He had just offended some officials from the old party and was even labeled as a member of the new party. In the blink of an eye, Li Mu arrested the Zhou family's children.
The Zhou family is the core of the new party, and all officials of the new party must rely on the Zhou family for their survival.
It's great now. In the huge city of God, the old and new parties don't have a place for him like Zhang Chun.
He expected that the house his Majesty gave him was not for free, and what he owed now would have to be paid back sooner or later.
But Zhang Chun didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.
Magistrate Zhang was extremely sad and angry, and Li Mu was also aggrieved.
That is a human life, a living human life. Even if he is not a police officer and does not have this responsibility on his shoulders, as a human being, he cannot just watch Zhou Chu commit a crime and then leave arrogantly.
However, as a police officer, he only arrests people. After he is caught, the biggest blame will actually be taken by Master Zhang.
This seems a bit unfair to him. How about he simply petition Your Majesty through Mrs. Mei and ask her to transfer him to the Ministry of Punishment?
While Li Mu was pondering the feasibility of this method, a bright light suddenly appeared in Zhang Chun's eyes and he said: "Wait a minute, I am now the Shendu Cheng. To resolve the case, you go to the Shendu Lieutenant..."
Li Mu shook his head and reminded: "Although your Majesty has been promoted to the rank of Lord, he has not re-appointed the Shendu Captain. All matters within the Shendu Yamen are still decided by your Majesty."
Zhang Chun said in astonishment: "If you put it this way, my promotion to this official position is in vain?"
Li Mu nodded, "It can be understood that way."
The light in Zhang Chun's eyes dimmed again.
He covered his face with his hands and said angrily: "What a sin..."
After a moment, he took his hands away from his face and his eyes changed from hesitant to firm, as if he had made a decision.
At the gate of the government office, Yang Xiu and Zhu Cong had not left yet.
Zhu Cong stood outside, glanced inside, and asked, "What do you think they will do?"
Yang Xiu shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but according to the law, if you hit someone while riding a horse and kill someone, you should have to pay with your life..."
Wei Peng glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Fortunately, you are still the son of a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment. There are many situations when a horse hits a person, and it is impossible to generalize it in one sentence."
Zhu Cong asked: "How to say?"
Wei Peng recalled it and said: "There are several situations where a horse can hit someone and cause death. If you did not break the law and rode a horse on the official road, and someone rushes out from the side and is killed by the horse, the responsibility lies with him.
You only need to pay a small amount of money."
"If he was walking well on the official road and you accidentally hit him to death while riding a horse, the responsibility lies with you. You have to compensate for all the losses. But because it was just a fault, you don't have to pay with your life, and you don't even have to go to jail..."
"If you drive your horse over and kill someone after drinking, you will not only bear full responsibility, but you will also go to jail."
"This is under the condition that riding a horse is allowed. God does not allow riding a horse. The crime will be increased by one level. Riding a horse while drunk will be increased by another level. Murder and fleeing will be added by another level. Resisting arrest and raid will be added by one level...
"
Wei Peng turned over the Da Zhou Law in his hand and said: "Zhou Chu's behavior is an extremely bad situation among those of riding a horse into a person. If it had been anyone else, it would not have been an exaggeration to have him sentenced to death."
Zhu Cong swallowed his saliva and suddenly felt that compared with Zhou Chu, his image suddenly became taller and majestic.
Although he also likes to ride horses on the streets of Shendu, he doesn't dare to go too fast. He will give time to those who block him to dodge. He just wants to show off his power and doesn't want to kill anyone.
Wei Peng walked to the Yamen courtyard and said, "Let's see how they judge..."
Shendu Yamen, public hall.
The old man's body was lying flat on the ground. After examining the injuries, the governor said: "My lord, the victim's sternum was all broken and he died of injuries."
Zhang Chun looked at the old man, closed his eyes, then slowly opened his eyes after a moment, looked at Zhou Chu, and said: "The criminal Zhou Chu, you violated the law, drunkenly rode your horse on the streets of Shendu, killed an innocent old man, and killed him while escaping.
, resisting arrest and assault, witnessed by countless people on the street, can you plead guilty?"
Zhou Chu had already sobered up from his wine. He looked at him lightly and said, "Plead guilty."
"Just plead guilty." Zhang Chun sat back and said: "According to Da Zhou Law, Volume 5, Article 13, anyone who rides a horse in the streets of Shendu in violation of the law, causing serious injury or death, will be sentenced to more than ten years in prison.
, you got drunk and rode on horseback, and after killing people, you tried to escape, and ordered your men to attack Shendu Yamen to arrest the head. The circumstances were extremely bad and caused a very serious impact. This officer sentences you to execution and will immediately submit it to the Ministry of Punishment for review."
Zhou Chu shrugged and said nonchalantly, "As long as you like it."
Zhang Chuntao: "Come here, put these three people in jail first."
Two government officials came over with fearful expressions on their faces. Zhou Chu glanced at them disdainfully and said, "Where is the prison? I'll go by myself."
Seeing Zhou Chu being taken away without fear, Li Mu did not relax, because he knew that this was not the end, but just the beginning.
Zhang Chun walked down from the hall, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged, you didn't do anything wrong."
Facing Zhang Chun, Li Mu was actually a little embarrassed.
As a subordinate, he has indeed never given him any peace of mind.
Everything he did in the city of God was actually done with confidence. He was just a petty official. The old and new parties could not suppress him through the court. If they wanted to use secret means, they would have to send the Sixth Realm.
Even in the sixth realm, Li Mu could temporarily resist for a quarter of an hour. If they wanted to get rid of Li Mu without anyone noticing, they had to move to the seventh realm.
A strong man of that level is a deterrent among both parties, used to check and balance the Queen. It is impossible for him to obey the orders of the Zhou family or the Li family, let alone care about Li Mu, a mere petty official.
Therefore, Li Mu seems to have a low status, but he can do whatever he wants in the city of gods.
But Mr. Zhang is different. He is as timid as a mouse, but he also has a sense of justice.
He wants to hide from everything, but whenever he needs to stand up, he will stand up without hesitation.
This time, he completely offended the Zhou family to death.
Li Mu looked at him and asked, "Sir, have you figured it out?"
Zhang Chun breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "The official promotion is not in vain, and the house is not in vain. These are all fate..."
Li Mu asked: "What do you mean, sir, are you accepting your fate?"
"No." Zhang Chun shook his head and said: "Let's make the matter bigger, the bigger the better, the new party and the old party will not be able to accommodate me. When the time comes, I can be transferred out of the capital...
"
Li Mu thought about it carefully and found that Zhang Chun was really good at calculating.
He is the Prime Minister of Shendu, and his official position is neither big nor small. Even if he offends the old and new parties at the same time, as long as he does his job well and does not commit crimes or abuse his power for personal gain, neither party can take advantage of him.
How about it.
They can only use some power to push him out of this position, move him far away, and keep out of sight, which plays into his heart.
No wonder he judged Zhou Chu's case so harshly. Although Zhou Chu's behavior was bad and had a huge impact, I'm afraid he already had this idea before he concluded the case.
Li Mu gave him a thumbs up and praised: "High, really high..."
Zhou Chu rode his horse on the streets of Shendu and killed innocent people. He was arrested by the Shendu Yamen and imprisoned. He was later sentenced to death by Shendu Cheng. Once the case was reported, it caused a sensation in Shendu.
What shocked people was not that Zhou Chu killed someone with his horse, but that Shendu Yamen dared to sentence the Zhou family to death.
Although Zhou Chu is not a direct descendant of the Zhou family, his status in the Zhou family is not low. By doing this, Shen Ducheng formed a deadly feud with the Zhou family.
He, a small sixth-grade official, will not end well if he directly resists the Zhou family. After this incident, he may not even be able to keep his position under his butt.
Shendu Yanei.
Zhou Chu could not be locked up for more than a quarter of an hour before a man in official uniform hurriedly stepped into the yamen.
When several detectives saw him, they immediately bowed and said, "I've seen you, Lord Du Ling."
The man looked sullen and asked, "Where is Zhang Chun?"
One of the detectives pointed his finger and said, "Master Zhang is in the back office."
Soon, Zhang Chun, who was sipping tea in the Houya, saw the order of Shendu, which he had only heard about but never seen since arriving in Shendu.
Before him, the Shendu Yamen was dispensable, and even its officials were concurrently held by officials from other departments. They would not come to the Yamen on weekdays. As Du Cheng, this was the first time he had seen the Shendu Order.
Shendu Ling reprimanded: "Your people captured Zhou Chu, and you sentenced him to execution?"
Zhang Chuntao: "Zhou Chu was drunk, he drove his horse into people, killed people and fled, resisted arrest, and I sentenced him to be executed. Is it wrong?"
Shendu Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know who he is?"
Zhang Chun said calmly: "I don't care who he is. If he breaks the law, he must be dealt with according to the law. The last person who violated the law for personal gain was beheaded by Your Majesty..."
Shendu Ling explained: "What I mean is that you don't have to impose such a harsh punishment to kill a commoner. You can take him into custody first and then try it slowly..."
Zhang Chun asked mockingly: "First take the person into custody, then delay it until the people forget about it, and finally close the case hastily. Is this what you did before the government office?"
Shendu Ling pretended not to hear Zhang Chun's sarcasm and said: "This is good for you, me, and everyone..."
Zhang Chun shook his head and said, "Sorry, I can't do it."
Shendu Ling had a sullen face and said: "From now on, I will take over this case with full authority, and you don't have to worry about it anymore!"
Zhang Chun shrugged and said: "You are free to do as you like. Anyway, I have already submitted the file to the Ministry of Punishment. I am just waiting for the Ministry of Punishment's approval."
Shendu Ling pointed at him and said angrily: "You..."
Zhang Chun asked: "What's wrong with me?"
"You have no future!"
Shendu Ling said something coldly, turned around and left in a big stride.
Zhang Chun walked outside the door, exhaled a long breath, and said with emotion: "Comfortable!"
He stood in the yard and was silent for a long time. Suddenly he looked at Li Mu and asked, "Are you familiar with Mr. Mei from the inner guard?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "It's okay."
Zhang Chun thought for a moment and said, "Next time you see her, help me ask if the house your Majesty gave me can be sold..."
