$ Chapter 664 Seven Thirty Six: The End of Dai Tu

Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry on the unique teachings of the past saints, and create peace for all generations.

This poem was what Chen Mo left to Guo Ning when he followed Lin Zhong to the Palace of Wei. At this point, Guo Ning also knew Chen Mo’s great ambitions and vowed to follow Chen Mo’s footsteps. However, Guo Ning did not tell them at the beginning. other people.

Therefore, when Guo Ning finished reading, the scholars present thought it was Guo Ning's work, secretly saying that he was a great talent and worthy of being ranked second. From then on, they could feel Guo Ning's mind, knowledge and ambition as a Confucian scholar in the poem, and they They felt inferior and praised Guo Ning one after another.

Guo Ning did not dare to take credit, saying that the poem was written by King Wei and was a teaching to him.

With that said, Guo Ning told everyone about his meeting with Chen Mo.

All the scholars were surprised and a little surprised, but they soon understood.

With their talents, they can naturally realize that the intention of this poem is extremely high. Without a very high vision, they would not be able to compose this kind of poem.

The King of Wei was born at a lower level, experienced great chaos in the north, and the chaos of the Heavenly Master Army, and gradually grew up, established county schools, resisted the King of Huai, defeated King Chong, drove away foreign enemies, and eliminated rebels...

This poem seems to be the experience of King Wei over the years.

And now that the imperial examinations are being resumed and officials are allowed to take up posts in various places, doesn't it correspond to the saying "to create peace for all generations"?

"By the way, have you noticed that whether it is the provincial examination, the general examination, or the questions in this palace examination, they are all related to the people and local governance. This is the king of Wei who wants to establish a peaceful and prosperous age." A scholar Thinking of something, he suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and the image of King Wei in their hearts suddenly improved a lot, becoming extremely majestic.

"I have decided that, like Brother Guo Ning, I will follow in the footsteps of King Wei and do my part for the peaceful and prosperous age ahead."

If before, they studied and rushed for exams just to become officials, change their destiny and shine on their family, now, they suddenly have a lofty goal and they want to work hard for this goal.

"The King of Wei is really a saint." Sun Cheng said with admiration. The King of Wei has reached the point where knowledge and action are unified.

As for the popular rumors about King Wei being lecherous and a good wife, that is harmless.

After all, the sage has said that food and sex are the nature of things.

Just when everyone was infected by this atmosphere, a team of police officers arrived outside Fuze Restaurant. After guarding the entrance and exit, Zuo Gang led the two police officers and walked away.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they saw the yamen's police officers, but they were not afraid. As the organizer, Qin Shi stepped forward to negotiate: "Qin Shi, I am holding a tea party here. Do you have anything to do?"

"It turns out that Mr. Qin is the one who is being passed on this time." Zuo Gang bowed his hands to Qin Shi and said immediately: "There is a case in the Yamen. I would like to ask Mr. Guo to go back and ask, Mr. Guo, is he here?"

Zuo Gang glanced around the hall.

After the words fell, the eyes of all the scholars focused on "Xian Guo".

"Mr. Guo", who had a guilty conscience to begin with, felt inexplicably panic when he saw that everyone present was paying attention to him. He stepped forward and said, "Mr. Guo, I wonder what case your Excellency has brought against me? "

"Zuo Mou doesn't know either, but this is what the Lord wants. We also ask Mr. Guo to come back to the Yamen with us." Zuo Gang said.

"Mr. Guo" already had fear in his heart and said: "I am a Juren and a disciple of King Wei. Even if I go back to the Yamen with you, I have to get permission from the court. You have no right to take me back to the Yamen."

This is not that "Guo Xian" is making trouble unreasonably, but a privilege given by the imperial court to candidates and scholars. After all, their status is extraordinary. If they can be taken to the Yamen casually, it will have a bad impact on their image.

"This case was handled by the king of Wei with a nod and order. This is a document with the seal of the king of Wei." Zuo Gang took out the corresponding document from his arms and showed it to "Xian Guo".

When all the scholars saw this scene, they were in an uproar. The case that King Wei nodded to investigate was this big case.

After "Guo Xian" left with Zuo Gang and the others, all the scholars began to speculate.

Some people speculate that it may be related to imperial examination fraud.

After all, "Xian Guo", a scholar who seems to be harmless to humans and animals, is probably the only case that can be involved in him.

This statement has been recognized by many people.

Others asked whether it would affect them. If it was really fraud in the imperial examination, would they have to retake the exam?

Only Guo Ning looked thoughtful.

"Isn't that right? Let's go and take a look." Qin Shi suggested.

In the Song Dynasty, when major cases were being heard, county magistrates would allow people to watch in front of the lobby to show that they were enforcing the law impartially.

Qin Shi's proposal was approved by everyone. After all, they and "Guo Xian" were considered friends. If "Guo Xian" was wronged, they could also help.

"Then let's go together."

"Brother Guo Ning, what are you thinking about?"

Sun Cheng patted Guo Ning on the shoulder.

"I didn't think anything of it." Guo Ning came back from his thoughts and glanced at the hall: "Where are they?"

"We've all gone to the Yamen, let's go take a look too."

"good."

…

On the other side, Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Zhu soon learned that "Guo Xian" was taken to the Yamen.

Through this period of getting along, Zhang Zhu actually had feelings for "Guo Xian". Not knowing what happened, she immediately found Zhang He and wanted to get help from her father.

But Zhang He turned a deaf ear to this, knowing that "Xian Guo" was about to be judged.

Only then did he tell Zhang Zhu about the defendant "Guo Xian".

Zhang Zhu learned that her confidant had a wife and children, and that he wanted to kill his wife and children after being found. He was stunned on the spot, his eyes wide open, and he couldn't believe it.

After a while, she thought about the fact that "Xian Guo"'s relatives came to the house to look for "Xian Guo".

The tears that were about to fall from his eyes were now spinning.

Xiangyang Yamen.

Song Qing originally planned to try this case in public. After all, "Guo Xian" was the disciple of King Wei and the son-in-law of General Zhang, so the impact would not be good if word spread about it.

However, when he learned that Zhuang Yuan Lang and Tan Hua Lang were coming and wanted to watch, Song Qing frowned slightly and could not stop them, so he asked the Yamen to let them in and go to the lobby to watch.

"Ascension to the Hall."

In the lobby, a government official spoke up to remind everyone that the presiding judge was coming out, so please keep quiet.

Guo Ning, Sun Cheng and the other onlookers immediately shut their mouths.

With the appearance of Song Qing, the government officials on both sides of the lobby said in a deep and tacit understanding: "Mighty."

After Song Qing came to the hall and sat down, he patted the gavel on the table and said, "Take two Cao."

Liangcao, also known as "liangzao", refers to the plaintiff and the defendant.

Soon, Huang Zhaodi's mother and son, Dai Ling, and "Guo Xian" were arrested and brought up quickly.

When Sun Cheng and others saw this, they were extremely surprised. They thought that the Yamen would bring "Xian Guo" over to ask him a few words, but they did not expect that he would become one of the two Cao Cao.

The matter was more serious than they thought.

"Uncle Guo, Sister Huang?!" Liu Taoshu was slightly surprised when he saw Dai Ling and Huang Zhaodi.

"Brother Liu knows them?" Qin Shi asked.

Liu Taoshu nodded: "The three of them came to Xiangyang to find someone, but in the end they found out that they had mistakenly admitted the person, so my father took them in for one night."

As he said this, Liu Taoshu looked shocked, and belatedly realized that the person Sister Huang and the others were looking for should be "Guo Xian".

In the lobby, the moment Huang Zhaodi saw "Xian Guo", she cursed him as a beast, even her own son.

Dai Ling scolded him for being worse than a pig or a dog.

The moment "Guo Xian" saw Huang Zhaodi, his whole body was like a thunderbolt. He was stunned, his head was buzzing, and he could not hear the sounds coming from the outside world.

As Huang Zhaodi talked, she became emotional and wanted to pull "Guo Xian"'s robe, but was quickly pulled away by the police officer next to her.

Sun Cheng, Qin Shi and other onlookers ate the melon in shock.

In the hall, Song Qing saw the reaction of "Guo Xian" and felt somewhat clear in his heart. He slapped the alarm again, shouted "Quiet" and said:

"The defendant, Mr. Guo, and the plaintiff, Mr. Huang, are suing you for wearing a real name, pretending to take part in the imperial examination to deceive the Holy Emperor and the King of Wei, killing your wife and children, and paying for murder. Do you admit these or not?"

Song Qing's words struck the ground like thunder.

This caused an uproar among the onlookers.

They had previously suspected that it was imperial examination fraud.

Unexpectedly, he disguised his identity to take part in the imperial examination and killed his wife and son.

For a moment, the looks they looked at "Guo Xian" were all wrong, ranging from shock, contempt, and contempt.

Killing your wife and children is something that no one would look down upon.

Even though Guo Ning had already guessed that Guo Xian was Dai Tu and was already prepared, he was shocked when he heard that the other party also killed his wife and son.

Jingtangmu woke up Dai Tu. When he heard the crime mentioned by Song Qing, he could no longer maintain his usual calmness and panicked. However, he still refused to admit it and said: "I don't admit it. I don't admit it at all." I don’t know her, she is framing me.”

Song Qing knew that the other party would not admit it, so he said: "Bring witnesses."

The first witness to come up was Peng Si'er.

But his testimony doesn't hold enough weight.

Although he followed Dai Tu to Zhang Mansion, he did not see Dai Tu's face.

Even though Peng Si'er said the sounds were similar.

But Dai Tu naturally would not admit that he knew Peng Si'er.

Huang Zhaodi only speculated that Peng Si'er was instigated by Dai Tu, but there was no evidence.

Just when Dai Tu was relieved, the Song people immediately asked someone to bring the second and third witnesses.

They are the village chief of Daitu's village and the clan elder of Daitu.

They can prove that Huang Zhaodi is Dai Tu's wife.

It can also be proved that the "Guo Xian" in front of him is Dai Tu.

But even though the evidence was conclusive, Dai Tu still denied it.

"Death is imminent, and you are still talking adamantly." Song Qing shouted coldly, slapped the alarm, and asked someone to present physical evidence.

Those are the household registration files of the Yamen, the marriage registration and the marriage certificate kept in the Yamen.

Song Qing asked people to bring ink pads and asked Dai Tu to press his fingerprints for comparison.

At this moment, Dai Tu's expression changed completely, and his face became twisted and ferocious. He knew that there were both witnesses and physical evidence, and he knew that it was useless no matter how much he denied it.

He went crazy. He threw himself at Huang Zhaodi and said viciously: "You bitch, can't you die obediently? What good will it do to you to destroy me, bitch? I'm going to kill you."

Seeing Dai Tu rushing toward her, Huang Zhaodi was a little frightened, but she immediately squatted down and protected Dai Feng first to prevent her son from being hurt.

Zuo Gang had long been prepared to jump over the wall. The moment he pounced on him, he was pinned to the ground with a grab.

"Contempt the court. Come here, drag him out and hit twenty big boards first." Song Qing was already angry at Dai Tu's crime, but as a county magistrate, he had to keep calm at all times, so as soon as he found an opportunity, he let people Dai Tu was taught a lesson.

Killing a wife and exterminating a child is something that is infuriating to both humans and gods.

So the yamen runners who beat him with the board did not hold back at all.

After the twenty boards were beaten, when Dai Tu was dragged in, he seemed to have lost half his life.

He said weakly: "I am a disciple of King Wei, you... you have no right to kill me."

"Humph." Song Qing snorted coldly, stood up, took down the Tang sword hanging on the wall behind him, and said: "This sword was given by King Wei. Holding this sword is like King Wei in person. Now that there are witnesses and evidence, can I kill you?"

Song Qing drew the sword out of the sheath, his eyes flashing coldly.

"You can't kill me. At most, I abandoned my wife and children, which is not a death penalty." After being beaten, Dai Tu's mind suddenly cleared up. The current evidence at most pointed to him abandoning his wife and children, and there was no way to prove that he instructed Peng Si'er to kill.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, abandoning a wife and children is indeed not enough for the death penalty.

"You" When this word came out, Zuo Gang next to him was also angry at this word.

But it is just as Dai Tu said. If the sentence is really based on the law, the current evidence does not warrant the death penalty for Dai Tu.

Song Qing has his own way of dealing with this. He said, "You pretended to be a southerner but went to the north to take the imperial examination, deceiving the emperor. Not to mention that you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, you must be severely punished for cheating in the imperial examination."

The Song Dynasty had three types of punishments for cheating in the imperial examination.

First, shackles, disqualification from the examination, or being shackled and displayed to the public.

Second, dismissal, cancellation of the candidates' previous achievements.

Third, criminal responsibility, first of all, the suspects must be shackled, for a short period of several weeks or a long period of several months. After that, they will be caned, and caned means being sent to a remote area as a soldier, and those with serious circumstances will be executed.

And Dai Tu's behavior is completely criminal responsibility.

If the criminal responsibility is really followed, Dai Tu will feel worse than death.

Sure enough, after listening to what Song Qing said, Dai Tu's pupils shrank sharply, his face showed panic, and he screamed in panic, shouting: "You are abusing your power for personal gain and avenging your private grudges!"

"Abusing your power for personal gain and avenging your private grudges, do I have a private grudge against you?" Song Qing shouted coldly, slammed the gavel, and said: "Come on, throw him into the cell and put him in the shackles for two months first."

"Yes."

Two constables came forward and dragged Dai Tu, whose buttocks were beaten with blood marks.

"Your Excellency is wise."

"My Lord."

"Good judgment."

Some scholars applauded.

It is true that Dai Tu could not be convicted of killing his wife and children in court, but this act of abandoning his wife and children was most despised by scholars.

And Song Qing's judgment maintained the fairness of the world and upheld moral norms.