In this era, there is no such thing as human rights. In many cases, even if the status is not achieved, there is no reason to speak.
For example, in a wealthy family, apart from the master, most of the servants have low status. The so-called "low status" includes many things. Some are wives and daughters of officials who have committed crimes and were bought as concubines by wealthy families. Some are bought from the merchants or other people's hands.
There were many such maids in the Qin Anhou Mansion, and some were prisoners of war captured by the Sui Dynasty during their campaigns in the north and south. Naturally, the government would not keep these prisoners of war to waste food, so they chopped them off with a ruthless sword.
, those with a gentle temperament were sold to wealthy families as handymen...
The sources of lowly records in the Sui Dynasty are basically these.
What is lamentable is that these lowly statuses are not within the scope of protection by the Sui Dynasty law. Whether it is a concubine, a maid, or a handyman, if the owner is unhappy, he will be killed on the spot. The reality is very
It's cruel, and the government won't care about it. Even if you kill a lowly slave, you don't have to say anything to the government. After the killing, someone will be sent to tell the official. After the government confirms that the person killed is a lowly person, they can fine them a few hundred.
Wen Qian, this case is closed.
It's ridiculous, but this is the fact. In this era, the lives of ordinary people are as cheap as animals, and the lives of lowly people are even worse than animals.
Jingtian was originally from the south of the Yangtze River, but he had gone to the northwest before and led a gang of horse thieves with Zhang Jike in the Qilian Mountains to rob and kill people. Obviously, his background and identity were not ordinary.
In fact, Wang Junlin knew that Jingtian was a general in the Chen Dynasty and was unwilling to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, so he ran to become a horse thief. But at that time, he was the only one who fled to the northwest. His family and other officials in the Chen Dynasty were unwilling to surrender.
The family members were all captured by Yang Su at that time. Some of the men were killed, but all the women were left behind. After the noble officials selected the most beautiful and youngest ones, the rest were sold off, and most of them lived among the major landlords and landlords.
In the hands of wealthy businessmen.
One of Jingtian's girls was bought into his home as a slave by this wealthy businessman. After Jingtian came to the capital, he secretly investigated the whereabouts of his relatives. A few days ago, with the help of Shen Guang, he finally found out where his sister was and found this girl.
Wealthy businessman.
What a coincidence. When he came, he happened to encounter a wealthy businessman punishing his sister, and he was very evil and cruel. Jingtian was furious and killed the wealthy businessman directly. What was even more coincidental was that he had just punished his sister.
The murderer was killed, and even the corpse was not thrown away from his hands before the official of Jingzhao Mansion arrived.
Such a major case occurred, and the following people were arrested and reported to him. Although Chen Sansi knew that Wang Junlin had some relationship with the underworld force in the capital, the Red Sword Society, he did not know that the leader of the Red Sword Society was named Jingtian, not to mention that he
Even if he knew, he would still have Jingtian locked up and arrested.
After the details of the case were finished, the yamen hall of Jingzhao Mansion fell into silence.
Chen Sansi stroked his beard and looked at Wang Junlin with a rather annoyed expression. He thought that he had done nothing wrong in this matter, that he had acted impartially, and that he had not wronged Jingtian.
Wang Junlin looked ugly. He found this matter very troublesome and difficult.
Even if the rich businessman killed Jingtian's sister, he would only be fined a few hundred cents at most according to the Sui Dynasty law. However, a rich businessman was not a lowly citizen. In this era, it was an iron law to pay back debts and kill people with their lives. What's more, the government had the witness and evidence.
Physical evidence is useless even if Jingtian refuses to confess. Of course, Wang Junlin can also use some of the most shameful methods used by powerful people to save Jingtian, such as substituting others, finding a substitute, etc. But let’s not talk about whether Chen Sansi can give it.
Given this face for him, even if Chen Sansi is willing to help him do this, there will definitely be people from the King of Han watching secretly. Not only will they not be able to save Jingtian, but they will get burned. Judging from the current situation, Wang Junlin just needs to be more careful.
, not afraid of enemy assassination.
But if his enemies follow the officialdom and court-style struggle, it will be really difficult for him, Wang Junlin, if he doesn't want to betray the Sui Dynasty.
After a long silence, Chen Sansi coughed a few times and said with a smile: "I wonder how Marquis Qin An feels about my handling of this matter? If there is any injustice at all... I am willing to argue the case with Marquis Qin An while you are under the protection of your mansion."
Wang Junlin's face was livid, and he snorted coldly: "The officials under Mr. Chen's command are obviously instructed by others, and their testimony is no longer valid?"
Chen Sansi smiled bitterly and sighed: "Qin Anhou, you and I are both aware of this matter. The other party is here for you. I think you should stay out of this matter. The guards of your house are in prison. I will send
If you take good care of a good person, you will not let him suffer any injustice until he goes to the execution ground."
Wang Junlin squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Mr. Chen, I want to go to the prison to meet Jingtian."
Chen Sansi shook his head vigorously: "No, Jingtian is already on death row, and according to our Sui Dynasty law, he cannot see outsiders."
Wang Junlin suddenly became suspicious, frowning and looking at him up and down: "Master Chen, is there something shady and secret here? If Master Chen thinks that I have no official position and is easy to bully, you might as well do it tonight while having dinner and drinking tea.
Think about it, think about it..."
Chen Sansi's face changed slightly, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes, but in the end he sighed with a bitter face, "Who dares to bully you, a peerless villain, even the King of Han dares to beat him, how many of me have the guts to stroke a tiger's beard..."
"That's it! I'll let Qin Anhou be convinced and see if I'm making a fuss about it! I'll send someone to take Qin Anhou to visit him in the prison. I'm sorry for not accompanying him!"
Chen Sansi snorted angrily, got up and left, but Wang Junlin stood up, grabbed the brocade sleeve of Chen Sansi's official robe, saluted Chen Sansi with a smile, and said: "Master Chen, if you can keep Jingtian alive for five days, I owe you to Chen Sansi."
Your kindness will be rewarded generously in time."
Chen Sansi hesitated for a moment. Although Wang Junlin spoke politely, there was a hint of ferocity intentionally or unintentionally. He felt a chill in his heart, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will promise you that Jingtian will not die for five days, but
After five days, he will still be beheaded according to the law."
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The prison is right next to the government office and is located underground.
An official led Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu into the cell and walked down the steps. As soon as they took a step forward, Wang Junlin couldn't help but cover his nose and frowned.
Compared with ancient prisons, the cells in this period were too short, too dark, and too smelly. However, there was no such thing as human rights in this era. If the prisons were as well repaired and clean as in later generations, that would be a big weird thing.
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The cell where Jingtian was imprisoned was in the innermost cell. As the murderer of the murder, and Jingtian was a gangster after all, official officials naturally had to be treated specially. After twists and turns, Wang Junlin finally met Jingtian.
Jingtian's eyes were red, and he was sitting on the damp floor of the cell. His hands and feet were heavily shackled, his hair was stained with grass clippings and soil and disheveled, and his expression was extremely gloomy.