After reporting to the superior officer and meeting his colleagues one by one, Di Ying sat in his office and stared blankly at the thick book in front of him.
This is just the backlog of files - the table of contents.
Its weight reaches ten kilograms...more than.
Di Ying turned to the last page, looked at the number of people involved in the case: 17,687, and fell silent.
Peng Liang was also dumbfounded. Does he still have time to visit his family's graves...
However, without hesitation, he decided that it was more important to protect the adults first.
Seeing that the adults were silent for a while and then went to look through the catalog of cases from the beginning, Peng Liang thought for a while, went out and walked around, and came in with tea.
Putting it in the adult's hand, he immediately went to the dark corner of the room.
Di Ying didn't notice where Peng Liang went. After flipping through the catalog, he picked out a case first.
It's the end of November. This case occurred in April three years ago.
A full 43 months and 17 days have passed.
The case had already been judged at that time, and the original judgment was upheld in the first instance, second instance, third instance... no matter how it was tried.
However, because the prisoner kept appealing, the case remained in a file that had not yet been finalized while he was imprisoned.
It can be seen from this that the laws of the current dynasty are actually relatively strict.
only……
Everything is done by man.
The reason why Di Ying noticed this case was that he suspected "someone was involved".
The case is not serious.
The prisoner is Qian Fu, the richest businessman in Qu County and Dadu City.
Qian Fu was thirty-five years old at the time and had only one precious daughter, Qian Xiner, who was 14 years old.
Qian Fuji dotes on Qian Xiner, and everyone in the family protects and loves her like a pair of eyes.
In early April of that year, Qian Fu went to Dadu City to inspect his silk and satin shop. I took a stroll on the street.
When I went to a large cosmetics store, I wanted to buy some new products for my daughter.
After the enthusiastic introduction by the shopkeeper, Qian Fu bought three copies of all the new products promoted in the store, especially the new products second only to the tributes, and took them home.
His daughter Qian Xiner was very happy to see him.
At that time, I washed my face, opened a box of rouge and used it.
Unexpectedly, on the second day, Qian Xiner's face began to become red, swollen, flaky, and ulcerated.
The whole family was frightened and took Qian Xiner around to find doctors for treatment.
But the situation did not get better, but became more serious.
In the end, Qian Xiner was disfigured.
After the doctors examined the rouge and gouache that Qian Fu bought, they determined that the problem was caused by it.
Qian Fu was sad and angry, so he went to the shopkeeper of the "Runjiao Powder Shop" and demanded compensation of 10,000 taels of silver.
Qian Fu actually didn't lack the money at all, but he just couldn't get angry.
He has been doing good deeds throughout his life and is doing business in a down-to-earth manner.
The reason why I live in the town is that it is my ancestral home and there is enough space to build my own weaving and dyeing workshops. Thirdly, I also want to give back to my hometown and provide more opportunities for local people to earn money.
With his help, Quzhen has become increasingly prosperous.
Qian Fu thought that if he continued like this and found a husband for his daughter, his life would be safe and smooth.
Who would have thought that a disaster would come from heaven, and his beautiful daughter would be disfigured because of a box of rouge.
He wants to seek compensation and balance his psychology.
But the shopkeeper was very arrogant. As soon as he heard that he wanted ten thousand taels of silver as compensation, he reported Qian Fu directly to the official.
Sue Qian Fu for extortion.
Lord Jing Zhaoyi Song Wensong, after repeated trials, made a verdict: Qian Fu was sentenced to malicious extortion and extortion of businessmen, and he was sentenced to five years in prison.
How can Qian Fu be convinced? He has not admitted guilt from beginning to end.
After his wife heard that he was in jail, she took most of the family's property and ran away.
Qian Xiner was also hit by these successive blows. She was locked in the room all day long and became depressed and ill.
Fortunately, I still have a loyal butler, Qian Mo.
He went around collecting debts, and when he had money, he helped Qianfu run around, take care of things, and kept complaining to the court.
It even went to the Ministry of Punishment, then to Dali Temple, and finally to the imperial court.
Unfortunately, all verdicts were upheld.
Qian Fu still refused to plead guilty.
And because he complained again and again, not only did the sentence increase, but it has now been increased to twenty years, and in the end the case was shelved.
…
Di Ying put down the file, picked up the tea cup, and leaned deeply into the back of the chair.
In this case, on the face of it, there are no problems with the judgment in every aspect.
Qian Fu asked a doctor to examine the three boxes of rouge. When he testified in court, the doctor also said that the substances contained in them could have the effect of disfiguring people's faces.
The shopkeeper never made any excuses from beginning to end, saying that Rouge was fine.
He filed a complaint based on the fact that Qian Fu asked for money.
Then, everyone feels that money and wealth are too high and too much.
Just the daughter of a wealthy businessman, ten thousand taels of silver? What about grabbing money? I guess everyone thinks so.
And just because his face was disfigured, but his life was not lost, it was assumed that Qian Fu was extorting money.
However, in Di Ying's opinion, they all forgot one thing.
Legal principles serve as the basis for guilt, while ethics serve as the basis for guilt.
The law is the lowest moral requirement for people.
But obviously, the judgment against Qian Fu was not based on this article.
Qian Fu devoted himself to the construction of counties and villages. He did not lose his conscience even after earning money. He also helped build bridges and pave roads and bring prosperity to the villagers.
It can be said that it has considerable merit.
What he has done over the years has cost him more than ten thousand taels of silver?
He is not a womanizer, even though he married a wife of that caliber...
He didn't go around looking for concubines or shopping for flowers. Just guarding that one daughter and spending the days together.
To Qian Fu, that daughter was a priceless treasure and something more important than his own life.
If something happens to his daughter and her face is disfigured, for Qian Fu, it is no different than the sky falling.
The demand for compensation of 10,000 taels is justice.
If he doesn't get this justice, he will be choked for the rest of his life.
Di Ying also felt choked now.
A woman's face being ruined is no different than her life being ruined. It is even a hundred or a thousand times more torturous than death.
After ruining someone's life, I only ask for compensation of 10,000 yuan. Is that much?
In Di Ying's opinion, it wasn't much at all.
If it were him, he would not only ask the other party to pay 10,000 yuan, but also ask the owner behind the makeup shop to go to jail.
Otherwise, this breath will never be eliminated.
If too much of that harmful rouge was sold and more women were disfigured, Di Ying would feel that even killing them would not be enough to anger the people.
But from the current point of view, Qian Xiner had a reaction the next day because she used it at that time. After the doctor examined it, Qian Fu went to find the shopkeeper, which allowed the other women to escape.
This can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.
However, this is exactly where things got bad.
