The magistrate of Kaifeng County is showing his fangs and claws and is ready to kill someone. It is really disgusting to watch.
No matter how fair Zhao Yan was, he did not want the common people to see this scene, so he quickly ordered people to take Wang Hong away.
After all, he had been in the officialdom for nearly twenty years, but he was driven crazy by a spies. This is really shocking!
There is no way to continue the trial.
It's almost noon, so why don't we have lunch and take a break before continuing the trial.
"Stand back a little, stand back a little."
Several yamen runners arrived at the gate and started to blast the crowd.
This melon cannot be eaten.
After eating it, we old men will lose all our underwear.
Then the door slowly closed.
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There was an uproar in front of Kaifeng Prefecture.
When the door was open, the crowd dared not talk much. But as soon as the door was closed, everyone started talking at once. Because there were so many people, it was like millions of bees buzzing.
But if you listen carefully, they are all conspiracy theories.
The most outrageous thing is that they wanted to kill Zhang Fei to silence him.
Li Kai, who was sitting on the side as a juror, stood up and stretched his muscles while complaining, "I knew it would be like this. No good will come of this guy. It doesn't matter who judges him! But why do we have to try him in Kaifeng Prefecture? Then everyone will talk about Kaifeng Prefecture, and no one will talk about Prime Minister Zhao."
As he said this, he glanced at Lü Gongzhe in the crowd and thought, could it be that Prefect Lü arranged for Lü Jiawen to go and file a complaint? Next time I'll let my brother do it too.
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"What a scoundrel!"
As Xu Zhiqian sorted out the documents, she kept complaining, "It seems like they can no longer handle it, but they chose to adjourn the court session at this time. It's so unfair."
Zhang Fei glanced to the side and saw the woman pouting with a face full of resentment. He smiled and said, "To be honest, I regretted it a little bit just now. I hit her too hard. I didn't expect Wang Hong to be so vulnerable."
Xu Zhiqian tilted her head to look at him and asked curiously, "What do you mean by that? Do you want to be in the spotlight?"
"Of course not." Zhang Fei said with a sigh, "You are stupid! Only by examining it more can you find the problem!"
Xu Zhiqian's eyes lit up and she nodded, "That's true, but the opponent is too weak. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for long."
As luck would have it, Fan Chunren just happened to walk over, and when he heard what Xu Zhiqian said, his old face turned red.
Zhang Fei first spotted Fan Chunren and hurriedly said, "Fan Sijian."
In fact, he was reminding Xu Zhiqian.
Xu Zhiqian was startled, looked up, and suddenly felt uneasy, wondering if he heard it. She said in a trembling voice: "Fan...Uncle Fan."
Fan Chunren could only pretend that he didn't hear it. He couldn't argue with a little girl. He was not Wang Hong. He frowned and looked at Zhang Fei. "You are not winning fairly by doing this."
"Unfair victory?" Zhang Fei was stunned: "What do you mean by that, Fan Sijian?"
Fan Chunren said: "Everyone knows that these two cases are not related at all."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Everyone knows that County Magistrate Wang's rejection of Wei Yushan's petition has nothing to do with urging the payment of taxes."
Fan Chunren was speechless for a moment.
Zhang Fei smiled again and said, "A lawsuit is about evidence, not speculation. Now all the evidence points to the suspicion that Magistrate Wang is shielding Wei Yushan. But based on this point, Fan Sijian has not lost yet, because there is still an important piece of evidence that has not been presented."
Fan Chunren subconsciously asked: "What evidence?"
"No way! Fan Sijian shouldn't have thought of this!" Zhang Fei said, "Why did Magistrate Wang protect Wei Yushan? As far as I know, Magistrate Wang did not accept bribes in this case. I believe Fan Sijian should have investigated it. Since crimes are generally closely related to corruption and bribery, what is Magistrate Wang's motive for protecting him?"
Fan Chunren was startled. Yes! How could I have forgotten such important evidence?
He had thought of this at the very beginning, and it was based on this point that he dared to take the lawsuit. However, as the case went on, his rhythm was completely messed up because Zhang Fei did not play according to the rules.
But on second thought, Zhang Fei had already predicted his prediction, so how could he continue fighting?
"Since you reminded me, you must have a plan to deal with it." Fan Chunren said with a hint of frustration.
"It doesn't matter, because you have to raise this doubt, this is the professional quality of the ear pen. I'm going to rest first. Goodbye!"
Zhang Fei turned around and put a hand on Xu Zhiqian's shoulder, "Let's go."
How did he start? Xu Zhiqian was startled and shrugged his right shoulder, "What are you doing? This is Kaifeng Prefecture. How can this be allowed?"
"Sorry, I'm used to it."
Zhang Fei quickly put his hands down.
"Habit?"
Xu Zhiqian raised her eyebrows and glanced at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "It's a habit of action, not limited to men and women." Then he tilted his head and whispered: "You just said this is Kaifeng Prefecture, so it can be inferred that it is not Kaifeng Prefecture."
"That's not what I meant."
Xu Zhiqian blushed, "Don't let your imagination run wild."
After saying this, she took the documents and walked quickly to the small courtyard on the left.
"Hey! Wait for me, I'm not familiar with this place."
Zhang Fei hurriedly chased after him.
Li Kai, who was in charge of the work nearby, almost vomited blood when he heard Zhang Fei's words, thinking, "You are not familiar with this place? I am afraid that the time you spend here is almost the same as the time you spend at home."
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"Zhang Sanlang."
Just as he entered the corridor on the left, an official in his thirties blocked Zhang Fei's way.
Zhang Fei glanced at him: "Who are you?"
The official said, "I am here to assist Zhang Sanlang on the orders of King Chang."
"Your Majesty!"
Zhang Fei couldn't help but look around.
"Don't worry, Sanlang, no one will come here."
"oh."
Zhang Fei nodded and thought, this King Chang is truly extremely powerful!
The official said quickly in a low voice: "From the current situation, it seems that the other party does not intend to defend Wei Yushan."
Zhao Hao had to send someone to supervise the situation, and this official must be familiar with the law.
Just now, Fan Sijian directly jumped over Wei Yu Mountain, and he was very panicked.
Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you see Wei Yushan now?"
The official nodded.
Zhang Fei ordered: "Fan Sijian will definitely give up on him. You should quickly go find Wei Yushan and tell him that he must not shirk responsibility when he goes to court. Not only that, he should take everything on himself, have the courage to admit his mistakes, and have the courage to compensate."
The official looked at him in confusion, "In that case...!"
Then you're dead.
Zhang Fei said: "In this case, although he will lose according to the law, he will give all the officials present a sense of security. At present, those officials are very panicked, fearing that more ugly things will be exposed. As long as Wei Yushan dares to admit his mistakes, I can guarantee that someone will plead for him.
If Wei Yushan puts all the blame on Wang Hong, then his past will be exposed by those officials and he will become the scapegoat, so this is the only solution at present."
The official nodded slightly.
Zhang Fei added: "According to my investigation, Wei Yushan has also donated money to Wang Hong many times, donating money to him to build water conservancy projects and roads. This must be explained because this is why Wang Hong helped him."
The official's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked curiously, "Then, in this case, we can't sue Wang Hong."
Zhang Fei said: "That's already a dead fish. My biggest worry now is how to ensure that I don't break my promise to the prince. If Wei Yushan doesn't do as I say, he will bear all the consequences himself. It has nothing to do with me."
"yes."
The official nodded and said, "I will go and inform Wei Yushan first. Goodbye."
Xu Zhiqian stood at the entrance of the corridor, leaning sideways to look inside. Seeing Zhang Fei approaching, she asked, "Who is that person?"
Zhang Fei sighed, "The prince's people."
Xu Zhiqian asked: "Why did he ask you to do that?"
"What else can he do? He also saw that Fan Sijian was going to give up Wei Yushan."
As he spoke, Zhang Fei sighed, "Zhi Qian, it's really not easy for me. I have to take revenge, redress Geng Ming's injustice, hand over the case to Fan Sijian, and help sentence Wei Yushan. I'm exhausted. Come, let me help you."
He put his hand on Xu Zhiqian's shoulder again.
Xu Zhiqian felt angry and amused when she saw his behavior, but seeing that there were not many people here, especially no elders present, she just let him do what he wanted.
The two came to the courtyard.
I saw Li Si was already busy there.
"Third brother, Madam Xu, you are here, come and eat something."
"Li Si, how did you get in?" Zhang Fei asked curiously.
Li Si replied, "My benefactor had someone let me in. It just so happened that the lady in front asked Xiao Tao to bring some food over."
Xu Zhiqian smiled and said, "Sister Gao is really considerate."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "It's just the right complement for you."
Xu Zhiqian glared sideways.
"Ahem, let's eat."
The two of them sat down, and Xu Zhiqian asked while eating, "Why did you remind Fan Sijian just now?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "He must have thought of this, but he planned to use the tax collection to explain why Wang Hong rejected Geng Ming's petition, and then provide evidence to show that Magistrate Wang did not accept any bribes. This would basically help Wang Hong get away with it. But he didn't know that I would overturn the case for myself and combine the two cases together, which made him confused.
I was just afraid that he had already given up in his heart and had forgotten this most crucial point, which would cause me to be unable to stop and directly sue Wei Yushan and have him exiled."
Xu Zhiqian snorted, "In fact, exile is too light a punishment for a person like Wei Yushan."
Zhang Fei ate a piece of meat and said in a confused tone, "We are currently limited in our ability and can only do so much. If we do more, we won't be able to finish it."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Then we have to ask him to pay a little more compensation, another thousand strings of cash."
She hated evil and now that she had the upper hand, she wanted to beat Wei Yushan to death. She hated this kind of person the most.
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "More?"
"Five hundred strings of cash is fine."
"All right."
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backyard.
All the people coming here are bigwigs, so Kaifeng Prefecture also went to Fanlou to order a few banquet tables to entertain these people.
But now, even if they were given the most delicious food, they had no appetite. They came to the backyard and surrounded Zhao Yan to persuade him.
"Prime Minister Zhao, we can't continue the trial. If we continue, it may cause public resentment, which could have serious consequences!"
"Yes! This kind of case should be tried behind closed doors."
"In the final analysis, it's all Zhang San's fault. He admitted that his Bian Jing Law Firm was punished, but now he's going back on his word. He's not keeping his word and has embarrassed the court. He's so despicable!"
"That guy is too cunning. He actually mixed two cases into one lawsuit. Everyone knows what the reason for the previous case was. Punishing him is not based on justice. This is too unfair to County Magistrate Wang."
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This trial made everyone panic.
This is almost stripping them of their underwear. God knows what else Zhang Fei will ask.
As for the elders like Han Qi and Fu Bi, they just sat aside and said nothing.
“That’s enough!”
Zhao Yan waved his hands and said, "You guys are making me dizzy."
Only then did everyone quiet down.
Zhao Yan suddenly looked at Lu Gongzhe who was hiding on the side and asked, "Prefect Lu, what do you think?"
After all, this is Kaifeng Prefecture, not his home ground.
Lu Gong hurriedly said: "This case concerns my unfilial nephew, so Prime Minister Zhao can make the decision on his own."
He left everything behind and was feeling lucky that Lu Jiawen was there.
He actually liked trying cases and giving justice to the people, but ever since Zhang Fei came, he no longer liked it very much. Zhang Fei's lawsuits always made the presiding judge extremely conflicted.
Zhao Yan nodded, glanced at them, and said with a frown, "What are you thinking? Don't try the case anymore? If you don't try it, what will the public opinion outside become? If you really want to save face for the court, you have to try it to the end and punish those who should be punished. Take these issues seriously instead of covering up and making things worse. No one outside is really stupid and can't even understand this."
"Prime Minister Zhao's words make sense. I support this."
Wang Anshi responded immediately, but was immediately met with countless contemptuous looks.
You, Wang Anshi, are really omnipresent, trying every possible means to promote your new laws.
How shameless.
Sima Guang nodded and said, "I also support Prime Minister Zhao's opinion. Now that things have come to this, we can only investigate to the end. After all, some problems need to be solved."
Wen Yanbo, Han Qi, and Fu Bi also nodded slightly.
They currently have two choices: either conduct the trial to the end, or stop there, or drag it out until everyone forgets about it.
But even if we consider the interests of the court, the case must be tried.
If the trial is not continued, Kaifeng Prefecture’s reputation will definitely be ruined.
The prestige of the imperial court will suffer a great blow.
Many officials were reluctant, but seeing that these senior officials believed that the trial should continue, they had no choice but to give up.
Review thoroughly.
What will be the result of this trial?
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Fan Chunren and Qian Yi were arranged in the small courtyard on the right, but they had no appetite for the lunch prepared for them by Kaifeng Prefecture!
Qian Yi suddenly laughed bitterly: "I really didn't expect that Zhang San would remind us. It shows that he doesn't take us seriously at all."
This is really frustrating.
The opponent even reminded them what the only way to turn the situation around was.
This can even be seen as humiliating.
Fan Chunren said: "But the fact is that Wang Hong did not accept any benefits from Wei Yushan in this case. Why would he protect Wei Yushan?"
Qian Yi said: "It is said that Wei Yushan has always admired Wang Hong's style of doing things, and once donated some money and grain to support Kaifeng County Government in building water conservancy projects and roads."
"But this is not a bribe!" said Fan Chunren.
Qian Yi asked, "But are you sure whether there was any bribery between them?"
Fan Chunren said, "I have repeatedly asked Wang Hong about this matter, and he assured me that he has never accepted a penny from Wei Yushan. Just now, Zhang Fei himself also said that Wang Hong did not accept bribes."
"yes!"
Qian Yi said: "So the crime of extortion is usually treated together with corruption and bribery, and Zhang Fei's argument just now did not make it clear why Wang Hong wanted to protect Wei Yushan. If he can't produce evidence to prove this, then his previous arguments are untenable."
"But he warned us, which means he was sure to win, and we couldn't even guess what he was going to do."
Fan Chunren pounded his fist on the table in frustration. "He was looking at Song Xingtong, and we were also looking at Song Xingtong. Why can't we even guess how he wants to convict? This is really absurd."
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