Half an hour later, the commanding official returned, and the interrogation continued.

Min Xian Ling sat down in the lobby and asked, "Yuan Zhutou, the facts of the case can be verified and clear, and the relevant people and physical evidence have all been brought?" ”

"Lord Hui, brought it, and they are all waiting outside for summons."

"Okay, come on, pass on the witness."

The next questioning process can be said to be very smooth, but the result was unexpected, because the pharmacy apprentice and the neighbors all proved that what Hu Feng said was true, for this reason, Min County ordered Hu Luo to be sentenced to 100 canes and five days in prison according to the law of the Great Zhou.

Xu Xiulan's face turned pale with fright when she heard this, and she begged for mercy in panic: "My lord, the woman and the head of the family did not know about this matter before, but now that they know the truth, they must devote themselves to supporting their in-laws, and ask your lord to forgive her sins and exempt herself from the cane." “

"Nonsense, what kind of place are you in court, the state has national laws, and the family has family rules, since you have chosen to deal with Bo Gongtang, now that the case is clear, you should be punished according to law, if you dare to roar at the court and ask the guilt together, come and execute." The token was thrown, and immediately an official came forward to execute Hu Luo.

"Slow." When the killing rod was raised and about to be swung down, only an ethereal female voice was heard, and at the same time, two strong winds blew, blowing away the execution officials.

"Who in the hall dares to disturb the order of the court" Min Xian Ling looked at the woman who walked out of the crowd and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Qingyan stood with her hands in her hands, looked directly at Min County's order, and said lightly: "Don't you think that this sentence is too heavy, let me ask, if this hundred boards go down, the defendant still has the life to go to the five-day prison sentence."

"Who are you to question the verdict of this official, do you know what the crime of disturbing the court is?"

"This" Xu Qingyan seemed to smile: "The county lord really doesn't know, why don't you tell me in detail." “

County Lord, could it be her!

Min Hongcai was shocked in his heart, his anger instantly changed to a smile, he stood up, walked in front of Xu Qingyan, and bowed his hand and said: "Your Excellency is the county lord of Le'an, and Min Hongcai, the county commander of Xiaguanxi County, has seen the county lord." In the last sentence, Min Hongcai said it very loudly.

When the people outside the hall heard this, they exclaimed: "Oh my God, she turned out to be the county lord of Le'an, and I didn't expect the county lord to come, but I didn't expect it to come." ”

"What's so strange about this, who called the defendant a relative of the county lord, it seems that this Hu Luo is not guilty today."

"Don't they all say that the county lord is kind to the people, do you want to openly favor such unfilial people today?" Some people spoke out angrily.

There were many discussions outside, Xu Qingyan listened to it in her ears and didn't care, and raised her hand with a smile: "Lord Min is exempt, that day, I happened to hear that the adults were promoted to ask about the case, and the lord of this county stood outside with the people when he had nothing to do, and he didn't want to disturb him, but he listened to what the adults said, and he actually wanted to sentence the defendant to one hundred canes and five days in prison, and he couldn't help but speak out, if there is anything abrupt, I hope the adults don't mind." ”

"Where, where." Min Hongcai replied in an official tone: "If the county lord had stated his identity earlier, the official should have invited the county lord to be next to him, but now that the case has been decided, the official is also punished according to the law, and the county lord said that the official sentence is heavy, but he wants to shield this person." “

"Lord Min is serious, if the county lord really wants to cover up, how can he come to today's court confrontation, Shicai has been concealing his identity and doesn't want to cause trouble to the adult, but in the end, the adult's verdict is difficult for the county lord to agree, for this reason, dare to ask the adult, what is filial piety?"

Min Xian Ling didn't know what Xu Qingyan meant, and after thinking for a while, he said cautiously: "The nature of heaven and earth, people are precious; The behavior of a person is nothing greater than filial piety, filial piety is the first, and the parents should be respectful and obedient, so as to be the way of the son of man. “

"Filial piety comes first, it is true, but there is another sentence called father's kindness and filial piety, dare to ask adults, if parents are not kind, what should children do?" Xu Qingyan looked directly at him and said.

"What does the county lord mean by this, there is a saying: Parents who are all in the world are naturally obedient and filial piety." Min Xian Ling touched his beard and said proudly.

"What Min means is that as long as you are a child, you must be respectful and obedient to your parents, and if you are not, it will be regarded as unfilial, but so."

"So to speak." Lord Min said lightly.

"Okay, then ask the adults again, if there is a son who witnesses his father killing people, what should he do, is he a filial son according to the filial piety that the adults say, and help the father cover up the fact of the murder so that the deceased can not be blind, so that his family will be cut off, or will he kill his relatives and persuade his father to turn himself in?"

"This" Min Xian Ling was speechless, not knowing how to answer

As a county magistrate, he naturally can't say that he let his son know the law and break the law, and bury the evidence of murder with his father, but if he says that he killed his relatives in righteousness, it seems to be contrary to what he just said.

Seeing that he was stuck, Xu Qingyan looked out of the door with a smile: "The county magistrate can't answer, what do you say?" ”

"This" The people outside the hall were also stopped by this question.

From the perspective of human feelings, of course, it is to protect his father, this is what every normal person will do subconsciously, and there are several people who can truly kill their relatives in righteousness, but they can't say it publicly.

The scene was silent for a while, and after a while, a person suddenly said loudly: "You should kill your relatives in righteousness." “

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, including Xu Qingyan.

The person who spoke stood in the crowd, dressed in a lake blue straight jacket, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth that was slightly raised, seeing Xu Qingyan looking at him, he winked at her imperceptibly, and said loudly: "My father has said many times that filial piety is not blindly obedient, if the parents are wrong, the children know but do not dissuade them, trapping the parents in injustice, it is for unfilial piety, so filial piety is not blindly obedient, and right and wrong should be distinguished!" “

"Ah, it's Lord Wu's son, Lord Wu is the Qingtian master of the people of our Xi County, what he said will definitely not be wrong, support Wu Gongzi, and should kill his relatives in righteousness." Some people recognized Wu Tianyou and spoke excitedly.

"That's right, righteousness destroys relatives, righteousness destroys relatives." One man took the lead, and the people echoed it.

In fact, there are so many fathers and sons in the world, and there are many parents who are partial to their children's righteous indignation, but under the suppression of filial piety, people dare not show it, dare not resist, and now there is a pivotal figure who takes the lead in opening up, and the people will of course vent their dissatisfaction with their hearts.

When the three words of Lord Wu came out, Min County's face was obviously ugly, Wu Feng's political achievements in Xi County, he had inquired carefully at the beginning of his tenure, it is said that he was able to be promoted so quickly, it was because of the high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes made by the people in front of him, so he accumulated good political achievements all the way up, although it is also rumored that he is honest as an official, and he has a reputation for serving the public, but it is an ordinary official-like article, but now that he has left office, he can still be so supported by the people Min County Order, I only feel that my heart is quite unpleasant.

"Your Excellency, you see, the people are so supportive"

"Okay, since that's the case, then ask the county lord to kill his relatives in righteousness, and don't block the execution of this official."

"What are you anxious about, the lord of this county has not finished speaking, in my opinion, the lord sentenced Hu Luo's crime is very inappropriate, as far as I know, the second elder of the Hu family is not a loving elder, and the practice of treating the big house and the second room is very different, the big house in the Hu family has always been the worst food and clothing but does the heaviest work, and the second room lives like a master, no need to ask about any family affairs, try to ask the brother of a mother's compatriots, suffered such unfair treatment, how to respect his parents.

Of course, it is not that the big house has no responsibility at all, but the county lord believes that as long as the family members of the second room do not die for a day, he has the ability to support his family, and he can't use such excuses to kick Gaotang's parents out of the house like a ball, and when they first split up, it was the second elder of the Hu family who voluntarily chose to follow the second room for the elderly. “

Both inside and outside the venue were shocked by her words, and there was silence for a while.

At this time, only an old voice sounded from outside the ya: "What the county lord said is right, Hu Luo is not wrong, he should not be sentenced!" “