be refreshed and I will be comfortable."

Song Xiang's face was embarrassed, "If you fool others, you may be able to fool them" clearly means that he was fooled by Guo Pinchao, this kid is merciless in front of his face, and his words really touch people's hearts; seeing that Su Jin is nothing but threats It is true, Song Xiang suddenly wanted to see his jokes, and hoped that Su Jin would not be able to find out why; but immediately Song Xiang felt ashamed of his dirty thoughts, how could he give birth to such a villain after reading about sages? Psychologically, this is profaning the poems in the belly and tarnishing my noble character; I blame this kid, and I am almost confused.

Naturally, Guo Pinchao would not pour beans out of a bamboo tube for Su Jin's words, rolled his eyes and thought about it for a long time, and said aggrievedly: "Master Special Envoy, the prisoner already knows everything he can say, I confessed everything to Mr. Song during the day, what did you ask the prisoner to say? How about this, sir, let me think about it, the prisoner has a bad memory, and I may have forgotten many things and I don’t know.”

Su Jin cursed secretly: What a cunning old fox.

Guo Pinchao didn't want to confess quickly, but he didn't want to say it to death, so as not to give Su Jin the reputation of dishonest confession when he presented evidence; he said that his memory is not good, so he can remember anything at any time, as long as there is convincing evidence, he will think of it. If there is no evidence or the evidence is not strong, then it is impossible to remember.

"In this way, Mr. Guo, I didn't want to be rough on you. Speaking of which, you can be regarded as a serious reader. Judging from your resume, you also came from a poor background. After taking the imperial examination, you went to Huazhou to become an official. All the way You can be regarded as a clean and honest person, so you were praised by the court and transferred to Yangzhou to judge; judging from your past achievements as an official, the court will definitely not ignore your previous contributions; according to this envoy, Although the official position must be lost, it will never lose your life. I originally discussed with the prefect of Song Dynasty and said a few words of justice for you in the case file submitted, but it all depends on your attitude; If you have a correct attitude, you really have the intention of repenting, no one is perfect, and there are occasional mistakes, but they will never be beaten to death with a stick, do you think this is what the emissary said?"

Song Xiang smacked his lips and rolled his eyes. This kid was talking nonsense. When did he discuss with himself and say that he wanted to speak a few words of justice for this person?This guy comes as soon as he opens his mouth to lie. Although he is a capable official, he despises his behavior; this is a matter, and it is better to stay away from him in the future. Being with such a person is too disrespectful.

"The prisoner is very touched by the special envoy's gracious love. The prisoner will definitely change his past and change his mind." Guo Pinchao repeated these few words, making up his mind not to be seduced by this person, and everything he confessed would be enough to kill him. For the tenth time, when I was a three-year-old child?Just coax?

Su Jin waited for a while, but Guo Pinchao didn't have anything to say. He knew that this guy would not shed tears when he saw the coffin, so he smiled and said, "Very well, it seems that you are going to pretend to be foolish to the end. Anyway, I don't want to talk to you either." What nonsense, I just want to tell you that I have a lot of evidence here, telling you that I am giving you a chance, if you don’t want a chance, then don’t blame me for being rude to you; let me tell you a rule first, I will give you a chance In the trial, every time a crime is verified, those who deny it will suffer, it seems that you will be carried out tonight."

Guo Pinchao was startled and said, "You dare to punish? Although I am a criminal, but the court dismissed me and announced the sentence, do you dare to punish him?"

Su Jin held up a finger and shook it, and said with a strange smile: "Don't say it so harshly, I don't torture to extract a confession, I only do it after I have produced evidence to prove the crime, this is called punishing stubbornness, understand ? Besides, since you said that you have confessed everything and there is no other crime, why should you be afraid?"

Guo Pinchao realized that his reaction was contrary to his words and deeds, and then straightened his neck and changed his words: "It was originally like this, and I have nothing to explain."

Su Jin said: "Okay, let's start to expose the old truth now, listen carefully, where were you on the evening of the 29th of last month?"

Guo Pinchao thought for a while and said, "Where else can I be on business in the Yamen?"

Su Jindao: "Really? Why did the Beicheng Xiang soldiers say that you brought Shen Dezhang, the chief criminal officer, and a group of entourages to inspect the city gate? You are lying about such a trivial matter?"

Guo Pinchao slapped his head and said: "Exactly, I have a really bad memory. I did go to patrol the North City Gate that evening. As a general judge, I have this authority. Is there any fault?"

Su Jin chuckled and said, "Let's see if there is any fault. What did you go to Beicheng for? Do you remember? I warn you, if you don't tell the truth, I will make you look good."

Guo Pinchao thought for a while and said, "It's just an ordinary patrol, what's the fuss?"

Su Jin changed his face and said: "Bad embryo with itchy skin, come here, slap your mouth ten times as a punishment."

Zhang Long stepped forward, grabbed Guo Pinchao's hair and pulled it back, causing him to raise his face. He slapped Guo Pinchao's teeth more than a dozen times in a row, until his teeth were loose and his mouth was full of bloody foam.

Su Jin hurriedly called a stop, thinking: Zhang Long doesn't know how to count, if you tell him to slap his mouth ten times, he actually slapped him seventeen or eight times.

Song Xiang couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly said, "Special Envoy Su, this...is not appropriate."

Su Jin said: "What's inappropriate? I warned him not to tell lies, but he turned a deaf ear to it. This is despising the envoy, so he should slap his mouth."

Song Xiang said, "How do you know he's lying? It's only natural for him to patrol the city gate."

Su Jin said unceremoniously: "My lord, if you can't stand it, please avoid it; you also defend this kind of guy, you want to know if he is lying? Okay, come, bring witnesses... "