Chapter 531

According to the judge's hall, hanging the mirror high, Gong Kuishen stared at the people kneeling in the hall, and asked sharply: "Who are the people in the hall!" Do you know that the drum of injustice cannot be sounded at will? ”

Zeng Guangxi arched his hand and said: "Zeng Guangxi, the character is obscure, the person of Fengyang Mansion, there is a great grievance to be presented, and the student knows that he is rude first, and he is willing to be killed first." ”

With a wave of this stick, even a strong person will be difficult to heal without raising it for a month or two. However, this killing stick is an additional punishment, which can be beaten or not, if it is accommodating, it can naturally be avoided, and it is also very good to show mercy to his subordinates. However, if the accommodation is not good, the prisoner will suffer.

In the old days, before prisoners were admitted to prison, they often beat them with sticks to make them subdued, which was called "killing sticks". When Ming Taizu enacted the law, there was a statute stating that if the commoners beat the drum of injustice, they would first eat thirty kills.

The first is to prevent frequent complaints by small people, and the second is to make the government more deterrent, but this punishment has been around for a long time since the Song Dynasty and can be regarded as an old system.

But Zeng Guangxi is not a fool, this is just a casual remark, he came to plead his grievances to avenge his grievances, and claimed that his student let Gong Kuishen know that he was a scholar, how could Gong Kuishen beat him?

Sure enough, Gong Kui listened to Zeng Guangxi's words and looked at the master beside him.

The master whispered in a low voice and said, "This person is the head of this year's court examination in Fengyang Mansion. ”

Gong Kuishen nodded slightly, his index finger and middle finger were folded, and he pointed at Zeng Guangxi and said, "Since you are famous, get up and speak." ”

"Thank you, sir."

After Zeng Guangxi got up, he bowed down and held the complaint with both hands, and said, "This is a complaint, please take a look at it." ”

Regarding Zeng Guangxi's sensibility, Gong Kuishen nodded slightly in his heart, and when the messenger below submitted an appeal, he lowered his eyes and looked at it.

The more he looked, the tighter Gong Kuishen's brows became, the tighter he looked, the tighter he looked, the tighter he looked, until finally, his eyebrows were almost twisted into a hemp rope, he raised his eyes to look at Zeng Guangxi, and asked, "You, actually abused lynching to tie up the suspect?" ”

Zeng Guangxi still remembered Shen Kang's entrustment, but instead of repeating it according to his words, he replied: "Yes." ”

"Do you know that what you did was a violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty! Where have you read your book! Why don't you report grievances to the court? If everyone abuses lynching and investigates cases privately like you, what is the use of the yamen! ”

Gong Kuishen was so angry that he could barely sit still, he really couldn't imagine that a scholar could have such courage to arrest the criminal privately!

Zeng Guangxi's eyes were slightly red, the tip of his nose was sour, he forced his tears, and said slowly: "Fu Diewu, a female streamer, has been detained in the government prison for six days, and the student knows that he has violated the Daming law, and the crime cannot be escaped, but as long as Fu Diewu clears up his grievances, the student will not hesitate." ”

Zeng Guangxi is not a fool, he knows that someone must stand up and bear the matter of arresting the criminal privately, and he knows that Shen Kang does not intend to let him bear it, but he can't.

After Shen Kang helped him, he couldn't let his benefactor let his friend suffer punishment for him.

If this is the case, it is better for him to bear the responsibility first.

Gong Kuishen gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Scholar Zeng Yuanhui knows the law and violates the law, so he will hit the twenty boards first!" ”

"Yes!" Sent people on both sides to come forward and suppress Zeng Guangxi, Zeng Guangxi did not resist at all, only felt a chill between his thighs, and his lower body, which had not seen the light of day for a long time, had been exposed to the air and the eyes of everyone.

He grabbed the two ends of the bench with both hands, gritted his teeth, and listened to the muffled sound of "pop papa", but the pain on his body could not stop the smile on his face.

The twenty boards were quickly finished, his face was pale, cold sweat groaned, he put on his pants and tied them, happy in his heart, if Shen Kang could bear it, he might not be able to stand it, fortunately he thought of this.

Gong Kuishen frowned slightly, it was the first time he was so happy to see someone being beaten.

"My lord, can you, can you inquire about the suspect?"

Gong Kuishen nodded slightly, and said, "Suspicious, Li Si!" Qin Xuan! Flower Lady! ”

When Li Si was brought to the court, he was already flustered to the point of no return, he knelt on the ground tremblingly, Gong Kuishen asked: "Li Si, Xu Dake forcibly robbed your property in the bazaar, you had evil intentions, killed him, and robbed Xu Dake's money bag, there are all the human and material evidence, do you think you admit it?" ”

Zeng Guangxi stepped aside, as long as he moved slightly, the pain between his thighs followed him, his heart was like a drum, and after a short time, another young man was brought in the door.

Qin Xuan's face was full of injuries, and he couldn't see joy and sorrow and his face, Gong Kuishen couldn't help but look at Zeng Guangxi when he saw this person.

Zeng Guangxi didn't know how this person was beaten into such a situation, and the corners of his eyes trembled slightly, these twenty boards... It's a good deal. Li Niang raised her eyes to look at Qin Xuan, was surprised for a moment, and then turned her eyes back from looking at him.

Li Si's eyes rolled wildly, and he kept shaking his head: "No, no, the murderer is Fu Diewu, this matter has been closed by Lord Fuzun, and it has nothing to do with the villain!" ”

Gong Tsan asked, "Hua Liniang, can you see Xu Dake robbing Li Si's money?" ”

Li Niang knelt in the hall, glanced at Li Si, nodded, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Yes." ”

"What!" Gong Kuishen shouted angrily.

Li Niang trembled, and Qin Xuan frowned again.

Li Niang raised her voice and replied: "Yes! The little woman saw it with her own eyes! ”

Gong Kuishen chuckled lightly and said, "Present the evidence!" ”

"Yes!"

Someone below used a wooden tray to present Xu Dake's money bag to the court, Li Si was slightly shocked, even more flustered, and said with a bitter face: "I... The villain just beat him, grabbed the money bag and ran away, the villain... The villain never killed anyone! ”

Zeng Guangxi's eyes lit up and asked, "You mean, he wasn't dead when you saw Xu Dake!" Right! ”

Li Si's lips trembled slightly, it was broken, and he said that he had leaked his mouth.

Gong Kuishen smiled slightly, did not blame Zeng Guangxi, and asked, "Answer!" ”

Li Si was heartbroken, and now it was too late to retort, his eyes were closed, and he nodded.

Gong Kuishen said coldly: "What happened that day, I recruited from the truth!" ”

"Yes!" Li Si responded, and then continued: "On that day, the evil hunter robbed my money in the bazaar, and overturned the stall, and the villain couldn't do business, so he wanted to hurry home to see the sick old mother, so he left the bazaar. ”

"The villain's mother was terminally ill, and the villain wanted to beg the shopkeeper of the Qin Ji Pharmacy, and went back with a few doses of medicine on credit, and just walked to the door and ran into Fu Diewu, who was covered in blood, and bumped into his body, the villain was in a hurry to get the medicine on credit, and when he entered the Qin Ji Pharmacy, he saw the injured Xu Dake and the dead Qin shopkeeper and maid."

"Even if the evil hunt was injured, he was still insulting the villain, and the villain was angry for a while, so he picked up the broom on the side and beat him... Xu Dake was knocked unconscious by the villain, and the villain felt scared, so he hurriedly snatched the money bag and fled. ”

Gong Kuishen frowned and asked, "In that case, why do you say that the murderer is Fu Diewu?" ”