Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 5
What a monster we unleashed!
Liu Hai has been working in the government for more than [-] years. Usually when criminals are released from prison, they stay as far away from the government as possible. As far away as possible, they are full of fear in their hearts. Unlike this guy, every two or three I come here every day, but the market market is not so diligent!

"Complain? Sue again?"

Liu Hai, who finally couldn't help it, roared viciously at Zhang Fei: "Do you think this government office is run by your family? You come here to complain all day long, and I said, are you tired of work?"

Zhang Fei put down the sleeves that covered his spittle, and said calmly, "I hope Liu Muke will forgive me. In fact, Xiaomin didn't want to disturb Liu Muke. It's just that this is the only place that can avenge the people's grievances. Xiaomin... Xiaomin really can't find it." Elsewhere, you must not let Xiaomin go to Beijing to sue the imperial court!"

"You!"

Liu Hai opened his eyes angrily, stared at Zhang Fei and said, "Are you threatening me?"

This leapfrog complaint is the most intolerable by the government!

Not to mention the imperial court.

"No no no!"

Zhang Fei repeatedly shook his head and said: "Xiaomin is just talking, how dare Xiaomin!"

Liu Hai was panting heavily, and after a while, he suddenly grabbed the pleading paper, stared at him, and shouted: "What are you still doing here, maybe you still want to open the court today."

"Ah? Oh oh oh!"

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and said, "Xiaomin resigns, Xiaomin resigns."

He saw that it was getting late, and this time he came to file a complaint in a serious manner, and it was impossible to start the trial today, so he left.

Liu Hai was very unwilling to talk to Zhang San, but he also knew the boss's temper. If he wanted to hide it, he would definitely lose his job, so he went to the back hall with a disheveled head, "Report to Zhizhou, just now that Zhang San came to complain again gone."

When Xu Yuan heard "Zhang San", he became very angry, and said depressedly: "I really shouldn't have let that guy out in the first place."

He firmly opposes citing the crime of exemption to help Ayun commute the death penalty. He believes that this will even affect Xu Zun's career, but Xu Zun insists on going his own way and has already rejected the judgment of Dali Temple on this basis.

The culprit is Zhang San!

Xu Zun glanced at Xu Yuan slightly, but didn't blame him, and asked Liu Hai, "Who is he suing again?"

Liu Haidao: "This time he was entrusted by the brothers of the Wei family to sue that Fang Datian for hurting people."

Xu Zun said in astonishment: "Hurt people? When did Fang Datian hurt people?"

Liu Haidao: "It's still about Ah Yun's murder."

Xu Yuan immediately said: "Regarding this case, we have already found out very clearly that Fang Datian did not instigate Ah Yun, and the entire Fang family did not know about it."

Xu Zun coughed lightly and said, "Present the paper first."

"Yes."

Liu Hai immediately presented the pleading paper.

After Xu Zun looked at it, he asked, "Where is the other person?"

Liu Hai said embarrassingly: "Report to Zhizhou, my subordinates saw that it was getting late, so they asked him to go back and wait for news."

Xu Zun originally wanted to summon Zhang Fei immediately, but it was obvious that his subordinates were not happy with that boy, so he had to be cautious about his subordinates' emotions, so he said: "This kid is really uneasy, let's just let it go."

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However, Xu Zun was just a little scrupulous, and after reviewing the pleadings, he decided on the second day that the case would be heard in three days, and Zhang Fei was allowed to appear in court to defend Wei Ada.

Although it was not very common in the Song Dynasty to have someone come to the court to defend the prisoner, it was not very rare. It really wasn't Xu Zun who opened the back door for Zhang Fei.

Because the Song Dynasty did not suppress land mergers, and at the same time did not emphasize agriculture and suppress business, this non-governmental economic exchange was more prosperous than any other dynasty, which directly led to more disputes.

And the common people have no legal knowledge, so they definitely need the help of professionals, and "litigators" are born in response to needs.

It is clearly recorded in the history books that the specialty of "law studies" was born in the Northern Song Dynasty.

But nowadays such people are not called litigators, but are called "people with pens", so called because these people like to stick pens in their hats, or they are called "pen servants" or "tea eaters". .

There is a little difference between "the man with the pen" and "the man with the pen". Although both of them write the pleadings, the "man with the pen" can still go to court for a certain defense, and the "man with the pen" is just helping others Writing paper.

"Tea eaters" are different from the former two. Tea eaters only write pleadings, but they must ensure the authenticity of the pleadings, otherwise, they will bear certain legal responsibilities.

Of course, having said that again, whether to allow Erbi to defend in court is entirely up to the gentlemen, this is not a necessary process.

As for opening the trial, this is also a personal habit of Xu Zun, because he hopes to use this to let the people learn more about the law.

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Tomorrow is the opening day of the church, the two brothers Wei A who were summoned came to the city today, Zhang Fei took the brothers to his hostel for one night.

He still has some preparatory work to do.

"Brother Zhangsan, I'm fine now, so there's no need to wrap it like this."

Wei Ada glanced at his younger brother who was helping him to bandage, his right hand was almost wrapped into a rice dumpling, he felt that this was too exaggerated, so he said to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei patiently explained: "If tomorrow you are alive and kicking in the hall, who will sympathize with you? This bandaging is to let people know how much you have suffered. It is natural for you to ask for compensation, so , it is necessary."

Wei Aer felt that what Zhang Fei said was very reasonable, so he said: "Brother, just listen to Brother Zhang, he will not harm us."

Weah nodded dully, but his face was still full of apprehension.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, you are the only victim in this case, all your demands are taken for granted, no one will blame you, everything will be handed over to me tomorrow."

Wei Ada nodded and said, "I know, I'm not afraid."

Even so, his voice was trembling.

Zhang Fei is also very helpless about this. After all, these small people are unlikely to deal with the government in their entire lives, so they will inevitably feel scared.

Early the next morning, Zhang Fei and the Wei brothers went out of the room early.

At this time, many people were eating breakfast downstairs, but when the three of them came downstairs, the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

It turned out that Zhang Fei, who went to do as the Romans did, bought a special hat, and then stuck a short pen in the hat. To be honest, he really likes this style very much, and he really likes it.

Among the handsome, there is a trace of chic and uninhibited.

Simply cool.

In Dengzhou, this kind of Erbi people are not very common. The guests of this hotel suddenly found that there is still a Erbi person living here, and they are inevitably a little surprised.

Zhang Fei just smiled at everyone, and then left with the Wei brothers. Last night, he asked the owner to bring breakfast to his room early, and they came down after eating.

After he left, there was a burst of discussion in the hostel, and everyone began to discuss the Weahda case.

Regarding this case, rumors have leaked out, and everyone is talking about it.

It turned out that the case of Ah Yun had already been widely circulated when it happened, and the citizens knew about it.

It has been proved before that Ayun's murder of Wei Ada was entirely his own, and had nothing to do with the Fang brothers, but now it is reported that Wei Ada sued the Fang brothers for hurting others, which made everyone very curious.

Is there another grievance in this case?
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After a cup of tea, Zhang Fei and the Wei brothers came to the front of the government office. At this time, there were already some citizens standing in front of the door, waiting to watch the excitement.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man rushed forward, pointed at Wei Ada and let out a rage.

"Wei Ada, you ungrateful bastard, I betrothed my niece to you with good intentions, but you took revenge and falsely accused me, you will die a terrible death."

This person is the defendant, Fang Datian.

Wei Ada was so frightened that he quickly shrank behind his younger brother.

He is honest, but because of his ugly appearance, he is very inferior.

Zhang Fei stepped forward and said with a smile, "How about the three pennies?"

Fang Datian was taken aback, and said, "What three pennies?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "This is an important place in the government office. If you get angry here, you will be punished, but you can spend three pennies to ask me to appeal for you, so that you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood."

Fang Datian turned his head and glanced at the gate of the government office, a flash of fear flashed in his eyes, but he still said unforgivingly: "Oh! You are the one who encouraged Wei Ada to falsely accuse me."

Zhang Fei said: "If the Zhizhou judges us to win the case later, then your 'false accusation' is alluding to the Zhizhou's injustice, which can constitute a crime of defaming officials. If you want me to defend you for you, I will charge you three Shiguan, after all, you are slandering Zhizhou!"

"you!"

Fang Datian was also a commoner after all, and he was also afraid of the government in his heart, so he was immediately bluffed by Zhang Fei.

At this time, a person came up behind him, this person's name was Fang Dagen, he was Fang Datian's younger brother, he grabbed Fang Datian, and said: "Second brother, don't argue with him, I believe the officials will give us justice later of."

After saying that, he dragged Fang Datian away.

After a while, many nearby citizens came here one after another. After all, there was a lack of entertainment in ancient times, and it is not very common to open courts for trial. Many curious people came to watch.

After about a cup of tea time, the gate of the government office slowly opened.

Seeing Liu Hai and two yamen servants coming out of the gate, he glanced at Zhang Fei, stared at him fiercely, and then summoned Fang Datian, Wei Ada, and Zhang Fei loudly.

Entering the gate of the mansion, first lead the three of them to the west corridor, hand over the pleadings, and after being inspected by the officials, when they were young, they heard the summons and went out of the corridor to the hospital.

Since the trial was held in open court, the venue for the trial was not arranged in the hall, but in the courtyard in front of the lobby.

Compared to being so casual the first time, this time is much more solemn!
Eight yamen on each side held black and red water and fire sticks and chanted: "Mighty." while pestering the ground.

At the same time, a wooden sign was erected on each side.

avoid!quiet!
This is Tang Wei.

There was a sudden silence outside the government office.

Na Wei Ada was so frightened that his legs gave way and he was about to collapse on the ground. Zhang Fei hurriedly grabbed him with one hand, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, this is to scare the bad guys, we are good guys."

As he said that, he glanced at Fang Datian next to him, and saw that although he didn't collapse directly, his legs were trembling, so he couldn't help laughing secretly. The other party didn't even have a defense lawyer. Am I a bit deceptive?

Amidst this majestic voice, Xu Zun entered from the east corridor in official uniform. Just now, he had a panoramic view of Zhang Fei and Wei Ada's small movements, and thought, this kid is really extraordinary!

(End of this chapter)