Chapter 564: Don’t offend the police outside, don’t offend the president internally
It was still dark before Liang Wei got up from the bed.
"Officer, why are you up?"
The woman next to her was awakened by the silence. She supported her upper body with one arm and rubbed her eyes with the other hand and asked.
"I have something to do when I go out."
Liang Wei answered absentmindedly while putting on his clothes.
The woman blinked and looked out the window, "It's still dark."
As soon as the words came out, he suddenly grabbed Liang Wei's arm with one hand and said, "Sir, it's not even dawn yet, why are you going out? Didn't my elder brother tell you to stay at home and don't go out to cause trouble?"
"What do you know, woman?"
Liang Wei shook his arms slightly and broke away, "Whoever got up early to cause trouble, Lao Xu and the others are going to be tried by the imperial court today. I'm going to see what the royal police can do, so that I can hide better in the future."
After hearing this, the woman relaxed a little and said, "Then you have to be careful and don't be impulsive."
"Okay! Okay!"
Liang Wei put on his clothes, washed up, and hurried out the door.
At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and Liang Wei was about to go to a street stall to have some breakfast, when he suddenly heard someone from behind shouting: "Brother Liang."
Liang Wei looked back and saw that it was Ren Hu, his brother from the camp.
"Brother Liang, when you got up so early, did you plan to go to the imperial court to watch the trial?"
"Um."
Liang Wei nodded and said, "You too?"
"Fortunately, our family had something to do in the past two days, so we didn't go out to drink with them. Otherwise, I would have gone in."
Ren Hu snorted again: "This police station is really turning its back on people. They said they were of the same mind as us before, but now they arrested everyone. If we had known this, we should have listened to Fan Du.
Theirs is to find someone to cause trouble to the police station and make them restless."
Liang Wei sighed: "It's useless to say all this now. My brother-in-law has repeatedly told me not to cause trouble. He won't be able to save us then. Let's eat something first and go over later to see what they can do.
, hide a little back."
"Let's just go there and eat."
"There are just a few sheds over there at the Imperial Court, and I think many people will visit them today."
"It's very lively there now, so you don't have to worry about running out of food."
A month ago, the government did not dare to close the city gate anymore, and it was always open.
When Liang Wei and Ren Hu came out of the city gate, Liang Wei was stunned by the sight in front of them. They saw that both sides of the road from the city gate to the imperial court were filled with stalls, various breakfasts, fruits and vegetables,
It’s a dazzling array of things to see, just like a market.
It turns out that since the imperial court won the trust of the people, more and more people came to the imperial court to file complaints. However, there was only one road, and it gradually became lively because many neighbors regarded this viewing as an entertainment, so many people went to the imperial court to complain.
Set up a stall near here.
Suddenly he heard a banging sound and Ren Hu looked around, "Huh? Isn't that Ah Shui?"
Liang Wei turned his head and saw a tall man helping someone build a wooden shed. The two immediately walked over.
"A water!"
"Brother Ei, Brother Tiger."
When the man saw the two of them, he quickly stopped what he was doing and greeted them.
Ren Hu said: "Why are you here?"
Ah Shui said sarcastically: "Actually, I didn't want to stay in the camp for a long time. This time, the camp just approved the application for discharge, so we applied for discharge ourselves. We came here to help others build a shed, and we can still stay in the imperial court later.
Do some work on the side."
"Imperial Court?"
Ren Hu asked: "What kind of work?"
Ah Shui said: "Just building a house."
Ren Hu and Liang Wei looked at each other with depression in their eyes.
Ah Shui used to do odd jobs in the military camp and help them run errands.
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.
After leaving the military camp, the two of them were living in trepidation, but Ah Shui relied on the skills he had learned in the military camp to live a very comfortable life. He took jobs everywhere, and his life was getting better day by day.
Then I heard an aunt say: "Hey, hey, hey! Mother Wu, have you finished shopping? Come over early after buying. There are so many people that it's hard to fight for a seat."
"I'm coming!"
I saw an aunt carrying a basket of vegetables and chasing after her. Two aunts each carried a basket of vegetables. They were chatting and walking towards the imperial court. It was not difficult to notice that the crowd was moving towards the imperial court.
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Liang Wei and Ren Hu also quickly bought some steamed buns and followed them.
Walking along the mainland to the Imperial Court area, I saw a wooden sign standing in front of the road with two pictures painted on it, one looking like a man and the other looking like a woman.
Under the wooden sign stood an imperial policeman.
"Police, what does this mean?"
"If you are here to watch, men go this way and women this way."
"Hey, you! President Zhang is really thoughtful."
The ladies couldn't help but said with joy.
In fact, the etiquette of the Northern Song Dynasty was more important than filial piety, and men and women were not very strict. Aunts and aunts in ordinary people's homes didn't care at all and went ahead with it anyway.
But in order to get more women to watch the trial, Zhang Fei designated a special area for women.
Another man said: "But this is not the way to the courtyard!"
"Today, the trial will be held in the Civil Court on the left, not in the main court."
Everyone came to the Civil Imperial Court as promised and were immediately overjoyed. It turned out that the Civil Imperial Court was only surrounded by wooden sticks, but there were eaves above it, which meant that people could watch the proceedings from three sides, and it was protected from the sun and rain.
It's so considerate.
This was designed by Zhang Fei himself. Needless to say, it was just to give viewers a better experience, because Zhang Fei knew very well that if he wanted to truly establish a legal system, no matter how hard he tried, it would be of no use. The people had to have this on their own.
concept.
That’s why we don’t say that people follow the Dharma.
But he couldn't let everyone study, he could only learn from observing.
Although it looks simple on the outside, it is very exquisite on the inside and is made up of several pavilions and corridors.
The hour had just arrived, and President Zhang, the idol of many middle-aged women, came to the court on time. Today he was wearing a brand new gray-white official robe.
"Teacher, why are you wearing such official uniform today?"
Ye Zu just wondered.
Zhang Fei said: "You have the nerve to ask, this is yours to judge, not me, the chief judge. If you fail to live up to your expectations, I will not be the only one to make changes."
Ye Zuqia thought to himself, why do I talk so much?
The four of them were silent.
Xu Zhiqian on the side covered her lips and snickered.
Zhang Fei glanced at the article, and then shouted: "Cai Jing."
Cai Jing immediately stood up and said: "It is said that Sheriff Ma Xiaoyi will testify in court."
But when he saw Ma Xiaoyi wearing a brand new uniform and coming to the court majestically, he liked going to court. He was very good at it. Every time he went to court, he dressed like a human.
Zhang Fei said: "Chief Ma is testifying on behalf of the police department today." As he said that, he pointed to the seat next to him, "Just stand there."
"Why!"
Ma Xiaoyi walked all the way to the best viewing position.
Zhang Fei turned his head and looked to the right, "Hey! Prosecutor General Su is here in person."
Are you still "yo"? Can you be more solemn?
Su Che nodded and smiled helplessly: "Can't I come?"
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Young man, Chief Prosecutor Su doesn't need to come in person. He can just send his men to supervise. I heard that your Procuratorate is also very busy recently."
Su Che smiled and said, "I'm here to learn too."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, then said to Ma Xiaoyi: "Sergeant Ma, you have to behave well, Prosecutor Su is here."
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Don't worry, Third Judge, I will definitely not disgrace the police station."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "It doesn't matter if you're embarrassed, but don't let the procuratorate find out."
Xu Zhiqian gently kicked the legs of his chair with her toes and whispered: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
The four little kings also secretly glanced at him. Teacher, although this is not a big deal, you are too casual.
"Madam has spoken, let's get started." Zhang Fei said casually: "Inform the suspect."
Cai Jing immediately stood up and said: "It is reported that the suspects Xu Jingtian, Lu Twelve, Liu Fa and Zheng Huai will appear in court."
Xu Zhiqian immediately placed a copy of the article in front of Zhang Fei.
After a while, four sturdy men came to the court.
Zhang Fei raised his head and said: "Now the police station accuses you of provoking quarrels and causing trouble, drinking and defaulting on your bills. What do you have to say?"
Zhang Fei said: "Don't rush to cry out for injustice. The president of the court has not yet made a verdict. If you feel it is unfair, just point out where it is unfair."
Xu Jingtian immediately said: "President Zhang, the thing is like this. The evening before yesterday, we brothers met to have a drink at Chen's Tavern. We were all drunk at the time, so we didn't pay for the drinks. In fact, this kind of thing has happened before. Usually we
When I wake up the next day, I will pay for the drinks. Coincidentally, the bartender is also new here. He doesn’t understand our rules, so he pulls me, and I grab him, but who knows how many times he came suddenly?
A royal policeman just punched and kicked us. Look, these are all caused by them."
As they said this, several people began to roll up their sleeves and pants. They were doing all sorts of things, and there were indeed a lot of bruises.
These soldiers and gangsters had many conflicts with the government officials in the past. They were all glib-tongued. Although they were renamed the imperial court, they never strayed from their origins.
The key is that there are people behind the scenes, as well as women from the police station, telling them what to say.
The people who were watching immediately started talking. The truth of this incident had nothing to do with them, but the Royal Police beat people so badly, which made everyone fearful.
Zhang Fei looked at it carefully and said, "This is really a heavy beating."
As he said that, he looked at Ma Xiaoyi and said, "Can you fight alone?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I beat Xu Jingtian. I didn't hit the others, but I can beat them even with their tricks."
Xu Jingtian was dumbfounded, brother, is this the point?
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Then why did you hit them?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I saw Xu Jingtian grabbing a little bartender's clothes and preparing to hit him, so I stepped forward to stop him."
"nonsense."
Xu Jingtian immediately shouted: "President Zhang, he lied. I grabbed the bartender's shirt, but it was just to scare him, and I didn't intend to hit him. But the policeman didn't stop me at all. Instead, he grabbed my wrist and said he would follow me.
How many moves have I made, and then stopped, is this clearly a provocation?"
Zhang Fei looked at Ma Xiaoyi and said, "Is what he said true?"
"Yes, I have said that."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded, "I saw that he was very excited at the time, and the key was to capture the bartender. To ensure the safety of the bartender, I said this, hoping that he would let go of the bartender first. But I did not expect that he would push him away.
If you become a bartender, just attack me directly."
After he finished speaking, his little look was very ecstatic. In fact, he had not thought so much at that time, but watching Zhang Fei's lawsuit every day, he also thought that the other party might mention this, and thought of an explanation in advance. Now that he saw
The other party really said that, and he couldn't help but feel very proud.
Zhang Fei asked Xu Jingtian again: "Did you make the first move?"
Xu Jingtian said: "I was drinking and he made another choice. I impulsively started fighting with him. But if he was here to stop me, I wouldn't do it at all."
"Really?" Zhang Fei asked: "So you grabbed the bartender's shirt and raised your fist?"
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Zheng Huai, who was next to him, suddenly shouted: "Brother Xu was already beaten to the ground and begging for mercy, but this black guy kicked Brother Xu, and he is still limping now."
Zhang Fei looked at Ma Xiaoyi.
Ma Xiaoyi said: "When they were rolling on the ground and playing rogue, Zhou Jia and I stood aside. Many people saw it. When I saw him getting up and preparing to rush towards me, I kicked him to make him squat."
Xu Jingtian said aggrievedly: "I just stood up, but I didn't want to go to him."
Zhang Fei asked: "Then why do you stand up?"
"ah?"
Xu Jingtian was dumbfounded by the question.
Zhang Fei said: "The Royal Police are enforcing the law. All you have to do is cooperate, not resist. If you are wronged in any way, you can come here and tell me. If they really abused their power, I will find them guilty."
Su Che suddenly asked: "When this incident happened, there were many witnesses, but if there were no witnesses, the Royal Police falsely accused the people of taking action first, and then beat the people, or conversely, falsely accused the Royal Police, what should the imperial court do?
How to obtain evidence?”
Zhang Fei said: "The Royal Court only looks at the evidence and will not make hypothetical judgments to avoid being misunderstood. However, in the Royal Police Conduct Manual, they have the power to protect themselves.
Therefore, I suggest that everyone, whether you are an official or a citizen, must cooperate with the Royal Police. If you have any problems, you can directly sue afterwards, or seek help from the Legal Aid Department.
I cannot ensure that every judgment I make is accurate. We can only do our best and use regulations to minimize the possibility of the situation mentioned by Prosecutor General Su."
Su Che was thoughtful.
Zhang Fei said loudly: "In this case, it was Xu Jingtian and others who made the first move. Although Chief Ma had verbal provocation, whether he was to protect the bartender or not, he was limited to verbal provocation.
The provocation had prerequisites, that is, Xu Jingtian grabbed the bartender by the collar. But the fact was that Xu Jingtian made the first move.
As for the kick that Sergeant Ma kicked Xu Jingtian later, it only happened after the two sides fought. In that case, you'd better squat down honestly, because if it were anyone else, your every move at that time would be...
They are all threats to the other party.
Therefore, Chief Ma, Zhou Jia and other police officers did not make any mistakes during this incident. As for Xu Jingtian and others?"
At this point, he looked at Xu Jingtian and the others, "Based on your confessions just now, it can be seen that you are used to drinking without paying, but you are not used to explaining to the shopkeeper that you will give money tomorrow and getting the shopkeeper's permission.
Whether you will bring the money for the drinks tomorrow is irrelevant, and it cannot be used as evidence to exonerate you.
The behavior of the bartender is completely legal. According to the law, you should be imprisoned. However, since you are the first offender in our court and you drank again, the president of this court will sentence you to seven days of hard labor at his discretion. After you go down,
Someone will make arrangements for you."
"President, we were wronged!"
"Obviously they were the ones who beat us, but your imperial court is still protecting these royal police officers."
"I am not convinced that you police officers and prosecutors are doing it for a woman in a cowardly manner."
There are people behind me, so I can speak with confidence!
"Wait!" Zhang Fei quickly stopped the court police who came forward and said: "I take back the sentence just now, increase their labor service to half a month, and fine each of them two hundred cash. Remember, pay for the wine."