"My lord, it's time to pronounce the verdict..."
After Chen Shiru finished speaking, the court fell into a long silence. Now comes the difficulty of the matter.
Normally speaking, if his father divorced his wife and then remarried, she should be considered his mother.
If that is the case, then he is matricide, and there is nothing more to say. Emperor Gaozu directly established three rules after entering the pass, and the death of the murderer is the first one.
This iron law has been followed for many years, and now that he is matricide, the original sentence of hanging needs to be increased by one level, and it becomes beheading...
But if we say it the other way around, because what his father did was against human ethics and the concubine behaved inappropriately and did not recognize her as a stepmother, that would be another story.
Chen Shiru avenged his mother. He was pitiful and his crime should be reduced by one level. Then, his stepmother committed evil in the first place and forced his first wife to death. She was reduced by one level and the original hanging was changed to a prison sentence. Then Chen Shiru could save his life. .
The verdict is coming soon. How the verdict will be decided depends on Wang Han's wishes.
After all, this is a human life. After he has sentenced the person, he will send the person to the court guard for a final review.
After Tingwei's side is finished, the final verdict will be the final result.
"Sir, although Chen Shiru is guilty, he is still avenging his mother after all. Please treat him leniently!"
Liu Deng held his voice and shouted in the crowd, and immediately the responders gathered.
It's clear what one's disfavor is, but many times, matters like judging cases still have to be done in accordance with the law. Even if the official has a dissent in his heart, it still needs to be justified to some extent.
Especially when a case like this that is well known throughout the city is still at the feet of the emperor, even if he has selfish intentions, he has to think about the official hat on his head.
"quiet!"
It seemed that everyone wanted to save his life. Wang Han suddenly saw Liu Deng's figure among the crowd, which suddenly made his heart skip a beat.
Is there any other secret behind this matter?
But now that Chen Shiru himself has confessed, he has no excuse even if he wanted to investigate.
It seems that this boy's life is really good. Now that His Highness the Acting King is here, Wang Han is really ready to sell Liu Deng a favor.
"Come here, Chen Shiru killed his mother and confessed to the whole process. Although he voluntarily surrendered, if this evil deed is not eliminated, there will be no filial piety in our Han Dynasty. In accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty, I will sentence Chen Shiru Behead him and abandon the market! You are convinced!"
"Sir, the common people are not convinced! That evil woman deserves to die. Is this sentence too harsh, sir?"
Suddenly the crowd was furious, and everyone began to complain about Chen Shiru. Wang Han secretly sighed in his heart, boy, I can only help you get here, and the rest depends on your own destiny. .
"Sir, this stupid judge has sentenced him so harshly, I think he did it on purpose!"
Even Du Ziteng was standing by to take care of Chen Shiru.
After all, he surrendered voluntarily and had extenuating circumstances. The evil woman had committed evil first. Even if he was allowed to die, the most he could do would be to be hanged.
At least he should be left with a complete corpse...
"What do you know? This is because Wang Han felt sorry for him and left him a way to survive. Let's go. Wang Han's affairs are done, and the rest is up to us!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Liu Deng's mouth. He really didn't expect that Wang Han had a delicate heart with seven orifices. But this is good, it saves myself a lot of effort.
"Sir, did you hear wrongly? He sentenced him like this, and you still said that he gave him a way to live?"
Du Ziteng really couldn't understand what his king was talking about.
"Of course, this matter is actually very simple. If he is sentenced lightly, the Tingwei Mansion will have no excuse to overturn the case for him. Even if I want to help him, I will not be able to do it, just like now. , this is obviously too harsh a sentence, Tingwei Mansion must impose a heavy sentence and a retrial, which gives him a chance to escape guilt, do you understand what I say?"
On the way back, Liu Deng was in a much better mood. He broke up the verdict of the case bit by bit, crushed it into pieces, and explained it to Du Ziteng.
"If the young master said this, I will understand. After talking for a long time, this county magistrate named Wang can be considered a good official!"
Du Ziteng was a little emotional.
"What are the good and bad officials? They are not all the same, but now, he has done what he should do, and it is up to us to do the rest!"
Liu Deng said with a smile.
"Us? How do we do that?"
Du Ziteng was a little confused.
"Of course we have brought this case to the sky. When this matter gets bigger, we will break it up bit by bit, crush it into pieces, and give Mrs. Shen a hard slap in the face! Our current His Majesty , it can be said that he is a holy king, but he does something inappropriate in this regard. Is this something that a man should do by doting on his concubines and destroying his wife? The queen is the queen, and the priorities should still be divided. It needs to be clearly distinguished!”
Originally, Liu Deng was not prepared to interfere in this kind of matter. After all, it was the emperor's housework. Even if he was his grandson, it would be a bit embarrassing for him to interfere in this matter.
But since that bitch has already taken action, if Liu Deng doesn't take revenge and goes back, those who are interested will probably feel that Liu Deng is easy to bully.
After coming here for so long, Liu Deng is basically familiar with the rules of this game.
These noble people have their own set of rules of the game. No matter what happens, they cannot retreat. If you retreat, the other party will take advantage of it. They will bite you a piece of flesh today and bite you a piece of flesh tomorrow. Maybe one day, they will kill you. Swallowed skin and bones.
When Liu Deng said this, Du Ziteng quickly lowered his head. He couldn't hear the next words. In any case, he was just a guard.
After returning to Honglu Temple, Liu Deng changed his clothes and went directly to the Prince's Mansion.
If he did such a thing, it would be too revealing.
After all, it’s just to help the Queen vent her anger, so it’s not a big deal to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to help, right?
After all, this is a matter between his father and his mother. If he doesn’t contribute, who will?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince has left the city today. Do you have any orders?"
Unfortunately when Liu Deng arrived, the prince was out of town, but fortunately Chao Cuo was the same, so Liu Deng showed Chao Cuo his eight big white teeth...
"His Royal Highness? What are you doing?"
Looking at Liu Deng's attentive smiling face, Chao Cuo suddenly felt like he was going to be cheated. Damn it, the first time he went to give him money, this guy had this smiling face. Then, right after, His mother served herself a large plate of boiled wild vegetables...
