Han official!

Chapter 101 Fraud
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Du Juecao was so angry that he was shaking all over, his face full of anger: "Hundreds of pigs, 100,000 kilograms of meat, you said you ate all the pork by yourself, do you think I am a fool? Come, torture me!"

The cruel officials Zhao Yu, Zhang Tang, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu and Yi Zong looked at Du Juecao coldly.

The thief catcher and the prison clerk clenched the iron bars tightly, feeling grateful and wishing they could smash Du Juecao's head with the iron bars.

Guo Jie, a high-ranking official, actually helped many lower-ranking officials to bear the blame.

Unheard, unseen.

How dare the thief catcher and the prison clerk not die!
When Du Juecao saw the five cruel officials from the Chang'an government office staring at him together, his heart trembled. He didn't know what was going on, and an indescribable chill rose in his heart.

He was clearly a county official of higher status.

But his hands and feet were cold, his back was chilly, and he could not bear the gazes of the five cruel officials.

"Don't torture me."

Du Juecao wiped the sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of his black robe and said with all his might, "The interrogation is not yet over. First, detain Guo Jie in Sihu Prison. I will report to the Marquis of Nanpi and then interrogate him."

"you dare!"

Zhang Tang remained silent until he heard that Du Juecao had violated Han law by arbitrarily detaining officials. He was the first to speak out, saying, "Let alone the Marquis of Nanpi, even if Weiqi Marquis Dou Ying were present, I would not stand by and watch Guo Jie, who had committed no crime, being arrested."

"Zhang Tang!"

Du Juecao was furious: "Are you threatening the Marquis of Nanpi or the Marquis of Weiqi?"

Zhang Tang looked determined.

He stood in front of Guo Jie and did not retreat a single step when he heard Du Juecao bring up the Dou family, his in-laws.

As long as Zhang Tang was alive, he would not let anyone take Guo Jie away.

"Somebody come!"

Du Juecao was completely enraged. He flicked his black sleeves and said, "Go and take Guo Jie to the cells of Sihu Prison. I want to see who dares to stop the arrest of this prisoner who has offended the Marquis of Nanpi."

More than ten county soldiers, holding spears, saw the large number of thief catchers and prison clerks at the door. Their palms were sweating and their hearts were even more bitter. They did not want to arrest Guo Jie.

As the saying goes, it is easy to see the god of the community, but difficult to deal with the ghost of the community.

As long as you live in Chang'an City, you will inevitably have to deal with thief catchers and prison officials.

No one can guarantee that family members will not break the law.

Even if you are honest and don't cause trouble.

There is another layer.

There is no guarantee that there will not be disputes with neighbors.

At this time, it would be much easier if you knew a few thief catchers and prison officers. After a beating with a ruler, even the most unreasonable neighbor would have to apologize and admit his mistake.

If you offend the thief catchers and prison officials in Chang'an.

The county sergeant just thought about it and couldn't help but tremble in his heart. The thief catchers and prison clerks had plenty of ways to torment people.

"Don't do it yet!"

Du Juecao saw the county guards hesitate to arrest Guo Jie and was furious. "Don't you even listen to me? Go and tie up Guo Jie immediately and take him to the cells of Sihu Prison to await the judgment of the Marquis of Nanpi."

He brought up Dou Pengzu, Marquis of Nanpi, from the Dou family, a relative of his maternal family.

The county sergeant was helpless. He did not want to offend all the thief catchers and prison clerks in Chang'an, so he could only grit his teeth and go to arrest Guo Jie who was following Zhang Tang and take him to the cell of Sihu Prison for detention.

"Mr. Zhao."

Wei Cao suddenly walked in, holding a letter in his hand: "The official found the prisoner that Du Juecao mentioned, but he is just a thief, not a member of the Wan family as he claimed. Du Juecao arrested Guo Jie and kept saying that someone had accused him. This is all lies and a clear fraud."

Deception is the act of inducing a confession.

"Haha."

Zhao Yu was overjoyed: "Du Juecao, ah Du Juecao, you are also an official who is good at criminal law, how dare you commit fraud? Someone, go and arrest Du Juecao."

Guo Jie's expression relaxed.

Knowing that I am okay.

But.

Something big happened to Du Juecao.

Han Dynasty law states: "If an interpreter commits a crime of deceit and lies during an interrogation, he shall be sentenced to death and sentenced to prison for a day of hard labor. Others shall be punished according to the crime they committed." This means that if an interpreter commits a crime of deceit and lies during an interrogation, he shall be sentenced to death and sentenced to prison for a day of hard labor, depending on the circumstances.

Guo Jie had read the "Two-Year Law" quite a lot these days and knew that in later times, inducing a confession would at most render the evidence invalid, but it was completely different in the Western Han Dynasty.

If an official induces a confession, it is not only a crime but also a capital offense. The lightest punishment is a prison sentence of one year in prison.

Before Emperor Wen of Han reformed the criminal law, chengdanchong was a life sentence.

Even after the reform, it is still the most severe punishment below the death penalty.

Chengdan Chong had a minimum prison sentence of five years, followed by Guixin Baican, Li Chenqie, and Sikou.

Gui Xin Baican was sentenced to four years in prison.

Being a slave concubine was a three-year prison sentence.

Sikou was sentenced to two years in prison.

If sentenced to city prison, the minimum sentence is fourteen years.

The Western Han Dynasty was not like later times. Criminals still had human rights and could not be beaten or scolded. Their superiors also conducted regular inspections to ensure their human rights.

Criminals in the Western Han Dynasty were worse than animals. Beating and scolding were commonplace, and they were even tortured with all kinds of hard labor.

It was already a great achievement for Chengdan Chong to survive for a year, let alone fourteen years.

If you are sentenced to life imprisonment, your life thereafter will be worse than death.

"you"

Du Juecao panicked: "I am a county official, how dare you arrest the county official of the Right Secretary of Internal Affairs without authorization? Don't forget, you are only the county magistrate of Jing County, you cannot arrest the county official of the Right Secretary of Internal Affairs."

"Can't? Haha."

Zhao Yu took the embroidered robe from Wei Cao and put it on. He sneered and said, "I have another official robe, and the emperor's embroidered robe is pointing directly at me! My friends, go and capture Du Juecao and bring him to the Chang'an official temple for an hearing!"

The thief rushed over like a wolf or a tiger.

"You cannot arrest me, I am a county official."

Amidst Du Juecao's desperate cries, the thief catchers tied him up with ropes, and one of them even took the opportunity to swing an iron bar at Du Juecao's head.

"what!"

Du Juecao let out a scream and was immediately captured by the thieves and taken to the official temple in Chang'an.

Several military officers in the Lieutenant's Temple wanted to stop them, but were stopped by the Lieutenant. Looking at the embroidered clothes on Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang, they were secretly angry and hated Du Juecao.

The lieutenant was not from the Dou family, the in-laws of the emperor's family. He just lent the Sihu Prison to Du Juecao because of the power of Dou Pengzu, the Marquis of Nanpi.

Who would have thought that he would offend Xiu Yi Zhizhi.

The lieutenant was filled with hatred and told him not to meet any of the Du clansmen from the Western Road, otherwise he would find an excuse to lock him up in the Sihu Prison.

It hurt him a lot.

There is no need to worry about a Chang'an order.

The embroidered robes pointed directly at someone who was a close minister to the emperor and could see him at any time.

Even a lieutenant could not meet the emperor at any time.

"Behead and throw them into the streets."

Zhao Yu's interrogation was swift. He said in a murderous tone, "Come here, take the written order of execution to the Supreme Court and sentence Du Juecao to be beheaded and thrown into the streets."

Behead.

Du Juecao's face was filled with despair. He could never have imagined that he, a county official, would end up being beheaded and thrown into the market because of a small pavilion chief.

Du Juecao looked ashen and was dragged away by the prison official like a dead dog.

"Chief Guo."

Wang Wenshu stopped Guo Jie, who was walking under the corridor, and offered him a favor, saying, "In a few days, I can let you carry out the execution yourself."

Guo Jie's face lit up with joy, and he bowed and said, "Thank you, Yu Sikong."

Wang Wenshu was delighted when he heard his thanks: "Don't be so formal, you and I are brothers."

(End of this chapter)