Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 13: Precise strike

Why Xu Zun accepted Zhang Fei's suggestion and handed over the case to Sima Guang for trial was not only to convince the other party, but also because Xu Zun also understood Sima Guang's character.

A gentleman too!

Will not compromise the means for the purpose.

In fact, everyone is still arguing about beliefs, and they are still arguing within the scope of the rules.

From a legal point of view, this is of course a good thing.

After Sima Guang took over the case, he also invited Xu Zun here according to the procedure and asked the reason for overturning the case.

Xu Zun also truthfully handed over the entire case to Sima Guang.

After learning about it, Sima Guang said: "This is not enough to overturn the case. I will not comment on the verdict of Fang Datian's case, but this case is not enough to overturn Ayun's case, because this case just proves that Fang Datian not only did not instigate the criminal woman commit murder, and still oppose the criminal woman doing so.”

Xu Zundao: "I don't think so. This case can at least prove that Ayun is not a vicious person. She was forced to come to this point. Based on this, the other party questioned Ayun's motive for killing the murder. I think it is very strange." Makes sense.

In addition, the other party also invited Wei Ada, a new witness. Wea Da was originally the victim of this case, and this alone is enough to constitute a reason to reverse the case. "

Sima Guang frowned when he heard the words, and said, "Wei Ada, as a victim, has to testify for the murderer, don't you think it's strange?"

Xu Zundao: "That's why I allow this case to be retried."

Sima Guang took a quick look at the confession again, and asked, "Wea Daxin's confession is not written on it."

Xu Zundao: "The other party refuses to provide information about this."

Sima Guang said: "Why?"

Xu Zundao: "The other side thinks they are the weak side. If they provide evidence too early, I am afraid that it will cause harm to his witnesses."

"It's unreasonable."

Sima Guang said: "Why does he think so?"

Since he became an official, Xu Zun has not been afraid of power, and said directly: "It is because he thinks our previous judgment is unfair."

Sima Guang glanced at Xu Zun, stroked his beard and smiled and said, "That's all! That's all! It's not fair, you'll know after the trial."

After Xu Zun left, Wang Shiyuan, Qi Hui, Lu Gongzhu and other court and Chinese judicial leaders entered the door.

Some of them support Sima Guang, but some of them are neutral. For example, this book written by Lu Gong, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, is a neutral attitude. In fact, he was more inclined to Wang Anshi's arguments before, thinking that A Yun is not a heinous crime. She should not be sentenced to death, but he was very opposed to Xu Zun's excessive defense.

This is outrageous.

After these bigwigs read it, their opinions were very consistent, saying that these so-called "evidences" were not enough to constitute a reason for a retrial.

The only thing that can constitute a reason for a retrial is the new witness Wei Ada. He is the victim and the party involved. His confession is very important, but the problem is that Xu Zun did not provide a specific confession, which is against the rules. of.

Sima Guang laughed and said, "If it wasn't for that, how could they be willing to let me interrogate you?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

If Wang Anshi is allowed to interrogate, once they know that this is the case, they will definitely not agree to a retrial.

This is actually a deal.

Lu Gong said: "If Xu Zhongtu is not sure, he will never ask for a retrial."

Sima Guang nodded and said: "From the current point of view, there are two tricks hidden in it. One is the confession of Wei Ada we mentioned before. If Wei Ada retracts his confession, Ayun will have May be exonerated.”

They have all thought of this, but they think that if Xu Zun does this, it will undoubtedly be suicidal. Compared with hard power, Xu Zun is no match for them.

Wang Shiyuan asked: "What is the second?"

Sima Guangdao: "The second is that they did not provide specific evidence. I guess their evidence is not ironclad evidence. If we had been informed in advance, we would have been able to break it down one by one. Otherwise, they would have no need to Hidden, so they did not inform in advance, but the purpose is to catch us off guard.

But no matter what tricks they use, as long as they can't produce hard evidence, it is impossible to reverse the criminal case. "

Speaking of which, he picked up the file of Fang Datian's case, "However, this Zhang San made me feel a little surprised. Xu Zhongtu would hand over such an important case to a person from Erbi, which shows that this person There are advantages."

Sima Guang suddenly frowned, looked at the file, and whispered: "Zhang San?"

Because the evidence provided by Xu Zun is very little, almost none, and this is just a deal, so Sima Guang and the others have nothing to prepare.

Moreover, Xu Zun's statement aroused great anger from conservatives.

Surrendering yourself to reduce the crime is at least taking advantage of legal loopholes.

You guys are still not satisfied with this, and you still want to call it too defensive.

This is outrageous.

Korean and Chinese officials feel that Xu Zun is becoming more and more lawless, and many judicial leaders are eager to end the case as soon as possible.

I find this embarrassing.

If all of this can be successful, then the century-old legal system of the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed!

Some officials who were biased towards Wang Anshi before gradually sided with Sima Guang, and Lu Gong's work was one of them.

These people think that Ayun deserves to die for his crimes, but they are definitely not overly defensive.

Sima Guang didn't want to procrastinate, he knew in his heart that the opponent had built a ring, and he would only know what was right and what was wrong after the fight.

He immediately retried the case in the name of the Criminal Court, which was specially set up to supervise the Dali Temple. All the officials of the court came to hear the trial, including Wang Anshi.

Its purpose is also obvious, which is to make a final decision.

Don't get entangled when the time comes.

Speaking of which, Wang Anshi is the most depressing among them. He never thought that the matter would come to this point. He would rather choose the power game, because by doing so, the direction of the matter is completely out of his control.

But this case is about his lifelong dream.

He guessed the beginning, although Xu Zun is not his person, but he understands Xu Zun's character, Xu Zun will definitely fight, because this is indeed a loophole in the law, he was transferred to Dali Temple , he must continue to advocate his own opinion.

But he didn't expect that Xu Zun would use this method to defend himself.

Turn your ass!

Just stick to the doubts and leave the rest to me.

You are presumptuous!

Find out who the **** is the main character.

I knew it!

This even caused Wang Anshi, who has always believed that man will conquer heaven, to pray at home and recite silently three times, Xu Zun will win, Xu Zun will win, Xu Zun will win.

Today is the day of the public trial.

The case almost swept the entire court, and almost all the bigwigs in the court came to hear the trial. On the left was the support faction headed by Wang Anshi, while on the right was the opposition headed by Sima Guang.

Actually, it is only a dispute of ideas at present, and it has not reached the point of incompatibility, but judging from the seating arrangement, the imperial court is already showing signs of splitting.

Then Xu Zunben still wanted to stay out of the matter, but at first glance, if he wanted to stay out of the matter, he could only sit at the door. He had no choice but to sit by Wang Anshi's side. At least their legal thinking was still very similar.

But it can also be seen from this that this public trial is already the last stubbornness of the legal system.

If there is no winner or loser, there will only be a power struggle.

Sima Guang came to the presiding judge's seat, and after sitting down, he habitually picked up the gavel, and was just about to pat and absorb it, when he saw that there were all big bosses below, who could be restrained by this!

Simply put it down again, and said more gently: "Pass to Zhang San."

"Pass Zhang San."

I saw a young man in his twenties coming to the hall, dressed in green clothes and hats, brightly colored, especially bright in this solemn courtroom, with a short pen stuck on the brim of the hat, as if following People say, I am Erbi, and I am proud.

Look at this dress, look at this age.

The conservatives on the right are shaking their heads. This is the Judicial Court, the Supreme Court of the Song Dynasty. You are still doing all this gaudy, unruly style. How decent is it? What kind of climate can it be.

The reformist sitting opposite them was ashamed.

This is such a wonderful thing to invite!

Wang Anshi was beating his heart, and asked Xu Zun in a low voice: "How can you make him dress so brightly on such an occasion?"

The implication is, how can you trust such a person.

Xu Zun glanced at him. You have the nerve to criticize others for your virtue. I really don’t know how Mrs. Wang endured it, but she said with a wry smile: "I told him before, but he said that he is very He is proud of his love of this industry, and this outfit shows his respect for this industry."

What the **** is this.

Wang Anshi looked at Xu Zun very speechlessly.

Just at this time, a young man in his twenties and a middle-aged man came to the side door. The guard at the gate saw this young man and was startled. Just as he was about to salute, the young man raised his hand to stop them.

This young man is none other than Song Shenzong, and the middle-aged man beside him is Liu Zhao, a housekeeper.

Shenzong sneaked a look inside, and immediately took a fancy to the man in green, he was too conspicuous, he felt that this man was dressed strangely and was out of tune with the whole environment, so he asked Liu Zhao beside him, "Who is that man? "

Liu Zhao replied: "This man's name is Zhang San. It is said that Ayun saved a drowning man after committing the murder. Life-saving grace."

"I see."

Song Shenzong nodded slightly, looked inside again, and saw Zhang San coming to the middle of the hall, bowing to Sima Guang, "Xiaomin Zhang San has seen the presiding officer."

Sima Guang asked: "Is Zhang San your real name?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and his heart ached. Could it be that you are a fortune teller and know that this is not my real name?

Seeing that he was silent, Sima Guang asked again: "Why didn't you answer the question I asked you? Zhang San is your real name?"

"No, no." Zhang Fei shook his head, his voice trembling.

Xu Zun was stunned.

What's going on?

But Xu Zun quickly realized that he secretly blamed himself for ignoring this point.

Zhang Fei is obviously a scholar, so he probably wouldn't choose such a name, even if his parents gave it to him, he would change his name later.

This name is really "dogzi, Zhuzi".

But he is not to blame, because it was very difficult to communicate with Zhang Fei at the beginning, and it took a long time to ask for this name. He subconsciously thought that after asking for so long, it would be impossible to ask for a fake name!

And Zhang Fei couldn't change his words, so he kept silent.

Sima Guang immediately slapped the gavel and shouted: "You don't even dare to tell anyone your real name, so why are you here to avenge others."

Zhang Fei was terribly flustered, his identity was his biggest weakness, so he quickly explained: "It's not that Xiaomin dares to tell others, Xiaomin actually said it, but because Xiaomin first arrived in Dengzhou, the language is different, I gave my name, but no one could understand it. I only understood the nickname, because Xiaomin was the third child in the family, and the villagers used to call Xiaomin Zhang San. Xiaomin thought it was very kind, so he didn't tell his real name. .”

Sima Guang looked at Xu Zun.

Xu Zun also turned his head quickly, and hurriedly said: "It is true, it has been explained in the previous confession, if it was not for his language barrier at the time, he could not provide a detailed confession, he would not be in prison He spent three months in prison for nothing. But the officer was also negligent and never asked his real name."

Sima Guang asked Zhang Fei again: "Then what is your real name?"

Zhang Fei said: "The real name of Xiaomin is Zhang Fei, a splendid Fei."

Sima Guang asked again: "Can there be words?"

You are a man of God. Always grabbing my weakness and beating hard, can you talk about martial arts, this is a court, not a blind date meeting. Zhang Fei was a little dizzy when he was asked, he really didn't know if there should be words, if there must be words, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered his idol, and said: "Xiaomin's name is Yi'an. "

"Zhang Yi'an?"

Sima Guang read it again, and asked again: "Where do you live, and why did you go to Dengzhou?"

I'm a citizen of Erbi, not a prisoner, you can't stop! Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin lives in Hanyang. He came to Dengzhou with his father and brother to do business a year ago. He never thought that he would suffer a shipwreck halfway. Both father and brother were missing. Xiaomin had to go to Dengzhou to look for his father and brother. I didn't know the whereabouts of my father and brother, so I couldn't think about it for a while, so I threw myself into the river, but fortunately, I was rescued by Miss Ayun."

This set of statements is the explanation given by him after he understands the local language, because he is originally from Wuhan, and he still knows something about the history of Wuhan, so he only dares to report that he is from Hanyang.

Sima Guangdao: "About your origin, it's just your one-sided opinion. I will investigate in detail."

Zhang Fei had a severe headache. Although he didn't believe that Sima Guang would go to great lengths to investigate his origins, but Sima Guang really had this ability, he was still a little flustered. He thought, this old man is really difficult to deal with. Don't talk about the case, just attack me, and it's a **** precise attack, if this goes on, sooner or later he will find out his flaws!

As everyone knows, there is one person who is more panicked than him, that is, Wang Anshi who is sitting by the side. He saw that Zhang Fei sweated profusely. Redeem it all.

Sima Guang also noticed this, so he asked, "Are you hot?"

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin is just a commoner, and I feel very nervous standing here."

"Really?"

Sima Guang said: "But I heard that after you were released from prison, you went to the government office to complain again and again. You shouldn't be nervous!"

Xu Zun looked at Sima Guang solemnly, and thought to himself, as expected of Sima Junshi, he thought of Zhang San as the key to the case so quickly.

He did not provide these materials, so Sima Guang must have investigated Zhang Fei seriously.

A person who is nervous can explain some problems.

When Sima Guang asked, he obviously dug a hole, waiting for Zhang Fei to jump into it.

Zhang Fei gradually became overwhelmed. A lie needs countless lies to make up for, but he is not a cowardly person. The pleadings did not break into the government office, and Xiaomin was a little nervous at the time, but under the principle of justice, Xiaomin would not back down."

"A good one won't back down."

Sima Guang snorted, pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "I've seen a lot of Erbi people like you, you people are the best at telling stories, bewitching people's hearts, and then profiting from it. Often take risks instead of pursuing justice."

Hearing the words, Zhang Fei suddenly had an idea, and immediately said: "What the chief judge said is very true, exactly, but Xiaomin is not only not ashamed of it, but proud of it, Xiaomin will come to sue again in the future More status, more money."