Protecting teenagers, or protecting juvenile criminals.
Fang Yun chose the former.
Fang Yun closed the auxiliary code and left the Wen Palace.
In the county government office, those ordinary scholars still did not understand Fang Yun's intention, but the county magistrate, the chief clerk and other senior officials, like Dean Hong, understood that Fang Yun was using this opportunity to rectify the academic atmosphere and completely put an end to bullying in the academy!
Shen Ming originally wanted to do something bad secretly, but after thinking for a long time, he looked at the county magistrate Tao Dingnian, and seeing Tao Dingnian slightly shaking his head, he nodded slightly, indicating that he would never make things difficult for Fang Yun in this case, otherwise it would be very easy to be caught and have their official hats taken off.
The previous Dianshi is a lesson for us.
Ni Xian watched Dean Hong leave and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Everyone knows that although President Hong is responsible, he is definitely not the main culprit, and he is not even an accomplice. However, as a distinguished scholar, he was detained at the will of Fang Yun, and he has already contacted the Ministry of Justice and even the Criminal Court to investigate the academy. This method is too cruel.
Even Dean Hong is like this, what will happen to the main culprit? Fang Yun had said before that he would be paraded through the streets for three days!
Ni Xian's body shook even more violently.
Ni Kuo stayed where he was, looking at his son and feeling that disaster was about to happen, but he was helpless to do anything.
Everyone present had the same feeling: County Magistrate Xiao Fang was too cruel!
The old clerks were the most frightened. They had seen many county magistrates coming and going. They had seen corrupt ones, bad ones, stupid ones, smart ones, and serious ones, but they had never seen one so cruel!
It's just the academy bullying, is there any need to make such a big fuss
Fang Yun has obviously given the answer.
If we don't count officials or generals from outside, Ning'an County only produces one juren every year on average. Dean Hong is more powerful than the ordinary juren. Even such a person was detained and severely sentenced. One can imagine what happened next.
Fang Yun glanced around the hall, and everyone who looked at him immediately lowered their heads instinctively, not daring to challenge the authority of the county lord.
During the trial, Fang Yun kept receiving letters from Dianshi Yu Bachi, and the case became clearer and clearer, which was why Fang Yun was so decisive in sentencing Dean Hong.
"President Hong will be held accountable by the Holy Academy. Then, the case of bullying in the academy will continue." Fang Yun said, looking at Ni Xian and the other three, "I have been receiving letters from Dianshi Yu one after another. He is leading multiple witnesses and victims to the county government. However... This county attaches equal importance to etiquette and law. Education and punishment coexist. Before the Dianshi comes, this county has decided to give you four a chance! Among the four, this county has identified two as the main culprits and two as accomplices. How to identify and sentence them will be determined based on the confessions of the next four people! In order to solve the case, this county will hold a separate trial!"
When Fang Yun said the words "trial in separate courts", all the scholars present were shocked.
Especially the chief clerk Shen Ming, who almost jumped up!
Separate trials are the power of the Legalist code!
Since the human race had the imperial examination, there were indeed people who could use the legal code in the palace examination, but they were either the kind of legalist scholars who passed the imperial examination in their forties or fifties, or the great legalist scholars or even semi-saints who would become famous in the future. But there was a premise, these people all majored in the power of legalism!
Even if Fang Yun had studied the legalist way for many years, he couldn't possibly have the code at this time. Without the code, how could he use the branch court for trial
Separate trials are a rare power in the Legalists, although they are not as effective as drawing a line to trap the enemy. However, they can have unexpected effects when one is fighting against many.
Fang Yun's criminal law advisor Xia Jingen was also shocked. He was a juren over 30 years old, with no hope of passing the imperial examination and tired of the human officialdom. Finally, he decided to join Fang Yun, hoping to realize his ideals. Perhaps in another ten years, he could pass the imperial examination and finally condense a code of law.
But this county magistrate has now condensed the legal code. Who is the legalist
Under the gaze of everyone, a white light appeared between Fang Yun's eyebrows, and then an object flew out from between his eyebrows, quickly growing larger and forming a light copper-colored code.
"Oh my god..."
"All Saints above..."
Fang Yuncheng became a Jinshi less than a year ago. How could he possess the power that so many Legalist scholars dream of
Xia Jingen's eyes moved, and he looked down at the trial record he was writing, and suddenly realized.
Afterwards, many pale golden rays of light were seen emanating from the outside of the code, which split into four parts and covered Ni Xian and the other four young students.
"Sir! My son pleads guilty! My son pleads guilty..." said Ni Kuo.
"Shut up!" Fang Yun pointed at Ni Xian and mobilized the power of the holy temple with the help of the official seal. He released a ray of light shackles, which locked Ni Kuo with a click sound.
Ni Kuo was obviously a strong man in his thirties, but when the light shackles approached him, his knees went weak and he knelt on the ground in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't even lift his head.
Ni Kuo struggled desperately because he knew this was his last chance. If he could not persuade Fang Yun now, the consequences would be disastrous. The branch trial itself was not a particularly powerful force, but it would be invincible if used at this time.
Even though he was suppressed by the powerful force of the Holy Temple, Ni Kuo fought with all his might, hoping to break free and beg. It was not until now that he understood the real purpose of Fang Yunxian's severe punishment of Dean Hong. In addition to rectifying the academic style, he also wanted to use Dean Hong to intimidate the four young students!
But no matter how he struggled, Ni Kuo could not break free of the county magistrate's shackles. Ni Kuo finally fell into despair and glanced at the four defendants out of the corner of his eye.
As one of the four defendants, Qi Feng looked around in panic. There were clearly many people there just now, but now they suddenly disappeared. It seemed that he was the only one left in the entire lobby, the county government office, and even the world.
"Is... is anyone there?" Qi Feng asked stutteringly, but the sound of a cold wind blowing answered him.
"Snapped!"
The gavel rang, and Qi Feng looked up hurriedly, and saw Fang Yun suddenly appear on the empty county magistrate's throne. Compared with before, Fang Yun was now particularly majestic, emitting a powerful aura. His body seemed to be twice as tall as before, and he sat there like a little giant, as big as a mountain, as if the heaven and earth revolved around Fang Yun.
"Qi Feng, this county will give you one last chance. It's up to you to decide whether to be the principal offender or an accomplice." Fang Yun's authority was so strong that it made Qi Feng breathless.
Before coming to the county government, Qi Feng discussed various countermeasures with Ni Xian and others, but they never expected that Fang Yun would divide the suspects into the main culprit and the accomplice, let alone conduct separate trials.
Now, Fang Yun is trying four people at the same time!
In the end, two people will receive heavy sentences, and two people will receive light sentences.
"Will they betray me?" Qi Feng kept pondering the same question in his mind.
Fang Yun snorted coldly and said, "One of them has confessed that you once instigated Ni Xian to bully a boy named Gao Jia. He is still confessing. If nothing unexpected happens, this county will select him as an accomplice and give him a lighter sentence! The branch trial will end in a quarter of an hour. If you cannot confess enough evidence, you will be listed as the main culprit!"
Fang Yun learned about Gao Jia from Yu Bachi and used it to deceive Qi Feng. Qi Feng was just a young student, less than 20 years old, and was frightened by the power of the Legalists and the county magistrate. He had no idea of this.
"Students accept! Students accept everything! Students have no choice! It is Ni Xian who is bullying others. If students do not flatter him, they will be bullied by him..." (To be continued...)