Li Guozhong and others predicted in advance that Zhang Fei would definitely argue with them on the legal principles of violation, that is, how to divide the responsibilities for accidents caused by street intrusion.
This is the key to this matter, and this is what everyone is most concerned about, but fortunately, the court does not have specific regulations on this point.
In the absence of regulations, examples become critical.
Therefore, they asked Gu Ji to find people to bring in many cases from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment for analysis.
Prepare a long speech to discuss with Zhang Fei.
It’s exciting to think about it.
Because no matter who wins, it will be of great reference value and may enter the history books.
But I never thought that Zhang Fei would find witnesses and not argue with them at all.
Wang Anshi stroked his beard and said, "Did I guess wrong?"
Sima Guang on the side remained silent.
He knew that Wang Anshi's guess was not wrong.
But judging from Zhang Fei's current actions, he seems to be held responsible for this traffic accident. Otherwise, there is no need for you to call witnesses.
If this is the case, Gu Ji and the others will be relaxed.
Because what they are afraid of is this street intrusion.
I saw a young man dressed as a bartender come up to the court. Nowadays, the Secretary of Records also has a witness box, but the quality is not as good as that of Kaifeng Mansion. It is just a round stool. Many witnesses don't like to sit on it. They think that sitting on it will make them look like prisoners. .
Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Liu Tong, what do you do?"
Liu Tong replied: "I am the bartender at Zhaiyue Tower."
"Is it the Zhaiyue Tower across from Chunfeng Shili in Xiuxiang?"
"Yes."
"Do you still remember that on the 18th of this month, it was around 2:30 in the morning? What were you doing?"
"Remember."
Liu Tong nodded: "I had just finished working in the store and was sitting at the door to rest."
Zhang Fei asked: "What happened on the street at that time?"
Liu Tongdao: "At that time, a carriage broke into the shed ten miles away from Chunfeng opposite."
"Can you tell me specifically what happened at that time?"
"At that time...well, I first saw a carriage coming from the south towards the south gate of Xiangguo Temple. When I passed the corner, there was also a carriage coming from the west. In fact, it seemed to me that I couldn't hit it at the time. , it was the horse in the carriage to the west that was frightened, so it crashed into the shed of Chunfeng Shili."
Liu Tong said vividly while recalling.
There was no fear in his heart, but he seemed very excited. This was also because Zhang Fei brought entertainment, which made the people excited about going to court to testify.
After Li Guozhong heard this, he immediately whispered something into Li Lei's ear.
Li Lei nodded: "I understand."
Seeing Zhang Fei again, he continued: "I wonder if the carriage coming from the south will be very fast."
"It's not very fast." Liu Tong shook his head and said, "There are a lot of people on that street. Whoever dares to drive too fast will risk his life."
"Is there a bell?"
"Yes! It rings all the time."
"The carriage coming from the west will have a bell."
"I didn't hear it because there were a lot of people at that time and it was quite noisy. At the same time, there were horse bells ringing here, so I didn't pay attention."
"Then can you see the carriage coming from the west, whether it is fast or slow."
"When I saw it, the carriage was already out of control, but it shouldn't be very fast. Otherwise, it would have hit it directly. Anyway, I thought that if the horse hadn't been frightened at that time, it would definitely not have hit it."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei picked up a copy of the document on the table and read it carefully, "According to the results of the police station's experiment, standing where you were, you could actually clearly see the carriage coming from the west. Is it you?" Didn’t you pay attention at the time?”
"yes!"
Liu Tong scratched his head and wondered: "Actually, I should be able to see it, but why didn't I see it?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, think about it slowly."
Liu Tong thought about it carefully, then suddenly raised his hand and shook his fingers, "I...I remembered that it was because there were many embroideries hanging under the shed in Chunfeng Shili, which blocked it, so I couldn't see it."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you think the carriage coming from the south can see the carriage coming from the west?"
"I object."
Li Lei stood up immediately.
Zhang Fei turned to Lu Jia and asked, "The General Police Department has done experiments on this. If there are a lot of embroidery hanging on the north side of the shed, neither side can see the situation on the opposite side at all."
After that, he sat down.
Li Lei took advantage of the situation and asked: "Liu Tong, how long have you been working at Zhaiyue Tower?"
Liu Tong replied: "About three or four years."
Li Lei said: "As far as you know, do accidents like this happen often?"
Liu Tongdao: "This is the most serious time I have ever seen, but usually...!"
Before he could finish speaking, Li Lei continued to ask: "You just said that based on your judgment, it was definitely impossible to hit it. Was it because the horse in the carriage to the west was frightened and lost control, so it hit it?"
Liu Tong nodded.
Li Lei said: "Why do you say that the horse was frightened and lost control?"
Liu Tongdao: "Because I heard the horse neighing at that time."
Li Lei asked again: "Then can you guarantee that the horse lost control and was not due to improper driving?"
Liu Tong quickly shook his head and said, "Then I can't guarantee it."
"I'm done asking."
"You just said that this accident was the most serious you have ever seen, which means you may have seen it more than once?" Zhang Fei stood up and asked.
Liu Tong nodded and said: "Accidents do often happen at that intersection, but most of them are just bumps and bruises. This is the first time I've seen this happen."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Then you must still have fresh memories of the scene at that time, right?"
Liu Tong nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "I have three paintings here. Can you identify which painting represents what happened at that time?"
The officials watching around here, even Li Guozhong and others, were stunned.
Still... can you still play like this?
The paintings were brought up to testify, and the paintings had never appeared before.
Li Lei asked Lu Jia directly: "Lu Siru, is this allowed?"
Lu Jia asked and had never encountered it before. He thought about it and then said: "Paintings are the same as words. There is nothing wrong with this."
Li Lei sat down helplessly.
Fei Ming wondered: "Why does this kid have so many evil ideas?"
Li Guozhong said: "This is the most terrifying thing about him. No one knows how many tricks he has hidden."
Su Shi, who was standing aside and watching, murmured to himself: "Is this what he calls skill?"
Fan Chunren heard this clearly and said, "But what can this prove?"
Su Shi was also confused: "Yes! What can this painting prove?"
After getting Lu Jiawen's permission, Qiu Zhengwen stood up, walked over with three paintings, and showed them to Liu Tong one by one.
After reading it, Liu Tong said firmly: "The second picture."
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Are you referring to the one marked with the symbol 2?"
Liu Tong nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I recognize this symbol."
Nowadays, Arabic numerals, along with license plates, have quickly become familiar to everyone, and even those who are not literate can recognize this symbol.
Qiu Zhengwen immediately presented all three paintings to Lu Jiawen.
Lu Jiawen looked at Zhang Fei inexplicably after reading it. What could this mean?
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I will explain it later. I'm done asking."
Then he sat down.
Li Lei stood up and said: "Please Lu Siru summon the suspect, Patrolman Xie Hui, to come to court."
"Pass on Xie Hui."
After a while, Xie Hui came into the hall. After bowing one by one, he sat on the suspect's table. Since Kaifeng Mansion was on the left and right, Si Lusi followed suit, for better distinction.
Li Lei stood up and said, "Xie Hui, can you tell me the specific circumstances of the incident."
Xie Hui said: "I remember that day I was ordered to transport a batch of green paint from Xiangguo Temple to the police station. When I entered the intersection of Xiu Lane, a carriage suddenly came out from the south, causing my horse to be frightened. I have worked hard to adjust , but it still overturned.”
Li Lei asked: "Were you very fast at that time?"
"Not fast. It's just normal."
"Did you hear the horse bells coming from the south?"
"No. If there were, I would have stopped."
"How could you not hear me at such a close distance now?"
"The street was very noisy at the time, and I really didn't hear it."
"I heard that your police station is very busy now because of license plates, so you have to work until late every day before you can rest?"
"Yes."
"How long has it been since you rested?"
"Almost half a month."
"You haven't had a day off?"
"No."
"Is it because you were too tired that you didn't hear it?"
"No, I knew the day before that I was going to Xiangguo Temple to transport goods early this morning, so I went to bed early."
"Who can prove it?"
"I have been sleeping in the school grounds these past few days. Can many people prove it?"
"But I have also asked many patrol officers, and they are just like you. Although they fall asleep after working hard every day, they still feel tired."
"I'm sure I'll be tired from working every day, but it's not like I can't even hear the bell."
"But you just denied it?"
"I...."
"I'm done asking."
Without giving Xie Hui a chance to answer, he sat down.
Zhang Fei stood up and said, "Xie Hui, how many years have you been driving?"
Xie Hui said: "Eight years."
"I wonder how good your driving skills are?"
Xie Hui replied: "It's okay."
"Multi-line?"
"Well...."
Xie Hui seemed a little shy.
Zhang Fei turned to ask: "Is there anyone in the police station who has better driving skills than you?"
"Probably not. Almost."
"Is there any proof?"
"Last time our police station conducted an assessment on driving and riding skills, I was the first in driving."
"In your eight years of driving, have you ever encountered a horse that was frightened?"
"It's worth it."
"Is there an accident?"
"No."
Xie Hui said confidently: "In fact, it is common for horses to be frightened, but I can usually adjust it."
"Why didn't you adjust this time?"
"That's because there was a small ditch next to the shed. At that time, the right wheel got stuck in the ditch and broke into the shed. If there wasn't that small ditch, I could have avoided it."
"I'm done asking."
Zhang Fei sat down.
Lu Jiawen looked at Li Lei again.
Li Lei shook his head and said he didn't ask.
Zhang Fei added: "I sincerely ask Lu Siru to pass the witness to the double happiness."
I saw a young boy with a blue hat coming up to the hall.
Zhang Fei asked as usual: "Double Happiness, do you still remember what you were doing around 2:20 on the morning of the 18th of this month?"
Shuangxi replied: "At that time, my master ordered me to go to the Ramadan Building to prepare some vegetarian food."
Zhang Fei said: "Are you on your way to Zhaiyue Tower?"
"Yes."
"Then what did you see?"
"At that time, I saw a patrolman driving a carriage toward Xiu Alley, and then suddenly a carriage ran out from the south, and the patrolman drove the carriage into the shed next to it."
"Is the carriage driven by the patrolman fast?"
"Not fast."
"Then you could hear the ringing of horse bells coming from the other side?"
"No."
Shuangxi shook his head.
Zhang Fei asked: "You shouldn't be able to hear it at such a close distance!"
Shuangxi thought for a while, "I remembered that there was a cake seller shouting at the side, and the patrolman's carriage was also ringing, so I didn't hear the bell on the other side."
"Thank you!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "I'm done asking."
Lu Jiawen looked at Li Lei again.
Li Lei shook his head and said he had nothing to ask.
But Fei Ming, who was behind him, muttered: "Strange! These questions he asked have nothing to do with the street invasion. Could it be that he just made a false shot and wanted to let everyone know about it? Can they blame the policemen for this?"
Li Guozhong nodded and said, "It's possible. He often did this before to find a reason to go to court."
Zhang Fei summoned another witness named Kang Wen.
After the usual questioning, Zhang Fei asked again: "Now, did you witness the entire hair loss process?"
"Yes."
"Then do you remember how the carriage broke into the shed?"
"Should remember."
"I have three paintings here, please recognize them."
After Lu Jiawen listened, he picked up the paintings on the table and was about to hand them over when Qiu Zhengwen stood up first and took out three more paintings.
Everyone was confused.
What is this for?
Do you need to prepare so many paintings for the same thing?
Li Guozhong gradually started to sweat, "You have to pay attention, there must be a mystery in this painting."
Although Li Lei nodded, he was confused. He had never seen this trick before.
"The third picture."
Convin was quick to judge.
Qiu Zhengwen asked again: "Are there any paintings marked with the symbol 3?"
"Yes."
Qiu Zhengwen handed these three paintings to Lu Jiawen.
Lu Jiawen quickly took a look and became even more confused.
Li Lei said that he still had nothing to ask. Kang Wen said exactly the same thing as Liu Tong, there was no difference.
Zhang Fei summoned another witness, and then took out three paintings for the other party to identify. After the other party identified them, he handed them over to Lu Jia for questioning.
But since Qiu Zhengwen only showed it to the witnesses and Lu Jiawen, the others couldn't see the paintings, so they were extremely curious.
Do they see the same painting? If so, why do they have so many paintings?
What kind of trick is this?
Zhang Fei did not pretend to be profound this time, and soon revealed the answer. He asked Lu Jia: "Excuse me, Lu Siru, have you seen the paintings they confirmed?"
"Seen them all."
Lu Jiawen was also very knowledgeable and directly showed the three paintings to everyone.
After everyone read it, they were even more curious.
These three paintings actually depict the scene of the car overturning from different angles.
What's the point?
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "I believe Lu Silu is also very curious as to why I have to prepare nine paintings to ask the same question."
Lu Jiawen nodded and said, "I am indeed very curious. What is the significance of this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because I just want to prove one thing, that is, the carriage did not break into the shed directly, but because the right wheel got stuck in the ditch and rolled over."
Lu Jiawen asked again: "What does this mean?"
Zhang Fei said: "This is enough to illustrate the point that without this ditch, this accident could have been avoided."
Li Guozhong was startled and immediately asked: "What's the mystery of that ditch?"
Fei Ming spread his hands and said, "I don't know either."
Li Guozhong said anxiously: "Didn't you go check it out?"
Fei Ming said: "I just went to check on Chunfeng Shili's intrusion into the street. What was the purpose of checking that small ditch?"
"It's over!"
Li Guozhong said: "There must be something wrong with this ditch."
Lu Jiawen looked at the painting again and said, "Even if this is the case, what can it mean?"
"I have two more paintings here."
Zhang Fei turned around and saw Qiu Zhengwen carrying three ear pens, taking out two scrolls, coming to the middle of the hall, and unfolding the scrolls.
Xu Zhiqian covered her face with her hands.
Last time it was an article, this time it was a painting, and the people around her, who were not all literary figures, could draw better than her with their eyes closed. This was really embarrassing.
But at this moment, no one pays attention to these, all their attention is on the content of the painting.
Zhang Fei came to the painting and said, "The painting on the left was painted by a dozen witnesses from Xiangguo Temple and Xiuxiang. Based on their memories, I painted the scene at this street intersection five years ago. The painting on the right is It's current.
You can clearly see that five years ago, the ditch at the intersection was twice as wide and deeper than today, and there were guardrails on the sides. The reason for this is the fear of someone accidentally falling into the ditch.
But the street entrance at that time was very wide and could be seen at a glance, and there were guardrails, so no one or horse-drawn carriage ever fell into the ditch.
As for today's street intersection, I believe you know it without looking at the painting. It is very narrow and congested. And all of this was caused by Chunfeng Shili's intrusion into the streets. If Chunfeng Shili wants to expand its store, it must fill in the previous ditch, but this ditch is also the drainage ditch for the entire Xiu Lane, so it cannot be left without it.
So Chunfeng Shili changed the route of the ditch without authorization. However, in order to save costs, the width and height of the ditch were much smaller than before, and no guardrails were installed to provide warnings. In addition, before the shed existed, you could see the ditch from the west. However, since the shed covered part of the ditch, if you were not careful, you would not be able to see it at the corner of the street.
The traffic regulations of our dynasty were almost all inherited from "Tang Lu Shu Yi", but during the Xianping period, a regulation specifically focusing on traffic roads was added. "
When he was talking, he had already walked to his desk and had just picked up an article. Unexpectedly, Lu Jiawen said first: "I remember this, it is about digging ditches, wells, and even mud pits in the city. The head of the household must set up There are guardrails to avoid injury to people, otherwise, if an accident occurs, the household owner will bear full responsibility.”
Zhang Fei put down the text in his hand again, nodded and said: "Exactly this, but there is actually another sentence behind it. If it results in injury or even death, the head of the household still has to bear the compensation. This is to ensure that no one is prone to this. Ditches and wells were opened in unexpected places.”
"Yes, that's what I mean." Lu Jia asked and nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "In this case, due to street intrusion, Chunfeng Shili not only changed the ditch route without authorization, but also demolished the original guardrail and did not install a new guardrail. Later, a shed was built to cover part of it. Although He built it very narrowly and shallowly, but the accident happened because of this. According to this law, Chunfeng Shili must bear full responsibility."
During Zhang Fei's long argument, Xu Zhiqian kept staring at Li Guozhong, Li Lei and others opposite, because when she was helping Zhang Fei prepare, she did not expect that Zhang Fei would make a fuss over this ditch.
The people on the other side were already dead and their faces were ashen.
You're playing a little too delicately.
They were mainly investigating street intrusions, and their eyes were focused on houses and sheds. They did not expect that Zhang Fei would use the gesture of the carriage entering the shed to dump all the blame on that inconspicuous small ditch.
