Chapter Eighty-Three: Debate
The third watch arrived, and the work was finished.
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Su Jin pondered the flaws in this in order to find out the reasons that could be refuted, but first of all, he didn't know anything about some basic steps and evidence composition of ancient trials; Second, the other party's design is extremely ingenious, using Qin Dalang's hand to slander others, but there is no evidence for his death, and what they accused is only the crime of forcing people to death, but they are not slandered as the crime of homicide.
Su Jin suddenly understood the hardships and ruthlessness of these people's scheming: the characterization of the corpse as suicide was the most suspicious point for Su Jin, in Su Jin's opinion, Qin Dalang was nine times out of ten for the Chamber of Commerce; But the reason why it was determined to be suicide was because if it was determined that he was murderous, and the evidence was insufficient, the crime of murder would be inflicted on Su Jin's body in the end, and an unsolved case would be left to be dealt with by the prefect's yamen.
When the time comes, it will not be impossible for the yamen to investigate, if it is checked, the murderer will be in the Chamber of Commerce, how to deal with it? If it is not investigated, the pending cases will not only affect the reputation of the government but also will not calm public opinion, but will put themselves in a dilemma; That's why they retreated to the next best thing, characterizing it as committing suicide by throwing themselves into the water, and then placing a crime of persecuted death, which can be described as painstaking.
The reason is clear, it is not easy to refute, since the Chamber of Commerce and the government have joined forces, it must be determined to win; This time, his situation will be extremely difficult, and if he is a little careless in his words, he will be a handle, and he will be like spider silk wrapped around his upper body layer by layer, and he will not be able to get out; And it hasn't been until the time when the fish is dead and the net is broken, and he can't shake out the case of Scarface Heiqi because of the current predicament, and by then the Chamber of Commerce and the prefect don't know if they die, and they will be completely finished.
Su Jin's thoughts were rushing and hesitating, Zhu Shiyong didn't allow him to delay time here, squinted his eyes and asked loudly: "The criminals Su Jin, your crimes have been exposed, and you have nothing to say, you are such a profiteer and a man, in my Luzhou Mansion for a day, you will be like a flaw in white and a barnyard in the rice; Forcing people's lives for your own selfishness, the laws of heaven and the law of the world will not allow you, this government is now pronounced a sentence, and according to the six of the ten evils of the Great Song Dynasty, Su Jin will be exile......d."
Before Zhu Shiyong's series of judgments were finished, he heard someone say loudly: "Wait! ”
Everyone followed the prestige, only to see two people slowly pacing out of the audience outside the hall, one was a middle-aged man in a gray robe of medium stature, and the other was an old man in a green robe; The middle-aged man took off the bamboo hat on his head to shade the sun, and everyone saw his appearance clearly, only to see that the man had two thick eyebrows, a white face, a serious face, and a trace of angry sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Everyone who doesn't know him, this is the celebrity of Luzhou City, who has served his parents at home for ten years in order to fulfill his filial piety.
Yan Biyun's eyes lit up, and the sentence "Master Bao......" was swallowed hard before he could say it, Bao Zheng glanced at Yan Biyun and nodded slightly; It turned out that they had known each other for a long time, and Bao Zheng was recommended by Yan Shu, and this time he was promoted to the position of Duanzhou prefect, and he had several encounters with Yan Biyun; Although Bao Zheng is not grateful for Yan Shu's recommendation, in addition to his upright and stubborn character, he is not unreasonable.
When Zhu Shiyong saw Bao Zheng appear, he was stunned at first, and then secretly scolded himself for being stupid, he knew that he was in Luzhou Province, how could this nosy guy not come to join in the fun, if this person is determined to take care of this nosy, I'm afraid it will be difficult not to be found out by him.
"Oh, isn't this Brother Xiren? If you don't talk about parting with relatives and friends in the house, how can you have time to come to my lobby to listen to these trivial cases. Zhu Shiyong smiled all over his face, stood up and bowed after the case; This is a public court, the presiding judge is greater than everything, and when the official position is bigger than him, the presiding judge can also sit in the case and not move, which is not considered to be a violation of the rules, Zhu Shiyong got up and saluted, which is already a big face for Bao Zhengtian.
Bao Zheng was unmoved, returned the salute with a dark face, and said lightly: "Don't be polite to the prefect, this is the lobby, not a place to talk about the past. ”
As soon as the people heard this, they felt that they were here to stir up the situation, originally this Su Xiaoguan was already speechless in the face of the accusation, and when he saw that there was going to be a catastrophe, it seemed that Master Bao was here to take him a hand; It's just that the evidence is conclusive, where does Master Bao start? It is rumored that this Master Bao is discerning, and a pair of discerning eyes can distinguish between black and white treachery, but I want to see if he is worthy of his name.
Su Jin grabbed his hands excitedly, there was no place to put it, he saw it alive, it was really alive, and he could still speak with kinetic energy, oh buy ga!
Lord Bao, Bao Qingtian, this is a mythical character, and he actually met it like this; It's a pity that he is covered in stinky sweat, missing a sleeve, his hair is scattered, and his image is not good; I'm afraid the first impression of an idol is not good.
Su Jin secretly glanced at Bao Zheng, why isn't he a big black face? It looks very ordinary, not tall, not so scary, and there are no marks such as stars and moons on the forehead, which is completely contrary to the tall and dark imagination in movies and TV series when I was a child, this is fucking fooling people, this is tampering with historical figures, poisoning children!
Zhu Shiyong rolled his eyes and scolded in his heart: Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng, what kind of thing to give a shameless face, since this is the case, the mansion is not polite to you.
After sitting down at the main case, he was shocked and shouted: "The hall is noisy." He turned to Bao Zheng and said: "Since Master Bao has said this, please sit aside and listen, this case is over, and you and I will talk about the friendship between colleagues." Come on, take a seat! ”
Bao Zhengyi waved his hand and said: "No need, this official is very impressed when he sees that the prefect decided the case quickly, and the cause and effect are conclusive; It's just that Master Zhu, don't you think it's hasty to judge the case like this? ”
Zhu Shiyong scolded angrily in his heart, but his expression was calm and calm, and he smiled dryly: "Oh? Mr. Bao seems to be very interested in the affairs of my Luzhou Mansion, what is biased, let's just chat in private, Mr. Bao should not say much at this moment. ”
Fools can hear that Zhu Shiyong is sarcastically nosy Bao Zheng, when will it be your turn to take care of the affairs of Luzhou Mansion, you will honestly stand aside for me.
Bao Zheng was unmoved, and said with a serious expression: "If you wait for the time to chat in private, wouldn't there be one more unjust case in the world?" ”
Zhu Shiyong couldn't hold back any longer, and said coldly: "Lord Bao, is this insisting on taking care of the affairs within my Luzhou jurisdiction?" ”
Bao Zheng confronted each other: "Why not? Isn't Luzhou my Great Song Dynasty? I live in the palace of the position, I have the responsibility of inspecting and investigating, summarizing and reporting, if I see an unjust case and are unmoved, will I not live up to the emperor's grace. ”
Zhu Shiyong said with a smile: "Lord Bao really lives up to his reputation, it seems that only Lord Bao is the only one in the world who is diligent in serving the country, and the others are all corrupt and perverted the law, right?" Speaking of this today, I have to remind Lord Bao that this matter will be submitted to the Huaixi transfer envoy and the imperial court to see if the foreign officials are indiscriminately disturbing the situation within the jurisdiction of others. ”
Bao Zheng looked at Zhu Shiyong quietly and said: "What are the plans of the adults Bao Zheng has no right to interfere, I just don't understand why the adults have such a reaction, even if I am not an official, I can also have the right to express my own questions, what are you afraid of?" ”
Zhu Shiyong was furious, and he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore and shouted angrily: "Bao Zheng! This government reads that you are a fellow villager in Luzhou, and you are an official, so I am polite to you, don't know what to do, and don't lose your identity between words. ”
Bao Zheng clenched his fists and said to the sky: "There is only one standard for Bao Zheng's actions, he lives up to the emperor's grace, and he does not live up to the people of Limin, don't tell me anything about the friendship of fellow villagers and colleagues, Bao Zheng has never given up his position because of this kind of words." ”
Zhu Shiyong sneered: "What a high-sounding reason, the whole world is turbid, is it unique?" I want to see what you can say about this case, if you can't say one, two, three, four, I don't care what kind of Duanzhou prefect and palace prince you are, and I will definitely take you down and treat you for the crime of overstepping the rules, roaring at the court, and contempt for the officials. ”
Bao Zheng showed a rare smile, and fanned the bamboo hat in his hand and said: "Lord Zhu's ability to fabricate charges is not small, since this is the case, how about listening to me break down this case?" If I say something suspicious, you can correct it, and if it doesn't make sense, listen to it. ”
Zhu Shiyong leaned back on the big chair with both hands, looked contemptuous, and nodded: "Listen to ......"
Su Jin watched the two compete against each other, he was both happy and worried, seeing Lord Bao's aggressive momentum, he seemed to be confident, but if he couldn't find a suitable reason to refute it, and was impeached and condemned because of this, wouldn't he have become a sinner through the ages, thinking crankily for a while, and feeling cramped and uneasy.