Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 385
Putting ten servings of chicken soup into the storage basket, Wen Shu washed up briefly, and then went out to Xiangfu.

Although Qin Pei told her to wait at home yesterday, but where could she wait, after much deliberation, she decided to go to the prime minister's mansion to wait for news.

The system has only been upgraded to 50.00%, and it's useless for her to stay at home.

When Wen Shu arrived at Xiangfu, the morning court had already begun in the palace.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, the head official had just finished drinking 'If there is something to do, leave the class and play early, if there is nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat', when he saw a censor coming out of the squad on the left.

"Your Majesty, I have a book to inspire Qin."

"Talk." Zhao Duangao sat in front of the imperial court, still a little sleepy.

"I want to impeach Dou Guangshan, the waiter of the Ministry of Punishment, for privately abducting civilians and ignoring the law."

"Oh, there is such a thing."

Dou Guangshan immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, what I have arrested is not a civilian, but a murderer."

"Since you are a criminal, have you passed through the Kaifeng mansion, and is there a confession letter?" Chen Yushi refused to forgive.

"Of course."

Seeing that the other party really took out a file from his sleeve, Chen Yushi couldn't help frowning.

Qin Pei in the crowd also smelled something unusual.

When the dossier was presented to the imperial court, Zhao Duan flipped through it and asked doubtfully, "Why is it 17 years ago?"

"Exactly." Dou Guangshan replied, "I'm arresting the murderer in 17 years."

"What's going on?" Zhao Duan became interested, "Could it be that this person escaped 17 years ago?"

"No, but the county magistrate at that time bent the law for personal gain and did not sentence him to death."

"Oh, is this person a relative of the county magistrate? Tell me in detail."

In fact, the history of the incident was contained in the file in front of him.But he is an official, and he maintains his own identity. At this time, it is the court meeting, and there must be someone who tells the story for all the officials to listen to.

Dou Guangshan knew nothing about it, and gave a general account of the case.

It was 17 years ago, in a murder case in Fuzhou, a peasant boy rose up and killed the rich gentry because his sister was raped by the local rich gentry.

There was no need for this case to be brought up to the court to confront it, after all, killing for life is stipulated by the law.

The problem was that the county magistrate who decided the case at that time did not decapitate or sentence the criminal to death, but exempted him from the death penalty and sent him to Qiantang.

"To commit such a serious crime, not to mention beheading, but to be sent to the wealthy place of Qiantang, it is really wrong."

"Yeah, I don't know which stupid official judged the case."

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There was a lot of discussion in the court, and most of them accused the county magistrate at that time of being unclear about the case and engaging in malpractice for personal gain.

Qin Pei's eyes jumped when he heard that, because that official was him!

"I don't know if Qin's participation in politics still remembers this incident?" Dou Guangshan had already looked over.

"Naturally remember."

Not only do I remember, but this case has changed a lot of things, so that the name of the criminal is still fresh in my memory.

Seventeen years ago, he became an official for the first time, serving as the county magistrate of Luoyuan County, Fuzhou. This case was decided when he was about to leave office after his term expired.

The deceased was a well-known wealthy businessman in Luoyuan County. After being murdered, the family members demanded that the murderer be severely punished and sentenced to death.

Originally, this request was not too much, but after he went to court, he discovered that there was another victim in the case, the murderer's sister.

Because she was raped by a rich businessman and couldn't bear the humiliation, she chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river.It was for this reason that the murderer angrily killed the rich businessman.

It was easy to convict the murderer of death, but considering that his sister was the victim and the wealthy businessman's actions violated the law, he was not innocent, so he decided to do so first.

In fact, the murderer's sister was not the only one who was spoiled by the rich businessman. He had heard about the rich businessman's injustice many times before the case happened.

It's just that the women he raped at that time didn't report to the officials because of their reputation.The government has always had the practice of 'if the people don't vote, the officials won't investigate', so they have been unable to convict him.

until this case happened.

Qin Pei felt that the opportunity had finally come, he could finally get rid of this cancer for the common people!

In the end, he exempted the murderer from the death penalty and sent him to serve in Qiantang on the grounds that the murderer's actions were heinous, his feelings were pitiful, and he had a good attitude of voluntarily turning himself in and pleading guilty.

At that time, Qiantang was repairing embankments and lacked a large number of migrant workers and servitors. He felt that this judgment was reasonable.

The people in the hall also thought it was very reasonable and praised it repeatedly.

However, the family members disagreed, and still proposed to punish the murderer severely and sentence him to death.

They have been operating in Qiantang for many years, and have contacts with government officials. As soon as they spoke out, many small officials stepped forward to intercede, and even the county captain finally joined them.

He was young and energetic at the time, and he felt that the death of the rich businessman deserved his death, but this group of people ignored human principles and laws because they took advantage of others.

He remembered that the murderer was called Shi Chang, but he didn't know how he became Wen Tai?
Later, he resigned at the end of his term and went to Qiantang to take up his post, but he was assassinated on the way. Before he fell into a coma, he only heard a few people laughing and saying: "I don't want to eat the toast, but I will be fined. The little county magistrate really thinks he is an onion." ."

Then he passed out.

When I woke up again, many things changed.

"It was Qin who participated in politics!"

"Impossible, he has always been impeccable in his work, how could that be?"

"People make mistakes, and horses make mistakes. What's more, I was young and energetic at the time, and mistakes were inevitable."

There was a lot of discussion in the hall again.

After listening to the discussions of the ministers for a while, Zhao Duan asked Qin Pei: "Is there anything Qin Pei wants to refute when he participates in politics?"

Qin Pei glanced at Dou Guangshan, "What Dou Shilang said is correct, but I forgot to add two points." As he spoke, he pointed out the murderer's sister and the illegal actions of the deceased, and then asked all the ministers: "If How will you judge when you encounter this kind of thing?"

The murderer is both the perpetrator and the victim, and the deceased is both the victim and the perpetrator.

The ministers didn't expect that there was such a secret, and they all discussed among themselves, and the buzzing sound was endless.

After arguing for a while, the hall was divided into two factions, one faction agreed with Qin Pei's approach, and believed that human feelings should be taken into account in addition to legal principles.

One faction insists on the law, and believes that murder should be punished with life, and no excuses can be used to exonerate the death penalty, otherwise it is bending the law for personal gain.

Wen Shu waited in the prime minister's mansion, but he didn't wait for any news. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing and circling in the courtyard non-stop.

Seeing her so anxious, Mrs. Wang felt mixed feelings.

It is a good thing for children to be filial, but the object of filial piety is not her.

After thinking for a while, she stepped forward and took Wen Shu's hand and said, "Don't worry, there are many things to report to the officials. Sometimes there are many things, and it is normal to play until noon. Before the Prime Minister returns, can the young lady listen to me first?" a story?"

Guessing what she was going to say, Wen Shu thought for a moment and nodded.

Wang's face beamed with joy, she sat her down under the shade of a tree, and asked her maid to serve tea and snacks, and then she began to tell the story of the past.

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