Chapter 44: Night Trial (Part II)
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the ghosts and gods in the hall converged again.
Qi Jingzhi didn't expect the test to come so quickly, and in a flash of thought, he had already gone through the file that he had hurriedly read in his heart, looked at Shen Ruhai and said: "These blood shadows are not the defendant's prisoners you have handled, but the manifestation of the plaintiff's bitter master's resentment towards you. ”
Hearing this, Shen Ruhai was immediately stunned, and his tone was full of incomprehension: "The resentment of the plaintiff's bitter master? ”
Qi Jingzhi nodded: "You only know that brutal murder will cause unjust cases, don't you know that leniency for murderers is also a crime?" The merits of your life are all recorded, and a total of 28 people sued you after death, of which the plaintiff accounted for the majority. ”
The young man held the file in his hand and read it word by word: "In the sixty-fourth year of Yuanhua, the merchant He passed through Lanji County, Baofu County, Ruizhou, and encountered a clan fight in the countryside, and was killed by several wounds, and the property he carried was also looted. ”
"On the grounds that you were seriously injured in the weapon fight and could not bear to kill again, you instructed you to make a false record, and wrote down the multiple wounds on He's body as only one, and died of accidental injuries in the chaos. He was wronged and sued Yu Chenghuang in Lanji County. ”
"In the third year, Zhang Mou, Doujiao County, Yuaxe County, Linzhou, sat idle in front of his house, was trampled by a horse, and finally died of injuries. On the grounds that Zhang was already seriously ill, you changed the serious injury to a minor injury, and strongly persuaded the two families to go private. Zhang was not angry and sued the city god of Doushan.
"In the thirteenth year of Zheng, Jiang, a doctor in Chiwu County, Yaozhou, took his son-in-law up the mountain to collect medicine, and was pushed off the cliff by his son-in-law. Jiang was angry and sued the city god of Chiwu County. ”
Qi Jingyi recited three times in a row before stopping, and when he looked at Shen Ruhai again, he saw that although there was a look of surprise on this person's face, he did not panic at all.
"God's grace, the so-called law does not blame the public, I will determine the death of the merchant He as a mistake, and the property as lost, so that I can appease the township and recover those property smoothly, so that the orphans and widows of the He family will not starve and freeze."
"Zhang Mou from Doujiao County, Jade Axe County, suffered from a vicious disease, which made his family surrounded by walls, and he was already hated by his family. I strongly persuaded the two families to go private, and the Zhang family finally got a sum of buried silver, which is better than both people and money. ”
"As for Dr. Jiang from Chiwu County, only his son-in-law was present when he fell off the cliff, and there is no circumstantial evidence. Although the son-in-law of the Jiang family was flickering in his words during the autopsy, the neighbors knew that Dr. Jiang's daughter and her husband Jun Qinse were harmonious and affectionate. Now that she has no father, how can I bear to investigate her husband and make her family separated and have no end? ”
Shen Ruhai is worthy of being a famous criminal master for decades, even if Chenghuang is in person, he still dares to defend himself, and even talks about reasonableness, and he actually pushes his relationship clean in a few words: "God, the law is nothing more than human feelings, although Shen's judgment of the case is hindered by the law, it is reasonable, and it is also the most beneficial to the living. ”
Yu Lao Chenghuang listened silently, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Sword and pen dance text, the song is exculpatory!" The dead are unspeakable, but the living have all benefited, and naturally they are all happy and peaceful! No wonder you can be co-opted by many county guards and county orders, and you have been a famous criminal master for decades! ”
"What God says is true! The dead are gone, but the living still want to live, and blindly studying the law is not beneficial to the living. ”
Shen Ruhai didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Chenghuang's words, but his expression became more and more earnest: "Shen Mou acted in his life, he didn't dare to say that he was selfless, but he shouldn't be guilty. Those who have spirits under the spring, know the situation at home, and they will understand if they want to come, and please go to the gods to see it! ”
Yu Lao Chenghuang snorted coldly, and turned his head to look at Qi Jingzhi: "What do you think?" ”
The young man looked at the silent roar of blood, and said in a deep voice: "These dead people have suffered several wounds, died in a foreign land, or are riddled with serious illnesses and trampled on, or fall off a cliff and have broken bones, either of which is in pain. When they die, they will know that they will surely hope that they will be raped and punished, and they will be angry! ”
He paused, and after a little deliberation, he continued: "The younger generation doesn't know how the laws of Yin Si are determined, but compare my heart to my heart, if I am innocent and innocent, but I am slaughtered by others, I just ask the murderer to surrender to the law but I can't get it, and the lonely soul cries blood, and the nine ghosts are wronged...... Such a great hatred cannot be washed away even if it is poured out of the water of the Yellow Spring! ”
As soon as Qi Jingzhi's words came out, including the old city god, the ghosts and gods in the hall were full of strange light.
Shen Ruhai's face changed even more sharply, and he argued in a loud voice: "Shen assisted Dong Weng to judge the case, according to the law of the yang world, firstly, the court has a department to check and verify that it is correct, and secondly, the family of the deceased has no objections, but now there are two trials of one matter, and it is not ridiculous to be judged by the laws of the Yin Division!" ”
Qi Jingzhi had already opened his mouth, so he put down all his scruples, stared at Shen Ruhai and said: "You only know the pity of the living, but you don't remember the pathetic of the dead, and you are clever and pretentious, so that the murderer will not die and continue to run rampant in the world!" If you regard the law of the court as child's play, what kind of face does you have to talk about the law of the yang world? ”
"The most hateful, instead of being ashamed, you are proud, and you keep saying that you are thinking about the living, in the final analysis, you are just generous to the dead! Those who died in vain, although they were not killed by your own hands, but because of you, there is no day of redress, and if they do not hate you, who should they hate? ”
Qi Jingzhi's words hit the nail on the head, and they can be called loud, but Shen Ruhai is an old official who has accumulated years after all, and he doesn't know how many cases he has broken in his life, how many joys and sorrows he has seen in his life, how could he overturn the creed he has pursued for decades because of a few words?
What's more, in his opinion, although the young man standing next to the throne is highly valued, it must be Chenghuang who is the real master. After all, only weapons and names can't be dummies, this is the most reasonable in the world, and in front of him, this yin division that is similar to the official office of the yang world, naturally will not be exempt from vulgarity.
So, Shen Ruhai bowed solemnly to the throne of the gods, and said respectfully: "Shen has assisted several Dongweng before his death, and all the counties under his jurisdiction have been quelled and the place is peaceful. Now that he has entered the Yin Division, he is the spirit under the rule of the Lord Chenghuang, and he does not dare to ask for any Yin virtue and Yin Gong, he only asks the Lord to be the master, and he is still old! ”
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
Most of the ghosts and gods of Daqi are sealed by the lord of the country after the death of officials, and Yin Si will inevitably carry a lot of shadows of the Yang World Yamen when he acts, but the conviction of Yin Si is only an appearance, and the root is still to dissipate the karma of the dead spirits and not make Yin and Yang disorderly, and it is not really necessary to sort out the merits.
Now Shen Ruhai has taken out the set of Yangshi law and human feelings, and tried in vain to confuse the past, I am afraid it will not work. In the final analysis, it was because of his lack of knowledge, and he thought badly from the root, and no matter how clever he was, it was useless.
Sure enough, I saw Yu Lao Chenghuang slapping the shocked wood, and shouted angrily: "The evil obstacle riddled with bad karma is still talking about yin virtue and yin gong? Master Meng, you come and tell him how much Yin virtue and Yin Gong he has accumulated in his life! ”
"Yes!"
Meng Fuzi agreed, immediately opened a book, and said loudly: "Shen listen carefully, during the period when you were in charge of Lanji County, Baofu County, Ruizhou, you assisted the county order to judge 132 cases, including 112 cases of impartiality, 11 cases of unintentional evil, 9 cases of intentional bias, 17 cases of leniency, and one of the bitter masters was resentful after his death, and he complained at the city god of Lanji County. ”
He paused for a moment, and then said: "According to the above calculations, your merits and demerits are roughly offset, and there are still two taels of yin and virtue left. ”
Hearing this, Shen Ruhai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although there are not many Yin Virtues in two or two Yin Virtues, there is always a surplus, which is much better than making ends meet.
"I haven't finished talking yet......"
Meng Fuzi still had the following, coughed lightly and continued: "Because of your leniency, in the two years after He's death, Lanji County has killed two percent more people every year than in previous years, and one of them has turned into a ghost, causing the death of seven members of his enemy's family. ”
"All this, a big damage to yin morality, need to deduct fifty-seven taels and eight dollars!"