After listening to Wang Liangdi's confession, everyone in the hall was booing. No one could have imagined that these two people could do such a dirty thing for their own selfish reasons. Then Chen Xiaomu called Ye Duzheng and gave the recorded confession to Wang Liangdi to sign and stamp it, but At this time, he encountered another problem. He did not understand the laws of the State of Zheng. He did not know what punishment should be imposed on the crimes committed by the two people according to the laws of the State of Zheng!
Speaking of which, this was also the secret that Zhuge Cheng left for him just now. He knew clearly that he had just taken office and was not familiar with the laws of the Zheng State, and he deliberately told him to sentence him according to the laws of the Zheng State. This is not , Zhuge Cheng is watching attentively from the side, ready to come out to find trouble with him at any time!
Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment, but when he accidentally saw Granny Ji's family in ragged clothes and with sallow faces and thin skin, his heart moved and he decided to find another way and create a new criminal law in Zheng State. He then said to Wu Guanglu in a deep voice: "Wu Guanglu, you are despicable and despicable. It is an unforgivable crime to frame up the family members of the martyrs who fought for the country for their own selfish desires. However, because Lord Zhuge is old and frail and still busy working for you, I will give you another chance to repent and make a new start. As long as you If you can get the forgiveness of Grandma Ji's family who was framed by you, write a letter of understanding for you, and then pay a fine of one million taels to the government, you can get a light sentence from me!"
Wu Guanglu couldn't help grinning after hearing this, and thought to himself: "If you want to judge like this, you might as well kill me with one knife! Not to mention anything else, these one million taels of silver alone will take away almost half of my family property, and there will be more to come later. If you ask me to apologize to Mrs. Ji, an old immortal, and ask for her letter of understanding, it will be even more uncomfortable than killing me!"
Seeing that Wu Guanglu didn't answer for a long time, Chen Xiaomu snorted coldly: "Wu Guanglu, is it possible that you don't want to?"
When Wu Guanglu heard this, he immediately said with a mournful face: "Master Qingtian, Xiao Ke, do you dare or not? It's just that Xiao Ke really can't afford the one million taels of silver, so he didn't dare to reply to Master Qingtian!"
Chen Xiaomu said with a helpless expression: "Look, originally I wanted to help you atone for your sins for the sake of Lord Taiwei, but it seems I can't help you now even if I want to!"
As a person who had been in prison in the government, Wu Guanglu knew that for his frame-up crime, he would be sentenced to three to two years in prison at best. He thought that when he beat someone to death, he only served two months in prison and was killed by his parents. He was released after buying a relationship with money. Now that Mr. Taiwei is backing him, it is estimated that going to jail is just a formality, so Wu Guanglu is not afraid at all that Chen Xiaomu will sentence him to jail!
Wu Guanglu, who had figured out the key points, unconsciously showed an indifferent expression on his face, and said lazily: "Reporting to Master Qingtian, Xiao Kexin accepted the kindness of Mr. Qingtian, but Xiao Ke had no choice but to do it because he had more than enough ambition but not enough strength. Just let Master Qingtian decide the punishment."
"Haha" Chen Xiaomu sneered when he heard this: "Don't regret it if I sentence you?"
Wu Guanglu raised his head and replied: "Sir, the matter is over, I have nothing to regret!"
"Okay!" Chen Xiaomu was stunned, his face turned cold, and he said loudly: "In order to get Yu Yingnan, the daughter of the Yu family, the prisoner Wu Guanglu did not hesitate to collude with Wang Liangdi to frame Yu Yingnan's brother Yu Chengwen, and committed the crime of rape against Wang Liangdi. In an attempt to force Yu Yingnan into marriage, the methods he used were extremely despicable and despicable, which is intolerable! And he showed no repentance afterwards. The verdict is as follows: Wu Guanglu, the first perpetrator of the figurine, was sentenced to death after being punished with an eighty-pound stick. The official stone quarry in Mangdang Mountain paved the way for stone making for the imperial court for three years. After he was released from prison, his household registration was reduced to a lowly registration. He was not allowed to participate in the imperial scientific examination for three generations and was not allowed to open a shop in Zheng State to make a living. The accomplice Wang Liangdi He should be considered an accessory and should be given a light sentence according to the law and sentenced to three years in the government’s women’s correctional center.”
ah! What kind of judgment is this? After hearing Chen Xiaomu’s verdict, everyone at the scene was shocked! When Wu Guanglu heard this, he was stunned like a puppet and couldn't recover for a long time!
Ye Duzheng bowed and hurriedly walked to Chen Xiaomu and reminded him in a low voice: "Master Tongpan, the Mangdang Mountain quarry is under the construction jurisdiction of the Third Department of the Ministry of Industry. It is filled with stoneworkers called from all over the country. We suddenly sent a Isn't it a bit inappropriate for criminals to serve as criminal labor in the past? Besides, is there any women's reformatory in the government? Your Excellency sentenced Wang Liangdi to the government's Women's Reformatory! Where should this prisoner be sent? Also, your Excellency sentenced Wu Guanglu to the prison sentence There is no law in Zheng that states that one will be relegated to a lowly status upon reaching adulthood! Not to mention that the third generation is not allowed to take the scientific examination, and one is not allowed to open a shop in the territory of Zheng!"
Chen Xiaomu rolled his eyelids and said coldly: "Master Ye, going to jail is not a pension. Why should the state support them for free after they committed a crime? Shouldn't they be allowed to do some work?"
Ye Duzheng was startled by what he said, but after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that what Chen Xiaomu said made sense! But if the matter at hand was not resolved, he hesitated for a moment and then reminded him bravely: "My lord, what you said is reasonable. I just don't know where to send the two prisoners after the case is over."
Chen Xiaomu said calmly: "Let's take him to prison first, and I will inform the emperor in the next two days to amend the laws of our country of Zheng and implement the punishments in the punishment book!"
"Hey, okay!" Ye Duzheng agreed and quickly turned around and returned to his seat.
Wu Guanglu, who was in the hall, took advantage of the opportunity for Chen Xiaomu and Ye Duzheng to talk. He turned around and winked at his niece who was standing at the side of the hall, telling her to quickly find Zhuge Cheng to intercede for him. To be honest, even if Chen Xiaomu judged him like this He was punished with many punishments. Except for the eighty blows with the killing stick in front of him, he didn't pay attention to the rest of the punishments. You must know that these eighty blows with the killing stick were given in court, and he was not even given a little time to move. No, this is going to be fatal. With my body that has been drained by alcohol and sex, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive even thirty sticks, let alone eighty sticks.
The girl understood what she was thinking, and peeked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she quietly moved to Zhuge Cheng's side, and then made a series of coquettish gestures of pouting and waving her hands, which made Zhuge Cheng's old bones feel lighter. Two liang, he had just been given a high hat by Chen Xiaomu. He originally didn't want to intervene in Wu Guanglu's nonsense, but he couldn't help but his wife acted coquettishly and seduced him, so he had to walk up to Chen Xiaomu's case again with a shy old face and tremble. He smiled and said, "Chen Tongpan, I have a good advice to give, but I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and nodded: "Sir, please speak."
Zhuge Cheng stroked his long beard and said warmly: "Chen Tongxuan, you may not know that our Zheng State's "Zheng Xinglu" clearly states that the killing stick in the court can only hit the person who beats the drum to complain. He said that after being sentenced, he would have to hit someone with the killing stick again. Moreover, there was no one who was sentenced to eighty blows with the killing stick in one go. The most he could do was give him twenty blows. Otherwise, if he were to beat someone in front of the court, If he dies, the official responsible for interrogating the case in court will also be dismissed from his official position by the court!"
Chen Xiaomu laughed when he heard this and said: "What a clear book from the "Zheng Xinglu"! It turns out that this killing stick is only a law that only hits innocent people, not criminals!"
Zhuge Cheng said seriously: "Chen Tongpan, this "Zheng Penal Code" was drafted by Emperor Taizu at the beginning of the founding of the Zheng Kingdom. How dare we ministers dare to discuss it arbitrarily!"
"Okay," Chen Xiaomu said without thinking. Since Lord Zhuge said that this killing stick can't be beaten, let's change it to a plank, and the eighty-killing stick will be changed to an eighty-level plank! "
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu had his way, Zhuge Cheng was extremely excited, and his pride was beyond words. He quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, even if you are playing board, you must have a suitable name. It is not random. He can be beaten just by opening his mouth! Besides, the emperor just sent an old minister to deliver an oral instruction not to use torture to extract confessions in court!"
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, let me ask Lord Zhuge, did I use torture to extract a confession from Wu Guanglu in the hall just now?"
Zhuge Cheng shook his head: "No."
"After the prisoner confessed and showed no remorse, should he be beaten?" Chen Xiaomu then asked.
Zhuge Cheng pretended to be confused and said: "Of course he should be beaten, but if Wu Guanglu hadn't repented, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to plead guilty, right?"
Chen Xiaomu asked with a smile: "Didn't Lord Zhuge hear it just now? Wu Guanglu said it himself, the matter is over, there is nothing to regret!"
"This, this..." Zhuge Cheng was speechless for a moment when he was asked.
Hearing this, Wu Guanglu in the hall felt regretful in his intestines. He hurriedly opened his mouth to explain: "Master Qingtian, what Xiao Ke means is to let the master decide the punishment. If Xiao Ke does not regret it, it does not mean that he does not want to regret it!"
After hearing this, Chen Xiaomu smiled and said to Zhuge Cheng: "Master Zhuge, did you hear it? Wu Guanglu said that he was willing to let me punish him. I think he feels repentant now. Maybe after beating him eighty times, he will feel better. Feel better!"
"I, I...!" Wu Guanglu was so anxious that he almost cried. After squeaking twice, he no longer dared to speak nonsense. He was afraid that Chen Xiaomu would say that he had no regrets again, so he had to look at Zhuge Cheng eagerly, hoping that he would think of something. Help him avoid this disaster.
Zhuge Cheng had no choice but to retreat and do the next best thing, and said to Chen Xiaomu in a consultative tone: "Chen Tongpan, what do you think of this? This Wu Guanglu really deserves to be beaten, but if he really wants to be beaten eighty times, I think he looks like this I'm afraid you won't be able to survive even with your body and bones. If you really beat him to death, you will be dismissed from your post by the imperial court. It's better to give him a few less beatings as a punishment!"
Chen Xiaomu sneered and said, "Lord Zhuge, look at me, I have been demoted from the second-grade captain of the imperial court to the sixth-grade general judge at once, and I have barely been beaten to the end. Do I still care about being dismissed from office?"
Then Chen Xiaomu stood up from the official hat chair, leaned his upper body forward to be slightly closer to Zhuge Cheng, lowered his voice and smiled at him: "Master Zhuge, to tell you the truth, in fact, the woman is going to rub her chin to the end next time. Whoever likes to do this laborious and laborious task, let him do it. I will go back to the palace to eat and drink, then go and bask in the sun. If I have nothing to do, I will play hide-and-seek with the palace maids. It won’t Does it smell good? Why bother to suffer this!"
"Ah! Chen Tongpan, are you too brave?" Zhuge Cheng deliberately pretended to be surprised, widened his eyes, and exclaimed: "How dare you call our emperor that bitch in the lobby! You want to do it again? It is really treasonous to go to the palace and tease the maids!"
Zhuge Cheng suddenly turned his face, and Chen Xiaomu immediately lowered his face and said angrily: "Damn it! Old Zhuge, are you too unloyal? People just tell you what is in their heart, but it's better for you to expose it right away!"
In fact, Zhuge Cheng's wishful thinking at this time was that he deliberately raised his voice and repeated what Chen Xiaomu had just said so that Su Xingran in the crowd behind him could hear it and make him stand up in anger, not only deposing Chen Xiaomu in court! And he couldn't even go back to the palace! Of course, it would be better to divorce him and then punish him with the crime of disrespect!
But what Zhuge Cheng didn't expect was that Su Xingran, who was in the crowd at the moment, not only didn't get angry after hearing his words, but she almost went crazy with joy. To be honest, she just liked to see Chen Xiaomu deflated and frustrated after eating. I couldn't help but secretly thought: "You pervert, I want to see how you end up today!"
Zhuge Cheng in the hall had not seen Su Xingran stand out from the crowd for a long time. He knew that something bad had happened and wanted to turn back. It was too late. Chen Xiaomu picked up the gavel and slapped the public case hard with a bang, and immediately became angry. He shouted: "Give me a beating, eighty big strokes, not even a stroke less. If you beat me to death, I will bear it!"
