Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 31: Give yourself up

It's true that people are not as good as heaven!

In Zhang Fei's whole plan, this first step is the easiest one, and it can be done with eyes closed. How could he know that there would be so many accidents, and it would almost ruin his event.

Backing to Xu's mansion, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Xu Zhiqian standing tall and graceful in the front yard, looking at his soaked chicken, her fragrant shoulders shrugging slightly.

Zhang Fei pushed back a strand of wet hair on his forehead, and said, "Laugh if you want to, but don't suffocate your body."

"Poof!"

As soon as Xu Zhiqian heard what he said, she couldn't help it immediately, she started giggling, the more she laughed, the more she couldn't stop, she even burst out laughing.

She was an insider and was also there. Her eyes were fixed on Zhang Fei at that time. She could see Zhang Fei's embarrassment. She was still very nervous at the time, but now!

Just be happy.

Looking at her smiling so happily, Zhang Fei thought of everything that happened just now, and was also humored, so he laughed along with her.

The two looked at each other and laughed again.

After a while, the two stopped laughing. Xu Zhiqian gloated and said, "You deserve it for letting you play tricks."

Zhang Fei said unhappily: "You are heartless, I am doing this for your own good, and you still come to laugh at me."

Where did Xu Zhiqian believe it, she rolled her eyes and said, "For my own good?"

"Of course."

Zhang Fei said: "To create this accident, in everyone's eyes, this is my personal matter, so that others can avoid guessing that your Xu family is behind it."

Xu Zhiqian was stunned for a moment, feeling that what Zhang Fei said was not unreasonable.

This was an accident, so naturally everyone would not think of their Xu family.

She glanced at Zhang Fei for a while, and seeing the smirk on that guy's face, she immediately snorted softly: "I don't believe it, you clearly want to use your mouth to put pressure on Kaifeng Mansion and promote yourself, what are you talking about?" If there is injustice in the world, you will not be charged a penny, so you can lie to ghosts."

Zhang Fei didn't deny it either, he laughed and said: "One kills two birds with one stone, there is no conflict."

Xu Zhiqian asked again: "Now that the first step has been completed, what is going on with the second step of surrender?"

Zhang Fei pretended to be profound and said: "I will know tomorrow."

Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Did you commit suicide by jumping into a river in the downtown area?"

Lu Gong hummed: "This kid must be playing tricks, trying to win everyone's sympathy."

Chief Registrar Huang Guidao: "The lower officials also think so. Last time, Zhang San used filial piety to exonerate Ah Yun. This time, he will definitely want to repeat the same trick, first creating public opinion among the people, gaining sympathy, and putting pressure on the government. "

Lu Gongzhu nodded slightly, and said: "It is very possible, but in this court, evidence and the law are required for everything. If he can't produce definite evidence, it is impossible to just rely on sympathy." Yes. Immediately order someone to go to Xiangfu County on a fast horse, and recruit the halls related to this case."

Xiangfu County is just around the corner, and there is enough time to come and go quickly.

Huang Gui was taken aback, and said: "Prefect, this is just a small case. The prefect attaches so much importance to it, maybe it's in Zhang San's hands."

What he did was to force you to start a trial.

Lu Gong wrote with a sigh: "Although this is a small case, it is a big problem in our dynasty. The common people will definitely be very concerned about it, and the court may also be very concerned about it. We must treat it carefully to ensure that It will not arouse public grievances and unnecessary fights."

Huang Gui understood that Zhang Fei was able to win the lawsuit last time, then Xu Zun and Wang Anshi had made great achievements. God knows if they were standing behind Zhang Fei, and immediately said: "The next official will arrange it immediately."

Actually, apart from this, there is another important reason why Lu Gongzhuo is willing to accept Zhang Fei's challenge, that is, he also refuses to accept the last judgment, and he wants to fight Zhang Fei himself.

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The next day.

"Do you have to dress so ostentatiously?"

Xu Zun saw that Zhang Fei was wearing a brand new Tsing Yi hat, the color was extremely bright, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

Xu Zhiqian on the side saw Zhang Fei's overalls for the first time, and couldn't help laughing at this.

If he wants to find someone to sue, she will never find such a person.

It looks unreliable!

Zhang Fei explained solemnly: "There is no way, I can't wear an official uniform, I can only dress brighter, give myself a little confidence, and make it easier for people to remember me."

Xu Zun nodded slightly, and said: "I heard that Kaifeng Mansion sent a fast horse to Xiangfu County yesterday afternoon. It must be that Kaifeng Mansion is on the alert now, so you can't be careless!"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This is exactly what I expected."

Xu Zun asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because what Kaifeng Mansion brought back is the ironclad evidence I want, and the scene yesterday was also for this reason."

Xu Zhiqian was confused and said: "I have studied the judgment of Xiangfu County countless times, and there is nothing wrong with the judgment. It is impossible for you to overturn the judgment of Xiangfu County."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "I didn't say I would overturn the Xiangfu County judgment."

Xu Zun saw that Zhang Fei didn't want to say more, and knew his style of litigation, so he laughed and said, "If I'm not busy with official duties, I would like to study."

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly said: "Father, don't regret it, my daughter will go on your behalf."

Xu Zun glared at her angrily.

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Kaifeng Prefecture.

There are crowds of people in front of the gate of the government office.

After such an uproar yesterday, this matter has really become an uproar.

However, usury is a social problem, not an individual one.

This area of ​​litigation is the hardest.

Generally, most of the lawsuits in this area are won by the creditors. Unless it is an extremely blatant extortion, which is equivalent to a robbery, otherwise, it is difficult to win.

The vast majority of landlords are not stupid. He has a plan and is prepared to be accused.

Yesterday, what Zhang Fei said was so righteous and full of confidence, which made the citizens very curious.

Not to mention whether they can win or not, they are more concerned about whether Zhang Fei will come.

Don't be a braggart.

Most people think that Zhang Fei is just talking.

"Come on! Come on! Look, Zhang San is here!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Where! Where!"

I saw a white-faced young man coming out of the crowd, and immediately caught sight of Zhang Fei in green clothes and hat, and immediately ran over, waving his hands, "Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang."

After a while, he ran to Zhang Fei, looked him up and down, and said appreciatively: "Brother Zhang San, you look so handsome today!"

This simple heartfelt statement made Zhang Fei immediately regard him as a confidant, and he just wanted to burn the yellow paper with him, cut off the chicken head, completely forget everything that happened yesterday, and clasped his fists and said: "My next Zhang Fei, dare to ask Brother Gao’s last name?”

"My name is Ma Xiaoyi."

Ma Xiaoyi patted his chest, and said, "Just call me Xiaoma."

"Brother Ma?"

"Alright! Alright!"

Ma Xiaoyi laughed.

Although Ma Xiaoyi is a few years younger than Zhang Feinian, "Brother" does not only refer to elder brother.

I said that you are so righteous, it turned out to be Brother Xiao Ma. Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, suddenly pointed at Ma Xiaoyi's left bruised eye corner, and said, "Your father beat you?"

Ma Xiaoyi just smiled at this, and said: "Third Brother, just now many people over there said you dare not come, but I believe you will definitely come."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Ma Xiaoyi said: "I have inquired about you. It turns out that you are the people of Erbi who helped Ayun in Dengzhou win the lawsuit. You can win such a difficult lawsuit, let alone this small lawsuit. But my father said that you will definitely not win."

"Really?" Zhang Fei thought of the middle-aged man yesterday, and asked curiously, "Why does your father say that?"

Ma Xiaoyi said, "Because my father runs a **** shop."

"Huh?"

Zhang San and Li Si looked at Ma Xiaoyi defensively.

The current main business of **** shops is to lend usury.

You

This

It turned out to be the enemy!

Ma Xiaoyi blinked, and seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said: "But I am helping you, and I bet my father that you will win."

"?"

Who would believe this!

"Are you Zhang San from Dengzhou?"

Suddenly listen to someone in front of you.

Zhang Fei looked up, but saw a scholar blocking his way, nodded and said: "It's my servant, what advice do you have?"

The scholar ignored Zhang Fei, and suddenly turned to Li Si and said, "Brother, don't trust this man. He once used filial piety to exonerate a murderer who murdered his own husband. If you have adultery, you are really a shameless villain."

Li Si looked at him inexplicably, honestly, he thought it was a good thing, it proved that my third brother was capable.

Someone in the crowd could vaguely hear discussing the Ayun case.

It turns out that the case has been known all over the city for a long time, but everyone knows Zhang San only by his name, not the person.

After Zhang Fei defended his home yesterday, everyone suddenly realized that this person is most likely Zhang San from Dengzhou.

This time they can be regarded as seeing a real person.

Zhang Fei just smiled lightly, ignored the scholar, and continued walking towards the gate with Li Si.

The scholar snorted: "You dare not say anything, are you guilty of being a thief?"

Zhang Fei stopped, turned around, and said, "I'm not arguing with you, that's because every word you say while standing here is like bullshit, except for the smell, it's really meaningless, and You don’t have to be responsible, you won’t be able to argue for a result at all, if you have the ability, you can go to the court to argue with me.”

Speaking, he pointed his thumb at the gate of the government office, "I'm going in now, are you going?"

The scholar's fair face swished, just like the morning sun in the east, it was bright red.

Ma Xiaoyi beside Zhang Fei said: "Yes! Yes! Don't just talk here, go in and discuss with my third brother."

I heard someone from the crowd saying: "Zhang San, I support you."

"I support you too."

"About Ah Yun's case, it's clearly the fault of her clan uncle. She was just protecting herself."

"Good!"

About the case of Ayun, there are two factions in the government and several factions among the people. There are also endless debates about this. Some oppose Zhang San and some support Zhang San.

All kinds of rumors are also spreading everywhere.

But this is perfectly normal.

This has been the case throughout the ages. If you can't express your opinions different from others, how can you show your intelligence.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Zhang Fei cupped his hands, and with the support of many people, he brought Li Si to the front of the government office.

I saw a knife and pen official in uniform standing in front of the door, without waiting for Zhang Fei to salute, he said, "You are Zhang San?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I'm right here."

"Come in with me."

The knife and pen official led Zhang Fei and Li Si into the government office.

Ma Xiaoyi wanted to follow in, but unfortunately, he was stopped by the yamen guard at the door, so he could only stand at the door depressed, looking forward to it.

After a while, the door of the mansion opened wide.

"Ascension!"

"Mighty!"

Compared to the prestige of Kaifeng Prefecture, the Dengzhou Prefecture Yamen is not worth mentioning at all!

The majestic lobby and the government officials with distinctive uniforms.

The sense of majesty is self-evident.

But I saw Lu Gong sitting in the courtroom in official uniform.

In fact, what happened yesterday did put some pressure on Mr. Lu. Originally, this kind of civil lawsuit would not be heard in public, and it didn't even require the prefect of Kaifeng to come forward. The purpose of this drama is to play the sympathy card, so the trial should be open to avoid Zhang Fei spreading rumors outside.

And he thinks that no matter who wins or loses in this case, he can accept it, because he sympathizes with Li Si's experience in his heart, but at the same time he wants to cure Zhang Fei, so he is very willing to give Zhang Fei a opportunity to play.

"Biography Zhang Fei, Li Si."

"Biography Zhang Fei, Li Si."

After a while, Zhang Fei and Li Si came to the hall.

When he came to the hall, Li Si didn't say anything, he just shouted that he was wronged.

Grand Lu patted the gavel, stopped Li Si, and asked again: "What is wrong with you?"

The eyes were on Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei also stood up at the right time. First, he told everything that Li Si had encountered with great emotion. After he fully mastered the language of the Northern Song Dynasty, his feelings became more natural.

The onlookers at the door shook their heads and sighed after listening.

After the speech, Zhang Fei said excitedly: "This is completely unreasonable. Under the circumstances at that time, unless Li Si sold his ancestral land at a low price or used his ancestral land to pay off the debt, he would not be able to repay the debt at all. Gold, or interest.

So in this case, how could Li Si use his wife to repay the principal of the debt, because he didn't pay the interest, and in the end, he had to use his ancestral land to repay the debt, so why not just fulfill the first contract , If it is not enough, the ancestral land will be used to pay off the debt owed.

Not to mention that everyone in the neighborhood knows that Li Si loves his wife very much. Therefore, this is not in line with the clean-up at all, and this is clearly a fraudulent incident. "

Someone suddenly shouted outside the door: "Well said! Really well said!"

It's not who Ma Xiaoyi is.

At the same time, there were bursts of discussions at the door.

Indeed!

This is extremely unreasonable.

What's the point?

However, Xu Zhiqian, who was standing at the side door of the courtroom by virtue of her relationship, was secretly anxious, thinking that although this statement was reasonable, there was no evidence to prove that Li Si was deceived, not caused by her own mistakes. If you want to win this lawsuit based on this, it is really wishful thinking.

Lu Gong took three consecutive shots of the exclamation tree. After the door was quiet, he asked Li Si again: "Li Si, how did you discuss it at that time?"

Li Si replied: "At that time, I talked with that Chen Yuanwai about using his wife to pay off all the debts."

Lu Gong wrote again and asked: "But as far as I know, there was a reader at that time. Did the reader make any mistakes?"

Li Si shook his head.

Lu Gong wrote and asked: "Since you heard that he read the principal, why didn't you raise an objection at that time?"

Zhang Fei immediately said first: "Reporting to the magistrate, Li Si has never read a book, he does not know the difference between principal and debt, and the reader did not explain further, so I think the reader should also be responsible for this." .”

Grand Lu clapped the exclamation stick, and shouted: "Look at the first contract, it clearly stated the relationship between principal and interest. How can you tell me to believe that he doesn't know the meaning of principal?"

Zhang Fei said: "Since Li Si signed the first contract, it doesn't mean he knows the meaning of it."

"Then he should ask someone to clarify, this is not a reason." Lu Gong wrote to Li Si again: "Li Si, you are not serious about it!"

Li Si was startled, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomin understands, but Xiaomin was thinking about his wife at the time, so he didn't care."

Zhang Fei excitedly said: "I object! I object! The magistrate's words are intimidating. It's not fair. I ask Li Si's words to not count."

With his dancing and colorful costumes, he really looks like a street acrobat, which makes people laugh.

Here we go again. Lu Gong frowned and said: "I also sympathize with Li Si's experience very much, but all these consequences were caused by his carelessness. You have no conclusive evidence to prove that there is something wrong with this contract."

Zhang Fei immediately asked: "How dare the magistrate guarantee that this contract and the judgment of Xiangfu County will be all right?"

You kid still dare to scare me? Lu Gong wrote with certainty: "The official has investigated this matter clearly. The contract is very clear and clear. The process is also in full compliance with the government's regulations. There is no problem. The judgment of Xiangfu County has no mistakes or omissions." .The officer here also wants to warn you, before signing the contract, you must figure it out, otherwise, it will only be you who suffer."

Although in ancient times, justice was the pursuit of results, you had to produce evidence, and the facts proved that it was Li Si himself who was careless, not suspected of fraud in the process.

What is written in black and white is clear and clear.

Zhang Fei looked up and sighed, and said slowly: "Since there is no problem with this contract, then Li Si will face prison."

Grand Lu was slightly taken aback, and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and said: "Li Si committed the crime of selling his wife in a play. Xiaomin hereby surrendered himself to plead guilty on Li Si's behalf. I hope the magistrate will be lenient."

Li Si immediately knelt down and shouted: "Xiaomin is guilty, Xiaomin is guilty."