The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1048 Decision!

Fang Yun's face was cold and solemn, not at all like his usual kind face, and his eyes even had a bone-chilling chill.

"Well, I already know. But..." Fang Yun said while flipping through the documents in front of him, "According to what our county government knows, was your Diao family bought Wang Xiaocui from someone else?"

Diao Nengchen said hurriedly: "This is nonsense. Wang Xiaocui is the wife of a common man who is married to a matchmaker. The village chief is the witness and there are village elders watching the ceremony. According to ancient etiquette, this is a matchmaker's wife."

"Since the matchmaker is getting married, have the woman's family been present?"

"We invited the woman's family, but none of the woman's family came, and there was nothing we could do." Diao Nengchen said.

"Come here, call the woman's family to the court!"

Six or seven people walked into the main hall. A woman was crying loudly. The other men looked at Diao Nengchen and others with flames of hatred in their eyes.

A middle-aged man who was over forty held his fists towards Fang Yun, with a look of sorrow on his face, and said: "Fang Xusheng, please make the decision for the common people! My daughter Xiaocui was just out of the city to play with others, who knew she was trafficked? We searched all over Mizhou but couldn't find it. Not long ago, the police officer told us that Xiaocui was growing up. My husband and I went to Xicun, but we were kicked out without even seeing Xiaocui’s face. An old man told us that we must never go to Changxi Village again, as we might be beaten to death, so we kept trying to find ways. People, but we are a civilian family. Where can we find people? We can only wait at home for news from the county government..."

The man had been holding back tears, but in the end, the tears flowed silently. He was not only crying because of his daughter's death, but also because of his own incompetence.

How can an ordinary person fight against such a powerful enemy?

"If I had known, Xiaocui would not have been allowed to go outside the city..." The woman cried even harder.

Fang Yun said kindly: "Auntie, don't say such things. You are right, and so is Xiaocui. It is the traffickers who are wrong, and the local officials who are wrong! Since Xiaocui's parents believe that Xiaocui was trafficked and forced into marriage, , then I will pronounce the sentence..."

Fang Yun suddenly changed his face, slapped the alarm, looked at Diao Nengchen, and said: "Diao Nengchen, a villager in Changxi Village, bought a trafficked woman, and was fined 300 taels of silver and sentenced to one year in prison; he forced Xiaocui, the queen of the people, to be his wife. Three years in prison; repeated rape of mob queen Xiaocui. The circumstances are serious and the consequences are severe. The crimes have been piled up. He must be executed immediately!"

After Fang Yun announced the verdict, the whole place was completely silent. No matter whether it was the Legalist staff sitting near Fang Yun or the government officials standing not far away, whether it was Diao Nengchen's family or Wang Xiaocui's family, whether it was the officials or witnesses outside, none of them could understand this weirdness. judgment.

Even Tang Hanlin of the Xing Palace was dumbfounded.

The trial of Fang Yun's case was much shorter than before. After going to court, he just looked through the case files and just listened to the testimonies of both parties before suddenly deciding the case directly. This was a bit rash in the first place, and the final judgment was unprecedented!

Every country in the human race can catch human traffickers every year, but the laws of various countries in the Holy Yuan Continent are different. Some countries, like ancient China, impose capital punishment on human traffickers and kill them if they are caught. However, some countries do not kill them and only give heavy sentences. .

Jingguo is one of the countries that does not kill traffickers, let alone those who buy women.

However, Ning'an County is a pilot project for the Xingdian, and Fang Yun has the right to kill first and then report. As long as there is no objection from the Xingdian and the Sanfa Division in the end, his judgment will be valid and can be cited by other officials as the sentencing standard.

"Dog officer! Dog officer! You are looking down on human life! You dog officer..." Diao's mother rushed towards Fang Yun like crazy, walked around the table, and reached out to scratch Fang Yun's face.

Before she could get close, Fang Yun used his bravery to block her, then slapped her on the wall and said: "Get this person quickly! This person not only roared in court, but also trafficked people, and also intended to attack me. County, this is a serious crime! This person must be a very vicious person, and he must not be sentenced lightly because of his old age! Put this old woman in prison and keep him under strict supervision for a separate trial!"

The government officials on both sides rushed over and grabbed Diao's mother.

Diao's mother immediately started acting up and said loudly: "I'm dead! I'm dead! I'm going to die here. I don't believe that the saint is blind. I don't believe that this human race has no king's law! Don't stop me. , I’m going to be killed in Ning’an County Government Office!”

Fang Yun suddenly said: "Let go and let her hit you!"

The two government officials hesitated for a moment and let go.

Diao's mother was stunned, and so were everyone else present. What kind of county magistrate is this?

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I didn't expect such a bad official to appear in Ning'an County! I will hit a pillar and die for you to see!" The Diao mother rushed towards the red pillar in the main hall, hit it with a clang, and then body He fell to the ground and never spoke again.

Everyone in the Diao family rushed forward and cried loudly.

Fang Yun was unmoved because he saw Diao's mother pause for a moment at the impact, and the impact was not very severe.

"Come here, take this person out for treatment, and then put him in prison! Anyone who blocks his way will be driven away with wooden sticks!"

"Yes!" Many government officials rushed over and drove away the Diao family members.

Then, two government officials each grabbed one of Diao's mothers' wrists and dragged her out. These old government officials knew very well what the county magistrate meant when she said "pull her out."

The Diao mother closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and was dragged out without saying a word.

"Dog officer! Give my mother's life back, I will fight with you!" Diao Nengchen shouted loudly, but did not dare to move forward.

"Come here, this person is roaring in the court, intending to attack me, pull him out and beat him hard!" Fang Yun threw down a sign.

The yamen servant immediately rushed forward, took Diao Nengchen outside the hall, took off his pants, and beat him severely with a stick.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

These government officials used all their strength to hit only twenty big sticks, and the sticks were broken. Afterwards, he replaced the stick with a new one and broke Diao Nengchen's bones, causing him to pass out.

The rest of the Diao family had seen such brutal officials, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to say a word and knelt on the ground trembling.

Wang Xiaocui's family members were extremely excited and gnashed their teeth, wishing they were beaten less.

Tang Hanlin stepped into the main hall, raised his hand to Fang Yunyi, and said, "Fang Xusheng, I have something to ask."

"But it doesn't matter." Fang Yun looked at Tang Hanlin. He was stationed in Ning'an City and had helped him many times. However, as the Hanlin of the Xing Palace, it was his duty to stand up at this time. Fang Yun did not blame him.

"Why is there a prison sentence for acquiring women? This is unprecedented in the Holy Yuan Continent."

Fang Yun said: "People who buy people should know that human trafficking is guilty. They should know that the law cannot force people to buy people. If they do it, they must bear legal responsibility. What's more, buying and selling has the same crime, which can effectively reduce human trafficking."

Tang Hanlin said: "I see, Magistrate Fang is right, but the matter must be decided by the Palace of Punishment. As for the final death penalty, is it open to discussion?"

Fang Yun pointed at Diao Nengchen outside and asked, "Didn't he repeatedly rape women? According to the law, shouldn't such a crime be punishable by death?"

Tang Hanlin was speechless, and even everyone present felt that Fang Yun's words were irrefutable.

It was only then that everyone realized that among the trafficked women, who had not been abused and raped? Why do people who rape others be sentenced to severe sentences or even the death penalty, but people who buy women are not sentenced to death for their behavior, which is even more heinous?

Those people are not just buying others, they are a group of rapists who commit crimes continuously!

Such a simple truth, many people have never thought of it before.

Some officials looked at Fang Yun and suddenly realized that what Fang Xusheng was looking at was far beyond the limit of what ordinary people could see, as if it had penetrated time and space.

Tang Hanlin sighed and said: "But the human race has never had such a precedent before."

"The human race didn't have you and me before!" Fang Yun said.

Tang Hanlin admitted that if you look at people like Diao Nengchen who buy women from another angle, you will find that the sins of such people are almost as deep as human traffickers!

Tang Hanlin said helplessly: "Fang Xusheng, such a heavy sentence does make sense. However, don't forget that if these people are sentenced to death, once they do these things, in order to prevent leaks, they will kill those women, and they may Harm more people.”

Fang Yun said: "Everyone knows that there is no death penalty in Yun State. Therefore, the proportion of murderers per million people in Yun State is more than ten times that of other countries! And Wu State, which has stricter laws, has many death sentences every day. The proportion of murderers among one million people is far lower than that in Yun State. "Is what I said true?"

"It's true." Tang Hanlin said helplessly.

"I have also heard that in a survey, if the same crime is not sentenced to death, many people will hesitate to commit it, but if they are sentenced to death, most people will not commit it. Is this true?"

"It's true." Tang Hanlin said.

"I believe that as long as there is the threat and deterrence of the death penalty, the number of people buying people will decrease significantly. Without the purchasers, the number of people trafficking will also decrease significantly. Of course, this crime can only be formalized at least until everyone knows about it. Promulgated. In order to prevent people from being trafficked and killed, the severe punishment must be fully implemented after it is officially promulgated.”

"But...why can't we use gentler methods?" Tang Hanlin said.

Fang Yun suddenly ignored Tang Hanlin and looked at the sky in the distance outside the door.

"I have also asked myself whether I can use gentler and more reasonable methods to prevent humans from killing each other. In fact, this is already very gentle, because my method of stopping the demon barbarians is a hundred times more cruel than this! The demon barbarians will not give We have spent so much time to deal with these conflicts gently, and I don’t have that much time to waste on these scum who are holding back the human race. They can afford it, but the human race can’t afford it!”

Tang Hanlin looked at Fang Yun and was speechless for a long time.

A Diao family suddenly shouted: "It's not that we want to buy people, it's that we can't get a wife at all. If we don't buy them by force, how will we have children? How will we propagate the human race?"

Fang Yun said: "You have needs, you have desires, but no matter what, you should not hurt others to satisfy your own needs!"

"We are all forced, and there is nothing we can do! If we had everything, we would not do such a thing."

Fang Yun looked at the Diao family indifferently and said slowly: "There was once a man who lost his arms when he was born. After his parents left Liangjie Mountain, they entrusted him to relatives. After that, his parents completely lost contact. His relatives are very poor, and they can't help him beyond that. Not to mention getting a wife, he can't even hold a pen. Ten thousand times, but he didn’t buy a wife, nor did he hurt others.”

Fang Yun took a deep breath and continued: "He was listening to classes outside other people's schools. He bit the branches with his teeth to write, and he wrote with the branches between his toes. Even if he became a Hanlin, all his teeth would be crooked and his toes would be twisted. . The glares and ridicules he faced never stopped, and the torment and pain in his heart never stopped. What he endured was far more than yours. According to your logic, he could kill everyone in the world!"

"But he didn't. Not only did he not hurt innocent people, but before he died, he asked me to protect the world on his behalf, and to protect you on his behalf!"

"He is an exception, but I want to tell you that small crimes can be forgiven, but the reason you committed big crimes is not because of your family, not because of your environment, not because of how miserable you are, but because you are beasts! You are scum! Because, real people, even if they are a thousand times or ten thousand times more miserable than you, will not hurt others!"

"The human race that Peng Zouzhao asked me to protect does not include beasts like you!"

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he paused for a moment and said with thunderous tongue: "All private soldiers, all soldiers, get ready immediately and follow me out of the city!"

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