Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 79: One poem ruins one’s reputation, and thousands of people blame it

"It's so good, how can it just fall down?"

Outside the courtroom, the crowd started making noises.

"It seems that there is something really wrong with that poem!"

"What kind of content can scare people like this?"

"I find this more and more interesting."

Of course, those watching the excitement were not afraid of serious trouble, but the servants of the Chen family did not dare to take it lightly. As soon as they heard the discussion, someone immediately ran over to report it.

In the tea shop, Chen Bian and Chen Xun waited anxiously, and Chen Xun couldn't sit still anymore, pacing back and forth.

As soon as he saw the servant arriving, Chen Bian quickly asked, "How's it going?"

"Fainted!" The servant ran quickly, and when he came over and said three words, he started breathing heavily.

"What? Fainted?" Chen Bian and Chen Xun were shocked. "Why did you faint? Is it unbearable to be identified in court?"

"No," the servant finally calmed down, "it's not the Seventh Young Master."

Chen Xun rushed over in an instant, almost pinching his neck, and said: "You should explain clearly why he fainted one moment, and then it was not Chen Zhi. Let me ask you, how is the situation in the court, but Already convicted?”

"No conviction. Not only was there no conviction, but shopkeeper Na Luo fainted because of the seventh young master's words!" The servant was convinced, and his eyebrows immediately lit up. "Before the seventh young master left Qingyuan Village, he left a poem. When this poem was mentioned, Bai Qing and others panicked, there must be something wrong!"

"poetry?"

Chen Bian and Chen Xun looked at each other.

"I've never heard of this guy writing poetry in the past." Chen Xun muttered.

Chen Bian breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have you seen this kid's calligraphy in the past?"

"That's not true. Could it be that I suddenly became enlightened and could even write poems?" Chen Xun was surprised and doubtful.

Chen Bian shook his head and continued: "I estimate that there must be some mystery in this poem. Maybe that guy had planned it before he asked someone to come over and tell us not to worry."

"Can you not worry about this kind of thing?" Chen Xun was talking when he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the crowd at the entrance of the Yamen!
Excited voices came over one after another——

"This poem about quitting gambling is so well said!"

"This poem doesn't seem to be that great. Any other poem in Yuefu is better than this poem."

"Huangkou boy, you know nothing. Let me tell you. The simple words of this poem are the key. How can the warning words be obscure? This is not for the gentlemen of the aristocratic family, but for What the common people say from the bottom of their hearts! Listen to me, listen to me. There is no fighting but no heartfelt communication. I regret it, old man..."

He was inexplicably stunned by the number of people. The previous man was very unwilling, but he didn't expect his old man to burst into tears all of a sudden, which made him panic.

Except for this episode, everyone else's words of exclamation and praise reached the ears of Chen Bian and Chen Xun. The two looked at each other, let out a long sigh of relief, and then sat down.

In the court, I heard a swordsman reciting the last line of a poem about quitting gambling——

"...The young and old have worked hard, and unfortunately the whole family has suffered."

After finishing the sentence, the swordsman looked at the poem and was speechless for a long time.

Not only him, Yang Yong in the high seat, Chen Yuan in the back hall, and the people outside the hall also suddenly fell silent.

Even Liu Yang, who had read this poem a long time ago, had a different feeling when he listened to it again, combined with the solemn courtroom and the clear voice of the swordsman and penman.

Suddenly, the crowd outside the hall seemed to explode.

"Gambling hurts people!"

"Who are these people who run gambling houses?"

"If you harm others, come and sue the officials!"

Everything has a meaning, and if you are willing to gamble, you should admit defeat. However, once the public's emotions are aroused, they are in a group, heckle, follow the crowd, and even instinctively. They will not think rationally at all, but will only express the simplest emotions. They are not that kind. Emotions of varying degrees, under mutual imitation and infection, will also transform into exaggerated situations.

They saw common people pointing at Bai Qing and others in the court, and they were all filled with indignation. If Zaoli hadn't stopped them, they might have already rushed over.

Thousands of people point to it!
In the courtroom, Bai Qing's face was as white as paper, and he was shaking like chaff. He listened to the curses, looked at the fingers, and the sound surged over, surrounding his ears. He then recalled the meaning of the poem and the fear of himself and others. In this situation, more and more associations were made, and I felt my head was in a daze, and I almost suspected that I was in a dream.

"This... this is not true."

A person who aspires to have a good family will be fine if he gets a lot of bad reviews among the people, but if his reputation is discredited in the court and is associated with cautionary poems, he can only become a rural bully, and he has no ability to stand up at all.

But what is the status of the Zhou family in Zhouchu?How can the Bai family compare with the four great families in the south of the Yangtze River faintly?
In fact, when he decided to take the gamble, Bai Qing felt that even in the worst case scenario, he could withstand the pressure. But only when he was actually in it did he understand the weight of the word "people's will"!

My willpower is not as high as I thought.

There was only a group of common people in front of the door, but the spread of this kind of thing was amazing, spreading from one to ten, and then to a hundred...

"It's over, it's over, my reputation is all over." His reputation was over, and instead, Chen Zhi turned around through his gambling cessation poems. He changed from a gambler in the past to a role model for quitting gambling!

With his hope dashed, Bai Qing seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He subconsciously took a few steps back before regaining his balance.

The scene in front of him made him realize that even if he won this public case, as long as his poems about quitting gambling continued, the Bai family would never be able to go any further.

As for how to quit gambling poetry?The people's mouth is better than the river. Even the royal family can't do it. Why does the Bai family have such delusions?
Didn’t you see that even Yang Yong’s expression changed?

"This...is this the poem you left in Qingyuan Village?" Yang Yong considered the words, and with his political sensitivity, he realized that as soon as this poem came out, the nature of the case changed. The reason is very simple - —

popularity!

It may seem unbelievable, but in the space of a poem, the offensive and defensive positions changed. The previously aggressive Bai Qing and his group were instantly put into a disadvantageous situation and lost their moral integrity.

Popularity is a vague thing, but the growth of the scale of the lottery can be clearly reflected.

"When I return to the county magistrate, this is the poem." Chen Zhi glanced at Bai Qing and others and saw that all the stall owners seemed to have lost their minds. "You have also seen it, county magistrate. This poem is very important to people who run gambling houses." What's the significance? Let me ask, after writing such a poem, they would give me the opportunity to set fire to it? I'm afraid that all the attention is on me, how can this be an oversight?"

"What can this calligraphy prove?" Chen Asan interrupted. Among Bai Qing and others, he was the only one who was still alive and well.

Chen Zhi took advantage of the situation and asked: "You said that I wrote this poem, then set it on fire in front of you, and then ran away with the book boy surrounded by twenty or thirty guards, is that right?" As he said that, he glanced at He glanced at Yang Yong.

Due to the change in the nature of the case, Yang Yong had to change his position no matter how reluctant he was. Now he was staring at Chen Asan, straightened his body, and truly acted like he was handling the case impartially.

"Not bad!" Chen Asan didn't realize it, but smiled proudly, "So, you have confessed?"

"not good!"

Bai Qing and others fell into a panic, but when they heard this, they tasted something wrong, but it was already too late to warn them!
"Joke!" Chen Zhi shook his head and stopped looking at Chen Asan, "County magistrate, please listen clearly. The testimonies of these people are completely nonsense. According to their statement, Shutong and I entered Qingyuan Village. I wrote this poem with everyone around me, and that was not enough. Then I set a fire, burned down a whole building, and then left in full view of everyone. Are all the people in the Bai family just losers? Can’t you catch me?”

"This," Chen Asan was stunned for a moment and turned to Bai Qing for help. What greeted him was Bai Qing's cannibalistic eyes.

Bai Qing regretted in his heart, how could he find such a loser to do errands!Is it possible that my reputation will be ruined and the lawsuit will be over?Completely fulfill Chen Zhi?

Outside the courtroom, the angry crowd also understood.

"Master Chen took a book boy with him, set fire to the scene and then ran away?"

"Are the entire Bai Qing Mansion full of wine and rice bags? Can't we catch them?"

"It doesn't make sense."

According to New Han law, there are mainly five types of evidence required by the government to judge a case.

The first is documentary evidence, which is a document that records and proves the circumstances of a case, and most of it is collected by the government.

The second type is physical evidence, which refers to objects and traces that are useful in proving the facts of the case.

The third type is witness testimony, the fourth type is the defendant's confession, and the fifth type is the victim's statement.

Three of the five types relied on personal statements. From this, it can be seen that in the New Han Dynasty, the presiding judge had to refer to the opinions of all parties. At this point, due to Chen Asan's unobtrusive speech, let The statements of Bai Qing and other "victims" turned to be favorable to Chen Zhi.

Bai Qing was already disheartened with her reputation ruined and her hopes cut off. But when she heard the discussion outside the courtroom, evil fire suddenly arose in her heart, and she wanted to strangle Chen Asan to death!

Yang Yong also frowned. In this situation, not only can I not beat Chen Zhi, but I also have to help him clear his grievances. Otherwise, if the matter spreads, others may say that he is a confused county magistrate who cannot understand logic. This is evil. Common people, their popularity has dropped, which is even more detrimental to the assessment!

Logic smoothness is a very important indicator in judging cases in this era.

In fact, there are two key points in this case. In addition to the poem about quitting gambling, the second one is the existence of the book boy.

If Chen Zhi was the only one, others would think there was something hidden, maybe there was help from the Chen family, but he brought the book boy with him, and Bai Qing, Chen Asan and others also mentioned the book boy when describing the case.

Now that the whole thing is taken through, it seems ridiculous.

After thinking about it, Yang Yong was reserved for a moment, nodded reluctantly, looked at Bai Qing and others, and asked coldly: "Do you have anything to defend?" These people put him in a disadvantageous situation, and of course he didn't look good on it. them.

Bai Qing trembled again. He was already devastated. If he lost the lawsuit, he would really be doomed. What's more, there was the Chen family watching covetously from behind.

But in an instant, how could he think of a countermeasure?

It was Chen Asan who took the initiative and said in a loud voice: "Mr. County Magistrate, your words are unfounded. So many of us have identified him as Chen Zhi. We can't just ignore everything just by his mouth. You just said that there is no evidence." What about partiality? Isn’t this considered partiality?”

When Yang Yong heard this, his face showed anger, and the people outside the door also started shouting and cursing.

When Chen Asan saw it, he shrank his head again, and several stall owners looked at each other in confusion. Two of them were already showing signs of rebelling. They felt guilty with such a fool.

Bai Qing really wants to slap Chen Asan to death at this moment, can't you just say a few words?Let me slow down?
At this time, Chen Zhi took a step forward and said, "There is a witness who can prove that I was not present when Qingyuan Village was on fire."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qing's eyes darkened.

Do you have any witnesses?
　Thanks to "Immeasurable Great Freedom God", "283" and "Taomi Shui◎" for the rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)