Chapter 10: The Mystery of Confession
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The patriarchal system originates from blood but is higher than blood relationship, and it does not necessarily mean that once you become a father, you will be a father for life. For example, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was originally the son of Liu Kang, the king of Dingtao Gong, because his uncle became Emperor Liu Biao had no sons, so he took him over from the foreign domain to inherit the throne, but from then on, he could only be regarded as the son of Liu Biao, and was no longer the son of Liu Kang. Therefore, Emperor Mourning wanted to canonize his mother-in-law and grandmother as the empress dowager and the empress dowager, but he was unanimously opposed by the government and the opposition - that's right, the emperor's mother is the queen mother, and the emperor's grandmother is the empress dowager, but although you are the emperor, those two are the queen and queen mother of Dingtao, and you can no longer be counted as your mother and grandmother!
For example, at this time, Yuan Shao, the general of the cavalry in Jizhou, was originally of a very low status, and was born to his father Yuan Feng and a concubine (if Yuan Shu scolded him later, then his wife may not even be a concubine, just a maid), compared with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao is a brother, Yuan Shu is a brother, and the difference between the eldest and the younger is more orderly, so he should have raised his head and looked up at the road.
However, the grandfather of the Yuan brothers, Yuan Tang, had a total of four sons: the eldest Yuan Ping, the second Yuan Cheng, the third Yuan Feng, and the fourth Yuan Kui. The eldest and second have no sons, and the third Yuan Feng has a look, the eldest brother died early and can't catch up, so I will pass on the concubine Yuan Shao to the second brother You, in this way, Yuan Shao instantly changed from a third-room concubine to a second-room concubine, and because of his age, he became Yuan Tang's eldest grandson! So he looked down on Yuan Shu in turn, and said in his heart that the Yuan family should listen to me, the eldest grandson!
Therefore, the father-son status does not have to be closely related to blood relations.
Pull it back and talk about the rather case. If Ning Tong really borrowed seeds to give birth to a child back then, then no matter who this son's father is, he is already the son of Ning Tong in terms of name, and he can only be considered unfilial if he beats Ning Tong, and beats the old king next door, so it makes no difference if he follows and beats someone he doesn't know. If it's not right to beat someone, there must be a punishment, but it's not disabled, at most the medical expenses and mental damage expenses will be fined.
But if the maid is rented to have a child, then the conclusion is very different, Ning and Wang have no contract to sell their son, Ning Tong recognizes that his son is in vain, whether in terms of blood or name, Ning's father should be the old king next door. Beating the father in "Han Law" is a felony that later generations could not think of, as long as the father is willing, it can be punished with death - if the father is unwilling, then he will not sue his son at all.
Therefore, the result of Lao Wang's first testimony next door is to earn a little compensation, but the result of the second testimony is to kill Ning alive. One is in the sky and the other is on the ground, and the impact of these two testimonies on the case is too great, so Wu Zhen has to specially report it to Shi Xun to know.
But when Xun thought of this, he suddenly had a new understanding - how did Wu Zhen talk about this? Didn't he just ask him how the officials in Chengyang County were governing? Even if Chengyang County Cheng judged a case wrong, it doesn't have much to do with the rule of officials, Wu Zhen is a case within a case, and there is a later story, right?
He went through the case from the beginning again, and suddenly remembered that he didn't think that he would make trouble one day because he would rather be alone because he would rather have thousands of family fortunes? So would you rather be really alone? No, he also has a younger sister......
Thinking of this, he asked Lu Hong in a low voice: "The daughter of the married may inherit her father's property?" Lu Hong replied: "According to the law, the father dies and the son succeeds, the widow succeeds if there is no child, the parents succeed if there is no wife, and then the unmarried daughter, the married daughter, and then the son ......" This meaning is very clear, it is better to have no wife and no son, and no brothers and nephews, so if he dies, the heir to the property will only have a younger sister.
That's right, judging the facts of the case should start with the biggest beneficiary, which is the common sense of detectives...... It was Xun who slowly stomped back in front of Wu Zhen and asked him, "Sister Ning, who did you marry?" Wu Zhen smiled slightly, which means: Sir, you finally thought of something-" It is the county lieutenant of Huang County. ”
At this point, the context of the case has finally become clear.
Presumably, Ning Tong did borrow the seed of Lao Wang next door to give birth to a son, Ning Ke, and later became the only one...... No, it should be said that the legal heir to the property in the first order. When Ning had a dispute with the old king next door, and after he was full of old fists, the old Wang next door ran to the county government to sue him, saying that he had beaten his biological father - but according to the "Han Law", this crime could not be established. When Huang County Lieutenant heard about this, he wanted to use his wife's relationship to seize the property of the Ning family, so he instructed Lao Wang next door to change his confession, saying that he was a tenant who gave birth to a son back then, so the crime of beating his father should be established.
The crux of the case is not how Huang Xianwei persuaded the old Wang next door - as soon as the old Wang next door sued for beating his father, he had already disregarded his family ties and wanted to put his own son to death. The key point is, in the face of two completely different evidences, why did the county recognize the latter and no longer conduct an in-depth investigation? Is he really stupid, or did he even accept a bribe from Huang County Lieutenant for selling Huang County Lieutenant's favor?
Shi Xun was still meditating there, Lu Hong couldn't look at it, took a step forward, bowed to Shi Xun first, and then turned his head to ask Wu Qian: "Even if you rent a maid, there should be a contract, can there be a contract to present to the court?" Wu Zhen nodded, and said no-"The first trial of the case, the county Cheng immediately asked the old Wang next door to take the borrowed contract for verification, and the old Wang said that he would go home to get it, but in the second trial, he not only turned over his confession, but also said that the contract could not be found after a long time. ”
Lu Hong asked again: "Such a contract, it stands to reason that there should be a Chinese person, and it should also be filed with the government, can the county Cheng go to summon the Chinese person, has he ever checked the old file?" ”
Wu Zhen shook his head lightly and sighed: "If Tu Xiancheng went to summon the Chinese people and showed the old contract files, the villain would not dare to do much." Or the villain occasionally heard people talk about it, then Li Quan once sighed with people: In the past, the contract of borrowing seeds was that he was a Chinese, but unfortunately this time he would rather give his life in vain. The villain repeatedly persuaded him to go to the county office to testify in order to save Ning's life. ”
"I see," Shi Xun finally figured out the reason, so he asked Wu Qian, "Guess why Li Quan refused to testify?" ”
Wu Zhen said: "The villain repeatedly pleaded (it was Xunxin who said that your attitude is a fart and pleading), listening to the meaning of Li Quan's mouth, he didn't want to do much, so he offended the county governor and the county lieutenant. Although the Li family is a big surname in the county, no one is an official after all, and if the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are bent on finding him, they will always be unable to hide. ”
Shi Xun lowered his head, thought about it again, and then asked Wu Zhen straight to the point: "What do you want me to do when you talk to me about this case?" Wu Zhen arched his hand and said: "Please ask Shangguan to help persuade Li Quan to testify at the county office." Shi Xun asked again: "Although there are witnesses, but there is no physical evidence, if the county does not allow this evidence, then what?" Wu Zhen hurriedly replied: "Li Quan is the surname of the county after all, and the county does not dare to arbitrarily refute it, nor does he dare to conceal it, that is, the official document of the execution may be recovered for retrial......
Lu Hong asked: "Has the official document been submitted to the county?" Wu Zhen nodded: "It's only been two days." Lu Hong muttered: "I'm afraid it's hard to recover." Wu Zhen hurriedly said: "Then please go to Shangguan Xingwen County, and ask Taishou to reject the official document." ”
Shi Xun didn't agree to him first, and paced a few steps with his head up, holding the trunk of a willow tree in his hand - what Cheng Li had told him before leaving Juancheng couldn't help but come back to his mind again......
Shi Xun and Cheng Li exchanged words and swords in the transmission house, and they exchanged words for several rounds, and in the end, these two guys with flexible minds and tongues were indistinguishable from each other, so they had to shake hands and make peace. Then the conversation in the future was more heart-to-heart, and finally Cheng Li said to him: "I expect Cao Jiyin's intention is to borrow the courage of the former Jun to talk in front of Cao Zhijun, so as to deter the county from being small." Since it is the grace of the Jun and the Cao family, and Cao Jiyin is temporarily borrowed to fill the post of superintendent, please let go of your courage and use thunderous means when you encounter corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Don't look ahead or even ...... You don't have to be too rigid about the authority of the postal superintendent......"
Cheng Li's meaning, you let it go, anyway, Cao De can't do anything to you, on the contrary, if you pick and shrink, don't dare to attack corrupt officials and corrupt officials, or are too obsessed with normal administrative procedures, you may be looked down upon by the Cao brothers.
Thinking of these words now, Shi Xun couldn't help but slap his palm on the trunk of the tree, and then turned his head to Wu Zhen and said: "There is no need to detour, you will enter the city with me, that is, seal the treasury with the right to supervise the post, and find a copy of the contract for borrowing seeds!" ”
The Han Dynasty's post superintendent, the full name is "post supervisor Cao Peng" or "post supervisor Shu Peng", is the county guard, the minister of the adjutant, holding the power of supervision, under normal circumstances, the shou and the minister mostly appointed henchmen to take on this position, so the power is very large. When supervising the county, he can request the temporary closure of the treasury in order to verify the accounts, and although he does not have the power to appoint or dismiss the county magistrate, he can also order a suspension for examination.
Therefore, under the premise of lacking experience in civil affairs and political struggle, Shi Xun really can't think of how people don't know and unconsciously make private visits to find out all kinds of corruption and perversion of the law behind the case of Ning Ke's father. Cao De said that he was not confident, but self-confidence and courage are not completely the same thing after all, he still has the guts, after all, it is not just Cao De who is behind him, but the Cao clan of the entire Peiguo County - including Cao Song, Cao Cao's branches, as well as Cao Hong's and Cao Bao's own branches.
I rely on Lao Tzu to have Cao Cao as a backer, in this Yanzhou, Lao Tzu is still afraid of who!
So he immediately beckoned everyone to get on their horses—Wu Zhen had no horses, and Shixun ordered a servant to give him a horse under his crotch for the time being—and galloped into Chengyang County like a wind. When he arrived at the gate of the city, the guards came up to check, and he directly revealed his identity, and then went straight to the county office. Chengyang County's surname was Geng, and when he heard the news, he went out of the door, and Shi Xun honestly and unceremoniously told him: "Seal the warehouse first, so that it can be verified." ”
Geng County Ling said with a bitter face: "Just spring ploughing, the official affairs in the county are cumbersome, this ...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate to seal the warehouse, right? Shi Xun glared at him: "Then please ask the county lord to play the county government and the imperial court, and change the date of the national county to the winter when official business is leisurely!" Geng Xian Ling saw that although the superintendent was young, he was not easy to bluff, so he had to smile wryly: "Don't dare, don't dare." Then I beg the chief to seal it for a few days......"