In the early morning of the next day, under the order of Lin Nuo, two members of the Jin Yiwei Hundred Households began to gather manpower, focusing on collecting various information on the county magistrate Zhang Yan, the chief registrar Li Mo, and the canon historian Ye Tong.
Sooner or later the two sides will fall out, it just depends on whose method is more ruthless!
On the first day when the new official took office, Lin Nuo did not have much leisure. All morning, he asked people to bring in the Shanyin County's population, land, money and grain files for the past five years, and began to look through them in detail.
He even assigned the two brothers Zhao to pick up the petitions outside the Yamen. No matter what the petition was, they would accept them all.
Lin Nuo is not a holy mother, but he still understands the principle of serving as an official to benefit a country. Since he enjoys the blessing of a county magistrate, he should also take on the responsibility of a county magistrate.
In the afternoon, Zhao Da walked into the Yamen with a pile of case files in his arms.
"Sir, according to your instructions, we have received nearly a hundred petitions this morning, including 19 criminal cases and the rest are civil disputes." Zhao Da said and handed the top two petitions to Lin Nuo and said:
"This is a murder case. If you have a right, human life is at stake. You can't ignore it."
After all, the two Zhao brothers were once confidants of the county magistrate and were very familiar with official matters. Now that Lin Nuo has taken up the new official position, these two brothers have temporarily assumed the responsibility of master.
"My lord, this murder case is a serious one. Please come to court as soon as possible and issue a swift and strict verdict."
Lin Nuo said nothing and looked at the complaint on the desk quietly.
This complaint was written by the perpetrator himself, saying that his wife conspired with the adulterer to take away the family's property and prepare to flee Shanyin County.
He was so angry that he chased them all the way, and finally stopped the two of them on the southern outskirts of the city. An argument ensued and he hacked them to death with a kitchen knife!
After seeing the contents of the complaint, Lin Nuo made up a lot of things in his mind. According to the routines of later generations of bloody TV dramas, usually in this case, the real culprit is not the person who wrote the complaint, but probably someone else.
At this moment, Lin Nuo's interest in investigating the case suddenly arose, "Where is the criminal now?"
"Sir, the prisoner has been escorted over, and Zhao Er has taken people to survey the scene!"
Lin Nuo nodded with satisfaction. The two brothers were indeed very easy to use. They were indeed much more skilled than himself in many details of handling cases.
"Then let's take the criminal into custody for the time being, and wait until Zhao Er comes back from surveying the scene before going to court for questioning!"
Two hours later, Zhao Er rushed over in a hurry, without even taking a sip of water, and began to report the details of the survey.
"Sir, this case basically doesn't need to be tried!"
"Oh? Are you so sure?"
Zhao Er smiled, took out the case file for the on-site investigation and said: "From the scene I inspected, the murder was located in the suburbs. The two victims were killed by being chopped on the neck multiple times with a kitchen knife."
"After investigation by my subordinates, it was found that although the murder occurred in the suburbs, there happened to be a village not far away. More than ten people in the village witnessed the murder process by the murderer. The murder was committed in the street. There were many witnesses, and the murderer also confessed.
The case is ironclad."
While talking, Zhao Er took out a kitchen knife that was stained with blood and had already been blunted. "This is the murder weapon. The criminal was really cruel. The knife was blunted. The neck of the deceased was almost completely cut off, leaving only
Some flesh and skin were attached to prevent the head from falling off!"
"My lord, the nature of this case is very bad. The family members of the deceased and many people came to the county office. Please sir, please go to court to resolve the case as soon as possible!"
Lin Nuo looked at the blunt knife and sighed inwardly. How much did the murderer hate the deceased to chop off the knife?
"Bring the criminal to the court!"
Different from what I had thought before that there was a hidden secret, this kind of murder on the street with many witnesses was basically a solid case, and the trial was very simple.
After a burst of force, the prisoner Li Mu was taken to the lobby.
Before Lin Nuo opened his mouth, Li Mu directly admitted his murder. He was so straightforward that he immediately lost the intention to solve the case.
Next, Zhao Er presented the murder weapon and other physical evidence, and witnesses who witnessed the murder process were also brought to the court for questioning.
The trial process was very simple, almost just a formality, without any setbacks.
Until the final decision was made, Lin Nuo had some difficulties.
Because the people who were watching the trial suddenly knelt down one by one to plead for the criminal and ask for forgiveness for his crime.
Even Zhao Da whispered at this time: "Sir, this Li Mu did kill someone, but according to the confessions of the witnesses just now, it was the adulterer who did it first, and he also killed the adulterer.
, what is the crime?”
"Sir, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if a wife or concubine is caught committing adultery with someone in bed, the murderer will be punished without guilt. The couple of adulterers not only committed adultery, but also took away the husband's money and ran away, so they were meant to be imprisoned.
The thing in the cage is now being killed. Doesn’t he deserve it?”
Lin Nuo shook his head, "You don't understand. The laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulate that you can only kill someone if you catch someone in bed. Did Li Mu catch someone in bed?"
"Sir, look at the people below who are interceding for Li Mu. It's hard to go against public opinion. At this time, why are you still picking on words? Why not go with the public opinion and directly declare Li Mu not guilty. With such a verdict, Your Excellency
Your prestige in Shanyin County can be raised in an instant! Get the best of both worlds, why not?"
Lin Nuo still shook his head. At this moment, what he thought of was the case of Peng Yu in later generations. Because he helped others and helped the elderly, the court determined that the party at fault needed to pay compensation.
It is precisely because of this verdict that the moral level of the entire later generations of China has regressed by fifty years, and it has also led to the rise of the porcelain industry. People no longer take pride in helping others, and begin to become selfish and care about matters that do not concern themselves.
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The case Lin Nuo is facing now is of this nature.
How to balance the balance between morality and law is not easy to control!
He is a serious first-class Jinshi, and the cases he hears will definitely be used as a basis by many officials. If he can acquit Li Mu today without relying on the law of "catching an adulterer in bed", he will definitely be used as a model in the future.
The right to get immunity for killing an adulterer will be abused!
Imagine that if you kill someone in the future, you only need to kill your own wife and concubine and declare that the two have committed adultery to be exempted from guilt. For the murderer, that is simply great news!
In his heart, Lin Nuo sympathized with Li Mu. His wife not only cuckolded him, but also teamed up with the adulterer to take away the family property. Anyone else would probably not be able to bear it!
He also wanted to acquit Li Mu, but he did not want this immunity to be misused in the future. Finally, after weighing it repeatedly, he made a sentence of ten years in prison.
Li Mu had no objection to this verdict, but the people who were watching were a little dissatisfied. They thought that the adulterer and his wife deserved to die, but Li Mu had to spend ten years for this. The sentence was a bit harsh.
Too cruel.
After the verdict was made, his subordinates compiled the case and reported it to the Ministry of Justice. Lin Nuo did not stay any longer, but returned to the backyard feeling a little unhappy.
Being an official is not as enjoyable as being a knight in the rivers and lakes!
"Lin Nuo, you are merciless when killing officials, but you are very cautious about the people under your rule. Sometimes, I really don't know what you are thinking in your heart!"
In the courtyard, Xiu'er had already learned the results of Lin Nuo's trial and was looking at him up and down with some curiosity.
"Is it weird?" Lin Nuo smiled, looking up at the blue sky and white sun, his eyes a little deep, "Because now... I am a parent official!"