Day three.
"Are you recruited?" You county magistrate sat on top of the hall, looking at Liu Meng, who was pinned to the ground below the hall.
"Xiaomin really..." Liu Meng burst into tears, at this moment he really regretted it.
"Fight again..."
He Mulan silently watched the magistrate's ascension process, and was speechless by the simple and rude methods of the ancient trial.
Also really happy.
Liu Yu'an used his own death to frame Liu Meng without success, but he succeeded in using his own death to start people's attention to the case of "Liu Meng's conspiracy of family wealth".
He Mulan, who had witnessed the dispute between the two sides and was the last outsider to get along with Liu Yu'an, also participated in the court trial, but she was a witness and had an official position, so she was able to stand in the court and watch Liu Meng suffer.
Shengtang was to record a confession, and He Mulan naturally wouldn't harass her cousin Hua Mulan, who was far away at the border, so she wrote the name "Hua Mulan" upright, and the clerks and county officials couldn't help but eat it when they saw the name. Startled, then whispered.
After He Mulan finished talking about why she went to Liu's house, what she had seen and heard in Liu's house, and what Liu Yu'an had told her, the county magistrate ordered Liu Meng's family and arranged for Liu Meng to rent Liu Yu. A villager from Yasuda came to ask. The middle-aged man of the year had already moved away from Liu Jiaji, and it would take a few days to find him, but the magistrate of You County went down to Liu Meng, and Liu Meng still explained the place where the scholar who wrote him the document lived. .
These few pieces of evidence have actually been completed. The villagers who brought the two together were originally well-intentioned. No one knew it would turn out like this. Even Liu Yu'an died. Now he naturally said honestly that he advised the deceased back then. My father rented the farm to Liu Meng's family.
All scholars hate provoking lawsuits, and there is no imperial examination here. Officials and officials rely on elections and reputation. There are very few literate scholars who are willing to write such documents that may cause disputes for people they don’t know. Therefore, There are only a few people who can write documents for Liu Meng. As soon as he explained that it was written by his wife's uncle's family, all the squires who heard the hearing outside the court all said "oh".
'This shit is on purpose! '
He Mulan watched the magistrate You kept asking Liu Meng some trivial questions. As long as Liu Meng couldn't explain it clearly or hesitated a little, he would call the court under the scepter, and couldn't help laughing in his heart.
Unexpectedly, this county magistrate is also jealous of evil. Although he will not convict a murder case, it is okay to let such a wicked person suffer.
Since the evidence was basically complete, Liu Meng suffered dozens of hip sticks back and forth. Even if he was a strong man, he couldn't stand it.
In ancient law, only "law", "example" and "sentence" were mostly in the hands of local officials. That is to say, how to make a sentence and how to impose a sentence was determined by the judge on the basis of the law according to their own experience and likes and dislikes. of.
You county magistrates are completely ancient people, and their behavior is the style of ancient officials. He lost his father when he was young. Although he was born in a high family, his family was poor, and he grew up with the help of his clan when he was a child.
He hated this kind of oppressing orphans the most, and he also took pity on the Liu family's two children, so he sentenced Liu Yu'an heavily, causing the audience outside the court to burst into applause.
Liu Meng plotted to steal other people's property and was sentenced to be sent to repair the city wall at the border gate, and he had to serve 270 days of hard labor every year. In addition to destroying the fake land deeds in court and returning to Tian and Liu's family, the magistrate You County also ruled that half of the Liu Meng family's property was not included in the clan, and the clan would be responsible for raising the Liu family's two children, as well as their future marriages. After reaching adulthood, this family property belongs to the clan to raise the old and young and the orphans.
"Lonely Step into a Fairy"
With such a verdict, everyone in the Liu family will fight to raise the two children left by the Liu family.
The latter was a punishment imposed on Liu Meng by the magistrate You County because of his sympathy.
It's just that everyone who was punished was happy, and no one raised any doubts. It can be said that "humanization" has reached the extreme.
In the end, Liu Yuan wanted to go back to his homeland in a way that was embarrassing.
And He Mulan was able to witness an ancient lawsuit in the form of a participant.
"Investigation", "interrogation", "searching for witnesses and evidence", "interrogation", "finalization", "execution"... The ancient county government was almost a combination of public security and law, which also made He Mulan very concerned about this ancient government. I admire it very much.
At this time, whether a case will be unjustly sentenced, and whether it can be judged well, depends on whether the chief officer is faint or not.
This county magistrate was obviously a sympathetic, but not overly correct, young man with his own wisdom. He Mulan admired him very much.
It's a pity that the magistrate You didn't communicate much with He Mulan, probably to avoid suspicion, and although he used He Mulan's autopsy report and conclusions to interrogate and close the "Liu Yu'an suicide case", it was not included in the file. And anything mentioned in the case related to "Mulan".
The Han people pay more attention to the conduct of women than the Xianbei people. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, all work has been lowly, and no one is willing to learn these things or take it as a pride.
You county magistrate did this to protect Mulan, so He Mulan accepted this love.
The case was easily concluded. He Mulan and Hua Xiaodi stayed in Yucheng for five or six days. Considering that they were from Xianbei and Hua Mulan’s identity was special, the magistrate did not let them and other witnesses during the trial. They lived in the government office together, but arranged to live in the home of the head man here.
Because younger brother Hua is responsible for raising horses and planting army fields, he rarely comes to Yucheng. Before returning, He Mulan and younger brother Hua went to the market here and bought some vegetable seeds and salt. Things go home.
It is worth mentioning that they didn't bring anything with them when they went out. In the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was no copper money in circulation, and the final payment was made by He Mulan's cotton handkerchiefs and some gadgets on his body.
Do you want to tell them that he has wiped his mouth and wiped his sweat
Forget it, stop talking.
On the way back to his hometown, little brother Hua was in a bad state.
Although He Mulan wasn't Brother Hua's older sister, and he didn't get along with him very much, but Brother Hua usually ran for her, brought tea and water, filled the water tank and boiled hot water every day, no matter how cold she was. , and could not turn a blind eye to him.
So He Mulan spoke up:
"Little brother..."
Hua Mutuo seemed to be startled by He Mulan's voice, he slid on the horse, then shook his body almost immediately, and continued to control the reins.
The response of equestrian and horses is really good, as expected of a young man who has been raising horses all the time.
He Mulan admired the riding skills of the younger brother of the Hua family, and continued:
"What do you want to ask me? Tell me."
He has been hesitant and hesitant to say anything, it looks like he is constipated and he is going to have diarrhea.
She asked him several times if he was in a hurry to stop, but he said no, it must be something in his stomach.
Brother Hua had an expression of sudden distress, as if something was discovered that should not have been discovered, and as if he was glad that his sister discovered his emotions.
Just after Hua Xiaodi's expression of "constipation is smooth" or "diarrhea is really clean", he said in a low voice:
"Sister, why do you know how to look at the wounds of the dead?"
If you are fighting, you are killed, you don't need to be examined, right
Did she also encounter all kinds of murders and suicides on a regular basis
I heard that there are many Rouran spies, and there are many Rouran spies in the army. Rouran and Xianbei look alike. Could it be that my sister has also met these bad people
Unfortunately, He Mulan was unable to answer this question from brother Hua.
So she was silent for a while, and then she spoke uncertainly:
"Probably, because I see more?"
Hua Mulan must have seen a lot of dead people, after all, they fought for twelve years. That should be correct.
Brother Hua's face suddenly turned pale, so pale that He Mulan asked herself in the bottom of her heart was the answer really so terrible
This man from the Hua family seems to be very afraid of dead bodies.
A child from a military family is afraid of death, which is simply the biggest shortcoming.
The road from Yucheng back to Yingguo Township became very quiet. Brother Hua seemed to have been indulging in "terrible words" and imagined it so infinitely that when they returned home, Yuan saw his son's bad face. , hurriedly looked up and down.
"What's the matter! When I saw that you've been gone for so many days, and someone from the leader came back and asked us to pack up our clothes, I felt bad. Your grandfather is also waiting at the door every day, regretting letting him go. Muto also followed…”
As soon as Yuan's words were finished, he realized that there was something wrong with what he said. It sounded as if his family valued little brother Hua more, and looked at his daughter "Mulan" a little uneasy.
He Mulan didn't show an injured expression, but comforted Yuan with a smile: "Nothing, Magistrate You is a good official, and the case is very clear. The younger brother may be a little bit aware of the bed, and the rest is not very good, right? ?"
She wouldn't tell his parents that her proud son was a guy who vomited bile when he saw a corpse!
Hehe, cheap brother, thank you for your "sister"'s understanding!
Hua Mutuo was stunned, and kept nodding his head.
Yuan Shi was relieved at this moment. She didn't know if her daughter didn't care about her words, or if she was relieved that Hua Mutuo didn't endure hardship.
He Mulan wasn't the real Mulan, so naturally she wouldn't be hurt. Moreover, her family prefers her younger self rather than her male brother, so she doesn't have much feeling for the Hua family's more concern about the younger Hua's younger brother.
It is very difficult for parents to really think about a bowl of water, and how to view this problem depends on how they choose. People's hearts are full of flesh, who said they don't care about Mulan anymore
It's just that Hua Mulan has been away from home for 12 years, and they get along more closely with younger brother Hua, and they have become a little more polite to Hua Mulan.
Father Hua sat on a small stone pier by the door, and only knew that he kept saying "it's good to come back" and "it's good to be fine", He Mulan's nose was sour for some reason, and her eyes were red.
Her own father is an old policeman, and in fact, he has the same character as Father Hua. On the one hand, he is proud of the heavy social responsibility he and the whole family have in the public security system, and on the other hand, he is worried about the safety of her and her brother. Every time they finish the case and go home, He had to wait for a long time, repeating "just come back".
She is a little homesick.
Fang Shi, who was holding her two-year-old daughter, changed her mood when she saw her on weekdays, and hurried up from the house with her child in her arms. Instead of checking her husband's condition first, she looked at her from top to bottom and muttered. Saying "Thank God", she handed the two-year-old daughter in her arms to brother Hua, and talked to him about how hard it was to grow vegetables and feed the horses when he was not at home.
When brother Hua took out a box of new rouge bought at the market from her arms, she immediately put away her complaints and laughed.
This made He Mulan begin to touch the other side of Fang Shi.
She belongs to her age and has a girlish side.
All are good people.
Perhaps it was such an ordinary and somewhat rambling life that the heroine who was on the battlefield finally chose to return to her hometown.
What Mulan wants is this kind of life.
Why does she always feel sorry for Mulan