Chapter 255： Punishment according to the law

Chapter 255 Punishment according to the law

Speaking of which, this is also a great spectacle of the states and counties under Ye Anlan's rule. Not only the small officials and handymen in the yamen, their status has been greatly improved compared with other places, even those who have no power and no power The common people gradually lost their blind fear of the government and the gentry.

Although concepts such as "human rights" and "equality" cannot be copied, Ye Anlan managed to restrain the strong and protect the weak as much as possible by issuing new laws and decrees.

In addition, the yamen gates of all states and counties have set up information release and consultation agencies according to Ye Anlan's request, which are specially used to release information that the common people urgently want to know, such as policies that benefit the people and job recruitment information.

If the common people want to live a good life, they must deal with the officials who are in charge of this matter, and those small officials and book offices who are in charge of this matter have a set of service rules tailored by Ye Anlan. Putting on airs to ordinary people who came to consult.

They have a good attitude, are patient, and are serious and responsible in their work. Over time, the common people's fear of the word "officials" will naturally gradually dissipate.

And this is exactly what Ye Anlan wants to see.

Let’s talk about the present.

After Mr. Pan brought everyone to the second hall, Qi Hongling calmly told how the patriarch Qi's family broke into her house, how they broke open the door of her bedroom, how they injured the servants in her house, and how they dragged her. She was about to be taken away, and how she was stopped by the patrolling officials who rushed over, all told in detail.

During the period, Mrs. Qi tried to argue several times, but her husband and son stopped her with their eyes.

It wasn't until Qi Hongling had finished speaking, and Patriarch Qi got permission to defend himself, that he took a step forward and frankly admitted his mistake.

Of course, while admitting his mistake, he did not forget to defend his actions simultaneously.

He is different from Mrs. Qi. Mrs. Qi wants to completely deny her family's charge of "breaking into a private house", but Patriarch Qi knows very well that they cannot deny this charge no matter what.

The only thing he can justify is his motive, which is his intention to break into the house.

Although everyone knows that he forcibly broke into Qi Hongling's house in order to hold Qi Hongling so that she and her parents, brother and sister-in-law could not get out of the control of the Qi clan, but the patriarch Qi insisted that his own Behavior glorified into concern for niece.

According to him, the reason why he forcibly broke into Qi Hongling's house was because he knew that if he took normal measures, Qi Hongling would definitely not meet and talk to him.

He also said that this is not his random speculation, the reason why he thinks so is because Qi Hongling's parents, brother and sister-in-law dealt with him in this way.

He couldn't see his own brother, and he was really worried that Qi Hongling would do more unwise actions to bring disaster to himself and his family, so he broke into Qi Hongling's private house in a hurry.

Patriarch Qi spoke with eloquence, during which he apologized to Qi Hongling for his recklessness, and expressed the hope that Qi Hongling would forgive his reckless behavior for the sake of his good intentions.

Well, let's put it this way, although everyone present, everyone knows that this guy is telling lies, but as his niece, Qi Hongling, in the ancient times when loyalty, filial piety and righteousness were emphasized, there was no way to make a statement without hard evidence. , directly exposed his face, and told him not to pretend to be confused and make such a gesture deliberately to disgust people.

However, just when Mr. Pan and other masters and officials in charge of adjudicating the case thought that Qi Hongling could only hold his nose and swallow, Qi Hongling suddenly called the woman who was in charge of guarding the second door of her house to come forward.

The mother-in-law watched the whole process of Mrs. Qi insulting Qi Hongling, asking someone to break open the door of Qi Hongling's bedroom, and ordering someone to drag Qi Hongling.

After obtaining the permission of Mrs. Pan, Qi Hongling asked the woman she brought with her to learn how Mrs. Qi cursed her viciously.

That woman is also a bold one, otherwise she wouldn't have yelled at Qi Hongling's room seeing that it was too late to close the door.

At this time, she was in the courtroom and was stared at by so many people. The woman was indeed a little nervous at first, but when she started to learn the tongue, she quickly forgot about the big officials sitting in the courtroom and the people who were staring at him bitterly. Mrs. Qi and others who looked at her and silently threatened her with their eyes.

After entering the state, she felt as if she had returned to Qi Hongling's house in an instant, and she was sharing how vitriolic Mrs. Qi was with her gossip fellows.

She spoke more and more smoothly, but the patriarch Qi's family was so angry because of her 99% restoration performance that they wanted to tear her alive immediately.

why?

Because from Mrs. Qi's words, anyone can hear that their family is full of malice towards Qi Hongling, Qi Hongling's parents, brother-in-law, nephew and niece.

If Mrs. Qi hadn't been more or less intelligent and hadn't revealed all the specific plans they discussed in the carriage, today the Patriarch Qi's family wouldn't just be charged with breaking into a private house.

Just because of their calculations, Mr. Pan can punish them with small punishments for premeditating murder.

Although their plan was aborted before it was implemented, and the Patriarch Qi's family would not be severely punished for it, but as long as this matter spread even a little bit, the reputation of the Patriarch Qi's family would instantly fall into the mud. No matter how much you wash it, it will never be clean.

Finally, the woman stopped talking, and Qi Hongling glanced at the extremely ugly Patriarch Qi, "My lord, from Mrs. Qi's words, it's really hard for my daughter to tell that the Patriarch Qi's family has kindness towards her." .”

Patriarch Qi immediately said after hearing this: "It's just a few angry words from your aunt who got dizzy, Hong Ling, why do you have to be serious with her? Could it be because of a few angry words from your aunt? Are you going to deny our love for you?"

He also knows that his statement is really not convincing in a place like the court, which pays attention to evidence, but what can he do? He also just found out that his wife, when something goes wrong, she will pull her hips in a special way _(:з」∠)_

Sure enough, Mr. Pan did not agree with his statement, and the reason was exactly the same as Patriarch Qi thought—it is useless to say that you have a loving heart for your niece, Mr. Pan wants evidence.

In the end, Mr. Pan convicted Patriarch Qi’s family of “breaking into a house” and sentenced the wife of Patriarch Qi who took the lead in breaking into the house to two years in prison. Other followers were sentenced to six months to one year in prison depending on the severity of the circumstances. .

(end of this chapter)