Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 295 Too Thin 1 Point

Chapter 295 is a bit too detailed

Li Guozhong and the others predicted in advance that Zhang Fei would definitely come to argue with them on the legal principle of the violation, that is, the accident caused by the street invasion, how should the responsibility be divided.

This is the crux of the case, and it is what everyone is most concerned about, but fortunately, the imperial court does not have specific regulations on this point.

In the absence of regulations, cases become critical.

Therefore, they asked Gu Ji to find someone to transfer many cases from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment for analysis.

Prepare for a long speech, and discuss it with Zhang Fei.

It's exciting to think about it.

Because no matter who wins, it is of great reference value and may enter the history books.

But I never thought that Zhang Fei would look for witnesses when he came up, and he would not argue with them at all.

Wang Anshi stroked his beard and said, "Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

Sima Guang on the side remained silent.

He knew that Wang Anshi guessed right.

But judging from Zhang Fei's current actions, he seems to want to take responsibility for the traffic accident, otherwise, you don't need to pass on witnesses.

If that's the case, Gu Ji and them are all easy.

Because what they are afraid of is this street invasion.

I saw a young man dressed as a bartender coming to the court. Now the Department of Records also has a witness stand, but the grade is not as good as that of Kaifeng Mansion. It is just a round stool. Many witnesses don’t like to sit on it. They think that sitting on it will make them look like a prisoner .

Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Liu Tong, what are you doing?"

Liu Tong replied, "I'm the bartender at the Ramadan Building."

"Is it the Ramadan Building opposite the Spring Breeze in Shili Lane?"

"Yes."

"Do you still remember, on the eighteenth day of this month, what are you doing at around two quarters in the morning?"

"remember."

Liu Tong nodded: "At that time, I just finished my work in the store, so I sat at the door to rest."

Zhang Fei asked, "What happened on the street at that time?"

Liu Tongdao: "At that time, a carriage broke into the shed outside of Chunfeng Shili on the opposite side."

"Can you tell me specifically what happened at the time?"

"At that time, well, I first saw a carriage from the south heading towards the south gate of Xiangguo Temple. When I passed the corner, there was also a carriage coming from the west. In fact, it seemed impossible to me at that time. It was the west gate. The horse in the carriage in front was frightened, so it crashed under the shed in the spring breeze."

Liu Tong said vividly while recalling.

There is no fear in my heart, but I am very excited. This is also because Zhang Fei brings a lot of appreciation, which makes the people feel excited about going to court to testify.

After hearing this, Li Guozhong immediately whispered something into Li Lei's ear.

Li Lei nodded: "I see."

Zhang Fei continued, "I don't know if the carriage coming from the south will be fast."

"It's not very fast." Liu Tong shook his head and said, "There are quite a few people at that intersection, whoever dares to drive fast will die."

"Is there a bell?"

"Yes! The bell rings all the time."

"The carriage from the west has a bell."

"I didn't hear that, because there were a lot of people and it was quite noisy, and there was the sound of horse bells here, so I didn't pay attention."

"Then can you see the carriage coming from the west, is it fast or slow?"

"When I saw it, the carriage was already out of control, but it shouldn't be very fast, otherwise, it would have crashed directly. Anyway, I thought that if the horse hadn't been frightened at that time, it would definitely not have crashed."

"is it?"

Zhang Fei picked up a document on the table and took a closer look, "According to the results of the experiment at the police station, standing at your seat at that time, you could actually see the carriage coming from the west clearly, didn't you Didn't pay attention?"

"Yes!"

Liu Tong scratched his head, wondering: "Actually, I should be able to see it, but why didn't I see it?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Don't worry, think slowly."

Liu Tong thought about it carefully, then suddenly raised his hand, shaking his fingers, "I, I remembered, it's because there are many embroidery hanging under the shed in the spring breeze, blocking it, so I can't see it."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you think the carriage from the south can see the carriage from the west?"

"I object."

Li Lei immediately stood up.

Zhang Fei turned to Lu Jia and asked, "The Police Department has done experiments on this. If there are many embroideries hanging on the north side of the shed, neither side can see the opposite side at all."

After all, he sat down.

Li Lei took advantage of the situation and asked, "Liu Tong, how long have you been working in the Ramadan Building?"

Liu Tong replied, "About three or four years."

Li Lei said: "As far as you know, do accidents like this happen often?"

Tong Liu: "This is the worst I've ever seen, but usually...!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Lei continued to ask: "Just now you said that based on your judgment, it must not be hit. Did it hit the horse in the carriage to the west because it was frightened and out of control?"

Liu Tong nodded.

Li Lei said: "Why do you say that the horse was frightened and out of control?"

Liu Tongdao: "Because I heard that horse neighing at that time."

Li Lei asked again: "Then can you guarantee that the horse lost control, and not because of improper driving?"

Liu Tong quickly shook his head and said, "Then I can't guarantee that."

"I'm done asking."

"You said just now that this accident was the worst you have ever seen, which means you may have seen it more than once?" Zhang Fei got up and asked.

Liu Tong nodded and said, "It is true that there are often accidents at that street corner, but most of them are bumps and bumps. This is the first time I have seen this kind of situation."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then you must still remember the scene at that time?"

Liu Tong nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "I have three paintings here, can you identify which one is what happened at that time?"

The surrounding officials, even Li Guozhong and others, were stunned.

Also. Can you still play like this?

Take the painting to testify, which has never appeared before.

Li Lei asked Lu Jia directly, "Lu Silu, is this allowed?"

Lu Jiawen had never encountered it before, thought for a while, and then said: "Paintings are the same as words, there is nothing wrong with that."

Li Lei sat down helplessly.

Fei Ming wondered, "Why does this kid have so many evil ideas?"

Li Guozhong said: "This is the scariest thing about him, no one knows how many tricks he has hidden."

Su Shi, who stood watching from the side, murmured to himself: "Could this be his so-called skill?"

Fan Chunren heard the truth, and said: "But what can this prove?"

Su Shi was also at a loss: "Yes! What can this painting prove?"

After getting permission from Lu Jiawen, Qiu Zhengwen stood up, walked over with three paintings, and showed them to Liu Tong one by one.

After reading it, Liu Tong said firmly, "The second picture."

Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Do you mean the one marked with the symbol 2?"

Liu Tongzhi nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I know this symbol."

Nowadays, Arabic numerals, along with license plates, are quickly known to everyone, and even those who are illiterate can recognize this symbol.

Qiu Zhengwen immediately presented all three paintings to Lu Jiawen.

Lu Jia asked and looked at Zhang Fei inexplicably after watching it. What does this mean?

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I'll explain later. I'm done asking."

Then he sat down.

Li Lei stood up and said, "I beg Lu Si to record the suspect and patrolman Xie Hui to come to court."

"Pass on to Xie Hui."

After a while, Xie Hui came to the hall, and after saluting one by one, he sat on the suspect's seat. Since the Kaifeng Mansion was on the left and the right, the Secretary of Records followed suit, for better distinction.

Li Lei stood up and said, "Xie Hui, can you tell us the specific circumstances of the crime?"

Xie Hui said: "I remember that day I was ordered to transport a batch of green paint from Xiangguo Temple to the police station. When I entered the intersection of Xiu Lane, a carriage suddenly drove out from the south, which frightened my horse. I have worked hard to adjust. , but still crashed."

Li Lei asked, "Were you fast?"

"Not fast. It's just normal."

"Did you hear the horse bells from the south?"

"No. If there were, I'd stop."

"How can you not hear it at such a close distance?"

"The street was very noisy at that time, I really didn't hear it."

"I heard that the police station is very busy because of the license plates, so you have to be busy until late every day before you rest?"

"Yes."

"How long have you not rested?"

"It's almost half a month."

"Have you ever had a day off?"

"No."

"Could it be because you were too tired to hear it?"

"No, I knew the day before that I was going to deliver goods to Xiangguo Temple early this morning, so I went to bed early."

"Who can prove it?"

"I've been sleeping in the school yard these days, can many people prove it?"

"However, I have also asked many patrolmen. They are also like you. Although they fall asleep after being busy every day, they still feel tired."

"I'm sure I'm tired from working every day, but I can't even hear the bell."

"But you just denied it again?"

"I."

"I'm done asking."

Without giving Xie Hui a chance to answer, he sat down.

Zhang Fei stood up and said, "Xie Hui, how many years have you been driving?"

Xie Hui said, "Eight years."

"I wonder how your driving skills are?"

Xie Hui replied, "It's okay."

"Multi-line?"

"Uh."

Xie Hui looked a little shy.

Zhang Fei turned to ask: "Is there anyone in the police station with better driving skills than you?"

"Probably not. Almost."

"Is there any proof?"

"The last time our police station conducted a special assessment on driving and riding skills, I was No.1 in driving."

"You have been driving for eight years, have you ever encountered a situation where a horse was frightened?"

"Yes."

"Has there been an accident?"

"No."

Xie Hui said confidently: "Actually, horses are often frightened, but I can usually adjust to it."

"Why didn't you adjust it this time?"

"That's because there is a small ditch next to the shed. At that time, the right wheel fell into the ditch and broke into the shed. Without that small ditch, I could have avoided it."

"I'm done asking."

Zhang Fei sat down.

Lu Jiawen looked at Li Lei again.

Li Lei shook his head, saying that he didn't ask.

Zhang Fei said again: "I beg Lu Si to record the biography of the witnesses, Double Happiness."

I saw a young man in a blue hat come to the hall.

Zhang Fei asked as usual: "Shuangxi, do you still remember what you were doing around [-]:[-] am on the [-]th of this month?"

Shuangxi replied: "At that time, my master ordered me to go to the Ramadan Building to get some Vegetarian food."

Zhang Fei said: "Are you on your way to the Ramadan Building?"

"Yes."

"Then what did you see?"

"At that time, I saw a patrolman driving a carriage towards Xiu Lane, and then a carriage ran out from the south, and the patrolman drove the carriage into a nearby shed."

"Is the patrolman's carriage fast?"

"Not fast."

"Then you could hear the horse bell coming from the opposite side?"

"No."

Double Happiness shook her head.

Zhang Fei asked: "Such a short distance, shouldn't you be unable to hear it!"

Shuangxi thought for a while, "I remembered, there was a cake seller shouting at the side, and the bell of the policeman's carriage was also ringing, so I didn't hear the bell from the other side."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "I'm done asking."

Lu Jiawen looked at Li Lei again.

Li Lei shook his head, saying that he had nothing to ask.

But Fei Ming behind him murmured: "Strange! The questions he asked have nothing to do with the street invasion. Could it be that he just shot a feint and the purpose is to let everyone know. Can't blame the police for this matter?"

Li Guozhong nodded and said: "It's possible, he used to do this a lot before, and find a reason to go to court."

Zhang Fei summoned another witness named Kang Wen.

After some inquiries as usual, Zhang Fei asked again: "Speaking of now, did you witness the whole incident?"

"Yes."

"Then do you remember how the carriage broke into the shed at that time?"

"Should remember."

"I have three paintings here, you can identify them."

After Lu Jia asked, he picked up the paintings on the table, and when he was about to hand them over, Qiu Zhengwen stood up first and took out three more paintings.

Everyone was stunned.

What is this for?

Do I need to prepare so many paintings for the same thing?

Li Guozhong began to sweat a little, "You have to pay attention, there must be a mystery in this painting."

Although Li Lei nodded his head, he didn't know what to do. He had never encountered this trick before.

"The third picture."

Kang Wen quickly gave a judgment.

Qiu Zhengwen asked again: "Are there any paintings marked with the symbol 3?"

"Yes."

Qiu Zhengwen handed the three paintings to Lu Jiawen.

Lu Jiawen hurriedly took a look, but became even more confused.

Li Lei said that there is still nothing to ask. This Kang Wen said exactly the same as Liu Tong, there is no difference.

Zhang Fei summoned another eyewitness, and then took out three paintings for the other party to identify. After the other party had identified them, they handed them to Lu Jia for questioning.

But because Qiu Zhengwen only showed it to the witnesses and Lu Jiawen, the others couldn't see those paintings, so they were very curious.

Are they looking at the same painting, and if so, why are there so many of them?

What is this trick?

Zhang Fei didn't pretend to be profound this time, and soon revealed the answer. He asked Lu Jia, "Excuse me, Lu Silu, have you seen the paintings they confirmed?"

"I've seen them all."

Lu Jiawen was also very knowledgeable, and directly showed the three paintings to everyone.

After reading it, everyone was even more curious.

These three paintings actually depict the scene of the overturned car from different angles.

What's the point?

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "I believe that Lu Silu is also very curious, why I prepared nine paintings to ask the same thing."

Lu Jiawen nodded and said, "I'm really curious, what's the point?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because I just want to prove one thing, that is, the carriage did not break into the shed directly at that time, but because the right wheel fell into the ditch and rolled over."

Lu Jia asked again, "What does this mean?"

Zhang Fei said: "This is enough to show that if there is no such ditch, this accident can be avoided."

Li Guozhong was startled, and immediately asked: "What's the mystery of the ditch?"

Fei Ming spread his hands together: "I don't know either."

Li Guozhong asked anxiously, "Didn't you check?"

Fei Ming said: "I'm just going to investigate the spring breeze's invasion of the street. I'm going to investigate that small ditch."

"It's over!"

Li Guozhong said: "There must be a problem with this ditch."

Lu Jiawen looked at the painting again, and said, "Even so, what can it explain?"

"I still have two paintings here."

Zhang Fei turned his head, and saw Qiu Zhengwen brought three Er brushes, took out two scrolls, came to the middle of the hall, and unfolded the scrolls.

Xu Zhiqian covered her face with her hands.

Last time it was an article, this time it was a painting, and the people next to her, who are not famous in the literary world, can draw better than her with their eyes closed. This is really a shame.

But at this moment, no one pays attention to these, all their attention is on the content of the painting.

Zhang Fei came to the painting, "The painting on the left is the scene of this street intersection five years ago based on the memories of a dozen witnesses I found from Xiangguo Temple and Xiuxiang. The one on the right is is present.

You can clearly see that five years ago, the ditch at the intersection was twice as wide and deeper as it is today, and there are guardrails on the side.The reason for this is that someone is afraid of accidentally falling into the ditch.

But at that time, the street entrance was very wide and could be seen at a glance, and there were also guardrails, so no one or a carriage fell into the ditch.

But today's streets, I believe you can know without looking at the paintings, are very narrow and congested.And all this was caused by Chunfeng Shili's intrusion into the street.If Spring Breeze Ten Miles wants to expand the storefront, it must fill in the previous ditch, but this ditch is also the ditch for the drainage of the entire embroidery alley, so it cannot be done without.

So Chunfeng Shili changed the route of the ditch without authorization, but in order to save costs, the width and height of the ditch were far less than before, and no guardrails were set up to give warnings.In addition, before the shed, if you came from the west, you could see the ditch, but because the shed covered part of the ditch, if you didn't pay attention, you couldn't see it at the corner of the street.

The traffic laws and regulations of our dynasty are almost all inherited from the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty", but during the Xianping period, a special regulation for traffic roads was added. "

When he was speaking, he had already walked to his desk, and just picked up a copy, but Lu Jia asked first and said: "I remember this, it is about digging ditches, wells, and even digging a mud pit in the city. Guardrails, so as not to hurt people's lives, otherwise, if an accident occurs, the head of the household will bear full responsibility."

Zhang Fei put down the Chinese document in his hand again, nodded and said: "It is exactly this, but in fact there is another sentence at the end, if it causes injury or even death, the head of the household will still have to bear the compensation. This is to ensure that accidents are not prone to occur build ditches and wells.”

"That's right, that's what it means." Lu Jia asked and nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "In this case, Chunfeng Shili not only changed the route of the ditch without authorization because of the street intrusion, but also did not install new guardrails when the original guardrails were demolished, and later built a shed to cover part of it. He cultivated it very narrowly and shallowly, but the accident happened because of it, according to this law, Chunfeng Shili must bear full responsibility."

During Zhang Fei's lengthy argumentation, Xu Zhiqian kept staring at Li Guozhong, Li Lei and others who were opposite, because when she helped Zhang Fei prepare, she never thought that Zhang Fei would make a big fuss about this ditch.

The flags and drums on the opposite side have died down, and the face is as dead ashes.

You played it too carefully.

Their main investigation was street trespassing, and their eyes were all focused on the house and the shed. They never thought that Zhang Fei would put all the blame on that inconspicuous small ditch based on the gesture of the carriage entering the shed.

(End of this chapter)