blue shirt oath

Chapter 93 Criminal Law of the Song Dynasty
"Me?" Gu Sizhi pointed to himself, "It's not a bad person after all."

"I think you're a big bad guy."

Gu Sizhi: "Miss Xiang'er saw me for the first time, how did she know that I was a bad person?"

"No good person would sneak into the Pingkang Hall like Mr. Lang."

"If you say that, it seems to make sense." Gu Sizhi smiled, seeing that Xiang'er was cute but not stupid, so he said, "My surname is Gu, and my name is Sizhi. I am elder brother Gu Yi."

After finishing speaking, he said again: "Does Xiang'er still think I'm a bad person?"

"Ah? You, you are Mr. Gu?"

Xiang'er covered her mouth in surprise, and stared at Gu Sizhi with wide eyes, "Are you really the eldest son of Gu Tixing's family?"

"What? Not like?"

"Well, it's not that it's different, it's just a little unexpected."

"Can't think of anything?"

"Master Gu also came to visit the brothel." Xiang'er covered her mouth and giggled, "Pingkang Hall is really flourishing today, the three sons of the Gu family have been here..."

"Miss Xiang'er, if you know when my younger brother left Pingkang Hall, please let me know." Gu Sizhi said seriously, "My younger brother has not returned today, and my father is very worried."

Xiang'er stopped laughing, leaned on Gu Sizhi's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lang asks softly, if Xiang'er says he doesn't know, will Mr. Lang be very disappointed?"

"If Miss Xiang'er knows, I hope to tell you." After a pause, Gu Sizhi said again, "If you don't know, I'll ask others later."

"Others?" Xiang'er laughed, "Who does Lang Jun know?"

Gu Sizhi only thought that Miss Xiang'er was very cunning, and after spending so much time talking, he was still led by her nose, without asking a single useful word.

The girls in the Pingkang Pavilion are indeed not easy to provoke.

He had something on his mind, and he didn't want to get entangled with Xiang'er, so he got up coldly: "Young lady, I won't tell you, so I will take my leave!"

"Oh, don't rush away. Although I don't know Gu Xiaolang's whereabouts, Sister Liu must know." Seeing that Gu Sizhi was about to leave, Xiang'er hurriedly stopped her, supported her cheeks, and rolled her eyes, "Your Majesty is so Afraid of me, could it be that I was transformed from a monster in the storyteller's mouth?"

Ignoring the words behind her and only listening to the front, Gu Sizhi was overjoyed: "Sister Liu is the first Cui Niang in the upper hall of the museum?"

"Ah, Mr. Lang is very clear about Sister Liu."

Xiang'er had a three-point taste, and the green onion finger pointed at Gu Sizhi's slashed face, "The gentlemen of the Gu family are all so beautiful, why do they all bow down to Sister Liu's pomegranate skirt?" Woolen cloth?"

"Where did you talk about this?" Gu Sizhi quickly denied, "Cui Niang's dance is so beautiful that everyone in Hangzhou knows it."

"Sophistry." Xiang'er gave him an angry look, and tidied up her clothes, "I'll go see Sister Liu if I have time."

"Thank you Miss Xiang'er."

After about half a cup of tea, Xiang'er brought Cuiniang over.

Cuiniang had already changed into white clothes at this time, and when she saw Gu Sizhi, Cuiniang blessed her body and asked, "Mr. Gu Xiaolang is gone?"

"Well, that's right." Gu Sizhi thought about it for a while, and briefly talked about the matter of not seeing Gu Yi.

After hearing this, Cuiniang frowned, looked at Gu Sizhi appreciatively, hesitated, wondering if she should tell him about her meeting with Gu Yi.

After pondering for a moment, Cuiniang said: "To tell you the truth, my lord, all the sisters in the hall knew about Gu Sanlang rescuing Liu Sheng in the Pingkang Hall during the day. Afterwards, the slave family said something to Gu Sanlang, and he left in a hurry. The Pingkang Pavilion, presumably, is going to the Criminal Division.”

"How did Cuiniang decide that her younger brother is going to the Criminal Division?"

"This..." Cui Niang hesitated.

Gu Sizhi said: "My third younger brother has always been considerate and never returns late. If he doesn't come back today abnormally, something must have happened to him. He is a scholar and has no strength to restrain a chicken. If something unexpected happens outside, I will This brother, my heart is burning like fire..."

"My lord, don't worry." Seeing this, Cuiniang sent the maids in the house away, and even Xiang'er was called out.

Looking back at Gu Sizhi, Cui Niang told Gu Sizhi the news she had told Gu Yi during the day.

Gu Sizhi was shocked: "Cui Niang is saying that Han Song was not responsible for the assassination of the Cui Cui Building? And my third brother kept it a secret?"

absurd!

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, no matter how big or small an official is, if an unjust, false or wrongly decided case occurs, all officials who participate in the trial, even if it is just a soy sauce, as long as they sign, they will never have a chance to be promoted.

Misjudgment of a case can lead to death in prison at the slightest, or ruined official career at the worst!
Gu Sizhi slapped the table angrily, the third brother has always adhered to the law and believes that human life is greater than heaven, how can he make such a mistake now!
Gu Sizhi thought of another thing: Does father know about this?

If the father didn't know, the third brother heard from Cui Niang that Wang Qinruo wanted to use this to deal with his father, and he would definitely rush to the Criminal Division to tell his father the whole truth.

If father knew, the third younger brother would go to discuss with father as soon as possible.

Gu Sizhi's heart was full of turmoil. He never expected that the third brother would keep such a big matter from him.

Stumbling and saying goodbye to Cuiniang, Gu Sizhi returned to the mansion and knocked on Gu Tixing's study.

Gu Tixing put down the case file in his hand: "Did you find Xiao Yi?"

"Father, what is the truth about the assassination of the Cui Cui Building?"

"Why do you ask this?"

"Father, just answer the boy, has Han Song been wronged?"

"Han Song set up the Incense Burner Poison Bureau to poison Wang Qinruo. The evidence for this is solid, and he himself admitted it. There is no wrongdoing."

"Then, what about the arrow mechanism in the lake? Was it also designed by Han Song?"

Gu Tixing was silent and looked at his eldest son. Although Gu Sizhi was Gu Tixing's eldest son, Gu Sizhi was too dull when he was a child. Although he studied hard on weekdays, he always kept silent, so Gu Tixing and Gu Sizhi Sizhi is not close.

Looking at Gu Sizhi at this moment, Gu Tixing even felt a little strange.

He has grown so big.

His broad shoulders shouldered the heavy burden of the entire Gu residence, and he took care of all the big and small matters in the residence.

Gu Tixing sighed: "There is another person in the bamboo pole organization, but this person's motive for the assassination is pure, so I decided to give him a chance for my father."

"Father, if you give him a chance, who will give you a chance!" Gu Sizhi disapproved and said, "The laws of the Song Dynasty consider the guilty to be innocent, and the innocent to be guilty. You will be punished."

As he spoke, he told Gu Tixing one by one the news he had just obtained from the Pingkang Pavilion.

"The third younger brother must have known the news. He was afraid that Wang Qinruo would be unfavorable to father. If he didn't investigate for a while, he would be arrested by Wang Qinruo."

Gu Tixing groaned, and tapped the edge of the table with his broad hands.

After a while, Gu Tixing said: "No, if Wang Qinruo wants to deal with his father, he will never do such a blatant but inappropriate thing like directly arresting people."

"That?"

"Send someone to look for it, from the Pingkang Hall to the Criminal Division, let me search all the way, even if you dig three feet, you must find Xiaoyi!"

　The crime of trespassing on others: It means that the court judges wrongly, and the guilty person is considered innocent, and the innocent person is considered guilty.From "On the Use of Penalties".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)