The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 960 Hatred

Fang Yun used the power of his minoring in Legalism to interrogate four people. Except for the eldest brother among the four, who said nothing, the other three have confessed and are willing to expose Mr. Gou's crimes.

Fang Yun was stunned and the code was withdrawn.

The four suspects looked dazed, and it took them a while to fully recover.

Fang Yun looked at the eldest brother among the four and said: "Zha Yue, a man from Ning'an County, colluded with Gou Xi to kill Ai Weijiang. The evidence is irrefutable and cannot be refuted. If he is unrepentant, he will be given an additional level of guilt and will be sent to the Death Row Camp No. 2 of the Dingyuan Army." Ten years! Someone, put him in shackles and wait until the case is over, and escort him to the Dingyuan Army with the next batch of trains!" Fang Yun threw out a sign.

"Yes!" Two government officials walked in and took Zha Yue away.

From beginning to end, Zha Yue didn't speak.

Fang Yun sighed softly and said: "A man like this should have made great achievements. Even if he cannot ride on the battlefield, he should still dominate the literary world. However, once such a person takes the wrong path and is not restrained, he will definitely cause greater harm than ordinary people. . In order to prevent more people from being harmed, only heavy punishment can show the power of the law and protect the people! Therefore, love is righteous, but crime is unjust!"

Fang Yun's voice resonated with the county government's strange power, and the voice spread throughout the county government.

Many officials in the county government nodded and were convinced.

Ao Huang shook his head lightly and whispered: "Well said. No matter how good his relationship with Gou Xi is, he is still an unjust person if he kills people. Although Ai Weijiang is guilty, his crime does not lead to death. If Gou Xi only commits Teach a lesson, even if beaten It's very serious, and it can be considered sentimental, but if you kill him, no matter what, it will be unkind and unjust. If anyone thinks that Zha Yue is loyal, then if one day Zha Yue's knife is placed on his own neck or the neck of his relatives and friends, he will be killed. How?"

Fang Yun turned his head and glanced at Ao Huang with a look of approval and said, "You can teach me."

Ao Huang laughed sheepishly. This was Fang Yun's recognition of his progress and Xu Sheng's praise, which made him very happy.

The Legalist Hanlin outside the hall praised: "We, the Legalists, have always been at odds with the old and rotten Confucian scholars in the Confucian Hall of Ceremony, but Fang Xusheng's discussion of laws and prisons with emotion, benevolence and righteousness is reasonable and reasonable, which makes people feel like taking a breath of spring breeze. The luck of the Legalists is also the luck of the Hall of Ceremony.”

Fang Yun smiled slightly, but did not say anything. The reason why Xingdian Hanlin praised him was because he "judged benevolence and righteousness based on crimes, rather than judging crimes based on benevolence and righteousness." In essence, it was like "law is greater than etiquette."

When Zha Yue heard Fang Yun's comment, his body trembled, and his head that had always refused to lower seemed to become heavy and slowly lowered.

"Come here, go to Gou's house to apprehend the suspect Gou Xi! Let Dianshi Yu Bachi personally lead him." Fang Yun threw the order directly into Bachi's arms.

Yu Bachi immediately stood up and strode forward to get the person.

Two quarters of an hour later, Yu Bachifenghuohuo escorted Gou Xi forward. Because Fang Yun was to be tried secretly, only the original person could participate in the trial, and no other officials could hear it. They were sealed by the power of the official seal.

Gou Ai was dressed in a child's uniform, and her face was slightly pale due to excessive drinking. Her expression was extremely calm, and her eyes were filled with hatred that could not be concealed.

As soon as Fang Yun saw Gou Xi's eyes, he immediately understood everything.

Gou Ai was a child born and the son of a prominent family in Ning'an County. He could have successfully become the head of a prominent family... Thinking of this, Fang Yun suddenly looked at Gou Ai and said, "If you are the adopted son of the Gou family, you will be the son of the Gou family. Yu Li, everything in the Gou family belongs to you. It is not the son claimed by the Gou family, and it has no blood relationship with him. Those things do not belong to you! Only after you tell the Gou family about your life and the Gou family still recognizes you as your son, then everything belongs to you. I can only hate your father and your mother, but I can’t hate this county!”

"Nonsense! If it weren't for you, if it weren't for that beast Ai Weijiang, how could my life experience be exposed! What would you do if you were me?"

Fang Yun looked at Gou Xi calmly and asked, "What would you do if you were the head of the Gou family?"

Gou Ai froze on the spot, speechless.

Fang Yun said: "Although this county will inform the Gou family leader about this, we will issue a silence order. No matter what happens in the end, your life experience will be prohibited from being spread. If others spread it and there is evidence, I will have the execution room prosecute you for the crime of swearing. "If there is no evidence, he will be charged with defamation; if it is spread by an official of the imperial court, he will be prosecuted for leaking secrets."

The Legalist Juren recorder, Dianshi Yu Bachi and Xingdian Hanlin present were all stunned.

Everyone thought that Fang Yun would use this incident to attack Ji Zhibai and do whatever he could. After all, this case was the only one that could implicate Ji Zhibai. Fang Yun used such means to protect Gou Xi, obviously he would not use despicable or extreme means.

At least, he won't attack Ji Zhibai in a way that hurts Gou Xi.

Ao Huang looked at Fang Yun with extremely pure respect in his eyes, without any impurities.

This is Xu Sheng’s mind and morality.

However, everyone then considered Fang Yun's crime.

Defamation is a crime that has existed for a long time. It is usually just for discussing government affairs, making unreasonable remarks about the king and other crimes. It is also targeted at non-scholars. Scholars will never be punished for talking about these things.

Fang Yun actually used the crime of defamation in this situation to protect his personal reputation, which was unprecedented.

As for the "crime of scolding", it has been around for a long time. "興" means scolding, and scolding is divided into many specific crimes, such as insulting fellow clan members, insulting elders, etc. Usually it was whipped several times and no severe punishment was used.

The penalty for defamation was originally very severe, but now it will be lighter for individuals, and it will inevitably be heavier than swearing.

As for the "crime of leaking secrets" imposed on officials, it is extremely severe. In the laws of any country, leaking secrets is a serious crime, and the sentence ranges from three years to death.

In Fang Yun's view, the Ning'an County Yamen and the Yamen in various parts of the human race have become leaky. This situation must be stopped. The harm is too great. If even the internal information of the Yamen cannot be kept confidential, then this regime is a failed regime, and the people in power are incompetent.

Except for the Hanlin of the Criminal Hall who was thinking about something, everyone else only focused on this case.

Gou Xia was a scholar and a student after all. Even though there was still hatred in his eyes, he also flashed a complex gratitude. He bowed his head slightly and said, "The student thanks you, sir."

The Hanlin of the Criminal Hall said, "May I ask Fang Xusheng, what is the reason for you to take such measures?"

Fang Yun had not thought about this question. After a moment of silence, his literary talent moved slightly, and he said, "There is sympathy and human etiquette, and finally it is stopped by law."

"So that's it, thank you sir for clearing up my doubts."

Fang Yun smiled slightly.

The Hanlin of the Criminal Hall looked at Fang Yun carefully, with a look of surprise on his face, because a strange light flashed across Fang Yun's face, a light he had only seen on the faces of great scholars after discussing the Dao.

"Could it be that Fang Xusheng understood the relationship between the Holy Dao from this..."

While the Hanlin of the Criminal Hall was thinking, Fang Yun said: "Qi Junshan and the other three have confessed, what else do you have to say?"

Gou Qi was silent for a moment, and said: "The student only asks one question, if you can answer, the student is willing to confess."

"Yes." Fang Yun only said one word lightly, but with a strange majesty, as if he was not agreeing, but ordering.

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Ahem, I changed the password and forgot it, and then I remembered it after a long time,, so it was a little late...