All doubts and dissatisfaction are nothing in front of the hunting knife!
No matter how dissatisfied, unwilling, or opposed the person who was awakened by the water was, when Liu Dadao put the hunting knife across the person's neck, the person still took off his shoes obediently.
"Fuck, it stinks! It stinks worse than fucking salted fish!"
Liu Dadao had just picked up the shoes that the man had taken off, and he was so smelly by the shoes that he almost rolled his eyes. He quickly threw the shoes into the pile of shoes and looked at the man with contempt.
It’s not me who wants to take it off!
The man was full of dissatisfaction, but for the sake of the hunting knife, he shrank his neck and dared not say a word.
"Thank you, Brother Dadao." Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and expressed his gratitude to Liu Dadao.
"My benefactor, why are you being so polite to us?" Hunter Liu Dadao grinned and shook his head repeatedly.
"You are my benefactor, and this is what we should do." Other hunters also said.
"Brothers, I just told you that you saved me." Zhu Ping'an put down the branch and said, looking at the hunters who were excited and ready to refute, he couldn't help but touch his head and said helplessly, "Uh, okay, okay, but then don't call me benefactor, just call me Ping'anlang."
"No, we can't shout."
"That's right, how can we address our benefactor by his name?" The hunters shook their heads. "If the village elders were still here, they would definitely scold us for not knowing etiquette."
Regarding the issue of address, from "Benefactor" to "Sir", finally both parties reached a consensus and named Zhu Ping'an "Young Master".
During the communication, Zhu Ping'an and the six hunters got to know each other better. The leader with a scar on his face was called Liu Mu. He was the best among them and also the most outstanding hunter in their mountain village. The hunter who talked more, was outgoing and looked more active was called Liu Dadao. It was he who urinated on the two fainted people just now. The other four hunters had names similar to Liu Dadao. They were all named after weapons that were familiar to the elders who were not very well educated. They hoped that they would become good hunters in their village in the future. Their names were Liu Daqiang, Liu Dachui, Liu Dafu and Liu Dagang.
In comparison, only Liu Mu's name sounds serious.
These six hunters had only been in the capital for a short time. After they secretly went back to the village at the foot of Yunmeng Mountain to bury their fellow villagers and their families, they hurried back.
They are still guilty! This time they went back to the village to bury their fellow villagers in secret.
At the beginning, Captain Zhao killed innocent people to claim credit, and killed everyone in the village, young and old, and took their heads to pretend to be Tartars to report his merit. More than a dozen hunters returned from the battlefield and met Mr. Liu who had survived while fetching water. After learning the truth, they were naturally unwilling to accept it, so they went to the county government office to beat drums to appeal for justice, accusing Captain Zhao Daying of being a beast in human form and killing all the women, children, and the elderly in the village.
However, Captain Zhao had a powerful backing and was protected by other officials. In the end, the county magistrate ruled that the women, children, and the elderly in the village were killed by the Tartars. Not only was Captain Zhao Daying not responsible, but Zhao Daying became a hero for leading the troops to expel the Tartars.
Ancient laws have always been about "false accusation and counter-accusation". The meaning of false accusation and counter-accusation is very simple, that is, if it is proved that you deliberately fabricated facts to falsely accuse others, then the government will punish you with the crime you falsely accused them of. For example, Zhang San sued Li Si for intentional homicide. If it is proven to be a false accusation, Li Si is not guilty, but Zhang San himself will be punished by the government for murder.
The law of false accusation and punishment was created in the Qin Dynasty and was inherited and further developed by successive dynasties. One more clause was added: "If someone falsely accuses a person with honors, the crime will be increased by one level." Honors refer to officials of "Xiucai" and above.
The Ming Dynasty was no exception. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang emphasized strict law in ruling the country. On the basis of inheriting the previous dynasty's practice of false accusation, he further increased the punishment for false accusation. The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates in the "Law of Litigation": "Anyone who falsely accuses others and is punished with flogging shall be punished with the second degree of the crime he falsely accused; anyone who falsely accuses others and is sentenced to imprisonment, exile, or caning shall be punished with the third degree of the crime he falsely accused. The maximum punishment is 100 canings and exile for 3,000 miles."
The hunter sued Zhao Daying for killing the whole village, but the county magistrate ruled that Zhao Daying was not guilty. So the hunter who filed the lawsuit was a false accusation! According to the Ming Dynasty law, he should be convicted and punished as a murderer except for false accusation.
Ming Dynasty Law: Whoever kills shall be put to death!
As a result, all the hunters who went to sue the centurion Zhao Daying were sentenced to beheading and imprisoned, awaiting execution in the autumn.
Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and the other six people were lucky enough to escape the disaster because they went to buy paper money, candles and other memorial items for the villagers who died unjustly. After hearing the news, they fled overnight. On the way, they were chased by Zhao Daying, a centurion, several times. They fled for dozens of miles into the mountains before they escaped. Then they met Zhu Ping'an in the mountains outside Beijing.
The reason why the county magistrate sentenced the execution after autumn was because of the ancient times' emphasis on: "The king is in harmony with the Heaven, which is called the Tao. Heaven has four seasons, and the king has four policies, which are like the four seasons and common to the world. Celebration is in spring, rewards are in summer, punishments are in autumn, and penalties are in winter. Celebrations, rewards, punishments and penalties are indispensable, just as spring, summer, autumn and winter must be prepared." The ancients paid special attention to following the laws of nature and conforming to the time of day. In spring, all things come back to life, grass grows and warblers fly; in summer, all things grow and are full of vitality. Spring and summer are the time when all things grow; in autumn and winter, the leaves wither, and it is full of bleakness. The system in the world should also conform to the will of Heaven, with rewards in spring and summer and penalties in autumn and winter.
The "Ming Hui Dian" clearly stipulates: "The execution of serious prisoners must be carried out after autumn, and it must not be done at an inappropriate time to avoid damaging business." In other words, the execution of serious prisoners must be carried out after autumn.
Therefore, the county magistrate sentenced him to be beheaded and executed in the autumn.
Now, those hunters imprisoned in the local county jail have not been executed yet. Theoretically speaking, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Therefore, Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others buried their parents and returned to the capital immediately, trying to save their relatives in prison by filing a complaint with the emperor. However, when they tried to file a complaint with the emperor, they found that there was no way to file a complaint with the emperor. Not to mention filing a complaint with the emperor, they could not even enter the imperial city. In fact, they could not even enter the Ministry of Justice. If they approached a little, they would be driven away by the guards. In addition, they were still guilty, and their travel permits and identities were all problems.
Of course, it was not without some gains. When they were hitting a wall everywhere and almost in despair, they heard that Zhu Ping'an had submitted a memorial to impeach the centurion Zhao Daying.
Originally, they were prepared to repay Zhu Ping'an for his kindness for the rest of their lives. Now that they heard that Zhu Ping'an was willing to risk his career to impeach Zhao Daying for the sake of their village, they were even more conquered by Zhu Ping'an's charisma of speaking up for the people.
For the sake of their relatives in prison and to repay their gratitude, the six hunters began to ask people in the capital about Zhu Ping'an like headless flies.
Coincidentally, I heard Zhu Ping'an's voice on the way, which led to what happened today.