4-67 Liu Gong's case

The official who came to hear the trial in Nanchang was actually the factory supervisor himself, Zhao Huo immediately realized that there must be an article in it, and he hurriedly handed over a message to Xu Jiujing: "Lord Xu has not yet decided when will he wait." ”

Xu Jiujing also knew that Zhen Wubo was late, he must have ulterior motives, and it was unknown if he could make the situation take a turn for the worse, if the case was closed in a hurry now, it would not look good if he annoyed Zhen Wubo, so it was better to reason with the facts and convince people with reason, so he pretended not to hear Zhao Huo's words, got up and left his seat to greet Zhen Wubo.

All the officials present are the three products, and the earl is the product, so they all have to leave their seats to greet them, Xu Jiujing took the lead to greet them, Zhao Huo and Feng Qingshan also had to follow, and Gonggong Cao of Dongchang did not dare to hold it up, and he also followed behind to greet him.

The name of Zhen Wubo is still widely spread among the people, and the people in the market are accustomed to hearing the storytelling and the words have talked about the first brave general of the Ming Dynasty, from the earliest big broken serial horse to the capture of Dolgon, and then to the single horse slaughtering the Dongchang anti-thief, it has gone from a single exhibition to a series of long storytelling, and the degree of popularity is extremely high, not only that the calligraphers and artists should compete to create and learn all kinds of new jokes, but the audience is also proud of how many times they have heard the jokes about Zhen Wubo, and even can recite them backwards.

Scholars may not respect Liu Ziguang, who was born as a martial artist, but his influence among the people is still relatively large, so he caused a commotion as soon as he appeared at the gate of Dali Temple, and the people gathered around to witness the demeanor of Uncle Zhen, Liu Ziguang sat on a tall horse and looked at everyone with a smile, and raised his horsewhip from time to time to salute.

"Uncle, you want to avenge the slaves~~" A prostitute from the Ruhua support group suddenly shouted, and then the other prostitutes also shouted, asking Zhen Wubo to pay attention to the case.

Liu Ziguang stopped holding the reins of the horse, stretched out his hands and pressed them around, everyone knew that he was going to speak, and they stopped making noise, and the lively scene suddenly became silent.

"Everyone must believe in the imperial court, believe in the three law divisions, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention a small imperial history. Since Ben Bo was ordered by the emperor to come to hear the trial, he should supervise impartially and never let go of the bad guys, please rest assured. ”

It sounds very fair, but in fact, it is very tendentious, implying that Guo Zheng deserves it, and the prostitutes are of course happy when they hear this, and they applaud themselves, everyone get out of the way, and invite Zhen Wubo to enter the government.

"He's going to buy people's hearts." Zhao Huo muttered dissatisfiedly, the three of them came out of the yamen to kowtow to Uncle Zhenwu, Liu Ziguang politely helped him, and the three of them took advantage of the situation very unceremoniously, and there was no sincerity to meet Shangguan at all.

Liu Ziguang didn't think he was angry, smiled indifferently, swaggered into the public hall with square steps, today he didn't wear a python robe, he was wearing an earl's official uniform, the red official uniform chest was embroidered with a princess and a special unicorn complement for the horse, the head was a new black gauze hat, and one hand held the loose jade belt around the waist, which looked a bit of a noble and high-ranking official. He smiled and bowed to everyone and said: "This governor is just listening to the emperor's instructions in the imperial study, so it's too late, and I hope you will be Haihan." ”

The emperor left you to speak, what do we dare to say, everyone hurriedly politely: "It's not too late, it's not too late." ”

"Uncle Zhenwu, please take a seat." Xu Jiujing politely gave way.

Liu Ziguang waved his hand: "No need, this governor is here to hear the trial, not to try the case, you trial, you trial, leave me alone." As he spoke, he consciously sat down on the chair that had been prepared on the side of the court. Behind him, several Nanchang fans with big shoulders and round waists lined up, pressing the waist knife in their hands, arching and guarding the factory superintendent.

The officials of the three legal divisions took their seats and began the trial again, first narrating the case to Zhen Wubo, and then telling him the results of the peace meeting of the three judges---- Guo Yushi should have been wronged.

"That's how you try cases?" Zhen Wubo frowned, "Isn't it too hasty to close the case in a hurry without a reasonable explanation for many doubts?" ”

"Lord Liu, Xia Guan thinks that the facts are very clear, and several Diao people were bribed and framed by traitors, "All the witness testimony and evidence cannot prove Guo Yushi's guilt, and Xia Guan believes that the verdict in this case is correct based on decades of experience." Zhao Huo talked eloquently, he had worked in the local prosecutor before, and he also had several years of work experience in the yamen of the criminal department, and he didn't have to be too poor in Xu Jiujing's qualifications to judge cases.

"Hmph, the existing witness evidence can't prove Guo Zheng's guilt, that's because you didn't try it carefully, the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, according to your trial method, most of the criminals in the Ming Dynasty are innocent, retrial!"

This is too bad for these old criminals, the faces of the three judges were stretched all of a sudden, and even the old fritter Xu Jiujing was a little angry, he stood up and arched his hand: "I'm incompetent, and I ask Uncle Zhen Wu to come to trial." ”

"The Governor is only here to hear the trial, not to be a judge, Lord Xu, you are still here to judge, and the Governor wants to re-interrogate the original defendant." Liu Ziguang didn't go to take over Xu Jiujing's presiding judge, he only needed to play the role of a prosecutor, and he didn't accompany the emperor to talk just now, but to collect evidence.

The three judges exchanged glances and agreed to Liu Ziguang's request, they wanted to see how this guy who didn't know anything about "Da Ming Law" asked about the case.

When the trial restarted, Liu Ziguang glanced at Guo Zheng, who was standing proudly in the hall, and said, "Who is this guy?" Why not kneel? ”

"This official is a jinshi in the third year of the Apocalypse, and the four products of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the imperial history, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, you can go to the court without kneeling." Guo Zheng glanced at Liu Ziguang with squinted eyes, and replied coldly, the subtext is that you don't even understand these rules, and you still come to try the case.

"Presumptuous!" Liu Ziguang was not shocked, so he had to slam the teacup on the coffee table, "Bad morals, bad weather, bad nature, you are embarrassed to mention that you were born as a scholar, and you have read all the sage books in the cold window for ten years in the stomach of a dog?" Left and right, press me down and hit a hundred kills first! ”

Two fans immediately rushed out from the left and right, kicked Guo Zheng's knee socket, and kicked him to the ground, which was to borrow two water and fire sticks to hit Guo Zheng's board, and the audience outside cheered.

The three judges looked at each other, this is too out of the box, "Lord Liu, how can the case of beating the defendant to death with a hundred killings be tried?" Presiding Judge Xu Jiujing asked with a sad face.

"Well, then remember it first, and then fight after asking about the case." Liu Ziguang didn't intend to beat Guo Zheng to death, he just wanted to kill his prestige. just pushed the boat down the river to give Xu Jiujing a face.

"Criminal, Guo Zheng, this governor asks you, on the day of the crime, you disguised yourself and went to the old street in the south of the city where prostitutes gathered, what happened?" Liu Ziguang began to ask.

"I received a secret letter asking me to go there and present evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by a high-ranking official of the dynasty." Guo Zheng still answered the same way.

"What about faith? What about people? Liu Ziguang asked.

"The letter has been destroyed, and no one can find it, since it is a secret letter, it will definitely not leave a trace."

"That's no evidence, there is no evidence, you are still dragging it like this, you are going to prostitute yourself, what are you embarrassed to say, what kind of secret letter do you fabricate, you are a three-year-old child when you are the governor?" Liu Ziguang scoffed at this answer.

The faces of the three judges were even more ugly, wouldn't it be an insinuation that they were three-year-old children, this uncle was really open-mouthed.

"Ben Governor asks you again, why did your hat and candle end up in Ruhua's house?"

Guo Zheng sneered: "I'll say it again, the hat and candle are not mine, it didn't rain that day, why should I wear a hat?" Candles are even more ridiculous, have you ever seen someone walking at night with a candle? ”

This is true, the hat is a kind of rain gear, few people wear it on a sunny day, and it is even more incredible to walk with a candle at night, and most people use lanterns to light the way.

"Hmph" Liu Ziguang snorted disdainfully, and said: "Some people don't dare to show their true faces, of course they have to wear a hat, as for the candle, that's a prop for you to play SM, did the governor say that it was used to follow the road?" ”

"According to the adult's reasoning, everything in anyone's house could be mine? How can such a shampage be convincing? Guo Zheng was still quibbling, and he decided that Liu Ziguang could not produce evidence to prove that the two things were his.

"I know that if you are not convinced, this official will convince you, come to someone, and bring witnesses and evidence." Liu Ziguang gave an order, and two people came in outside, one was a young man in coarse cloth clothes, and the other was a middle-aged man in a straight satin.

The two walked into the court tremblingly, knelt down and kowtowed to the adults, and everyone wondered, where did these two new witnesses go? And what can it prove? Liu Ziguang got up from his seat, walked to the public hall and said: "This governor will introduce these two new witnesses to the adults, this little brother surnamed Li, he sells hats on the street, and the stall has been set up for four years. This old gentleman's surname is Su, is a candle shop, the capital's dignitaries all use his fire brand candles, although the price of this candle is more expensive, but the quality is good, the shape is beautiful......"

Liu Ziguang said, suddenly turned to Guo Zheng, stared at his eyes and said: "More importantly, the red candle contains a lot of additives, so the dripping wax oil is not very hot, I think this is what Lord Guo likes the most." ”

"Lord Liu, what are you doing with these two unrelated witnesses? Do you want to help them sell hats and candles? Zhao Huo laughed and mocked. They thought they were humorous and playful, but neither Xu Jiujing nor Feng Qingshan laughed because they noticed that Guo Zheng's face had turned iron-blue.

"Shut up! The witnesses called by the Governor were of course useful. Liu Ziguang turned around abruptly and pointed at Zhao Huo and reprimanded.

Zhao was speechless angrily, and Liu Ziguang continued to ask the case: "Little brother of the Li family, how many hats did you sell on September 13?" ”

The young man replied, "Business was not good that day, and only five were sold." ”

"Very well, then can you see which of these hats belongs to yours?"

The evidence hat was mixed with several other hats and was sent up, and Brother Li easily found the hat he made up from it: "Back to my lord, it's this one, the villain's craftsmanship is different from other families, and it's easy to distinguish." , and the edge of this top is a little broken, so the villain remembers it very well. ”

"Oh, what do you remember? Let's hear it. ”

"This hat was sold on September 13, because the edge was scratched when the goods were shipped, so I wanted to sell it at a low price, but there was a big brother who left without bargaining and dropped a few big coppers, so the small one remembered it very clearly."

"Do you remember what this high roller looked like?"

"Remember, with a white face and a slight beard, at first glance, he looks like a Sven person who has read a book."

"Hehe, then do you think there is this person in this lobby?"

The little brother of the Li family looked around, his eyes locked on Guo Zheng, and he said happily: "Big brother, I have found you, you gave more money that day, I will find it for you, my father said that you should be honest in business." ”

Guo Zheng's face was pale and he didn't answer, as soon as the witness came in, he knew that it was not good, the net of the South Factory was really too big, and it was really unexpected that the merchants who sold hats and candles were found.

"Very good, little brother of the Li family, you step down, the governor has something to ask Boss Su." Liu Ziguang saw Guo Zheng's stunned expression, he was very proud, he paced a few steps in the public hall with his hands behind his back, and said:

"Boss Su, how much is your big red candle?"

"If you go back to the adult, the small candle is made of exquisite materials, the wicks are all high-quality nine-strand cotton cores, and the mold is also unique, so the price is slightly higher, it is 30 yuan a piece." Boss Su obviously went to court for the first time, and his voice trembled a little, but he finally made it clear.

"Is this a candle from your house?" Liu Ziguang asked the official to present the evidence candle to Boss Su, and Boss Su looked at it carefully for a long time and said, "That's right, it is produced by Trumpet." ”

"Very well, Governor, may I ask Miss Ruhua, how much do you earn every day?" Liu Ziguang turned to the plaintiff Ruhua and asked.

"Returning to my lord, the slave family is tired of picking up customers every day, which is forty or fifty yuan." Ruhua replied timidly, she vaguely felt that this adult was on her side, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart.

"Good." Liu Ziguang turned to face the three judges again: "May I ask the three adults, would a prostitute be willing to spend more than half of her daily income to light candles?" Doesn't she have to eat and dress? ”

The three judges were speechless.

Liu Ziguang then asked Boss Su: "Who do you usually sell your candles to?" What is it used for? ”

"This kind of red candle produced by the trumpet is specially used for weddings, and most of the people who buy it are dignitaries in the capital.

"I see, I heard that Guo Yushi married the third lady three months ago, and there were a lot of red candles at that time, right? Master Guo is known for his frugality, so there must be a lot of candles that haven't been used up, right? If the Governor sends someone to the house to check it out, he will definitely find a few of the same, right? Liu Ziguang asked a few questions in a row, leaving Guo Zheng speechless.

"What is this? There are many people who have this kind of candle, and there are also such red candles in the official mansion, so is the official also suspicious! Zhao Huo stood up angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with this kind of guided questioning.

"Lord Zhao is in a hurry, Ben Du didn't say anything." Liu Ziguang sneered: "There are still witnesses in this governor!" ”

This time, the witnesses in court were two old and decrepit prostitutes and a dog, Liu Ziguang said: "This governor will introduce to you, these two ladies are Ruhua's sisters, Xiaohong girl and Cuilan girl, and the other one is our Nanchang case-handling master----- Shengou Wangcai. ”

The two prostitutes were originally witnesses, but the judges did not testify in court because they thought that the prostitute's testimony was not reliable, and at this time they were called up again by Liu Ziguang, obviously not giving face to the three judges. The faces of the three of them were a little dark, but because of Liu Ziguang's official rank, they still didn't dare to say anything.

"Xiaohong and Cuilan, you said that you once did Mr. Guo's business, do you have any evidence?" Liu Ziguang asked very gently.

"This uncle always comes in the dark, goes in the dark, is stuffy and scared to death, speaks like a Sven man, does things more fiercely than the coolies on the dock, and likes the leather whip to whip people, and use red candles to drip wax oil to burn people, if it weren't for the fact that there are ten taels of silver in the account every time, the old lady would not be willing to take his business." Xiaohong's ten spicy characters, and she dared to call herself an old lady and an old lady in the court, but Liu Ziguang was not angry, and asked Cuilan with a smile: "Does Miss Cuilan have anything to add?" ”

"Yes, this uncle not only likes to abuse the slave family, but also likes to take the clothes of the rich lady's wife to wear to the slave family, and then take them down to do that, and call his mother while doing it, such a madman guest The slave family has never seen it before. By the way, this Mr. Guo has a red birthmark on his cheek. Cuilan said timidly.

There was an uproar, everyone didn't expect that the sanctimonious Guo Yushi would have such a bad taste, not only the people outside the yamen were making loud noises, but even the officials on duty couldn't help but whisper to each other. The three judges were even more angry, their hands trembling under their official robes, and their mouths were muttering: "

Insult Sven, insult Sven......"

"Someone, pick up Guo Zheng's pants and verify them in the court!" Liu Ziguang shouted. He will not give up on this case.