After a battle, Wang Xian finally suppressed the arrogance of Ji Gang and his group, and then he slapped the crowd hard and said: "Bring the accuser."
Everyone was waiting eagerly. After a while, they saw a thin little girl, wearing a patchwork coarse cloth skirt, timidly walking into the hall. Without waiting for instructions, she knelt down in front of the big case, kowtowed and sobbed: "Please."
Mr. Qingtian makes the decision to avenge my dead brother..."
I have to admit that Mr. Wang is indeed a veteran in this field. The sight of that thin figure kneeling in the cold and cold lobby, flanked by wolf-like officials on both sides, is enough to make people unbearable.
"You little girl, don't cry for now. I'll raise your head and ask you this." Wang Xian said cheerfully, "What's your name?"
"My name is Lancao." The little girl whispered.
"How old are you this year?" Wang Xian asked again.
"Eight years old." Lancao said.
"Is it possible that there is no one at home, so you, an eight or nine-year-old girl, can complain?" Wang Xian frowned.
"My father died early, and my sister got married. She and her brother and mother used to depend on each other. Later, my brother was unjustly killed, and my mother couldn't afford to fall ill. Later, she hanged herself..." The little girl said and started crying again: "Woo woo.
, my brother is a good person, not a murderer, wuwu..."
"Okay, okay, don't cry." Wang Xian comforted him softly and asked, "If you want to file a complaint, you must have a pleading. Who did you ask to write the pleading for you?"
"The Yan family's aunt wrote it for me." The little girl said and quickly raised a piece of paper with both hands. Wu Wei took it and presented it to Wang Xian.
Wang Xian glanced at it and said in a deep voice: "Bring the defendant with you."
"Bring the defendant", the officers shouted loudly, and everyone saw two soldiers carrying a stretcher, with an angry Zhang Gouzi lying on it.
Wang Xian's pupils shrank when he saw this, but he said that Xianyun and Bai Yunzi had been staying by Zhang Gouzi's side for the past few days, and they also used the best Wudang Mountain gold sore medicine to treat him. His injuries were already almost healed.
Although he is still unable to walk, he can speak and think without any obstacles. Why did he meet Zhuang Jing just this morning and now he is so desperate?
Looking at Xiaolancao kneeling aside, Wang Xian couldn't help but sneered in his heart. It turned out that the two sides had thought of it together, and they were both pretending to be pitiful and sympathizing. However, he had already planned it, including letting people in, everything was arranged in advance.
However, the other party was able to take advantage of the situation without suffering any losses. This ability to adapt to changes is truly amazing.
However, Wang Xian was not surprised, because he saw next to the stretcher a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian robe and a white face and a long beard. It was Zhuang Jing who took the initiative to serve as Zhang Gouzi's lawyer. Since Zhuang Jing is the lawyer in this case, he naturally has the power.
In front of Zhang Gouzi before the trial, and Zhang Gouzi's current behavior is definitely inseparable from this guy's instigation...
"Is the person in charge of you Zhang Gouzi's lawyer?" Wang Xian could naturally recognize that the person was Zhuang Jing, a member of the Jinyiwei army. He asked this question deliberately to try to undermine this guy's arrogance.
"That's right." On the contrary, Zhuang Jing naturally wanted to reveal his identity and take the initiative. He cursed secretly and said proudly: "My subordinate, Zhuang Jing, has joined the army as the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards, so he can be considered your superior's superior."
"Since you are the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Guards and you are joining the army, why would you humble yourself and become a litigator?" Wang Xian asked in a cold and unceremonious voice. In later generations, lawyers were a high-ranking profession, but in this era, litigators were nothing like it.
They have no status at all, but they are very disliked by the government. They think they are a group of parasites who talk about right and wrong, confuse right and wrong, make excuses and exploit people's interests. They are the most hated by local officials. Wang Xian saw various versions of "Official Proverbs"
It has been said in the book that after local officials take office, they must first gather together the local litigators and severely reprimand them. If anyone stirs up lawsuits, they will be punished severely.
But it was obvious that Zhuang Jing had great feelings for his old career. Hearing this, he said with a righteous face: "I saw that Zhang Baihu was brutally murdered by the master. He is now unconscious and his life or death is uncertain. How can such a comatose person be brought to the hall by the master?"
Even if you are full of grievances, there is no way to defend yourself." As he said this, he looked at everyone in the hall and said, "I really can't stand it anymore, so I decided to play the role of a litigator and fight this lawsuit for him."
When the people onlookers saw Zhang Gouzi's tragic situation, they couldn't help but secretly shake their heads. Their dislike of Zhang Gouzi's side was reduced a bit, and their favorable impression of Wang Xian was also reduced a bit. They actually felt that the two sides were the same.
Wang Xian felt annoyed, looked at Zhuang Jing coldly and said, "So I shouldn't treat you as a superior officer, but as an ordinary litigator?"
"Well, one code equals one code..." Zhuang Jing said: "I am defending Zhang Gouzi, but you cannot disrespect Shangguan because of this."
"It's a good thing," Wang Xian said solemnly: "If you are a Shangguan, please sit aside and listen to the trial. If you are a litigant, please put away your air of being a Shangguan." He slapped the hall hard and said:
"There are no fathers and sons in the court, let alone a superior official."
Wang Xian was in the right place at the right time, and he showed off his majestic momentum as the chief judge from the moment he came up, which really made it difficult for Lao Jianghu, who was accustomed to the world, to adapt. Zhuang Jing did not expect that Wang Xian was so aggressive that he would die with him as soon as he came up.
Knock. But as Mr. Wang said, in front of the interrogator, the lawyer is always at a disadvantage. Once he encounters a tough interrogator, he can only avoid his sharp edge and use roundabout ways. So he had no choice but to say: "I
Now he's a lawyer."
Wang Xian snorted coldly.
"Okay, I'm a lawyer now..." Zhuang Jing had no choice but to call himself another person.
"Since you are a litigator, you must have the consciousness of a litigator." Wang Xian glanced at him contemptuously and said, "In court, I will only treat you as a litigator."
"There is no need for you to be accommodating, sir." Zhuang Jing also adjusted and said, neither humble nor arrogant: "I am just an ordinary lawyer now."
"Then why don't you kneel down?" Wang Xian stared at him coldly and asked.
"Wang, don't go too far." Seeing Zhuang Jing being humiliated, Xu Yingxian and others behind Ji Gang started making noises.
"Who dares to make noise in the court?" Wang Xian's eyes were like lightning. He glanced at Ji Gang and his group, slapped the crowd hard and said: "Forty, fork out of the lobby."
"Here." The officials in the hall were all Wang Xian's people. They all responded in unison and rushed towards Xu Ying.
"Come on, come on." Naturally Xu Yingxian and others were not to be outdone and drew their weapons one after another.
"Wang Zhenfu, are you crazy?" Ji Gang was already having a hard time walking on horseback, so he naturally took the opportunity to stand up, stopped in front of the official with a livid face and said, "Do you really think that I am just a decoration?"
"Why did the Governor say this? It's too late for me to respect you, so how can I treat you as a decoration?" Wang Xian smiled coldly and said: "It's just that the man who was in charge of punishing thousands of households has spoken first, and no one dares to make a noise again.
Now, since we have already warned them of severe punishment, if I don’t punish them lightly, where will the order in the court be and where will the dignity of our royal guards be?”
"You don't need to worry about Jin Yiwei's appearance," Ji Gang said coldly.
"But this case is now an imperial case," Wang Xian once again pulled the flag and said: "Now the lobby is like a vegetable market. How can I explain to the emperor?"
"I will explain it to your Majesty." Ji Gang snorted coldly.
"So, the Governor came here on the emperor's orders?" Wang Xian looked at Ji Gang with bright eyes.
"Is this..." Ji Gang said after a pause: "I am inspecting my subordinates, do I still need to ask the emperor for instructions?"
"Of course it is not necessary in normal times, but now the Fusi in Beizhen is handling an imperial case. The Governor's visit this time will inevitably be used to suppress people and pre-trial..." Wang Xian said slowly: "It's better to ask for instructions.
It’ll be ready in one go.”
The words "you" made Ji Gang speechless. Wang Xian's meaning was very clear. You are here, but please shut up and sit aside. It is easy to say anything if you don't speak. Once you speak, you are intervening in the judicial process. This
Ji Gang couldn't bear the big hat, so he had to muffledly say to the people behind him: "You all get out of here and listen here by yourself." He deliberately emphasized the word "auditor" very hard to express that he would not say any more.
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"The Commander-in-Chief really understands justice." Wang Xian nodded and motioned for his men to stop. He just gave up as soon as he saw it. After all, he really made Ji Gang anxious and turned the lobby into a pot of porridge. He couldn't eat it and walked around.
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"Old Ancestor..." However, Xu Ying was dumbfounded and stood there in a dilemma.
"Go away!" Ji Gang waved his sleeves irritably and kicked his disciples out. Then he returned to his seat angrily and sat down, but he forgot that the Taozi under him was a cheater. As a result, he exerted a little more force and heard a click.
He fell to the ground with a crash. Even though Governor Ji was agile, he still staggered and his buttocks kissed the ground heavily.
The whole hall was in an uproar when they saw this, especially the people outside. How could they have imagined seeing Ji Yan Wang making a fool of himself? Do they want to laugh but are afraid of being resented, so they can only hold it in until their faces turn red, or endure it?
He kept chuckling and laughing.
"Why don't you help the Governor up quickly?" Wang Xian ordered with a surprised look on his face, and then comforted Ji Gang: "If the Governor is unhappy with something, just say it, don't you need to take it out on him?"
Ji Gang's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and he was so angry that he was so angry. He had been in the world for nearly twenty years, and how had he ever been humiliated like this? He knew that Wang Xian was taking revenge on him, but in public, if he
It would be even more embarrassing to point it out clearly. I could only swallow this first, gritted my teeth and said: "It's time to change the chairs in the Zhenfu Division."
"Then the governor must allocate funds." Wang Xian smiled and waved his hand, and his men moved another chair. Ji Gang learned the lesson this time and tried it with his hands first. After seeing that there was no problem, he slowly sat on it and then sat on it.
That made him sulky. He didn't know what was going on. The guys under him used to be quite easy to deal with, but since he met Wang Xian, they became full of ugliness and stupidity. It was as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.
Follow and make a fool of yourself
Little did they know that the reason why these guys were able to run rampant before was because they faced all kinds of civil servants who were full of knowledge. There is a saying that when a scholar meets a soldier, he will not be able to explain clearly, so naturally he is not their opponent. But now they have met Wang Xian.
, this fierce man who stepped out of the worst and most messy yamen, their tricks were completely unacceptable to him, and they could only be defeated again and again.