Zhu Ping'an sat on the top of the high hall and carefully looked at the original defendants and the two defendants under the hall. Before ascending to the court, they had already learned the general reason, and the eighteen villagers beat drums and litigated, saying that they had discovered the monk and the nun fornication, and arrested the two on the spot and reported them to the official.

The eighteen villagers in the hall were full of righteous indignation and excitement, and the leader was a man in his forties, dressed better than the others, and the other seventeen villagers were all typical crop men.

The accused monk and nun were not very old, they were about twenty years old, and they were tied up, all in embarrassment, the monk blushed, and the nun's head was almost drooping to the ground, as if looking at the posture and looking to find a hole in the ground to get into.

There is a certain reason why the ancients paid attention to the five hearings and decided the case. By observing words and looks, Zhu Ping'an already had a rough judgment in his heart. However, the trial of a case cannot be based on subjective assumptions, and it is also necessary to pay attention to evidence and law, and these must be tried in a higher court in order to have a true, accurate, and specific judgment on the entire case.

"Whoever the plaintiff's surname is and where he lives, report to the official one by one. There are a lot of you, and after you have finished reporting, you will choose a representative to come out, and then explain to the official why you have tied up two monks to come to the office. ”

Zhu Ping'an first said to the plaintiffs kneeling in the hall, asking them to report their identities, and then choose a representative to come out and reply.

"The eldest lord of Huizhi County, the youngest is Zhang Dalong from Hongmiao Village, who lives in the middle of Hongmiao Village."

The leading man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, raised his head and said to Zhu Ping'an.

"The small one is Zhang Daniu, who is also from Hongmiao Village, and lives in the west of the village."

"The small one is Zhang Tiedan, who is also from Hongmiao Village, and lives next to Da Niu's house, next to the main road in the village."

"Small King Green Onion ......"

More than a dozen villagers knelt on the ground, kowtowed their heads one by one, and stumbled their names and addresses.

After the report, Li Zheng, as a representative, knelt on the ground and explained the reason for the report in detail.

"The eldest lord of Qiqi County, the little ones are all serious people in Hongmiao Village. Our village is called Hongmiao Village because there are two temples on the hill in front of the village and behind the village, there is a monk temple on the hill in front of the village, called Hongmiao Temple, and there is a temple behind the village that is a nunnery, called Hongmiao Nunnery. These two temples are very effective and famous, and they are famous in the four miles and eight towns. This morning, Zhang Daniu from our village got up early and went to the woods behind the village to collect fungi, and when he heard movement in the woods, he thought it was a blind bear or a wolf or something, so he tiptoed back to the village in fright and reported it to me. I was worried that the beast would hurt people, so I took the strong offspring of the village, took the guys' business, and prepared to eliminate this great harm for the village. ”

"But I didn't expect that when we went into the woods and found a place where there was movement, we didn't find any wild beasts, but we found this pair of goods that didn't abide by the rules and precepts and violated customs! When we caught it, the two were still cuddling together! Didn't even find us! Alas, what a violation of customs! Therefore, we caught it on the spot, and with the rope we prepared to tie up the beast, we tied this pair of immoral goods to the official! ”

Li Zheng Zhang Dalong knelt on the ground and told the reason for the binding of the monk and nun to report to the official.

Zhu Ping'an nodded after hearing this, and asked the more than ten villagers who were kneeling, "Do you have anything to add?" ”

"Lord Zhixian, what Li Zheng said is all, we have nothing to add."

More than a dozen villagers shook their heads in unison.

"Hahaha...... This can be regarded as a crooked hit. I wanted to fight the beast, but I didn't expect to fight a pair of wild mandarin ducks. ”

"Hehe, using the rope that binds the beast and tying them up is also useful, is there any difference between these two shameless goods and the beast."

"It's really shameless, it's still a monk......

"No wonder there is a nun temple next to the monk's temple, this is just the right match......"

The melon-eating crowd outside listened to Zhang Lizheng's words, and couldn't help but discuss with their eyebrows. It's not the first time they've come to the county government to see the county magistrate try the case, they know the rules, they all say it in a suppressed voice, and they don't dare to disturb the county government's trial. Otherwise, they will be expelled from the county government at the least, and they will be punished at the worst.

After Zhu Ping'an finished questioning the plaintiff, he turned his head to look at the monks and nuns who were being bound, and ordered the officials under the court, "Untie them first, and before the trial of this ya's case is concluded, any defendant is a suspect, not a criminal." After the trial of the case is concluded, the guilty will be severely punished according to the law, and the innocent will be released. ”

"Thank you, Lord Zhixian." After the monk and nun were untied, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and said to the two: "The two of you will report to your home first." ”

The monk knelt on the ground and folded his hands, "Returning to the county master, the little monk is called Wuzhen, and he is placing an order in Hongmiao Temple." ”

"Little Nifa is Shenyue, born in Hongmiaoan." The nun also knelt on the ground and kowtowed in reply.

"What is the name of a layman? Where do you live? When did you leave home? Zhu Ping'an asked again.

"The little monk's family name is Liusuo, and he lives in Liujia Village. The little monk was ordained last year. The monk replied.

"The surname of the little nun is Wang, named Wang Lian, and the family lives in Liujia Village. Xiao Ni also became a monk last year. The nun then replied.

Oh, the two turned out to be from the same village, and they were born in the same year. When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he touched his chin.

There's definitely something going on here.

Zhu Ping'an had a basic judgment in his heart, so he further asked, "Why did you two become monks?" ”

"I don't dare to hide the county master, the little monk and the sister of the Wang family have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. It's just that the little monk's family is poor, and he went to ask for a relative, but Uncle Wang didn't allow it, and he had to marry the sister of the Wang family to the horse in the town as a concubine. Ma Yuan is sixty years old, and the sister of the Wang family goes to be a concubine for him, where will there be any happiness. The little monk knelt down at Uncle Wang's house and begged Uncle Wang to marry the sister of the Wang family to me, Uncle Wang not only disagreed, but also ordered the little monk to be beaten and driven out of the house, the little monk was beaten badly, and he was bedridden at home for more than a month. Later, I learned that Uncle Wang insisted that the sister of the Wang family marry the horseman, and the sister of the Wang family swore to die, ran away from home, and became a nun. After the little monk learned about it, he was discouraged, and he also cut his hair and became a monk, and went to the nearby Hongmiao Temple to become a monk. ”

The monk knelt on the ground and replied with red and swollen eyes.

After listening to the monk's words, the melon-eating crowd outside suddenly started to talk again, and everyone didn't expect that the two of them would have such a past. Suddenly, two factions were formed, some sympathized with the monk and the nun who were hard-working mandarin ducks, and some felt that since the monk should abide by the rules and precepts, fornication was deeply hated, and he should be severely punished to set an example.