Chapter 26: Knowing one’s heart and one’s nature, beating the drum to complain about injustice
It’s spring outside the door, but there are three rules inside the case.
Tie Tang was somewhat confused as he walked around the county government office. He passed through the Flower Hall, crossed the Xiyu Pavilion, and walked from the Second Hall to the Superintendent's Hall.
It's still noisy here, with blue and green clothes flying through it like butterflies.
Unknowingly, he arrived at the prison, but instead of going in the direction of the cell, he walked towards the Prison Temple on the other side.
The Gao pottery enshrined inside is the same as in the past, holding the law and sitting in it.
Tie Tang sat cross-legged in front of the statue and just looked at it quietly.
"Understand the five punishments and use the five teachings as a guide."
"Is this really true?"
"Even people like the county magistrate sometimes have no choice but to do something. Who am I, Tie Tang...who am I?"
"Gaotao...you are just a clay statue after all."
It was extremely quiet inside the Hell Temple, with a few candles dispersing the darkness, and smoke wafting through it.
In an instant, Tie Tang felt that his eyelids were extremely heavy and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
I can’t count the interest.
When he realized something was wrong, he was suddenly startled and opened his eyes again.
Nothing changed, and no one came near.
Only...
On the ground in front of him, there is an additional line of water-stained fonts.
“I am dedicated to my work, and I believe that the people come first, that Heaven’s order is polite, and that Heaven’s destiny is virtuous.”
This line of writing is powerful and vigorous, like a silver hook on an iron painting, and an aura of uprightness comes to my face.
"Are you...still there?"
Tie Tang stood up in disbelief. There was no movement around him. Only the statue in front of him was left... quietly observing himself.
This world - there is God!
"The order of heaven is polite, and the destiny of heaven is virtuous..."
"I...can't do anything, but I still believe in the cycle of heaven and retribution. In that case, I just have a clear conscience."
Looking at the dim light in the temple, with only a few candles swaying in the breeze, Tie Tang had an enlightenment.
"Tie... is willing to illuminate the darkness with a little light!"
Picking up three bamboo incense sticks and lighting them, Tie Tang solemnly bowed three times to the Gao Tao statue, stepped forward to put the incense sticks on, then turned around and strode away.
[Know your mind and see your nature, don’t be cautious and don’t attack, Xingyuan 20]
The deep blue light blazing in his mind made Tie Tang stop.
Twice.
Except for the 3 stars in Sifang Mountain, this is the second time I gained stars because I expressed my feelings.
After a pause, Tie Tang walked towards the arresting hall.
20 star points is a lot, and he hasn't figured out how to use it for a while. If he continues to use it to improve his cultivation, he wonders if it will be too eye-catching.
Inside the Inspector's Hall.
Duan Jingrui has arrived early, and he has quite a lot of things to do. Yesterday he went to help with the unsolved case at the racecourse, and now the files on his desk are stacked up.
"The chief catcher!"
"The chief catcher!"
......
After saying hello several times, Tie Tang pressed his hands and sat down where Qing Feng had been.
"The detective in charge of the Yihongyuan Cuihong case, come to me."
"The chief arrester, the fingerprints and footprints collected at the crime scene have been preserved and can be used as evidence in court at any time."
"Apart from Wu Qing, have any traces of anyone else been found?"
Even if Tie Tang has identified Wu Qing as the murderer, he will not let go of any clues.
"Yes, there are, but they should all be from Yihongyuan..."
"Go collect and compare!"
"This... chief arrest, there are many people in Yihongyuan. Besides, who else could the murderer be if he wasn't Wu Qing?"
"Are you questioning me?"
"My subordinates don't dare, so I'll go immediately."
........
Duan Jingrui listened to the noise over there, with a slight smile on his lips.
This 'Magic Catcher'... seems to be back.
Dawn had just broken, and before the scorching sun had time to shed its light on the world, the world beat a big drum to urge it.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sound of huge drums echoed in the county government office irregularly and intermittently, causing all the people in the Superintendent's Office to stop.
"It's a grievance!"
"There's another case."
"Beating a drum to complain is not about serious grievances or even desperation. Who dares to drum easily?"
The law of Dashang clearly stipulates: Those who beat drums to complain about grievances will be punished if the accusation is untrue.
If a person sues an official from the people and has no merit, he should first receive twenty strokes of the cane.
Those who appeal to the people by the people, if they have no merit or fame, should first receive ten strokes of the cane.
The seemingly unreasonable legal provisions, but there is an invisible deterrent hidden behind them.
When people sue an official, they can sue across the city or across a higher level.
That is to say, if ordinary people have suffered great injustice, but feel that the local county government is bending the law for personal gain, they can go to other counties to sue the local county government.
At the same time, you can also file a petition beyond the next level. The leapfrog here does not mean jumping over the county government to the county government.
Instead, go to another county government and sue the county officials directly.
A county magistrate cannot control the department above him, but after finding out the truth, he can submit it to the Supervisory Yuan.
With the intervention of the Control Yuan, everything will change.
If you sue the people from the people, naturally you will not sue ordinary people, but those wealthy and powerful families, rural gentlemen and gentry.
It can be said that complaining is a method that ordinary people will choose when they are desperate, and it seems to be the only method.
It's a pity that the law stipulates very well, but when it is actually implemented, it is completely different.
‘Blow the drum to complain, and if the accusation is untrue, you should suffer the consequences.’
The word 'untrue' here...who decides?
It’s not up to the officials to decide!
And the following lawsuit is a fantasy. Which county magistrate dares to poke his boss in the butt?
Submitting it to the Supervisory Yuan made trouble out of nothing and caused a scandal out of thin air.
You may not be very clean yourself, so how can you dare to provoke a tiger like the Overwatch Council?
There are very few people in the world who have succeeded by complaining.
"Hey, why has it been knocking for so long...and no one has ascended to the throne yet?"
"According to law, the county magistrate should go to court first to clarify the circumstances of the case. If the matter is of major importance, he should then notify the county magistrate."
Tie Tang also stopped what he was doing and looked around at the astonished police officers.
"Have you seen the county magistrate in the past two days? I just passed by the second hall and didn't see him."
The second hall is where he and the county magistrate work, but he has not seen the county magistrate for several days.
"No."
"No."
"It seems that I'm sick."
At this moment, two government officials came outside the door of the Superintendent's Office.
"I'm waiting to meet the chief catcher!"
"I'm waiting to meet the chief catcher!"
"What's going on!" Seeing these two familiar Yijinjing yamen servants, Tie Tang knew that the county magistrate's order was coming.
"The county magistrate said that he worked hard last night and is a little tired today. The county magistrate is sick at home again and asked the chief catcher to go to the court."
Leave all the hot potatoes to me, right?
Tie Tang was convinced and waved his hand: "I already know!"
He is also an official. Although he is only a ninth-rank official, he is still an official.
Ascension to the church - this is his responsibility.
However, Tie Tang has never done it once, but his predecessor has adjudicated several cases.
"Duan County arrests, you should come too."
"Me?"
Duan Jingrui was a little surprised, but he didn't object. He was convinced of Tie Tang's ability.
A prison-breaking detective who claims to be an expert in solving crimes will not be helpless when faced with a lawsuit.
Tie Tang led Duan Jingrui and a group of detectives to the county government lobby. The plaque of "The Mirror Hangs High" hung in the middle was shining brightly.
There are ten government officials standing in the left and right rows of the lobby, eight of them holding black and red water and fire sticks, and the remaining two holding "avoid" and "quiet" erect signs.
They sat down one by one and after standing up, Tie Tang picked up the gavel and patted it.