※ Hiroji Futagami opened the window. Go downstairs and ask Lin Qingdai beside her! Second, what do you think should be done next? ”

Lin Qingdai smiled: "I don't know how to be an official, but I remember that my father was managing the business back then, and the guy did something wrong, my father's scolding was very severe, but the punishment was merciful, he said that it was called thunder and heavy raindrops to let the guy know that it was powerful, but he was grateful." I think being an official is a bit like managing business. It is necessary to set up a shelf so that he is in awe, and at the same time, the punishment should be lighter, not too much to hurt face, so that he will be grateful. ”

Du Wenhao nodded frequently: "Enwei at the same time, this is very reasonable, and said that you can't be an official, you are only afraid that you are very good at being an official." ”

Lin Qingdai smiled a little embarrassedly: "I made random ideas, it doesn't affect you." ”

"I think your ideas are very good, those thugs, and what kind of girl, how to deal with it?"

"It's best that you don't deal with it directly, let him take the idea and report it to you for approval, and see his attitude. I'm afraid his handling will not be light. ”

"That is, now is the time to lose the car and protect the handsome, if his heart is not black, he will not be able to do the position of Zhizhou."

"Just don't go too far."

The two went downstairs to the courtyard. Du Wenhao walked in front of Huang Zhizhou, glanced at Mei'er who was covering her face in horror on the ground, and said lightly: "Lord Zhizhou, this girl must be your favorite Mei'er of Wanchunyuan, right?" Yesterday, her maidservant took people to the Foyin Inn in Hengshan, saying that she was going to cut off the official's legs, and she also insulted the official's relatives, and today I heard that she sent people all over the city to search for the official, and just now she led dozens of people to besiege the official. Lord Zhizhou. A woman in Chunlou can use your name to arrest and beat people casually, you are indeed very capable of governing the local area in Zhizhou. ”

Huang Zhizhou sweated like rain, kowtowed: "Humble duty should be damned" Humble duty should be damned, all of them are done by this slut abusing the name of his own official, and he doesn't know about his humble position, please be aware of it! ”

Du Wenhao said coldly: "This official believes what you said, how should this matter be decided, you can say something." ”

"Yes, yes!" Huang Zhizhou turned to those soaps and shouted, "Take it!" These thieves from Wanchunyuan dare to attack the officials of the court and insult the officials and their families, and they will all be taken down by me! ”

The soap subordinates agreed in unison, shook the chains, and rushed up together, locking up all the Wanchunyuan thugs in the stand, and pressing them to kneel on the ground.

Only Mei'er and the two maidservants did not move.

Huang Shirong got up, pulled Mei'er's head, dragged him to Du Wenhao, kicked his foot, and Mei'er knelt in front of Du Wenhao: "You slut!" Don't hurry up and ask the criminal officer for his guilt! ”

Mei'er finally knew now that she had picked up the hornet's nest. Attempting to murder the court officials, that is, openly confronting the court, belongs to the rebellion and injustice among the ten heinous crimes, and wants to connect the nine clans, Mei'er naturally knows that this is powerful, and she is so frightened that she is like a puddle of mud, prostrate on the ground, and cry: "The eldest master of the punishment spares his life."

The two maidservants also knelt down and kowtowed.

Du Wenhao said coldly: "You are a fox and a tiger, you are bullying, and you have done a lot of bad things, Huang Zhizhou, this case will be handed over to you to handle in person, and this official wants to see how you deal with it and how to rectify the place." Report the case and proposed opinions to me tomorrow! With that, he flicked his robe and turned into the inn.

Huang Zhizhou agreed repeatedly, and his head was quickly thinking about what to do.

After all, old and sophisticated. After thinking about what to do in an instant, Huang Zhizhou got up and ordered Mei'er and the others to be brought back to the yamen, and immediately went to the court to ask about the case.

Mei'er listened. This time he was really frightened, holding Huang Shirong's fat leg tightly with both hands, Huang Shirong wanted to kick her away, who wanted Mei'er's strength to still drag his legs, as if he was dragging a life-saving straw: "Master!" My lord spares his life! ”

Huang Shirong squinted and looked at Mei'er on the ground, how this daughter once upon a time made herself unrelenting, that eye, that eyebrow, that figure, that "Forget it, I can't think about it, there are so many women in the world, as long as they are powerful and powerful, I am afraid that there will be no beautiful women, and today I offended the criminal officer, who not only raised the prison, but also picketed the locality, and had the right to directly suspend the officials who violated the law and discipline for investigation, and even arrested and sent to the capital Yushitai for punishment. If this matter is not settled today, I am afraid that a great disaster will befall those who stand up.

At that moment, he gritted his teeth, his heart was crossed, and he said sharply: "Lock up this rebellious adulteress, escort it back, and the official will interrogate it personally!" ”

A few soaps agreed, and rushed up to shake the chains to lock Mei'er, they also knew that Huang Zhizhou was going to show the criminal officer, and they were not merciful at all, not only did the chain lock like a big dumpling, but also crackled and slapped violently. escorted a group of people and left.

Seeing that Huang Zhizhou was obedient in front of Du Wenhao, the cold shopkeeper felt a lot more settled, although Du Wenhao had not solved his problem yet, he knew that Du Wenhao would deal with it at the right time. That night, the cold shopkeeper insisted on making an east banquet to invite Du Wenhao. Du Wenhao did not refuse, did not invite outsiders, and had a good time in the guest money.

The next morning, after Du Wenhao got up, the servant came to report that Lord Zhizhou had been waiting in the living room for a long time.

Du Wenhao was not in a hurry, he put on his official robe slowly, drank morning tea, and then took Li Pu and other guards and the cold shopkeeper to the living room step by step.

I saw a person kneeling on the floor against the wall in the living room, with a heavy wooden frame around his neck, and thumb-thick chains on his hands and feet, constantly moaning in a low voice, and the soap Li who escorted him kicked them twice from time to time to tell them to shut up.

Huang Zhizhou stood by the door with his hands crossed, his head bowed, and a sad face

Seeing Du Wenhao and them coming in, Huang Zhizhou hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Raise the punishment!" ”

Du Wenhao snorted in his nostrils, and glanced at the prisoners kneeling on the ground, in addition to Mei'er and her two maids, there was also the big man who took the lead in going to Hengshan and was cut off by Lin Qingdai the day before, and the Wan Chunyuan thugs who led the fight with Li Pu and other guards yesterday, and a few very wealthy middle-aged men and women who didn't know each other, dragged out their tones, and said slowly: "Huang Zhizhou, who are these people?."

"Lord Jie Yu, these are the treasurers of Wanchun Garden, the old dove, and the masterminds and murderers who attacked Shangguan yesterday

"Oh one" Du Wenhao walked to the middle seat and sat down, and Li Pu and other guards stood solemnly behind him. Yingzi made tea for Du Wenhao and sent it. Then he bowed down and closed the door.

Huang Zhizhou took out a stack of confessions, walked to Du Wenhao with a hunched waist, and handed it over with both hands with a smile on his face: "My lord, I tried these traitors overnight and found out the whole case, this is the confession of the criminal and the main culprit, please take a look." ”

Du Wenhao didn't answer, picked up the tea bowl and blew it gently, took a sip, didn't look at him, and said with a raised face: "The confession official won't look at it, just tell me what's going on." ”

"Yes" Huang Zhizhou's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, coughed lightly, and said: "After interrogation, it was found that the shopkeeper of Wanchunyuan, the old dove, and the Oiran Mei'er used their power to bully others, oppressed the people, and committed a total of 16 felonies in the fish and meat township."

Du Wenhao couldn't help but want to laugh, but still said with a straight face: "Sixteen crimes? What kind of crimes are there?

Huang Zhizhou took the confession and recited in a frustrated manner: "After investigation, Wan Chunyuan Mei'er and others committed the following sixteen crimes: gathering bandits, plotting to kill court officials, and plotting rebellion and injustice, one of them; Unauthorized use of ancestors to swear and disrespect, so that ancestors suffer evil curses, unfilial piety, this is the second; falsely claiming that grandparents and parents are mourning, and they are not filial, which is the third; hurting people and falsely accusing the court officials, this is the fourth; Causing trouble and injuring people with weapons, this is the fifth; forcing a wife and daughter to become a prostitute, this is the sixth; Seize fertile land, this is the seventh; Selling good people as slaves and maids, this is the eighth; imprisoning a debtor to the point of madness, and this is the ninth; ，”

Du Wenhao waved his hand and said, "Okay." What about your proposed disposition?

"The shopkeeper of Wanchunyuan, Lao Chao and Mei'er, the two maids, and the main culprit who participated in the murder of the adults, I will all be beheaded, and the five clans will be connected, and the men over the age of 16 will be hanged, and the female dependents will be charged for 3,000 miles. Confiscation of family wealth. The rest of the accomplices shall be sentenced to hanging, exile, imprisonment, and rods. ”

"Well, a considerable part of these crimes you have identified are heinous felonies, and it stands to reason that they should be linked, but you must be cautious in determining such crimes, are there any real evidence for these crimes?

Huang Zhizhou laughed and said, "Hmph! Keeping in mind the instructions of the sentencing lord, these are all ascertained according to the facts, the human and material evidence is there, the evidence is ironclad, and the prisoners have all confessed. ”

"Really?" Du Wenhao stood up and walked in front of Mei'er and the others, looked down, and saw that almost all of these people had been tortured, all of them had traces of whipping on their faces and bodies, and the coagulated blood stained their clothes on their skin, and the wounds would tear and hurt when they moved.

Mei'er and the two maidservants were even more miserable, in addition to the whiplashes all over their bodies, the slender hands were all damaged and blurred, swollen like small radish, and the nails of the ten fingers were pulled out raw. They raised their heads and looked at Du Wenhao with difficulty, their faces were pleading, their lips were squirming, but they couldn't speak.

Du Wenhao saw that their lips were chapped, and ordered the escorted soap to bring them some cold water to drink.

Mei'er's face showed confusion and gratitude, and she drank most of the scoop in one go. Finally said astringently: "Thank you, thank you, "beg", "beg, beg, beg!" ”

Du Wenhao said: "Are all the charges that Huang Zhiliang read just now true? ”

Mei'er kowtowed with difficulty: "Genus,, true," beg the lord, spare your life."

Du Wenhao asked the other criminals again, and they all bowed their heads and confessed, begging Du Wenhao to spare their lives.

Du Wenhao returned to the chair and sat down, he could guess the inside story, under torture, there were few. If people can bear it, it is easy to force them to find out the ten heinous crimes, and there are some people who bully others, but I am afraid that the sin is not even death.

Du Wenhao said to Huang Zhizhou: "Lord Zhizhou, there is such a big case of rebellion under your jurisdiction, what kind of responsibility should you bear as a parent official in a state?" ”

Huang Zhizhou chuckled in his heart, he tortured and tortured these people for online crimes, and wanted to lose his pawn and protect the car, but he didn't expect Du Wenhao to point the finger at him, and he knelt down miserably: "The lowly emperor is not strict, and it is really difficult to escape the blame for such a big case of rebellion and injustice, and he is willing to take the blame and resign." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Zhizhou prostrate on the ground, his words whimpered, and old tears were rampant.

Du Wenhao didn't want to make things so complicated, he just wanted to take the cold shopkeeper down the mountain to explain the situation to Huang Zhizhou, but he didn't expect that after going down the mountain, he heard that Mei'er was searching for him everywhere, and this anger came up. Knowing that without Huang Zhizhou's support behind her, a Qinglou woman would not dare to be so arrogant. So I decided to treat them well.

Seeing that Mei'er and others were tortured like this, and Huang Zhizhou was also choked enough, he should have learned from it, he sighed at the moment, and said with a serious look: "Huang Zhizhou, as the parents of the people, we should think about the people and benefit the people, and we can't condone these evil forces to harm the people." They were blind and provoked the official, even if they were unlucky, this case would be closed like this, if it was a different person, they were just bullying a flat-headed people? I'm afraid that I have already been stunned by Jiuchuan and rectified! Ruoxian allowed the black mulberry forces to be rampant. You must know that water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat, if you lose the hearts of the people, the country and the society will be in danger! ”

"Yes, yes, humble duty and remember the teachings of the adults." Huang Zhizhou was in a cold sweat.

"Then I explained, to be realistic, whether what Wan Chunyuan did was really so bad, the official didn't know, the matter of gathering thugs to try to kill the official was Mei'er and her maidservant, and the official and others were wearing civilian clothes at that time, and they did not know the true identity of the official at that time, and they did not know the true identity of the official at that time, and they did not know the official of the court and tried to murder him, so it can only be regarded as an ordinary crime of fighting, and it cannot be rigidly applied to the ten evil plots of murdering the official of the court. In this way, it is not true to ask for it. ”

When Mei'er heard this, her scarred face was full of astonishment. Unexpectedly, Du Wenhao would speak for himself, and there was a warmth in his heart, and he fell to the ground and cried bitterly, choked up and grateful.

Du Wenhao said to Huang Zhizhou again: "If you don't conspire against the crime of injustice, this case will be one." In general, the crime of armed fighting should be punished in any way. Otherwise, the ten heinous felonies are extraordinary, such a hard set, not to mention that the crimes are not suitable, and they will implicate the innocent. ”

Huang Zhizhou was afraid for a while, and he softened on the spot.

Du Wenhao said: "Okay, this case is still a fact, let's deal with it." Don't put on the heinous felonies, as for the Wan Chun Yuan forcing people's wives and daughters to be prostitutes, robbing and robbing, etc., it must be investigated according to the facts, if there is, if there is none, there will be none, and after the investigation will be reported to me truthfully. ”

"Yes, yes, the humble duty must be dealt with according to the truth, and it will not be in vain."

"That's fine. As for Huang Zhizhou, since you don't have the ten heinous crimes of rebellion and injustice, it can't involve the problem of your lax majesty, so you don't need to take the blame and resign. If there is such a criminal case, the magistrate will take the blame and resign, and almost all the state and county officials in the country will have to be removed, so who will be the official to govern the locality? Besides, since you have realized your mistake, I believe that you will take this as a warning and will not let such people ruin your reputation again, right, hehehehe"

When Huang Zhizhou heard this, his grateful heart was like a spring breeze, and he couldn't help but lean over and kowtow and said: "Lord Tiren," he opened up to the lowly job, which really made the lowly job, "Shame is unstoppable!" In the future, we will strictly rectify the localities and live up to the high expectations of the people who have been sentenced to punishment. ”

"Good!" Du Wenhao beckoned the cold shopkeeper over, "Huang Zhizhou, the cold shopkeeper is a friend of the official, when Wan Chunyuan thugs attacked the official in Hengshan, the cold shopkeeper risked death to help him, it is really righteous, and the official will take time to visit Hengshan again in the future, and catch up with the cold shopkeeper, have you really done what you said." The cold shopkeeper will tell the official the truth when the time comes. ”

Huang Zhizhou hurriedly arched to the cold shopkeeper to the ground: "Please supervise the cold shopkeeper!" ”

The shopkeeper Leng was frightened, and he was busy kneeling down and kowtowing, but he was stopped by Du Wenhao: "Shopkeeper Leng, in the future, you will supervise Huang Zhizhou on behalf of this official, if there is anything, just report it to me directly." ”

The cold shopkeeper blushed, he knew that Du Wenhao said this, that was to give himself a talisman again, Huang Zhizhou not only did not dare to do anything to himself, but deliberately stammered. In gratitude, I don't know what to say for a while.

Wan Chunyuan's shopkeeper and the old dove originally thought that this time they picked up the hornet's nest, they would definitely die, and they would also affect the family, it was the time when all thoughts were burned, listening to Du Wenhao not to investigate them for the felony of rebellion and injustice, it was really happy to fall from the sky, although they usually relied on Huang Zhizhou's favor for Mei'er, bullied the weak, and did a lot of bad things, but they were all things that ordinary Qinglou often do, in addition, there were no particularly big bad things, and there was no death to death, and they were investigated and punished, and they deserved it, and it was a blessing to be able to exempt the Zhulian family. They were all grateful, kneeling down and kowtowing with difficulty, and even the big man who had broken a leg was lying on the door panel and bowing his hands.

Huang Zhizhou escorted the group of prisoners back to the yamen for retrial. The shopkeeper of Wanchunyuan and the old man were indeed guilty of forcing good people to become prostitutes, robbing and robbing, illegally detaining, and injuring others, plus this gathering of people to fight, so they were sentenced to 100 rods and 3,000 miles. Mei'er and two, slave and maid with fifty rods, three years. The rest of the prisoners were sentenced to different punishments such as imprisonment, rods, and answers according to the law. Wan Chun Yuan was sealed.

All Qinglou cars are free to return home and good. Huang Zhizhou felt that he could not avoid the responsibility of connivance, and asked for a one-year fine, and asked for a downgrade as a punishment.

After the result was reported to Du Wenhao, Du Wenhao reviewed the relevant evidence, believed that the facts were clear, the evidence was indeed sufficient, and agreed with the proposed judgment of others, but did not agree to the punishment of Mei'er and another servant, because the evidence proved that it was the pig-headed maid who led people up the mountain to commit murder, and Mei'er took another maid down the mountain to find Zhizhou, and she really didn't know, so the guilt was relatively lighter, and he was tortured and had been punished, so it was changed to a cane of fifty. The three-year prison sentence was cancelled. After careful consideration of Huang Zhizhou's self-requested punishment, he still agreed, after all, he acted as a protective umbrella, and he still had to bear some responsibility for this crime.

According to the provisions of the Song Law, the state and county have the right to directly impose punishments on the answer and technique, and the punishment of prisoners and streams must be reported to the criminal officials of all walks of life for approval, and the death penalty hanged and beheaded must be reported to the Dali Temple for approval. The highest verdict in this case, Du Wenhao's direct approval took effect. Huang Zhizhou's fines and demotion. It is enough for the criminal officer to make a decision and report to the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Clamp Department for the record.