Chapter 20 Sharp Teeth
Since the emperor came to Nanjing, the yamen has no other purpose than relying on the official authority to deter the people. At present, the identities of the four people who were escorted by officers and soldiers were not something that the yamen could afford to provoke, and inside the yamen, there was a sudden silence, and even the county magistrates and judges, who had always been unangry and arrogant in front of the people, did not know how to try the case.
In the yamen, the four of them are like four gods, and the county Cheng is in a cold sweat in the face of them, he previously sent the complaint to His Majesty Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would make a decision for this case, however, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is a generation of emperors, sent this burden back to them, which really hurt the county Cheng and the judge.
In the yamen, if it is an ordinary person, according to the etiquette, they should kneel in the lobby, however, even if these four are standing, the county magistrate and the judge do not dare to order these four people to kneel, who are these four people? A prince, a prime minister, a friend of the prince, the imperial history of the imperial supervision appointed by His Majesty, and a victim who is also the son of the prime minister, the prime minister's son is noble, even the life of the county minister and the judge is not as important as him.
"Young Master Hu, did you say that His Royal Highness and Marven He beat you up? Is it true? Looking at the complaint, the county Cheng's voice couldn't help but cry, he really didn't want to provoke these gods, but Hu Weiyong was still standing on Hu Pengju's side, and he had to pretend to judge.
"Let me say something here, we didn't beat him, although he played a mockery of His Highness before, but we adults don't remember the villain, and we also gave him a bottle of wine, if you don't believe it, you can ask him!" Before Ma Sanbao could say before Hu Pengju could speak, the angry Hu Pengju stared straight at him.
The wine is indeed true, he Hu Pengju did drink the wine, but the wine is a little high, he doesn't remember how much he drank, when he woke up, the wine in front of him was all empty, but fortunately, Zhu Di's amount was not much, if it was a big altar, Hu Pengju would not feel that the wine was drunk by himself and the Oiran.
"Young Master Hu, Marven He doesn't want to admit the beating of people, but is what he said true about sending fine wine?" The county asked respectfully, and even the judges around him were trembling to record the content of the interrogation in their notebooks, for fear that he would make any mistakes, which was a job of losing his head.
"What he said is indeed true, the wine was delivered, and I drank it, although I don't know what happened after that, but I can be sure that it was the two of them who beat me, and they must have bad intentions when they sent the wine." Hu Pengju angrily pointed at Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di, a little hysterical, and then pointed to his beaten face with a blue nose and swollen face, the once handsome face is now like Zhu Bajie's head.
"My son said so, can the county magistrate have a verdict? Punish Marven and His Royal Highnesses? Since Your Majesty has asked you to make a decision before, you must give an explanation to my son Hu Peng. Hu Weiyong said, he stood beside his son, with a generous palm on his son's shoulder, giving Hu Peng a very stable support.
"In that case, we're going to sentence Marven and You..." The county magistrate just spoke, outside the yamen, a eunuch came, under normal circumstances, the eunuchs are in the palace to serve the emperor and the harem, rarely go out, the eunuchs who can appear in the yamen, obviously have a task.
"You go on, Your Majesty asked me to issue the waist card and documents to the Lord Overseer Yushi, just let me not exist." The eunuch smiled and said to the county magistrate and the judge, scared the county magistrate and the judge into a cold sweat, the eunuch came according to His Majesty's will, obviously, this is His Majesty's intention, if they misjudge, His Majesty will not give them a good color, and even execute them.
"You're not done yet? What do I have? By the way, didn't he just say that he didn't know what was going on? This convicts me, isn't it too partial to Young Master Hu? We sent wine to make friends with him, he was good, the wicked person sued first, but we heard in Yihong Mansion that Young Master Hu has strange habits, maybe it is caused by his own habits? You can't blame me and Your Highness, Young Master Hu, if you say that you don't have strange habits, you can ask the Oiran of Yihong Mansion to confront you face to face, and look for those Oiran you often look for, if you don't look for it, don't I happen to have a waist card to supervise the imperial history? I'm going to find it for you? Ma Sanbao said, he took the waist card of supervising the imperial history from the hands of the eunuch, and looked at Hu Pengju with a smile.
"You... You're a bloody squirt! The wicked sue first, father, judge, county officer, you must make the decision for me, my Hu Pengju can't be beaten so inexplicably! Hu Peng was angry, and at the moment, the gloating expressions of Zhu Di and Ma Sanbao made him understand that the two people in front of him were the perpetrators who beat him, but there was no evidence.
"Your Majesty said, the verdict depends on the judge and the county magistrate, not your quarrel, the two, I don't mean anything else, I just want a fair verdict." The eunuch glanced at the county magistrate and the judge, and the cold eyes frightened the two of them into not daring to speak, although the eunuch asked for justice and it was His Majesty's will, but in the eyes of the county magistrate and the judge, there was an answer, that is, Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di were not guilty, but how could they dare to say it in front of Hu Weiyong?
"Don't worry, Your Majesty said, no one can influence the outcome of this verdict, and I also ask the judge and the county magistrate to be the master, fair, just, and not to show any favoritism." The eunuch said coldly, he should have come to give Ma Sanbao the waist card and documents, but now he is standing by the side of the county and the judge, giving the county and the judge a huge pressure invisibly.
Right now, Young Master Hu believes that Ma Sanbao is the murderer, and Ma Sanbao has provoked His Majesty's favor because of his poetry, and the reason for sending documents and waist cards in the Yamen lobby is obvious, and it also shows His Majesty's meaning.
Hu Weiyong and Hu Pengju's father and son stared at the judge with frowns for a long time, waiting for the judge's reply, Ma Sanbao and His Royal Highness Zhu Di didn't care, anyway, Hu Pengju had no evidence, and the Oiran couldn't be called.
The eyes of several people were like torches, provoking the hearts of the judge and the county Cheng to be hairy, even the writing hand was trembling, and the handwriting on the paper became crooked, the judge and the county Cheng were able to sit in the position of the yamen of Nanjing City, obviously they were also old rivers and lakes, but in the face of such a big scene, they were still the first time to see each other, they were usually vigorous and resolute, and they even had the idea of taking off the black gauze hat, the pressure of this case was really too great, under normal circumstances, the case of the children of the nobles could not be attributed to their heads, it was a matter of the Criminal Department, I didn't expect it, Hu Weiyong's complaint made them the executors of this case.
"Declare it, I'll listen." The county Cheng put the verdict in front of the judge, the judge's face expression was a tragic one, like a strong man who was going to die, he was reluctant in his heart, but the official position was not as good as the county Cheng, and he didn't dare to commit the next crime, so he had to swallow his saliva, holding the verdict with trembling hands, this was the most outrageous case he had encountered in most of his life.
"In this case, I have judged that Hu Pengju's evidence is insufficient, which is not enough to prove the crimes of Ma Wenhe and His Fourth Highness Zhu Di, in this case, Ma Wenhe and His Fourth Highness Zhu Di are innocent, if Hu Pengju has substantial evidence, he can provide it to this official, otherwise, the judgment will take effect and be established." Obviously the content of the verdict is not much, but the judge is like a fish in his throat, every time a word comes out, he is frightened, his heart beats faster, until he finished reading the content of the verdict, he leaned back on the chair with relief, his back has already been soaked with cold sweat, he felt Hu Weiyong and Hu Peng's unkind eyes, every time he said a word, Hu Weiyong's father and son's eyes were sharper, like a sharp edge against his neck.
โNice๏ผโ Ma Sanbao couldn't help but flutter up the foreign text and made a victory gesture, which was undoubtedly a provocation in the eyes of Hu Pengju and Hu Weiyong, only Zhu Di didn't care about Ma Sanbao's excited look and movements, but asked Ma Sanbao what the word just said meant in confusion.
"What a verdict! I'm not convinced! Why was they acquitted on the basis of insufficient evidence? Hu Pengju roared from the bottom of his breath, looking at Ma Sanbao and Zheng He who were gloating in front of him, his eyes were on fire, but unfortunately he couldn't find the authentication and physical evidence to prove that it was Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di's hands, even if he had intuition, but what effect could intuition have? Intuition is not proof and cannot help him agree to this lawsuit.
"Young Master Hu, although I feel very sorry for you, it is a fact that you were beaten, but you can't let me and His Highness be scapegoats, you want to wronged me, it's your fault, I thought at His Highness's banquet earlier that you might have taken refuge in the wrong person, and it is normal to take refuge in the side of His Royal Highness to target me, now it seems that you are paranoia of being killed, this bloody thing, you should do less in the future, accumulate some virtue for yourself, and become an immortal in the future." Ma Sanbao opened his mouth, and the angry Hu Pengju was about to beat people in court, but fortunately he was stopped, otherwise this was a murder with conclusive evidence, and Hu Pengju's fate was to be thrown in prison for several days, even if Hu Weiyong was there, he couldn't save it.
"What a sharp-toothed boy, Pengju, let's go! But Ma Wenhe, you have to remember, don't give me the opportunity to clean you up next time! Otherwise, I'll leave you dead without a place to bury! Hu Weiyong glared at Ma Sanbao, suppressed the impulsive Hu Pengju, and threatened Ma Sanbao, however, his threat didn't seem to have an effect, Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di talked and laughed.
"Lord County, Lord Judge, I apologize to you for Hu Pengju, although this case is oolong, but it is also my fault first, I shouldn't mess around with His Highness, right, Your Highness?" Before leaving, Ma Sanbao said goodbye to the county judge and the judge with a hippie smile, and moved His Royal Highness out, so scared that the two sent Ma Sanbao away like a plague god, not wanting to have too much to do with Ma Sanbao.