Shi Yuanguang smiled disdainfully: "How many murderers in the state capital prison don't cry out for injustice?"

This Shi Yuanguang and Tong Liufu couldn't hold each other in front of Wu Yingying, and there were more and more soldiers and civilians watching. The matter has come to this point, but it is no longer convenient for Wu Yingying to take this criminal back to the government for interrogation, no matter what the result of the trial is, he will be biased in favor of Duan Baili, lose the support of the people, favor Ximen Qing, and lose the morale of the army. Thinking of this, Wu Yingying turned his head to look at Jinshi Liang Zuoqiu, only to see that he also had a wry smile on his face. The law of the country is certainly terrible, you must know that this sergeant has been fighting outside all the year round, and his family is alone in the empty house, if he is worried about a fire in the backyard, there is no need to fight this battle.

"What the two of them said makes sense, whether Ximen Qing had the intention of killing at that time, everyone doesn't know, and now he himself can't defend himself. "Wu Yingying is secretly funny, obviously he is a judge of killing people for a hundred miles, how did he become a murderer of Ximen Qing, this Shi Yuanguang is really a talent," as the saying goes, one person counts short, and everyone counts long. If you are in doubt about the facts of this case, you may wish to invite everyone to evaluate it together. ”

Seeing that the soldiers and civilians present were all looking at him, Wu Yingying said with a smile: "Since it is a matter of both the military and the people, then ask six civilian households and six sergeants to form a jury of twelve people to help the official judge whether this Ximen Qing has committed murder, that is, whether it is appropriate to indirectly judge Sergeant Duan Baili's knife?" ”

Drumming and passing flowers is a common method of music in the Central Plains, and it is often used to persuade wine and poetry, but today it is used by Wu Yingying to select jury members. The tooth soldiers handed over the precision forging flower balls that were originally awarded to the winners of the big competition field to Wu Yingying, Wu Yingying ordered the soldiers and civilians to separate on both sides, Shi Yuanguang and Tong Liufu respectively blindfolded their eyes with ribbons and beat the drums, and the flower balls were passed among the soldiers and civilians on both sides. Thus a total of twelve were elected.

Seeing that the jury members were all standing, Wu Yingying smiled and asked Duan Baili, who was still standing, "Do you think these jurors can be trusted? As soon as these words came out, the people outside couldn't help whispering, and this commander couldn't help but favor the sergeants.

Duan Baili killed people by mistake just now, and he killed a lot of people on the battlefield, but for a while it was difficult to accept that the wife he was marrying was a prostitute in Shuozhou, and she was not even as good as a prostitute. Hearing Wu Yingying's question, he woke up and glanced at the jurors who were tall, short, fat and thin, and none of them knew him, so he arched his hand and said: "Listen to the arrangement of the adult, the villain has no objection." ”

Wu Yingying nodded, and asked Ximen Qingdao, who had already bandaged his wounds: "Do you have any objections to the jury selected by beating the drum and passing the flowers?" He first asked the sergeant, and then asked the household, so that the people had nothing to say.

This Ximen Qing is a cunning person, knowing whether he can take revenge at this moment, he said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your care, the villain wants to know if there are any people in the camp among these sergeants and households, and whether there are any people who are familiar with this murderer before?"

Wu Yingying nodded, and under the inquiry, the sergeants were all from other camps, and one of the households was under the protection of the horizontal camp, so Ximen Qing asked to replace this person, and another household was spread by beating the drum and passing the flowers, which was ruled by the Ya barracks, so he gave up.

"All the jurors and civilians, have you heard the rebuttals on both sides clearly?" Wu Yingying asked.

Everyone replied yes.

"Have you seen the appearance of the prisoner at the scene and all kinds of evidence?"

In fact, the judges and civilians selected by the method of beating drums and passing flowers were all in relatively high positions, and some of them arrived earlier than Wu Yingying, and they all clearly witnessed the entire interrogation process from beginning to end, and when they heard Wu Yingying's questions, they answered yes one after another.

"Okay, the jury trial of the military and the people, this official will hand over the ultimate right to preside over justice to you and others, please use your experience and common sense to judge, Duan Baili killed and injured Ximen Qing by mistake, is Duan Baili guilty or not guilty?" After finishing speaking, Wu Yingying watched the twelve selected people turn their heads and ears.

Although there was no Song and Ming rites in this era, the Han people were still quite conservative, and they were determined by the military and civilians present, and they were afraid that they would drown that Ximen Qing with saliva on the spot, but in this way, the national law would inevitably be abolished. If it must be judged in accordance with the law of the country, as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shi Yuanguang is a strong argument and punished Duan Baili's crime, which not only makes the traitors arrogant and the soldiers and civilians chill, but also greatly damages the prestige of Wu Yingying himself. No matter how strict the national law is, how many of the ordinary people who are honest and honest will study it carefully? Those petty and treacherous people will indiscriminately sue the subordinates, and the greedy and stupid officials will be reckless in their desires, and no matter how strict the national law is, it will become a tool for harming the honest people. Wu Yingying took this opportunity to establish a jury system, which not only greatly divided the power of the officials who presided over the trial, but also made the result of the trial acceptable to the majority of the people. It can be said that a verdict made by a jury may not be the most reasonable verdict, nor may it be a verdict that strictly conforms to the law of the country, but it is definitely a fair verdict and a verdict that wins the hearts of the people. Procedural justice is greater than substantive justice, and people's hearts are the law of the country, which is the true meaning of the jury system.

"My lord, the results are out, and the twelve jurors voted with Huang Dou and Mung Bean, Huang Dou is in favor of Duan Baili's guilt, and Mung Bean is against Duan Baili's guilt. In the end, a total of two people agreed, nine opposed, and one abstained. ”

Captain Chase of the Tooth Barracks poured out the beans in the jurors' ballot box in public, and after counting the results, before Wu Yingying could speak, the onlookers cheered. In this era, there is also a public trial, but there is absolutely no such thing as Wu Yingying, who returned the right of justice to the people, which is really happy. No one feels that their ruling is wrong, even if it is. Once the final justice of the law is in the hands of the people, the people will spontaneously trust him in justice. Without the credibility of the people, no matter how much the law claims to be just, it is just a kind of power.

Although he had expected this, Wu Yingying still breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, this Baili and his wife's room will be released on the spot, and Ximen Qing, who intends to **, will be taken back to the state capital prison to be detained first." He waved and nodded to the cheering crowd around him, turned his head and whispered to Chase: "As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, after this public trial, Duan Baili may not be able to raise his head in Lanzhou, let him go to Zhang Zhongyao for a few years." In addition, a privacy protection order was issued, and anyone who disseminated the privacy of others and had nothing to do with the safety of our Lanzhou Prefecture was to be whipped one hundred times and worked in the artisan household for three years. "Now most of the women in Lanzhou are buying, and no one knows what experience they had in the past, if they are all like Ximen Qing to threaten their privacy, everyone will inevitably be in danger. Gaozu didn't ask Wu Ping to steal his sister-in-law's gold, and took it to great use, Lanzhou now needs stability in the rear, so naturally he wants to nip all unstable factors in the bud.

Wu Yingying paused for a moment, and then said: "Tell Baili, that woman, if he doesn't want it, he will give her a letter of resignation, if she wants, she will treat each other well, they are all hard-working people, don't beat and scold." After speaking, he walked with Liang Zuoqiu and discussed the method of setting up a township school.

Chase hurriedly walked in front of Duan Baili and relayed Wu Yingying's meaning to him, Duan Baili was stunned for a moment, and after thanking Chase, he stared at the back of Wu Yingying slowly moving away, lifted the hem of his military robe, knelt on the ground, and slammed his three heads on the ground. Seeing that Chase had also gone away, Fang Cai sighed and turned around to call the Nahuyan clan home together.

Shicai Huang Wen and Zhou Hou and other noble ladies also stood beside Wu Yingying to watch, these women naturally sympathized with the Huyan clan, especially Zhu Huilan, who had a similar experience, although before getting married, she told Xin Gu all about her past, but after hearing that Wu Yingying issued a privacy protection order, she couldn't help but secretly hold her chest and breathe a sigh of relief, the whipping of this era is not trivial, a hundred strokes are enough to kill people, if you are lucky not to die, you will be tired to death after three years of labor in the craftsman camp. Lord Wu is killing people, Zhu Huilan looked at the back of Wu Yingying with some emotion, she listened to Xin Gu at home every day to talk about how wise Lord Wu was, only now can she really feel the depth of this person's thoughts. not only saved the Baili couple and punished the wicked, but also relieved a major disaster in the future of Lanzhou in one fell swoop.