Although Nalan Feiya's other business in Shengpingfang is generous, she does not let the cheeky Dugu Xinci stay, and she leaves the workshop when the dusk drum sounds.

Dugu Xinci didn't want to stay until the door was closed, to test the change in the world's attitude towards him, and obediently returned to the palace of Liaoyang County, but found that Wen Yu, Wei Erlang, Du Juan, Yang Qiu, Wang Wei, and Zu Yong were all here.

"Why have you all come to eat?" Dugu Xinci was a little depressed, this is the rhythm of drinking a lot of wine again, and it will turn over a few more today.

Sure enough, everyone didn't bother to pay attention to him, and they drank wine with each other.

At night, except for Wen Yu and Dugu Xinci, the rest were carried in to rest.

On the second day, Dugu Xinci was still pulled to the county party by Du Juan, saying that he would finally invite the people from the county party to eat a meal of the banquet noodles of the Star Picking Building, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to eat such a good banquet at the end of three days in the future.

Dugu Xinci thought that it was fine, so he went to Shengpingfang first to meet Nalan Feiya and then went to Wannian County together.

Although the people in the county party pretended to be nothing, but their eyes were all pity or confusion, Dugu Xinci couldn't help but stop when he passed by the lobby, and said to the people who followed, "The biggest regret is that I have not been promoted to the hall, and I can experience the majesty of Bailihou"

"That's not simple, a certain Qi capture and Kuaishou will be stationed in the Ming Mansion, and now you can be promoted" Wang Yong, the county lieutenant, immediately smiled.

"In order to play an unwarranted majesty, you bother your brothers? A certain person is not bored to such a point, go to the banquet of the Star Picking Tower at noon, you work hard, what should you do, don't pay attention to so-and-so, you can go to Qingchuan if you have leisure, a certain wine tube is full"

There are still a lot of things in Wannian County today, after the Qingming Festival Martyrs' Shrine Ceremony is completed, there are still seven days of dojo rituals, and the martyrs are still allowed to worship, and the order of the scene still needs to be maintained, so Du Juan, Wen Guyan two county Cheng, six county lieutenants needless to say, two soldiers must also go to the street to check, only the main book Zhang Yaoting did not arrive at the county party today for some reason.

In the end, only the main bookkeeper Wei Qing stayed in the county party, oh, and the county commander Dugu Xinci nested in the study to play leisurely with the beauty.

There was nothing to do in the morning, Dugu Xinci was a little depressed, what are you going to do this afternoon? To go or to stay?

Dugu Xinci also found a little negligence, and actually didn't send anyone to the political hall to inquire about the situation, it doesn't hurt to think about it, it's a big deal to get through the time and leave, anyway, it is enough to go to Qingchuan for an hour or two, and you can catch the dinner when you rush to the former residence of Huashi.

So he turned out a pair of Yunzi Go in the study, and the two began to talk hand in hand.

Nalan Feiya's level of Go is good, but she is still a little hot compared to Wen Yu Dalang, so she is still not prepared to deal with Dugu Xinci's chaotic level.

In the first game, after being amazed by Dugu Xinci's three-star start, Nalan Feiya began to play steadily and steadily, and finally recovered the disadvantage, but unfortunately the last official did not pay attention, and was pulled back by Dugu Xinci with two sons, and finally lost by one son.

Nalan Feiya was not convinced, and at the beginning of the second game, she was close to Dugu Xinci and fought with her, seeing a small dragon who slaughtered Dugu Xinci, but in the end she was still defeated by a glance, Nalan Feiya's gaze was not good, and she knew that she was played by Dugu Xinci, and her Go level should be much worse than it, which was played by him?

Dugu Xinci asked proudly if he needed to come to the third game, and suddenly there was a drum sound outside.

"When did the drums actually sound?" Dugu Xinci was a little puzzled, just after lunch, the dusk drum sounded.

"No, it should be the Dengwen drum at the gate of Wannian County," Nalan Feiya said when she heard this.

"Someone's complaining?" Dugu is merciful and happy, and he can finally ascend to the church in a righteous and bright way.

"Yes, yes, ascend to the hall, go to the hall, go to the ----- hall ----" Du Shasha, who was wearing sunglasses, dragged the board excitedly.

"Waiting for the master to change clothes" Dugu Xinci shouted, he went out in civilian clothes today, but he brought the scarlet robe of the first county in the world, Wupin County Order, and he was ready to be dismissed, and kept the crown robe as a souvenir?

Nalan Feiya naturally gave her a white eye, Dugu Xinci changed into a robe with the help of the big bear, and before she left the study, Wei Qing came in, with an anxious face, and shouted, "Ming Mansion, Ming Mansion, you hurry up and leave the county party"

"Why?" Dugu Xinci wondered, is this all ready to ascend to the court?

"It is Hanlin who has come to avenge the grievances of Zhang Xuan's family," Wei Qing immediately said the reason.

"Interesting," Dugu Xinci winked and blinked.

"Is this forcing people into the corner? It's too much of a deception," Nalan Feiya said angrily.

"There are also a lot of Hanlin worshippers to accompany them, there are a lot of people, these worshippers are well-known figures, and the chess doctor Wang Jixin is also included, and the Ming Mansion is still good to avoid" Wei Qing's main book saw the Go in the study.

"I didn't go to them to settle accounts, and they deceived the door? Let's go, go to meet them for a while, "Dugu Xinci is interested."

"Ascended, ascended to --- hall---" Du Shasha and Da Xiong shouted excitedly and ran to the county hall together.

Ascend to the church, and the officials ascend to the board of directors for the "ascending hall".

Drumming and ascending to the hall is a form of the Yantang litigation system, that is: if the people are too late to write a complaint in an emergency, they will run to the door of the county government to beat the drum and voice their grievances, and the county officials will quickly rise to the court to ask questions when they hear the sound of drumming, and they do not need to write a complaint or pay a fee. The drumming was originally used to announce the county magistrate's dismissal, and it was not used in the Sui and Tang dynasties as an emergency for the people who had no time to write complaints. And if ordinary people want to file a lawsuit, they must first submit the complaint. In ancient times, if the county magistrate was about to deal with a case, he would order the official to beat the drum and then take the plaintiff and the defendant to the hall of the county office.

There is also a strict process for this elevation trial.

First of all, there must be a complaint, and most of them must have a complaint.

Yantang has a system: If the people have grievances, they will first go to the yamen of the Guanzhou County to beat the drum to complain, and the officials on duty will first ask about the reason, the severity of the case, and whether there are any complaints. If there is no pleading, take you to the scrivener (the person designated by the government and filed the pleading) to help write it, and then submit the pleadings to the county magistrate for inspection, decide the date of the lawsuit, hand over the criminal master to handle the relevant trial matters, and summon the original defendant and Ganlian to corroborate the case with a business trip ticket. In case of an emergency case such as theft, the official on duty should immediately report to the county official and send someone to investigate. If the case is serious, the situation will be returned to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate will immediately sit in the court and ask for a confession unilaterally. If it is a trivial matter, and the parties often beat the drum and shout grievances, the county officials will immediately ascend to the court, use criminal punishment to punish the drummers, and use the law to strictly prevent the bad habits of the small people from arbitrarily initiating lawsuits and suing again.

The litigation must be carried out step by step, that is, it must first be submitted to the judicial organ at the prefecture and county level under its jurisdiction, and only then can it be appealed to the judicial organ at the next higher level. It is strictly forbidden to overstep the lawsuit, and all those who do so and the officials who accept the lawsuit must be punished. If the offender voluntarily reports the facts of the crime to the government office before the case is committed, it is called "voluntary surrender", and in principle, the sentence may be waived or commuted if the circumstances of the voluntary surrender are true. With regard to the acceptance of civil lawsuits, there is a "time limit" provision, such as stopping the trial of cases from "the first day of April to 30 July", the intention is not to affect the busy agricultural season, but it is not limited to major cases.

The county government began the trial as soon as the lawsuit was filed.

Yan Tang emphasized that "non-official officials are not allowed to accept the people's words." Of course, the functions of the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, and the chief clerk can also handle criminal and civil cases in the capacity of presiding judges, either ex officio or authorized.

In the case of minor criminal cases, the parties are immediately ordered to go to the government for interrogation, which is called "summons", and if they are not summoned, they are detained. After the drumming of a serious criminal case is accepted, it is immediately detained. In addition to the two creatures, there are also witnesses and neighbors. In the case of stolen goods, stolen goods must also be searched. Until the defendant has pleaded guilty or the facts of the case have not been clarified, the defendant is not allowed to be released into "custody". Where the complaint is filed, the question is true, the defendant has confessed and pleaded guilty, and the plaintiff has nothing to do with the matter.

The government shall immediately release the dismissal and shall not deliberately retain it. Minor offenders and defendants who still do not admit guilt after being tortured three times may be "released on bail". Prisoners who are seriously ill or below the cane may also be "released on medical parole" and will be decided in accordance with the law after they have recovered from their illness. Adultery and capital crimes committed against a woman shall be taken out of prison, other miscellaneous offenders shall be taken into the custody of the husband, and those without a husband shall be kept by relatives or neighbors, which is called "responsibility". In the event of a thief or a crime of injury in a locality, the county will be reported to the nearest government, and the county level has the right to arrest. If a convict is arrested with a rod, the law allows the arrester to "shoot him". The Yantang government sent people to arrest criminals with tickets to arrest them, and the criminals in major cases must be arrested within one month, otherwise they will be called dereliction of duty, and they will be punished according to the circumstances.

Evidence is the core content of litigation activities, and only on the basis of ascertaining facts can guilt and innocence, one crime and another's guilt be determined. Yan Tang's judgment of cases is mostly in the form of interrogation, and the defendant's confession is generally emphasized to convict, but it does not exclude evidence such as human evidence, physical evidence, documentary evidence, and inquest.

The status of confession as the king of evidence in ancient litigation was established with the application of the "five hearings" prison litigation trial method, and has been greatly developed in later generations.

Five hearings are a common interrogation method that has been used in judicial practice as early as the pre-Qin era.

One is to listen to words, that is, the so-called listen to his words, and if he is wrong, he will be poor;

Second, it is said that the color is heard, that is, the so-called color is observed, and the face is red and the ears are red;

The third is to listen to the breath, that is, to listen to its breath, and if you are wrong, you will not be happy;

Fourth, the ear hears, that is, the sense of hearing, and the reason is not clear;

Five eyes listened, looked at their eyes, and Liqu's eyes flashed.

Torture is a legal means of obtaining confessions. In order to avoid unjust imprisonment caused by the abuse of torture, the law is very strict about the procedure of torture.

The so-called "big punishment service" is mainly to play the board. For example, in Yantang, a special interrogation cane with a length of 3 feet 5 inches, a large head of 3 cents and 2 cents of a small head, and a small head of 2 cents and 2 cents was used during torture, and only the back, legs, and buttocks were hit, and these three parts were required to be punished equally. No more than three tortures can be used, and the total number of sentences must not exceed 200.

If the defendant refuses to confess after the statutory number of prisoners has been examined, he may be released on bail and the plaintiff will be tortured in turn.

Trial, in ancient times, was called "breaking prison".

The procedure and manner of jailbreak are:

The first is the jurisdiction of the trial of the case. In the Han Dynasty, the county level had the right to sentence the death penalty, but after the Tang Dynasty, the county level could only sentence the crime of answering the cane; Regional jurisdiction, where any crime is committed, is tried by the state or county where the crime occurred. If two or more prefectures or counties are implicated, the case shall be tried in one of the prefectures and counties in accordance with the principles of giving priority to the heavier, less to the more, and the last to come first.

The second is avoidance. Between the judge and the litigant, those who have five internal relatives and those who have made great contributions or above, those who have received teachers, those who are suspected of enmity, and those who are in charge of the department, must recuse themselves.

The third is the responsibility of the judge, and the law stipulates that the case must be decided according to the law, and the crime of intentional or negligent negligence cannot be committed, otherwise it will be punished according to the circumstances.

Fourth, the time limit for trial, Qin has already stipulated a time limit for closing cases, and Yan Tang has also stipulated the implementation of "three limits", 40 days for major matters, 20 days for medium matters, 10 days for minor matters, and only three days for other easy-to-resolve cases.

Fifth, the prison should be broken according to the situation, and it is not allowed to ask for other crimes outside of the original complaint.

Finally, the result of the trial is executed.

Enforcement is to achieve the content and requirements of the judgment in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law, and the original judgment organ is to enforce the crime of answering the cane; Criminals and miscarriages are to be decided by the government, prefecture, or county, and handed over to special agencies for enforcement.

For example, if there is a difference of two to three thousand miles in exile, there are also special places.

The death penalty, if it is "true", is to be repeated once five days before the execution. The Criminal Department will send the "checklist" to the Ministry of War along with the list of nails, and hand it over to the government for execution. If a pregnant woman commits a capital offense, she shall be sentenced to 100 days after giving birth, and the period of execution shall be sent to a distribution center for exile, and the sentence shall be punished with 30 lashes for one day of delay, and one sentence shall be added to three days. If, after the death penalty has been approved by the repetition, the execution is expired, one hundred rods per day, and one degree is added on two days; and where the sentence is to be served before the completion of the sentence, the sentence is one year's imprisonment.

In addition, since the Han Dynasty, it has gradually developed into an autumn and winter execution system, and after the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has also been stipulated that there are forbidden days, and the death penalty cannot be carried out.

There is also a process for the ascension ceremony, first of all, the county government soldier Cao's catchers and fast hands lined up, usually 36 people, holding water and fire sticks, that is, the bottom of the shin is red, and the rest is black.

The officials lined up, the county order went to the court, and the back to the front set up a "landscape and sunrise map", the mountains are right, the water is clear, and the sun is bright, which means that it is honest and honest. Hang the gold-lettered plaque of "Mirror High Hanging". The three-foot law table is placed on the wooden high platform in the hall, the four treasures of the study room and the arrow barrel are placed on the table, and a Taishi chair is placed behind the table, which is the arrow frame on the left, and there is a black folding fan on the right. The three-foot-high "avoidance" and "quiet" cards in front of the high platform are paved with two bluestones about two steps in front of the card, the left is the plaintiff's seat, and the right is the defendant's seat.

The landscape and sunrise are painted on a screen nearly two zhang wide, and behind the screen is the door of the back hall, where Nalan Feiya took Du Shasha and others to listen to the trial of Dugu Ming Mansion.

"Take the plaintiff" Dugu Xinci shouted excitedly, for the first time, it seemed that he had played the trial in Temple Street before, but after all, it was not a formal rule, and now he finally tasted the taste of the trial in the court.

Perhaps due to his excitement, Dugu Xinci's voice was a little loud, startling the trappers standing below.

Wang Yong, the county lieutenant of Si Bing Cao, was not there, Wei Qing personally looked for thirty-six officials, all of them cheered up, and the outermost two stood up and shouted, "Take the plaintiff"

When the plaintiff appeared outside the hall, the officials began to hit the ground with water and fire sticks, and shouted mighty voices from their mouths.

When adjudicating a case, it is necessary to drink (i.e., shout loudly) the solemnity, pat the hall of shock, and tree "avoidance" and "silence" to convey the authority and sanctity of the law. Rhythmic cheering, with a kind of oppression, in order to put pressure on the interrogator. It is said that "mighty" has two meanings: first, because the "mighty" voice has a sense of deterrence, it will first have a sense of depression for those who have done bad things. Second, it comes from "mighty and unyielding", that is, so that good people cannot be subjugated by power and force, and do things that violate morality and law.

In the majestic voice, the plaintiff entered the lobby, and was a lady with a white filial piety suit, a small white flower in her ear, two big ladies behind her, and then several people followed, some old and young, two middle-aged men holding a banner "Who is the grievance of the sea of blood complained to", white silk and ink characters, very conspicuous.

Dugu Xinci smiled slightly, and was shocked, and his first promotion to the court began to be tried.

The principles of heaven are clear and unforgiving, who do you complain to in the sea of blood? The loyal ministers and good generals were helpless and waited until the thunderbolt shook the nine turbidities.

(End of chapter)