Chapter 43: The Gift of Wishes
The Jinling Mansion was awe-inspiring and solemn, standing on both sides, and Jia Yucun was sitting in the middle worrying about the case.
It is not difficult to simply adjudicate the case, mainly because the forces behind it are not simple.
"However, yesterday someone came to the palace, and even the political master of the Jia family also wrote a letter to me to help the Xue family. On the Wei Mansion's side, there were few people in the back to help talk. It seems that the Xue family still has a lot of energy? ”
"In the end, the four great families are in the same spirit, although the Wei Mansion is a relative of the Jia Mansion, but in the face of the Xue family, the Jia Mansion still chooses to preserve this old relationship?"
Jia Yucun originally taught Daiyu in Lin Mansion, and was later recommended to Jia Mansion by Lin Ruhai. With the help of Jia Yu, a first-class general, the official was reinstated early and transferred to the locality. I am also a little grateful to Jiafu in my heart, and after seeing Jia Zhengzhi's trust, I think about Jiafu's feelings, and I have a plan in my heart. looked at Mrs. Xue, who was sitting on the chair on the left, and nodded to her.
This time, to Bo Gongtang, I invited the three members of the Xue family. Jia Yucun cared about the power of the Xue family, and saw that Wei Qian had not yet come, so he ordered someone to leave a place for Mrs. Xue to wait patiently.
The sun is three poles, and Wei Qian is late. Not only her, but also many Jinling elders around her, standing at the door of the lobby with crutches in hand, listening to the verdict inside. Obviously, Wei Qian was worried that Jia Yucun was secretly biased, and deliberately decided the case in public.
"The little woman went out hunting early in the morning, and when she came back, she spent a lot of effort to ask the lord for forgiveness." Wei Qian has a plain skirt. After all, he still has to guard filial piety for Wei Yan, so he simply put on a light gauze smoke Luo Wuyun skirt, the outermost layer is embroidered with fine white plums, and the inner layers are moire Xia embroidery.
Standing in the lobby is eye-catching. Beautiful and refined, standing like a white lotus.
"Well, now that we've arrived, let's get started. Wei, the Xue family sued you for arson-"
"Wait." Wei Qian bluntly stopped Jia Yucun's words: "My lord, this is the beginning?" ”
"How are you going to be?"
Wei Qian looked at the lobby, Jia Yucun was trying the case on it, Mrs. Xue was sitting on the left, and outside Xue Baochai, there was Xue Pan sitting on a soft chair and the famous master "Zhang Qiaozui" in Jinling.
"Why is there anyone sitting in the lobby except for adults?"
"Xue Gongzi was stabbed and couldn't get up. As for Mrs. Xue-" Jia Yucun immediately understood what Wei Qian meant.
In any case, Mrs. Xue is a white body, no matter how rich the family is, no matter how much she is an imperial businessman, she is also a common person after all. And Wei Qian is in the position of a countryman. Even Wei Qian was standing, why was Mrs. Xue sitting?
"Qianya, I'm also your elder, that's how you respect me so much?" Mrs. Xue couldn't help but speak at this time: "If you talk about relationships-"
"From Sister Wang's side, I should still call you aunt, so I can't watch my aunt make mistakes and put herself above Wang Fa. As the saying goes, Heaven and Earth, Your Majesty is here, how dare you sit? Wei Qian smiled and took out a ruyi from his sleeve robe.
The emerald green Ruyi is engraved with the four seal characters of "gentle and wise", which is the treasure given by the saint at the beginning.
"This is what the saint gave me in the past, and then he gave me the position of the king of the country. This thing is out, if His Majesty is here in person, don't you kneel down? Wei Qian smiled and shouted.
Holding Ruyi in both hands, the phoenix eyes scanned the lobby. When Jia Yucun saw it, he hurriedly led everyone to bow down. Mrs. Xue turned pale with fright, and even Xue Pan jumped up and knelt on the ground honestly.
There is something from the Wei Mansion, and Mrs. Xue has known about it for a long time, but she didn't expect Wei Qian to actually take it out.
"I knew it earlier, so I took out the notebook that Daming Palace gave to the ancestors." Mrs. Xue secretly complained, and there was no room for her to regret it at this moment.
"Hooray, hooray, hooray." The people who watched the excitement at the entrance of the government also knelt down. Several elders also greeted the emperor back then, and after seeing the things given by the emperor, they looked at each other and saluted.
"Elders, please get up." Wei Qian first helped the elders up: "Today, filial piety comes first, the elders are holding canes, and they also ask Lord Jia to give them a seat." ”
Jia Yucun ordered people to give seats to the elderly, please enter the courtyard, and listen between the gate and the main hall.
Mrs. Xue got up, naturally she didn't dare to sit on the chair anymore. Xue Pan looked forward and backward, hesitating and not knowing whether to sit or not. It wasn't until Xue Baochai pushed it that he hummed and chirped, pretending to be seriously injured and lying back down.
"Xue Gongzi is really a loyal person, and he worships people who are seriously injured." Wei Qian stabbed and handed Ruyi to Jia Yucun. Jia Yucun respectfully invited Ruyi to the table, and he stood on the edge of the chair and did not dare to sit down.
"The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, since your Excellency is the one who will try the case, please sit down." Wei Qian said: "The adults said that I was guilty, so I came." Thinking that the adult had just taken office, he had the intention of letting the adult show his face in front of the saint, so he invited the treasure of the imperial gift and let the adult judge the case in front of the holy relics. Presumably, the adults are aware of everything, and they will definitely be able to bring the saints to the top in the future. ”
Soared?
Jia Yucun smiled bitterly, how to judge this kind of case when he just returned to work? The two adults wrestle, and they are the cannon fodder among them!
However, Wei Qian also showed her means at this time, Jia Yucun didn't dare to treat her as an ordinary daughter, and said cautiously: "Xiangjun, the Xue family accused you of arson, and the paper is here, what do you have to say?" ”
"Your Excellency knows that this incident has only happened for a few days, and if you think about it, you will have already asked someone to inquire about the situation of the day. What the cause is, adults should be clear. Saying that, Wei Qianjian summoned Xiangling and others, and in addition to Xiangling, there were many vendors present that day.
Xue Baochai saw that Wei Qian had been prepared, and his heart was not good, so Wei Qian seemed to feel something and looked at Xue Baochai.
The two rarely see each other, but this time Wei Qian saw a difference. "Yuehua?" Kei caught a wisp of moonlight from Xue Baochai, exactly the same as the Moon Saintess he dealt with a few days ago.
"In the past few days, I haven't found the magic weapon of the Moon Sage when I travel at night, could it be that Xue Baochai got it and inherited the Moon Sage inheritance?" Wei Qian thought about it, Xiangling and the vendors described the scene of the day, and Xiangling cried with rain pear flowers in the emotional place, and everyone listening at the door sighed.
"Wicked people have their own wicked grinding, if it weren't for you Xue nerd running to tease others, where would anyone not be able to look at you and do it to you?"
"It's also the Xue family's power, bullying the little girl of the Wei family, what's the matter?"
"But no, both families are orphans and widows, and the head of the family left early, so why fight for this level? The Xue family is too deceitful! ”
Everyone was talking in private, and suddenly three or four big men shouted: "Phew! What a shameless *! It must be this little slut from the Wei Mansion who seduced her, otherwise Xue Gongzi has never seen what kind of goods, and he would actually fall in love with her? ”
"The son of the Xue family lingers in the flower field every day, how can he care about a little girl who hasn't grown up yet?"
"That's it! The son of the Xue family just touched you a little, that is the blessing you have cultivated for several lifetimes, and a slut still dares to resist? Don't be honest yet! ”
When the public whispered for Xiangling, there were suddenly many voices shouting for the Xue family to show off their might.
The audience saw it and looked at the delicate girl with tears on her face. Although Xiangling is not a peerless beauty, if she doesn't have a little posture, Xue Pan will be eye-catching?
"The Xue family is really shameless, in order to help their family exonerate, they even dare to say this kind of nonsense casually?" The Jinling elders sitting in the courtyard couldn't help but shake their heads in their hearts.
Even Jia Yucun despised the Xue family's style in his heart: "In the end, it is a businessman and the like, and if he is not on the stage, this trick is disgusting." What's the use of bullying someone's little daughter? ”
However, after Jia Yucun saw Xiangling, he vaguely felt that Xiangling's daughter was quite familiar. Where does it seem to have been seen?
Xue Baochai saw the loud men at the door, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. According to her calculations, how could she find such a person who is not on the stage to come forward?
"I didn't listen to my mother secretly sending people, could it be my brother's fox friends and dog friends?"
These people spoke filthyly, and soon began to attack Wei Qian and other Wei Mansion women.
Jia Yucun saw that something was wrong, and stopped clapping: "Enough!" There is no room for noise in the lobby! Dissatisfied glanced at the Xue family, continued to solve the case, and asked the vendors what happened that day.
The vendors' words were similar to Xiangling's, but one or two people seemed to have no intention of mentioning Xue Pan's drunkenness.
Zhang Qiaozui took the opportunity to defend: "Although Xue Gongzi is drunk and nonsense, it is also human nature to talk nonsense after drinking. But the guests of the Wei Mansion committed murder in the street, and this crime is even greater. ”
Then, he began to quote scriptures and use the cases of his predecessors to help Xue Pan's side.
The elders of Jinling listened and nodded one after another.
Mrs. Xue secretly rejoiced in her heart: Wei girl, you are so young, and you don't even invite a master with your own reasoning in hand, but instead invite a group of old men. How's that, silly! These old men don't have to look at you!
Jia Yucun listened to Zhang Qiao's mouth and said slowly: "Indeed, the two cannot be discussed together. Xue Pan's stabbing case is one thing, and the maid of Weifu is molested, which is another thing. Now the sentence is that Xue Pan was stabbed, if the Wei Mansion wants to sue Xue Pan for molesting, another case can be started.
Wei Qian pursed her lips and said: "In this case, let's talk about the injury case first, according to my friend, Xue Pan's injury is not serious, it is only a skin injury, and he can still be alive just now, presumably the injury has already healed." ”
Zhang Qiaozui smiled: "The townsman also said just now, my son-in-law was loyal to the monarch and patriotic, so he got up temporarily, and now he can't get up at all when he is lying on the chair." ”
"In that case, why don't you find a doctor to take a look? In recent years, the little girl has also had some medical skills in the Doumu Temple, and she can help with diagnosis and treatment. ”
"The townsman is the defendant, how can what he said be used as evidence in court? Besides, there are some diseases that are wounded in the roots, and they can't be seen even if they look at it. ”
"Since you can't see it, how do you know he's sick?"
"Humph! Can't I tell myself if my son is sick or not! Is it possible to believe in your family's diagnosis? ”
"If the defendant can't listen to what he says, can he believe what the plaintiff says?"
"This official has a copy of the diagnosis book of a famous doctor in the city, if the villager doesn't believe it, he can take a look for himself." Jia Yucun handed the diagnosis certificate of the doctor in the city to Wei Qian, and after Wei Qian read it, he asked Xiangling to hand it to the elders in the hospital, and finally read it at the door around the audience.
Situ Yun took the people around him to watch in the crowd, and said to Zhang Qingyuan beside him: "The Taoist is also proficient in medical skills, I don't know what you think?" ”
"Judging from this diagnosis alone, the injury of the Xue family's son is indeed not light." After Zhang Qingyuan went back to report to Tongyuanjiao, the sage ordered the Seven Princes to come down and clean it up.
At present, the saint is willing for the four princes to succeed to the throne, and he is unwilling to let the four princes take risks, so it is the turn of his second trusted prince, Situ Yun.
"It's just that no matter how you look at it, this son's injury doesn't seem to be so severe, and it should have been healed a long time ago." Zhang Qingyuan cared about Wei Qian, so he said some good things beside Situ Yun, and exposed Xue Pan's situation in one word: "It's definitely pretending to be sick!" ”
The medical book was passed around, put it back on the table, and Jia Yucun said: "Xiangjun, what do you say." ”
"Since the adults think that this diagnosis is correct, it must indeed be Xue Pan's illness." Wei Qian said: "What do you want to do, let's do it." ”
In the courtyard, a group of elderly people kept muttering, Wei Qian would never invite herself and others to come over, just to see how she apologized?
Situ Yun heard it at the door, and was about to walk in with his feet raised, when he was suddenly stopped by Zhang Qingyuan: "Wait first, the situation seems to be a little too smooth." "It's too beneficial to the Xue family, the granddaughter of my old friend Jia Daishan is not this kind of bully!
Moreover, when Zhang Qingyuan saw those people in the alley not far away, it seemed that Wei Qian had already prepared?
In the public court, Wei Qian's expression was calm, and Jia Yucun tentatively wanted to close the case.
But seeing it, the master of the Xue Mansion coughed lightly: "The young master of the Xue family felt that his actions that day were reckless, and he not only damaged the innocence of Miss Xiangling, but was willing to marry the maid next to the township gentleman to marry the two families." If the townsman is willing, this hurtful case can also be dealt with lightly. ”
"Oh?" Wei Qian stretched her tone: "Adults think so too? ”
Jia Yucun didn't speak, in this era, where are the maids having any human rights? Don't talk about maids, if it weren't for the concubine room who had crossed the Ming Road, the concubine who came from idle trading, and wanted to buy and sell again was just a sentence from the master.
"The Xue family was born as a businessman, and in terms of businessmen, if the seller's goods are damaged during the sale, they need to buy them at full price. Xue Gongzi's move is also the way of honesty of businessmen. Jia Yucun praised and said to Wei Qian: "Xiangjun, what do you see? ”
Wei Qian didn't agree, nor did she object, but said: "Let's not talk about this matter for the time being, just about the crime of hurting people, how are adults going to judge?" ”
"Since it is an injury, then according to the law, it should be imprisoned and pay for the wounding medicine. However, it is better to settle the grievance, and the official thinks that if the Xue family is willing to be private, he will be compensated with double the medicine money, and the guests of your mansion will be spared from prison. ”
In other words, these two cases. The crime of hurting people is punished with losing money and going to prison, another molestion case, I am afraid of my girl's innocence and let Xue Pan marry? ”
In today's era, there are extremely high requirements for women's innocence, and they are molested in public, but it is not good to talk about marriage in the future. Marrying Xue Pan is still a beautiful talk. Jia Yucun thought about his own case, looked at the elders in Jinling, and nodded: "Otherwise, Miss Xiangling will be difficult to find a lover in the future." The Xue family has a lot of money, and they just take care of her for the rest of her life. If the Xue family takes a concubine, they will return their free body, and this woman will be considered a blessing in disguise. ”
"It seems outrageous, but it is also reasonable, and neither of them will be offended." An old man with a cane in his hand holds his beard and his head. seems to agree with Jia Yucun's case.
"If both parties have no opinion, the official will pronounce the sentence."
The Xue family didn't care, forced Wei Qian to bow his head, and then sent the maid up, why not be satisfied?
"Wait!" Wei Qian stopped Jia Yucun: "The adult is discerning, and the little woman admires it so much, presumably today's adult's judgment can also be used as an example for him in the future." The little woman also has a few pieces of paper, which is similar to the Xue family's case. While the elders of Jinling and everyone are here, I ask the adults to break it off according to what they said today. ”