Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 13 Precision Strike
Why Xu Zun accepted Zhang Fei's suggestion and handed over the case to Sima Guang for trial was not only to convince the other party, but also because Xu Zun also understood Sima Guang's character.

A gentleman too!
Will not compromise the means for the purpose.

In fact, everyone is still a dispute of belief, and they are still arguing within the scope of the rules.

From a legal point of view, this is of course a good thing.

After Sima Guang took over the case, he also invited Xu Zun here according to the procedure and asked the reason for overturning the case.

Xu Zun also truthfully handed over the entire case to Sima Guang.

After Sima Guang learned about it, he said, "This is not enough to overturn the case. I will not comment on the verdict of Fang Datian's case, but this case is not enough to overturn Ayun's case, because this case just proves that Fang Datian not only did not instigate the criminal woman to commit murder, but also It is still opposed to convict women doing this.”

Xu Zundao: "I don't think so. This case can at least prove that Ayun is not a vicious person. She was forced to come to this point. Based on this, the other party questioned Ayun's motive for killing. I think it is very reasonable.

In addition, the other party also invited Wei Ada, a new witness, who was originally the victim of the case. This alone is enough to constitute a reason to reverse the case. "

Sima Guang frowned when he heard this, and said, "Wei Ada, as a victim, wants to testify for the murderer, don't you think it's strange?"

Xu Zundao: "That's why I allow this case to be retried."

Sima Guang quickly examined the confession again, and asked, "Wea Daxin's confession is not written on it."

Xu Zundao: "About this point, the other party refused to provide it."

Sima Guang said: "Why?"

Xu Zundao: "The other party thinks that they are the weak side. If they provide evidence too early, they may cause harm to his witnesses."

"It doesn't make sense."

Sima Guang said: "Why does he think so?"

Since becoming an official, Xu Zun has not been afraid of power, and said directly: "It is because he thinks our previous judgment is unfair."

Sima Guang glanced at Xu Zun, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "That's all! That's all! It's not fair, you'll know after the trial."

After Xu Zun left, Wang Shiyuan, Qi Hui, Lu Gongzhu and other court and Chinese judicial leaders came in.

Some of them support Sima Guang, but some of them are neutral. For example, this book written by Lu Gong, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, is a neutral attitude. In fact, he was more inclined to Wang Anshi's arguments before, thinking that Ayun is not a heinous crime and should not be sentenced. She was sentenced to death, but he was very opposed to Xu Zun's excessive defense.

This is too outrageous.

After these bigwigs read it, their opinions were very consistent, saying that these so-called "evidences" were not enough to constitute a reason for a retrial.

The only one that can constitute a reason for a retrial is the new witness Wei Ada. He is the victim and the party concerned. His confession is very important, but the problem is that Xu Zun did not provide a specific confession, which is against the rules.

Sima Guang laughed and said, "If it wasn't for that, how could they be willing to let me interrogate them?"

Everyone was stunned.

If Wang Anshi were to come to the trial, once they knew that this was the case, they would definitely not agree to a retrial.

This is actually a deal.

Lu Gong said: "If Xu Zhongtu is not sure, he will definitely not ask for a retrial."

Sima Guang nodded and said: "From the current point of view, there are two tricks hidden in it. One is Wei Ada's confession we mentioned before. If Wei Ada retracts his confession, Ayun may be exonerated. .”

They all thought of this, but they thought that if Xu Zun did this, it would undoubtedly be self-defeating. Compared with hard power, Xu Zun couldn't compare to them.

Wang Shiyuan asked: "What is the second?"

Sima Guangdao: "The second is that they did not provide specific evidence. I guess their evidence is not ironclad evidence. If we were told in advance, it is likely that we will break it one by one. Otherwise, they do not need to hide it at all. Therefore, They did not inform in advance, but the purpose was to catch us off guard.

But no matter what tricks they use, as long as they can't produce hard evidence, it is impossible to reverse the criminal case. "

Having said that, he picked up the file of Fang Datian's case, "However, this Zhang San made me feel a little surprised. Xu Zhongtu would hand over such an important case to a person of Erbi, which shows that this person is extraordinary. place."

Sima Guang frowned suddenly, looked at the file, and said in a low voice, "Zhang San?"

Since the evidence provided by Xu Zun is very little, almost none, this is just a deal, so Sima Guang and the others have nothing to prepare.

Moreover, Xu Zun's statement aroused great anger from conservatives.

Surrendering himself to reduce crime is at least taking advantage of legal loopholes.

You are still not satisfied with this, and you still want to call it too defensive.

This is outrageous.

Officials in the DPRK and China feel that Xu Zun is becoming more and more lawless, and many judicial leaders are eager to end the case as soon as possible.

Feel ashamed.

If all of this can be successful, then the century-old legal system of the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed!

Some officials who were biased towards Wang Anshi before gradually sided with Sima Guang, and Lu Gong's work was one of them.

These people think that Ayun deserves to die for his crime, but it is by no means overprotective.

Sima Guang didn't want to procrastinate, he knew in his heart that the opponent had built a ring, and he would only know what was right and wrong after fighting.

He immediately retried the case in the name of the Criminal Court, which was specially set up to supervise the Dali Temple. Only the Criminal Court can review the judgment of the Dali Temple, and Sima Guang also invited all officials related to the case Come to hear the trial, including Wang Anshi.

Its purpose is also obvious, which is to make a final decision.

Don't get entangled when the time comes.

Having said that, Wang Anshi was the most depressing among them. He didn't expect the matter to come to this point. He would rather choose the power game, because if he did so, the direction of the matter would be completely out of his control.

But this case is about his lifelong dream.

He guessed the beginning, although Xu Zun is not his person, but he understands Xu Zun's character, Xu Zun will definitely fight, because this is indeed a loophole in the law, if he is transferred to Dali Temple, he must Continuing to assert one's own opinion.

But he didn't expect that Xu Zun would use this method to defend himself.

Flip!
Just stick to the doubts and leave the rest to me.

You are presumptuous!

Figure out who the fuck is the main character.

I knew so!

This even led to Wang Anshi, who has always believed in man's victory over heaven, to pray at home and recite silently three times, Xu Zun will win, Xu Zun will win, Xu Zun will win.

Today is the day of the trial.

The case almost swept the entire imperial court, and almost all the bigwigs in the court came to hear the trial. On the left was the support group headed by Wang Anshi, while on the right were all the opposition groups headed by Sima Guang.

In fact, it is only a dispute of ideas at present, and it has not reached the point of incompatibility, but judging from the seating arrangement, the imperial court is already showing signs of splitting.

Xu Zunben still wanted to stay out of the matter, but after looking at it, he had to sit at the door if he wanted to stay out of the matter. He had no choice but to sit by Wang Anshi's side. At least their legal thinking was very similar.

But it can also be seen that this public trial is already the last stubbornness of the legal system.

If there is no winner or loser, there will only be a power struggle.

Sima Guang came to the presiding judge's seat, and after sitting down, he habitually picked up the gavel, and was just about to slap and absorb it, when he saw that there were all big bosses below, who could be restrained by this!
Simply put it down again, and said more gently: "Pass to Zhang San."

"Pass to Zhang San."

I saw a young man in his twenties coming to the court, dressed in green clothes and hats, brightly colored, especially bright in this solemn courtroom, with a short pen stuck on the brim of the hat, as if saying to others, I am Er Bi, and I am proud.

Look at this dress, look at this age.

The conservatives on the right shook their heads. This is the Judicial Court, the Supreme Court of the Song Dynasty, and you are still doing all this gaudy things. It's a tricky style. How decent is it?What kind of climate can it be.

The Reformist who sat across from them was ashamed.

Where did this come from so wonderfully!

Wang Anshi was beating his heart, and asked Xu Zun in a low voice, "How could you make him dress so brightly on such an occasion?"

The implication is, how can you trust such a person.

Xu Zun glanced at him, you have the nerve to criticize others for your virtue, I really don't know how Mrs. Wang endured it, but she said with a wry smile: "I told him before, but he said that he loves this school very much. He is proud of his profession, and this outfit shows his respect for this profession."

What the hell is this.

Wang Anshi looked at Xu Zun very speechlessly.

At this moment, a young man in his 20s and a middle-aged man came to the side door. The guard at the gate was startled when he saw the young man, and when he was about to salute, the young man raised his hand to stop them.

This young man was none other than Song Shenzong, and the middle-aged man beside him was Liu Zhao, a housekeeper.

Shenzong sneaked a look inside, and he immediately took a fancy to the man in green. He was too conspicuous. He felt that the man was dressed strangely and didn't fit in with the whole environment, so he asked Liu Zhao beside him, "Who is that man?"

Liu Zhao replied: "This person's name is Zhang San. It is said that Ayun saved a drowning man after committing the crime. This is the person who wants to reverse the case for Ayun, and the purpose is to repay Ayun for saving his life." .”

"I see."

Song Shenzong nodded slightly, and looked inside again, only to see Zhang San coming to the middle of the hall, bowing to Sima Guang, "Xiaomin Zhang San has seen the presiding judge."

Sima Guang asked, "Is Zhang San your real name?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and his heart ached. Could it be that you are a fortune teller and know that this is not my real name?
Seeing that he was silent, Sima Guang asked again, "Why didn't you answer the question I asked you? Zhang San is your real name?"

"No, no." Zhang Fei shook his head, his voice trembling.

Xu Zun was stunned.

what's the situation?
But Xu Zun quickly realized that he secretly blamed himself for ignoring this point.

Zhang Fei is obviously a scholar, and probably wouldn't choose such a name, even if his parents gave it to him, he would change his name later.

This name is really "gouzi, Zhuzi".

But this is not his fault, because it was very difficult to communicate with Zhang Fei at the beginning, and it took a long time to ask for this name. He subconsciously thought that after asking for so long, it would be impossible to ask for a fake name!
And Zhang Fei couldn't change his words, so he kept silent.

Sima Guang immediately slapped the gavel and shouted: "You don't even dare to tell anyone your real name, so why are you here to avenge others."

Zhang Fei was terribly flustered, his identity was his biggest weakness, and he quickly explained: "It's not that Xiaomin dares to tell others, Xiaomin actually said it, but because Xiaomin first arrived in Dengzhou, he spoke a different language, so he gave his name. , and no one can understand, only understand this nickname, because Xiaomin is the third eldest in the family, and the villagers used to call Xiaomin Zhang San, Xiaomin thought it was very kind, so he didn't tell his real name."

Sima Guang looked at Xu Zun.

Xu Zun also turned his head quickly, and hurriedly said: "It is true, it has been explained in the previous confession, if he was not able to speak well at the time and could not provide a detailed confession, he would not have sat in prison for three years in vain. One month in prison. But the officer was also negligent and never asked his real name."

Sima Guang asked Zhang Fei again: "Then what is your real name?"

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin's real name is Zhang Fei, a splendid Fei."

Sima Guang asked again: "Is there any writing?"

You are a man of God.Always grabbing my weakness and beating hard, can you talk about martial arts, this is a court, not a blind date meeting.Zhang Fei was a little dizzy when he was asked, he really didn't know if there should be words, if there must be words, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered his idol, and said: "Xiaomin's name is Yi'an. "

"Zhang Yi'an?"

Sima Guang read it again, and asked again: "Where do you live, and why did you go to Dengzhou?"

I'm a citizen of Erpen, not a prisoner, you can't stop!Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin lives in Hanyang. He came to Dengzhou with his father and brother to do business a year ago. He never thought that he would suffer a shipwreck halfway. Both father and brother were missing. Xiaomin had to go to Dengzhou to look for his father and brother. I didn't know the whereabouts of my father and brother, so I couldn't think about it for a while, so I threw myself into the river, but fortunately, I was rescued by Miss Ayun."

This set of statements is the explanation given by him after he understands the local language, because he is originally from Wuhan, and he still knows something about the history of Wuhan, so he only dares to report that he is from Hanyang.

Sima Guang said: "About your origin, it's all just your side story, I will investigate in detail."

Zhang Fei had a severe headache. Although he didn't believe that Sima Guang would go to great lengths to investigate his origins, but Sima Guang really had this ability, he was still a little flustered, thinking, this old man is really difficult to deal with, so let's leave the case alone. , Just attacking me, and it's a fucking precise strike, if this goes on, sooner or later he will find out his flaws!

Little did he know that there was one person who was more panicked than him, that was Wang Anshi who was sitting by the side. He saw that Zhang Fei sweated profusely. Just as he expected, this young man's psychological quality was too poor, and he had already started thinking in his heart, how to redeem all this. .

Sima Guang also noticed this, so he asked, "Are you hot?"

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin is just a commoner, and he feels very nervous standing here."

"is it?"

Sima Guang said: "But I heard that after you were released from prison, you went to the office again and again to complain. You shouldn't be nervous!"

Xu Zun looked at Sima Guang solemnly, and thought to himself, as expected of Sima Junshi, he thought of Zhang San as the key to the case so quickly.

He did not provide these materials, so Sima Guang must have seriously investigated Zhang Fei.

A person's nervousness can explain some problems.

When Sima Guang asked, he obviously dug a hole and waited for Zhang Fei to jump into it.

Zhang Fei gradually became overwhelmed. A lie needs countless lies to make up for, but he is not a cowardly person. He said truthfully: "Xiaomin has indeed come to sue a few times, but he has always handed in the pleadings and not I didn't break into the government office, and Xiaomin was a little nervous at the time, but under the principle of justice, Xiaomin would not back down."

"A good one won't back down."

Sima Guang snorted, pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "I've seen a lot of people like you. You people are best at telling stories and deceiving people's hearts, and then profiting from them. Under the temptation of profit, you often take risks. rather than the pursuit of justice."

Hearing this, Zhang Fei suddenly had an idea, and immediately said: "What the chief judge said is very true, exactly, but Xiaomin is not only not ashamed of it, but proud of it, and Xiaomin will come to sue more lawsuits in the future." ,Earn more money."

(End of this chapter)