The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 957 Severe punishment for serious crimes!

At this moment, Fang Yun not only has the majesty of a virtual saint, but also holds the official positions of the head of a county, the Duke of Zhenguo, and the cabinet councilor, and has the support of the vast Jing people.

The restaurant owner seemed to be hit by the invisible power of the literary courage, his knees softened, and he sat on the ground, looking at Fang Yun in despair.

A legalist code appeared in front of Fang Yun.

"Who is responsible for buying pork?"

The shopkeeper struggled to support himself with his hands to barely keep from falling down. The flesh on his chin kept trembling, and when he spoke, it was like a leaky bellows.

"Sir... Sir... it's my little... no no no... it's my little brother-in-law who is responsible for buying, I'm just responsible for keeping the accounts..." The restaurant owner started talking incoherently, and finally pointed at one of the young men, his mouth trembling and unable to speak.

Fang Yun turned his eyes to the young man.

The young man's body trembled slightly, staring at Fang Yun nervously, and never knelt down.

Fang Yun was calm, holding the official seal in his right hand. His official position, talent, literary courage and the breath of the code rushed towards the young man like an invisible wave.

Fang Yun opposed torture, but supported the use of various powers of scholars.

"This county asks you, what is your name!"

The young man's eyes suddenly widened, as if his neck was tightened, showing a look of fear, and his defense was instantly broken.

"I confess..."

Fang Yun listened carefully. This man was called Pu Zi, the brother-in-law of the restaurant owner. At first, he was conscientious, but because he felt that he earned little and the owner occasionally scolded him, he became resentful. Starting three months ago, Pu Zi reduced the purchase of meat from the place designated by the restaurant owner, and purchased part of the meat from a butcher introduced by a friend.

The butcher only sold various kinds of dead meat that had been disposed of. Pu Zi bought the dead meat at a low price, and then reported it at a normal price. His monthly income soared more than ten times!

Not long after, he was discovered by the chef. At that time, the two best chefs in the restaurant happened to have the surname Tao, one was called Chef Da Tao, and the other was called Chef Xiao Tao. Both of them claimed to be descendants of Tao Yuanming.

After the two found out, Chef Xiao Tao said that he would never cook with this kind of meat, otherwise he would rather leave. Chef Da Tao said nothing on the surface, but only advised Chef Xiao Tao not to make it public, and then colluded with Park Zi to profit from it.

Later, the two joined forces to force Chef Xiao Tao away, and used this black-hearted method to make money safely.

Chef Da Tao fainted on the spot when he heard half of it.

When Park Zi was telling the story, the four university scholars stationed in Ning'an County from the Criminal Hall, Agricultural Hall, Medical Hall and Engineering Hall had already arrived. The university scholars of the Criminal Hall and Engineering Hall were on guard outside, while the university scholars of the Agricultural Hall and Medical Hall came in and followed Fang Yun. After getting Fang Yun's consent, they began to check while listening to the story.

After Park Zi finished speaking, the two university scholars communicated with Fang Yun, and then Fang Yun asked the staff of the Criminal Hall who secretly protected him to show up and let them take over the investigation of the matter.

When they learned that the Criminal Court had intervened in the investigation, Pu Zi and the restaurant owner also fainted.

Every profession has its own expertise. Fang Yun ordered the yamen runners and soldiers to cooperate with the Criminal Court, and then ordered the yamen runners to take the people from the restaurant to the county government office.

After Fang Yun returned to the county government office, he quietly waited for the results of the investigation.

During this process, the prefect, the governor, and the four ministers all sent letters. Every time he learned some new situation, Fang Yun sent them a letter to report.

Two quarters of an hour later, Fang Yun's friends also sent concerned letters to ask and comfort him.

However, some people from the Lei family and the Zong family posted malicious speculations on the discussion list, almost attacking, because the human race rarely has a third-level crisis, and the possibility of a third-level crisis in the palace examination is even smaller. However, as long as a third-level crisis occurs, the officials will inevitably be unlucky, and the palace examination will inevitably reduce the rating.

In just two hours, the Criminal Court, which has always been efficient, investigated it clearly and sent a document to Fang Yun.

This matter was done by a rebellious literati!

This time, the Criminal Court not only easily found the butcher who sold the dead meat, but also found an important person by following the clues, and found that he was in contact with the traitorous scholar. Then the Criminal Court rushed to the place where the traitorous scholar was hiding outside the city, but the traitorous scholar died before being caught.

The upper-level traitorous scholars controlled the lower-level traitorous scholars very strictly, and the Criminal Court rarely caught traitorous scholars alive, so this operation was not a failure.

At the end of the document, the Criminal Court staff expressed their gratitude to Fang Yun and said that the discovery of the traitorous scholar was a military merit, and they would report to the Criminal Court for merit.

Fang Yun was relieved. After careful calculation, his military merit would be raised from Ding to Bingzhong next month. This traitorous scholar was enough to compare with the military merit of killing thousands of monsters by ordinary palace examination scholars.

As for the credit for saving people, it was completely counted in the medical field. Fang Yun was already the first-class saint, and there was no room for promotion.

Except for the key figures who were in contact with the traitorous scholars, all other people involved in the case were escorted to the yamen, and Fang Yun immediately opened the trial on the same day.

In the lobby, Fang Yun, wearing a white scholar's sword suit, walked slowly to his seat. Above his seat, there was a plaque written by him.

A clear mirror hung high.

Bang...

Fang Yun sat down, slammed the gavel, and said: "Bring all the suspects into the court!"

"Mighty... powerful..."

The yamen runners on both sides shouted "mighty" and hit the ground with sticks, creating a strong pressure.

Whether it was the mighty shouting of the yamen runners or the plaque, they were all added by Fang Yun himself.

The suspects to be tried all looked panicked, obviously frightened by the voices shouted by the yamen runners. They walked into the lobby hesitantly, their eyes dodging and their faces panicked.

The first to be brought up were the butcher, the buyer Pu Zi and the chef Da Tao, while the restaurant owner was actually a victim and was just listening outside.

The relatives and friends of the poisoned person and the people who were eating in the restaurant at that time stood outside the door, gritting their teeth and looking at the three suspects.

Fang Yun turned his head and looked at his master Fang Yingwu, who stood up and read out the evidence of the three people's crimes.

The three people lowered their heads and listened silently.

When Fang Yingwu finished reading, Fang Yun slammed the gavel again and said sternly: "Have the three of you heard it?"

The three nodded numbly.

"Then this county asks you, is there any problem with what you just read?"

The three shook their heads numbly.

"Very good, butcher Zhuang Qi, this county asks you, do you realize that dead meat may make people sick?"

The butcher nodded.

"This county asks you to answer!" Fang Yun's voice was full of majesty.

"Yes."

"Then do you know that eating dead meat may be fatal?"

The butcher hesitated for a moment and said: "Yes."

Fang Yun asked the same question to the buyer Pu Zi and the chef Da Tao respectively, and the three people answered in unison.

The people outside sighed softly when they heard this. They knew very well that these three people were actually deceived and did not collude with the traitorous literati, so they would not be taken away by the criminal hall and tried by local officials. But if the local officials tried according to the existing laws, these people would be fined a little and serve two or three years of hard labor at most, which could not be more serious.

Fang Yun suddenly slammed the gavel, and everyone listened immediately.

"This county announces that Zhuang Qi, Pu Zi and Tao Zhilan knew that the dead meat could cause death, but still sold and processed it. They were convicted of selling highly toxic, making highly toxic, deliberately spreading deadly diseases, and poisoning and murder. Due to the serious potential harm, bad influence, and wide involvement, this official sentenced the three to death! In view of the fact that the family members of the three knew about it but did not report it, they were guilty of coercion and were severely punished!"

The three people fainted on the spot.

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