Chapter 036: Two Mouths of Official Words (3)
Going to the lobby for a trial?
When Lu Cheng heard this, he quickly understood. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This official proposed this, not for any fair trial at all, but to condemn his own crimes in front of everyone, remove his own fame, and let himself be ruined!
In the end, the verdict of this case was unreasonable, and few people knew whether it was the truth or not.
Where can the common people learn the truth of the matter?
Under the guidance of these adults, they can only listen to what they should hear and see what they should see, and these are the "truths" they need to know!
The main hall of the county yamen is not much different from other yamen, it is nothing more than a "sunrise in the east" in the middle of the hall, with a light blue background, the bottom of the picture is the blue ocean and waves, and there is a red sun in the middle of the top of the ocean, and there are a few auspicious clouds dotted on the side.
On top of this picture, a plaque hangs high with the inscription "Mirror hangs high". On both sides of the lobby, there are also several signs that say "Quiet" and "Avoid". On both sides of the hall, there are two rows of soaps with wind and fire sticks in both hands.
The presiding judge sitting in the middle of the hall is still Wei Zhixian, and the magistrate and the general judge sit on both sides to hear the trial.
This posture has the feeling of a three-class trial.
"Smack-"
Wei Zhixian was shocked, and shouted in a majestic voice: "Ascension!" ”
"Mighty—"
The soaps on both sides shouted in a long voice, and the wind and fire sticks in their hands were constantly knocking on the ground, showing their authority. Don't get me wrong, they're not shouting "corruption", absolutely not.
"Take someone to commit it!"
Under Wei Zhixian's order, Lu Cheng and the three of them were escorted up by the messengers, and then the messengers pulled the wooden fence outside the lobby and blocked the door.
Outside the lobby, there were already many people who rushed to hear the news, pointing at Lu Cheng and the others through the wooden fence, and whispering in private.
"What's going on, didn't you say that the county lord didn't plan to go to the court?"
"I don't know, maybe there is a change in the case, didn't you see that there are still two big men sitting next to you?"
"Tut-tut...... Looking at this posture, I'm afraid that the head of the Lu case has committed something else. ”
“……”
"Smack-"
Wei Zhixian was shocked, and the noise inside and outside the hall immediately stopped abruptly. Subsequently, he asked Lu Cheng, who was standing proudly under the hall: "Lu Shengren, this county came to ask you, the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Mansion accused you of eating the overlord meal, and then made a big fuss about the restaurant, can you plead guilty?" ”
Lu Cheng arched his hand and replied loudly: "There is trouble, but after the students arrived at the restaurant today, the wine and food had not yet come up, so they had a conflict with the shopkeeper, and then let the adults escort them to this yamen, and the stomach is still empty." Students dare to ask adults, where does this statement of eating overlord meals begin? ”
"Sophistry!"
The shopkeeper immediately jumped up from the ground: "My lord, this is a quibble! ”
"Smack-"
Wei Zhixian slapped the stunned wood and shouted: "Silence! ”
The shopkeeper had to kneel down again, so as not to anger the county lord, and eat a meal for no reason, which would be a big injustice.
In fact, Lu Cheng and others smashed a lot of furniture in the Drunken Immortal Building, and the shopkeeper originally planned to sue the yamen and claim some silver. Unexpectedly, he had just arranged for the county lord to have a meal, and when he came to the county office, he actually asked the magistrate to stop him at the door.
He is the shopkeeper of a restaurant and a small citizen, how dare he disobey Feng Tuiguan's intentions?
At the behest of the other party, he added an item to the charge against Lu Cheng - eating overlord meals.
At this moment, Wei Zhixian already regretted letting Lu Cheng say so much. Originally, Feng Tuiguan wanted to deal with Lu Cheng, so he tried every possible way to put all kinds of charges on the other party's head, and he let him say so many words of defense, didn't it increase the difficulty of this case?
"Don't be busy arguing about right and wrong, this county has its own conclusions in mind."
Wei Zhixian sneered: "In addition, there are people who accuse you of bribing the examiner and cheating in the field, presumably you won't admit it?" ”
Lu Cheng also sneered at him: "If you want to add to the crime, why bother?" ”
Wei Zhixian knew that it was impossible to cut off Lu Cheng's reputation by relying on the restaurant alone, and only by cheating on the fraud in the imperial examination could this goal be achieved.
Speaking of which, he has no grudge against Lu Cheng, so there is no need to treat Lu Cheng like this. There is another one, the county lord has said that he will spare Lu Cheng, and he is now completely disobedient to the county lord.
But as the saying goes, the county official is not as good as the current management, such a trivial matter, the county lord will at most give an order, and then he will forget it. Even if you know about it afterwards, you won't be embarrassed by your own little magistrate.
After all, this main envoy is Feng Tuiguan, how much can he have to do with himself? Besides, just this little talent, can you still make the county lord stand out for him?
But Feng Tuiguan is different, that is his own boss, and he must not be offended!
Otherwise, once he annoys him, he will not have a good time in this auspicious Fu Zhi County.
There are so many cases that have been handled in the past, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no mistakes, if Feng Tuiguan has the heart to ask, and then let him catch some tricks and report them, his career will be considered to be the end.
Don't look at the county order of your own provincial capital, which is quite majestic, but in terms of actual power, it is far inferior to other county seats.
As a county magistrate in other counties, that is a "soil emperor", this day is far away, and he can let go of his hands and feet in many things. But as a county magistrate in this provincial capital, as an official under the noses of a group of high-ranking officials, everything must be treated carefully, and the slightest mistake cannot be made, just two words - grievance.
Wei Zhixian no longer paid attention to Lu Cheng, and turned to Zhao Yuhu, who was standing under the hall, and said: "Zhao Shengyuan, you accused Lu Cheng of bribing the examiner and cheating in the field, is what you said true?" ”
Zhao Yuhu immediately replied: "Back to my lord, what the student said is true. This Lu Cheng's family is not good, in order to bribe the examiner, he teamed up with another person to blackmail my brother and snatched thirty taels of silver from my brother, my brother can testify to this! ”
"Is there such a thing?"
Wei Zhixian was "furious" and nodded: "You go on." ”
"Yes."
Zhao Yuhu glanced at Lu Cheng on the side with disdain, and then said: "After that, he bribed Wu Tixue with the stolen silver, learned about the exam questions in advance, and asked someone to write two Cheng essays for him to memorize, so he won the first place in this college exam." Otherwise, how can the articles he has made based on his true talent and learning be the first of the cases? ”
Wei Zhixian asked cooperatively, "What?" How is this Lu Cheng's talent, do you know the roots? ”
"This is natural, the student is in the same county and township as him, how can he not know his details?"
Zhao Yuhu couldn't help laughing, looked at Lu Cheng and said: "He failed the hospital exam many times in his early years, why did he win the list this time and won the first place, don't adults think that this matter is very suspicious?" Moreover, not only the students can testify to this matter, but also the students and two fellow villagers can testify to this matter! ”
"Wow-"
There was an uproar inside and outside the hall, and except for a few insiders, many people had begun to believe in their hearts that this was the truth of the matter.
Zhao Yuhu's words are conclusive, if the matter is false, how dare he accuse the great master of accepting bribes in the court?
Lu Cheng was really stunned at the moment, this Zhao Yuhu was talking nonsense from beginning to end, and he dared to openly slander Wu Tixue for accepting bribes and leaking the exam questions to himself, so he wasn't worried that Wu Tixue would investigate it to the end after learning about it?