Fang Yun seemed to be completely unaware of the situation. After he went to court again, Yu Dianshi entered the court to report.
"Your humble servant Yu Ba Chi greets you, sir."
"Yu Dianshi is back. I have already pronounced the verdict on the Ni Xian case." Fang Yun said.
"But after my investigation, I found that Ni Xian's behavior was far worse than I had imagined. Not only did students and teachers from Wenfu Academy come to expose him, but a man who claimed to be Lu Ping's uncle also came to me and said he wanted to sue Ni Xian for raping and murdering Lu Ping!"
After hearing Yu Bachi's suggestion, the county magistrate Tao Dingnian and the chief clerk Shen Ming suddenly realized what was going on!
No wonder Fang Yun didn't mention anything about Lu Ping when sentencing Ni Xian!
Before this, Ni Xian was not only a minor but also a student of Tongsheng, which gave him doubly protection. Even if he was charged with rape and murder, he would be given a lighter sentence, and twenty years of exile was the upper limit.
But now, Ni Xian is not a Tongsheng!
Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, Ni Xian and his son were once again brought to the court, serving as defendants for the second time. Lu Ping's uncle served as the plaintiff, suing Ni Xian for raping and murdering Lu Ping.
This time, Ni Kuo was not sentenced to an additional term, but his son Ni Xian was sentenced to an additional thirty years!
When Ni Xian comes of age, he will be exiled to a remote frontier and subjected to hard labor for fifty years!
Hard laborers are not ordinary laborers. Ordinary laborers have many rights. They are well fed and well clothed, and they can get medical treatment when they are sick.
The criminals were not well fed or clothed, and no one cared for them even if they were sick. They had to do the hardest and most tiring work, and those things that civilians could not do were all considered hard labor. Once they were attacked by monsters, the army could abandon the hard labor and evacuate at will, but if they abandoned the civilians, they would be held responsible.
No one can survive twenty years of hard labor. Fang Yun now increases the hard labor to fifty years, just to kill Ni Xian!
Ni Xian's mother fainted from crying again.
After Ni Xian's mother fainted, everyone fell silent. They all knew that Fang Yun's sentence was indeed too heavy. However, if they considered it from the perspective of Lu Ping, Tian Lu and the dozens of victims, Ni Xian's death was not a pity!
Many people understand. This is the first time in the history of Jingguo and the human race that such a severe punishment has been imposed on bullying in the academy. It will inevitably enter the history of the Legalists and may even be written into elementary school, becoming a must-read event for everyone, deterring anyone who wants to bully their classmates.
At the same time, it was also the first case in which a person was first stripped of his official title and then retried on other charges. The significance of this practice was equally significant, as it was a warning to those scholars with official titles.
The official title can protect them once, but it cannot protect them for a lifetime!
If it had been made a few hundred years ago, long before the Millennium Non-War Treaty, this judgment would have been opposed by a large number of scholars and even legalists.
But now the human race is facing the threat of a full-scale attack by the monsters and barbarians. This is a truly chaotic world.
Use severe punishments in troubled times!
Knowing this, the Hall of Rites and the Hall of Punishment agreed to Fang Yun's decision to deprive the Ni father and son of their literary titles.
Ao Huang silently watched everything that happened in the county government, constantly thinking and learning.
Xia Jingen, a scholar from the Legalist School, looked at Fang Yun and suddenly felt a lump in his throat, because he recalled that during the nearly one year since Fang Yun's rise, he had been obstructed and framed almost all the time.
"Fang Xusheng cannot resolve the conflict between the Lei family and the Zong family. He cannot resolve the hatred between the ten nations, but he is trying his best to reduce the internal friction of the human race! Even if he may be attacked by the Fa family in the future because of this precedent, he doesn't care. He probably doesn't want others to experience the same pain as him."
Xia Jingen thought silently, and slowly clenched his fists. He suddenly felt that the most successful choice in his life was to be Fang Yun's private soldier.
Xia Jingen, holding the official seal, entered the discussion list and found that the majority of people thought that Fang Yun's punishment was too severe, and many people chose to remain silent.
However, Xia Jingen quickly expressed his own views.
Soon, Xia Jingen's article received support from many scholars, and even those who initially believed that Fang Yun's punishment was too severe came to apologize.
In the afternoon, Fang Yun continued to try the remaining civil cases. Four cases needed to be carefully verified and were postponed to tomorrow. When the sun set, there were still three cases that had not been handled. Fang Yun announced that he would try the cases overnight after returning from dinner.
The smell of food wafted from the back court. Fang Yun left the lobby and walked towards the back court with Xia Jingen and others.
Xia Jingen followed Fang Yun closely, looking at this man who was not as tall as him, not as old as him, but far superior to him in all aspects, and a faint admiration rose in his heart. Poetry depends on talent, and the meaning of the classics depends on hard study, but the trial of this case from beginning to end was not facilitated by talent and hard study. If he did not care about the world in his heart, he would never make such a judgment.
After walking a few steps, Xia Jingen said, "Sir, I roughly understand your intention. You want to use Ni Xian and his son to deter future generations, establish the image of justice of the human race, and reduce internal friction among the human race. However, even if similar things happen, the punishment in the future will not be so severe. Isn't this a bit unfair to Ni Xian and his son? You don't explain in detail, and would rather bear the crime of cruel officials. Isn't it too unfair?"
Fang Yun said as he walked: "On the mountains of the two worlds, the souls of hundreds of millions of soldiers, have they ever cried out for injustice? On the vast grasslands, the souls of millions of heroes who died in battle, who has ever complained about grievances?"
"Student understands." Xia Jingen looked at Fang Yun and felt that the figure in front of him was getting taller and taller.
"We are neither the beginning nor the end." Fang Yun's tone was a little sad, but firm.
Xia Jingen whispered, "If there really are eighteen levels of hell, if there really is reincarnation, then in the next life, the Ni family father and son will probably be grateful to you, because you have convicted them and cleansed them of their evil."
"Law is etiquette." Fang Yun said.
Xia Jingen was stunned and pondered over it again and again.
Ao Huang was a little confused. After thinking for a long time, a vulgar word came out of his mouth.
“Awesome.”
After dinner, Fang Yun chatted with Yang Yuhuan and others as usual, and then went to the lobby of the county government to continue the trial.
When the trial was over, Fang Yingwu came over with a smile and said, "Sir, you made a mistake."
"It's okay if it's a mistake." Fang Yun said with a smile.
Just this morning, after Fang Yun learned that the chief secretary of the Criminal Department was going to play tricks, he guessed that some people would cause trouble, so he asked Fang Yingwu to send people to observe secretly and arrest whoever caused trouble directly.
As a result, Fang Yun's first trial was very clever, and they could not find the opportunity. However, the atmosphere suddenly changed in the second trial. Fang Yun first captured Dean Hong of Wenfu Academy, and then shocked the whole audience with the law code. Finally, he ended with an unprecedented heavy sentence for the human race, which completely crushed the arrogance of those people.
As a result, Fang Yingwu sent people to observe for a whole day, but in the end they found nothing.
Xia Jingen said, "Sir, the Criminal Office has accumulated more than 300 case files. Many of these cases were set up by officials in Ning'an County. Some of them were difficult cases that Ji Zhibai and even the previous county magistrate found difficult, and they have not been dealt with until now. If they are right, they will force us to solve those difficult cases in a short period of time, so that you will make mistakes and affect your evaluation in the palace examination."
Fang Yun asked: "Jingen, do you understand my style and methods of judging cases?"
Xia Jingen replied: "I know a little bit. When you judge more cases, I will figure out the pattern."
"That's good. I will review the case for another three days. After three days, unless it is a case of great impact, all civil cases will be handed over to the Dianshi! You will be responsible for assisting Ba Chi and handling all civil cases. As for criminal cases, they will be handled by this county." (To be continued...)