August 29th, today is a special day for Biancheng County, because from today onwards, the yamen can handle cases, and today is also the first time that Zhang Shun has been promoted to the court in the real sense.

Ascension to the court is a form in which officials and others go to the public court to try cases, and they are generally carried out in the lobby of the yamen. If the county magistrate was about to deal with the case, he would order the official to beat the drum and then take the plaintiff and the defendant to the hall of the county magistrate.

The pleadings are not written by casual people, this pleadings are available in two ways, the cause of action and the facts are clear, the penmanship must be sophisticated, and the legal format of the pleadings is strictly followed, so it is usually written by the criminal master.

And to invite this kind of person to write the pleading, it is natural to give money, although it is not much, but for the poor people, few people will ask the criminal master to write the pleading, and they will wait until every once in a while in the public court to hear the case.

Of course, if the matter is very urgent, or if you really don't want to give out those copper coins, you can directly beat the drum outside the yamen without submitting the petition first.

The drumming was originally used to announce that the county magistrate was off work, but it was only used in the former dynasty as an emergency for the people who had no time to write a complaint to express their grievances, which is often called drumming to avenge grievances.

However, if there is no murder or a major grievance, the complainant cannot just beat the drum and cry out for injustice.

Drumming to redress grievances is a form of 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 go 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.

Of course, it does not mean that there is nothing to be paid for beating the drum to sound the wrong, if the case is not established, or if the incident is deliberately caused, the cost is very large, and the specific situation depends on the situation.

The yamen of the border city county is greatly open, for the people to watch, and now the border city county has not been promoted for a long time, and this is the first time in several years to ascend the hall.

As a court trial every once in a while, there is no need to write a complaint today, as long as the plaintiff has grievances, he can beat the drum and voice his grievances, and then take the defendant to the court, tell the situation, and then Zhang Shun will make a decision.

Standing outside the yamen, there were already layers of people, not to mention hundreds of people, which was a rare situation in other places.

Although there are many people, all of them are quiet, which is the respect for the county order Zhang Shun and the performance of a citizen.

Many people want to see how this Qingtian lord came to judge the case, and whether it is the same as his force (the strength of his subordinates), and he is like a god in judging the case.

The lobby is the place where the county hears criminal cases, and there is a warm pavilion in the center, which contains a three-foot public case, on which are placed the shocking wood, the four treasures of the study and the red and green head case signature.

The red-headed signature is a criminal signature, and it is ordered to be executed. The green head sign is the capture sign, which is ordered to arrest people.

Above the warm pavilion, there is a plaque of "Mirror Hanging", and the screen on the front is painted with a picture of the rising sun of the sea, which means that the official should be as clear as the sea and as bright as the sun and the moon.

On both sides of the warm pavilion are drums, ceremonial guards and torture instruments. During the trial, the magistrate sat in the warm pavilion, and there were two bluestone slabs on the ground in front of the warm pavilion, the plaintiff's stone in the east and the defendant's stone in the west, and both the plaintiff and the defendant had to kneel on the stone.

In the solemn public hall, Zhang Shun, who had a plaque of "Mirror Hanging" on his head, sat behind the public case, wearing a cyan official robe, and his master Qiao Shan was wearing a gray robe, standing at the bottom right of Zhang Shun.

The wolf-like servants were divided into two shifts, all with their heads held high, and their hands tightly held the killing rod in their hands.

Zhang Shun held a piece of startling wood and slapped it on the table in front of him, making a crisp sound, and at the same time, the two columns of officials below kept hitting the ground with killing sticks, and finally shouted: "Ascend to the hall - might...... Wu ——。 ”

Outside the courtroom, a plaintiff who couldn't wait for a long time rushed forward, picked up the drum hammer on the side, and struck it on the big drum.

"Knock ——!" The sound of a drum also indicates the official start of the court trial.

"Take the plaintiff and the defendant to court."

Qiao Shan, who was standing under Zhang Tie, saw that the drum was being beaten, and called out loudly, his voice full of anger.

The plaintiff who beat the drum and the defendant who was sued were taken to the court by a servant and knelt down on the plaintiff's stone and the defendant's stone in the lobby.

This is the prestige of the trial, which is used to intimidate people's hearts and establish prestige. Next, it was Zhang Shun who began to interrogate the case.

Although Zhang Shun is young, he has read a lot of books, and with his ability to never forget, he has been looking through the books in the county government office in the past few days, and he has almost checked the cases, history books and accounts of the entire county government.

So as for how to judge a case, even if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you ever seen a pig run? In accordance with the provisions of the trial procedure, the plaintiff is tried first, the defendant is tried again, and the witnesses are questioned afterwards.

Zhang Shun picked up the shocking wood in his hand, slapped it on the table again, and made a sound, and then asked the person kneeling on the plaintiff's stone: "Who is the plaintiff in the hall, and what is the matter to sue, come one by one." ”

The person kneeling on the plaintiff's stone raised his head and glanced at Zhang Shun, and slowly said what he had complained.

"Master Qiyu, Han Xuemin, a grass man, is a meat seller, and I came to sue him before."

Plaintiff Han Xuemin pointed to the defendant kneeling on the defendant's stone and said fiercely: "He stole my money." ”

The plaintiff's eyes were full of resentment towards the defendant, Han Xuemin looked up at Zhang Shun again, and cried: "My lord, please avenge me, this money I have worked hard to earn night and night, and my wife and family are still relying on this money to support me, my lord, please avenge me." ”

After that, the plaintiff Han Xuemin kept kowtowing to Zhang Shun, and his forehead was engraved on the ground with a clanging sound, reflecting his determination and the grievances in his heart.

Zhang Shun, who was sitting in the high hall, hurriedly stood up and said to the plaintiff who kowtowed below: "It doesn't have to be like this, as long as what you say is true, it will definitely give you a perfect answer." ”

In fact, from the very beginning, Zhang Shun has been observing the expressions of the plaintiff and the defendant, and it can be seen at a glance that the plaintiff is not acting, but really stolen money.

"Very good, Han Xuemin, don't talk yet."

Zhang Shun nodded at Han Xuemin, then looked like a person kneeling on the defendant's stone, picked up the shocking wood again, lined up on the desk in front of him, the cold light in his eyes turned into two sharp swords, staring at the defendant below.

"Who is the defendant, and do you admit the plaintiff's words?"

The accused raised his head and was about to speak, when he saw Zhang Shun's sword-like gaze, his body was shocked, and he lowered his head in horror.

"Big ...... My lord, the grass people He Hansheng, the grass people, the grass people did not steal his money, he was framed, and he also hoped that the adults would see it. ”

He Hansheng, who was kneeling on the defendant's stone, said these words in a hurry, obviously he was also a hand student, and he had not done anything bad, otherwise he would not have been almost frightened by Zhang Shun when he saw it like this.

This action, the tone and state of his speech, in the eyes of everyone, undoubtedly showed that he had indeed stolen the plaintiff Han Xuemin's money, and now he just refused to admit it.

The people outside the yamen were also in an uproar, all pointing at He Hansheng on the ground, and then their eyes looked at Zhang Shun in the high hall to see how he solved this matter.