At this time, Liu Yuanwai had already heard that Xia Xun, an official, had an extraordinary relationship with his son, and seeing that the sixth-grade official was stammering and explaining to Xia Xun, his background was not as simple as an eight-grade official, so he hurriedly caught up, knelt down in front of Xia Xun and Yi Jiayi, and said sincerely: "What this old man said is good." Regarding the proof of the Vajra slave, the old decay is indeed a fake, and the government wants to punish the old decay, which is the old decay deserves it, and it is not wronged. But the child is young and ignorant, usually only studies at home, and he doesn't care about business matters. ”

Xia Xun stared at him, and said in a deep voice: "Since Liu Yuanwai knows that what he did is guilty, why do he want to shield that king King Kongnu?" ”

Liu Yuanwai said gloomily: "Speaking of the time when Wang Yiyuan arrived in Jinan, Xu Huan, the second steward of the old man's mansion, said to the old man that his cousin had been in Jinan for a few days, and after taking him on a tour to relax, he pushed the stubble to the old man, old man...... and listened to him. Xu Jian has always been diligent and loyal in the old mansion, how can the old man not believe him?

Alas! Moreover, Lao Yu didn't expect that such a rugged talent would be a murderous court criminal, and he pitied him for being a meritorious talent, and didn't want him to be vain, so he had the heart to take care of him. As for the night he ...... the Li family's case, the old bookstore, no one stayed overnight before, where to find someone to prove Wang Yiyuan's innocence? The old man already believed him, how could he have thought that this matter had something to do with him, just thinking that he was the one who did things for my Liu family, anyway, this matter had nothing to do with him, so he asked two guys to testify for him......"

Yi Jiayi sneered and said, "So, don't complain." The notice clearly states that those who commit fraud and perjury will be punished as bandits, this is a major case of rebellion, and since you are guilty, what is wrong with you? ”

Liu Yuanwai listened, hung his head and was silent, and suddenly rushed out of a person, knelt down in front of Xia Xun and Yi Jiayi with a bang, and cried bitterly: "It's the villain's fault, it's all the villain's fault, the villain's lard is blinded, the cousin who hasn't seen him for more than ten years, what he says the villain believes, not only harms himself, but also harms others, and even pits my family." Ladies and gentlemen, please punish the villain severely, even if you kill the villain, the villain has no complaints, my family members are really wronged, lords, please be merciful. ”

This person kowtowed as he spoke, and his head knocked on the green bricks on the ground, and he was bruised, this person was Xu Lian, the second steward of the Liu Mansion.

Xia Xun was silent for a moment, gently patted Liu Yujue's hand, and said, "Brother Xian, don't panic, you go with them slowly, let me think of a way to do this." ”

Liu Yujue panicked: "Brother Wenxuan......"

Xia Xun nodded lightly and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will do my best!" ”

Looking at Xia Xun's eyes, Liu Yujue slowly let go of his hand, although he and Xia Xun only had a one-sided relationship, but that gaze made him feel trusted, he believed that Xia Xun would not leave him alone.

Yi Jiayi looked at Xia Xun's face and said in a low voice: "Lord Yang, do you really want to help them?" They've really broken the law. ”

Liu's father and son really had no intention of helping the abuse, but they really violated the law of the country. Even Liu Yujue, who didn't know anything about this matter, was also guilty, because the Ming Dynasty had a law of joint sitting. You can say that this kind of law is unreasonable, but the state enacted it. But because of this, they had to be exiled and their families ruined?

Xia Xun didn't think they deserved it. At the same time, the establishment of the law also depends on a series of factors such as the cognitive level of the legislator, and the prediction of a certain law is always limited, so the law always carries the phenomenon of imperfection and lag behind social development when it plays a role in maintenance. He's a law enforcer, and he knows more about it than anyone else.

When the provisions of the law lag behind reality and produce unfair consequences because of the provisions of the law, should we insist on the supremacy of the law rigidly, or should we make as many changes as possible to make up for the shortcomings of the law? This is an issue that can never be agreed upon by everyone, and Xia Xun chose the latter.

He clearly remembered the sin of speculation that was prevalent in his original era: when an engineer of a state-owned enterprise was hired to invent a new product or design a production line for a private enterprise, he became a speculative man and was arrested and imprisoned; A fried melon seed was arrested and imprisoned because he hired workers and made money, but he also became a speculator;

It is law, but it is flawed. According to the logic of the supremacy of the law, even if you know that those so-called criminals are wronged, you should resolutely enforce them before the legislature amends them, so as to preserve the dignity of the law. However, more than 10 years before the crime of speculation was completely removed from the relevant laws and regulations, many local governments and governments had already begun to use their powers to interfere in the judiciary, protecting a large number of so-called "speculators" and playing a positive role in social progress.

The law was eventually repealed, but it was not because they made legislators realize that it was out of place. You can say that it is the rule of man, it is an offense to the dignity of the law, but it conforms to the will of the people, and the positive effect that should have been produced by the law has been played by the law for a certain period of time, and at this time, someone stood up to resist it, and finally prompted its revision.

Xia Xun doesn't have the ability to cancel the law of joint sitting, but he doesn't recognize the reasonableness of sitting, so what he has the ability to solve, should he do it? He did this, after he found the envoy Cao, he first talked about going to Qingzhou to arrest the murderer, and Lord Cao naturally agreed, and then he mentioned Liu Yujue's matter, in order to convince Lord Cao, he took the trouble to say all kinds of inappropriateness in such a joint sitting.

As a law enforcer of this era, Lord Cao did not understand the big truths that Xia Xun said, and the practice of sitting together has existed since the Warring States Period, and has been formally legislated since the time of Qin Shang Ying, and has continued to this day. Like the sinner's family membership, who was not a prostitute, it also existed since the Warring States Period, and was formally legislated during the Han Dynasty, and since then the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and has been like this since ancient times, what's wrong?

Besides, this is his personal order from Lord Cao, isn't this a refutation of his face? Although Xia Xun helped him capture Niu Buye and made a great achievement, if he relied on his own merit and pointed fingers at Cao Qigen, Cao Qigen would never be able to accept it. He has the scope of his domain, even if Xia Xun is a strong dragon, he can't usurp his power.

However, when Yi Jiayi whispered to him, Cao Qigen was relieved, and pleaded for his friend, which is human nature, but it is rare to ask Xia Xun for such a generous statement, he is so anxious, could it be ......

Master Cao's associative reasoning ability was not inferior to Xia Xun, and he immediately remembered that Yi Jiayi reported to him that Xia Xun was not messy and drove the first beauty in Yixiang Courtyard out of the room; remembered that when Yi Jiayi whispered just now, he mentioned that the son of the Liu family was as handsome as a virgin; remembered that many Beijing officials were good men, so he came up with a very reasonable explanation.

Thinking like this, Lord Cao's last bit of anger also disappeared. He glanced at Xia Xun very ambiguously, invited him to sit with a smile, and said, "Since Lord Yang opened his mouth, this face must be given by the official." However, the crime of falsification and perjury is the same as that of the bandits, this is an order issued by the official himself, and now the notice is still posted on the street, so don't break your word and get fat. ”

Xia Xun said: "Then according to the meaning of the adult? ”

Cao Qigen smiled, stroked his beard and said: "Isn't Lord Yang going to Qingzhou to arrest thieves, so let's do it, you take that Liu Yujue with you, just treat him as a whistleblower, once Ling Potian is arrested, you give him some credit, and the official can exonerate him." ”

Xia Xun asked: "If it's a trip to Qingzhou, can't you catch the thief Ling Potian?" ”

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Cao Qigen frowned slightly and said: "In this case, the official will think of a way again, Lord Yang is doing this favor, the official must help, however, this kind of case is not trivial, even if the official does not punish him as a bandit, he will not be acquitted, I believe Lord Yang understands this." ”

Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said busily: "That's natural, Xia Guan understands." The adults are willing to help, and the lower officials are already grateful. ”

After three days of preparation, Xia Xun and others finally set off for Qingzhou, Jinan Prefecture's crackdown on the search for the White Lotus Sect is gradually fading, the people are slowly returning to their previous lives, and after a few days, the catchers who are guarding Changchun Temple have also withdrawn, it is meaningless to continue to guard in this kind of place, no one can live for so long in such a dark cave without food and drink, but it is impossible to find the body of Wang Jingangnu.

When they left, they blocked the entrance of the Qiuzi Cave, and one or two people could not dig it even if they had tools in their hands, but after all, they had not seen the corpse, and they could not be judged to be dead.

Wang Yiyuan didn't die, maybe God didn't want him to die, when he escaped from the cave, he actually sent him a person, that is, the idle man who was recruited by the government to explore the cave and now announces his disappearance. He carried fire, dry food and water bags on his body, although it was only enough to support two days, but in Wang Yiyuan's eyes, this idler could also become his food.

So, he survived a normal person's death, and in the labyrinth of dense underground caverns, he found an exit, which was a very narrow and long hole, and when he was about to endure it anymore, he felt the breeze flowing through the hole, and he crawled desperately, and he succeeded.

When he crawled out of the exit of the cave in the rocky bush like a ghost, he saw that the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and there was a tall city in front of him, and he had already appeared outside the city of Jinan.