Pastoral Jiaoyi's mother and father are here

Chapter 331
Jingzhaoyin Yamen

"Xiling Tanyue, I think you are stupid, even your maid doesn't understand the truth." Xiling Liuqing appeared outside the hall, and the people stepped back to make way for her to walk to the wooden fence.She looked at Zhou Zheng, who was sitting tall in the lobby, and said in a cold tone, "All the witnesses have been brought, will your lord summon the witnesses to the court?"

When Zhou Zheng heard that all the witnesses had come, a row of gavels shouted loudly: "Witnesses are sent to the court!"

"Wei~wu~" The yamen guards on both sides poked the ground with killing sticks, and first gave the group of witnesses a disarm.

There were 12 witnesses, men and women, old and young, rich and noble, and beggars in rags.

These witnesses were all a little afraid of the boards in the hands of the yamen guards on both sides. When they entered the lobby, they knelt down one by one, bowed their hands and saluted in unison: "Xiaomin pays homage to your lord!"

"The witness got up and answered!" Zhou Zheng was a really straight man, he should kneel, he shouldn't kneel, and he wouldn't use his authority to make people unable to kneel forever.

Xiling Tanyue has been refusing to kneel down, the reason is that Xiang Yao and Su Nian did not kneel down, so why should she be made to kneel down?

There was no need for Zhou Zheng to explain this to him, the common people outside had already made a noise and despised her.

She is no longer the county lord, but a concubine from the palace, no different from ordinary people.

But although Xiang Yao and Su Nian have never entered the officialdom, they are real scholars. Is there any scholar who kneels down when seeing an official?

But Xiling Tanyue still insisted not to kneel, and Zhou Zheng didn't want to waste time with her on such a trivial matter, so he simply ignored her.

Zhou Zheng slapped the gavel in his hand, and the witnesses in the hall trembled in fright. He asked solemnly, "Tell me one by one, what happened and who did you see before."

The witnesses under the hall were picked out by Xiling Liuqing's people, and they also knew that they couldn't escape this encounter.

But everyone still pushes me and I push you, so they don't want to be the one who stands out.

A skinny and skinny beggar couldn't stand their push and push, so he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I passed by Lianhua Lane while begging for food that day, and I heard this rich man talking to a few ruffians about how to spread rumors." At that time, the villain was also afraid of being discovered, so he kept hiding and did not dare to move, until they left, the villain left the sparsely populated and dilapidated Lianhua Lane, and went to the most bustling street to beg for food."

Lianhua Lane sounds like a good name, but it is actually a slum. The people have lived a good life in the past two years, but there are still very few people living there.

If it wasn't for this little beggar passing by one of the alleys of Lianhua Lane begging for food, no one would know that Xiling Tanyue sent people to buy local ruffians and spread rumors to make trouble.

"Back to my lord, the little lady also listened to what they said that day, so...that's why... my lord, please forgive me. The little lady just heard what they said about Miss Xiang and Mr. Su, and she didn't know what it was. ...There will be a crime of spreading rumors!" This woman is a well-known gossip in the market, and the reason why her previous husband divorced her is because she always likes to gossip.

This time, she fell into the trap of talking about people's rights and wrongs again.

"My lord, villains also use money to do things for others. This crime...should be a little bit less?" The other party, despite his rich attire, is actually just the helm of a small gang. But it's a big loss.

The other two hooligans also kowtowed and recruited. They don't know anything, they just follow orders.

There are also two younger brothers, that is, the second of the four rumor spreaders. They spread rumors separately, and they only pick gossips in the market. When they come to them and talk casually, they can tell as many people as possible in less than half a day. Everyone knows.

The rest of the gossiping women also identified the four of them as talking about Xiang Yulan and Su Jiuzhao. They just talk a lot, so they shouldn't be punished and go to jail, right?

Indeed, for this kind of gossip, the law does not have specific punishment clauses.

However, Xihe Kingdom has added a new law. People who don't know much about the law, even if they don't know it, Zhou Zheng happened to take these people under his knife today.The gavel slapped, and he said solemnly: "Master Hu, in the newly added law, is there a law to punish gossips?"

"Master Hu, there is an article in the newly added law. If the circumstances are relatively minor, those who are not fined by detention can be punished with a civil service order." The large and thick laws of the Xihe Kingdom were spread out on the public case, pointing to one and saying: "There are many civil service orders, one of which is...sweeping the streets."

Zhou Zheng looked at this law, nodded with a serious face, slapped the gavel in his hand, looked majestically at the women in the hall and said: "You don't obey women's morals, talk about things and destroy people's reputation. , Today, this official has sentenced you to the law. From now on, you will be fined to clean the streets for seven days. If anyone does not serve the sentence seriously, the sentence will be extended to twelve days. Step back!"

"My lord, please forgive us! We don't dare anymore, my lord!" After these gossip women were dragged down by the yamen servants, they felt a thousand and ten thousand regrets in their hearts. Law, they didn't dare to join in the fun and gossip when they said anything at the beginning, to destroy people's reputation!
Zhou Zheng was sentenced from bottom to top. After finishing the sentence of these gossip women, he slapped the gavel in his hand again, looked at the four ruffians and said solemnly: "You will collect money to spread rumors and destroy the innocence of girls who have not left the court. Reputation, maliciously harming the reputation of an unmarried son, it is really abominable! Today, the judge will deal with it according to the law, and the judgment is as follows! The imperial staff will be detained for three days, and the stolen money will be confiscated, so as to make an example of others!"

"My lord, please spare the villain! The villain will never dare again!" Shi Banzi, if he is locked in a cell again, he will lose half his life if he doesn't die!These people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, why don't they be frightened to tears, kowtow and beg?

Zhou Zheng was notoriously unselfish, and always turned a blind eye to the wailing and begging of the prisoners. He waved people to drag the four of them down, and tortured them in public in the courtyard outside the lobby.

The onlookers were outside the wooden fence at the gate. Anyone who was not deaf and blind could hear Zhou Zheng's verdict clearly, and also saw the fate of these individuals screaming and being boarded.

Some people think it is very gratifying, but some people think that the new laws of Xihe Kingdom are a bit too strict.

Some people also attack this kind of people with words, saying that they are hypocritical, or they themselves have bad conduct, so they are afraid that the law is too strict.

Anyway, people have no shame in their hearts, no shame in the world, so naturally they are not afraid that they will commit crimes and suffer severe sanctions from the national law.

This rich and handsome helmsman, when he saw that the people below him had all been judged, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed again and again: "My lord! The villain has tricked everything, please let me deal with it lightly!"

Those little bastards each received ten boards. Wouldn't he be punished more severely for the person who took money and sent them to spread rumors?

If he was beaten twenty times and then locked up in Jingzhaoyin's prison, where even a visitor can't come in, wouldn't he be going to die in prison?

"If you can assist the government in solving this case, you will naturally be able to pay off your merits, and I will give you a lighter sentence as appropriate." Zhou Zheng is not really stern and selfless, he does not speak a little bit of legal principles, but also has human feelings.

However, whether he can be dealt with lightly depends on whether this person can help Jing Zhaoyin settle the case as soon as possible.

Liu Yuebai pushed a few people, and they came out from the back hall, they were all young girls, young and beautiful.

But these girls had their acupuncture points tapped one by one, and they couldn't speak, and they all became dumb.

As soon as Si Qin saw Shi Qi was among them, he knew that today's matter was bad.

It seems that the people she sent were still unable to catch Shiqi, and the people from Zhen Wangfu, Jiang Shiqi and the maid beside Miss Jingnan Wangfu were all arrested and Jing Zhaoyin came.

Before Xiling Liuqing, Siqin was the one who praised Siqin. From the very beginning, Siqin had prevented Xiling Tanyue from being too arrogant. This move can be said to be extremely clever.

pity!Xiling Tanyue has been spoiled by her pampering, she has always been ignorant of the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, and she feels that there are only a handful of people in this world who can make her swallow her anger.And Zhou Zheng happened to be not among the people who made her afraid to bow her head.

"It's her, she's the one who found me!" The man pointed at Xiang Shiqi, then cupped his hands and kowtowed to Zhou Zheng: "My lord, it was she who paid the villain to spread the rumors, and said that after the incident, her master would There are many rewards, and the villain is also a money addict, so he did this stupid thing that hurts others and himself! Please, for the sake of the villain knowing his mistakes and admitting his mistakes, can you give the villain... a lighter punishment?"

Xiling Tanyue still had a calm expression, cast her eyes on Shiqi, smiled and said: "It's just a maid, I don't have time to take care of her, what did she do secretly, I'm even more I really don’t know anything. My lord, in the laws of the Xihe Kingdom, there can’t be a law that slaves and maidservants who commit crimes should implicate their masters and be punished together, right?”

Zhou Zheng had never seen such a confident and arrogant woman, he slapped the gavel in his hand, looked at Shi Qi and asked: "Tell me, are you instigated by others, or did you do it yourself?"

Liu Yuebai solved Shiqi's acupoints, lowered her voice and whispered into her ear: "Once you are charged with this crime, since you can't pay 5000 taels of silver, you will definitely be punished with a stick of [-] boards. At that time... you I've been playing for the rest of my life."

Shi Qi's little face turned pale after being frightened by Liu Yuebai, a sound of a gavel made her tremble all over, her eyes shrank her neck timidly, she walked over and knelt down, bowed her head and said in a voice like a mosquito: " Little maidservant chess, pay my respects to your lord."

Si Qin was really afraid that Shiqi would say something unfavorable to Xiling Tanyue, she frowned, her lips parted slightly, and she used a special secret language sound transmission method, and the sound echoed in Shiqi's ears. Binghan revealed a murderous look: "If something happens to Miss, your whole family will be executed by the prince."

Hearing Siqin's voice transmission, Shiqi tightly held the skirt fabric on her knees with both hands, lowered her head and gritted her teeth with tears in her eyes: "Everything is done by the little girl, because... the little girl hates Xiangyulan, and also hates Su Jiuzhao." Protecting Xiang Yulan gave the little girl a great humiliation that day, so... that's why I got confused for a moment and did something wrong."

Zhou Zheng patted the gavel, and asked solemnly: "What caused you to have such vicious thoughts in your heart, come here quickly!"

Si Qin was afraid that Shiqi would confess if he couldn't hold on, so he whispered again: "Shiqi, as long as you bear all the charges, I will try to save your life and let you go back to Jingnan Palace in Liangdu, and we will be with you." family reunion."

Shiqi doesn't believe in the moral character of the master Xiling Tanyue, but he believes in Siqin's promise.So, she bit her lower lip with her teeth, closed her eyes and lowered her head, and said, "My lord, my little girl saw a box of rouge that day, but the shopkeeper said there was only one box. I wanted to pay double the price to buy this box from Xiang Yulan." Yan Zhi, but Xiang Yulan refused me again and again, and finally... Su Jiuzhao almost beat up the little girl. The little girl got too angry for a while, and then impulsively paid someone to fabricate rumors, but To teach... to teach them a lesson."

"What? Just for a box of rouge, to ruin people's reputation like this?" Among the common people, everyone had a face of disbelief, and they really convinced this pair of masters and servants. They are also unreasonable?
"Where there is a master, there must be a servant! Before, they were huh! Didn't they let the guards whip people in the street, and finally were sued by the princess of the town to go to the imperial court?" The moon is bullying.

Xilingliu left early in the morning, therefore, none of the people present realized that Siqin could transmit the long-lost secret language, and his martial arts internal strength is absolutely extraordinary.

When Xiling Tanyue saw that Siqi had blocked everything on her, she just smiled triumphantly and opened her mouth to laugh at Zhou Zheng, but unexpectedly...

"Miss, if you want to leave Jing Zhaoyin as soon as possible, stop talking to provoke Shiqi. You should know how impulsive and irritable she is." stupid.

Xiling Tanyue was also frightened and her heart skipped a beat. She turned her head to look at Siqin outside the wooden fence, and saw that everyone looked as usual, it didn't look like she heard Siqin say these things at all...

"Miss, this is voice transmission in secret language, only you can hear me." Si Qin reminded Xiling Tanyue, begging her not to be stupid again, she has already caused too much trouble, if she hadn't been ordered by the prince to protect her She, she wanted to let go of this stupid lady a long time ago.

The expression on Xiling Tanyue's face was already very inexplicable. She never knew that Siqin was so terrifying. She had always been Siqin but a female guard with good martial arts. Only today did she know... So Siqin is so good?If I had known this before, wouldn't it be more useful to let Si Qin go directly to Xiang's house and disfigure Xiang Yulan than to let Shiqi spread rumors?

She is the master, but she really doesn't know Si Qin at all. Although Si Qin listens to King Jingnan Xi Lingye's orders, she has always had a bottom line, and it is impossible for her to attack innocent people.

For example, this time, she received an order to protect Xiling Tanyue. As long as no one came to hurt Xiling Tanyue, she would not take action against anyone, and she would not really listen to Xiling Tanyue's orders, she would obey her orders. work.

(End of this chapter)