Chapter Seventy-Nine: A poem is ruined, and a thousand people refer to it
"It's so good, how can you say that it will fall?"
Outside the courtroom, the crowd was clamoring. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Looks like there's something wrong with that poem!"
"What the hell is it that scares people like this?"
"It's getting more and more interesting."
Of course, those who watched the excitement were not afraid of big things, but the family members of the Chen Mansion did not dare to ignore it, and as soon as they heard the discussion, someone immediately ran over to report.
In the tea shop, Chen Bian and Chen Xun waited anxiously, and Chen Xun couldn't sit still at all, pacing back and forth.
As soon as this Ding came, Chen Bian hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”
"Fainted!" The family ran in a hurry, and when he came over and said three words, he gasped for breath.
"What? Fainted? Chen Bian and Chen Xun were shocked, "Why did you faint, could it be unbearable to be identified in court?" ”
"No," at this moment, the family finally relieved, "It's not the Seventh Young Master." ”
Chen Xun rushed over all of a sudden, almost pinched his neck, and said: "You can make it clear, why did you faint for a while, and it wasn't Chen Zhi for a while, let me ask you, what is the situation in this court, but you have already been convicted?" ”
"Not convicted, not only was there no conviction, but because of the words of the Seventh Young Master, the shopkeeper of Na Luo fainted!" Jiading's words were smooth, and his eyebrows danced, "Before the seventh young master left Qingyuanzhuang, he left a poem, as soon as this poem was mentioned, Bai Qing and the others panicked, there must be a problem!" ”
"Poetry?"
Chen Bian and Chen Xun looked at each other.
"I've never heard of this kid writing poetry before." Chen Xun muttered.
Chen Bian breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then have you seen this kid's calligraphy in the past?" ”
"It's not like this, is it that this time I have opened my mind, and I can even do poetry?" Chen Xun became suspicious.
Chen Bian shook his head, and continued: "I guess there must be some mystery in this poem, maybe that kid had already planned it, so he asked people to come and tell us not to worry." ”
"This kind of thing, can you not worry?" Chen Xun was talking, when he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the crowd at the gate of the yamen!
Immediately after that, the excited voices came.
"This gambling cessation poem, that's a good thing!"
"This poem doesn't seem to be powerful, and any one in Yuefu is stronger than this poem."
"Huangkou Xiaoer, you know a fart, let the little old man tell you, the simple words of this poem are the key, how can the words of the warning world be obscure? This is not for the old men of the family, but for the heartfelt words of the cloth clothes for me! Listen, listen, there is a spear in relative respect, and there is no heart in the intersection, I regret it, old man......."
was inexplicably beaten by the number of people, the previous person was very unwilling, but he didn't expect that his old man suddenly burst into tears, which made him panic.
Except for this episode, everyone else was amazed and praised, floating to Chen Bian and Chen Xun's ears, the two looked at each other, they both breathed a long sigh of relief, and then sat down.
In the courtroom, I listened to a knife and pen clerk reciting the last sentence of the poem on quitting gambling.
“…… The old and the young work hard, and unfortunately the whole family suffers. ”
After a word, the knife and pen clerk looked at the poem and was speechless for a long time.
Not only him, but also Yang Yong in the high seat, Chen Yuan in the back hall, and the people outside the hall also suddenly quieted down.
Even Liu Yang, who had read this poem for a long time, listened to it again at this time, and with the solemn public hall and the clear voice of the sword and pen officer, he also had another feeling.
Suddenly, the crowd outside the hall exploded.
"Gambling hurts!"
"Who are the people who run this gambling house!"
"If you hurt others, you will sue the official!"
Everything has the meaning of existence, and if you are willing to gamble, you should accept defeat, but as soon as the people's emotions are stirred, they are in the group, coaxing, conforming to the crowd and even instinctive, they will not think rationally at all, and will only pour out the most simple emotions.
I saw the people in cloth pointing at Bai Qing and the others in the public court, all of them were full of righteous indignation, if it wasn't for the soap Li to stop them, I am afraid that they would have rushed over.
What a thousand people are referring to!
In the public court, Bai Qing's face was as white as paper, shaking like chaff, listening to the sentences of scolding, looking at the fingers, the sound came over, surrounded in the ears, and then recalled the meaning of the poem, as well as the situation that he and others were afraid of, and the association became more and more, only to feel that his brain was confused, and he was almost suspicious of being in a dream.
"This ...... This is not true. ”
A person who is eager to enter the family, if there is a flood of bad reviews among the people, it will be fine, but if he is discredited in the court and associated with the warning poems, he can only become a country bully, and he has no ability to turn over without the ability to do anything.
But what is the status of the Zhou family around? Faintly comparable to the four masters of Jiangnan, how can the Bai family compare with it?
In fact, when he was determined to gamble, Bai Qing still felt that even in the worst case, he could withstand the pressure, but when he was really in it, he understood the weight of the word "people's wishes"!
My willpower is not as high as I imagined.
There is only a group of people in front of the door, but the spread of this kind of thing is very amazing, one ten, ten hundreds......
"It's over, it's over, my reputation is over."
His reputation is over, and he is replaced by Chen Zhi who turned over through the poetry of quitting gambling, and has become a benchmark figure for quitting gambling from a good gambler in the past!
Hope was shattered, and Bai Qing's whole strength seemed to be drained, and he subconsciously took a few steps back before regaining his footing.
The scene in front of him made him realize that even if he won this public case, as long as he quit gambling and poetry, the Bai family would not think of going further.
As for how to quit gambling poetry? The mouth of the people is worse than the defense of Sichuan, and even the royal family can't do it, why is his Bai family delusional?
Didn't you see it, even Yang Yongdu's complexion changed?
"This ...... This is the poem you left in Qingyuanzhuang? Yang Yong carefully chose the words, with his political sensitivity, and realized that as soon as this poem came out, the nature of the case changed, and the reason was simple-
Popularity!
It's a little incredible, but it's just the kung fu of a poem, the offensive and defensive momentum is shifted, and the group of Bai Qing, who were aggressive before, fell into a disadvantageous situation in an instant and lost their morality.
The popularity of the people is ethereal, but the growth of the scale of the lottery can be clearly reflected.
"If you go back to the county order, it is this poem," Chen Zhi glanced at Bai Qing and the others, and saw that all the stall owners were like lost souls, "You have also seen the county order, what is the significance of this poem to the people who run the gambling house, let me ask, if such a poem is written, will they still give them the opportunity to set fire below?" I'm afraid that the whole mind is on me, can there be negligence in this? ”
"What does this picture prove?" Chen Asan interjected, and among Bai Qing's group, he was still alive and well.
Chen Zhi took the opportunity to ask: "You said that I wrote this poem, and then set it on fire in front of you, and ran away with the scholar under the siege of twenty or thirty guards, yes or no?" As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Yong.
Due to the change in the nature of the case, even if Yang Yong is reluctant, he has to change his position, which will stare at Chen Asan deadly, straighten his body, and really act impartially.
"Not bad!" Chen Asan didn't realize it, but laughed proudly, "So, you have confessed?" ”
"Not good!"
Bai Qing and the others fell into a panic, but they heard that there was something wrong here, but it was too late to warn!
"Joke!" Chen Zhi shook his head and no longer looked at Chen Asan, "The county order you can hear clearly, the testimony of these people is nonsense at all, according to their statement, I and the scholar entered Qingyuanzhuang, and wrote this poem under the watchful eye of everyone, which is not enjoyable, and then set a fire, burned down a building, and then walked away in front of everyone, let me ask if the people of the Bai family are all rice buckets?" Can't you catch me? ”
"This," Chen Asan was stunned for a moment, and turned his gaze to Bai Qing for help, but he was greeted by Bai Qing's vicious gaze that could eat people.
Bai Qing regretted in his heart, how could he find such a rice bucket to run errands! Could it be that my reputation has been ruined, and the lawsuit will be over? Completely complete Chenzhi?
Outside the court, the angry crowd also understood.
"Young Master Chen took a scholar with him, set fire to the scene and ran away?"
"Is there a wine bag and rice bag all over Baiqing Mansion, can't you catch this?"
"It doesn't make sense."
According to the New Han Law, there are five main types of evidence required by the government to adjudicate cases.
The first type is documentary evidence, which is a document that records and certifies the circumstances of a case, most of which are collected by the government.
The second type is physical evidence, which refers to objects and traces that have probative effect on the facts of the case.
The third type is the testimony, the fourth is the defendant's confession, and the fifth is the victim's statement.
Three of the five types rely on personal statements, and it can also be seen that in the judgment of the New Han Dynasty, the presiding judge had to refer to the statements of all parties, and at this point, because Chen Asan was open-mouthed, the statements of Bai Qing and other "victims" turned in favor of Chen Zhi.
Originally, his reputation was ruined and his hope was cut off, Bai Qing was already disheartened, but listening to the discussion outside the court, an evil fire suddenly burst into his heart, and he wanted to strangle Chen Asan to death!
Yang Yong also frowned, in this case, not only can I not beat Chen Zhi, but I also have to help him clear his grievances, otherwise as soon as the matter spreads, maybe others will say that he is a confused county official, and the logic is not clear, and the people will be evil, and the people's reputation will fall, which will be even more unfavorable to the evaluation!
In the judgment of this era, logical smoothness is a very important indicator.
In fact, in this case, the two key points at present, in addition to the poetry of quitting gambling, the second is the existence of the scholar.
If it was just Chen Zhi alone, others would still feel that there was a hidden secret, maybe there was a helper from the Chen Mansion, but he brought a scholar, and Bai Qing, Chen Asan and others also mentioned the scholar when they narrated the case.
Now that the whole thing runs through it, it seems ridiculous.
Thinking about it, Yang Yong was reserved for a moment, nodded reluctantly, looked at Bai Qing and the others, and asked coldly, "Do you have anything to defend?" "These people put him in a bad situation, and of course they didn't have a good face for them.
Bai Qing shook again, his heart was already dead, if he even lost the lawsuit, he would really be doomed, not to mention that there was a Chen family eyeing him behind.
But in an instant, how did he think of a countermeasure?
However, Chen Asan took the initiative to come forward and said in a loud voice: "Master County Order, there is no basis for what he says, so many of us have identified him Chen Zhi, we can't just rely on his mouth to ignore everything, you just said that there is no favoritism, this is not partiality?" ”
When Yang Yong heard this, his face showed anger, and the people outside the door also scolded.
When Chen Asan saw it, he shrank his head again, and several stall owners looked at each other, two of them already showed signs of revolting, and with such a fool, they were empty.
Bai Qing really wants to slap Chen Asan to death at this moment, you can't say a few words? Let me take it slowly?
At this time, Chen Zhi stepped forward and said, "There is a witness who can prove that I was not present when Qingyuanzhuang caught fire. ”
When Bai Qing heard this, his eyes turned dark.
Do you still have witnesses?