Chapter 463: When people sue officials, they are guilty first
Next, Du Ning invited the scholars of the Qin family to have tea at his house. Although Qin Wenxu came specially to apologize, for Du Ning, the visitor was a guest and he should be entertained according to the rules without losing etiquette.
Qin Wenxu and others did not come empty-handed. In order to show their sincerity in apologizing to Du Ning, they brought many treasures, such as tea that can increase talents, ginseng that can extend life, treasure fruits used for healing, and demon blood that can enhance the power of war poems.
Ingots, etc.
Du Ning politely declined at first, but Qin Wenxu was firm and must let Du Ning accept their gifts. Otherwise, they would not forgive the Qin family, and they would not leave Kongcheng easily, and would continue to half-kneel.
Outside Du Ning's mansion, until Du Ning calmed down and forgave the Qin family.
In desperation, Du Ning could only reluctantly accept the gift from the Qin family.
Qin Wenxu then showed a satisfied expression and started chatting and laughing with Du Ning. Other Qin family members also talked and laughed with Du Ning.
Everyone tacitly understood that it was not possible to freeze three feet in a day. The hatred between the two sides has been forged, how could it be easily resolved? You must know that three great scholars in the Qin family have been deprived of their talent and strength. This is a natural disaster for the Qin family.
A big shame.
Moreover, under Du Ning's deliberate probing, the Qin family's true colors were immediately revealed, making Du Ning understand that Qin Wenxu's act of asking for forgiveness was nothing more than a farce performed for scholars from all over the world.
At noon, Qin Wenxu led his tribe to say goodbye to Du Ning and left Yunqi Jun's Mansion.
Du Ning sent the Qin family away, the smile on his face faded, and finally returned to the study with an expressionless expression to continue reading.
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In the blink of an eye, it was late November, and such an incident was published in the "Shengyuan Wenbao".
There was a fierce battle between the Wenjun family and the Yasheng family in Pingguo. The reason was that the Yan family's wall was demolished and rebuilt due to disrepair, and they had a dispute with the Fu family over a piece of open space. Scholars from both sides also fought over this.
Wen Dou.
After Fu Yue, who was studying in Kongcheng, received a letter from home, he took Ouyang Rulan back to Pingguo and brought Du Ning's poems to the Fu family.
Ping Guangjun felt ashamed after reading Du Ning's poems, and suddenly realized that he was short-sighted. It was just a piece of open space. What was gained by fighting for it? What was lost?
So Mr. Pingguang brought gifts and went to the Yan family in person, apologized to the head of the Yan family for his reckless behavior, and took the initiative to give three feet of courtesy within the scope of his own open space, hoping to get back on good terms with his neighbors.
Everyone in the Yan family was stunned, unable to believe that the rebellious Ping Guangjun would actually surrender to the Yan family.
But the facts are before our eyes. Ping Guangjun came to apologize in person, and the Yan family had no choice but to believe it.
The head of the Yan family accepted the apology after seeing Ping Guangjun's sincere attitude.
Then the next day.
Ping Guangjun published Du Ning's poems in newspapers and newspapers in the capital of Ping State, which attracted the attention of scholars in the capital of Ping State.
Many well-informed readers applauded and praised Du Ning for writing this poem that is easy to understand and has extraordinary meaning.
After reading the newspaper, the head of the Yan family felt ashamed, so he prepared a large gift and went to the Fu family to apologize and compensate for the medical expenses of the Fu family who had been injured in the past. At the same time, he demolished the built wall and gave up three feet of space to the back.
Rebuild the wall.
As a result, a six-foot-wide alley appeared between the Fu family and the Yan family.
The emperor of Ping State decreed that it should be named "Liuchixiang" to demonstrate the merits of enlightenment.
Scholars in the capital were greatly moved, not only because of Du Ning's well-written poems, but also because both sides had the heart to forgive each other.
The editor of the Guoxue Palace in Pingguo immediately compiled this story into a fable and used it as the content of the enlightenment textbook.
Some children who like to cause trouble came up with a sudden idea and made up nursery rhymes that were sung in the capital of Pingguo.
In just a few days, the story of Pingguo’s “Liu Chi Alley” made headlines in major newspapers and magazines from all over the world.
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The second day of December.
Tianfeng Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the capital city of Ping Kingdom.
A heavy snowfall fell last night, and the streets, alleys, mountains and woods were covered with a layer of "white", which was extremely beautiful.
The scenery is good today. The scholars are either traveling together to enjoy the mountains and rivers, or taking a boat along the moat to enjoy the city scenery, or cooking wine and discussing Taoism in the pavilion, chatting and laughing, so happy.
However, on this day, the drum of grievance was sounded outside Tianfeng Mansion.
"Winter! Winter! Winter!"
As the grievance drum sounded, many people rushed outside the court to watch the prefect's trial.
The door of the court opened, the prefect Feng Jinming sat on the throne, the master sat on the side, and there were government servants holding killing sticks standing on the left and right in front of the hall.
A woman was kneeling in front of the hall. There was a haggard look on her face. However, in Feng Jinming's eyes, this woman's appearance was beautiful and refined. When she was young, she must have been a beauty who was as beautiful as the moon and the moon. She couldn't help but
I took a closer look.
Kneeling next to him was a ten-year-old boy with moist eyes.
"Bang!"
Feng Jinming slapped the alarm, showing his official power, and asked loudly: "Who is kneeling?"
"The widow Zhang Xinyue went to see the magistrate."
"Who do you want to sue? What are your grievances?"
"To the magistrate, I want to sue Wang Fu, the magistrate of Wen County. My husband had many personal grievances with Wang Fu during his lifetime, but because my husband was a scholar with a good reputation, when my husband was alive, Wang Fu
Fu did not dare to bully the family of a civilian woman. However, just last month, after my husband died of illness, Wang Fu came to visit my son while he was in school and wanted to force me to be his concubine."
"How can a common woman agree to abide by her duties? Wouldn't that be a disservice to my poor husband? How can I live an upright life in the future? So the common woman refused to obey. Wang Fu became angry and beat me up. Then my son
I was also beaten by my classmates at school. Wang Fu even threatened us that if the women refused to follow Wang Fu, my son would be beaten every time he went to school."
As he spoke, he rolled up the boy's sleeves. There were scars all over his arms.
However, this was only part of it. Zhang Xinyue unbuttoned the boy's clothes one after another, and you could see scars on his chest, back, and even thighs.
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Even Zhang Xinyue herself has many visible scars on her body.
The scholars who were watching were furious when they saw this scene and started pointing.
"It's really outrageous to beat a child like this. Is this really what the head of a county did?"
"It's really unreasonable to retaliate against a civilian woman like this. What does Wang Fu do for a living!"
"Wang Fu is the county magistrate! If he knows the law and breaks the law, his crime will be increased!"
Zhang Xinyue put the boy's clothes back on and said to Feng Jinming: "It doesn't matter if a woman is beaten, but the child is innocent and he should not suffer such bullying. I beg the magistrate to make the decision for the woman and severely punish the magistrate Wang of Wen County."
Fu, give justice to the women of the people."
After saying this, he kowtowed with tears in his eyes, and the boy kowtowed along with him.
Many onlookers could only sympathize. If Zhang Xinyue was the only one to be wronged, Zhang Xinyue could endure it.
But Zhang Xinyue simply couldn't bear it when an innocent child was treated like this.
"Bang!"
Feng Jinming was shocked and said loudly: "How outrageous! County Magistrate Wang is an official of the imperial court. He loves the people like his own son and has outstanding political achievements. How could he treat you mother and son like this? You are obviously lying!"
"A civilian woman wouldn't dare!" Zhang Xinyue responded.
"Zhang Xinyue, can you read?"
"I read some books with my husband."
"That's good."
Feng Jinming pointed to the two engraved stone tablets on the left and right in front of the court and said, "Zhang Xinyue, can you recognize the words on these two stone tablets?"
"Women recognize it."
Zhang Xinyue said: "The words written on these two stone tablets are 'false accusations plus three grades' and 'more accusations plus fifty whippings'. These two stone tablets have always been on the court halls of all dynasties."
"Since you recognize these two stone tablets, I would like to ask you, what crime do you deserve for falsely accusing a court official as a commoner?" Feng Jinming said with a fierce look on his face.
Zhang Xinyue's face changed drastically and she said: "My lord, everything the woman said is true. I don't dare to deceive you in any way. I beg your lord to see clearly."
"If what you say is true, then this government will accept the case. However, if you sue the officials from the people, you are already guilty. Therefore, you should be punished with thirty death sentences in accordance with the law, and this government can only accept the case."
Feng Jinming smiled sinisterly and said: "Here comes someone! I will serve you with torture!"
"Yes!"
The government officials on both sides immediately came out to capture Zhang Xinyue.
"Don't hit my mother, don't hit my mother!"
The boy loudly said: "I am willing to be punished on my mother's behalf, please don't beat my mother!"
The yamen officer couldn't help but pull the two of them apart. One yamen officer blindfolded the boy. The other yamen officer pinned Zhang Xinyue to the ground, raised his killing stick and beat him.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Ah! Ah!"
Zhang Xinyue let out a hysterical roar, and every scream was heartbreaking.
"Don't hit my mother! Don't hit my mother! Wuwu..."
The boy could not see the scene of Zhang Xinyue being beaten, but he heard his mother's screams clearly and started to cry loudly. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from the officer's arms.
Many scholars took a breath of air. Although Zhang Xinyue sued the county magistrate as a common person, even if he was found guilty, there was no explicit provision that he must be slapped with a slap in the face. Many aspects can be dealt with as appropriate, and it is not necessary to slap a slap on the wrist, let alone
You must hit such a heavy board!
How can Zhang Xinyue, a weak woman, endure this?
Obviously, Feng Jinming wanted to beat Zhang Xinyue to death. If he could not survive the punishment in court, then Zhang Xinyue would not be able to continue suing Wang Fu, the magistrate of Wen County.
"Stop! Don't fight! Don't fight again!"
A scholar shouted: "Master Magistrate, if we continue to fight, someone will be killed. Please show your respect and be patient!"
Feng Jinming said sternly: "No! The state has national laws, and our government acts in accordance with the law. How can we show mercy outside the law? Then what is the use of the law?"
"What a good state-owned and national law. National law is used to benefit the people, not as a means for you to manage human lives!"
A roar of anger resounded throughout the court, shocking many scholars.
"Well said!" Many scholars said in unison.
But the officer who was being tortured with the cane suddenly stopped moving, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and for some reason he couldn't move on the killing stick in his hand.
However, at this moment, Zhang Xinyue was covered with bruises and fell to the ground dying.
Feng Jinming's expression changed, his eyes glowed, and he quickly locked onto a young scholar.
This person is none other than Du Ning.
In order to attend Fu Yue's wedding, Du Ning went to the capital of Pingguo a few days in advance.
By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to travel to Pingguo and meet the young talents of Pingguo.
However, when passing by Tianfeng Mansion, I heard someone beating the grievance drum, so I followed the crowd, but I didn't expect such an extremely angry thing to happen.
Even though Zhang Xinyue was found guilty because of the lawsuit, she could not use the stick like this. Ordinary government officials would use the stick properly to injure only the skin and flesh but not the muscles and bones.
But when these government officials beat Zhang Xinyue with a cane, they hit her to death and hit her vital parts. If they said there was nothing fishy in it, no one would believe it.
"Who are you? How dare you use your literary power to prevent the execution of the government officials, what crime do you deserve!" Feng Jinming shouted loudly.
Du Ning looked at Feng Jinming and said: "Master Feng, did you order the government officials to deal with such a heavy hand to kill the defendant? What benefits did the magistrate of Wen County give you? You actually asked you to do this just to protect a magistrate.
Don’t hesitate to take care of human life!”
"Presumptuous!"
When Feng Jinming heard this, he became angry and stared at Du Ning.
Du Ning's words also made the ignorant scholars suddenly realize. They thought that Feng Jinming was really acting in accordance with the law, but he did not expect that he was acting for personal benefit and looking for an excuse to kill Zhang Xinyue.
"So it turns out that Magistrate Feng and Magistrate Wang are protecting each other. If Zhang Xinyue comes to sue Magistrate Wang, Magistrate Feng will beat Zhang Xinyue to death in the courtroom!"
"Absurd! This is Tianfeng Mansion, at the feet of the Emperor. This kind of thing can actually happen. Being an official and not making decisions for the people, how is it any different from an accomplice?"
"Master Feng, you are too arrogant!"
Many scholars criticized him, saying that they were not afraid of Feng Jinming despite their fame.
Feng Jinming hurriedly said: "This government has always been impartial and selfless. Since ancient times, it has been a crime to bring people to court against officials. This is also an iron law followed by all countries. Our government handles the situation in accordance with the law. What is wrong? You must not listen to this.
The nonsense of scholars!"
Du Ning walked to Zhang Xinyue and felt her pulse for a moment, then his face suddenly turned blue.
This government officer is really deadly!
Du Ning hurriedly took out the healing treasure "Vitality Fruit" from Qiankun in his sleeves, cut it into small pieces, put it in Zhang Xinyue's mouth and swallowed it.
The Vitality Fruit has the effect of treating internal and external injuries. After ordinary people eat it, no matter how serious the injury is, they can be cured quickly.
Zhang Xinyue's complexion soon returned to rosy, and she suddenly regained her strength from her dying state. She stood up and kowtowed to Du Ning: "Thank you so much for saving my life. Thank you so much."
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you."
After Du Ning finished speaking, he looked at the yamen servant holding the boy, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, which scared the yamen servant and let go hurriedly.
"Mother!"
The boy hurriedly threw himself into Zhang Xinyue's arms, and the mother and son hugged each other and burst into tears.
Feng Jinming's face was a little gloomy. Du Ning could actually take out the treasure to treat Zhang Xinyue, which shows that Du Ning's identity is not simple.