Datang Nongwang

Chapter 550 Protecting officials or saving lives?

The case is such a case.

Not too big, not too small.

Originally, it would be fine for Niu Fan to settle this matter by himself, and the Chen family might be very happy, but right now, Niu Fan is being sued.

The people sued the officials.

Put it in another place, and it will basically pass after pressing it.

But this is Hu County, which is only a few dozen miles away from Chang'an.

Who dares to suppress, Wang Datong dare not suppress.

Even Li Chongyuan didn't dare to suppress, let alone Li Chongyuan would not suppress such a case.

Now that the matter has come to this, Li Chongyuan raised his head and looked at Niu Fan.

Seeing Li Chongyuan looking at him abruptly, Niu Fan suddenly had a chill on his face, and lowered his head, as if he was in defeat.

The people in the hall were beating their hearts when they saw the new county magistrate kept looking at the case file, and once he finished the case file, he turned to Niu Fan, the head book.

When the head of the Chen family saw this, he howled immediately, "Ah, Qingtian, Mingfu, please seek justice for my daughter. My daughter is only eighteen years old, but now she has been raped by him." Now, I am pregnant again, how should I live in the future.”

The head of the Chen family howled.

Immediately, the rest of the Chen family started to howl.

moment.

All the Chen family members in the hall were like slaughtering pigs, howling the whole second hall, it was impossible to stay.

Li Chongyuan frowned and narrowed his eyes when he heard the sound, he was really irritable.

"Lieutenant Wang, according to the statute of trial, so many people are here, is it in compliance with the regulations?" Li Chongyuan looked at Wang Datong.

Wang Datong shook his head, "Returning to County Magistrate Li, if they are all sufferers, then they are in compliance. If they are not sufferers, they must be incompatible. The Chen family came to file a complaint, saying that they are the sufferers, so I can't stop it."

Li Chongyuan shook his head helplessly after hearing this.

Judging from this situation, Wang Datong probably disliked Niu Fan.

otherwise.

Even though the Chen family members are the ones who suffer, this case is just one case, and it only needs to let the main characters go to court.

But Wang Datong is welcome.

So many members of the Chen family were allowed to come to the second hall, which was obviously aimed at Niu Fan.

What grievances and grievances there are between the two, Li Chongyuan can't guess.

But Wang Datong has only been in office for half a year, depending on the situation, it is impossible to have a conflict with Niu Fan.

'It seems that these two may have caused trouble during the time I went to Xixiang.This is also good, since you have conflicts, you can supervise more. '

Li Chongyuan saw some problems and thought to himself.

But the ear is still very noisy.

If you want to try the case, you have to clear up the noise.

Li Chongyuan looked coldly at the Chen family members in the hall, and angrily slammed the hall.

'Bang'.

Immediately.

The Chen family, who were still howling, looked at Li Chongyuan in the case hall after hearing this sound, and the howling stopped abruptly.

"Silencing. The most annoying thing for me to hear a case is that someone is rudely screaming and screaming in the courtroom. The sufferer can only keep three, and everyone else should wait outside. Otherwise, I will treat him as a The crime of disturbing the court." Li Chongyuan looked at the Chen family in the hall and spoke loudly.

When the Chen family heard the county magistrate's words, they were dumbfounded.

I wanted to howl and scream again, but this official will regard him as a crime of disturbing the court.

The howl that came to his mouth was immediately retracted.

Although the crime of disturbing the court is not serious, it still needs to be punished with twenty big boards.

The top [-] boards in this era are not simply the top [-] boards.

Those with a weaker body would have lost half of their lives. The elderly and children might all be dead after the twenties came down.

After Wang Datong heard the sound, he sighed secretly, and ordered the yamen servants to get the Chen family out of the hall.

Not much time.

The second hall was finally quiet, and there was no more noise around the ears.

After the second hall was quiet, Wang Datong got up and approached Li Chongyuan, and reminded him with his ear: "Magistrate Li, this Chen family is a big family in this county. If we are biased towards Master Niu, this Chen family will definitely not let it go. So , County Magistrate Li, please think about it when trying the case."

Li Chongyuan looked sideways at Wang Datong.

Good guy.

You are too obvious.

What kind of hatred has to bring Niu Fan down.

Although Niu Fan didn't say much, but at least there was an uncle of the county lord in his family.

Hello there.

Isn't this going to kill Niu Fan?

Seeing Li Chongyuan looking at him, Wang Datong dodged his eyes, and hurried back to his seat to sit down.

here.

Li Chongyuan became more and more confused.

What kind of enmity is there between the two, or what kind of grievance is there between the two.

"Who is in the hall, and what grievances do you want to talk about?" Li Chongyuan no longer thought about the problems between the two, and asked after looking at the Chen family in the hall.

This is Li Chongyuan's first trial.

He is not too clear about the process, so he can only speak according to what he has seen and heard, as well as some memories from his previous life.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong, otherwise I would have been laughed out of my teeth.

When the head of the Chen family heard the county magistrate's question, tears came to his eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Back to the Ming Mansion, the little one, Chen Bing, lives in Dongdajie. The little one came here today to sue him, Niu Fanniu, for bullying my daughter." , I also ask the Ming government to seek justice for the little one, and return my daughter's name of innocence."

"Chen Bing, do you know who you are suing?" Li Chongyuan asked.

When Chen Bing suddenly saw the county magistrate's question, he was taken aback for a moment, and felt very sad in his heart, "Back to the Ming Dynasty, I know that if the people sue the officials for false accusations, they will sit back. But the small words are true, like a small false accusation, The little one is willing to accept the judgment of the Ming government."

as he said.

If the people sue the officials, if it is a false accusation, it is a crime of rebellion.

If you sue a certain minister, in addition to sitting on the back seat, you may be sentenced to imprisonment.

of course.

This false accusation can only be counted as a non-major crime.

If it is a serious crime such as treason, then it is another matter.

False accusations are in the moment.

Basically, they are convicted of sitting back.

No matter what your status is, or what official title is hung on your head.

As long as you are making a false accusation, it is a crime of anti-sitting.

Although the law is set in this way, it is basically difficult to implement it.

It's like a certain prince accusing someone, Li Shimin can't really put the crime of rebellion on his son's head.

and so.

The law is mainly used to restrict ordinary people, not the people above.

"Since you're so sure, then I'm going to ask you a question." Li Chongyuan glanced at Niu Fan not far away, and then said to Chen Bing in the hall.

Chen Bing nodded and replied: "The Ming government asks, the little ones dare not be full."

"That's good. My question is simple, but you must tell the truth, otherwise, you should know the consequences." Li Chongyuan continued.

Next.

Under the reminder of the subordinate staff, Li Chongyuan began to question the Chen family members one by one in accordance with the regulations, and even Chen Bing's wife was not left behind.

After two quarters of an hour, the Chen family's statement was concluded.

At this time, Niu Fan was already sitting there with a livid face, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Chongyuan picked up the pen he carried with him, wrote a line of words on the paper, and handed it to Wang Datong by the subordinate staff.

When Wang Datong saw the paper Li Chongyuan handed him, he looked at Li Chongyuan with his eyes and nodded slightly.

Nothing was actually said on paper, it was just a proposal.

Seeing that Wang Datong nodded, Li Chongyuan looked at the three members of the Chen family in the hall and said, "You have stated the matter clearly, and I have also recorded it well here. Yamen servant, let the three of them avoid it first, and wait for me to wait for a few." Let's discuss it."

The yamen servant got the words, came to the hall and took the three of the Chen family out.

And this time.

The only people left in the second hall are the heads of officials in Hu County, as well as the subordinate officials and government servants.

Li Chongyuan suddenly slapped the counter angrily, pointed at Niu Fan angrily and shouted: "Niu Fan, you bastard, if you don't handle your own affairs well, you must make a scene that everyone in the county knows about. You are courting death."

Li Chongyuan was so angry that he used all kinds of words.

The people sued the government, this is no longer a simple case.

And this kind of thing happened in Hu County, which made Li Chongyuan furious.

Hu County is so close to Chang'an.

If this matter spread to Chang'an City, then Li Chongyuan would have to go to the court to drink tea.

It was Li Chongyuan's responsibility that the officials under him could not control him.

Even though Li Chongyuan is a acting county magistrate, he is not the county magistrate of Hu County.

Seeing Li Chongyuan pointing at him angrily, Niu Fan knew he was in the wrong, so he quickly got up from his chair, walked down the hall, and bowed to Li Chongyuan and the others, "Everyone, this is my Niu's fault. Originally, Niu also wanted to Hurry up and deal with it, but I didn't expect that little lady to be so stubborn. Alas! This is also my fault, I didn't deal with it well. Now that the matter has reached this point, I have nothing to say."

"You have nothing to say, but Hu County still needs face. Let me tell you, Niu Fan, don't think you are self-righteous just because you have an uncle who is a magistrate of the county. This is Tang State, and this is Hu County. I have long since Please don't stretch your hands too long. You are good. If you stretch your hands long enough, they are stretched to other women's beds. You are really promising. Subordinate, you come and tell him, according to my Tang Guolaw What crime will Niu Fan charge for this?" Li Chongyuan was still indignant.

When Niu Fan heard that Li Chongyuan said that he would be convicted according to the laws of the Tang Kingdom, his face immediately turned pale.

The subordinate staff held the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, looked at Niu Fan, then at Li Chongyuan, and said in a low voice: "Return to the county magistrate, this case is stated in the law, and anyone who commits a similar case will be sentenced to Kun Tongcheng." Danchong. And the punishment according to the facts, the owner of the cow will be imprisoned for two years, and will be sentenced to castration. The little lady who committed adultery with the owner of the cow will be sentenced to four years in prison. And the two of them will have to wear a shackle together and show it to the public for several days."

Huh.

When Li Chongyuan heard the subordinate's words, he was a little dumbfounded.

He really didn't know that it was just such a small matter, and the punishment was so severe.

Not only two years in prison, but also castration.

What is the castration, it means cutting off the bird, it is no different from those servants.

Just when Li Chongyuan was a little silly, the subordinate added: "This law has been extended from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the previous dynasty. In this dynasty, the castration has been eliminated, and the sentence is only two years in prison."

"Can you finish your sentence in one sentence? If you do this again next time, County Magistrate Li will definitely beat you to death." Li Chongyuan was really displeased by the surprise of this subordinate.

The subordinate staff was threatened by Li Chongyuan, and he bowed nervously.

This law has always been applied.

Even in the next few dynasties, the law is similar, without much difference.

Kun was charged with the crime of clamping Chengdan.

It's easy to say.

Shave their heads, wear shackles, build cities, and pound rice.

Chengdan Chung is a heavy sentence.

It is not something that ordinary people can resist, even for those who have been engaged in heavy physical labor, not everyone can resist it.

even.

The laborers engaged in Chengdan Chong even exceeded the scope of building a city or pounding rice.

As for the details, Li Chongyuan can only make up his mind.

Niu Fan in the hall already knew what kind of crimes he would be charged with for what he committed, so he didn't seem to care about what the subordinate said.

Or, he thought in his heart that he had an uncle who was a magistrate of the county, and even if he lost the post of chief registrar, he would not be sentenced to a prison sentence.

On the other hand, look at Wang Datong on one side.

With cold eyes, he looked straight at Niu Fan in the hall.

After Li Chongyuan glanced at each of the two, he stood up suddenly, "Niu Fan, since you admit what you have committed, then I will punish you according to the laws of my Tang Dynasty. Do you have any doubts?" Discussion!"

"What!!! Brother Chong Yuan, we have known each other for so many years. It is not about the friendship between you and me, but also about the face of the monk. My uncle and your aunt have a very good relationship. Could it be that Brother Chong Yuan is not Would it be impossible to kill me?" Niu Fan was afraid.

He saw the firmness in Li Chongyuan's eyes, and even more so, Li Chongyuan's ruthlessness from Li Chongyuan's expression.

Li Chongyuan laughed a few times and said: "What kind of friendship, what kind of monk's face to the Buddha. In front of the laws of my Tang Dynasty, there is no friendship, and there is no monk's face. Some are facts, and some are handling cases according to the law. Now that you Niu Fan submitted it to me Then I would like to ask you, Mr. Niu, when you climbed onto the bed of a little lady, did you think of our friendship, or my Huxian face? You have not, you have never thought about it These. Let’s not talk too much, whether you want to keep your official position or your life, you can choose for yourself.”

Although there is friendship.

Although the friendship between Li Chongyuan and Niu Fan is not deep, it is not shallow either.

As for the relationship between Niu Jinda and his aunt, although Li Chongyuan is not very clear, he occasionally hears something.

If Li Chongyuan really wants to be sentenced according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he will have to shed a layer of skin if he is not dead.

"How about protecting the officer? How about saving your life?" Niu Fan could tell that Li Chongyuan was helping him secretly even though his face was angry.

Li Chongyuan cast a cold look at him, "The security officer will marry the young lady of the Chen family and let the Chen family withdraw the lawsuit. Everything will be treated as if nothing happened. If you want to save your life, then go kneeling outside the palace by yourself. Get His Majesty's forgiveness, and spare your life."

Li Chongyuan could only choose this way of disposal.

Wang Datong was still watching from the sidelines. If he really protected Niu Fan, an imperial decree might fall on Li Chongyuan's head.

As for how Niu Fan chooses, that is his own business, and Li Chongyuan will not take care of it anymore.

(End of this chapter)