Chapter 28: Litigation (2)

After hearing the whole story, Huang Sima became even more ruthless. An abandoned woman who was divorced by her husband's family was not pitiful enough. She was not a coincidence, and it would be fine if she didn't miss the old relationship between the couple, but she had to go up to argue with a woman. It was really cold. Then she saw that the woman's brother was not a good man, so she should go back to the county seat at night. If there was something to do, it was also a good dish in the hometown. The scope of the spread was smaller. Is it a good thing for a scholar to go to the yamen to sue?

Thinking of this, when Huang Sima was about to enter the side door of Xiangcheng County Government, he saw a man walking towards him, wearing a Taoist robe and looking very familiar.

During the Tang Dynasty, the clothes were relatively open. Because Taoist clothes were comfortable and casual, many officials and literati and officials also bought several clothes, and used them as home clothes for regular clothes during daily business. Therefore, the Taoist clothes were not necessarily Taoist priests.

After Huang Sima saw the man's appearance clearly, she immediately smiled and greeted him, "I heard the dog come back yesterday and say that Lord Fang had never gone to Xianshan. I was still wondering if the adults were feeling unwell. I was about to wait for the scattered yamen to go to the adults' private house to ask about it, but I didn't expect to meet him here. It's such a good way of fate."

"I was delayed yesterday." Fang Bieyou, who was in middle age, replied casually and asked with interest: "Sima's son is the one who has the surname Huang, oh! It's him. The song "Climbing Mount Xian" by the young master of your family yesterday has been read yesterday. It is really a rare and excellent work. If Mr. Huang has such a son, he must be the best, which is a happy congratulation."

It was too late when the Changsu arrived at the state yamen yesterday. Zhang Qiyu had handed over all the manuscripts to Fang Biejia. Although he had made some preparations, Huang Sima still didn't want to say more about this topic. After arguing, he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Today, there is a rare official document sent by each of the officials. I went out to the market while idle. I happened to hear people say that there was an abandoned wife complaining to her husband in the county yamen. Isn't it that I will come to watch the fun. There are too many people in the county yamen, so I have to go to this side door. Why did Lord Huang come?"

Fang Biejia said casually, but Huang Sima didn't really believe that he was idle and had nothing to do and wandered around the streets. Now no one in the state government knows that the new Lord Fang was demoted from the Censorate. Although he was a demoted, no one dared to really underestimate him. After all, this person was demoted from the position of Chief Censor.

The Tang Dynasty Censorate had three parts: Taiyuan, Palace and Censorate. The number one figure in the Censorate was a Censorate, and in addition to this was the two Censors. As one of the three giants of the Censorate, this Lord Fang was a well-deserved leader of the censor. Before being demoted, this Fang Zhongcheng was the chief inspector, and the main task of the Censorate was to send the Censor to tour the world to supervise the military and civil affairs of various Daozhou states.

The most feared thing that the local officials of the Tang Dynasty, besides their immediate superiors, are these elusive censors who have the authority to be invincible. Now that the head of the surveillance censors has arrived at the Xiangzhou Prefecture Office, although they have been demoted, who dares not be afraid of him?

Not to mention that the reason why this person was demoted was because he offended Wu Sansi to death with a bullet chapter. Who is Wu Sansi? That is the nephew of the Holy Emperor today. Everyone in the world knows that in addition to Wu Chengsi, the former queen of the Dragon Emperor Wu Zetian likes the most is this nephew who was named King Liang. When the Wu clan is cooking fire, he offended Wu Sansi to death but was safe and sound, and was demoted to Xiangzhou to serve as a Biejia. This itself shows that Fang Biejia also has a hard foundation in the court.

Although they are all demoted, the emphasis is too great. In the past, ten out of ten people who offended Wu Sansi were demoted to Lingnan or even Jiaozhi County. Such derogatory practices are actually no different from beheading the head of Xia Dali Temple. They just replace the knife of killing with a kind of incompatibility with the miasma. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all officials who were demoted to Lingnan were eventually born back to the Central Plains.

Because of this background, Fang Biejia was a banished official, but he was full of aura in the Xiangzhou Prefecture. The Jin Governor, who had always pursued "ruling inaction" even avoided his edge. Now, the major affairs in the state were all decided by this Lord Fang, who had just handed over the documents.

As for his leisurely walking in the city in his regular clothes today, it was just a matter of the censors' old problems. How could he really be wandering around?

Fang Biezhu was in person, and Huang Sima hidden his relationship with the person in the case. "As the adults said, the fact that the abandoned wife complained to her ex-husband was rare. It just so happened that I was leisurely there today, so I came to see the fun."

Upon hearing this, Fang Biejia laughed, "Even you and I can't help but come to join in the fun, no wonder the front door of the county government is incomplete. Regardless of the case, it is worthy of praise for this abandoned woman who has this courage. Let's go in and take a look."

In fact, it was not only the Tang Dynasty, but also the ordinary people in the entire dynasty era had a resistant attitude towards going to the yamen to sue. As the saying goes, "Don't sue the official to death, and starve to death and never be a thief." If it weren't for the end of the journey, the ancients were unwilling to go to the yamen. Among them, two types of people were the most resistant. One was scholars, who always boasted of being innocent, and it was extremely embarrassing to go to the yamen to sue in public. It was extremely embarrassing and corrupting the family style. Therefore, scholars in ancient times often liked to boast about not entering the public. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a clear record in "The Scholars".

Because of this custom, scholars who sued others in ancient times also had a very low status and were always called "skeletons". In almost all literary works, such people must be villains whenever they appear, and they are the kind of people who hate gods and ghosts. They are not as glamorous as lawyers in later generations.

Another type is women. A woman who takes the initiative to sue an official is almost like tearing off her face. Their killing of personal reputation is almost devastating. Therefore, such things are extremely rare. Once they appear, they can immediately cause a sensation and attract countless people to watch the excitement.

During the Tang Dynasty, local yamen usually tried cases and the people could not help but observe them. The number of cases that the Xiangzhou County Yamen had to be tried in a year, but there were very limited people to watch. Today, the reason for the situation of crowds of viewers was blocked. The reason was that this was not only the woman sued her ex-husband, but also the brother who accompanied the woman to the yamen was a scholar.

Identity is sensitive and full of hot spots, so it is hard not to be lively or not.

When Fang Biejia and Huang Sima arrived, the two yamen runners had just finished scheduling with water and fire sticks in hand, but they had not yet officially promoted to the hall. County Magistrate Xu, wearing bright official uniforms, was looking at the confession, and somehow he looked a little trance. At this time, he heard that the Biejia and Lord Sima came together and hurriedly walked around the screen wall behind the court to greet him.

This is not the time to exchange greetings and talk. After the two parties met, the county magistrate Xu ordered a seat for the two great people in the corner of the court to review it, and then went to the hall to return to the court.

Looking at Fang Biejia and Huang Sima who were sitting on the side watching, and then looking at the huge crowd outside the court. County Magistrate Xu, who had never encountered such a hot scene since he took over as the First County of Xiangzhou, was a little nervous.

After taking two deep breaths and coughing gently, County Magistrate Xu picked up the heavy black and shiny gavel and slapped it and "strike it" and "strike it".

The two yamen runners responded like thunder, and the hall was silent suddenly. The majestic and solemn voice of the county magistrate Xu said slowly: "Take the civilian wife Tang Yuan and his brother to the hall."

A moment later, a young lady and a 16 or 17-year-old boy slowly walked into the hall accompanied by two tolerances.

The little lady's face was pale, and her body couldn't help but tremble. After walking for less than three steps, she turned her head and glanced at the brother beside her. It seemed that she wouldn't even walk without this brother. Apart from looking at her own brother, the little lady didn't even dare to raise her head. Her timid look really makes people feel pitiful when she looked at her.

However, the brother who was with her was an alien. He had to do something wrong with the yamen. In addition to those rascals, no matter who, no matter who he is the plaintiff or the defendant, he always lowers his head whenever he goes to court, or even walks with his sleeves and faces. The boy in front of him is obviously a scholar wearing a Confucian uniform. Not only did he not hide his face, but he walked leisurely, with a high spirit. From time to time, he also smiled at the people who were looking at the fence.

That expression and demeanor are truly in line with the four words - righteousness and brightness!
Chapter completed!