After the game emperor awakens

Chapter 41 Public Trial

The master dared not speak any more.

"How about Quling's disaster relief?" Xie Chongjin asked Jingzhaofu Yin again.

Jing Zhaofu Yin bowed and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, all the rice grains have been distributed, the refugees have been allocated funds for resettlement, and migrant workers are being transferred to build water conservancy projects, so as to avoid flood disasters in the coming year."

When the imperial envoys first came to Quling, although there were personnel arranged by the prefect to make the illusion of "welcoming the people along the way", the real people did not welcome them.

The so-called imperial envoys in previous years were not appointed by Xie Chongjin himself, but by the game system.The players ignored the government, and the officials they sent were not good officials. They all collude with the local officials, fished the villagers together, and were greedy for the snowflakes and silver for disaster relief.Not only did the people fail to receive relief, but they were also exploited even more because of the arrival of the imperial envoys.

This year is different from the past. The imperial envoys sent here seem to be really doing practical things. They didn't do a thing of squandering and enjoying themselves.The money and food for disaster relief also fell into the hands of the people in no small amount.With the help of the court, the homeless refugees live in new houses and help arrange jobs so that they can support their families.

After eating warm white rice porridge and living in a new house that can shelter from the wind and rain, the common people see what the court does, and the hostility towards the imperial envoys is not so great. They all say that it is rare to have a good official this time.

But this luck is temporary.The local corrupt officials are not removed, unfortunately it will last forever.

Xie Chongjin said: "Pass down the order, today I and the empress will conduct a public trial in person, and the people of Quling can all listen in."

Yin of Jingzhao Mansion said: "Obey."

Xie Chongjin took Lu Xuechao's hand again: "The Queen and I go to change first."

Since you face the people as a queen, you don't have to hide your face to show others.

……

When Xie Chongjin and Lu Xuechao finished changing their clothes and returned to the lobby again, everyone held their breath, either in a daze or in a daze, feeling astonished as heavenly beings.

The news that the emperor and empress came to Quling in person and held a public trial in the Qiuling yamen quickly spread.

After hearing the news, the people of Qiuling, and even the people of the neighboring county and town rushed over from all directions, wanting to see the true face of the legendary emperor and empress.

That is His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Queen!People they never had the chance to meet in their entire life, if they could catch a glimpse from afar, they would be able to boast for a lifetime in the future.

Everyone has a sense of curiosity, and when such an opportunity is presented, almost no one will let it go.What's more, His Majesty personally tried the case. Everyone in Qiuling knew how ridiculous the former magistrate of Qiuling was. Who wouldn't look forward to watching the dog officer be questioned by His Majesty?

When a man from a neighboring county rode a donkey to Qiuling, a group of people had already gathered outside the yamen.

The court was silent, the emperor and empress were present, the people outside did not dare to speak loudly, they were all discussing in low voices.

He was at the back of the crowd and jumped vigorously, but he could only see a bunch of backs of heads. He scratched his ears anxiously when he heard the people in front exclaiming in a low voice about the appearance of His Majesty and His Highness the Queen.

What exactly do His Majesty and His Highness the Queen look like?

He managed to seize the opportunity, squeezed all the way from the back to the front, glanced at a pair of men sitting side by side in the high hall, and looked straight at him.

What others exaggerate is really not the slightest exaggeration.

Several stacks of thick files were placed on the public case.The young and handsome purple-clothed emperor took the place of magistrate and sat under the plaque of "Mirror Hanging High", while the original magistrate knelt on the ground tremblingly to hear the trial.

In the blink of an eye, the status and circumstances were completely changed.Those who are being tried sit high in the hall, and those who are being interrogated are waiting to be dealt with.

This scene alone makes many people who have suffered for a long time in Zhang Zhi County secretly feel refreshed.

Xie Chongjin asked someone to move a chair and let Lu Xuechao sit beside him.

Xie Chongjin was dressed in a deep purple imperial robe, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, soaring through the clouds and riding the fog, which was beyond words.With the mask off, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, high nose and thin lips, he is not angry and majestic.

Lu Xue is facing the vermilion phoenix robe, with the white phoenix spreading its wings at the neckline, her face is bright and beautiful, her appearance is as thick as peach and plum, and she is so bright and beautiful.

They were originally two immortals, black and white, but they were transformed into a pair of nobles and purples.When they are apart, they are Lang Yan's unique and unique characters. Only when they are together, do they know that there is really a pair of people in the world who are evenly divided.

The first glance was astonishing, but the second glance was one that lowered one's head and dared not look again.

The man waited for a while before he listened carefully to what was being interrogated.

The empress is trying an old case.

"In June of the second year of the Xi Dynasty, Mrs. Liu reported to the officials that Mrs. Li had defiled him. Mrs. Li admitted that she couldn't help herself, and finally sentenced Mrs. Liu to marry Mrs. Li as a concubine." Xie Chongjin read it calmly, "What law is this based on? Judgment? Why don’t I know?”

Zhang Zhixian faltered and said: "...the beauty of a gentleman, if the Liu family loses their virginity, they will not have any more pleasures. The lower officials promoted them, and it was also for, for the Liu family's good."

He really thought so, and he didn't think it was wrong to say it in front of His Majesty at all.

"It seems that you don't know anymore." Xie Chongjin said lightly, "Qing Shu, tell him."

Lu Xue said: "Article 270 of the Changli Law, whoever forces others, whether seeking pleasure, lusting for pleasure, or accepting pleasure, shall be sentenced to castration."

The so-called palace punishment is the punishment of castration, which is even more miserable than real palace people.The palace servants of Changli just took the medicine that temporarily lost the man's ability, and there is still an antidote.However, if the crime of coercion is committed, it is direct physical castration and can never be committed again.

"Zhang Zhixian is really knowledgeable and talented, and he also knows the beauty of a gentleman." Lu Xuechao praised without being eccentric at all, "I don't know the whole sentence is 'the beauty of a gentleman is the beauty of an adult, but the evil of an adult. The villain is the opposite.'"

This is bluntly saying that Zhang Zhixian is a villain.

"The marriage between Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Li was sentenced to be invalid, Mrs. Li was sentenced to palace punishment, and half of the family property was compensated to Mrs. Liu." Xie Chongjin never said the word "harmony".It's absurd and unreasonable for these two people to get married.

"Yes, yes..." Zhang Zhixian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Speaking of reconciliation, Xie Chongjin saw another case file, and his voice became colder and colder as he spoke: "In September of the second year of the Xi Dynasty, the Sun family reported to the official that he had been beaten by his husband all the year round, and it was unbearable. Sun's family reported to the officials, and Sun was beaten to death by her husband, and she was sentenced to [-] strokes of beating her husband, and the case was closed—"

Xie Chongjin threw the heavy dossier with some force, and directly hit Zhang Zhixian's face, causing blood to pour from Zhang Zhixian's forehead, and he was too painful to speak.

The onlookers also took a step back, too frightened by the majesty's fierce aura, not daring to breathe.

But they were secretly applauding in their hearts.

That's the way it should be done, long overdue.Seeing that Zhangzhi County was smashed, they were really celebrating.

"If you don't get married, you mess up the mandarin ducks. If you should get married, you don't get a sentence. A human life is only worth twenty bucks? Which law is this that I have never heard of?"

Zhang Zhixian panicked: "Your Majesty, it's not the minister who ordered this sentence! Yes, it was him! It was he who asked the minister to make such a sentence! He said that it is difficult for an upright official to judge housework, and if a husband and wife quarrel for a while, the crime is not fatal. Hit twenty big boards..." He pointed to the master who was kneeling beside him.

The master shuddered.This case was settled by him, and the husband of the Sun family gave him a few taels of silver, and he turned the intentional homicide into manslaughter, and then used family affairs to prevaricate it, so that the man was almost acquitted.

The man later married a new wife, and he still beat his wife every day. After hearing that his ex-wife was killed because of reporting to the government, he didn't even dare to propose a divorce.

"What's the point of being punished lightly because of family matters? Once you become a family, your life will be light?" Lu Xue said, "Changli doesn't have such rules."

"Murder pays for life." Xie Chongjin said coldly, "Go and arrest him immediately."

He flicked through the next file with a cold face.

"In the first month of the third year of the Xi Dynasty, Mr. Wu fell into the water, and Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang passed by and reported to the officials, sentenced Zhou to death, and asked to be executed after autumn..."

Xie Chongjin frowned, wanting to skip this and turn to the next file.

I don't know what happened just by reading a few lines. There is no other evidence at the moment, so I can't go to trial for the time being. I have to wait for a careful investigation before making a decision.He does not wrong a good person, nor does he spare a bad person.

Suddenly a person stood up in the crowd: "It's definitely not the person who killed Da Zhou! Da Zhou is a warm-hearted person, and he always helps our neighbors on weekdays. He has no grievances or enmity with that person, so how could he be the one who killed him! It is clear that he saved Talent is right!"

"Yes, my child had a fever in the middle of the night before, and I couldn't take care of the child without my body. He was the one who invited the doctor in the rainy night."

"The last time my old father fell down on the mountain, it was Da Zhou who carried him down the mountain..."

More and more people stood up to speak for Da Zhou, proving his character.

Da Zhou was usually righteous and enthusiastic, and his popularity was very good. When he was sentenced to death, a group of people pleaded for him, but Zhang Zhixian insisted on going his own way.

Today when His Majesty tried the case, the people were afraid to speak much because of the majesty of the royal family, but seeing how many cases His Majesty has judged, they are all reasonable and fair, and they are more convinced than awe, and they dare to speak freely in front of the imperial court.

After Xie Chongjin listened, he asked Zhang Zhixian: "You said that he murdered, except that he was the only one at the scene at that time, is there any other evidence?"

In addition to killing at the scene, it may also be saving lives.Without sufficient evidence, he should have been acquitted and acquitted.

Zhang Zhixian: "..."

Of course there is no such thing.

Xie Chongjin said coldly: "Without evidence, how dare you take a person's life?"

"Is Zhou still in prison?"

The yamen servant replied, "Your Majesty, I'm still here."

It is said that Qiuhou Wenqiu will be killed, and it is still Xia, so Da Zhou is naturally still in prison.For such a long time in the middle, they were waiting to report to the Ministry of Punishment for approval.

"Bring it up."

"Yes."

After a while, a handsome young man in prison uniform was brought up.He thought he was dragged out to be beheaded, and he was ready to die generously after scolding the dog official. Who knew that Zhang Zhixian was kneeling in the hall, and there were two...

Two fairy-like characters.

I was stunned on Monday.

The yamen servant shouted: "Your Majesty and Queen are in front, don't kneel down!"

Da Zhou: "...???"

After half a year in prison, he came out to meet His Majesty the Queen, is he crazy?

Lu Xuechao stared at him and asked, "Half a year ago, but you killed the person?"

He asked very bluntly.Lu Xuechao was already very good at observing words and expressions. After countless lifetimes of honing, his ability to read people's hearts has been perfected. He can be called a human lie detector. Few people who lie in front of him can deceive him.

Being stared at by a celestial beauty, who is still the queen, Da Zhou was a little dizzy, but he still said firmly: "I didn't kill anyone!"

Zhang Zhixian said eagerly: "You didn't kill someone, why were you seen sitting by the river and crying! Didn't you cry because you were guilty and afraid after you killed someone?!"

He knew that it would be very difficult for him to escape another catastrophe, but he was still lucky. If he was wrongly sentenced, he might be able to make up for it...

Da Zhou's eyes showed pain: "I regret not being able to save him."

Even if he was wronged because of this, he didn't regret diving to save someone, only regretted not being able to save him.

The self-blame in those eyes is definitely not fake.

Lu Xuechao whispered: "He didn't lie."

Xie Chongjin rubbed his temples, and pronounced the verdict: "Acquitted, I will give... a house, gold and silver, as compensation, and you can go."

Da Zhou was dumbfounded, he was acquitted in court just by asking and answering like this?

Can you still get compensation from the court?

Is this meeting a living god...

He walked out of the yamen in a daze, and a few people outside who had been helped by him immediately surrounded him happily: "Your Majesty is wise! Your Royal Highness is wise!"

Xie Chongjin and Lu Xuechao continued the public trial until dark, looking at the files, overturning the case one by one.When he was the emperor, he had to deal with all kinds of affairs, with Lu Xuechao as his assistant, and now he handles the affairs of a county like a duck to water, with extremely high efficiency.If you have doubts, ask the local officials and people for details.At first, Zhang Zhixian and the master were vague and tried to hide the details, but Lu Xuechao could always see through the lies, push out the truth, and simply shatter the cans and explain everything.

In the evening, when the sun was setting, none of the people outside the yamen had left, and no one was discussing the appearance of His Majesty and His Highness the Empress.Every time the emperor and empress finished a case, the common people applauded.At first, it was just curiosity and fear of imperial power, but gradually it turned into complete respect and love.

Xie Chongjin's move is for the people and to regain the hearts of the people.

There are too many files to read in one day, and they have to be handed over to the new magistrate for review slowly.

As for this now...

Xie Chongjin put his knuckles on the koan, and tapped it lightly, but it was more thunderous than the gavel that Zhong Chong patted.

"Immediately executed."

Zhang Zhixian's face was earthy, and he kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"

No matter how much he begged for mercy, the yamen servant still got a machete and pinned Zhang Zhixian and Master on the guillotine.

Xie Chongjin said softly: "You don't need to read Qingshu."

A scene that is too bloody will dirty Lu Xuechao's eyes.

Lu Xuechao said, "I'm not afraid to watch this."

Those who have studied medicine, are you still afraid of seeing blood?

Xie Chongjin, on the other hand, was the one who was afraid of seeing blood, but now he had no intention of avoiding it at all.

He wants to watch, to watch these people who have harmed the people of the country subdue the law and suffer the retribution they deserve.

The hand raised the knife and fell, blood splattered everywhere, and the head fell to the ground.

Xie Chongjin watched calmly, without blinking, but clenched his hands tightly.

They were so afraid of death, they screamed so loudly before they died, their begging was so miserable, and the blood they bleed was so dirty.

Qingshu never begged him, and the person who is most afraid of pain never cried out for pain when he was in the most pain, but just looked at him quietly, the clean blood stained his white clothes, like a snowflake in the snow. The red plum blossoms, and then withers beautifully.

Lu Xuechao grabbed his hand: "Don't think too much."

This scene is too easy to arouse Xie Chongjin's traumatic memory.

Xie Chongjin could hardly face any death-related images, which would remind him of Lu Xuechao's death.

Xie Chongjin came back to his senses, held Lu Xuechao's hand tightly, and clasped his fingers tightly.

Although the people outside were afraid, they cheered more and felt very happy.

They knelt down at the same time and shouted excitedly: "Long live Your Majesty, a thousand years old Your Majesty the Queen!"

It's not kneeling because of the imperial power, it's a sincere submission from the heart.

The prefect of Quling watched Zhang Zhixian's head fall to the ground, and the splash of blood even fell on his face. His face was pale with fright, and his legs were shaking badly.

He sat for a day, but it was as if he was being tortured, afraid that it would be his turn next time.

"The case of Qiuling Town will end here today." Xie Chongjin said.

The prefect of Quling breathed a sigh of relief: "Then His Majesty is staying at..."

"The magistrate doesn't think this is the end?" Xie Chongjin sneered, "My imperial envoy has found out many interesting things."

"You will be interrogated next."