As soon as Mo Qing died, all his followers immediately dispersed.
There were also those with quick legs who ran back to Jiaxing City to report the crime, but they met the soldiers patrolling the city.
When you hear that there has been a murder, what should you do? Rush to the scene as quickly as possible.
Originally there was only a few miles away, but when they arrived at the place, Huyan mother and son were still arguing, and were eventually captured.
The local prefect of Jiaxing was a man named Qian. He spent almost his entire political career in Jiaxing and stayed there until the year before last, when he was promoted to prefect.
He is already in his fifties this year, is not in good health, and does not have much political ambitions. He just wants to finish his term as prefect in peace and stability, then return home to retire.
Therefore, Mr. Qian has neither fought with the party nor taken sides in the past few years, but has done his job honestly.
Occasionally, I will take a small sum of money and accept a bribe, but I will never get involved in things that really involve big risks and big benefits.
Peace is a blessing. Those who are over fifty and turning sixty should accumulate some blessings for their children and grandchildren.
On this bright spring day, Mr. Qian was in the backyard of the government office, drinking wine and listening to the singing of two singers raised by the government.
At this moment, an officer in charge of criminal matters rushed in in a hurry, forgetting to notify him in advance, and called him from a distance.
"Master Qian, something bad has happened. Someone died in the south of the city——"
The officer's voice alarmed Mr. Qian who was listening to the music. The old man was so frightened that he breathed his last.
"What did you say? Where did someone die?"
"Sir Qian, a life has just happened in the south of the city. All the prisoners and the corpses of the deceased have been brought back to the government office and are waiting for you to come over."
In fact, the referral officer had already asked about the whole story and had a basic understanding of the entire case.
It's just that the identity of the deceased was somewhat special, so he didn't dare to make a judgment easily, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go find his immediate superior.
There is no way, human life is at stake.
Mr. Qian ignored drinking and listened to the music. He hurried back to the bedroom, changed into his official uniform, and followed the official to the lobby.
Jiaxing is a special place now.
Originally, these private criminal cases were directly handed over to the local county government for trial, and ordinary people could also attend.
The government office generally does not need to directly hear the case, but only reviews the cases reported by the county government, unless someone crosses the hierarchy and comes to the government office to file a complaint.
As for Jiaxing City, it is under the jurisdiction of Jiahe County according to regulations. Ding You was appointed as the magistrate of Jiahe County. A month ago, Ding You left. Before the new magistrate took office, he was pushed to Mr. Qian.
After all, he started from the grassroots level. Mr. Qian was sitting firmly in the lobby, with the three squads of government officials standing on both sides, and the promotion officer and a master were sitting on the left and right.
"Ascend to the court, lead people to commit crimes——"
We didn't have much time, so all the people involved were taken to the lobby.
Most of the dozen or so followers ran away, but the remaining four did not dare to run away. They followed Mo Qing from "Lin'an" to Jiaxing.
The bodies of the matchmaker, Hu Yanfeng, Hu Yande mother and son, and Mo Qing were also carried up, and their faces were covered with white cloths.
"Who is the plaintiff? Can you tell me what happened?" Mr. Qian spoke.
An eloquent follower told the story exactly as it happened.
He didn't add any exaggeration. Perhaps in his opinion, everything their master did was taken for granted, so he didn't make any excuses.
When Mr. Qian heard this, he wondered, isn't this a typical case of robbing a girl? It was just an attempted robbery, but she was beaten to death by her son.
There is no final conclusion on this kind of thing in this era.
If it were left to future generations, he would either be found not guilty and considered self-defense, not to mention he was still a minor; or, at most, he would be deemed guilty of excessive self-defense.
However, in this era, those who dare to rob civilian girls are those with a background.
Even the founder of the Song Dynasty, Taizu, dealt with a case of raping a civilian girl. In the end, the person who wanted to rape the civilian girl paid for the girl and bought her as a concubine.
"Hu Yanfeng is kneeling down. Is what that person just said true?"
"Your Majesty, it's completely true. It's just that my son Hu Yande is only ten years old. He is still young. This matter happened because of a civilian woman. She is willing to shoulder the responsibility. I beg you to have mercy on me and let my son go."
"Mom, you can't plead guilty. My lord, I killed the person and it has nothing to do with my mother. If you want to arrest me, arrest me, not my mother."
Hu Yanfeng and Hu Yande were both fighting over each other in the courtroom to take the blame.
Mr. Qian is not confused. He knows that even if he finds these two not guilty, it will be justified according to the law.
At this moment, the master on Master Qian's right quietly stepped forward, came to Master Qian, and whispered.
"Sir Qian, this case is easy to judge, but difficult to decide."
"The deceased Mo Qing is not an ordinary scoundrel. He came from Lin'an. He seems to be the nephew of Mr. Mo Ze, who is the "Historian Prime Minister". You see..."
The word "Historical Prime Minister" almost made Mr. Qian breathless. Being able to sit in his position was considered a middle-level position in the Song Dynasty. He knew the power of this Prime Minister.
"If both parties confess, please sign and sign in court. Huyan and his son will be temporarily imprisoned. I will report your confessions to the Criminal Department of the capital and wait for the final decision."
In this way, Hu Yanfeng, mother and son were temporarily locked up.
Immediately send someone to take the dossier signed by both parties and provide evidence, and formally issue it to the Ministry of Punishment.
Then, he wrote a letter in his own hand and sent a special person to deliver it to Lin'an and delivered it to Mo Ze.
Not only do you need to sell favors, but you also need to find someone to back you up.
Anyway, the old money man himself is not willing to take action on this kind of thing.
If something really happened one day, he still wanted to escape unscathed.
There are so many documents from the Ministry of Punishment every day, so the one submitted by Jiaxing was naturally detained.
Coincidentally, Lord Moze also went out of the capital to do business on the orders of the Prime Minister.
This ordinary human life lawsuit has been delayed for more than half a year.
It wasn't until Moser returned to Lin'an more than a month ago that someone gave him the letter.
After reading the letter, Mo Ze became furious. His nephew actually died six months ago and was beaten to death. Why didn't the Ministry of Punishments deal with it?
Although he is the capable general of the Prime Minister, he does not have the authority to control the Ministry of Punishment.
He took that letter and went to Shi Miyuan to cry and complain, even to sue the Ministry of Punishment for its inaction, to bring the perpetrator to justice, and to comfort his dead nephew.
Crying children are fed by milk, not to mention that Moze's nephew is really dead. He is his confidant after all, so Shi Miyuan can't just sit back and do nothing.
He wrote a note casually and gave it to Mo Ze, asking him to go to the Ministry of Punishments to supervise the matter in person.
When they saw Shi Miyuan's note, the big guys in the Criminal Department were also confused.
Is there such a thing?
He hurriedly summoned people and cleared the files overnight, and finally found the behavior submitted by Jiaxing more than half a year ago.
I opened all the files in public and looked at the signatures of both the plaintiff and the defendant, and even found the murder weapon.
The witnesses and physical evidence were complete, the criminal himself confessed, and there was a note from the historian. The Ministry of Punishment issued the verdict document overnight.
The murderer Hu Yande was sentenced to death, and the accomplice Hu Yanfeng was sentenced to three years in prison.
Mo Ze finally let out a bad breath, even though he didn't like this nephew himself and didn't like him hanging around in front of his eyes, so he sent him to Jiaxing.
However, now that he has been beaten to death, he must be avenged.
I even wanted to execute Hu Yanfeng, who was the "culprit".
I don’t know if the people from the Ministry of Punishment were negligent or if they did it on purpose, but the time for this year’s Autumn Judgment has already passed.
This sentenced Hu Yande to death, but did not indicate when he would be executed? It would be better to give Mr. Qian in Jiaxing a headache.
Besides, Mr. Qian from Jiaxing has sent an official document to the Ministry of Punishment and a letter to Mr. Moser. He is eagerly waiting for a reply so that he can close the case.
However, the left waiter did not come, and the right waiter also did not come.
After spring, it is summer, and after summer, it is autumn.
Mr. Qian really waited until the flowers withered this time...
After more than half a year, we finally received the official document from the Ministry of Punishments.
He didn't dare to disdain Shangfeng's work efficiency. After all, he had waited for the verdict, right?
He went to the hall again, summoned a group of people, and took out Hu Yanfeng's mother and son from the cell, who had been in prison for more than half a year.
The verdict of the Ministry of Punishment was announced in court, and then a notice of the verdict was posted at the city gate to warn the world.
"Master Qian, it seems that there is something wrong with the reply from the Ministry of Punishments. It does not specify the execution time of the death row prisoners?"
The responsible master reminded me kindly.
"Really? Don't have time? I guess the adults in the Criminal Department made some mistakes while they were busy. If they don't have time, they should wait in jail for two days."
Mr. Qian pretends to be nonchalant, but he knows very well in his heart that he wants us, Mr. Qian, to take the blame? No way!
Isn't the magistrate of Jiahe County on duty? Just turn these two people over.
"The Hidden Hero in the Bustling City" has blond hair. He met Hu Yanfeng's mother and son in the jail in Jiahe County.
When Quan Jinjin saw the two of them, tears fell.
Although no one bullied them in the prison, after all, they stayed in the prison for more than half a year and had enough to eat, drink, and live in...
Where is this place for normal people to stay?
"Prison leader, please go and buy some food and wine. With this money, you can buy a bowl of wine for the brothers."
Quan Jinfa said, took out ten taels of silver from his arms and gave it to the prison chief who brought him in.
"Oh, you can't do that, Mr. Quan Liu, I am also a person who has received great kindness from you. I didn't know that the Huyan mother and son were your friends before. If you had known earlier, I would have given them a clean place."
"Come here, this mother and son are felons on death row. Put them in the innermost cell."
It turns out that this prison boss was a streetwalker when he was young. He once gambled in a gambling house and won a few games. When he left the house, he was noticed by others.
If he hadn't met Quan Jinfa by chance, not only would he have lost his money, but he might not have been able to save his own life.
Later, I found someone to find a job in the prison. After all these years, I finally became the cell leader.
Quan Jinfa has already become a well-known "Hidden Hero in the Bustling City". From time to time, the prison boss brags to his colleagues that he is the brother of Quan Liuye, one of the "Seven Heroes of Jiangnan".
This time Quan Jin came to the prison to visit Hu Yan and his son, but unexpectedly he met an acquaintance.
As time goes by, money will still have to be spent.
Someone was rich, and Hu Yanfeng and her son were soon moved to a clean and spacious cell, which was twice as big as the original cell. There was also a window above the head, allowing sunlight to come in every day. In addition to dry straw,
There are actually two simple quilts.
"Sixth Master, please chat first, and I will go get you some food and drinks. In this three-acre land, brother, I still have some power. If you have anything to say, you can speak and I will make sure that no one will disturb you."
The prison boss turned around and left, leaving only Quan Jinfa, Hu Yanfeng, mother and son in the cell.
This sudden change also made Hu Yanfeng and her son dumbfounded. They didn't say a word, but just looked at Quan Jinfa blankly.
It has been more than thirty years. When they separated, Quan Jinfa was only ten years old and Hu Yanfeng was not yet six years old.
We met again, but I didn't expect it would be like this.
"Feng'er, do you still know me?"
Quan Blonde tried his best to control his emotions, but his voice was still trembling.
Hu Yanfeng looked at Quan Jinfa carefully and shook his head.
Where did you meet me?
The ten-year-old child back then has now become an uncle in his early forties. Who has the butchering knife of time bypassed?
"Haha, I'm old, but Feng'er is still so beautiful. I have blond hair, does Feng'er really not remember your 'Brother Quan'?"
Quan Blonde smiled dryly, but tears fell down again.
"What? Are you brother Quan?"
When Hu Yanfeng heard this, his eyes widened and he carefully looked at Quan Jin's face again.
Between the eyebrows and eyes, one can vaguely distinguish what he looked like back then.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Brother Quan——"
Hu Yanfeng shouted, rushed over, and hugged Quan Jinfa tightly.
The tension, fear, and helplessness of the past six months...
It was as if at this moment, everything was vented out and vanished into nothing in an instant, leaving him lying in Quan Jin's arms, sobbing loudly.
Hu Yande still stood there blankly.
This half year of prison life seems to have made the child grow up a lot and understand a lot of things.
When Mr. Qian announced his death sentence in the lobby, his mother Hu Yanfeng cried until she died, but Hu Yande did not shed a tear.
Instead, he stood aside to comfort his mother and kept wiping her tears.
After crying for a long time, Hu Yanfeng seemed to realize the "gaffe" he had just made, and his face turned slightly red.
"De'er, come here quickly, I've seen you..."
"Call uncle." Quan Jin said softly.
"Yes, De'er, I came here to meet your uncle."
We met in Weimo back then, and after so many years, Hu Yanfeng has not forgotten the half bowl of fish soup he drank that day, and Quan Jinfa was even more grateful for his talent.
Hu Yande hurriedly came over and knelt down straight on the ground.
"My child, Hu Yande, kowtows to my uncle."
He had never had any relatives, especially after living in prison for more than half a year, when he suddenly saw a friend of his mother's, Hu Yande felt extremely happy, or rather comforted.
Because what he thinks now is that even if he is beheaded, his mother will finally have relatives to take care of her from now on.
"Brother Quan, how come you are here? How have you lived these years? You..."
"Feng'er, I saw your name on the notice posted at the city gate. I didn't expect that you have been in Jiaxing all these years."
"I know everything about you. Don't worry, I won't watch De'er die, and I will definitely find a way to save you."
"But killing requires a life, after all, De'er..."
Hu Yanfeng felt that the matter would not be that simple. After all, his son had killed someone.
In her mind, murder will definitely result in death, but she hopes to use her own life in exchange for her son's life.
"Master Liu, the food and wine you requested are here."
At this time, the cell leader came in from the outside, carrying a large food box in his hand.
"Thank you, brother."
"Look what Mr. Liu said, if you can call me 'brother', that's a huge favor for me. You can use it with ease. I'll be guarding the outside to prevent anyone from coming in and bumping into you."
The cell leader went out happily and was called "brother" by Master Liu, the famous "Seven Heroes of Jiangnan". So was he also one of the "Xia"?
"Feng'er, you must believe me. No matter how big a crime you have committed, Brother Quan will definitely help you settle it!"
"The child has your surname of 'Huyan'? Okay, this is also the Empress of the General's family. How can I let the Empress of the General's family die like this with my blond hair!"
"Is this child really only ten years old? He looks like the embryo of a fierce general. After he gets out, even if he puts on this old face, I will definitely find the best master for him and train him well.
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Quan Jinjin greeted Hu Yanfeng and her son, sat on the floor, and opened the food box brought by the cell leader.
There was only a small jar of soju, but there were many dishes, including a whole roast chicken, a large piece of Dongpo pork elbow, and a plate of large meatballs, a total of six dishes, as well as a small bowl full of rice.
Hu Yande's eyes lit up when he saw the food. He had not been able to eat once in more than half a year. He had such a large appetite just when he was growing.
"De'er, please eat more. You are my mother. How long has it been since you had a full meal?"
Seeing her son's appearance, Hu Yanfeng's heartbroken tears fell again.
"Feng'er, your matter is a bit tricky. The main reason is that the man who was beaten to death by De'er has an uncle who is a high official in the court. You may stay here for a while."
"But don't worry, I will rescue you sooner or later. In the worst case, I will ask a noble person for help."
The meal lasted an entire hour, and even Hu Yanfeng ate a lot.
In front of Quan Jinfa, she showed no restraint at all, as if she had returned to the little ruined temple she once was.
In this way, for a period of time afterwards, Quan Jinfa, the "Hidden Hero in the Bustling City", established many relationships in Jiaxing City, but always failed to do so.
Fortunately, Hu Yanfeng and his two brothers are only living in a cell now, with the care of the cell leader.
Both mother and son are blond and willing to spend money. They are eating and drinking better than they have been in the past few years.
At midnight in the afternoon, "The Hidden Man in the Bustling City", all blond, returned to the "Yuanyang Villa".
After going out for a few days this time, there is still no better way. It seems that no one at Jiaxing level dares to change the sentence of the Ministry of Punishment without permission.
Although Hu Yande is not in danger of his life for the time being, living in a cell all the time is not a long-term solution.
"Master Liu, are you back? Our master said that when you come back, you will go find him directly."
The concierge stepped forward and took over the blond horse. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but say one more thing.
"Sixth Master, Master Mo came here early in the morning and should be at the master's place now."
"What? Mo'er is here? Great, I'll go over right away."
The "Hidden Hero in the Bustling City" has blond hair. When the concierge said that Guo Mo had arrived, he suddenly felt that all the clouds had dispersed.
Without even bothering to talk to the concierge, he actually started practicing the light-body technique in his own courtyard and disappeared in a flash.
"My dear, is Liuye's Qinggong so powerful?"
The concierge was left alone, doubting his own eyes in the wind...