Cao Benshu and Liang Tingxin, two honest officials, stayed in the blacksmith shop for several days, but no one came to set fire to the house.

The official messenger of the Quzhou Prefecture Grand Court came to inform Fan of the trial.

When it comes to murder, it must be tried publicly, that is, the people can observe.

The first instance of the case was conducted in the Xi'an County Court.

The court was adjourned several times, and the initial witness testimony pointed to Feng Risheng deliberately pushing people downstairs.

But at the last court session, the witness testimony completely changed, and the deceased was not deliberately killed by Feng Risheng, but by Feng Risheng's entourage who killed him by mistake. Feng Risheng only gave two punches at that time, and he was not deliberately beaten, he was drunk and had a quarrel, and he paid some silver to the family of the deceased. The entourage was sentenced to exile in Taiwan for manslaughter.

Due to active compensation, the family of the deceased did not appeal.

In ancient China, there was not only an appeal system, but also a death penalty review system.

Only serious crimes such as conspiracy against rebellion are sentenced to "beheading", but it is not direct killing. It was first handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, then handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for verification, re-submitted to Dali Temple for trial, and finally handed over to the emperor for approval.

There is also a kind of "beheading of prisoners", commonly known as execution after autumn.

Before the execution, the prisoner can appeal. Even if it is not appealed, it must be submitted to the Criminal Department for review, and finally handed over to the emperor for signature.

From the perspective of the system, every condemned prisoner in ancient China was beheaded after the emperor signed it. In practice, of course, this is not possible, the Basic Criminal Department and the Cabinet can go through it, otherwise when encountering a sloppy emperor like Wanli, all the condemned prisoners in the world can die of laughter.

After Zhao Han reformed the judicial yamen, he still retained the death penalty review system, but there was no need to alarm the emperor and the cabinet, the criminal department and Dali Temple could handle it on their own.

Only until the lawsuit of Dali Temple will the emperor and the cabinet come forward.

On this day, Dai Wenmeng and Mei Zhuyou dressed up in disguise and wore cloth clothes to the trial. It was Dai Wenmeng's idea to overturn Fan's grievances, and he wanted to see how local officials would deal with it.

Chen An walked up to them and sat down, and whispered, "I can't catch the handles of the officials, the witnesses have been bought." Fan was reluctant to withdraw the complaint, so the Zheng family went to contact witnesses and wrote testimony for them to collude. Even if it can be confirmed that the Zheng family bought witnesses, there is no loophole in the lawsuit. The local judge's decision, whether it was last year or today, is certainly in full compliance with the law. ”

Mei Zhuyou sighed: "Officials are not stupid, they like silver, and they prefer their own heads." The Zheng family is flying and domineering, and they can be caught as soon as they are checked. But the local officials, I'm afraid they can only catch some small minions. ”

Chen An said: "If the Zheng family is arrested, the official will definitely be confessed." ”

"What about confessions?" Dai Wenmeng sneered, "The officials don't admit their accounts, saying that they are slandered, how can they come up with evidence of their crimes?" His Majesty said, we, honest officials, are most afraid of arresting officials indiscriminately without evidence. ”

If there is no evidence, the incorruptible officials can arrest people indiscriminately, and it is no different from Jinyiwei, and it is Jinyiwei when he is the most powerful.

Mei Zhuyou said: "The only people who can be arrested now are the officials in charge of the project bidding, the officials who helped the Zheng family bully and dominate the market, and the jailers and jailers in the prison." Other officials can be completely pushed away. ”

Dai Wenmeng reminded: "Don't forget, those town mayors, village chiefs and peasant associations outside the city! ”

"Yes, these people deserve to die too," Mei Zhuyou gritted his teeth and said, "Especially those presidents of peasant associations, His Majesty formed peasant associations to give the peasants a head start, but now they have become accomplices in exploiting the peasants." ”

"Poof!"

Justice Bao Shouyu clapped the shocking wood: "Take the plaintiff!" ”

Fan was taken to the courtroom's bench, and the murder suspect Feng Risheng was immediately brought in.

Feng Risheng was full of smiles, white and chubby, and seemed to have eaten well in the past few days of detention.

The clerk made a presentation of the case, and the first witness was brought to the scene.

It was a restaurant shopkeeper.

"On the day Shu Shouyi was killed, were you there?"

"Be present."

"What day and when?"

"After the Lantern Festival last year, the eighteenth day of the first month of the old calendar, it was about noon."

"Tell me what you've seen and heard."

At that time, the grass people were at the counter, and they heard the guy say that there was a fight upstairs, and the grass people planned to go upstairs to persuade the fight. But it was that Shu Shouyi drank too much and bumped into Feng Lao, who returned from his hands...... Feng Risheng. I don't know who scolded first, so the two of them quarreled, and then scuffled together...... Feng Risheng was drunk and knocked to the ground. Feng Risheng's entourage Feng Yun, filled with righteous indignation, also scuffled with Shu Shouyi. Both were drunk, and between the scuffles, Shu Shouyi was pushed downstairs and fell to his death. ”

"Did you see with your own eyes that Feng Yun pushed Shu Shouyi downstairs?"

"The grass people saw it with their own eyes."

"Didn't Feng Risheng push it?"

"Feng Risheng had been beaten to the ground at that time."

Several witnesses came to court one after another, and the descriptions were almost identical.

Immediately submitted a post-mortem report, it was indeed a fall to death, with multiple injuries all over his body, and the back of his head was also broken.

Everything is clear, uphold last year's first-instance verdict!

Moreover, the case has been tried twice, and the family of the deceased still has one chance to appeal, that is, to go to the provincial court in Hangzhou to file a lawsuit.

If the provincial court also ruled in this way, then it would have to go to the Dali Temple in Nanjing to cry out for injustice.

Alarm Dali Temple, definitely alarm the emperor!

Feng Risheng was acquitted in court, suddenly turned to look at Fan, pinched his neck and smiled at Fan.

Fan Shi was so frightened that he thought that he had a cha behind him, and suddenly had the confidence to cry: "Wronged!" Bullies collude with corrupt officials to drive the people to death! ”

The people who came to hear the trial, seeing Fan's miserable appearance, all exchanged their heads and whispered.

"Silence!"

Bao Shouyue slapped the shocked wood: "Leave the court immediately, and if you dare to spill again, it will be regarded as disturbing the court!" ”

Seeing this situation, Mei Zhuyou was very unhappy: "Judges at the prefectural and county levels can only decide one wrongful verdict, and at most they will be demoted or removed because of this." At best, the two levels of criminal officers were derelict in their duties and made mistakes in the examination and approval of cases. What is the point of letting them lose their positions? If we don't throw them in prison, we won't run for nothing! ”

"Let's meet tomorrow for a meeting, maybe there are new clues." Dai Wenmeng said.

The next day, 10 officers met, leaving two to protect the blacksmith couple.

Feng Yue smiled and took out a small notebook, opened the record and said, "I'm going to catch a big fish again." Liu Anyong, guess whose relatives it is? ”

"Who?" The people were alert.

Feng Yue said: "Liu Anyong, a native of Luling County. This guy is not small, he is the brother of Liu Anfeng, the head of the household! ”

Everyone gasped, and it was the relatives of the group of dragon heroes again.

Liu Anfeng successively served as the prefect of Ganzhou, the political envoy of Jiangsu Zuobu, the left servant of the household department, and the secretary of the household department.

When Chen Maosheng was in Ganzhou, he personally grasped the political work of the peasants, and Liu Anfeng made great efforts to assist.

Liu Anfeng was not only appreciated by Zhao Han, but also had a good relationship with Chen Maosheng.

Feng Yue said again: "This Liu Anyong is not only Liu Anfeng's brother. Moreover, he had his original wife in Luling County, and quietly raised an outer room in Quzhou Mansion. This outer room is Zheng Hongyi's niece! ”

"How did you find out about such a private matter?" Umetakeyu asked.

Feng Yue said with a smile: "I heard from Governor Huang that she asked Liu Anyong to investigate the river embankment, but Liu Anyong concealed the fact that the river embankment cut corners. These days, I have been following Liu Anyong and found that he has to go to a house every two days. I pretended to rent a house there and asked my neighbors. From the mouth of the maid in Liu Anyong's outer room, the news came out! ”

Dai Wenmeng clenched his fists and said, "This person can be arrested!" ”

For officials to take concubines, just like gentry to take concubines, as long as there is no trouble, the officials are too lazy to investigate and punish.

And Liu Anyong is even more careful, he does not take concubines, and only raises the outer room.

This product obviously didn't dare, because officials took concubines at the place of their duties, not to mention the Datong Imperial Court, even the Ming Dynasty was strictly forbidden.

The Ming court had clear regulations that after officials performed their duties, they were not allowed to marry wives and concubines in the local area, and they were not allowed to buy land and build houses in the local area. This is the fear of collusion between the magistrates and the gentry!

The same is true of the new Datong Dynasty, the concubines of the officials, the court turns a blind eye. If you dare to take a concubine or raise an outer room in the place where you are employed, once you find it, you will be removed from your post at least and severely investigated.

Mei Zhuyou said: "No wonder the Quzhou officialdom is rotten, it turns out that Liu Anyong, the official of the government, is the key person." Liu Anyong is the younger brother of Liu Anfeng, the secretary of the household department, and accepted Zheng Hongyi's niece as an outer room. One of Zheng Hongyi's sons was Tobe Langzhong, and the other son married Li Gelao's grandniece. Liu Anfeng, the secretary of the household department, and Chen Maosheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are close friends. Chen Shangshu, we all know that he is His Majesty's right-hand man! ”

Dai Wenmeng asked, "Is Liu Anyong's house in the outer room big?" ”

Feng Yue shook his head and said, "It's not very big, it's just an ordinary house." According to my guess, with Liu Anyong's caution, it is likely that the house has not been transferred. ”

"Continue to investigate this Liu Anyong!" Dai Wenmeng commanded.

As the prefect, Huang Fei suddenly wanted to check the situation of the residences in the city and personally retrieve the files of the residences in the city. In order not to startle the snake, he only said that he would carry out a housing project, learn from the one in Nanjing, and build low-rent housing for civilians who have no houses to live in.

Soon found out the information of the house, and the name of the owner of the house was Liu Qi. The file shows that he is a local, but the household registration information cannot be found at all.

Then it was found out that Liu Anyong and the outer room had already given birth to a son.

Everyone continued to watch, and it was only after half a month that they got new clues.

A confidant of the Zheng family quietly went to the mansion, stuffing things with a bulging chest.

Feng Yue deliberately drank and pretended to be drunk, staggered and bumped into it, feeling that the guy was hiding a silver dollar in his arms.

Check that guy again, it's from a trading company.

This trading company has an iron ore mining license, which was originally a reward given by Zhao Han to those who have made meritorious contributions. However, as the integrity officer entered the mountain, he found that the trading company had crossed the border and even forcibly seized the land of the people in the mountains.

"When it comes to land policy, this thing is making a big fuss!" Dai Wenmeng exclaimed.

Mei Zhuyou said: "Are these people crazy? ”

Dai Wenmeng said: "You can't grow a few grains in the mountains, but you can make money by mining iron ore. After the Zheng family occupied the land of the mountain people, they let the mountain people help with mining. The mountain people can get their wages and get the Zheng family's food compensation. As for the death of the mining accident, I can only consider myself unlucky. In this way, no people came to the city to cry out for grievances. ”

"What's the matter with the guy who gave Liu Anyong money?" Mei Zhuyou wondered.

Dai Wenmeng said: "I guess it's the mine's dividends. Liu Anyong is too cautious, he can't even trust the Zheng family. The monthly dividends did not dare to exist in the Zheng family's ticket number, nor did they dare to store in Datong Bank, so that the Zheng family could send the silver directly to the house in the outer room. It is estimated that every year and a half, he will send his henchmen to quietly transport the silver back to his hometown in Jiangxi. ”

Mei Zhuyou said: "When it comes to land policy, it involves so many elders of the DPRK and China. I suggest that the matter be ventilated to His Majesty. ”

Dai Wenmeng said: "I will write a letter, and you will personally bring it back to Nanjing. ”

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