Chapter 84: The Death Penalty Becomes Innocence
The case of Ayun was being interrogated in the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, and there were many people who were hearing the trial inside and outside the hall, and when they heard Ayun's aunt say that Ayun was guarding his mother's funeral, everyone was in an uproar. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Everyone, be quiet, I haven't finished asking yet!" The king's words were really shocking, and the hall quickly fell silent. Wang Bian looked at Wei Da, who was stunned by Tang Bian, and it was obvious that Wei Da had not understood Wang Bian's intentions. Sima Guang lowered his head, thinking about what the hell was going to do with these things?
asked Ah Yun's aunt again: "You received Wei Da's grain, promised Ah Yun to Wei Da, and agreed on the wedding date." ”
"Yes, yes. It's set for two months later. My aunt said vaguely.
"Why?"
As soon as my aunt looked up, she saw the bright eyes of the king, and the majesty made her shiver.
"Because, because ......," she looked at Ah Yun's uncle, who was kneeling over and over without saying a word.
Wang said loudly: "I'll say it for you, because Ah Yun doesn't agree, right?" ”
"Yes! He dislikes Wei Da for being old and ugly! ”
As soon as my aunt's words came out, everyone turned their heads to look at Wei Da who was standing at the edge of the lobby, this age is indeed much older than Ah Yun, and this facial features are long, triangular eyes, a collapsed nose, a big mouth, and a pockmarked face. It can be said that it is enough for fifteen people to watch for half a month, and the ladies on the jury table frowned, if such a look is his own daughter, who would marry him.
"Li participates in politics, I'm going to ask them a few questions, and then I have to ask Ah Yun a few questions!"
Li Shen made a gesture of invitation, and this case made Wang ask like this, which seemed to have become different from what everyone saw at the beginning.
"Ah Yun, you look up!"
Ah Yun raised his head slightly, and the king looked at Ah Yun and frowned, this long face was full of tears or mud, except for those innocent big eyes, he couldn't see his original appearance at all.
"Li participates in politics, I want people to make a basin of water and let Ah Yun clean his face!"
The officials at the hearing looked at each other with suspicion, and had never heard of a trial being offered to a prisoner to wash his face.
Li Shen agreed, and then a servant broke the basin of water, and the towel was placed in front of Ah Yun. The official looked up at Li Shen who was sitting in the lobby, and indeed the official was also confused, could he let himself wash the face of a female prisoner.
"Open the shackles!" Li Shen said a word, the official can be regarded as relieved, anyway, such a weak woman will definitely not be able to make any big trouble.
Ah Yun has been tossing for a few months, and now her body is very weak, she has not seen such cool water for a long time, and when she glanced at the reflection in the basin, her heart passed for a while. She slowly lifted the water from the basin, and only the sound of water could be heard in the lobby. When Ah Yun finished washing, she straightened her messy hair, and then still knelt there with her head down.
The official removed the basin, and the king said, "Ah Yun, raise your head again!" ”
This time Ah Yun raised her head, she first glanced at the king gratefully, and then saluted Xu Zun slightly with tears.
Li Shen sighed in his heart, no wonder Xu Zun wanted to help this girl get rid of her crimes, where is this like a vicious murderer, and she can get rid of a delicate little girl.
"You turn around!"
Ah Yun knelt and turned around, looked up at the entrance of the lobby, why were there so many people, although she knew that there were people at the entrance of the hall when she came up, but she didn't expect to face the reality of a row of seats, full of men and women, and behind them there were many people standing outside the hall, looking at her.
"Ahh The crowd intermittently exclaimed and sighed.
Such a young and handsome girl, his aunt and uncle promised her to the old and smelly Wei Da for a few deniers of food. The ladies of the jury remembered the girl's meager life, and some of their eyes turned red.
The impression score is already a big plus, but how can Wang Bi help her clear her name? After seeing Ah Yun, everyone turned their expectant eyes on the king.
"Ah Yun! How old are you this year? ”
At this time, the tone of the king's side was obviously different from when he asked his aunt just now.
"Thirteen!"
"Coax!" Someone under the lobby finally couldn't help it: "Is this still a little girl?" Why are her uncles and aunts so ruthless! The death penalty cannot be imposed! ”
"Yes, yes! The death penalty cannot be imposed! "The people around you should also be in tune.
"No noise!" The official came over and pulled the person who took the lead in shouting to the outside of Kaifeng Mansion.
A group of people immediately gathered around, and the man snorted angrily, and told the people outside Kaifeng Mansion what he heard inside. Now the nest outside Kaifeng Mansion has also exploded, this little girl is too pitiful.
"Li Senzheng, the ministers who heard the trial, and the members of the jury, now I can say my opinion!"
"Say it quickly!" Ouyang Xiu couldn't help it, he said to the king. When he spoke, everyone in the hall looked at him, seeing him as secondary, when they saw Zhao Ji sitting next to Ouyang Xiu, shaking his fan and watching the scenes that happened in the hall, the people who heard the trial couldn't help but get nervous.
Wang Fang nodded at Zhao Ji, and then said, "Ah Yun murdered her husband. It is a heinous sin. Cut according to the law! But...... Even if this Ah Yun did not murder Wei Da, he should be beheaded, so I asked Ah Yun to be beheaded twice. ”
Ayu didn't cry this time, she tilted her head and looked at the king as if she was very puzzled, how could this great benefactor who spoke for herself say that she should be beheaded twice. There was a lot of discussion in the hall and downstairs, didn't this push Ah Yun to his death?
"This king, did you take the wrong medicine?" Ouyang Xiu said angrily.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly: "Gao, put it to death and then live!" ”
"I know that this king is not a good thing, Concubine De, look, you still say that you are speaking for this Ah Yun?!" Yang Jian's eyes were also red when he saw Concubine De looking at Ah Yun, and he said fanning the flames at this time.
"The king, I've never heard of beheading someone twice, what do you mean by that?" Li Shen asked.
"Li participated in politics, and the murder of his husband is a heinous crime, but the eighth heinous murder is unfilial piety. If Ah Yun marries Wei Da two months later, then she will only say that she died two months late, for a girl who has no way to live at all, is it already light to be sentenced to death now? The king said angrily.
"But! Who made this girl who had no way to live and had the idea of killing Wei Da? The anger next to the king suddenly became infectious, and everyone looked at Ah Yun's uncle and aunt with righteous indignation.
Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Ah Yun's uncle and aunt like blades, and the two of them hid on one side and trembled vigorously on both legs. This case has been tried so many times, and this is the first time that this result has come out.
"Qingtian, Ah Yun didn't kill Wei Da, Wei Da didn't die, and Ah Yun didn't go through the door, it can't be regarded as murdering her husband, this matter has nothing to do with us!" My aunt defended herself vigorously.
"Buzz!" There was another round of discussion in the hall. "That's right, it can only be regarded as hurting, how can it be counted as the capital crime of murdering one's husband!?"
"Everyone, everyone has heard it, Ah Yun can only be regarded as a case of wounding, or deliberately hurting people, but she has a plot of voluntary surrender, should she be given a lenient punishment?"
Sima Guang is not stupid, and everyone here is not stupid, the emperor is here, and this is different from the usual court court. It was an internal contradiction to argue with reason in the court, and now the facts are in front of everyone, and the people's voices are so high that they can argue with the saints, it is a duty, but the emperor must be obedient, not to mention these officials who look at the emperor's face sitting in the crowd.
"When the prince says this, he can reduce the sentence!" Sima Guang was relieved at this moment.
Rajah? Ah Yun vaguely heard these two words, and she looked at the king even more blankly.
"Commutation? Ha ha! If it's just to reduce her sentence, I won't speak for her?! ”
Sima Guan's face sank, this king is going against the sky! Even Li Shen in Xu Zunhe Hall was puzzled, what happened to King Zhennan today? No matter how much he said that the fact that Ah Yun hurt people was already in front of him, did he still want to turn Ah Yun innocent?
There was even a sigh in the hall, and the king breathed a big sigh.
Wang next to the slight smile: "Ah Yun is thirteen years old this year, this matter can be testified by the prefect of Dengzhou, the ancients Yun marriage is the words of the matchmaker of the parents, and it is a fact that Ah Yun did not fulfill her filial piety during the funeral and hurt people!" Ah Yun's uncle and aunt were in hiding. Whoever deliberately refrains from mourning when he hears of mourning, according to the law: this crime is punishable by the heaviest offence against the mourning system; The maximum punishment is that he does not mourn when he hears that his parents and husband are in hiding, and he flows 2,000 miles; The minimum penalty is 40 flogging. What's more, they are still talking about marriage in frustration, so the initiator of this case is Ah Yun's uncle and aunt. ”
Hearing this, Ah Yun's aunt rolled her eyes and fainted, and her uncle wiped his tears at this time, he was not angry, he listened to his mother-in-law in everything, and he was already very guilty of affecting his niece.
"What the prince said is reasonable, but it is also true that Ah Yun hurts people?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me ask you, how old is a woman who is allowed to marry? Let me answer: "Etiquette and Soil Dusk Ceremony": A woman is allowed to marry, and she is called a word. "The Book of Rites: Internal Rules": Women are allowed to marry,...... Five years out of ten. Could it be that the women of Dengzhou village don't understand etiquette, and the officials of my dignified Song Dynasty don't understand etiquette? Ah Yun was just thirteen years old, thirteen years old, everyone! Think about it, if you have a female thirteen, will you bear to let him marry Wei Da? ”
Wang pointed at Wei Da, Wei Da touched his head, and his face was even more dazed: "What's wrong with me, I have money!" ”
"Cut! ~" The people in the hall looked at Wei Da with contempt.
"Everyone is quiet, Ayun's case is actually very simple, first, as I said just now, Mica refused to marry during the funeral, so I went to scare Wei Da, just look at it, how can Ayun hurt Wei Da? Second, Ah Yun surrendered himself after committing the crime, put down the butcher knife and turned back, didn't anyone who made a mistake have a chance to change his mind? Whoever commits the crime in the future will simply commit it to the end, won't it be more troublesome? Third, Ah Yun is not a minor, and the guardian is derelict in his duties, and if Ah Yun commits a crime, the guardian should be punished first. Gu Yun, if you don't raise your godfather, your uncle and aunt are Ah Yun's guardians, why don't you look down on her, and sell her to Wei Da for a few deniers of grain? ”
There was silence in the lobby, "I'm done, please let the jury decide!" ”
The jury instantly rose up and applauded the king! This is enough to bring the dead to life, not to mention that the little girl kneeling in the hall looks so helpless and innocent!
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