Just after the Qingming Festival, Yecheng in the light rain was refreshing, and there should have been no one in the streets and alleys, but the building located in the inner city was surrounded by people at this moment. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info wearing soap-colored cloth clothes and holding a stick in his hand has completely sealed off this piece.

"What happened?" A late riser asked, puzzled.

"There's a murder." The one who speaks is cautious.

"Who died?" The visitor was taken aback, the inner city was heavily guarded, and there were often Zhijin Wu on duty in the streets and alleys, especially this building was the most important, in broad daylight, who would dare to kill people here?

Then there was another round of talk, and many people were eager to squeeze to the front to see what was going on inside.

However, there was a shout on the street: "Dali Temple handles the case!" Irrelevant people avoid! ”

The Zhijinwu stood more straight, and after a while, several four-wheeled carriages came, and the leader of the Zhijingo hurriedly went to the door of the carriage to hold an umbrella, and then from the carriage stepped down a black-clothed magistrate wearing a pig's crown, with a long beard and chest, and was over sixty years old.

Some noble children who recognized him couldn't help but gasp: "Dali Deng Xi, let Deng Zi, one of the six Qings, come in person, I'm afraid it's a shocking case!" ”

An insider quietly told him: "I heard that it was the traitor of the Wu State, Bo Ya, who was killed!" ”

"Well killed!" As soon as these words were finished, they immediately aroused a burst of appreciation, and the interest and curiosity of the onlookers became stronger and stronger......

On the other side, Deng Xi had already walked into the hall with a serious expression. This building belongs to the property under the jurisdiction of the Honglu Order, and it is dedicated to receiving foreign guests, and it should be heavily guarded, and if you want to assassinate Bo Yao, who lives in the innermost, you have to fight a bloody way. However, as far as Deng Xi saw, there was no bloodstain along the way, and there was no sign of fighting, which further confirmed the testimony of witnesses outside: the murderer entered in a grand manner, and the guards did not stop him!

Deng Xi's brows furrowed a little more, and when he walked outside the house where the crime occurred, the magistrate who arrived first was transcribing the confessions of the officials in the building. After Deng Xi asked a few words, he walked to the door under the guidance of his subordinates, and immediately smelled a strong smell of blood in the room, and even there were splashes of blood on the window paper.

The room was nicely decorated, but it was a mess of fighting: the table had been cut in two with sharp weapons, the food jugs were spilled all over the floor, and when you looked up, you could see a fat, headless corpse lying outside the inner room.

And Deng Xi's right-hand man, the criminal officer Zheng Mao, was squatting on the ground, carefully drawing lime lines around the corpse, and when he saw that Deng Xi had arrived, he hurriedly got up and gave his hand: "I've seen Dali." ”

Deng Xi motioned for him to be exempt from courtesy, covered his mouth and nose with a silk cloth and went over to take a look, but saw that the corpse was wearing a set of Lu Min brocade, wearing a good jade pendant around his waist, his neck was cut off, and several swords were stabbed heavily on his back, and blood was dripping and flowing all over the ground......

"Have you found out?" Deng Xi didn't greet each other either, and asked straightforwardly, which is the style of their internal behavior in Dali Temple.

Zheng Mao replied: "There is no doubt that it is a murder, and it is not for money. ”

He walked to the door: "Dali, please see, the murderer broke into the door with a short sword, appeared in front of the deceased who was eating, raised the sword and stabbed, the deceased raised a few blocks, but injured the palm, hurriedly turned around and ran away, wanted to go to the inner room to get a weapon, and called for help while escaping, but was chased by the murderer by the inner door, hit a sword on his back, and wanted to turn around and beg for mercy after falling to the ground, but was trampled by the murderer with his foot, and three swords were hit on his back one after another, each sword deliberately avoided the vital point, and finally cut the deceased's head alive and ......"

After learning from the murderer's gesture of swinging his sword and cutting his head, Zheng Mao ended his statement.

After more than ten years of development, Zhao's criminal law and accountability system have been relatively perfect, at least reaching the standards of the Qin and Han dynasties.

"Prison affairs are more important than the big secluded, the big secluded is not more important than the first love, and the first love is not more important than the test. The power to cover the entry and exit of life and death is directly in vain, and the opportunity to bend and stretch is in vain, so it is decided in the law. Under the influence of Zhao Wuxian, Deng Xi has fully accepted this view, and constantly warned the adjudicators not to believe confessions, and the criminal officer must be present at the scene.

Therefore, whenever there is a case, the subordinate criminal officer of Dali Temple will be the first to go out, and use some methods in the Linzhang School Palace to investigate the scene, examine the corpse injury, so as to determine the cause of death, and the excerpt of the confession corroborates each other, and everything at the scene must be excerpted on paper as an archive collection. In this way, the suspect is identified, and then the evidence is handed over to the competent officer in charge of the case, and the case is heard.

So after finishing speaking, Zheng Mao immediately asked Deng Xi: "Dali, the deceased is the former Wu State Dazai Boyao, according to eyewitnesses, the murderer is the official doctor Wu Feng, the evidence is conclusive, Wu Feng escaped after intentional homicide, and I hope that Dali can issue a notice, Dasuo Inner City, seal his house, and arrest him!" ”

Deng Xi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What you said is good, but Wu Feng did not escape. ”

"Huh!?" Zheng Mao just missed the show because he came early.

Deng Xi said: "After Wu Feng killed someone, he took Bo Ya's head and went straight to Dali Temple to surrender and confess, and he confessed to his crimes!" ”

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From Zheng Guo to Zhao Guo, Deng Xi did a lifetime of legal work, and it was he who built the laws of Zhao Guo from scratch, and the reason why he constantly refined those provisions was to make the case clear and clear, to eliminate people's subjective judgments from it, so that the trial could be close to fairness and justice.

However, even with such a complete legal system, it is still troublesome to deal with this case, not because the suspect is difficult to find and the murderer cannot be identified, but because almost the entire Yecheng knows who the murderer is......

After personally confirming the scene, Deng Xi returned to the Dali Temple Prison, and in the dark cell, he went to look at the young man who was covered in blood, but his face was full of relaxation and happiness, kneeling in the cell, talking to himself to the deceased father's spiritual position, and couldn't help but have a headache.

This person is Wu Feng, ten years ago, Wu Zixu was unjustly killed by his husband because of Bo Yao's slander, Wu Feng went north to seek refuge in Sun Wu in advance, and escaped. After that, he participated in the war between Zhao and Wu, and made some contributions as a guide, and after the war, he persuaded Wu Xu, Zhong Wu, and Shandao defenders to surrender.

After that, Wu Feng was very low-key, and he has been serving by the side of the old man Sun Wu, following him to learn the art of war, and from time to time he was summoned by the monarch to the palace to counsel military affairs.

He has long openly claimed: "I will kill my husband and my husband to avenge my father!" ”

This matter is known to everyone in the whole Yecheng and even the entire Zhao country, in the past few days when Bo Yao had to come north to Yecheng and wait for Zhao Hou to fall, Wu Feng even submitted a letter to Dali Temple, asking to kill Bo Yao to avenge his father. However, before Zhao Wuxian and Deng Xi could respond, Wu Feng couldn't hold back and entered the hall to kill Bo Yao.

So Wu Feng, who was less than thirty years old but was in a high position and had a bright future, became a prisoner.

"The building is heavily guarded, how did he get in?" The official was very puzzled, he killed people after entering with a weapon, and then went out with his head and walked a mile to Dali Temple to surrender himself, this process is the most unreasonable thing......

"The whole Yecheng is protecting and helping him."

This is the thing that annoys Deng Xi the most, Zhao Guo's laws are not widespread, but in this matter, dozens of guards in the pavilion actually sat back and watched Wu Feng enter Bo Yao's residence with a sword, and did not stop him after killing someone, and let him go.

And those passers-by were surprised at first, and after recognizing who Wu Feng was, they all took the initiative to protect him and help him avoid Jinwu Suona. A liquor merchant even threw away all his carloads and asked Wu Feng to leave the city in his carriage. After learning that Wu Feng was going to Dali Temple to confess and surrender, the wine merchant personally drove for him, wiping his tears along the way and loudly proclaiming the matter, on the most prosperous street in Yecheng in the past, the hawkers stopped doing business, the craftsmen stopped their work, and the people who rushed to the market also avoided both sides, the scene was like the arrival of the prince in person, men, women and children, everyone was moved by tears, and marched for Wu Feng, as if what he did was a heroic act......

The wind of the pre-Qin Dynasty, no matter which country it is, is very praised for revenge, especially the revenge of the son for the father, and the whole people agree with one voice. Although the folk customs of Zhao have changed a lot in the past ten years, in this regard, there is no difference from Chu, Qin, and Yue.

As a result, hundreds of witnesses along the way, for the blood in their hearts, invariably chose to be Wu Feng's accomplices, which made Dali Temple a little embarrassed.

So for how to deal with this murderer, Dali Temple discussed for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion: "Zhao's law is harsh, and no matter whether you are close to your status, you can't be exempted from the law." The princess Jia killed two Zhongshan guards, and was exiled for five years, although Wu Feng is an official doctor, he has meritorious service to the country, and the murder is unforgivable, and he should be ......severely punished."

But how to punish heavily, whether it is killing, streaming, or what, even Deng Xi can't make up his mind. Although the Zhao Law is perfect, in terms of sentencing, there will still be two criteria depending on the specific situation, and how to sentence in the end will not be decided until the evidence and witnesses are fully gathered, and after a public trial, and after consulting multiple parties.

Fortunately, Zhao Hou fulfilled his promise of "never interfering with the sentence of Dali Temple until the last resort", and there was no urging within a day after the incident, which was a trust in Deng Xi.

Deng Xi felt that he had to enforce the law impartially, so that he could be worthy of this trust!

However, at this moment, in Yecheng, dozens of relatives and friends of Wu Feng who felt injustice for him gathered in Dali Temple......

"What is the crime of avenging his father!?"

Dali Temple is a place where people can block the door casually, Deng Xi didn't think much about it, and let people disperse.

On this day, that is, on the third day after the incident, there were people outside the gate of Dali Temple again, this time not only some ordinary businessmen, but also some noble children who did not think of a big matter, and even a large number of scholars from Linzhang School Palace......

At present, a self-proclaimed Ram Gao Linzhang student worshiped the ground and appealed loudly: "The ancients said that the enemy's hatred of the father is the same as the sky, the enemy's hatred is not against the army, and the hatred of the friendship is not in the same country." Wu Zi died unjustly, was named his father for revenge, and stabbed the enemy, which is justified, what is the crime? I also hope that Dali can conform to the principles of heaven and human feelings! ”

"I hope that Dali can conform to the principles of heaven and human feelings! Freedom is also sealed! ”

Hundreds of people bowed to the ground, regardless of their professional status, and their minds were united in this matter. Looking at the huge momentum outside, Deng Xi was angry and anxious, a little dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that this Wu Feng revenge case, which seemed to be no big deal, would lead to a big debate with a long-term impact, affecting the entire Yecheng and even the entire Zhao State, so that the school palace scolded countless battles, almost split into two......