Great Leaving the Night's Watch

Chapter 177 Slandering the defendant and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor

After listening to the case, Queen Yao thought about it and expressed her thoughts:

"Your Majesty, in such a case, should the merits and demerits be equalized? We should not only reward the man for saving lives, but also punish him for his theft?"

Hua Mulan only knew how to fight, but didn't understand civil affairs and laws, so she listened quietly.

Ah Ling said: "This case is really a headache. We can't finish rewarding him first, and then lock him up for theft."

Li Shishi said: "This case is not easy to judge. It is estimated that after layers of reports, the common people all over the country know about this matter, and they are all waiting for the emperor to judge this case with their necks erect."

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Dali Temple.

The emperor heard the case publicly.

It is impossible for a person like the emperor to pay attention to every detail of the operation of the court.

He can personally preside over the case, which is enough to show how much he attaches importance to this case.

It can also explain from the side how much the new emperor cares about the national economy and people's livelihood.

As long as it is related to the common people, in his eyes, there is no small matter.

The sinner knelt under the hall, wearing a big shackle.

He didn't expect that he would be arrested, let alone that his matter would alarm the emperor.

He was very scared: What if the emperor kills me to stand up?
I kept regretting in my heart, it was broken, and this time I became a material for publicity.The emperor can use my head to warn all those who steal things in the world... No matter how diligent the emperor is in governing and loving the people, I'm afraid he won't spare me... Sigh...

His heart was pounding, his heart was in a mess, he didn't dare to look at the adults on the stage, let alone look at the emperor.So he lowered his head, and looked from behind, as if he had no head.

Many people were also whispering: "Look, this guy can't keep his head this time, he even alarmed the emperor."

Hearing these words, he became even more frightened, his face turned pale, and he didn't even have the courage to cry.

Seeing that the emperor attached so much importance to this matter, the plaintiff had expectations in his heart and felt that he could win.

The father and son have conspired many times.

It is said that it was Xue who knocked the old man down, and then sent him to the doctor.

In this way, the six taels of silver that the doctor saved the old man's life can also be paid by Xue.

This time the complaint was written more ruthlessly than before.

"Xue ran into the villain's father, sent the old man to the doctor, and became a villain again, and stole all the silver from him... Afterwards, he was arrested by the county and brought Xue back to justice... Now Xiao People request the emperor to sentence Xue to five years in prison for the crime of theft according to the "Law of Great Liberation", and to be imprisoned for three thousand miles, and to compensate the villain's father for medical expenses of six taels of silver."

The father and son looked at each other with satisfaction.

His indictment was extremely long, and he read it for a long time.

The case is so simple, but they put a lot of nonsense, exaggerating the emperor's sageness and the officials' incorruptibility, thinking that in this way, they can win the case for their side.

When people become crazy and greedy, bad things happen.

Once you get carried away, it is easy to capsize.

He had only heard of the night watchman's hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and being a chivalrous man, but he didn't know how advanced the night watchman's intelligence network was.

Defendant Xue argued with reason: "Your Majesty knows it! It is true that the villain stole the money from the old man on a whim, but the old man was not hit by a villain! If the villain jumped into the Yellow River, he will not be able to clean himself up!"

Lao Tzu's son is named Jiang Dade.

When his father named him, he remembered that people always follow the principle of making up for what is lacking in naming, such as replenishing water if there is a shortage of water, and replenishing money if there is a lack of gold.

So I gave him this name, hoping that he would be virtuous.

But he himself is immoral, and he educated his son quite wickedly.

It seems that the name was chosen for nothing.

The son is vicious, and the father is even more vicious. He raised his white beard, and the words he said were even better than the words he sang:

"I've lived to this age, and I haven't done anything wrong in my life! I dare to swear to Luo Shui! It was he who hit it! If he didn't hit it, why is he guilty and wants to send the little old man to the doctor for treatment? ? What the little old man and his son said is not half false! If half a word is false, our father and son will be hit by thunder!"

At this time, there was a thunderclap in the sky.

His son subconsciously hid behind his father, hoping that when the gods punished him, he would kill his father and not him.

This move caused a burst of laughter from the people, but then they regained their composure.

It's as if the action just now didn't exist.

At this time, there were many, many onlookers outside the hall who had already discussed:
"How can there be such a thing, I have never heard of it being hit by a person surnamed Xue before."

"It must be because the emperor attaches great importance to this matter and thinks that he will win, so he made it up now."

"Damn dog profiteer! Huh!"

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With tears streaming down his face, Xue said weakly: "Your Majesty, my lords, it is true that I stole. I thought at the time that I saved his life, and it would be nothing to benefit from him! The villain is ignorant and doesn't know the law. Don't regret it." And. This case keeps going up, and the villain knows that this is a serious crime, and the villain is willing to be punished by the law! But the old man was really not hit by a villain! This is slander! I beg the emperor and all the adults to decide for the villain!"

After talking about Bang Bang Bang's kowtow, I felt anxious, and even vomited blood anxiously.

"Six taels of silver... If the villain's bones are broken, the villain will not be able to pay back..."

But the father and son insisted that he was pretending to be pitiful.

The onlookers all resented the father and son.

But they didn't know what was going on, and no one could deduce what the truth was, so they had to wait and see.

Chen Feng's face was watery, and he couldn't see any emotion. He said to the two plaintiffs, "Have you finished? Is there anything else you want to add?"

The two father and son looked at each other and said, it's over.

Chen Feng changed the topic: "Do you know why the emperor gave you a chance to talk so much?"

Before the young man could react, the old man kowtowed first and said, "The emperor loves the people like his own son! We must return justice to the common people!"

Di Gong said in an indifferent way:

"Do you know what happens to the unscrupulous people who committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

The two of them suddenly seemed to be bombed by [-] mines at the same time!
shocked!

The emperor remained silent.

He kept staring at them coldly.

A person like Wu Song who doesn't like to talk too much also interjected:

"Do you really think that night watchmen eat shit?"

The above-mentioned people are extremely contemptuous of people with low moral character.

I don't even bother to talk to such people.

It was Xiao Fei who spoke clearly:

"The opportunity the emperor gave you to speak is to decide your life and death. The night watchmen have already controlled all the details of this case, and all the witnesses and evidence have been repeatedly questioned. The case has been handed down layer by layer. Dali officials are not here to help you traitors." Evil people hurt people who don't know the law, but to set a precedent for the people of the world! But you are doing it like this, every time you submit it, you must increase the adverbs to smear the other party, and treat the emperor and officials as fools !"

The two broke out in a cold sweat, knelt down on the ground, and said for mercy.

When Xue heard that Da Li's monarch and ministers were so wise, he burst into tears with joy.

When the matter came to an end, in order to survive, the old man put all the responsibility on his own son:
"Your Majesty! I usually burn incense, I believe in Buddhism, and I only do good deeds... But this rebellious son, I forced the old man to conspire with him to frame this young man of the Xue family..."

"Old man, you want to be greedy for money, and it's all up to me!"

The father and son actually fought in court!
Shame on Mars.

It drew contemptuous ridicule from the people:

"Look, this is really a father's kindness and filial piety."

Di Gong went out and said: "Your Majesty, please behead these two thieves for the crime of deceiving the king."

The Emperor finally spoke the first words of the trial:

"Trial the accused first, and then try them."

(End of this chapter)