On the twentieth day of the twenty-first month of the twenty-first year of the reign of King Qin, the rain and snow finally ended, and the temperature began to rise under the winter sun in Anlu. What occupied the headlines in their chatter was naturally the "Chaoyang Litong Tomb Robbery Case" that shocked Anlu County a few days ago!

In the county prison of Anlu County, after several days of interrogation by the prison Pengxi, the dust of this case has basically settled and the curtain has come to an end......

In this case, Heifu, the head of the Huyang Pavilion, single-handedly discovered the truth of the anonymous confession, and followed the vine to capture the tomb robber and the scum Bo Wu. As an important witness, he was summoned to the county seat for several days in a row to participate in the trial of the case.

During the interrogation, Lord Xi still played normally, accurately following the terms of Qin's law, peeling off the cocoon, and the thieves were defeated in his continuous questioning, and confessed their crimes one after another, even if they refused to admit to death, they bowed their heads in front of the dense evidence.

Among them, the leader of the tomb robbers who impersonated himself as "Chang" and whose real name was "Apotan" was the most heinous.

According to Xi verification, this "orangutan" was originally a public servant of Jiangling County, Nanjun, who had robbed and excavated Chu tombs in Yiling and Jiangling several times, and after being reported, he abandoned his family and fled to Xinshi County. After hiding in the mountains and forests of Xinshi for a few months, the ape changed his name, called himself "Chang", and began to reorganize the tomb robbery gang. They lurked day and night, and harmed many tombs in Xinshi and Anlu, and Anlu's Douxin Tomb was the biggest crime......

Several of the ape's accomplices, except for the young man Xing and the unlucky ghost who died were Chu, the rest were Qin people, or fugitive wanderers like ape, or poor people in the neighborhood. These three Qin people were finally sentenced to "Huang Wei Chengdan", that is, tattooing characters on their faces, and joined the engineering operation brigade of Anlu County for the crime of "stealing the grave", and there was no sentence, which was permanent......

As for the ape himself, as the organizer of this tomb robbery, his crime is more serious, in addition to the "crime of stealing the grave", there are also "Jiangyang", "recidivism", "instigation" and other crimes, several crimes are punished together, and finally sentenced to a more cruel punishment in Qin Luli: car split!

The chariot split is also called "轘" (huán), and in the later world, it is called the five horses and the corpse, and it does not need to be explained too much to understand what a terrible punishment it is. And unlike the "torture" that Heifu was sentenced to when he captured the murderer and thief before, it was the body that was dismembered and humiliated after death, but Che Crack was to be torn alive and die in front of the public......

Even though the ape is a bold and daring villain who dares to wear the clothes of a dead man, in the face of such torture, his face is still pale and his eyes are glazed. He is not the only one who is unlucky, even his parents, wife, and children will all be reduced to subordinate concubines.

After the verdict was announced, he asked people to summon the young man who was pulled up from the tomb by Heifu.

Next, it was the most surprising thing in this trial, he knew for the first time that there was still a law on the protection of minors in Qin!

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Xi Xian asked Xing's place of origin and age again. Xing claimed to be a native of Hubei, Chu State, his family lived in Xiakou, his parents died in the flood the year before last, he was helpless, lured by a fellow villager who gave him food, he crossed the river with him to Anlu in Qin, and was forced to join a tomb robbery gang.

Xing said that he was 14 years old, but Xi didn't believe it, he said: "In the sixteenth year of the king, the first order of the Qin State was to make the men of the Qin State study the year, with seventeen years old as the adult Fu and women as fifteen years old. You are from Chu, and this official has no way to check whether his origin and age are true, so he can only judge by his height according to the old practice. The height of the male is 6 feet 5 inches, and the height of the female is 6 feet for the adult, which is called a big man and a big woman, and those who are not at this height are called a small man and a little woman......"

As he spoke, he asked the jailer to come out with a "Qin ruler" to measure his height, and measured it on the spot, and found that Xing's height was less than six feet, that is, about one meter three, and he did belong to a "little man" and was a minor.

It's a lot easier now.

When several of his accomplices were sentenced to black-faced Chengdan, and the ape was even sentenced to a car split, Xing trembled with fear, he only felt that the county prison court of the Qin State was much more terrifying than the depths of the tomb, and he was afraid that he would be more auspicious this time......

But when Xi announced his verdict, Xing was overjoyed!

"Although Xing participated in the tomb robbery, he was forced to be instigated by others, and his height was less than six feet, so he should be punished lightly. Punish him to be a hermit official labor, and when he becomes an adult, he can be given the rank of soldier and ...... for the Qin people."

The so-called "hidden officials" are a special institution in the Qin State, which is used to house the official handicraft workshops of the remaining prisoners. Those who have been released from prison and their families who have behaved well, or who have been subjected to corporal punishment in unjust, false and wrongful convictions, and who can no longer accommodate themselves in society, will be placed in hidden officials. There, they can do work that doesn't weigh heavily and have something to eat.

It can be said that the status of the hidden official is between the common man and the slave.

Compared to the appalling car crack, this is a very light punishment, and Xing immediately thanked Xi for his forgiveness.

"It is not me who forgives you."

There was no joy on his face, and he said lightly: "It's the law that should be like this......"

Not only was he overjoyed at this time, but even Heifu had gained insight. It turns out that in the Qin State, minors who are instigated to commit crimes do not bear criminal responsibility; or criminal liability may be pursued but the criminal liability may be mitigated in terms of punishment.

And instigating a minor to commit a crime, even if it is only to instigate him to steal ten dollars, will be punished! This is one of the reasons why orangutans were heavily sentenced.

Heifu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, in the future generations, those villains who instigated minors to commit crimes, mutilated children's limbs, and let these children steal and beg next to the train station, even if they are caught, they will be sentenced to a few years, which is too light.

To put an end to crime, starting from the baby, the idea of the Qin State Law is very clear, and the lenient punishment of minors can be regarded as a rare brilliance of human nature in the cruel Qin Law......

Of course, if a juvenile commits a serious crime, such as murder, then the law will not be forgiven, but the execution of a minor in public is still not allowed by the Qin Law Firm, and he must be imprisoned until his height and age are sufficient, and then he will be punished as he deserves.

Then, the public servant in Chaoyangli, who submitted an anonymous letter, went to illness and was sentenced to a fine of three grades, equivalent to more than 4,000 yuan in half a tael.

Looking at the sad face after going to thank him, Heifu felt a little sad in his heart. He was probably the only innocent person in this case, and he reported the case anonymously out of uneasy conscience, but he ended up in this fate.

Heifu thought that he would be forgiven and commuted like a young man, but he didn't expect that in the end, he didn't, just because Qin Luli has a one-size-fits-all punishment for anonymous whistleblowers, and there is no precedent for reduction.

As for the prison guard who stole and colluded with tomb robbers, he was also punished heavily, and he himself was sentenced to a black face and sent to the border of Qianzhong County, and all the money and silk obtained from the stolen goods were confiscated, and his family did not report it, and he was also punished as a city dan......

This is still because the Earl does not have the title of "Shangzao", which offsets part of the guilt, otherwise, it may be difficult to escape death.

Hefu had seen a similar situation before, but this time, he didn't have to be indignant that the punishment could be reduced by "Shangzao".

Because after the trial was completed, the county immediately announced that the people of Huyang Pavilion would be rewarded for catching the thieves this time!

First of all, it is to promote the title of the superior pavilion chief Heifu from a public scholar to a top creation!

At the moment when they heard the reward, everyone in Huyang Pavilion congratulated the "Shangzao Heifu", but the Heifu only scolded secretly in his heart......

"I've finally leveled up!"

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"Hell Peng! Please walk slowly! ”

Just after this day (13 o'clock to 15 o'clock), Xi finished his office, and walked out of the main hall of the county prison wearing a pig, but he heard someone calling him behind him, and when he turned around, he was a black man who had just been promoted to the upper creation.

Gongshi, Shangzao, the county level can be awarded, the formalities for Heifu's promotion to Shangzao have been completed, and the brown headband on the top of the head has also been replaced with an earthy red scarf, wrapping the bun in its entirety, which is the sign of "Shangzao".

Made, made, the so-called made, is to have the meaning of becoming a life on the top, and people in this status can basically be used to be a small official. As a second-level title, although he still has to serve in the service, he can control two servants if he has increased his field and house, and most importantly, if he breaks the law, as long as he does not rebel, kill, or defect, he can offset part of the crime.

I saw Heifu walk up to Xi in a few steps, and said: "Heifu has been promoted twice, thanks to the impartial law enforcement and fair rewards and punishments, Heifu is here to thank the prison Peng!" ”

Xi is still the same, shook his head and said: "I have already said, if you want to thank Qin Lu, don't thank me, we Qin officials, just do things according to the law, that's all." ”

Heifu only responded, and then said with some hesitation: "There is another thing, Heifu has doubts and wants to ask the prison Peng ...... face to face."