The big man has a living father

Chapter 57: Reflexive Bite Back

Who is Huo Hai?

When Sima Xiangru told Huo Hai that it was illegal to cut down trees in Maoling, Huo Hai didn't even think about it. He just turned around and said, "I'm going to sue you for being stingy, Your Majesty." He was a person who habitually bit back.

The conditioned reflex is to bite back, and the bite back has been trained into a passive skill!
At this time, Huo Hai did not even think about how to respond. Instead, he said, "Master Zhao! Are you sure you have evidence? False accusation can lead to retaliation. You know the law that if you make a false accusation, the crime will be increased by one level. You are the court judge and you are also enforcing the law. If you make a false accusation and the crime is increased by two levels, then the crime will be increased by two levels!"

After hearing Huo Hai's subconscious words, Zhao Yu couldn't help but be confused for a moment. His momentum suddenly dropped and he felt guilty.

To be honest, forced demolition can be a big deal or a small deal.

If it is small, it will destroy people’s homes and require compensation.

If we take it in a broader sense, the li can barely be considered as the outer wall of the city, and destroying the outer wall of the li can also be considered as damaging the city wall! This is equivalent to damaging the empire's war assets, a capital crime!
Whether a crime has been committed and how serious the crime has been depends entirely on debate, and generally speaking, no one can defeat the court judge who is well versed in the law.

In fact, there was a reason why Huo Hai wanted to charge a higher crime. Huo Hai probably knew that if Zhao Yu got away, Zhang Tang would take over.

After all, the great Majesty has almost used up all the cruel officials in his hands, and it is time for Zhang Tang to take over.

Anyway, I'm about to implement great economic development, and I need a target.

Zhao Yu said loudly: "Of course, ... According to Shusun Tong's "Bang Zhang", because of the wrong ownership of the wall, the public wall was demolished as a private wall, and the official was dismissed and exiled."

Zhao Yu was also a man who was afraid of death. He was afraid that if he were to be charged with destroying war assets, his crime would be doubled and he would be doomed to die.

Although I am confident of winning, I cannot gamble recklessly.

Huo Hai: "Dismissal from office, exile 800 miles away, what is the sentence for the second-level crime?"

Zhao Yu: "Castration and exile three thousand miles away."

Huo Hai shouted: "Your Majesty, I feel something is wrong!"

Everyone listened more carefully before Huo Hai continued, "I had just taken up the position of Lieutenant General of Chang'an when someone reported me. If I have not committed a crime, then it is clear that someone is dissatisfied with Your Majesty!"

"I propose that if it is a false accusation, the accuser should not be allowed to pay ransom, and castration must be strictly enforced!"

You bastard, you dare to mess with me? Just go and become a eunuch.

Liu Che thought about it and it seemed to be the case. In fact, if it was a false accusation, it would be tantamount to deceiving the emperor, so he nodded: "Okay."

Although Zhao Yu thought that he had used this trick many times and it was impossible for him to fail, he still felt a chill in his crotch.

Huo Hai yawned: "You said you have a witness, call the witness."

Zhao Yu looked at Huo Hai and said, "Master Huo, you'd better prepare some witnesses and evidence, so as not to waste everyone's time."

Huo Hai: "If you want to prove that I'm guilty, do it as soon as possible. Why should I prove my innocence? If someone comes out tomorrow and says that I stole his money, do I have to prove my innocence? Then I don't have to do anything else. If hundreds of people come and accuse me, I will have nothing to do in my life and I will just have to prove my innocence every day."

When the ministers heard this, they thought it made sense, but they said nothing.

We are all thousand-year-old foxes. Who would take sides when the situation is unclear, especially before His Majesty speaks?
The court officials quickly brought the witnesses outside the palace. Zhao Yu asked, "Your Majesty, should I start a confrontation with Lord Huo?"

At this time, Huo Hai was almost asleep again. He suddenly woke up, looked around in confusion, and then waved his hand: "Come on, come on, who is afraid of who? Come on, please welcome debater number one."

Zhao Yu glared at Huo Hai and said, "Master Huo, please be serious. It's witness number one... Bah, the first witness."

Zhao Yu, this guy is like a cold snake, everyone who sees him is afraid of him.

Huo Hai was the only one who was not afraid of him: "Master Zhao, please understand that this is a confrontation, not you interrogating the prisoner. Why should I be more serious? I even want to call the maid over and confront your people while giving her a massage to avoid wasting time."

Although Huo Hai's words were extremely frivolous, Zhao Yu still grasped the key point and refuted: "He is not my man, but a witness I found."

Huo Hai yawned: "It's all the same."

After Zhao Yu's men came out, Zhao Yu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, these four people are from Xiaozhao Village along the Chi Road in Chang'an County. They can prove that Huo Hai sent people to forcibly demolish the outer wall of the village in order to create a false impression of commercial prosperity."

"In addition to these four people, there is another confession, but the person who made the confession is a soldier and a subordinate of his brother, the General of Cavalry, so it is inconvenient for him to come and confront us."

When Liu Che heard this, he frowned.

After taking the confession record handed over by Eunuch Wang, he started reading it.

When the ministers saw Liu Che's expression, they knew that this matter would not be easy to handle.

First of all, His Majesty hates people breaking the law the most. Secondly, His Majesty always deals with people severely and basically never lets anyone off, even his uncles, relatives, and nephews.

Now it is obvious that once the confession was submitted, His Majesty began to believe it.

Since Your Majesty believes it, Huo Hai will be skinned alive if he doesn't die!
In the past, when the court judge investigated someone, no one could escape whenever it came to this step. At this moment, next to the pillar, Huo Qubing's face turned cold.

Stand up straight and walk forward.

Huo Qubing didn't take it seriously when he heard there was a witness. What witness? What a bullshit witness.

But when he heard that one of the witnesses was a soldier under his command, Huo Qubing could not help it.

At this time, Huo Qubing immediately left the court. He would be able to catch the traitor in an hour at most.

As long as the traitor changes his testimony, everything will be fine.

However, when Huo Qubing took a step forward, his shoulder was pressed.

Huo Qubing turned around suddenly and saw Wei Qing, who was holding his shoulder, shaking his head.

You know, the two haven't had any direct communication in the court for two years, just to avoid suspicion!
After all, they are nephew and uncle, one is the number one and the other is the number two in the military, and the two of them have a total of 180,000 soldiers under their command!

If the two of them were any more intimate, even if Liu Che was more open-minded, he would not be able to relax.

What's more, Liu Che was not a person who could take things lightly. On the contrary, he was a person who was very strict and took things seriously.

Wei Qing came to stop it at this time for many reasons.

If Huo Qubing came forward now and the case was proven with solid evidence, Emperor Wu would have no choice but to order him to be reprimanded, his title of marquis be revoked, and his fiefdom be revoked.

This would be a huge blow to the military.

Even if the war was fought again the following year, Huo Qubing would still be one of the commanders, but his demotion could not offset the impact of his title.

Huo Qubing: "I'm going out of the city for a while."

Wei Qing: "Look, your brother is laughing. He doesn't take it seriously at all."

Huo Qubing: "He is still a child."

Wei Qing: "You too."

Aren't you Huo Qubing not a child? Aren't you only nineteen years old?

Huo Qubing really couldn't think of how Huo Hai would escape and turn the situation around.

No one has ever turned the tables in this situation before.

But Huo Hai did look relaxed.

Tingwei Zhao Yu: "Lord Huo, please start. You can choose any of the four witnesses to confront."

Confrontation?

To your grandma.

Huo Hai used his pinky fingernail to pick his ear: "Don't confront them anymore. Just assume that what the four of them said is true. This is just one witness from the neighborhood. Where are the other witnesses? Hurry up and don't waste time. I still need to go back to sleep."

Liu Che, with a gloomy face, was stunned when he heard Huo Hai's words.

The other ministers were also confused.

Zhao Yu was confused: "What...what other witnesses?"

Huo Hai was puzzled: "Didn't you say that I forcibly demolished the outer walls of 25 villages along the Chi Road? This is just a witness from one village, and there are still 24 villages. Witnesses, hurry up and don't waste time. It took so long to collect witnesses from this one village. By the time all the people from the 25 villages have left, it won't be dark by then."

"Come on, call someone."

Zhao Yu was silent.

The ministers were very curious.

Liu Che also started thinking about it.

It seems... that's the case.

To accuse Huo Hai of forcibly demolishing the outer walls of 25 li, of course 25 people from the li must testify. Now there is only one witness from the li? What about the other 24?

(End of this chapter)