After waiting for a few seconds but no response from Master, Lin Zhongchun continued: "Can't I really know the group's list in advance? What's the difference between knowing it today and knowing it tomorrow? I just want to get this identity in advance. Master can't be accommodating.
Once?"
"You are a student of my first branch, so you naturally understand that sometimes rules are more important than anything else. The state has national laws, families have family rules, and Huating Academy also has the rules of Huating Academy." Master Shen said, "I see you are in such a hurry, the current situation
You should lean towards others. It doesn't matter if you lose the first time, there is still a chance."
The Dajing Dynasty had a system of three complaints and three trials.
Under normal circumstances, people can sue an official by beating drums. The first three times can be handed over to them. If it exceeds three times, they need definite evidence or witnesses before they can sue the official. If there is no evidence, it will not be accepted.
This provision, to a certain extent, limits the need for people to complain to the government for nothing, and improves the government's administrative efficiency and enthusiasm to serve the people.
After all, no one wants to repeatedly investigate trivial matters, or investigate trivial matters n times with the same result.
Those who need to file a lawsuit will naturally cherish the opportunity to file three complaints and three trials.
If you don't need it, you probably won't even bother to come to the government gate.
Master's words reminded Lin Zhongchun that yes, there is still a chance.
She nodded, said thank you to the master, and left in a hurry.
She wanted to see the follow-up and discuss countermeasures with Dong Ying and her daughter.
Master Shen watched Lin Zhongchun leave in a hurry, and smiled helplessly. After all, he was still just a child.
In the court, the county magistrate listened to Zhang San's testimony and asked him several questions related to the case.
At present, Dong Ying's mother and daughter's defense is very weak.
Compared with the testimony of witnesses, there is no directional evidence to prove the facts of Meng Xibao's actions, and the answer has a clear tendency.
"Snapped--"
"Dong Ying, Zhang Ruyi, do you have any rebuttals?"
Dong Ying's palms were sweating. She didn't expect it, and now her heart was beating rapidly.
"Sir... Your Majesty..." Dong Ying's whole body was trembling, "A civilian girl wants to accuse Meng Xibao of doing something inappropriate to a civilian girl!"
The county magistrate didn't show any expression on his face, but he was actually extremely surprised.
Meng Xibao is really a cancer-like existence!
In fact, this is not the first time he has accepted a case in which Meng Xibao was sued, but the Meng Mansion has done everything right, and so far no one has succeeded.
"One case is sued, and it needs to be litigated separately."
Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the complaint in civil cases has been called Fubie, while the complaint in criminal cases has been called "Ji".
Now it involves Dong Ying suing Meng Xibao for the deceased, so he submitted a letter of indemnity.
Although Meng Xibao had committed offensive behavior towards her and it was still a criminal case, the claims and the facts of the case were different. Apart from the fact that the defendant was Meng Xibao, there were no similarities.
The county magistrate continued: "Dong Ying, is there any other evidence or defense that can prove or refute Meng Xibao?"
"My lord, I have nothing more to say." As she spoke, Dong Ying burst into tears.
Sure enough, suing the official is useless, right?
Not only did she not avenge her father, she also revealed the fact that she had been offended.
useless!
Dong Ying was frustrated in her heart, and her body was shaking violently, as if she had suddenly fallen into a bottomless abyss of darkness, unable to see the sky above. Apart from herself, she was surrounded by the cold outside world.
Aunt Ruyi saw her daughter's fear and reached out to take her into her arms: "Sir, what Meng Xibao did is unacceptable. This candied haws vendor must have been threatened and intimidated by him. I hope you can investigate thoroughly..."
Before Aunt Ruyi finished speaking, the vendor immediately climbed up and raised his voice to drown out Aunt Ruyi's voice.
Vendor selling candied haws on sugar-coated haws: "Sir, everything the grassroots said is true, and I have not been threatened!"
Meng Xibao was very satisfied, "Sir, the facts of the case have been found out. Let's close the case as soon as possible. Don't waste your precious time."
The onlookers who were watching the excitement outside also left in twos and threes to go home for dinner. It was already midday and they were starving to death.
The county magistrate was a little helpless, but the situation was indeed what Meng Xibao said. The facts of the case had been found to this point, and it was time for trial.
He glanced at Dong Ying and his daughter sympathetically, and then took a photo of the scene.
"Snapped--"
The county magistrate said: "After my investigation into the case and collection of evidence, Dong Ying and Zhang Ruyi sued Meng Xibao for intentional homicide, and the case has been concluded. The lawsuit of Dong Ying and Zhang Ruyi against Meng Xibao has been dismissed. Retreat!"
"Snapped--"
After another shock, the county magistrate retreated and left.
When Lin Zhongchun arrived, Dong Ying and her daughter had already left, leaving only Sun Zhaozhou waiting for her.
Sun Zhaozhou said: "They have gone home."
It is also a shame that even though we know the truth, we are unable to get the culprit arrested and imprisoned.
Lin Zhongchun sighed, and then walked towards the south of the city, preparing to retrieve Dong Ying and his daughter.
Sun Zhaozhou pulled her back and said, "They look sad. They probably don't want to see you."
"The group list will come out the day after tomorrow. I want them to sue again." Lin Zhongchun looked back at Sun Zhaozhou, "Which way are they going?"
"Are you stupid? The case was dismissed by the county magistrate, and you let them continue? Lin Zhongchun, not everyone has the courage to overcome obstacles. When Dong Ying and her mother just passed by me, they cried with tears.
You even ignored that girl who belongs to Huating Academy with us, what do you think you can do?"
Sun Zhaozhou did not intentionally attack Lin Zhongchun.
That's the truth.
Ordinary people cannot bear the frustration of losing a lawsuit, not to mention that Dong Ying and her daughter do not have enough money to sue the government.
They no longer have the main labor force, and coupled with the suppression by the Meng government, the family is already so impoverished that they even dislike the presence of mice.
Litigation fees are required for prosecution. Both parties to a civil lawsuit need to pay a "fixed loss", which is one hundred pence.
Both parties to the criminal proceedings must pay Na "junjin", which is three hundred cash.
If the plaintiff fails to pay the litigation fees in advance, the case will be deemed to be "unjust", or the case will not be accepted, or the case will be lost. In some areas, in order to prevent the defendant from not paying the money, the plaintiff will be charged twice the litigation fees in advance.
Dong Ying and her daughter had already spent three hundred coins to sue Meng Xibao.
One penny can eat two steamed buns, and three hundred penny is almost their living expenses for a year.
Lin Zhongchun wanted to help, but what Sun Zhaozhou said made sense.
Now that the matter has come to this, she doesn't want to give up: "Then I can't just do nothing, right? Sun Zhaozhou, if I let the truth be buried forever because of this failure, wouldn't it be a slap in my face if I still aspire to be a lawyer?
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"Do you think that if you use your identity as a trainee lawyer to defend Dong Ying and his daughter, you will definitely win?" Sun Zhaozhou understood that Lin Zhongchun's starting point was good, but he had to look at it in light of reality.
