Chapter Thirty-Five: Golden Harvest Shakes Up His Official Prestige
Dakui smiled slightly and said: "How can I listen to your words?" Luo Dahai defended: "At that time, we were surrounded by the crowd, and Li Defu was standing outside the crowd. How could a villain kill people outside the crowd?" Dakui asked doubtfully.
"Why don't you appeal if you have been wronged?" Luo Dahai turned to look at Pang Zhidong and said, "In this Jiahe County government office, I was tortured and tortured. Since I was taken to the prison, no one is allowed to visit me." After saying this, he burst into tears.
He kowtowed his head.
Upon hearing this, Pang Zhidong stood up again and clasped his fists and said: "Sir, please don't..." Before he could finish his words, Dakui jumped up and slapped the gavel: "Is it a fart if you are an official? No.
If you're so good, you don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has." Then he shouted: "Someone, pull this Pang Zhidong down and beat him hard forty times."
Master Feng, who was behind Da Kui, quickly pulled Da Kui's sleeves and whispered: "Master Zhang, Pang Zhidong is an official of the imperial court. If there is no serious mistake, he cannot be punished." Da Kui said angrily: "I'll spare you this time, sit down.
Don't talk when you go back." Pang Zhidong hurriedly sat back down.
Dakui calmed down and asked Luo Dahai again: "You say you have no basis, but do you have any evidence?" Luo Dahai said: "There were many people watching at that time, but they were helpless and refused to testify for the villain."
Dakui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Please step aside and take the plaintiff with you."
Luo Dahai was taken down by the soldiers, and not long after, a young woman walked in outside the hall. This young woman was dressed in silk, but she was also pretty. When the young woman arrived in front of the hall, she knelt on her knees and was already crying like tears before she could speak.
Dakui shook his head and asked: "Don't be sad for now. You need to tell the truth when I ask you." The woman said sadly: "A civilian woman dare not speak nonsense, please make the decision for me." After saying this, she expressed her sadness.
Dakui slapped the gavel and shouted angrily: "Stop crying!" The woman immediately suppressed her crying.
Da Kuila asked in a long voice: "What is your name, where do you live, and what is your relationship with the deceased?" The woman said timidly: "Li Xiang'er, a civilian woman, is the sister of the deceased Li Defu, and lives in Jiahe County.
Ji Dongbian." Dakui asked again: "How many people are there in the family?"
Li Xiang'er sobbed softly: "My brother and I are the only ones who depend on each other." Dakui was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "What does your brother do?" Li Xiang'er said: "My brother is in the medicinal material business." Dakui said coldly: "
Why do businessmen rob civilian girls?”
Li Xiang'er quickly defended: "Old man Zhou was sick for two years and owed my family a lot of money for soups and medicines but was unable to repay it. My brother had no choice but to arrest his daughter to pay off the debt." Just as Da Kui was about to have a fit, Master Feng came to pull his sleeves behind him and said:
"There is a law for repaying debts from father to son. Master Zhang, please don't get angry."
Dakui suppressed his anger and asked Li Xiang'er: "Were you present when your brother was fighting with others?" Li Xiang'er said: "Yes, my brother caught that girl and happened to be in front of the house. I heard the noise outside, so I went out to check...
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Dakui said loudly: "Take old man Zhou and his daughter." Yang, a fan outside the door, shouted: "Take old man Zhou and his family."
After a while, old man Zhou and his daughter came outside the hall. They knelt down beside Li Xiang'er in front of the hall. Perhaps she was afraid of trouble, so the girl just leaned in the old man's arms.
Dakui said: "Old man Zhou is old, so you don't have to kneel." After hearing this, old man Zhou stood up tremblingly. Dakui asked old man Zhou and his family: "When Li Defu died, you two were also present?" The old man and
The girl nodded, and Dakui asked again: "Please tell me in detail what happened at that time."
The old man and the girl looked at each other, and the old man said: "They captured my daughter, so I followed behind. At this time, a group of carriages and horses came, they were from the escort agency. One of the escorts saw an injustice on the road and grabbed shopkeeper Li.
Theory..." Da Kui interrupted the old man and asked, "Is Shopkeeper Li Li Defu?" The old man nodded and said, "That's right. Shopkeeper Li brought more than a dozen people with him at that time. When he saw the bodyguard meddling in his own business, he asked someone to beat the bodyguard."
Having said this, he turned around and looked at Pang Zhidong, who was sitting aside.
Dakui shouted: "You are hesitant when I ask you questions, don't expect others to just tell the truth." Old man Zhou nodded and continued: "More than ten people surrounded the escort, and the escort's companions came to help when they saw it. Who knows what happened next?
The people pushed a family member of Shopkeeper Li, and the family bumped into Shopkeeper Li. Shopkeeper Li was knocked down, his head hit a stone, and he died."
After hearing this, Dakui asked again: "Did you also say these words the last time you went to court?" Old man Zhou was stunned and said: "This is the first time for this old man to go to court, and it is also the first time he has said these words." Dakui asked in surprise.
Pang Zhidong on the side said: "Pang Zhixian, why are you not taking such an important witness?"
Pang Zhidong stood up and reported: "There are many people who testified, so I did not use it." Dakui sneered and asked: "Where is the chief register?"
The chief clerk stood up from behind the clerk standing on the left and came to the front of the hall. Dakui asked: "As the chief clerk of the county government, you should truthfully record the trial process. Please bring the plaintiff's pleadings at that time and let the court hear them."
Let me take a look at the record." The chief clerk hesitated and said, "I only have the criminal's confession here, nothing else." Dakui waved his hand and said, "You go back and continue recording the case." The chief clerk bowed and retreated.
Pang Zhidong originally wanted to close the case by beheading Luo Dahai at noon tomorrow, but he never thought that as soon as the General Secretary arrived in Jiahe County, he took control of the prison and tried the case overnight. It was too late to remedy the situation.
Da Kui was secretly happy when he saw the flaw. He stood up and asked, "Li Xiang'er, a civilian woman, I would like to ask you, what is your relationship with Pang Zhidong?" Li Xiang'er looked at Pang Zhidong and said, "We...we..."
Pang Zhidong was the first to say: "Your Excellency, we are not familiar with each other." Dakui sneered and said: "Come and bring the housekeeper of the Li family."
The housekeeper of the Li Mansion had been taken outside the hall and went to the hall trembling after hearing this. When Dakui arrived in front of the hall, he asked loudly: "Let me ask you, what is the relationship between Magistrate Pang and this Li Xiang'er? If you have
I won't spare you even half a lie." The housekeeper said truthfully: "Magistrate Pang and my heroine are in love." After saying this, the housekeeper lowered his head and wished he could stuff his head in his crotch.
Da Kui asked Pang Zhidong and Li Xiang'er with a sinister smile: "Since you are in love, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Pang Zhidong still argued: "Who I am in love with seems to be far from the case. Sir, please don't..." "Shut up." Da Kui said.
He shouted sharply and then asked: "Since you have admitted that I asked you, are you and Li Xiang'er a matchmaker ordered by your parents? I have found out clearly before coming to Jiahe County, so don't force yourself here."
The words are sophistry. Come and bring the people involved in this case to the court. Let's see how I judge the case."
Not long after, Luo Dahai and another bodyguard surnamed He and others were all brought to the lobby.
Dakui slapped the alarm and said loudly: "The murder case of Luo Dahai in Jiahe County has now come to light. I have pronounced the verdict: Luo Dahai's murder was completely false. However, Luo Dahai and the bodyguard surnamed He fought with more than ten slaves of the deceased's family."
As a result, the evidence that Li Defu died unexpectedly is conclusive, and the two men are now sentenced to 20 canes. They were later transferred to Longping Mansion for custody and sentenced to one year in prison."
After a pause, he raised his voice again: "Pang Zhidong, the magistrate of Jiahe County, was an official of the imperial court and did not know how to behave. He had an affair with Li Xiang'er and bent the law for personal gain to create an unjust prison sentence. Pang Zhidong was ignorant of the law and violated the law. What he did was against the rules and regulations. I pronounce the verdict: Pang Zhidong
He was removed from his official position and thrown into death row. He will be beheaded outside the east gate of Jiahe County at noon tomorrow. Li Xiang'er violated the rules of women and hooked up with powerful people. He has committed adultery. He was sentenced to one quarter (fifteen minutes) and then taken into custody, with a term of three years."
Dakui breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "The deceased Li Defu will be buried by the Li family themselves, and the silver taels paid will be borne by the old man Zhou's family. At this point, the silver taels owed by the old man Zhou have been written off."
When Pang Zhidong heard this, he shouted sternly: "I don't accept that you actually killed the imperial official privately." Dakui picked up the Longquan sword on the document and said: "I have been ordered by the King of Wu to patrol various places. This sword was given by the King of Wu to kill the traitorous officials.
I'm going to kill the unruly people, but how can I not kill you? Come on, take them down!"