Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 515: Madman Zhang San

Wangxilou.

The two bartenders bent over and supported the door, panting slightly, listening to the voices of people inside.

One of the bartenders looked back and looked at the scene of all the seats, and couldn't help turning his head again, "What day is it today? Why are there so many guests at once?"

"Didn't you hear just now, they are all talking about the imperial court."

"What did the imperial court do?"

"It seems to be about some big case."

While chatting, I saw a middle-aged man with a thick back and a simple dress, walking into the building in a hurry.

A bartender went up immediately, "Guest officer, I'm really sorry, the restaurant is full today."

Before the words were finished, someone slapped the back of the head hard. The bartender turned his head suddenly, but when he saw that it was the shopkeeper, he immediately faltered and stepped back with his head bowed.

But the shopkeeper ignored the two bartenders, but cupped his hands at the middle-aged man and said, "Please, please, please, General Zhe, they are all on the second floor."

"Thank you!" The middle-aged man nodded and went straight up to the second floor.

After asking the middle-aged man to go up to the second floor, the shopkeeper returned to the door, pulled the two bartenders into the corner outside the door, and reprimanded: "You are blind, you don't even know the bartender .”

It turned out that the middle-aged man was named Zhong Gu, the eldest son of the famous general Zhong Shiheng, and the eldest brother of Zhong Er.

The two bartenders are very wronged, they really don't know each other!

The shopkeeper said again: "Remember, no matter who is here today, no matter whether there is a seat inside, please go inside first."

"Yes, the villain remembers."

Speaking, the bartender asked cautiously: "Shopkeeper, what happened today?"

The shopkeeper said: "Didn't you hear that the case about General Xiaozhong will be tried in the imperial court of our Hezhong Mansion. These generals are all here for this case."

"I see. No wonder they are talking about lawsuits."

"I have to cheer up these days, all the guests here are distinguished guests."

"Got it. Got it."

Zong Gu went up to the second floor, and immediately saw a person standing up and shouting: "Brother Zhong, this way."

Zong Gu walked over immediately, and cupped his hands to the two leaders at the wine table: "Brother Zhe Shi, Brother Yao Xian."

The older one is called Zhe Jizu, he is the magistrate of the prefecture, and he is currently the head of the Zhe family army.

The younger one is named Yao Xi, whose father Yao Bao died in the battle of Dingchuan during the Renzong period, and is currently serving as the governor of Huanqing Road.

There are a few people standing behind the two of them, they are all Northwest generals, including Qin Zhongshou.

After exchanging pleasantries, several people sat down, and Zhong Gu first raised his glass and said, "Thank you all for coming here to support my third brother during your busy schedule."

Zhe Jizu waved his hand and said: "Don't be too big. This case is not just a matter of Zhong Saburo alone, but also closely related to each of us. Brother, I heard that this is not a special case. From now on, the case of our generals , Most of them will be handed over to the Public Procuratorate for trial."

"I've heard about this too."

Zhong Qu nodded, and said again: "But what's going on with this public prosecutor's law?"

Several people looked at Qin Zhongshou one after another.

Qin Zhongshou hurriedly told Zhong Gu what happened during this period.

Zong Gu nodded slightly, "From this point of view, the trial by the imperial court is fair."

Zhe Jizu said: "If it is just about justice, regardless of success or failure, the case of Lingdi will not be good."

In any case, Zhong Er did not obey the order and sent troops without authorization, but he won.

Justice is not necessarily a good thing!

Lu Shen is also very upright as an official.

It's hard to express the frown again.

Qin Zhongshou also nodded again and again, and said: "At present, it is not clear which side the imperial court is leaning towards. Although he is currently fighting with the civil servants, he is also concerned about the compensation for the salt merchants." We didn’t consider our military expenditure at all, and in the end it was the scholar Yuan who came up with the salt debt method, which prevented the military expenditure from being reduced.”

Yao Xi said: "I heard that the trial period has not been set yet, and it is also because the imperial court is dissatisfied with the government's failure to allocate funds to them."

Qin Zhongshou nodded and said, "Exactly."

After listening to Zhong Gu, he hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"

Qin Zhongshou explained the matter again.

Hearing this kind of reasoning, my heart was suspended, "This is simply treating the emperor's order as a child's play, and these two things have nothing to do with each other."

Qin Zhongshou said: "I also specifically inquired about the friend of the chief judge, that is, Cao Dongdong, the current Police Superintendent of Hezhong Prefecture. According to Cao Dongdong, this three-hearted man is very small, and he must report every grievance. This is his usual style."

Hearing this, Zhong Gu couldn't help but sweat profusely on his face, and his heart felt cold.

Imperial Court.

"President Zhang, are you going too far by doing this?"

Su Zhe said to Zhang Fei in a state of desperation.

"Too much?"

Zhang Fei asked in surprise, "How do you say that?"

Su Zhe said: "This matter is one matter. The government did not allocate funds to you. It is the government's fault. We can report this matter to the court, but you can't use this case to threaten the government! You are ordered by the emperor." Come to hear the case.”

Xu Zhiqian on the side also looked at Zhang Fei very worriedly.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "The Chief Prosecutor must speak with evidence. When did I threaten the government? There is no money, and the witnesses are not present. What can I do?"

That's a good excuse.

Su Zhe couldn't help saying earnestly: "But if you continue to make trouble like this, there is no way out. At present, all the civil servants and generals of the Hezhong Prefecture have come here, and they have already expressed their dissatisfaction. Some people even came to my procuratorate and expressed their intention to sue. Your imperial court."

Zhang Fei said: "If you have evidence, you can sue, but you can't sue me. This is against the rules. You should first submit it to the procuratorate in the capital, and the procuratorate there will file a lawsuit against Dali Temple. "

Su Zhe was dumbfounded immediately, and said in confusion: "But if you do this, it will also affect the authority of the imperial court."

"What authority?"

Zhang Fei said: "The president of the court has been here for so long, and the two parties are late. Now that they are here, I will start the trial immediately. Is my imperial court not going to lose face?"

Seeing that Zhang Fei didn't eat oil and salt, Su Che also had a severe headache, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian whispered: "Mr. Zhang!"

"Shut up!"

Zhang Fei reprimanded her immediately, and said to Su Zhe: "Mr. Su Xiao, there are no outsiders here, so I will tell you clearly, even if the official comes, if I don't allocate money, I won't judge you." , the procuratorate can also prosecute us, this is your duty, if it were me, I might choose to prosecute, this is indeed suspected of dereliction of duty."

"I see."

Su Zhe nodded and stood up, "Su is leaving."

It's useless when the officials come, so there's nothing to persuade them.

Zhang Fei said: "I will send Mr. Su Xiao."

"No need!"

Su Zhe bowed his hands and went out.

Zhang Fei still sent him to the door, but when he turned around, he saw Xu Zhiqian's cold gaze, and immediately said: "In this room, you are the master, and I am the chief judge, so I can't reprimand you." You, it is very unprofessional for you to look at your boss like this."

Xu Zhiqian's expression changed slightly, and she said wronged again: "But you have to be reasonable, after all, Mr. Su is thinking of you, if you go on like this, you will offend both civil and military. All the people from here are here, if we provoke them, we will be unable to move an inch here!"

At first, she did not object to Zhang Fei doing this, but she was just worried, but the situation is completely different now. All civil servants from the Hezhong Mansion and people from the major families in the Northwest have all come. The status of these people in the Song Dynasty It is very important. Seeing this matter getting bigger and bigger, it really makes people feel very scared.

Don't talk about his father, Wang Anshi doesn't dare to play like this!

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I am the president of the judge, and I pay attention to convincing people with the law. Now I try to please them in every possible way. Once the judgment is unfair, it is meaningless at this time, but if I judge well , I just leave them alone now, and then everything will become more pleasant and give me respect."

Xu Zhiqian said: "How can you speak so lightly, don't forget, you have many enemies, and those officials will definitely impeach you."

Zhang Fei hehe said: "Impeach me for what? Paid money to work overtime? If those officials are like me, I don't need reform at all in Song Dynasty."

Government office!

"What did you say?"

Wei Yingfang looked at Zhuo Qun in shock, "The procuratorate plans to sue the imperial court in the capital?"

Zhuo Qun nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that Su Ziyou also went to the imperial court to persuade Zhang San, but Zhang San is still unwilling to start a trial, and the procuratorate can only prosecute."

"Crazy!"

Wei Yingfang immediately cursed: "This is a madman!"

For this little money, what are you doing?

This is simply going to burn jade and stone together!

Cai Yanqing glanced at him, "You are not bad!"

"Me!"

Wei Yingfang looked at Cai Yanqing anxiously.

Cai Yanqing doesn't even bother to speak, you continue to waste it, and then we will die together.

After Yuan Jiang got away, he didn't want to continue to make trouble, but Wei Yingfang and the others strongly demanded that they must fight back, otherwise, the government would lose face too much.

Xue Zhidao, magistrate of Hedong County, said: "If this goes on like this, it won't work. People outside have said that our government has seized the funds of the imperial court in order to interfere with the imperial court's trial."

Because this matter does not seem very political, why would Zhang Fei disregard the emperor's order for this little money, but any normal person would not do such a thing, there may be tricks in it.

As a result, some people speculated that the government withheld funds may be trying to threaten the imperial court and influence the imperial court's judgment, but Zhang Fei was upright and resolutely refused, so he did not want to hold a trial.

This conspiracy theory immediately won the support of the people, because in the eyes of the people, the imperial court is very fair.

"Nonsense."

Wei Yingfang excitedly said: "That kid is unkind first, and we are unrighteous."

Xue Zhidao: "But if the trouble goes to the capital, we are all to blame."

He Chunlin and Liu Daxing, who hated Zhang Fei the most, couldn't help nodding their heads. Now they are all terrified.

They all felt that they were already standing on the edge of a cliff, or was it because the civil servants and military generals of the Hezhong Mansion seemed to have all come, and they all knew about it.

But there is no oil and salt in the imperial court.

If they really go to the capital, no matter what Zhang Fei's crime is, they will not pay the money.

This is something they never imagined, no matter how upright an official is, he would not be so ruthless. For this little money, he would even sacrifice his life.

This can only be described as "crazy".

Wei Yingfang was so depressed that he stomped his feet fiercely, "All right, all right, I'll call them. Is it okay to call them?"

After finishing speaking, he left angrily.

Anger is angry, but more of it is fear. This matter will not end soon, and he is the culprit, and he ordered everything.

So he hurriedly called Cai Jing over.

When seeing Cai Jing, Wei Yingfang pretended to be calm, took a cup, blew on it, and asked casually, "How much money do you need to try this case?"

After that, take a sip of the fragrant tea.

"Ten thousand guan." Cai Jing wrote lightly.

"Poof!"

Wei Yingfang couldn't calm down anymore, he wiped his mouth and looked at Cai Jing in surprise, "How much?"

Cai Jing also casually replied: "Ten thousand guan."

He has been dealing with this matter all along, and he has a very clear judgment on the current situation. He knows that he is the one with the upper hand, and if you have the ability, you will not give it to him!

Let's spend it.

Let's see who dies first.

Wei Yingfang was furious and said: "Is your imperial court insulting us? It costs 10,000 yuan to hear a case. You are extorting. I want to impeach you to the imperial court."

Cai Jing replied unhurriedly: "If we go back to Wei Tong's judgment, this is the rule of our imperial court. Due to the complexity of the case, it has been several years apart, and there are many witnesses involved, so it requires a lot of money. .

It's not enough. Our chief judge didn't want to bother the government, so he planned to build some shops to supplement these funds, but unfortunately the shop construction plan has not been approved by the government so far. "

Wei Yingfang immediately understood and thought to himself, so you want to build a store, but I am not as good as you want. Said: "I will give you ten thousand guan, but I will tell the court."

Cai Jing cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Wei Tongpan. In addition, there is also our salary, as well as the previous reconstruction costs, for 17,000 guan."

Wei Yingfang was dumbfounded again, and asked: "Doesn't this ten thousand yuan include salary?"

Cai Jingdao: "Just now, Wei Tong asked only the fee for the trial of this case."

OK! Okay! It's unreasonable for me to teach you a lesson after this case is over. Wei Yingfang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will order someone to allocate a piece to you."

"Thank you, Wei Tongsan."

Cai Jing bowed his hands again, "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Wei Yingfang nodded, but when he saw that Cai Jing was really leaving, he was really unsure whether they wanted money or a store, so he quickly stopped him, "Wait a minute, you come back first."

Cai Jing turned around again and asked, "Is there anything else that Wei Tongpan can order?"

"Don't dare!"

Wei Yingfang snorted, and said again: "In this way, the government will not be able to come up with so much money for a while, and I don't know how much money you will need for the trial. In order not to delay the trial of the case, the government will allow you For the construction of shops there, I will ask you to allocate the funds for the first two months."

Cai Jing said with a blank expression, "Thank you, Wei Tongjuan."