Hearing the lord speak, both the plaintiff and the defendant under the hall agreed, Song Shiren handed over the pleading paper again, Mei Zhili pretended to read it, and handed it over to Zheng Tuo and Fan Xian to read it again. Fan Xian took a closer look and found that it was not too different from what he expected, so he nodded and handed it back.
Song Shiren arched his fists and said coldly: "The students just don't understand why this Mr. Fan Xian, Mr. Fan, went to the court, but still stood proudly. He behaved like this, so it's no wonder he did such atrocious things last night!"
Fan Xian glanced at the lawyer, and asked curiously, "Do you want to kneel in court?" He studied every day in Danzhou and was familiar with the laws of the Qing Kingdom, so of course he understood the key points, but this question was intentional.
"Naturally, don't you dare to disrespect the majesty of the court?" Song Shiren frowned and looked at the other party. In fact, he was extremely unwilling to fight today's lawsuit. Many people are afraid of the Fan family who is powerful on the other side. But there is no way, he has gone too far on the path of Shangshu, and he can't turn back, so it is impossible to refuse.
Fan Xian chuckled and said, "Then why doesn't Mr. Song kneel?"
Song Shiren squinted his eyes at the young man, guessing whether the other party was really an idiot, or pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and said rigidly: "It is a rule of the court not to kneel when seeing a court official."
Fan Xian cupped his hands to Fu Yin Mei Zhili and said, "The student has seen the teacher. I wonder if the student should kneel?"
As soon as Song Shiren heard this title, he knew that the other party must have a reputation, but he had checked in the Shangshu's mansion earlier, this man named Fan Xian obviously had not taken the hospital examination, how could he be a scholar? He clapped the folding fan in his hand and asked, "May I ask Mr. Fan, when did you enter the hospital for examination?"
Fan Xian politely replied: "The Danzhou Mansion Examination the year before last." These were actually things that Fan Jian sent someone to arrange properly before he entered Beijing, but he himself didn't know it. It turned out that he already had the status of a scholar without knowing it.
The matter of kneeling or not kneeling is over, and the court proceedings have officially begun. The two sides circled around the topic a few times and shared their respective opinions. Guo Baokun firmly insisted that Fan Xian and several guards from the Fan Mansion had injured him yesterday, while Zheng Tuo insisted that Mr. Fan stayed in the Fan Mansion last night. Many servants testified. As the confrontation gradually escalated, the voices of the people who watched the excitement outside the capital also gradually became more and more people believed in Fan Xian. Mr. Guo, who was in the wheelchair, was beaten like that, and he didn't look like a good person.
Mei Zhili looked at the non-stop quarreling below, feeling annoyed, and waved his hand to stop the crowd.
"Dare to ask my lord, the murderer is standing in the courtroom at this moment, why didn't your lord take it down quickly?" Song Shiren was the first to grab everyone's attention. He thought to himself that the pleadings were written clearly and ruthlessly, but the lord Fu Yin didn't say a word for a long time. He decided to favor the Fan family, so he hurried forward.
Zheng Tuo smiled slightly: "Mr. Song's mouth is too fast. Mr. Guo was attacked last night. According to the case, he was covered with a sack and then suffered such a tragedy. If you stop your head, how can you see the face of the perpetrator, and how can you conclude that Mr. Fan did it?"
"Of course I heard Mr. Fan's voice, and Mr. Fan himself admitted it at the time. Are you going to deny it at this time?" Song Shiren looked at Fan Xian sarcastically, "Man, don't you have any responsibility for this?"
Fan Xian naturally knew that the other party was irritating him, but his face was calm, and he was a little stunned, as if he didn't quite understand why the other party wanted to falsely accuse him. Zheng Tuo's voice sounded again in time, full of ridicule: "Voice? I have studied Qing laws and regulations carefully, and I have never heard of a case where the conviction was based on the voice."
Song Shiren was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "If the voice is not enough to prove Mr. Fan's identity, then I will ask you to read a poem." After saying this, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and read it out slowly .
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Mei Zhili, who was sitting behind the hall table, was a little distracted, when he suddenly heard this poem, his spirits lifted, and he said: "Good poems, good poems, who wrote them?" After saying this, he remembered, At this time, it was in the courtroom, not in the study, and it was not a poetry meeting in front of it, but a case trial. After coughing twice, Song Shiren asked Song Shiren to hand over the poems.
He read it carefully, and felt more and more that the author of this poem, not to mention his talent, but his calligraphy practice skills are rare and beautiful in the world, so he asked Song Shiren curiously: "Who wrote this poem, and how does it relate to this case? "
Song Shiren respectfully replied: "This poem was written by Mr. Fan Xian yesterday at the Jingjun Wangfu Poetry Club, and last night when Mr. Fan blocked the street and killed Mr. Guo, he also recited these lines of poetry, and said that he wanted to Let Mr. Guo do what."
Mei Zhili was taken aback, looking at the young man in the hall with a sincere and bright smile on his face, never imagined that this man from the Fan Mansion could write such a poem, and listening to what Song Shiren said later, he was even more puzzled and had a headache, thinking of you Just hit someone, but you still have to recite a poem. How can this kind of place where you fight fiercely be a place to talk about elegance? This is great, the other party has caught the handle.
Mei Zhili has a lot of seniority, but the key to being able to sit in the key position of governor of the capital for so many years is his "harmony" kung fu. The capital is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. , It is determined that it will not last long. When he entered the palace, Guo Gonggong once passed on his four-character mantra "calm things and calm people". for several years.
So for today's case, he still maintains this attitude, he will not make any decisions, it depends on the private negotiations between the two governments. If it doesn't work, the case will be dragged on for a few days and handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Since it was "harmony", he definitely couldn't let the case become an ironclad case in his own house, so he looked at Fan Xian and Zheng Tuo with some concern.
Zheng Tuo used to be a teacher in the Mei Zhili Yamen for a period of time, so he naturally knew what the old owner was worried about, he said with a smile: "It's really ridiculous, I think that at the poetry meeting, there are so many talented people, there are so many people talking, Fan As soon as the young master's poem was amazing, someone copied it out naturally. It's not unusual for others to know this poem. What's more, the key point... "
He gave Song Shiren a cold look, and said with a sneer, "Could it be that Mr. Fan has lost his mind? He only wrote this poem in the afternoon, and he would go to beat people at night, and recite poems while beating?! Not to mention that kind of poem." The scene is too ridiculous, only to explain who he is, a fool would be so stupid, right? This is obviously because someone has an enmity with Mr. Guo, and they know the quarrel between Mr. Fan and Mr. Guo in the restaurant a few days ago, so they deliberately misled Mr. Guo, I thought Mr. Fan was the one who did the murder."
A few sons and sons come down, but they are reasonable. It was just that Fan Xian, who was standing silently with a smile on the side, heard him say - a fool would be so stupid, so he couldn't help coughing twice in embarrassment. Guo Baokun, who was sitting in a wheelchair, couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded: "Don't try to make excuses! This illegitimate son relies on the power of the Fan family and doesn't take Wang Fa seriously, so he is so unscrupulous!"
Hearing the word illegitimate son, Zheng Tuo's face turned gloomy. He deeply felt that it was a wise move for the young master to beat him into the wheelchair, so he said coldly: "Mr. , although I know that you are angry in your heart, but you can't vent your anger indiscriminately, after all, you are close to the prince, and it would be bad if you hurt the dignity of the palace."
This remark is to stab Guo Baokun on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also to point out secretly. In terms of power, the Fan family is no match for the Guo family who is a close relative of the prince. Naturally, what Guo Baokun said earlier is untenable. . Sure enough, the people outside the gate were discussing a lot, and more people believed that Fan Xian was innocent.
Fan Xian didn't have any expression on his face, but he admired Zheng Tuo very much in his heart. Some things he arranged last night were all taken advantage of by Zheng Tuo, and nothing was missed. Strange to say, the lawyer Song Shiren was not as anxious as Guo Baokun, he smiled and said: "Master Fu Yin, my son is injured, can you go down and rest first?"
Mei Zhili nodded, and asked the servants to lead Guo Baokun, who was still furious, to the back. At this time, Song Shiren turned around, bowed to Fan Xian and Zheng Tuo, and said, "So, Mr. Fan refuses to admit to the beating." For some reason, after Guo Baokun left, the expression on his face His expression became a lot more publicized, as if he felt that the real battlefield would be soon.
Zheng Tuo and Fan Xian smiled at the same time, didn't speak, just kidding, Niulan Street is so dark, there is no evidence, and there is no physical evidence, what proof do you have that we beat the person? Moreover, it is clearly stated in the pleadings that the servants and guards of the Guo Mansion were all stunned by drugs. If you asked them to testify about "Fan Xianye, the assailant", no one would believe it. Even Mei Zhili frowned, called Song Shiren to the front, and said in a low voice, "Let's do this for today."
Song Shiren cupped his hands and said with a frown, "Mr. Guo is a dignified editor and was beaten in the street. What a big deal this is. How could the case be closed hastily?"
Mei Zhili was furious, and said, "Why did I ever say that the case was closed? It was just adjourned for retrial. Your Guo family only said that you were beaten, and you always have to show evidence of beating." As a scholar, it is estimated that it is impossible for the Kyoto government to torture him, so it is basically impossible for the Fan family to speak up by themselves.
Unexpectedly, Song Shiren turned around and asked, "Mr. Fan was in the mansion the whole time last night?"
Zheng Tuo replied: "Exactly, the servants of the whole family can testify."
Song Shiren sneered and said, "Certificate of heirs." Only then did Mei Zhili realize that there were still variables, so he nodded, and then someone from the Guo family brought a group of people to the hall. These people were dressed in different clothes and had different occupations , there are glutinous rice balls sellers, there are watchmen, there are bearers waiting for business at the intersection, and there is even a prostitute, and so on.
Zheng Tuo frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy, but the crowd on the sidelines asked curiously, "What is this for?"