Xianghe Zhixian can do this kind of thing, so why bother to find a man who can't fight with him in Xianghe County?

The reason is that Mazhi County is a traitor, and at the same time, this case is very tricky.

If the case is not dealt with quickly, the official concerned will be fined according to the law and the relevant regulations of the ministry.

That is, one case will be fined one year without a verdict, and five cases will be fined five years.

In order not to be fined and affect performance appraisals, officials usually use three flexible methods for handling cases.

The first is to turn big things into small things, and small things into nothing.

That is, not to file a case.

If there is no case, what else is being tried?

The second is to downplay the nature of the case, such as murder by manslaughter, assault by mutual assault.

In this way, it is not only convenient to close the case quickly, but also to reduce the nature of the case.

Otherwise, he always had bad criminal cases during his tenure, wouldn't it be said that the county magistrate had no way to lead and bad reputation.

The third is the simplest, quickest, and no-brainer, that is, no matter what the case is, regardless of the merits, all copy the old routine and close the case hastily.

In short, officials are doing everything they can to avoid the backlog of cases.

It's just that this is called the Soul Demon Man case is quite complicated, and it may involve both demon cults and cults, as well as folk anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty, which has a great stake, and the small seven-rank official in Mazhi County really doesn't dare to arbitrarily decide.

If the trial is not good, it is a trivial matter that the official hat cannot be kept, and it is a major matter if the head is taken off.

Looking at the Baili boundary of the Xianghe River, whether in office or in office, there is no leader greater than the deputy level of the Sanpin Department.

What's more, this leader is still authentic Manchuria.

Naturally, Lord Jia Jia, who was appointed to direct the military and civilian flood control in Xianghe, and the Minister in charge of the Forward Battalion, became the best person to handle the case.

If the trial is correct, everyone is good.

The trial is wrong, and it has nothing to do with him Mazhi County.

How did Jia Liu, who was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, know the careful thoughts of Mazhi County, with hatred for demons and bitter feelings for braids, he went directly to the county Yati people for trial without changing his clothes.

Rather, he wanted to see if science would prevail over God, or if God would prevail over science.

No matter where the state or county yamen is, there are three halls.

The third and second halls are located behind the yamen, and in order to better protect the privacy of the parties, the third and second halls are located behind the yamen, and in order to better protect the privacy of the parties, they can not be made public, that is, they are not allowed to stand by the people, and there is no need to stand in three shifts and six rooms.

Of course, it is also more convenient for the county magistrate to weigh the pros and cons and uphold justice.

Criminal cases must be heard in the hall, and the presiding judge must be neatly dressed, and the three shifts and six rooms must be on duty as usual, and they must be open to the people.

First, it shows the ability of the trial officials, and second, it is also a legal education for the people.

"My lord, this case is complicated, is it tried behind closed doors?"

Before the official opening of the court, Mazhi County suggested that the case should not be made public, and sent officials to drive away all the people who came to watch after hearing the news.

lest something shocking come out of the world.

Jia Liu is unhappy, he is so old and promoted to the court for the first time, what is the matter without an audience?

Without an audience, what kind of drama is it sung?

Without readers, what kind of book do you write?

The Manchurian people wanted to make it public, but Mazhi County did not dare to disobey the order, so the door was opened, and the people poured in to watch.

I don't know if the people hated the demons too much, or if they were too afraid, thousands of people came.

The lobby was full of people, and the street outside the yamen was also crowded with people, and the queue was afraid that it would be able to line up for two or three miles.

There was a lot of discussion, and all kinds of bizarre and bizarre soul-calling cases were said.

Talking nonsense, there was no trial inside the yamen, and there were already hundreds of terrifying soul-calling cases outside.

But it's probably "You've heard", "Do you know", "My uncle's four boys"...

Neither the place where the case occurred nor the parties clearly referred to.

According to what these people said, at least a few hundred people died in Xianghe County this month, but in fact, except for a dozen or so who died normally, the county government has been idle.

Ignorant people are spreading rumors, and scholars are also saying with a profound face that many people are panicking in the daytime, touching their backs from time to time to see if they are being labeled, or thinking about whether they will cut off their braids to keep them safe when they go home.

In the yamen, Jia Liu, a third-grade official, was definitely not polite to the seventh-grade Mazhi County, and sat directly on his county magistrate's chair, picked up the shocking wooden "horn", and ordered the demon to be brought along.

Soon, the two demons were chained and escorted to the court, and at the same time, the background music of "mighty" sounded.

Under the "mirror hanging", Lord Jia Jia was a little unexpected.

Because, the two demons who were brought up turned out to be an old man and a young one.

The old man was sixty years old, with white hair and beard, and few teeth left in his mouth.

The youngest one is only seven or eight years old, and the milk smell has not dried.

All young and old have a common characteristic, that is, the braids are gone.

The mighty sound of the servants and the sound of the beating of the torture sticks frightened the old and the young to kneel on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, and both trembling.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a demon.

Jia Liu's first trial of the case, and with so many viewers watching, he definitely couldn't wrongfully accuse the innocent, so he turned his head and asked Namazhi County: "This is the demon you caught?" ”

"That's right, it's a demon!"

Machi is very sure.

"How can you confirm that?"

Jia Liu was skeptical.

"My lord, these ancestors and grandchildren behaved strangely, they lost their braids, and they found a charm on them..."

Ma Zhixian said that the official asked the old man what the charm was, and the old man said that as long as the charm was attached to the person, then the person would be hooked on the spot and become like a fool. After seven hundred and forty-nine days, he will die with a whimper.

"Really?"

Jia Liu still didn't believe it, so he was shocked and asked if the old man could draw a talisman and whether this talisman would really take people's souls.

"Wronged, sir! ...”

What Ma Zhixian didn't expect was that the old man retracted his confession on the spot, saying that the talisman was the peace talisman he asked for for his grandson from the Taoist temple, and it was not a talisman that could hook people's souls at all.

Jia Liu was unhappy, so he was shocked to shoot again, and asked, "Then why do you confess that this charm will call the soul?" ”

The old man looked scared: "Master, if you don't say that, the grass people will be killed." ”

Jia Liu looked at Mazhi County, and Mazhi County also looked embarrassed, and then looked at Chen Zhutou, who had made meritorious contributions to arresting people.

Chen Zhutou was also anxious: "My lord, don't listen to this demon's quibble, the little ones have never beaten them!" ...”

Jia Liu didn't ask if there was torture for the time being, but asked someone to take the talisman from the old man's body and look at it, but he couldn't see anything when he looked at it.

So he changed his way of thinking about the trial, cut in from another angle, and asked where the old man's braids went.

As a result, the old man said that he had heard that there had been a demon who could call souls recently, and he was afraid that he would be called a soul, so he cut off his braids and those of his grandson.

"Ignorant and ridiculous, there is no magic in the world, you are waiting to scare yourself!"

The truth of the case can basically be judged at this point, that is, the officials of Xianghe County are in chaos, but in order to popularize the law and popularize science, so that the people are no longer afraid of rumors, Jia Liu actually walked out of the hall with the so-called charm, and said to the people: "Lang Lang Qiankun, where did the demons come from, and where did the demons come from!" The matter of calling the soul is purely a rumor, and the people believe it. ”

However, the expressions of the people told Jia Jia that they still believed in God.

Helpless, Jia Liu chose the most simple way to refute the rumors.

I saw him stick the so-called charm "horn" on his back, and then turned around three times in front of his surname, and then stood still, and said to the people proudly: "Have you seen it? This soul-calling spell doesn't work, what does this mean, it means that the soul-calling thing doesn't exist at all, it's just a rumor spread by a small rubber, the purpose is just to put everyone in danger to themselves, and then achieve their ulterior purpose, this official hates it, and I ask the people not to..."

As he was talking, suddenly, Lord Jia Jia stopped moving, and his eyes looked straight ahead.

The crowd was in an uproar, and the people standing in front shouted "ah" and hid back, and the people behind fled frantically outside the yamen.

"Your Excellency?"

Ma Zhixian didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly walked to the side of the man and called, but after calling twice, the man did not respond, and stared at the front like a fool.

After realizing something, Ma Zhi County was also stunned: "It's bad, the adult is called the soul!" ”

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