Sure enough, it was not a simple case of death in a brawl.

It is very clear on the case file that Master Ma is the account room of Yang Zhao, the governor of Qiliao, who urged Chen Minghao to collect debts under the New Year's Pass, and the two sides argued and beat each other, and three hours later, Master Ma was found dead in an alley, and Chen Minghao was arrested from home to the county office.

"Sure enough, as the official expected," Qin Lin sighed and covered up the case file, "If it weren't for the family members of the dignitaries who died, your county would definitely not be so eager to arrest the criminals." ”

Huang Jiashan blushed and protested: "Although Master Ma works for Governor Yang, he is just a weak scholar, and he was beaten to death by this Chen Minghao with a few punches and kicks, shouldn't the lower officials seek justice for the people under his rule?" The lower officials were born in the top three, and they were all in Ye County, Henan, and Wanpingzhi County, all of which were the grace of the imperial court, although Governor Yang was in a high position, he couldn't please him, and the Qin magistrate was punishing him, and the lower officials didn't dare to compliment! ”

This Huangxian order has a bit of backbone, Qin Lin was originally tempting, and when he heard the words, he smiled and apologized: "That is the case, it is the official's mistake." ”

Huang Jiashan was stunned, he didn't expect Qin Lin to be so easy to speak, he was still angry, but it was difficult to say anything at this time.

Qin Lin said to the prisoner with a pleasant face: "Chen Minghao, listen well, you have answered truthfully what the official asked, and the official will give you justice." ”

Chen Minghao nailed the thirteen-pound head iron page flail, nodded his head very embarrassed, and answered Qin Lin's doubts one by one.

It turned out that Yang Zhao, the governor of Qiliao, had a grange on the outskirts of Beijing, and Chen Minghao's family had eighteen acres of land adjacent to it.

Last year, Chen Minghao's family was seriously ill, so he borrowed some from relatives, friends and colleagues, but he couldn't make up enough money, so he had no choice but to borrow 20 taels of silver from Master Ma.

By the end of this year, the loan had increased to 45 taels, and Master Ma took the family to collect it, saying that if he couldn't repay the money in the New Year, he would take the Chen family's eighteen acres of land to offset it.

Chen Minghao was anxious, these eighteen acres of land are ancestral, so he was reluctant to sell them, and he didn't sell the land to repay the debts when he borrowed money from his colleagues.

However, the Chen family's field is worth 221 acres, and these 18 acres of land are worth more than 300 taels, so how can they be taken away for the arrears of 45 taels?

Chen Minghao and Master Ma became more and more stiff and fought, seven or eight family members beat around Chen Minghao, he was in a hurry and beat indiscriminately, and slapped Master Ma on the chest and the top of his head a few times.

"Alas~~ I didn't expect that with such a light two blows, I would beat people to death, and it was always the villain who was killed to commit the crime......" Chen Minghao lowered his head and was frustrated.

"One side," Huang Jiashan shook his head disdainfully, "This official examined the corpse, and it was clear that there was a bruise and injury on the top of the head, which was made by you, and you still insisted that the beating was light, hum, do you want to deny it?" ”

Qin Lin frowned and asked, "Chen Minghao, according to what you said, the land is worth twenty taels per mu, so you can pay off the account by selling three acres at most, why do you have to wait until the end of the year to force debts?" ”

Chen Minghao's face turned into a bitter gourd: "At first, I was reluctant to sell the land, thinking that I would save my province and borrow the salary of my colleagues to repay the debt; Later, seeing that the New Year was approaching, the small one panicked, and sold two acres to pay him back the silver, but I didn't expect others to hear that the small one owed the Yang family's account, and the field was next to his family's Zhuangzi, so he immediately turned around and left, no one dared to buy it! ”

So that's the case, and the case doesn't seem to be as simple as it seems at first.

Qin Lin smiled and touched his chin.

"Governor Yang is not strict, and his family members are greedy and mean," Huang Jiashan also shook his head with a wry smile, and said with a straight face: "Although the love is pitiful, the law is intolerable, Chen Minghao fights and kills, the "Da Ming Law" is clear, all those who fight and kill people do not ask about their hands and feet, and they are hanged. ”

"Killing people to pay off debts and paying back, the little ones don't complain," Chen Minghao drooped his head in frustration, "When the catcher arrives home, the little one will know that it's bad, let them catch the county ......."

Huang Jiashan looked at Qin Lin with a strange expression, and sure enough, as this Qin chief expected, the catchers did not have a conflict with Chen Minghao at all, and the prisoners were completely captured.

Qin Lin listened to this and was noncommittal: "Master Ma died three hours after the fight, do you know that there is no other reason for it?" ”

"Those who beat people with hands and feet, and other objects, the period of bail is 20 days," Huang Jiashan recited the provisions of the "Da Ming Law" seriously, his expression was quite complicated, and he felt that Chen Minghao was honest and pitiful, but according to the law, he should indeed resist his fate, as the official of the people's parents, he must enforce the law impartially and send this person to the court.

Qin Lin has read a lot of laws recently, and knows that the so-called guarantee period refers to the legal time limit of "death due to injury", for example, if A injures B, if B dies of injury within the time limit, A must be punished as a fight and killing; If the time limit has passed, the injury has subsided, and B dies suddenly, it has nothing to do with A, and A is only treated as an injury.

Chen Minghao injured Master Ma with his fists and feet, and died three hours later, and he must be sentenced to a heavy sentence for homicide.

"What Huang County Ling said makes sense, I didn't see that you were born in the top three jinshi, and you still remember the name of the sentence so well!" Qin Lin smiled and arched his hand at Huang Jiashan.

In the first few years, many people only read the Four Books and Five Classics and Zhu Zi's commentaries in order to apply for the imperial examination, such as the Art of War, Tao Strategy, Jing Bang Ji Shi, and Law and Criminal Names, so when he became an official, he relied on his criminal name, Qian Gu and other masters in office, and became a puppeteer himself.

Like Zhang Gongyu and Master Zhang, as well as Hu Zhizhou in Xingguo Prefecture who was fooled by Master Fang Tang into Fang, it is all like this, Huang Jiashan actually remembers the name of the sentence so well, it is very rare.

Huang Jiashan smiled and arched his hand: "Chief Qin praises falsely, and the lower officials don't want to be fooled by the master and officials, since he is an official of the emperor's family, he must always be clear." ”

Qin Lin nodded: "Huang County Order, although Master Ma died within the guarantee period, other reasons cannot be ruled out, let's take a look at the corpse and the scene, and then make a decision." You can rest assured, if it is indeed because Chen Minghao beat him to death, this official will never return to protect him, and you will be dealt with according to the law. ”

Good! Huang Jiashan also nodded happily, feeling that this young brocade official spoke and acted very well, and was not an unreasonable factory guard eagle dog as rumored.

The two sides don't know each other if they don't fight, Qin Lin and Huang Jiashan have a bit of sympathy for each other from the beginning of the dispute.

(To be continued)