99. Go to church
Gu Xuan chooses people based on the size of his voice, thanks to his rich experience in joining in the fun all year round.
Because Emperor Hongwu was born in extreme poverty and was bullied by officials in his early years, he was most afraid that his officials would bully the people. Therefore, it is stipulated that the trial of the case on the day of the announcement of each county in Daming must be carried out in the public court, so that the people can stand at the gate and watch, so as to show fairness, justice and openness.
At such times, a loud voice can often represent public opinion. In the end, the county lord is in the hall, twenty or thirty steps apart, and he can't hear the public opinion with a small voice.
Fang Xianling sat in the hall and gently pressed the beads of sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief. August in Suzhou was really hot and stuffy for him, a Shandong jinshi, and today's case was really tricky.
The child who is about to die is the son of the Yan family, if he dies, such a large family will be wiped out. All his uncles and aunts had to squeeze in, otherwise they would be crying and making trouble at the door of the yamen.
Fang County Ling wanted to punish a hundred people and arrest two people to wear wooden shackles, who knew that this Yan family still had a small connection in Wu County, and before he could take people, there were already posts from the squire sent in, begging him to take care of them.
The Yan family is a bitter master, and it is reasonable to take care of it. But the defendant's family also sent a post, and it turned out to be a first-class squire in Suzhou Mansion - the Gu family!
Compared with the two, the Gu family does have the upper hand in the family, but the Yan family has a reasonable person, and it cannot be blindly suppressed.
It's hard!
Fang County Ling beckoned the master over: "What does Mr. Li think?" ”
Master Li wiped his mustache and said in a low voice: "Dong Weng, it's better to open the middle door and ask the people to come in." The more people, the more tongues, no matter how it is judged in the end, Dong Weng only has to push it to the word 'people's heart'. ”
Master Li's plan first appeased the bitter Yan family, showing the impartiality of the government. In the end, the referee secretly favored the Gu family, and the two bowls of water were about equal.
Fang Xianling felt that this was not a good move, and he had no choice but to do so.
A crowd of people poured in and took up their positions, and it was not until the officials snapped on the ground with water and fire sticks that everyone quieted down.
At this time, he saw Gu Xuan's wisdom, and the guys he brought with him had loud voices and strong bodies, and they grabbed a good position in the first row for him, Li Xiqiang, and Lu Yaoshi. However, the Yan family was next to him, and they were all young men and women, which made Gu Xuan a little worried: if there was a fight, his side might have to suffer.
Fortunately, this is the public court of the Yamen, and it is not very likely that there will be a fight.
Fang Xian Ling pressed the sweat on his forehead again, cleared his throat, and patted the shocked wood: "Who is kneeling in the hall?" Why do you sue for this? ”
Yan Zhongqing knelt on the ground and moved forward: "Xiaomin Yan Zhongqing, sue Changchun Hall for selling inferior medicine and killing my son." He immediately told him about taking medicine to cure the disease.
Fang Xianling looked at the unlucky child between Yan Zhongqing and Xu Xiaole, who was said to be not dead, but he looked no different from a corpse.
Yan Zhongqing cried: "Lord Qingtian, my family is only six years old, and he caught a crab by the river two days ago and accidentally fell into the water. After being rescued, it was just a shocking wind, and Xiaomin had been in the hall for more than ten years, and the three pairs of medicines should be fine. happened to be short of two flavors of medicine at home, so I went to his Changchun Hall to arrest him, but it turned out to be a tragedy. ”
Fang Xianling has never worked medicine, and he thinks that he will not let a living child die because of the problem of two flavored medicines. He gently beckoned his master over and whispered, "If the two flavors of medicine are wrong, will you die?" ”
Master Li also didn't know how to treat medicine, so he frowned and said: "The ancients said that the difference was a thousand miles, and it was about like this. ”
Fang Xianling nodded and looked at the defendant Xu Xiaole. He saw that Xu Xiaole had been kneeling on the side sullenly, not crying and shouting grievances, nor speaking to defend himself, and thought that this child was scared stupid.
If it weren't for the Gu family's name, he would have scolded a long time ago: for such a serious matter as opening a court to try a case, it should always be the shopkeeper of Changchun Hall who came to be tried, why do you get a hairless child to come here!
But now with the Gu family's name card in his hand, Fang County Ling knew very well that he couldn't get the shopkeeper of Changchun Hall, and it was better to make a child make up the numbers than to leave it empty.
"Uh-huh!"
Fang Xian Ling snorted heavily and reminded Xu Xiaole to answer.
Xu Xiaole still knelt with his head down, not saying a word, stunned.
Fang Xian Ling finally couldn't hold back the fire, and took the startling wood and slapped it on the public case: "Xu Xiaole, a guy from Changchun Hall!" ”
Xu Xiaole was awakened at this time, raised his head and arched his hand towards Fang Xianling: "It's Xiaomin." ”
Where had Fang Xianling seen such a rude young man, and he was so angry that his teeth itched: "Presumptuous! When he was tried in court and saw the officials, he didn't salute! ”
Xu Xiaole was stunned: "I saluted." He arched his hand again: "How else to salute!" ”
Fang Xianling was so angry that his nostrils turned to the sky, and he slapped the shocked wood: "Let's hit the top ten boards first!" Wait for the official to make rules for you. As he spoke, Fang County Ling was about to pull out the fire lottery from the lottery.
As long as the fire stick lands, Xu Xiaole's ass will have to bloom.
It's also a good idea to beat a guy and let the Yan family dissipate their anger.
It's just that......
Fang Xian Ling was about to throw the fire stick, but found that Master Li was standing beside him at some point and was quietly pulling his sleeve.
-- It's all the other way around!
Fang Xian Ling frowned, suppressed his anger, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter? ”
Master Li whispered, "Master, look over there." ”
Fang Xian Ling followed Master Li's instructions and looked over, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.