Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 6: Absolutely free from guilt

Bang!

"Who is there?"

After being mighty, Xu Zun patted the gavel and asked majesticly.

The three of them bowed to each other and announced their families.

In the Song Dynasty, ordinary cases did not need to kneel for trial, but some criminals involved in heinous crimes had to kneel for trial. If Ayun was here, she would not have the right to stand.

Xu Zun asked again: "What grievances do you have?"

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Zhizhou, because my client, er, because of Wei Ada, had hired someone to murder him a few months ago, and almost died. He complained."

Xu Zun nodded slightly and said, "I am very clear about the murder case of Wei Ada, and I also sympathize with Wei Ada's experience, so I allow you to appeal on his behalf. In addition, I understand that Wei Ada is hurt body, allow him to sit in the trial, so as to save him from fatigue."

Immediately, a yamen servant came forward with a chair.

For Wei Ada, Xu Zun felt a little guilty in his heart, because he hoped to help Ayun avoid the death penalty, so he gave Wei Ada excellent treatment.

Wei Ada is a simple and honest person, and he feels that he does not need to sit for trial, so facing the master's reward, he is terrified, just about to refuse, but Zhang Fei stares back, and choked up a few times, "Thank you Zhizhou", he sat on the chair, but it was like sitting on pins and needles!

Seriously, you might as well just stand.

Xu Zun asked again: "I wonder if Wei Ada has any grievances to appeal?"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Reporting to Zhizhou, Xiaomin sued Fang Datian on behalf of Weahda for causing great harm to Weahada's body and spirit."

Fang Datian heard the words, he was really wronged to the point of death, and was about to appeal for injustice, when the master secretary, Xu Yuan, said first: "About this case, the government has already found out that Ayun murdered Wei Ada, and Fang Datian didn't know about it beforehand. love."

Fang Datian looked at Xu Yuan tearfully.

What a master Qingtian!

Zhang Fei said: "I don't know, but it doesn't mean it doesn't matter. First of all, Fang Datian used marriage to cheat money."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Datian immediately shouted: "Xiaomin was wronged, Xiaomin sincerely wanted to betroth Xiaomin's niece to Wei Ada at that time, there was absolutely no intention of deceiving, and Xiaomin also wanted to betroth him early. Return the betrothal gift from the Wei family to them."

Xu Zun nodded, and said to Zhang Fei: "As for what Fang Datian said, I have already investigated it before, and he has no intention of deceiving."

Zhang Fei asked Fang Datian: "When you came to make a kiss before, you once said that your niece is kind and handsome, gentle and virtuous. I wonder if it is true?"

Fang Datian said: "Yes, I did say such things, but I am not lying. If you don't believe me, you can go around my village and ask if my Ayun is as I said."

He didn't seem to be stupid, and immediately added: "I don't know why that kid suddenly killed someone with a knife. If I knew it in advance, I would definitely stop it."

Zhang Fei said: "This is just your one-sided statement. The fact is that what Ah Yun has done has nothing to do with being gentle and virtuous."

Xu Yuan who was on the side suddenly said: "But Fang Datian didn't lie, this is not to say that he used marriage to cheat money."

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said, "May I ask Mr. Xu, if my family member is seriously ill, and a doctor comes to tell him that there is medicine to cure my family's chronic illness, but after the patient takes it, he dies because of it, is the doctor right? Take responsibility?"

Xu Yuan hesitated a little, nodded and said: "If it is true that the death was caused by medicine, then the doctor must be responsible."

Zhang Fei said again: "But the doctor said that this medicine has cured many people, it is famous far and wide, and he didn't intend to harm others, so can he get away with it?"

Xu Yuandao: "Even so, he has to be responsible. However, the two cannot be generalized. It is medicine, and it is a person. Medicine needs to be given by others, but people can do it independently. Now that Ayun has pleaded guilty to the law, it can be regarded as Returned Weah's justice."

"Ayun is Ahyun, but it cannot represent Fang Datian. Taking the matter of selling medicine just now as an example, if the doctor did not sell the medicine to the patient after collecting the money, it is of course a deception. But at the same time If the doctor's medicine doesn't work and makes the patient's condition worse, it's also a deception. Xiaomin completely believes that Fang Datian betrothed his niece to Wei Ada sincerely. But."

Zhang Fei changed the subject and said: "Fang Datian took the initiative to come to the door and told Wei Ada that his niece was gentle, virtuous, kind and handsome, and induced Wei Ada to exchange his ancestral land for this marriage. Good deeds have already involved interests. But the fact is exactly the opposite, his niece is definitely not a kind person, which directly caused Wei Ada to be tortured both physically and mentally, which has constituted the crime of defrauding money by marriage."

It is also a kind of deception that the goods are not right.

Xu Yuandao: "If there is really a misunderstanding in the communication between Fang Datian and Wei Ada, then the government will consider it as appropriate, but you are suing Fang Datian for the crime of hurting others."

Zhang Fei said: "May I ask Master Xu, if Fang Datian hadn't lied to Wei Ada, would Wei Ada have suffered such harm?"

Xu Yuan shook his head.

Zhang Fei said: "In other words, Fang Datian's deceit was the cause of Wei Ada's injury. crime, that is, to exonerate him from the crime of deceit, and investigate his crime of hurting others."

Xu Zun's eyes lit up, and he suppressed a smile.

Applying this law here is at least much more reasonable than applying it to Ah Yun!

Speaking of the crime of avoiding the cause, Xu Yuan was even more angry, and immediately retorted: "I just said that the government will consider it as appropriate, but I did not say that he has committed fraud. After all, Fang Datian will The betrothal of the niece to Wei Ada is also doing what the elders do, and according to what I know, many parents and matchmakers are suspected of exaggerating when they are matchmakers. Complain."

He is also experienced, and he also understands at this time that although Zhang Fei's prosecution is a crime of hurting others, the key lies in whether it constitutes a crime of fraud.

If it does not constitute a crime of fraud, then the crime of exoneration cannot be invoked, and the crime of hurting others is naturally out of the question.

Gentle and virtuous, handsome and kind, even if it does not conform to the facts, whether it can constitute a crime of fraud is open to question. Regarding this point, Xu Yuan can cite a large number of examples to prove that this cannot constitute a crime of fraud.

Because everyone who is a matchmaker says this, it can almost be listed as a mantra, even if it is the law of later generations, it is difficult to make a judgment based on this.

Zhang Fei calmly said: "Mr. Xu's words are wrong. Fraud is a common thing for people. Otherwise, it would be difficult to succeed. Why did everyone say that, but this kind of thing didn't happen? This It was all because Fang Datian was too greedy, eager to get the Wei family's land, disregarded Ayun's own feelings, and did not tell Wei Ada of Ayun's thoughts truthfully, which led to such tragedies, although he was harmless However, he does have the intention of taking money, and his heart is not for the beauty of adults, but for profit, and to use lies to obtain benefits, which is enough to constitute the crime of fraud.

In addition, as far as I know, Ayun was keeping filial piety for his mother at that time. According to the law of our dynasty, marriage is not allowed at this time, and this law is related to human ethics and morality, so everyone knows it. Knowing that Datian violated the law, he still insisted on marrying Ayun to Wei Ada. As far as the law is concerned, this marriage cannot be counted. With a marriage that cannot be recognized by the law, to ask for ten acres of land from the other party is enough to conclude that this is the case. It is fraudulent. "

Xu Yuan frowned upon hearing this, and couldn't help looking at Xu Zun.

Xu Zun seemed to expect that he would look, and quietly gave him an innocent look.

This has nothing to do with me.

I really underestimated this person. Xu Yuan suddenly looked very depressed.

If you want Fang Datian to be punished just based on those few words of praise, then he will never allow it.

But if the punishment is based on keeping filial piety and not being able to marry, then he will be in a bit of trouble.

It’s really not that the law stipulates this, because the people have their own sentiments. In ordinary people’s homes, it’s just that weddings are not allowed during the filial piety, not that they can’t collect taxes.

What Fang Datian did cannot be said to be a violation of etiquette.

But the key point is that Xu Zun has used this method to dismiss the judgment of Dali Temple, and Dali Temple has also withdrawn the crime of evil and rebellion, and does not recognize their husband and wife relationship. Can you let them go?

This will even affect Xu Zun's official career.

This is really a double standard.

Although Xu Yuan was dissatisfied, he could only nod his head and said, "This is indeed what the law stipulates."

He dared not argue any further.

Fang Datian panicked immediately. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Xu Yuan was in favor of him. This was actually Xu Zun's intention to ensure fairness.

But for Zhang Fei, it's not enough to hold onto Xu Yuan, because it's the sentiment of the people, he has to convince the watching citizens at the door to accept this statement.

Zhang Fei suddenly looked around, and said sonorously: "There is no doubt that Wei Ada is definitely the biggest victim of this case."

The biggest victim?

Isn't it the only one?

Xu Yuan felt weird when he heard this.

A smile flashed across Xu Zun's eyes, but he didn't make a sound, letting Zhang Fei do his best.

I also heard Zhang Fei say: "Moreover, the mental damage caused by this case to Wei Ada is far greater than the physical damage he suffered."

Speaking of this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Because of his ugly appearance, Wei Ada was excluded by his playmates since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was rejected by others. Now he is 30 years old, but he is still unmarried marry.

However, this body, skin, hair, and skin all belong to his parents. This is not his fault, but he suffers from it. God is really unfair.

Originally, Wei Ada had already decided that he would be lonely all his life. It was Fang Datian who gave him hope, but it was Fang Datian who drove him into the abyss.

A woman would rather take the risk and commit the crime of murder than marry him. What a blow to him. "

At this point, he suddenly heard the sound of mourning, and saw Naveada sitting on the chair, holding his head in his hands, his whole body twitching.

This scene moved everyone present!

Many women even covered their faces and sobbed.

It was Xu Yuan who couldn't help lowering his eyes and sighing.

This is really hurtful.

With tears in the corners of Zhang Fei's eyes, he let out a long sigh, and said, "I don't know what happened to Fang's family at the time, what is certain is that Ayun had objected beforehand, and the result also told us the answer. Her objection at the time was not approved, on the contrary, she had to marry Wei Ada, which caused this human tragedy. Then whoever forced Ayun to marry Wei Ada is Fang Datian."

Zhang Fei pointed to Fang Datian, and said: "And he just for the sake of the ten mu of land in the Weah family, he forced the daughter of the brother and sister-in-law to not keep their filial piety when the brother and sister-in-law were mourning. This is in vain for a brother. He is absolutely responsible for being an uncle, let alone a human being, but since he really has no intention of hurting others, Xiaomin hereby pleads with Zhizhou to judge Fang Datian to compensate Wei Ada for what he has suffered with 50 acres of land. damage."

Although Fang Datian is more eloquent than Wei Ahada, he is also afraid in this court and has never dared to say anything. Now that he heard that fifty acres of land should be compensated, he was so anxious that he burst into tears on the spot , "Knowing Zhou Mingjian, Xiaomin is wronged! Wronged! Xiaomin is just a good intention, and has no intention of harming others."

But in the face of his cries, most of the people present looked at each other coldly.

It's disgusting!

Xu Zun asked: "Really? The official asked you, why did you betroth Ayun to Wei Ada when Ayun was observing his filial piety?"

Fang Datian quibbled: "A lot of people promise marriages and pay taxes during the period of filial piety, but they just didn't hold ceremonies. This is not the work of Xiaomin alone!"

Xu Zundao: "But most of them come from good intentions, or care and care for the younger generation, not malicious intent, not for self-interest. What Zhang San said is not wrong. At this time, he forced his niece to seek benefits for himself, and his motives are very shameful."

After speaking, Xu Zun asked Zhang Fei again: "You ask for compensation for 50 mu of land on behalf of Weada, do you have any explanation?"

Fifty mu of land is definitely not a small amount of money, even he did not expect that Zhang Fei would ask for so much compensation.

"Yes!"

Zhang Fei said: "For Wei Ada, he needs more compensation now, because this injury has already had a very bad impact on his future life. If there is no compensation, it will be tantamount to making him chronic. death, so he hopes that the law can seek justice for him and compensate his loss."

As he spoke, he immediately took out a piece of paper and said: "It clearly states the details of the compensation, Xiaomin didn't ask for a penny more."

Xu Zun winked at Liu Hai.

Liu Hai immediately went down to take the paper, and presented it to Xu Zun.

Xu Zun took a look, his eyes almost popped out, how could he write in such detail? What a talent!

As everyone knows, Zhang Fei used to do this job in the law firm, and this is actually his first defense in court.

After watching, he handed it to Xu Yuan again.

When Xu Yuan saw it, his expression was exactly the same. He had never seen such a detailed compensation statement in his entire life.

Needless to say, medical expenses.

Then, the severed finger caused inconvenience to Weada's work, even including Weada's future marriage.

Based on Wei Ada's current situation, how much property does he have to own before he has a chance to get another marriage.

Nowadays, how much gift money should be given by the man who gets married is based on data. Zhang Fei just multiplied it by two, because disability will also increase the gift money.

Now Xu Yuan also understands why Zhang Fei wanted to sue Fang Datian for hurting others, not for cheating.

In fact, just now they have been arguing whether Fang Datian's behavior constitutes a crime of fraud, not a crime of wounding, which is just a crime of citing excuses.

The reason lies in the issue of compensation.

If it is just fraud, then the claim amount is definitely not that much, but if you want to claim compensation for the crime of hurting people, you can write a lot.

Xu Yuan has nothing to say.

Xu Zun saw that Xu Yuan had no objection, so he judged on the spot that Fang Datian should compensate Wei Ada with 50 acres of fertile land, and also angrily accused him of violating filial piety on the spot, and ordered him to go back and reflect.

At the same time, he also adopted Zhang Fei's statement that Fang Datian hurt others not intentionally, but in fact, so he was exempted from punishment.

But Fang Datian, who had always loved money like his life, fainted on the spot.

There was applause outside the courtyard.

Hearing this, the citizens outside the door all hated this big field, and at the same time sympathized with Wei Ada very much.

What a pity.

"The Zhizhou knows the details, Xiaomin Dai Wei Ada thanked the Zhizhou for making decisions for us."

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and saluted.

Xu Zun looked at Zhang Fei meaningfully, and Zhang Fei immediately expressed his gratitude with his eyes.

Xu Zun smiled, got up and left.