Chapter 37 Judgments in Extraordinary Cases
The fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD), the first day of the first lunar month.
Wu Kang really didn't expect that the New Year started with a case-question, which was not a good omen. Zhang Sunzhuang, the second son of Zhang Quan's family, was proficient in ventricular skills, imitating the sounds of humans and animals, and was vividly used to distort the real ones. While Wu He's in the same village went out, he pretended to be his voice and cheated his wife, and was caught and fled in a hurry.
Wu Heti was not a big deal either. He didn't go to settle the score with Zhang Er, and he blew his anger on his first wife and wrote a divorce letter to divorce his wife. Wu Kang, based on the principle of demolishing ten temples without breaking the bigamy principle, he knew that he was moved by his emotions with reason. However, Wu He did not enter the oil and salt, and the turtle ate the weight and was determined to divorce his wife.
Wu Kang was helpless and it was difficult for a clean official to make a decision. It was impossible to force him. According to law, Wu Zhang was suspected of being a traitor and met the conditions for retiring. The situation was stalemate, and Wu Heti refused to listen to his advice, ignored his wife's begging, and gritted his teeth with his head over his head.
Seeing that Wu Zhang was in a bad condition, Jiuniang was worried about an accident, so she brought Hu bench from the carriage and asked the maid to look for water nearby, constantly comforting her. Wu Kang had no expression on his face and racked his brains to recall Yonghui Lu, looking for a solution.
Wu Zhang gradually stopped crying, as if he was accusing or talking to himself, telling the couple that they had lived. The family was originally poor and had no meals. This young woman was also capable, with a unique skill in hand embroidery, and she made a fortune.
The former support of each other made Wu Hedi gradually turn his head, his facial features were no longer ferocious, and he no longer gritted his teeth, but his face was still ugly. Wu Kang felt that he could continue to rescue him. He was about to persuade him to organize the vocabulary, but when he received a strange look from Jiu Niang, he saw her stretch out three fingers.
After a moment of shock, I suddenly burst into clear light, like a sudden enlightenment. A smile appeared on the corner of my mouth and gave a thumbs up quietly. If it weren't for time and the occasion wouldn't be, I had to rush over and kiss a few times. It was really a virtuous supporter.
The organization spoke and stared at Wu Hedi and said, "The 40th article of the household marriage in Yonghui Lu said: Even if there are seven crimes, there are three things that cannot go. The three things that cannot go are: one, the funeral of my uncle and aunt; two, the marriage is low and the descendant is noble; three, there is so-called no return. Those who come out will be stole a hundred and chased back. Wu Hedi will listen to the explanation of this official."
Wu Kang said lightly: "If a wife commits seven crimes, but experiences being mourned by her parents-in-law and keeps mourning, and keeps mourning and ceremonial; when she entered the house, her husband's family was poor, and later became rich and prosperous; if her mother's family has no relatives, her wife has nowhere to go. In these three situations, if she is forced to divorce her wife and is punished by a hundred poach, the government forces the couple to get back together."
Wu Heti was dumbfounded, and soon blushed in his face and thick neck. He really didn't know that there was this regulation. Wu Kang sighed and said that there was still a sentence below this rule, "If you have a bad disease, you don't need this rule." That is to say, your wife has a bad disease and can't help but be restricted by the "three no-goes". She couldn't help but secretly thank her, saying that it was "Yonghui Law", and fortunately, the "Tang Law Commentary" had not been promulgated yet.
At this moment, Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and other bigwigs are annotating the "Yonghui Law". In October this year, the "Yonghui Law Notes" was promulgated throughout the world, which is the famous "Tang Law Commentary". In the comments, the three nostalgias add restrictions on "traitor". As long as a woman cheats in marriage, even if she meets the three nostalgias, she can still divorce her wife.
This is a time difference, and I felt a lot of feelings at the moment. I had a question when I was in school, what is the use of learning history classes, and why? I really want to answer loudly at this moment. Learning history is to travel through time, and the prophet takes the lead in winning the opportunity.
I also gave a thumbs up to say "when marrying, the cheapest, the noblest, the noblest, the noblest, and those who have left their wives to find a new love after becoming rich are like crucian carpies crossing the river. If it is in the Tang Dynasty, it is in my hands, and I dare to divorce, and I will kill you by one hundred big shots.
While he was fantasizing, he suddenly heard a shout, and Wu Heti jumped on his feet and screamed like a demon: "What is the reason? If you don't follow the wife's way, you are protected by the king's law? I don't accept it. I want to sue the yamen, I want to sue her and the traitor!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone changed their faces. Wu Zhang's face turned pale, Jiu Niang's willow eyebrows were raised, Wu Kang's face was as dark as the bottom of the pot, and he was furious and burst out loud: "Damn it, are you talking about human words? Is it in the belly of a dog? Shu Shu shut me up!"
The effect was immediate, and Wu Hedi quickly stopped. How dare the people fight with officials? Wu Kang said lightly: "The mixed laws of Yonghui Law, Article 22: The traitors are one and a half years old: those with traitors are one and a half years old, and those with husbands are two years old. Adultery, men and women have families, and one is convicted. Adultery is sentenced to one and a half years in prison. Women are mistresses, and one and a half years are sentenced to one and a half years. A married woman is sentenced to two years.
He stared at Wu Heti and said, "The imprisonment is the punishment of slavery and humiliation. Your first wife has lost her freedom within two years and has forced labor in the government during the day, doing the dirtiest and tiring work, such as brushing the toilet and pounding rice, which is very painful. This is nothing, at night..."
After a moment of silence, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "At night, he will be locked in a prison. There are no women's prisons in the Tang Dynasty, and no female prisoners. Your first wife will be humiliated and become a prisoner's plaything. If Wu Zhang deliberately commits adultery, I will not say anything, but that is an accident! You push her into the fire pit with your own hands, beast, you?"
Wu Hedi, who was scolded for being bloody, had no blood on his face, his lips kept trembling, and suddenly burst into tears. Wu Zhang couldn't cry, and under Jiu Niang's instigation, he leaned over to comfort him carefully. Wu Hedi did not react too violently, and Wu Kang breathed a sigh of relief, and the family would not break.
Miss Saner and cheating, moral issues in later generations, and crimes in the Tang Dynasty. Unmarried men and women in the Tang Dynasty could mess around with each other, regardless of the law. Once a marriage is established, both men and women have to keep their hearts in mind, and women should take care of their husbands and children. Two years of imprisonment is not a joke.
Wu Kang was very patient about the couple who cried with their heads and gave them time to release their emotions. Jiu Niang was deeply moved and walked over with red eyes and hugged his arm. After a while, the crying gradually stopped. Two servants from the Cui Mansion went to buy water nearby. The male servant carried a bucket of water, and the female servant took a scoop of water, and handed out the water of kindness.
The couple calmed down. Wu Zhang held a water scoop in his hand, and Wu Hedi washed his face with water. After the matter was changed, Wu Hedi served the water scoop. After washing up, he sorted out his appearances with each other. Wu Heti grabbed the divorce letter, tore it into pieces a few times, threw it on the side of the road, bowed to Wu Kang: "Mr. Wu shouted at the wake of the blow, and the students were grateful, so this matter was given up."
Wu Kang nodded slightly, just as he was about to say something, when a rumbling sound of horse hooves came from behind him. A burst of smoke and dust disappeared, and more than twenty horses galloped. The leader was the bad handsome Jiang Daniu. Depending on the situation, they applied for a mount.
Similar to arresting serious criminals, police officers apply for guns, and bad guards arrest major criminals, they can apply to the military office to call on war horses in the stables. For both public and private, soldiers joining the military will basically approve them. After all, if the criminals run away, they will have to bear the responsibility.
The horse team came near, with a total of twenty-two people, one bodyguard, and the rest were all bad people. They were fully armed, with a horizontal knife on the left, an iron ruler, a rope wrapped around their waists, and a strong bow and a quiver behind them.
After getting off the horses and saluted, Jiang Daniu stepped forward and reported: "Mr. Wu Rong reported that because of the command to requisition horses, there were only twenty-one horses left in the stable, and only twenty-one people could come. The remaining brothers were waiting in the city for a strong battle, and they would come immediately whenever there were horses."
Wu Kang was a little confused and just caught a traitor. As for the way he was so busy, he was like fighting. He curled his lips and told everyone not to give up the gift, and he gave a speech behind his back: "A sudden accident, troubled the brothers to cancel the holiday. I feel deeply ashamed. Without saying much polite words, I will go to Zhangsunzhuang quickly, arrest Zhang Er, and take him back to the judicial office to wait for trial."
The bad man responded to his promise and headed straight for Zhang Sunzhuang. The smoke and dust disappeared. Wu Kang looked at the Wu couple and thought for a moment and said, "I am very pleased that you have reconciled. However, the case has not ended, and Zhang Er must be punished."
The Wu couple looked pale and shook their heads at the same time. Wu Kang waved his hand to stop him and comforted him: "Don't worry, there are special regulations for the trial of privacy cases. First, the hall door is closed and no outsiders are allowed to listen. Secondly, the officers are streamlined and the closure order is issued. It will never be revealed. Don't worry about the damage to the reputation."
The couple's face was still ugly, and Wu Kang continued: "Wu Hedi, the yamen general prosecuted Zhang Er for rape. If the crime is convicted, according to Yonghui Ru, he was sentenced to two years in prison and your first wife is not guilty. Then your grandson is so miserable, do you have to swallow your anger?"
When this was said, Wu Heti frowned and thoughtful, and finally nodded in agreement. Wu Kang then fooled: "You can write a letter and write a letter by yourself, but I suggest you find a professional lawyer. The Wu Cui family next to me is the number one lawyer in the Tang Dynasty."
Wu Kang pointed at Jiu Niang and flattered his fiancée: "She is called Wu Tang Jing, the shopkeeper of Wuzhou Law Firm. She is proficient in Yonghui Law and has rich experience in her career. A few months ago, she picked up the 'Entering someone for no reason at night'. Normally, those who kill people should be acquitted. Lawyer Wu's iron teeth and bronze teeth were forced to overturn the case, and those who kill people were sentenced to beheading."
Feeling the pain in his waist, Wu Kang smiled wickedly. Wu Hedi's face was strange. He had seen that Jiu Niang disguised herself as a man and hurriedly bowed and bowed: "I have heard of that case, and my classmates also discussed it. Wu Tang Jing's lawsuit overturned the case, which is very reasonable and well-founded. Since this is the case, I'll trouble the martial artist Tie Bi."
Jiu Niang rolled her eyes to Wu Kang, and returned the gift to answer the matter, and arranged it: "It is better to have a day than to choose a date. You can learn about this case as soon as possible, and you can live a peaceful life as soon as possible. Now go to the office, right at the gate of Wuzhou Yamen. Someone is on duty, just report my name."
The two bowed again, and Jiuniang ordered the servants to call them to take the ox cart and return to Wuzhou City on the same road. Wu Hedi stared at the giant kite, quite dumbfounded.
After sending them away, Jiu Niang asked the bodyguard to take a carriage and followed the ox carriage far away. Seeing her frowning, Wu Kang smiled and pleased her: "Jiu Niang don't have to be depressed. Is it good to go to Kurong Mountain tomorrow, do the important things first?"
"It's not because of gliding," Jiu Niang sat on his lap again and said in a suffocating manner: "Yonghui Lu's opinion on rape sentencing is not very reasonable. Strong relatives can be sentenced to hanging at the most; slaves and servants are forced to the masters, sentenced to hanging and beheaded; benevolent people are only given the first order of treason, that is, two years of prison sentence, and the sentencing is too light."
The hero had a similar view, and Wu Kang nodded repeatedly: "It's really light. If I participate in the formulation of the law, I will at least be sentenced to be sent to the punishment of three thousand miles and go to Hainan Island to die. However, Jiu Niang, the focus of this case is not to sentence Zhang Er, but to save the Wu family."
Jiu Niang stretched her eyebrows and sighed, "If a husband and wife divorce, if it is a divorce, and the righteousness is separated, then everyone will be happy. A woman will not be rumored and can marry a good family again. If she is divorced for seven days, it will be miserable. It will be difficult to get married again, and will be discouraged everywhere, or even fall into the dust."
Wu Kang did not argue, and everyone was happy to divorce. It is up to be discussed. What is the separation of righteousness? The marriage and wife have a separation of grace. What is the separation of grace? For example, the man beats his father-in-law, the woman beats his sister-in-law, etc., and the government comes forward to force divorce. Whoever disagrees with both parties will beat him to the ninety-year slap, and even if he does not divorce, he will have to divorce.
A sudden sigh interrupted his distraction. Jiuniang pouted and said, "It is not reasonable to have seven outgoings. Take the serious illness as an example. The first wife is seriously ill and men should take good care of her. How can she divorce her? It is all you stinky men, and the status of women is so low. If you want me to say, men and women should be equal..."
"Ahem..." Wu Kang was choked by saliva and almost turned his back on his back. He looked at her incredible. This girl feminist, otherwise you should have a common topic when contacting Wu Zhaoyi.
My old waist hurts again, and quickly changed his shock and laughed: "You can't beat a boat of people in one go. I am a supporter of 'equality of men and women' and do not value boys over girls. Let's do this, wait until I get a first-rank official and write to the court to re-enter the practice..."
The words came to an abrupt end and suddenly became depressed. I wondered for no reason that the relationship between men and women was in chaos. Tang Lu's terms on adultery were basically useless. From royal palaces to peddlers, both men and women, they were open to Japan. There were a few lovers outside the woman, which was commonplace.
He stopped Jiu Niang's slender waist and said embarrassedly: "Baby, let's be honest, I don't have a virgin complex either. I didn't care before, but after we get married, don't cuckold me... It's just a cheating in marriage, it's a lover outside... It hurts, be gentle..."
Jiu Niang spat on him and waited for Xiaolu's eyes and said, "Do you know why men in the world try to marry a woman from the five surnames? Because women from the five surnames are loyal to marriage, unlike those uneducated women who raise lovers. Also, the five surnames Qiwang's family tutoring is very strict and they will not lose their virginity before marriage."
"Weiming! It's simply wise and magical." Wu Kang licked his face and immediately changed the topic: "That... continue this case. Tang Lu's definition of raping and rape is very vague and very pitiful. The explanation given by "Yonghui Lu. Ming Regulations": The strong have been resisting and regarded as rape; resisting first and then giving up, and regarded as raping."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said, "Zhang Er used verb skills to deceive him. Wu Zhang believed it, how could he resist? In this way, how to judge the judgment is ambiguous, but the consequences are very different. I plan to judge the rape, but I am worried about the future..."
Jiuniang laughed and said, "Erlang doesn't have to worry. It's absolutely impossible to judge according to your ideas. The law is nothing but human nature, and sometimes reason is greater than law. Record the case clearly. No matter which imperial envoy comes, as long as he has a conscience, he will support the rape judgment."
After careful consideration, it seems that some truth is that feudal society is ruled by man. The imperial envoy is similar to the inspection by superiors. Whenever something major happens, especially a drought, the court will send envoys to various places to punish the world and punish the prison. Check the case files and check whether there are any unjust, false and wrong cases. If so, the officer in charge will be in trouble.
After taking a reassurance, he threw the case aside, began to flatter and tell all kinds of jokes to make the beauty. When he returned to the school outside the state yamen, the Wu couple waited at the door of the office. Jiuniang went down to greet him, and Wu Kang went to the judicial office.
Xu Sanjiao came to report that Zhang Er had been arrested and locked up in the detention room of the bad guard. When he arrived at the detention room, he couldn't help laughing out loud. The boy had a thief-eyed and mouse-eyed head, his head was swollen like a pig's head, his arms were blue and purple, and he suffered a lot of flesh and blood.
When he saw Wu Kang, he knelt on the ground regardless of the pain, kowtowed and shouted for justice. Wu Kang smiled gently, and asked the bad guy to help him up, and moved a stool. He laughed and said, "I feel deeply guilty about your experience. Violent law enforcement is wrong. So, you imitate my voice and repeat the words just now. If you learn like me, I will punish them!"
Jiang Daniu was frightened and quickly reported: "Mr. Wu didn't know that the slaves in the fields were cruel and kept many evil dogs at home. When the brothers arrested him, he not only refused to cooperate, but also let the dog bite people and bite several brothers. We were so angry that after killing the evil dog, we..."
This grandson is pretty naughty! Wu Kang didn't comment, waved his hand to interrupt the big bull, staring at Zhang Er with a smile. Zhang Er quickly coughed twice, imitated Wu Kang's voice, and said what he had just said. Everyone was dumbfounded. This was too similar, and it was definitely fake and real.
Talent, this is definitely a staff member, just like Mengchangjun's "chicken and dog thief", which can help his life at critical moments. But now, we will deal with the case first, turn around and scold the big bull: "How many times have you told you not to enforce the law violently. I can't bear it if you blame him for it. You guys should really learn from the prison guards."
The bad guy's eyes immediately shone. The big bull attracted his subordinates and whispered in a low voice. Wu Kang curled his lips and came to the big bull's desk, dipped his pen in ink and wrote. In a short while, the bad guy came over with a guy, a stone hammer the size of a fist, and a mat filled with chicken feathers.
At the command of the big bull, the bad guy rushed forward, tied Zhang Erwuhua and threw it on the ground. The chicken feather pad was placed flat on his chest, and the two stood in place and beat the mat with a rock hammer. This routine would not leave any external injuries.
The room was filled with shrill wails, Wu Kang ignored it and wrote quickly. After finishing his work, he stood up slowly, picked up the paper and read aloud: My name is Zhang Er, from Zhangsunzhuang, Wuzhou City. On the 28th night of the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Yonghui, he sneaked into the Wu family's back house. He blew out the candles, imitated the voice of Wu Hedi, and deceived Wu Zhang. Later, he was exposed by Wu Zhang and raped him.
Zhang Er shook his head violently, his eyes were extremely frightened, and he shouted: "We are having sex with the traitor, I didn't force it, we are having sex with the traitor..."
The hammer rain fell again, and the wail burst out again. Wu Kang laughed and said, "You are the best farmer slave, you have been raped for two years, and you have been raped for one and a half years. It's no different for you. If you do, Wu Zhang's conscience is very bad."
He put the confession letter on the ground, turned around and left the detention room, stopped in the yard, looked at the sun in the west, smiled bitterly, and he was also making trouble.
About a quarter of an hour, footsteps came, and Jiang Daniu held the paper with both hands. Seeing the signature like a ghost painting talisman, the left and right thumbs were bright red fingerprints, and the palms and hand prints, he couldn't help but laugh. He dared to let the dog bite the bad guy, but he thought it was a hard bone! With the confession, the case was solved perfectly...
Chapter completed!