Today is the time when He Ziang rushed to his deceased brother's house to mourn, and as soon as noon passed, he would go to the county government to submit a letter of submission to seek justice for his younger brother.

After Xu Yao listened to it, he knew that most of the key people he came to this time should be on He Ziang, so he immediately took the two girls to eat something, and rushed to the county in the afternoon.

When Xu Yao arrived, the two sides were facing the court and insisted on their own words, first He Ziang stated the matter, and then said angrily, "Meng Yuanbai is always rich and unkind, rampant in the township, and now he is even more openly molesting women from good families and mutilating people's lives, which is really outrageous, and now his younger brother He Jinxian has not seen anyone in his life and has not seen his body in death, so I implore Lord Zhizhou to find out the body, examine the scars, and severely punish the prostitute Hao."

"It's ridiculous," a middle-aged man in a brocade robe on the opposite side of him scolded angrily, then bowed down and arched his fist to the magistrate in the hall, "Although Yuan Bai has a rich family, he thinks that he abides by the law of etiquette and never does evil. Because the employee He Jinxian went out and did not pay it, the rent owed for half a year was not settled, so he asked his wife Xiao for rent. I didn't expect this Diao people to frame Liangshan and try to blame him for molesting his brother-in-law and beating his brother to death. If one is killed, how can there be no corpse? If it is adultery, how can there be no witnesses? I implore the Lord Zhizhou to gain insight into the details, severely punish the people, and be kind to them. Weeping blood appeal. ”

Meng Yuanbai's voice fell, and the governor of Xiao County turned his attention to He Ziang again, and He Ziang immediately spoke out: "My brother Jinxian rented Meng Yuanbai's house because of a mercenary, but I didn't want Meng Yuanbai to come to tease his younger sister-in-law Xiao from time to time, and my brother Jinxian saw it and scolded her away. Unexpectedly, the next day, my brother Jinxian passed by his door, and was dragged into his house by the evil slaves under his command, beaten to death, and hid his body. As long as the boss strictly supervises the prostitute to hand over the body and examines whether there are serious injuries, he will definitely be able to know the truth and avenge his younger brother Jinxian. ”

Meng Yuanbai immediately retorted: "Your brother has no whereabouts so far, so you framed a good person for no reason." If you know that your brother was killed by me, why don't you find his body and let the eldest master inspect it? Since I, Meng Yuanbai, am willing to lease the house to the residents, I must ensure the safety of the residents, how can I have the intention of harming others. If I have the intention of committing adultery to your brother-in-law, wouldn't it be a good time for your brother-in-law to be absent? And now that your brother-in-law lives in this house, and your brother owes rent for half a year, I think that she is a woman and has not forced the rent to be paid, and it can be seen that there is absolutely no love for adultery! ”

He Ziang heard that the other party was still clever and tongue-in-cheek, a pair of tiger eyes were almost out of the eye sockets, and his fists were clenched, looking like he wanted to choose someone to devour.

Because of the adultery, the magistrate of Xiao County had no choice but to interrogate the Xiao family

When he went to the court to hear the trial, he directly asked him if he had committed adultery with Meng Yuanbai. And Xiao Shi was shy, only saying that Meng Yuanbai often came to molest with words, but he did not become an adulterer, and there was no witness to verbal flirtation, which made adultery dispensable, and it was difficult to determine whether it was possible or not.

Xiao County Governor interrogated Lin You to testify, because He Jinxian and Xiao are from other counties, so all the testimony said that He Jinxian was a helper from other counties, and I don't know if he returned to his hometown or went out, and he has not been seen for half a year.

Meng Yuanbai is a rich man, but he is not a rich and unkind person, he often helps the poor and benefits the villagers, he is a famous good man, it is impossible to kill people and adulterous people's wives. Regarding the testimony of the witnesses, the magistrate of Xiao County did not believe it at first, so he used his fingers to ask them to testify truthfully, and although everyone was tortured, he did not change his words, and he believed it.

Originally, the "Chu Law Criminal Law Breaks Prison and the Old and the Young Do Not Torture Interrogation" stipulates: "Those who are compatible with the law, those who are over 80 years old and under 10 years old, and who are ill, are not allowed to be allowed to testify against them." Violators shall be punished with fifty lashes. ”

In other words, persons over the age of 80 and under 10, as well as persons with disabilities, are not allowed to be witnesses, except for those who are close to each other, because they cannot be tortured. In other words, at that time, as long as it was a witness, the government could torture him to infer the truth of his testimony, which was one of the reasons why people avoided it when it happened, lest they become witnesses.

The witnesses of Xiao County Zhizhou were all convinced that He Ziang was falsely accused. According to the provisions of the "Chu Law Criminal Law Litigation False Accusation": Anyone who falsely accuses a person to the death penalty will be sentenced to death. and if he is undecided, he shall have a hundred rods and three thousand miles, and shall serve for three years." Therefore, He Ziang was convicted of a hundred rods, three thousand miles, and three years of imprisonment.

If he dares to resist, then he will most likely only bear the charge, and he and his younger brother will no longer be able to avenge the wrongs, so although they have great hatred in their hearts, they have to be escorted away.

And Meng Yuanbai didn't even look at He Ziang, who was escorted out by the official, but almost set up with Zhizhou, "Yuanbai is not good for a long time, but he has one or two floating wealth, which attracts people to covet it, this Diao Min's younger brother owes rent to himself, and he doesn't know where he is, this Diao Min still wants to come to spew blood, so as to extort money, fortunately, the adults are aware of everything, so they didn't let this Diao Min succeed"

"Yuan Bai went up the mountain to hunt an elk before, and before he cleaned up, he was dragged to this court by this people, if the adults don't dislike it, they will go back with me, cook the venison, and drink two cups, isn't it beautiful. After the magistrate of Xiao County smiled and excused himself, he couldn't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of Meng Yuanbai, and finally agreed

down.

And Xu Yao, who watched a big show, also quietly left the scene at this time, although on the surface of this case, there is no problem with this Zhizhou, in fact, they are all favoring Meng Yuanbai.

First of all, Xiao County Zhizhou was negligent when questioning the case, when interrogating Xiao's, he came up and asked him if he was an adulterer, according to common sense, even if a woman from a good family is an adulterer, she is embarrassed to admit that she has adultery in front of many men, so it is difficult to ensure that what Xiao said is true, and there are many ways to inquire about adultery.

Secondly, the two sides control each other, each insists on its own words, Meng Yuanbai swears an oath, and does not hesitate to cite everyone as evidence, and He Ziang always emphasizes that he is a foreigner, and no one is willing to testify for himself, in the case that the witness may be tortured, there are so many people who are willing to testify for Meng Yuanbai, and it is difficult to guarantee that it is not bribery as evidence, or is afraid of Meng Yuanbai's power and has to testify.

The governor of Xiao County should have carefully weighed the qualifications of witnesses, and should have used the armor protection organization to appoint witnesses by the government, but if he did not do so, it was said that his negligence was light, and it could even be regarded as dereliction of duty, and it was difficult to keep his official position.

In the end, although the torture witnesses of Xiao County Zhizhou acted in accordance with the law, but in the presence of both the original defendant and the witnesses, what the former witnesses said when they were sentenced, the later witnesses must follow suit, and with Meng Yuanbai's eyes, it is inevitable that everyone will say something.

Although the term "public opinion" has a very high degree of credibility in judicial trials, it is inevitable that the public will make money and rely on public opinion to create momentum, so that the wronged person cannot make a defense. Xiao County Governor is so negligent, of course, it is difficult to get the truth, and there is no guarantee that there are no grievances in this case, not to mention that Meng Yuanbai is a rich man and He Jinxian is a helper, if it is He Ziang who extorted money by taking advantage of his brother's disappearance, it is possible, and his complaint does not mention money, and the extortion of money can be ruled out, so it is difficult to say that he is chasing after the wind and shadows if he unswervingly said that his younger brother He Jinxian was killed.

Of course, the township is full of foolish people, where can you see these clearly, even if you can see clearly, one side is a county governor plus one side is rich, and on the other side is a dead man and an exiled prisoner, what to say, what not to say, everyone's hearts are naturally very clear.

Things have come here, according to ordinary speaking, the case has all the evidence and material evidence, and it has become an iron case, and the He brothers are released first-class after death, and there is only one female generation left in the family, even if they have the heart, they are unable to overturn the case again, so this seemingly black and white reversal and unreasonable case has become an ironclad fact.