The strongest boss in the sky

Chapter 41 Morality and law, how to choose?

In the early morning of the next day, under Lin Nuo's order, the two Jinyiwei hundreds of households began to gather manpower, focusing on collecting various information about the county magistrate Zhang Yan, the master book Li Mo, and Dian Shi Ye Tong.

Sooner or later, the two sides will tear each other apart, it just depends on whose method is more ruthless!
On the first day when the new official took office, Lin Nuo was not idle. In the morning, he had someone bring over the population, land, money and food files of Shanyin County for the past five years, and began to look through them carefully.

He even assigned the two big brothers Zhao to pick up the cases outside the yamen, no matter what the cases were, they would accept them all.

Lin Nuo is not the Holy Mother, but he still understands the principle of serving as an official to benefit one party. Since he enjoys the blessing of the county magistrate, he should also take on the responsibility of the county magistrate.

In the afternoon, Zhao Da walked into the yamen with a pile of files in his arms.

"My lord, according to your instructions, we have received nearly a hundred pleadings this morning, including [-] criminal cases and the rest are civil disputes." Zhao Da said as he handed the top two pleadings to Lin Nuo and said: "This job is a murder case. Youdao is a matter of life and death. Your lord can't ignore it."

After all, the two brothers Zhao used to be confidantes of the county magistrate, and they are very familiar with the affairs of the officialdom. Now that Lin Nuo is a new official, the two of them temporarily assumed the duties of masters.

"My lord, the homicide case is a major one. Please, my lord, be promoted to court as soon as possible, and the sentence should be judged quickly and strictly."

Lin Nuo didn't speak, and quietly looked at the certificate on the table.

This complaint was written by the assailant himself, saying that his wife conspired with an adulterer to take away the family's property and planned to flee Shanyin County.

I was so angry that I chased them all the way, and finally stopped the two in the southern outskirts of the city, and then a dispute arose, and I hacked them to death with a kitchen knife!

Seeing the content of the petition, Lin Nuo made up a lot of content in his brain. According to the routines of the later TV dramas, generally in this case, the real culprit is not the person who wrote the petition, but someone else.

At this moment, Lin Nuo's interest in investigating the case suddenly came, "Where is the criminal now?"

"My lord, the criminal has been escorted over, and Zhao Er has brought people to investigate the scene!"

Lin Nuo nodded in satisfaction. The two brothers were indeed extremely comfortable in using it, and they were indeed much more proficient in many details of handling cases than themselves.

"Then put the criminals in custody for the time being, and wait for Zhao Er to come back from investigating the scene, and then go to court for questioning!"

Two hours later, Zhao Er hurried over without even drinking a sip of water, and began to report the details of the investigation.

"My lord, there is basically no need to try this case!"

"Oh? Are you so sure?"

Zhao Er smiled, and took out the case file of the on-site investigation and said: "From the scene I investigated, the murder was located in the suburbs, and the two deceased were killed by chopping on the neck many times with a kitchen knife."

"After investigation by my subordinates, although the murder happened in the suburbs, there happened to be a village not far away. More than a dozen people in the village witnessed the murderer's murder process. There were many witnesses to the murder in the street, and the murderer also confessed. It's a solid case."

While speaking, Zhao Er took out a blood-stained kitchen knife that had long since blunted, "This is the murder weapon. The criminal was so ruthless in his attack. The knife was blunted, and the neck of the deceased was almost completely cut off. Some of the fleshy skin was attached so that the head did not fall off!"

"My lord, murder in public. The nature of this case is very bad. The family members of the deceased and many common people have come to the county government office. My lord, please go to court to settle the case as soon as possible!"

Lin Nuo looked at the blunt knife and sighed inwardly. How much did the murderer hate the dead so much that he broke the knife?

"Lead the prisoner, let's go to the court!"

Different from the other secrets that I had thought in my heart before, this kind of murder in the street, with many witnesses, is basically an iron case, and the trial is very simple.

After a mighty sound, the criminal Li Mu was brought into the lobby.

Before Lin Nuo could open his mouth, Li Mu directly admitted his crime of murder. He was so straightforward that he lost the intention of solving the case for a moment.

Next, Zhao Er presented physical evidence such as the murder weapon, and witnesses who witnessed the killing process were also brought in for questioning.

The trial process was very simple, almost a formality, without any twists and turns.

Until the final judgment was made, Lin Nuo was in a bit of trouble.

Because the people who were watching the trial process suddenly knelt down to intercede for the criminal, asking for forgiveness for his crime.

Even Zhao Da whispered at this time: "My lord, this Li Mu has indeed killed someone, but according to the testimony of all the people just now, it was the pair of adulterers who did it first, and he also killed an adulterer." , what is the crime?"

"My lord, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if a wife and concubine are caught in bed with another person, the murderer will be punished without guilt. The adulterer not only committed adultery, but also eloped with the money of the husband's family. The thing in the cage, now that he is killed, doesn't he deserve it?"

Lin Nuo shook his head, "You don't understand, there is a clear stipulation in the Ming law that only when a rape is caught in bed can someone kill someone, does this Li Mu have a rape in bed?"

"My lord, look at the people below who are pleading for Li Mu. The public opinion is hard to disobey. At this time, why are you still picky words? Why don't you just follow the public opinion and acquit Li Mu directly? Such a verdict, my lord Your prestige in Shanyin County can be raised in an instant! You have the best of both worlds, why not do it?"

Lin Nuo still shook his head.

How to balance between morality and law is not very easy to control!

He was born as a first-class Jinshi, and the case he tried will definitely be used as a basis and example by many officials. If he can acquit Li Mu today not according to the law of "catch rape in bed", in the future The right to immunity from killing an adulterer is going to be abused!
Imagine that if you kill someone in the future, you only need to kill your own wife and concubine and declare that the two have committed adultery, and you can be exonerated. For murderers, that is simply great news!
In Lin Nuo's heart, he felt very sympathetic to Li Mu. The other wife not only cuckolded him, but also conspired with the adulterer to steal away the family property. Whoever it was, I'm afraid he couldn't bear it!
He also wanted to acquit Li Mu, but he did not want this immunity to be abused in the future. After careful consideration, he made a sentence of ten years' imprisonment.

Li Mu had no objection to this verdict, but the onlookers were a little dissatisfied, thinking that the adulterer couple deserved to die, but Li Mu had to spend ten years for this, the sentence was somewhat harsh Too cruel.

After the verdict was made, his subordinates sorted out the case and reported it to the Ministry of Punishment. Lin Nuo did not stay any longer, but returned to the backyard with some displeasure.

Being an official is always better than being a knight-errant!
"Lin Nuo, you are merciless in killing officials, but you are very cautious when dealing with the people under your rule. Sometimes, I really don't know what is going on in your heart!"

In the courtyard, Xiu'er had already learned the result of Lin Nuo's trial, and looked him up and down curiously.

"Is it strange?" Lin Nuo smiled, looking up at the blue sky and white sun, his eyes were a little deep, "Because I'm a parent officer now!"

(End of this chapter)