Vol 3 Chapter 60: trial
Hearing Fu Mingrui's His Highness the Crown Prince, the one who didn't recognize him knew that this was the just and strict Crown Prince according to the rumors. Ma Yun's case earned Duanmu Qingchen a good reputation.
The people outside hurriedly knelt down.
"Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose—"
The villagers of Baijia Village were so frightened that their legs went limp, one by one, they slid off their seats and knelt down in the hall, as if at this moment, they were all criminals who had murdered Yu Pingting and came to stand trial.
When Wang Cuihua and the woman heard that it was the prince, they were so frightened that they lay down in front of Duanmu Qingchen. Baijiacun became "famous" in the capital because of Yu Pingting.
Duanmu Qingchen looked at Fu Mingrui, and Fu Mingrui had a sullen face: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words!"
Duanmu Qingchen suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he was impulsive. But the words have been spoken, his prince doesn't want to lose face? He rolled his eyes and looked at the yacha: "Use the back of the knife, give my highness a few slashes at her!"
Fu Mingrui was taken aback, how could he be so abducted?
Yacha is also a little confused, can he still play like this?
But who would dare to disobey the prince's words?
The two servants came to the mother-in-law, and pulled out their bright knives.
Duanmu Qingchen pointed at the two wives angrily: "Chop them together!"
"Yes!"
After Duanmu Qingchen finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and returned to his original position. Lian Youyou, who was beside him, gave him a thumbs up. Duanmu Qingchen looked at that thumb, and felt elated again.
Wang Cuihua and the woman trembled in fright.
Two yamen servants raised their knives and dropped them! The back of the knife cut directly on the necks of the two women!
Immediately, the woman who was clamoring for money from Wang Cuihua fainted immediately!
Wang Cuihua was also paralyzed from fright, her whole body was trembling, her mind went blank, she was so frightened that Sanhun lost her courage.
Fu Mingrui slapped the gavel and looked around the crowd: "His Royal Highness is right, abandoning a baby is tantamount to murder! Giving a needle to a baby girl and abusing a daughter-in-law are tantamount to harming others! Both are illegal! From now on, anyone who encounters the above can report to the officials! Those who hurt others by abandoning babies will be punished!" Fu Mingrui's loud voice echoed under the upright plaque.
The villagers of Baijia Village were all cowering, the faces of the daughters-in-law showed resentment, and some mother-in-laws who abused their daughter-in-law all looked pale.
Fu Mingrui gave the kneeling villagers of Baijia Village a cold look, and continued to say in a deep voice, "Although Chen Jinhua is dead, his crime is unforgivable! My judge pronounced that Chen Jinhua committed the crime of intentional injury by injuring her granddaughter! Cutting off Yu Pingting's body was a crime of mutilation." Corpse crime! Beating and scolding Yu Pingting for the crime of slander and abuse, multiple crimes and punishment, one hundred corpses!"
The villagers of Baijia Village were frightened and paralyzed to the ground immediately! Lips are pale!
It is said that this is the corpse of Chen Jinhua, why are the living people so afraid?
This is also due to the custom's emphasis on corpses. Folks believe that the body is as important as the soul, and if the body is damaged, there is no way to reincarnate completely. Even if it is missing arms and legs, it will become missing arms and legs after reincarnation.
Taking advantage of this, Fu Mingrui decided to kill the chickens to make an example of others!
Moreover, in the laws and regulations of the Qian Dynasty, there is really a penalty of flogging the corpse, so it is not an exaggeration to use it here.
Sometimes, unreasonable people reason with him, like a chicken talking to a duck. Even though the previous statement of the entire case made the sensible person feel heavy, but the unreasonable still felt that he had done nothing wrong. For example, the greedy woman who abandoned the baby girl and asked Wang Cuihua for money.
Therefore, it is better to use the same way to treat the other body to be effective. When a living person punishes a crime, others will at most watch it. But the punishment of the dead will really leave a shadow in the heart of the living, and awe of the law will arise. The people can only abide by the law if they respect and fear the law.
Fu Mingrui continued to pronounce the sentence: "Bai Youcai committed the crime of molesting his daughter-in-law and should be castrated!"
Due to the influence of Legalists, the Qian Dynasty ruled the country with strict laws. Those who steal will have their fingers chopped off, and those who commit adultery will be castrated.
Fu Mingrui slashed and killed the chicken, frightening the monkeys watching the play.
"it is good!"
"Master Fu gave a good sentence!"
"Master Fu is wise—"
There were shouts outside, and the crowd was excited.
Fu Mingrui patted the gavel again: "Wang Cuihua confuses the public with her demonic words, deceives people's hearts, her supernatural powers are false, and defrauding people of money is true! And she is guilty of the felony of child trafficking! Execute after autumn!"
"Ah—" Wang Cuihua yelled in fright, and fainted on the spot.
Perhaps when she was selling girls, she didn't know that child trafficking in Qian Dynasty was a capital offense.
Maybe when she was an abandoned baby, she was really, a pure, kind and good person.
Maybe if she can know how to resist when her master beats and abuses her, instead of thinking that she can beat and abuse her apprentice in the future, then she will still be a good person...
There is no inherent evil, only the moment your heart succumbs to evil, you become evil.
Evil can be transmitted from one person to another like an infectious disease.
Fu Mingrui sent an order: "Bring up the two girls from Wang Cuihua's family!"
"Yes!"
The two girls were nervous and shivering as they were brought into the lobby, still confused and terrified of everything in front of them. The little one hugged the big one tightly and hid in her arms.
The older one cringed and hugged the younger one tightly, only to see Wang Cuihua fainted in the lobby.
When Fu Mingrui looked at them, his expression softened: "Do you know where you are from?"
The little girl didn't dare to speak, and still hid behind the big one.
The older girl nodded boldly: "I was picked up by my master from Xishan..."
Fu Mingrui nodded, and looked deeply at the villagers of Baijia Village: "Do any of you know these two children?!" Fu Mingrui was giving these villagers a chance to redeem their sins, or, in his heart, he still believed that tiger poison Non-eating. He still has a little hope for Baijiacun.
"Huniu! It's my Huniu!" Suddenly, a woman rushed out, frightening the little girl to hide behind the older one.
The woman burst into tears immediately: "I'm sorry... Hu Niu, mother didn't protect you well and let them throw you away... You, you were too sick at that time... My Hu Niu... my Hu Niu...it's Mother Ah, take a good look, it's mother... You, you, you have a birthmark on your butt, don't you?"
The little girl froze.
The older girl burst into tears, pulled the little girl out, stroked her head, and encouraged her to find her mother.
The little girl moved forward timidly, and the woman rushed over and hugged the little girl, crying loudly.
The big girl looked at Huniu who had found her mother, and wept with envy.
Fu Mingrui looked at her fondly: "What impression do you have?"
The big girl shook her head, she is already fifteen years old, who can remember what happened fifteen years ago?
Fu Mingrui looked at Baijia Village, and the villagers of Baijia Village were extremely afraid of Mingrui's gaze.
Although Fu Mingrui has a handsome appearance, he usually looks like a gentle, refined and handsome man. But as soon as he put on the government office and was sitting in court, the majesty exuded from him had already overshadowed his handsome appearance, making people daunting.