Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1200 Zhu Ping'an is very busy (2)

  Zhu Ping'an sat on the high hall and carefully looked at the plaintiff and the defendant below the hall. Before being promoted to the hall, they had already learned the general reasons. Eighteen villagers beat the drums and blared a lawsuit, saying that they had discovered the affair between the monk and the nun, and arrested them on the spot to report to the officials.

  The 18 villagers who reported to the hall were filled with righteous indignation and excitement. The leader was a man in his forties, dressed better than the others. The other 17 villagers were all typical farmers.

The defendant's monk and nun were young, both about twenty, they were tied up, and they were in a panic. The monk's face was blushing, and the nun's head almost fell to the ground. Looking at the posture, he wanted to find a hole in the ground. Same.

  There is a reason why the ancients paid attention to five hearings to judge cases. By observing words and expressions, Zhu Pingan has a rough judgment in his mind. However, judging a case should not rely on subjective assumptions, but also pay attention to the evidence and the law. These details must go through the trial of the case in order to have a true, accurate and specific judgment on the entire case.

"Who is the name of the plaintiff in the hall, where does he live, report to the official one by one. You have a lot of people, after you report, choose a representative, and then explain to the official in detail why the two monks were tied up. This office."

  Zhu Pingan first spoke to the plaintiffs kneeling in the hall, asking them to report their identities, and then choose a representative to come out to answer, so that people would not talk too much and couldn’t get to the point. After the representative finished speaking, others could add more.

   "Master Huizhi County, the youngest is Zhang Dalong, Lizheng of Hongmiao Village, who lives in the middle of Hongmiao Village."

  The leading man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then raised his head and said to Zhu Pingan.

   "The younger one is Zhang Daniu, who is also from Hongmiao Village, and lives in the west end of the village."

   "The younger one is Zhang Tiedan, who also lives in Hongmiao Village. He lives next to Daniu's house, next to the main road in the village."

   "Little Wang Scallion..."

  More than a dozen villagers knelt on the ground, kowtowed one by one, and stuttered to report their names and addresses.

   After reporting, Li Zheng, as a representative, knelt on the ground and explained the reasons for reporting to the official in detail.

"I would like to report to the county magistrate, the younger ones are all decent people in Hongmiao Village. Our village is called Hongmiao Village because there are two temples on the mountain behind the village, and there is a monk temple on the mountain in front of the village, called Hongmiao Temple. There is a nun's nunnery at the back of the village, called Hongmiao Temple. These two temples have always been very effective and well-known, and they are well-known in all directions. This morning, Zhang Daniu from our village got up early and went to the forest to collect fungi at the back of the village. I was worried about the wild beasts hurting people, so I brought a strong young man from the village and took the job, and prepared to eliminate this great harm for the village."

"But I didn't expect that when we entered the woods and found a quiet place, we didn't find any wild beasts, but we found this pair of unruly and immoral people! When we caught them, these two people were still hugging each other What! They didn’t even notice us! Oh, what a shame! So, we caught them on the spot, used the rope we were planning to tie up the wild beasts, and **** this pair of shameless creatures and reported them to the authorities!”

  Lizheng Zhang Dalong knelt on the ground and told the reason why he **** the monks and nuns to report to the officials.

  Zhu Pingan nodded after listening, and then asked more than a dozen kneeling villagers, "Do you have anything to add?"

   "Master Zhixian, Li Zheng said everything, we have nothing to add."

   More than a dozen villagers shook their heads in unison.

   "Hahaha, this can be regarded as a wrong attack. I wanted to fight wild animals, but I didn't expect to fight a pair of wild mandarin ducks."

   "Hehe, binding them with the rope used to bind wild beasts can be regarded as useful. Is there any difference between these two shameless goods and wild beasts?"

   "It's really shameless, it's still a monk"

   "No wonder there is a nun's temple next to the monk's temple. This is a perfect match."

  After hearing Zhang Lizheng's words, the melon-eaters watching outside couldn't help discussing with joy. It was not the first time they had come to the county government office to watch the trial of the magistrate. Knowing the rules, they spoke in a low voice, not daring to disturb the county government hearing the case. Otherwise, he would be expelled from the county government office at least, or fined at worst.

After Zhu Pingan finished questioning the plaintiff, he turned his head to look at the bound monks and nuns, and ordered to the servants under the hall, "Untie them first, and before the conclusion of the case, any defendant is a suspect, not a criminal. Wait until After the conclusion of the court case, the guilty will be severely punished according to the law, and the innocent will be released."

   "Thank you, Mr. Zhixian." After the monk and nun were untied from the rope, they knelt down and kowtowed to thank Zhu Ping'an.

  Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and said to the two of them, "You two should report your family first."

  The monk knelt on the ground, clasped his hands together, "Report to the magistrate, the little monk named Wuzhen, and place an order at the Hongmiao Temple."

   "The little nun's name is Shenyue, and she was born in Hongmiao Nunnery." The nun also knelt on the ground and kowtowed back.

   "What's the name of the layman? Where does he live? When did he leave home?" Zhu Ping'an asked again.

   "The common surname of the little monk is Liu, and his name is Liu Suo. He lives in Liujia Village. The little monk was born last year." The monk replied.

   "The little nun's surname is Wang, her name is Wang Lian, and she lives in Liujia Village. The little nun was also born last year." The nun immediately replied.

  Oh, the two are actually from the same village, and they were born in the same year. Zhu Pingan touched his chin when he heard the words.

  There must be something going on here.

  Zhu Pingan had a basic judgment in his heart, so he asked further, "Why did you two become monks?"

"Don't dare to hide from the county magistrate, the little monk and the sister from the Wang family have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. It's just that the little monk's family is poor, so he went to ask for a marriage, but the uncle refused, and he wanted to marry the sister from the Wang family to the horseman in the town as a concubine. The horseman is already sixty If the younger sister of the Wang family went to be his concubine, there would be no happiness. The little monk knelt down at Uncle Wang’s house and begged Uncle Wang to marry the younger sister of the Wang family to me. It was serious, and he was bedridden at home for more than a month. It was later learned that the Uncle Wang insisted on marrying the Wang family sister to the horseman. Monk, I went to the nearby Hongmiao Temple to become a monk.”

  The monk knelt on the ground and replied with red and swollen eyes.

  After listening to the monk's words, the melon-eating crowd outside immediately began to discuss again. No one thought that the two had such a past. Immediately, two factions formed. Some people sympathized with the monk and nun, a pair of fateful couples. Some people thought that since they became a monk, they should abide by the rules and regulations. Fornication is abhorrent, so they should be severely punished, so as to serve as an example to others.

  (end of this chapter)