In the Water Margin world, the most scarce and at the same time the most precious, is fairness and justice.
The Water Margin world is a dark world that pursues the law of the jungle, and in it, it is difficult for us to find a warm, humane ** picture. On the contrary, dark, filthy, bloody, and brutal scenes abound.
The characters in the Water Margin can be roughly divided into three categories: one is the person who holds power (including those who are related to power), the second is obedient to the people, and the third is the mob.
The first type of people are lawless, greedy and arrogant, knocking on the bone and sucking the marrow, such as Gao Yu and Ximen Qing;The second group of people are the silent majority, cautious, bullied, and living without dignity and insecurity, such as Jin Cuilian women and Wu Da;The third group of people dared to say no to the first group of people, but they were weak and had to die after being suppressed by power, becoming marginal figures in society, such as Wu Song.
In other words, in the Water Margin world, a person has only three destinies, cannibalism, being eaten, and dying.
In such a world, you want to be an upright and clean person, not kneel and lick power, not filial piety to the head of the snake, do not burn incense and worship the Buddha, usually abide by the law, work hard, run a family and sigh that the years are quiet - that can only be said that you think too much.
A yamen servant or a scoundrel can ruin your family.
In the same way, the yamen in the Water Margin world is actually a tool for cannibalism, especially when encountering judicial cases, the yamen's cannibalistic face is exposed. If you don't believe it, please recall, there are so many stories of Yamen judging and adjudicating cases in the Water Margin, and how many of them are reasonable?
From prosecution to sentencing, from detention to escort to prison sentences, unspoken rules prevail in every link, and there is room for power rent-seeking in every process. The money is in place, the relationship is in place, the capital crime can be made into exile, the killing rod appointed by Taizu can be exempted, and good wine and meat are served along the way;It doesn't matter if you don't have money, then I'm sorry, prison can keep you alive and not dead.
In short, in the judicial system of the Water Margin, power takes all, money is secondary, and fairness and justice are almost non-existent.
Understanding the above truth, let's take a look at Wu Dalang's death: a simple poisoning case, there are all human and material evidence, everyone knows who ** is, why Yanggu Zhixian just can't find out.
Before Wu Song went to report to the official, he made full preparations, he found two witnesses, Uncle He Jiu and Brother Yun, and also got physical evidence from Uncle He Jiu - Wu Dalang's two crisp black bones and an ingot of ten taels of silver.
The two crisp black bones, coupled with the symptoms of black and purple skin after Wu Da's death, bleeding from the seven orifices, and tooth marks on the lips and mouth, can basically determine that Wu Da was poisoned;Ximenqing gave Uncle He Jiu an ingot of ten taels of silver and asked him to "cover" the truth, it can be determined that Ximenqing is an insider, even if he is not **.
contacted Brother Yun'er's testimony, that is, he and Wuda**, it was determined that Ximenqing was an adulterer and Ximenqing kicked and injured Wuda.
Extrapolating from common sense, Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian are inseparable from the death of Wu Da in any case, and they are proper criminal suspects.
Wu Song made a perfect chain of evidence, wanting to use it to convict Ximenqing and Pan Jinlian.
Theoretically, as long as the yamen sends the relevant people to the trial for trial, the facts of the case can be clarified.
In fact, for the death of Wu Da, the neighbors all know what is going on, but they are afraid that Ximenqing will be powerful, so no one will break it, Wu Song returned to Yanggu County from Tokyo on a business trip, and the neighbors sweated twice, and secretly said: This ruthless man is back, how can he take a break?Something big is going to happen!
It can be seen that this case is not complicated, and ordinary people can figure out right and wrong with ordinary IQ and simple values.
Wu Song took Uncle He Jiu and Brother Yun to the county hall to complain, and after listening to Wu Song's statement and witness testimony, the magistrate did not express his position, but discussed with the county officials.
The result of the deliberations was:"It's hard to ask. ”
This is equivalent to a collective drawing a line on the case - not to accept it.
Why is it not accepted?Because if you accept it, it is too easy to figure it out, and once you figure it out, the water will wash away the Longwang Temple (the county officials are all related to Ximenqing, and the officials don't have to say it). Who the Dragon King Temple is, it is self-evident.
The magistrate began to do Wu Song's work:Wu Song, you are also the head of the county, don't you have the law?Since ancient times: **See double, catch thieves and see stolen goods, kill people and see injuries. Your brother's body is gone, and you have not caught him committing adultery, and now with only these two words, you ask him about murderYou must not make mistakes, but you have to think for yourself, and do what you do.
This has two meanings: one is literal, you only have witness testimony, and you lack key evidence to file a case;The other layer shows the tendency of the county, knock Wu Song and don't sue again, do you still want to be the head of the capital, do you want to work?
Wu Song ignored Zhixian's beating and took out the key evidence from his arms—two crisp black bones.
The magistrate glanced at the evidence and said lightlyWait for me to consult with you. I'll ask you when I can
This means that we will research first, and if we can, arrest the suspects.
This is very official, everyone knows it, whether to ask the suspect or not, it is a matter of a sentence from the county, and it is a fart.
But logically speaking, the county magistrate can't find any problems, what's wrong with me doing things according to the process?
At the same time as the magistrate's "research", Ximenqing had received the news and launched activities as soon as possible (Ximenqing learned about it that day, but he asked his confidants to come to the county to allow officials to be silver), and the magistrate and the county officials were settled on the same day.
The next morning, Wu Song urged Zhi County to arrest the suspect, and the Zhi County returned the evidence to Wu Song, saying:"Wu Song, don't listen to outsiders provoking you and Ximenqing to be enemies. I don't understand this matter, and it's hard to reason. Sage Yun: 'The things of the scriptures are not true;How can you believe all the words behind it?Don't make a mistake at once. ”
These words of the magistrate are very interesting, first of all, he defined the case, saying that someone was provoking the relationship between Wu Song and Ximenqing;As for the case itself, it is difficult to understand and difficult to accept;The reason is that the saints have said that what they see with their eyes may not be true, and they cannot fully believe what others say behind their backs.
In short, you Wu Song don't mention this case again.
The magistrate finished talking to Wu Song about politics, and the jailer began to give Wu Song ** law:"All heads, but the matter of human life, it is necessary to have five things: corpse, injury, disease, object, and trace, before it can be inferred. ”
It means that the five elements of corpse, fatal scar, fatal injury**, physical evidence, and traces (witness testimony) need to be complete before a case can be filed, and Wu Dalang's body has long been burned, and there is no body, which does not meet the standards for filing a case.
When things came to this, Wu Song didn't have any hope, he had mixed up in the yamen, and he was clear about these things, he didn't plead, he didn't complain, he didn't lose control of his emotions, he only said one sentence:"Since the minister is not allowed to sue, but he ignores it. ”
The translation is, since you don't allow me to sue, then I'll deal with it myself.
When the normal channels do not work, the obedient people will suffer in silence, and the mob will solve the problem in their own way.
If you don't give me an explanation, I'll give you an explanation. After going back, Wu Song turned out to be Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing.
There is a follow-up to this.
After Ximenqing died, he lost his use value, and there was no need for the county to maintain him.
At the same time, from the bottom of his heart, the magistrate appreciates Wu Song's personality and remembers Wu Song's hard work in the past, so in the case of Wu Song's killing of Ximenqing and Pan Jinlian, he favored Wu Song.
The magistrate changed Wu Song's moves, saying that Wu Song memorialized his deceased brother Wu Da, and his sister-in-law Pan Jinlian did not let him pay tribute, the two quarreled, Pan Jinlian pushed down the spiritual bed, and Wu Song fought with Pan Jinlian in order to protect Wu Da's tablet, and killed Pan Jinlian in the process;Ximen Qing came to defend Pan Jinlian because of Pan Jinlian's adultery, and fought with Wu Song, the two scuffled to the lion bridge, and Ximen Qing died because of the fight.
This revised move is very level, he turned intentional homicide into brawl to death, exonerated Wu Song for murder, and disclosed the adultery between Pan Jinlian and Ximenqing, morally stinked the two, won moral sympathy for Wu Song, and then won a lenient sentence - 40 canes and 2,000 miles away.
People who sympathize with and appreciate Wu Song applaud this verdict.
I think it's terrifying, whether it's favoring Ximenqing before, or favoring Wu Song later, it's actually bending the law for personal gain, treating the law as nothing, and not seeing any fairness and justice.
In this environment, no one believes in the law, no one feels secure. What affects the direction of the case is not Ximenqing's money, or Wu Song's relationship, or merging the two into one - the power of the county.
Back to the original question, is it difficult to find out about Wu Dalang's death?
As far as the case itself is concerned, it is not difficult to find out, but there is a thick layer of things wrapped outside the case, and it is difficult to penetrate it to find out the case.