Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 400
Due to the seriousness of Hongying's injury, Wen Shu didn't dare to press the wound with his hands, fearing that it would make the wound worse if it didn't heal.

Thinking of what Xiaoxing said last time, the system's "scanning and detection function" can see through the human body, directly and effectively find out the location of the lesion, and my heart is greatly moved.But when I think about the points that need to be consumed, I feel a little toothache.

One thousand o'clock!
Forget it, anyway, Hongying's current condition is not bad anyway, why don't you wait, after two days, if you still can't move, it won't be too late.

After a day of tension, excitement, and fear, when I relax, the feeling of fatigue can no longer be controlled.After briefly explaining to Hongying, telling it to squeak about something, Wen Shu fell on the bed and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Wen Shu got up again.

Because she was too tired last night, she fell asleep without washing, so the first thing Wen Shu woke up was to wash.

After washing up, she went to Wang's house again to ask Wang Ling to come and help take care of Hongying, and then went to Qin's house with Qin Pei's private seal.

When they arrived at the Qin mansion, the sun had already risen, and Mrs. Qin hadn't gotten up in the backyard. Hearing that she was coming, she hurriedly called the servant girl to get up with her clothes.

"You came so early, have you had breakfast?" Mrs. Qin asked.

"Eat two pies."

"Then how can I be full? It just so happens that I haven't eaten, why don't you eat some with me." After speaking, Mrs. Qin asked the maid to prepare the meal.

Wen Shu didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Where is Mr. Xiang?"

"Going to court."

"How are you feeling today, Mr. Xiang?"

Wen Shu asked this sentence because he wanted to use Qin Pei's mood to guess whether he had the bargaining chip to fight back, so as to determine his next step.

Mrs. Qin didn't understand, she took it as if she cared about Qin Pei, and she was happy in her heart, but she said on her face: "Shang Chaoqian sighed, it should be busy at court."

Upon hearing this, Wen Shu secretly thought that he would suffer!

In her impression, Qin Pei was a very formidable person with no expressions of emotions or anger. Now that even he sighed, there was no room for retaliation.

no!She can't sit still!

If Master Zhao's words are true, today may be the final day of her father's case, and she must not let the result be biased against the other party.

"I took the Prime Minister's private seal yesterday, and I will return it to the palace."

Finding an excuse, Wen Shu hurried out of the Qin mansion, and Mrs. Qin yelled a few times behind her, but she didn't turn her head.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the sun had risen to mid-air, under the scorching sun, an empty drum stood quietly under the city wall.

Wen Shu took a deep breath, and when the city wall guards looked over, he resolutely stepped forward, picked up the drum beside the drum stand, and started beating on the drum "dong dong dong".

She was powerful, but also anxious and anxious, so the drumbeat revealed a sense of urgency and oppression, which shocked the guards not far away.

It also shocked the emperor and his ministers sitting high in the temple.

"Who plays the drums?" Zhao Duan asked.

"Report, report back to Your Majesty, there is a woman outside the palace gate beating a drum, claiming to cry out for her father."

"Bring it in."

Almost not long after he issued the order, Wen Shu was brought into the Chui Gong Palace.

Because the "Dengwen Drum" outside the palace gate is knocked lightly, no matter what the official family is doing at that time, it must be accepted. This is the family law of the ancestors.So after Wen Shu finished beating the drum, the guards took her inside without waiting for an order.

When Wen Shu came to the front of the hall, all the officials in the hall looked over curiously, but Qin Pei's eyebrows twitched, thinking: Why is she here?

In fact, before Wen Shu sounded the Dengwen Drum, he was standing among the Confucian scholars in the hall, rebutting Dou Guangshan's ruling stains one by one. Although the situation did not favor him, it did not favor Dou Guangshan either.

Now that Wen Shu suddenly intervenes, the balance is broken, and it is unknown how the situation will develop.

Facing the eyes of all the officials, Wen Shu felt a little nervous. After all, this is the Chui Gong Palace, where major national affairs are decided.

As a little girl, it was the first time she had seen so many senior officials and a completely different official family from Xiyuan.

She walked into the hall and saluted first.

Zhao Duan, who was sitting at the top, asked: "You are the drummer, why are you drumming?"

But I was thinking in my heart, why does it seem familiar?

"Go back to Your Majesty and cry out for my father."

"You can go to Kaifeng mansion to cry for grievances. Why did you knock on the Dengwen drum outside the palace gate?"

Oh, by the way, she must have been the one guarded by the 'Divine Bird' at the West Garden Gathering.

"Because the Kaifeng government forcefully arrested my father but did not open the court, the daughters of the people have no way to appeal, so they can only ask to see the officials and let the officials comment."

Hearing this, Zhao Duan looked at Yin Zhou Weigao, the deputy governor of Kaifeng, who was the first to know Kaifeng, "Zhou Qing, is there such a thing?"

Zhou Weihao hurriedly shouted for grievances: "Your Majesty has made a thorough investigation, and there is absolutely no such thing."

"My father's surname is Wen and his name is Tai. He was arrested at home three days ago. A neighbor saw that he was arrested by the government officials of Kaifeng."

Wen Shu didn't bother to talk, and directly pointed out the key points.

Zhou Weihao was sweating in an instant, but this was an order from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the two arresting officials were also seconded to the Ministry of Criminal Justice a few days ago. This coincided with such a thing, which made people think that they were arrested by the Kaifeng Mansion.

However, the officials already knew about this, so they didn't explain much.

Sure enough, Zhao Duan said in a low voice after listening, "So it's this case."

He looked down at Qin Pei, "The Kaifeng government arrested your father because your father committed a murder case more than ten years ago. Now it's just a retrial. You go back and wait."

"Since the case was more than ten years ago, why is it being tried now?" Before Zhao Duan finished speaking, Wen Shu said: "My father's case was closed 17 years ago. Now there is no plaintiff to appeal, so why is there a new trial?"

"Although there is no plaintiff, if the judges were involved in corruption, accepting bribes, or perverting the law, they can have a retrial." Dou Guangshan said indifferently.

"Then is there any evidence to prove that my father bribed the judge at that time?"

"There is no evidence."

"In this case, why did you not release it?"

"Because the judge at that time broke the law!" Dou Guangshan said angrily.

How could a little girl have the guts to question the officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the Chuigong Palace where state affairs are discussed!

"What's wrong with the law? I think the county magistrate did the right thing!"

This remark rings true.

Apart from Qin Pei who was standing on the left, the corner of his mouth was raised slightly, and the eyes of Zhao Duan who was standing above him also lit up.

This matter has been arguing for a few days, and his head hurts from the noise. If this woman's participation can resolve this matter as soon as possible, it would be a good thing.

With this in mind, Zhao Duan collected his mind, sat on the wall and watched to see what this woman could mess up.

"Murderer is punishable by death, but your father was not sentenced to death for murder. Isn't that a violation of the law?!" Dou Guangshan shouted.

"Then I would like to ask, what crime should the murdered be?! He raped the girl, and the girl committed suicide by jumping into the river to her death. According to the law of my court, how should I judge?!"

Wen Shu had checked this criminal law a long time ago. Those who committed rape were lightly punished with the cane and exiled, and those who committed rape were severely punished by death.

"The lighter ones will be punished with the rod, and the more serious ones will be punished with death." An official said loudly.

Wen Shu turned his head and took a look. He was an old man with a gray beard.

This person is the former Minister of Dali Temple.

"After the woman was raped, she committed suicide to death. May I ask the officials, is it serious or not?" Wen Shu directly threw the topic to Zhao Duan.

Because she knew that the person sitting at the top was the one who decided the final direction of the incident.

"This." Zhao Duan didn't expect the topic to suddenly turn to him. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he thought for a while and said slowly: "Death is naturally serious, but there is no evidence to prove that Wentai's sister committed suicide because of being tortured." The victim raped rather than voluntarily committed suicide."

The crime of rape is generally more difficult to define, because in many cases, the perpetrator will claim that both parties were consensual, unless there were witnesses present at the time.

"If it is voluntary, how can you commit suicide?" Wen Shu retorted.

"Life is open to one's mouth, but what is needed to decide a case is evidence." Dou Guangshan interjected: "Master Qin is breaking the law by forcing the victim to be "rape" without any evidence of rape."

"Your Excellency's words are correct, but at the same time, there is no evidence to prove that my sister-in-law did it voluntarily, so the suspicion of the victim cannot be ruled out."

Wen Shu has no evidence to prove that her sister-in-law is not voluntary, but they also have no evidence to prove that her sister-in-law is voluntary.

Now that's a mess.

She couldn't press them to death, but she couldn't let them press her father to death either.

Since we are going to fight, let's stir the water up a little more.

(End of this chapter)