Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, saying that he was indeed here to watch the trial. The adjutant smiled when he heard this, and led Shi Kefa into the Yingtianfu Yamen through the side door. As soon as he entered the courtyard and entered the main hall, someone brought a chair and asked him to sit down on the right side of the main hall.

After the main hall case, sitting was Ying Tianfu's general judgment, Shi Kefa secretly thought that Sun Jian really did not come forward in person, but temporarily appointed Ying Tianfu's general judgment. And this judge, Shi Kefa has also dealt with twice before, he is very sleek, and he has always been known for not being offended in the officialdom, is it a bit inappropriate to let such a person try the case?

When the general judge saw that Shi Kefa was looking at him, he smiled in return, and said hello. Immediately, he slammed the startled wood.

"Bring the bitter lord to church!"

As the official soap Li passed the word, not long after an old man trembled under the guidance of the official to the lobby, thinking that he could not cry when he spoke, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, shaking the ground and making the green bricks clang. Everyone who saw it was moved, Shi Kefa looked at the old text carefully, his expression was sad, he kowtowed without pretense, and he really looked like he had been wronged.

When Shi Kefa was an official, he was a magistrate specializing in criminal prisons, and he also studied a lot of people who were accusers and defendants. Seeing the old man's expression, his heart had already sunk most of his heart, but he was afraid that what he said might not be empty. Just take a look at what the old man has to say.

"Bitter lord, if you have any grievances, you can come together today. Sun Butang already has a Jun order, even if it is a thousand years of grievances, he will definitely ask you to wash the snow, don't have any worries, there is one thing to say! ”

The sentence was a nondescript rhetoric, and Shi Kefa, who had been a criminal prison magistrate, shook his head again and again.

It must be known that where there is a criminal and prison litigation case, the accuser may not really have grievances, and the defendant may not really be guilty. Seeing the dissatisfaction, Shi Kefa coughed unabashedly. Seeing Shi Butang's cough, his face was uncertain, so he leaned over and asked with a smile: "Does the ministry have any clear instructions?" ”

This question made Shi Kefa wake up, he is not the chief official of Ying Tianfu, nor is he a relevant official of the Criminal Department, so it is really inappropriate to make such an accusation, and it is also a taboo in officialdom. Don't look at the smiling official at the moment, humble and sincere, who knows how he will arrange himself when he turns his face?

Thinking of this, he also lightened his mind of accusation, and first looked at how he opened the trial, if he can really handle it impartially, even if there are some problems in the way and method, he can achieve the goal of defending the real sufferer.

"The presiding judge is trying the case, don't care about the official!"

The sentence was extremely sincere and humble, "Where did the ministry say that the ministry was once a prison officer, who doesn't know who doesn't know?" The lower officials are not good at this way, and they are really assigned by Sun Butang to take over this errand, if there is a criticism, I hope that the ministry will not hesitate to give advice! ”

Shi Kefa had his previous thoughts, so he didn't plan to intervene in the trial at this time, but just nodded and said: "The presiding judge doesn't have to be arrogant, but the trial is!" ”

After some pushing, the general judge once again turned his attention to the old man kneeling at the bottom of the stairs.

"The name of the bitter master, why did the grievances come up one by one! Don't cry endlessly, isn't it enough to cry at home? When I arrived in the hall, it was precious all the time, and I picked up the important ones and said, I made it clear, and the official could avenge your grievances! ”

After a lot of persuasion, the old man stopped crying.

"Lord Qingtian is the master of the grass people, wow, the great monk of Linggu Temple first forcibly occupied the body of the little girl in the family, and let her get pregnant...... Alas! The old man sighed heavily, and seemed to be unable to speak, and the next words were muttered in his mouth for a long time before continuing: "I was pregnant, gave birth out of wedlock, and died in childbirth...... My poor daughter......" Here are tears pouring down, and it is really sad for the listeners, and weeping for the hearers. The general situation of the old man's case was basically heard by the officials and the people who watched the trial, and today they heard it well, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

As soon as the general judge saw that the old man was crying endlessly, for fear that the task assigned by the governor would not be completed, he hurriedly persuaded: "Bitter master, those who should cry have cried enough at home, and now that you are in this hall of redress of grievances, you only say that you are wronged, don't wipe your tears......"

Shi Kefa looked at it on the side and couldn't laugh but this kind of trial is really fresh, this sentence is almost like suing the plaintiff directly, what do you want Just say, the presiding judge is satisfied with you. The old man really stopped crying, "The big monk heard that the little woman was gone, so he sent someone to wrap it with ten taels of silver, and only said that the old man would give away the baby girl born by the little girl, and there would be no trouble in the future...... Such a beast, he, he shaved the head of a bald donkey for nothing, and he was really a demon beast in a robe......"

When the old man talked about what he hated, he scolded in the hall. Shi Kefa frowned when he heard this, even the bitter master can't despise the court? He looked at where the judge was rubbing his hands, and he didn't seem to realize that what he should do at this moment was to slap the shocked wood hard, so that the old man could get straight to the point, and if he roared in the court again, he would know that the king's law was ruthless.

As a result, the sentence that the general judge said made Shi Kefa cry and laugh.

"Alright, alright. Don't scold yet, you should scold enough at home! And thou shalt only say, Where is the ten taels of silver that were given to thee? Collected, or confiscated? ”

Ten taels of silver is not a big obstacle to this case, even if there is no evidence in court, it must be sent by Jingran.

"Where is the old man willing to accept that? If I received it, wouldn't it be ten taels of silver and sell my hard-working little girl's life? ”

The general judge praised him: "Okay, you have backbone, if you accept it, you will lose your ambition, and this official will shout hello for you!" You go on, and then the monk did something bad that violated the reputation of Buddhism? ”

The judge leaned forward, his expression was expectant, and he actually changed to a very curious appearance, where is there still half a point of the majesty of the chief judge, and Shi Kefa on the side shook his head again.

According to his trial process, let the defendant explain the reason, and the next step is to summon the defendant to confront him in court, if the defendant feels wronged, he will cite the plaintiff's untruth, and if he can't do so, he will make another judgment. The verdict in front of him is good, and it has turned the court where the case is tried into a place for family life.

"The old man Qingtian must be the master of the old man, the great monk Jingran forcibly occupied a few acres of thin fields of the old man, and only sent someone to beat the old man severely, and claimed that the old man would not be able to live in Yingtianfu, forcing the old man to leave his hometown. It's just a poor baby born to a poor little girl, and the old man and his wife have difficulty even supporting themselves, and they died in less than a month...... "The old man said emotionally again, crying endlessly. This time, Shi Kefa has forgotten about it, and it is not the accusation that the general sentence is not.

This kind of beastly behavior is really unheard of, if what the old man said is true, isn't this Jingran monk a heinous thing, and dogs don't eat it? You must know that if the tiger poison does not eat children, he can watch his own daughter starve to death in the wilderness?

It's just that Shi Kefa didn't know about such a Taoist gentleman who had done something wrong, the baby girl was alive and was a stumbling block to the life talisman, and now that she was dead, she would be Amitabha Buddha if she didn't clap her hands. As for the little compassion that may arise in the bottom of my heart, how can I be worthy of fame and fortune?

With a snap, the shocking wood knocked heavily on the case, and Shi Kefa jumped, and the heart said that this sentence was really stupid, and the shocking wood didn't knock when it should have been knocked, and it was knocked when it shouldn't.

"Such a terrifying thing is really unheard of, tiger poison does not eat children, is the monk Jingran black-hearted? He couldn't bear to kill his own daughter? This kind of person, really should be cut with a thousand knives......" The more the judge spoke, the more excited he became, and he even said the verdict smoothly, but fortunately, he quickly realized his situation, glanced at Shi Kefa with a little weakness, and cleared his throat and said to the old man: "After so many years, haven't you sued that beast?" ”

By now, the general judgment has no longer called Jingran the great monk, but directly called him a folk slang and scolding animal.

The old man wiped his tears again, "Sue, why don't you sue?" The old man is now proletarian and unemployed, and he has no worries, and they all say that the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, as long as the old man does not close his eyes and enter the coffin, he will sue the animal. ”

The general judge interrupted the old man's chatter and asked, "How?" In which yamen have they been sued? How are they all broken? Talk to the officer! ”

Shi Kefa made up his mind, saying this, the general judgment has the meaning of knowingly asking, thinking that this old man has been suing in Tianfu, how can he not know as a general judge?

The old man's face suddenly showed a rare sneer, and a somewhat crazy laugh came out of his throat.

"How did you break it? That animal gave the old man enough silver, and in the end, the officials protected each other, who will take care of the old man's grievances? ”

The general judge finally stopped asking questions about the details, and comforted him again.

"Good! Your grievances are going to snow today, and this official wants to send that beast to court, do you dare to confront him? ”

"Dare, how dare not! The old man wanted to skin him, pull his tendons, and eat his flesh! ”

The verdict was shocked.

"Take the defendant!"

The soap official passed down, and the great monk walked into the hall. Hearing the verdict, he slapped the shocked wood.

"Why doesn't the great monk kneel when he sees the official?"

Jing Ran had a detached look, and folded his hands to read the words.

"The monks only kneel to the Buddha of heaven and earth, and they don't know if there are officials!"

Tong Juan really sneered, "Okay, you don't know if there is an official, today this official will let you know whether it is the Dharma or the Wangfa Da!" Come on, let him know what the royal law is! ”

But the soaps only responded, staring at each other with big eyes, not daring to really do it. After all, the appearance of a Buddhist monk in front of him is afraid that he will step forward and make a move, in case he folds his own blessings, but there will be no disaster. Seeing that the officials were in awe of the Buddhist disciples, they quietly recited the Buddha's name quite proudly, and only stood in place and lowered their eyes.