Great Lawyer

Chapter 198 A Man's Thoughts ([-])

"This is clearly the woman's family playing tricks on her head," said an official who advocated heavy punishment.

"How can this be a mystery? She is just a weak girl who came from a merchant family. In just a few days, her family can go to the capital to plan this matter?"

The two parties argued, Zhao Yu flipped through the verdict again, and said: "The sentence in this case is indeed too severe. What's more, if Li Zhi is not killed by Mrs. Ma this time, I will chop off his head. Now it's up to you." I have saved trouble." After a pause, he continued: "In my opinion, the sentence will be changed to a lighter sentence..."

"Your Majesty." As soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking, Xue Yin came up from behind quietly and whispered in his ear: "The empress dowager heard about this and said that you have to forgive others. Mrs. Ma Although she committed a crime, she would not have committed murder if she hadn't been in a hurry and witnessed the tragic death of her relatives."

"Since Li Zhi deserves to die, let him die, and the living should live well." Xue Yin conveyed the Queen Mother's words.

Zhao Yuning raised her eyebrows, "How did the Empress Dowager know about this?"

"Maybe it's about sending the portrait of the empress dowager to self-immolation just now, the empress dowager heard about it." Xue Yin said.

"This Du Jiuyan, why does the name look so familiar to me?"

"Master Guo just invited her to perform for her. A few months ago, she defended Xinhua. The Empress Dowager gave her an order of commendation. Elder Lu Ge even gave her a letter."

Zhao Yu immediately remembered, nodded and said: "This litigator is very good. Not only does he have a righteous heart to protect the family and the country, but he also has excellent litigation skills."

Zhao Yu nodded, "Let's follow the Queen Mother." He paused for a while, and said to everyone: "In this case, according to the suggestion of this Du Jiuyan and Du Litigation Officer, thirty lashes and ten taels of paper will be paid to the Baoqing County Government. .”

As soon as the words fell, all the officials were in an uproar, you come and I go, you ask me to play, and immediately started talking.

"Your Majesty!" the cabinet secretary, the Grand Scholar Ren Yanhui, cupped his hands and said, "There are not many couples who are harmonious and raise their eyebrows. There are countless quarrels and conflicts in life. If Ma Yuniang is sentenced lightly in this case, isn't it tantamount to telling the world If there is a quarrel between husband and wife, they can kill each other while they are asleep to vent their anger."

"Husbands and wives share the same bed and eat at the same table. It's easy to kill each other. If so, wouldn't there be so many couples in the world who are at odds with each other, and they have to remind each other every day. No matter how hard it is to be of the same mind?"

"Therefore, Weichen thinks that this case should not be sentenced lightly. This is a wrong suggestion to the world. It may even be a disastrous beginning." Ren Yanhui said.

Zhao Yu frowned slightly and nodded slightly. From this point of view, it is true.He said, "Ren Aiqing, you didn't understand that the essence of the light sentence in this case lies in the fact that Mrs. Li's cruelty to Ma Yuniang and the women in her family has been abusing and violent for a long time, which made Ma Yuniang desperate and resisted."

"What the Holy Majesty said is true. But there are still many men like Li Zhi in this world. They hide in many corners, close their doors and commit violence and abuse in the dark." Ren Yanhui said: "Once this case is given a light sentence, They will know that even if they are killed by their wives, the court will give them a lighter sentence, so what might they do?"

"Killed my wife." Someone whispered.

Ren Yanhui nodded, "So, how to judge this matter, please consider it carefully, so as not to cause turmoil."

Zhao Yu frowned slightly, and was about to speak when Qian Shilang stepped forward to salute Zhao Yu, then cupped his hands with Ren Yanhui, and said politely: "Your Excellency's words are not wrong, if you simply declare that Ma Yuniang's case was lightly sentenced, it's just It is because she is forced to be helpless, then it will definitely cause great turmoil."

"But my ministers and colleagues will not be so simple and rude. Let the world misunderstand." Qian Shilang said.

Ren Yanhui flicked his sleeves, looked at Qian Shilang and said: "No matter what you do, there will definitely be consequences in this case, and it must not be something you can bear."

Qian Shilang cupped his hands, "The Ministry of Criminal Affairs has not had any bad results for many years. Please don't worry, my lord."

"I really can't worry about it." Ren Yanhui said: "This kind of thing can only be prevented, and we must never clean up the mess afterwards."

After he finished speaking, two more officials came out from the opposite side, and Ren Yanhui followed behind them...

For a while, the two sides started arguing about this case in the Golden Luan Hall.

"My lord." An Guogong came out and suggested, "Since the two parties are arguing endlessly and it is difficult to estimate the outcome, in my opinion, it is better to invite Ma Yuniang and the litigator to the capital together."

"The three divisions will interrogate. In this way, people in the world will understand the process of the case. Your Majesty and all the adults will see and hear it with their own eyes, and they will be more objective in their judgment." Anguo Gong said.

Zhao Yu paused and looked at Ren Yanhui.

"What An Guogong said, I have no objection." An Guogong adjusted the mud in the middle, and Ren Yanhui of course had to give face.

Qian Shilang also followed suit.

"That's fine." Zhao Yu didn't have any objections. It's a good thing to spend more time on a case, "Qian Shilang, I'll leave this matter to you. Let them set off a month ago, and they must go to the capital before the year."

Qian Shilang cupped his hands and said, "I will do it when I am in court."

In the city, outside the Songzi Niangniang Temple, Guo Ting was holding a pile of grass, and the sparks in his hand were dancing. He looked at his subordinates in surprise and asked, "Your Majesty said that the three divisions will interrogate?"

"Yes!" Qiao Ling said, "This subordinate is waiting by the Jinshui Bridge, and heard those adults talking with their own ears as they walked."

Guo Ting suddenly became happy, threw away the straw and the fire bag, and said: "The matter is a foregone conclusion, and the holy words of Jinkou cannot be changed. I will write to Jiuyan quickly."

With that said, the two hurried back to their residence.

……

In the palace, the Empress Dowager looked at King Gui, and said angrily: "...The county magistrate, he just talked about the matter, saying that Ma's life is cheap. You don't want to sow discord with Ai's family here."

King Gui has been very good lately, so the Queen Mother looks at her son more and more pleasingly.

"Mother, you didn't read the verdict. If you saw it, you would know that he didn't tell Mrs. Ma." King Gui said, "Anyway, what kind of dog official is this, I don't like it."

The Queen Mother couldn't laugh or cry, "Then what do you want?"

"Of course I'm dismissed from office. It's better to raise a pig than to raise such a person with a yearly salary!" King Gui leaned on the queen mother's soft couch, trembling with his legs crossed, holding a fork in his hand, and a table beside him Assorted cut fruits.

"I think you are a pig!" The queen mother stared at her son and said.

King Gui passed Du Jiuyan's face in front of his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled into a hook. The queen mother was surprised that the child didn't reply. She patted her son's head, "Is being a pig so happy?"

King Gui sat up and said: "I don't care about you. As long as you are happy, you can scold me whatever you want. Anyway, I am also your own."

"This child." The queen mother laughed angrily, Qian Momo came in and said: "My lord, what do you want to eat tonight, this servant will start preparing it now."

King Gui said in astonishment: "Mommy, you asked about dinner before lunch. I'm really going to be a pig."

"How can there be such a good-looking pig." Qian Momo covered her face and smiled, "You don't know, that servant just picks up your favorite food and cooks it."

King Gui fell back and lay on his back, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Niang Niang." Aunt Gong came in and replied: "The case of Baoqing Mansion, the Holy Majesty discussed with all the adults, and said that the prisoner and the litigator will be invited to the third division of the capital for a joint trial."

The queen mother was puzzled, "Isn't the file written very clearly, why bother. The weather is so cold, it is very hard to travel thousands of miles by car."

"It was suggested by Duke An. At that time, Elder Ren Ge was arguing with the Ministry of Justice, so Duke An suggested this idea." Aunt Gong said.

Everyone in the court knew that Lu Zhangzhi and Ren Yanhui, the first assistant and the second assistant, had always been at odds.

And An Guogong is the mediator between these two people.

The queen mother showed her original expression, "This is his style." Thinking of her son, "Aren't you very concerned about this case, why don't you talk now?"

King Gui yawned, "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep."

As he spoke, he swayed out with his hands behind his back, and Qian Momo shouted from behind: "My lord, I'll let the servants bring food to you in a while, please don't mess around with the food outside."

King Gui responded and left.

"This child," Qian Momo said to the Empress Dowager when she came back, "Why don't you give the cook to the prince again, and the slaves will give the cook and the servant money?"

The queen mother gave her a blank look, "You just let him starve. I don't know who he looks like, but he made it like this." King Gui has a palace, and the palace should provide him with cooks and servants, but these people are paid every month. The regular money had to be deducted from his salary, so a month after the palace opened, he said in a daze that he didn't need it, and returned all these people.

So far, as long as King Gui is in the capital, he will play the autumn wind in the palace.

"It's like the first emperor. You don't remember. The first emperor insisted on decocting a pair of medicine four times, saying that the smell of the medicine should not be wasted. There are also clothes. The dragon robe was made when you came to the palace, and you have been wearing it for seven years. It took eight years to lose it because I couldn’t wear it anymore.”

The Empress Dowager remembered the details of the past husband and wife, and said with a smile: "It's true, but the late Emperor only picks on himself, not others."

"That's right for you. You still remember that when you coaxed all the officials in the court to donate books, everyone went home and prepared the books. The late emperor said that the study room was too small, and asked everyone to donate money to repair the study room first." Qian Momo road.

The queen mother laughed loudly, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, the Ai family remembers this."

The two master and servant chatted about the past with great interest.

King Gui walked towards the palace gate with a sullen face and hands behind his back. Gu Qingshan was drinking tea at the inner guard, and when he saw King Gui coming out, he hurriedly followed, "Master, are you not eating in the palace today?"

"Yeah." King Gui had a straight face, and Gu Qingshan said cautiously: "Master, are you angry?"

King Gui didn't speak, and when he got out of the palace gate, he suddenly turned his head and said to Gu Qing Shan, "Then, I'm coming to the capital."

"Ah?" Gu Qingshan said: "Du Jiuyan is going to come to the capital, then... the prince, are you planning to take revenge?"

King Gui laughed loudly and said, "Of course I report it, Shaoyang is her domain, come to the capital and see how I deal with her."

"My lord, then...then you are not leaving." Gu Qingshan said.

King Gui waved his hand, "Let's put it aside for now, let's talk about it when the little one comes."

King Gui was very happy, touched his chest while walking, remembered Du Jiuyan's tendons, frowned and said: "Master, go back to practice!"

　King Gui is so happy, he wants to sing folk songs!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)