On the other hand, after Heifu and Ji Ying came to Anlu County, they were taken to the county prison by the prison officials for placement, but it was not a cell, but a guest house of the county prison, which is said to be specially prepared for their kind of "self-proclaim". The room is not big, but it is clean, there are two straw mats on the floor, so that they can rest, but they are not allowed to move around at will, and someone has to watch the toilet (toilet), and two meals a day are served - of course, they are only the coarsest rice.

Ji Ying was very uneasy, and when Heifu closed his eyes and recuperated, he kept pacing back and forth, worried about this and that, and suddenly asked after a while:

"Brother Heifu, do you think that Doctor Xi can handle the case impartially?"

"I guess I can......," replied Heifu, lying on a straw mat, nonchalantly.

When he heard the self-registration number of "Xi", he was also slightly surprised, remembering that in the TV program of his previous life, it was said that the biggest discovery of Yunmeng Qin Jian was not the letter written by "Heifu" to his family, but the coffin of an official named "Xi" in Anlu County, which opened the door to the Qin Dynasty for archaeologists......

Except for the scattered more than 1,000 slips that I liked to copy by hand, there were no other valuable funeral goods in the coffin, which shows how much this is a civil servant who loves his work.

Such a person should not bend the law, right?

It's ridiculous to say, but now, Heifu can only pin his hopes on Qin Lu's fairness and justice.

It was already dark, and the two fell asleep in a daze, but unexpectedly, someone outside suddenly pushed the door in!

Heifu hurriedly got up, and the faint light poured in from the outside, but he saw a kind-faced soap-clothed little official, holding a pen and sharpening, and his outfit was simply a copy of the "civil figurine" in the terracotta warriors.

Seeing Ji Ying and Heifu saluting him, the little official said with a smile: "Don't be polite, I'm just a small official, not an official, you wait to sit down and talk." ”

So Heifu and Ji Ying knelt on the straw mat, and the self-proclaimed "Le" jailer sat opposite them, placed a small wooden frame on the table to fix the bamboo slips, lit the anointing oil lamp, yawned, and began the routine questioning.

The things asked are nothing more than the names, identities, and origins of Heifu and Ji Ying, and most importantly, whether they have any criminal records before!

"No, never!" Ji Ying shook his head into a rattle.

Heifu also said that he has three brothers, all of whom are good citizens and have not done anything illegal.

"It's fine if you don't have it." Le grinned on his face, but the words he said made people shudder.

"If you deliberately conceal the previous crime, it will be very disadvantageous to you when the county Cheng informs the township and Li of it!"

The two still said that they had not broken the law, and they didn't mention it.

After a while, Heifu couldn't hold back and asked: "Officer, the two of us are here to serve in the county, and the deadline is the first day of October, if you miss the service period......

Le gave him a reassurance: "You don't have to worry about the service, the county has already sent a document to the county lieutenant to explain the situation, and you can cooperate with the trial." ”

Le also told them that after the information they inquired about today was recorded, it would be sent to their places of origin for verification, and they would ask the township or village to reply in writing, which was called a "war letter." This is not only the case for the plaintiff, but also for the defendants, and when their identities are confirmed, the formal trial will begin.

Heifu said: "Dare to ask the officer, when will he be interrogated?" ”

Le smiled: "The place of origin that the thief confessed is not far away, it is in the neighboring county, it only takes two days to go back and forth, if nothing happens, the prison can start in three days." When the time comes, you and the others, as a self-proclaimed, will confront Bo Gonggong with the person who is accused, explain the course of the case, list the human and physical evidence, and then interrogate each other......"

Heifu was stunned, huh? The feeling of this Qin State trial is to let the defendant and the plaintiff hate each other, and the court silently observes and then makes a decision.

When the time comes, the two sides of the lawsuit will have to play their own lawyers, and they will have to argue with each other?

This is what Heifu didn't expect, his impression of the ancient trial is that the Qingtian master in various costume TV series was shocked, and the board with a thick arm hit the prisoner......

In the end, when the little official left, he left a sentence.

"At that time, you only need to tell the truth, and you must not lie! Remember, remember! ”

After the door was closed again, Ji Ying began to worry, because although he had listened to some laws popularized by the village officials, especially the amount of fines for committing crimes, he had never litied against anyone, and he had never litied against Bo Gong.

"What should I do?" He asked, looking at Hef.

"Cold salad!"

But Heifu fell asleep.

From this point of view, this Qin State is worthy of being famous as a Legalist, and it has its own rules when trying cases, rather than according to the personal preferences of officials.

Not to mention that this matter is reasonable, let's just say that when he was in the police academy in his previous life, he had taken torture classes and went to the court many times to observe, isn't he just confronting the defendant, afraid of a bird!

For a while, Heifu was looking forward to the "interrogation" three days later.

……

In the imagination of ordinary people, the trial of ancient cases is probably like this:

Outside the county office, there are crowds of people, above the lobby, the plaque with the words "Mirror Hanging" is hung high in the middle, and the county commander sits below, wearing a black gauze hat, and there are three guillotines of dragons, tigers and dogs under the hall. When the prisoner was escorted up, the officials on both sides shouted "mighty", and the old man of Qingtian "snapped" and slapped the shocked wood, pointing at the prisoner and saying: "Hit him first with 300 kills!" ”……

However, when it came to the "interrogation", that is, the day he met in court, the scene that Heifu saw was as follows:

The interrogation was not held at the yamen of the county temple, but was arranged in the county jail separated by a wall, with the inside of the county jail as a prison and the main hall outside. From the outside, it is a small courtyard, not at all the grandeur of the government, but the pavement paved with stones, even the fallen leaves are clean.

After entering the main hall, Heifu found that there was no place where people could beat drums and voice grievances, let alone open to the public, and a "futong", that is, an earthen screen, was blocked at the population place, painted white, and a few lines of Qin seal characters were written in ink.

Heifu was already literate, otherwise how could he go to the barracks and write letters to his family? But I saw that it was written in an article called "The Way of Officials".

"Whoever is a ruler must be pure and upright, prudent and steadfast, selfless in judgment, meticulous and meticulous, quiet and not harsh, and judge ...... reward and punishment."

And then what are the "five virtues" and "five losses"...... This is the Qin State's requirements for officials of all sizes, translated into the vernacular, that is, to be honest and honest, loyal to their duties, prohibiting fake public affairs for personal gain, to be close to the people, to be an official to eliminate harm and benefit for the people, etc., should be similar to the content in the "Several Guidelines for the Honest and Honest Administration of Leading Cadres of the Communist Party of China".

In short, Heifu was stunned, this is still the legendary "Violent Qin?" ”

"I hope that the officials who are trying the case today can really do these things."

Heifu and Ji Ying bypassed the screen and walked into the main hall under the guidance of the jailer "Le", only to find that the judge sitting in the hall was not Anlu County Commander and County Cheng, but Prison Pengxi! He was dressed in black today, wearing a hedgehog crown on his head, and he was sitting in a precarious position, so he was not majestic.

Seeing this person, a big stone in Heifu's heart suddenly fell to the ground, and he heard the jailer say that this Xi doctor is well-known for his iron-faced selflessness in Anlu County, and he is extremely relied on by the county, and the tricky cases will be handed over to him to handle on his behalf, and if he tries the case, there should be no problem, right?

At this time, Xi was already trying the case of "robbing the merchant Jia Bao", and when the black man and the others were brought into the hall, it happened that the merchant "Bao" went to the township and city on the day he confessed, and was robbed by thieves on the side of the road nine miles away from Huyang Pavilion, and fled in fear.

Then, it was the turn of the three thieves in shackles to kneel down in the hall and state the facts of their crimes.

The bearded man who had fought with Heifu first confessed: "My name is Pan, I am a soldier of Jingling County, I live in a certain mile, I was conscripted into the army in February last year, and went to the northern Zhao State to fight. ”

Jingling County is one of the 18 counties in South County, and Anlu County faces each other across Yunmengze. When the big man was speaking, the officials sitting on the left and right in the hall all held pens and wrote down on the wooden bamboo slips. That seriousness, like the scribes in the court in later generations, they want to record every word and deed of the criminal, and then seal it as a file and put it in the warehouse, most of the Qin Jane unearthed in later generations are similar things.

The presiding judge did not interrupt Pan during his statement, but kept writing on the slip until he finished speaking, and then asked, "There are no other crimes other than this robbery of Shang Jia Bao?" ”

Pan hesitated for a moment and said, "No! ”

At this time, Ji Ying turned his head and muttered to Heifu: "I remember that day, didn't he say that he had several lives on his hands......