Chapter 311 Who in the hall dares to sue me?
A thick white cloud in the sky blocked the sun and cast a refreshing shadow. Even the open space of the Zhushen Division's military camp was still crowded with tens of thousands of Tianjing people watching, not to mention the people outside the Zhushen Division who were also watching. It was a real sea of ​​people, and only grand festivals could see such a scene.

Zhou Tieyi picked up the case summaries submitted by Wu Qian, one was about the lawsuit filed by Li Jianhu and three other people, and the other was about the arrest by the Tangzhou Prefecture's Pacification Office.

The two are interrelated and inseparable.

Because this case is special, Li Jianhu and other two are both plaintiffs and suspects.

Zhou Tieyi briefly examined the case and knocked on the official wooden handle, "Come here, bring Li Jianhu and the other two forward."

Compared to two days ago, during the past two days, Li Jianhu and the other two followed Zhou Tieyi and not only were they not tortured, but they followed Zhou Tieyi through various departments in Tianjing and saw what Zhou Tieyi was doing every day.

The more they saw, the more depressed they became.

No matter they were common people, low-level officials, or even great figures from the various schools of thought, when they learned that the three of them were the ones who brought the lawsuit, they all looked at the three of them with anger, ridicule, or contempt.

Amid so many eyes, even Li Jianhu himself was doubting whether his coming to Tianjing to file a complaint was wrong from the beginning.

If only one or two officials were in collusion with Zhou Tieyi, Li Jianhu could hold his head high with pride even if he died unjustly.

But this was not the case, and the scene was completely different from what he had imagined.

The changes in the past few months have made him no longer the boy who had never seen the world in the mine.

Whether it was Cui Yu and Mo Tianheng's personal instruction, or Zhou Tieyi's heartfelt teaching in the past two days.

Li Jianhu, who had a little conscience and reason, had to admit that what Zhou Tieyi did was a real matter of family and country.

Is it worth suing a capable minister like Zhou Tieyi and letting him be attacked by political enemies just because of his father's funeral money of several dozen taels of silver?
For a moment, not only Li Jianhu, but also Cui Yu himself fell into deep thought.

As soon as Li Jianhu and his two companions appeared, the people naturally became agitated. Just as someone was about to start cursing, Zhou Tieyi knocked on the official wooden stick again and shouted, "Silence!"

The energy and blood gathered behind him to form a huge five-colored Qilin. The Qilin raised its head, and its invisible pressure temporarily calmed the restless people.

Li Jianhu was brought to the center of the venue. He could feel the contempt of the ordinary people around him.

As the son of a miner, he could totally relate to this.

But the more this happened, the more aggrieved and self-doubting he felt.

Cui Wanxia and Deng Zhenquan sighed when they saw Li Jianhu's performance.

The situation they were most worried about happened.

Not only did the jurors stand on Zhou Tieyi's side, but even the people who sued Zhou Tieyi seemed to be standing on his side.

What's more serious is that they knew that Li Jianhu and Cui Yu practiced righteousness, so they also knew that Zhou Tieyi did not use inducement or coercion, nor did he use magic to deceive, but just spoke the facts and reason.

This used to be what the Confucians liked to do most, but now it is the most difficult thing to do.

Zhou Tieyi looked at Li Jianhu, who was deep in thought and had fallen into self-doubt, and said with a smile, "Who are you here, and why are you suing me?"

This question surprised Li Jianhu, Cui Wanxia, ​​Deng Zhenquan, and the people watching around.

Although this statement has appeared in countless operas and novels.

But everyone knows that any official with a bit of sophistication would not ask questions like this.

Because this will make yourself suspected of being guilty, and it will also lead to a problem, which is the recusation system.

Even in ancient times, everyone knew that one should help relatives rather than others.

Therefore, the presiding official should not only avoid the case, but also avoid the case even if he is from the same clan or within the five degrees of mourning.

There were so many officials in the Golden Palace, and the Queen Mother spoke for Zhou Tieyi. What was her purpose?
First determine that Li Jianhu and the other two are guilty!
If they are guilty, then the three of them will be guilty of a heinous crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of their clan. In modern times, this would be equivalent to depriving them of all rights, including the right to sue.

The things they sued could easily be deemed as groundless accusations, and the government might even refuse to accept the case.

This is why you cannot handle the incident, so first deal with the person who caused the incident.

From the perspective of procedural justice, the case is directly intercepted at a certain stage.

First, the plaintiffs are doubly unjust in terms of procedure and identity. Then, no matter how just their actions are, they will become unjust.

As for the matter of determining that Li Jianhu and the other two were the remnants of the evil god, Zhou Tieyi could certainly be the presiding judge, because he and Li Jianhu and the other two had no five-degree clan relationship.

Cui Wanxia and Deng Zhenquan had originally thought that the best outcome would be to first help Li Jianhu and the other two clear themselves of suspicion of being part of the evil spirits in the Huxin Academy case, and then in the process, implicate the Ning Wang Mansion, the inkstone accounts between the Ning Wang Mansion and the He family, convict the He family, and then arrest the He family at the local level. When the He family was tried, the inkstones that the He family gave to the Tiger Power Army would be implicated, and then the Tiger Power Army commander Zhou Qinlong would be implicated, and Zhou Tieyi would need to recuse himself. The cumbersome process and the complexity of each step could almost make the officials trying the case despair.

But now, with Zhou Tieyi's question, the whole situation has completely changed.

If we were to compare this to a game.

It was like going from ultimate hell mode to artificial insanity mode.

The one who has artificial mental retardation is Zhou Tieyi, the peerless jester in the court who can suppress the three officials!

This is totally wrong!
Something was so wrong that Cui Wanxia and Deng Zhenquan looked at each other and both wondered if they were under some kind of illusion.

Something was wrong, even though they knew Zhou Tieyi had revealed such a huge flaw, they were confused for a moment, not knowing whether they should seize this flaw and defeat Zhou Tieyi in one fell swoop.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Deng Zhenquan clenched his fists under his official uniform, tightened and loosened them, and stared at Li Jianhu, wondering which step had gone wrong. Should he immediately initiate the recusation procedure and ask Zhou Tieyi, the chief judge, to recuse himself after Li Jianhu's presentation of the "Moshi Case"?
Li Jianhu couldn't help but look at Cui Yu.

Before deciding to file a complaint with the emperor, Rujia must have simulated all the processes for Li Jianhu, including the possibility that he would be taken to the God-Slaying Division for torture.

But the result was completely beyond the Confucian deduction.

It is true that Zhou Tieyi did keep Li Jianhu by his side for two days, but during these two days, Li Jianhu ate well and studied well. In addition, the knowledge Zhou Tieyi taught him in two days was too advanced and eye-opening, making even a very smart person like Mr. Cui think over and over again and sigh late at night.

Li Jianhu had never experienced any other forms of torture, which instead made him feel tormented. He felt that the justice he had always believed in was nothing but a petty act of selfishness!

Cui Yu frowned. He couldn't guess what Zhou Tieyi was going to do, but he knew that he was not being questioned at the moment and he absolutely could not give Li Jianhu any hints in front of so many people.

Seeing that Li Jianhu was silent, Zhou Tieyi looked at Cui Wanxia beside him and said with a smile, "I'm afraid this humble man has never seen the world. Why don't you tell him who I am first? Let him know who he is suing, so that he won't be confused."

Cui Wanxia, ​​as the Minister of Justice of the Legalists, had seen countless bizarre cases when he was the Secretary of the Dali Temple before, but today he really got to see Zhou Tieyi try a case.

He pondered for a moment and decided to follow Zhou Tieyi's words to see what Zhou Tieyi was selling. He looked at Li Jianhu, "The man in the hall is the legitimate son of the fourth generation of military merit, the son of the Taoist fish and dragon, the current emperor personally conferred the title of Marquis of Shengshi, a capable minister in governing Tianjing, and the director of the Inspection Institute of the God-Slaying Department, Zhou Tieyi."

Every time Cui Wanxia mentioned an identity, Zhou Tieyi raised his head and chest out like a proud rooster. He smacked his lips, feeling unsatisfied. In his heart, he really wanted to tell Cui Wanxia that you haven't told me everything.

I am also the enemy of the Simin, the friend of the Silu, the person whom the Right General both loves and hates, the person who teaches children in Tianjin and promotes the stick widely, the person who is both the enemy and the friend of the Queen Mother, the patron saint of merchants, and the nemesis of the gods!

Every time Zhou Tieyi raised his head, Li Jianhu's spirit weakened.

He could hear the laughter of the people around him and see their pride.

This is completely different from being scrutinized in the Imperial Palace.

He truly understood what Zhou Tieyi meant by class.

That is the oppression of the entire society brought about by numerous identities.

According to Zhou Tieyi's teachings over the past two days, this is a complete social system, and this social system nurtures the people of the world.

When everyone in the world thinks you are wrong, then is the justice you previously upheld really right?
He could even imagine how the people around him would sneer at him when he really told them the reason, because such a big fuss had been made over the dozens of taels of silver used to bury his father.

He ignored the livelihoods of thousands of people present for his own selfish desires.

How selfish this is!

As Li Jianhu became more and more confused, suddenly a bright white light began to emanate from his body and transformed into a blazing white flame, which continued to burn his mind and torture his heart.

Li Jianhu's eyes also became dull and lifeless.

not good!

The great energy backfires!

The officials present immediately saw the problem with Li Jianhu!
This is also a spectacle that is rarely seen in a century!

Under the watchful eyes of the public, the backlash of the great righteousness would be a huge drama!
You know, even when many corrupt Confucian officials were executed, there was no backlash from their righteous spirit.

And now that Li Jianhu, the man nominated by Confucianism to sue Zhou Tieyi, has shown a righteous backlash in such public view, does it mean that Confucianism has been wrong from the beginning to the end?

Deng Zhenquan clenched his fists and almost stood up to stop it.

He finally understood why Zhou Tieyi did not execute Li Jianhu, and why he wanted to take Li Jianhu with him to see what he did for the people of Tianjing in the next two days.

This is truly a brilliant killing move!
(End of this chapter)