Chapter Ten: The Mirror Hanging High
Yue Su's words of questioning were sonorous and forceful, and his face was not angry or intimidating. He was really presentable.
When the kneeling thief heard Yue Su's question, his whole body collapsed to the ground. It took him a long time to recover, and he kowtowed several times and stammered: "I'm here, the lord... I don't know what the villain is."
I know Mount Tai... Please spare my life..."
"In court, the law...the Ming Law is the criterion, and the facts are the basis. Who asked you to say this? Didn't you hear clearly what I asked you?" Yue Su asked loudly. He was so excited that he almost fell again.
Tell the truth, and bring out the excuses used to interrogate prisoners in the past.
"My surname is Wang... my name is Wang San... I didn't steal any property... I just accidentally bumped into the concubine of the Wu family and got into a quarrel. She insisted that I was a thief. The reason why I framed you as an accomplice is just because
I have a grudge against you, so you are talking nonsense... I hope you will forgive me..." The thief finished speaking tremblingly, and started kowtowing again.
"You said that others framed you as a thief, but you didn't steal, so you are innocent, so why did you run away?" Yue Su asked loudly.
"This..." Wang San pondered for a moment, but did not dare to say anything.
Yue Su saw the clues and said: "You don't have to be afraid. In the court, if you are really wronged, I will make the decision for you."
"Sir, will you really make decisions for the common people?" Wang San glanced at Yue Su with some disbelief.
"That's natural. Haven't you seen the plaque on my head?" As he spoke, Yue Su raised his finger and pointed upward at the gold plaque with the four characters "Mingjing hangs high" written on it.
Wang San also looked at the plaque and hesitated for a long time. He thought that Yue Su might be a good official when he took office, so he gritted his teeth for the last time, puffed up his chest, and said loudly: "Since the adults asked the people to speak, the people will tell the truth."
To be honest, the reason why the common people want to run away and dare not come to the lobby with the official is because the Yangshuo County lobby is not a place for reasoning..."
As soon as these words came out, the county magistrate sitting at the bottom immediately became angry and shouted, "Bold, Wang San, you are so brave, you dare to despise the court, come on, slap me!"
After hearing this, the two officers immediately stood up and were about to take action.
But at this moment, there was a "pop" sound, and it turned out to be Yue Su knocking on the gavel. Then he shouted loudly: "Get out of here."
The person sitting high behind the legal table was the leader. The two officers were stunned for a moment and immediately stepped back.
Yue Su turned to look at Xia Kuan and said loudly: "I am the biggest official above the hall. How can I allow you to interrupt when I ask questions? If you talk too much, believe it or not, I will treat you as a contempt of court!"
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Yue Su's voice scared Xia Kuan so much that he trembled. He didn't dare to say anything anymore and sat aside obediently. Yue Su turned his head and said, "Wang San, go on."
When Wang San saw Yue Su scolding the county magistrate, he became more courageous and said: "Reporting to your lord, our Yangshuo County lobby has always been a place where people should not come in if they have money. I accidentally bumped into the Wu family on the street today.
My concubine got into a quarrel and an official happened to be passing by. She shouted loudly, saying that I was a thief. The official came to arrest me. As the saying goes, the poor will not fight with the rich. If I go to court, even if I didn't steal, I will have to do it.
He was beaten almost to death, and because he was afraid of being punished, he ran away. Everything he said is true, and I hope you will make the decision for me." After saying this, he kowtowed three more times.
Yue Su nodded slightly and saw that Wang San was excited when he said these words. Based on his many years of experience in interrogating prisoners in his previous life, he could see that Wang San did not seem to be lying. He turned to look at the concubine of the Wu family who was sitting and saw her.
The enchanting and charming woman was like a charming woman. She was angry and yelled: "You are not qualified to sit down in the lobby. Take the chair away from me!"
The servant who had just brought the chair thought for a moment, walked to the concubine of the Wu family, apologized in a low voice, and asked her to vacate the chair. The concubine stood up angrily, glared at Yue Su fiercely, flicked her sleeves and walked towards her.
Walk outside the lobby.
"Pah!" Yue Su slapped the crowd and shouted, "Stop! I haven't let you go yet!"
The concubine turned around, looked at Yue Su, and said, "I won't sue him anymore, why don't I leave now?"
"Mingjing Court, isn't it a place where you can sue and leave as soon as you say? I want to ask you, you said that Wang San stole your things, what did you steal, tell the truth?" Yue Su shouted.
"I originally thought he had stolen my bracelet, but he just found it again, so I dropped the lawsuit and stopped suing. What can you do to me?" The concubine of Wu Mansion wanted to pinch her, but she was even more aggressive than Yue Su.
"When you entered the Yamen, didn't you see the words engraved on the stone tablet outside the door? If you are falsely accused, you will be punished with three grades, and if you are accused, you will be punished with fifty floggings. I remember that you are a first-time offender and a prostitute, and you are a favor outside the law. I will sentence you to two grades of cane.
Ten, come here, hit me!" After Yue Su finished speaking, he knocked on the gavel tree heavily.
"Want to hit me?" Wu Mansion's concubine straightened her waist and shouted loudly: "I want to see who dares to do it?"
"Roaring in court, the crime will be increased by one degree, and the rod will be forty! You still don't do anything!" Yue Su shouted angrily. Even though he is a modern person, he still knows the Ming Law clearly. After all, when he was studying, the Ming Law was mentioned in the enlightenment textbook.
It is a required textbook.
Yue Su shouted from above, but none of the officers below dared to step forward and take action. The county magistrate sitting on the side coughed, walked slowly to Yue Su's side, and whispered: "Your Excellency is fair and honest, and I admire you very much. It's just that.
You have just come to Yangshuo and you don't understand many things yet. The Wu family is a wealthy local family. It is really inappropriate to hit Master Wu's concubine rashly. I hope you will be merciful and spare her this time."
Who knows, Yue Su despises such rich people who are unkind and bully others. When the Guo family bullied others, they relied on the name Jieyuan falling from the sky, otherwise they would have been beaten so hard that they couldn't get out of bed for a month.
Thinking of this, Yue Su took the picture again and shouted loudly: "The state-owned laws, how can it be partial? Who is the chief arrester of this county? Stand up for me!"
There are a total of three arrests in Yangshuo County. The chief arrester is named Sun Dacheng. There is nothing serious and he rarely comes to the county government office. Most of them are in some fireworks alleys. This guy also has another identity, that is, he is the son-in-law of the Wu family. Because of this relationship
, so no yamen servant in the lobby dared to hit the concubine of the Wu family.
The other two were young catchers, one named Ma De and the other Tong Zhou. These two were actually here, standing on the left and right. As soon as they heard what the master said, they stood up, raised their hands to Yue Su, and said: "
What did you call me, sir?"
Yue Su pointed at the concubine of the Wu family and said, "You two, beat me!"
The two catchers glanced at each other. This Ma De was Sun Dacheng's best friend. How dare he make a move? He hesitated with a look of embarrassment on his face. Tong Zhou was a bloody man. After a slight hesitation, he said loudly:
"As you command!"
After saying that, he turned around and grabbed the concubine of the Wu family. Seeing that someone really dared to touch her, the concubine shouted loudly: "Your chief catcher even called me Liu Niang when he saw me. How dare you attack me?"
Believe it or not, I'll just call him and I'll get rid of you." Although she said something harsh, she was still a prostitute after all, so she was pushed to the ground by the boy.
"It's my duty to offend you!" Tong Zhou shouted coldly, and then said to a yamen servant: "Give me the board."
As a catcher, there must be a few close yamen servants in the county government. The yamen servant Tong Zhou was looking at was Tong Zhou’s confidant. The boy hesitated and gave the board to Tong Zhou. After Tong Zhou took it
, and hit the concubine of the Wu family directly.
"Crack, bang, bang!" Forty big guns were used. The concubine of the Wu family was beaten to pieces, and she screamed in agony. By the time the beating was over, she could no longer get up. The child raised his fists and said loudly: "Report to your lord, the execution is over."
"Okay! Back off!"
When the maid saw that the boy had stepped aside, she dared to step forward to help him. When she saw the blood dripping from her buttocks, she didn't know what to do. However, Yue Su sent two servants to help and carried the boy home for treatment.
"Wang San, if you frame me in the street, you will be beaten to death. I will give you twenty sticks as a warning. You must be convinced." After beating the concubine of the Wu family, the next one will naturally be punished for the crime of framed Wang San.
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"The little people are convinced!"
Chapter completed!