Chapter 70 Chapter 1 Law is not everywhere, there is morality

Chinese people have always valued their position within the system.Even a hero like Wu Song yearns for the temple. As mentioned last time, after Wu Song killed Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, he voluntarily surrendered. At this time, the magistrate's attitude has completely changed.At the beginning, he refused to file a case for Wu Song because he accepted money from Ximen Qing.Now that Ximen Qing was dead, he felt that there was no need to fulfill any obligations to a dead person.On the contrary, Wu Song's behavior made him feel that he was a man of great loyalty, and thinking of Wu Song's trip to Beijing for his family's private affairs, he thought about his benefits and wanted to take care of him.

Why did the county magistrate bend the law to protect Wu Song? First, he has a personal friendship with Wu Song, and Wu Song helped him with private affairs. Second, he "thought Wu Song was a righteous man", so the moral affirmation of Wu Song replaced and obliterated the legal judgment of Wu Song. And this latter point is also the common psychology and choice from the author of "Water Margin" to the readers of "Water Margin". He discussed with the officials under him, and remade the people's petition, changing it to "Because Wu Song offered sacrifices to his dead brother Wu Da, his sister-in-law was not allowed to sacrifice, so he fought, and the woman pushed down the coffin; rescued the dead brother God, and fought with his sister-in-law The second time, because of adultery with my wife, Ximen Qing came to protect her, so they fought; they refused to surrender, and fought to the side of the Lion Bridge, resulting in the fight to death."

Then, after listening to Wu Song after reading the invoice, he wrote an official document to apply for release from Dongping Mansion to release the offender. The magistrate's behavior is clearly illegal.In the case of Wu Song killing his wife, he has broken the law more than once. Let's take a look at the deeds of this county magistrate. There were two crimes before and after: First, in the face of Wu Song's report, he accepted bribes and refused to file a case. Accepting bribes is a crime of accepting bribes.Not to file a case, and deliberately shielding a person who knows he is guilty so that he will not be prosecuted is a crime of dereliction of duty and a crime of perverting the law.

Secondly, after Wu Song murdered, in order to reduce Wu Song's guilt, cover up the truth, tamper with the testimony, and create false witness testimony, it is a crime of covering up and bending the law for personal gain. But what is interesting and worthy of our reflection is the attitude of our general readers: We can all correctly judge and deny the first crime committed by the county magistrate.We often fail to correctly judge or even affirm the county magistrate's second crime. Why?Because, in our concept, morality is greater than law. Let's take a look at the attitude of ordinary people in Yanggu County.

The author went on to write: Although Yanggu County is a small county, there are people who are righteous: some households support Wu Song's silver;Most of the local soldiers under Wu Song's management were out of food and wine. In their eyes, Wu Song is not a criminal who violates the law, but a hero who upholds morality.Wu Song is a man of righteousness, and they are also people of righteousness. The magistrate is like this, and the county people are like this. When the case is reported to Dongping Mansion, what about the governor, and what about the people? When the magistrate of Yanggu County brought a group of criminals and witnesses to the government office, the onlookers disturbed the door of the office.

When the governor Chen Wenzhao heard the report, he was promoted to the hall immediately. The author of "Water Margin" first praised "Chen Fuyin is a smart police officer, and he knows about this matter."So, what did Congcha's Chen Fuyin do? First, Wu Song's long yoke was replaced with a misdemeanor yoke, and he was put in prison; Wang Po was nailed with a heavy prison yoke, and she was imprisoned in a death row. Second, he also pitied Wu Song for being a righteous and righteous man, and he was often watched by others; therefore, the jailers at the first level did not ask him for a penny, but gave him food and wine.

Thirdly, Chen Fu Yin changed the case file reported by Yanggu County to be lighter, and applied to the Provincial Court—that is, the Supreme Court, the death penalty review organ—for deliberation; this approach is exactly the same as that of the county magistrate. Fourth, what is even more rare is that he actually sent his confidant to bring an important secret letter to Xingye to vote for the capital to intercede for Wu Song.As a result, Wu Song finally received a light sentence: 40 points in the spine, and 2,000 miles away from the spine.Wang Po was sentenced to Ling Chi to death.Wu Song's spine rod is forty, which is also discounted.Everyone in the upper and lower classes looked at him, but only Wu Qi had the meat.As for Wang Po, she was executed Ling Chi, and I don't know how many times she was cut!

In the end, Wu Song actually enjoyed a kind of treatment: he took the shackles and went to the center of Dongping Mansion Street, and together with tens of thousands of people, he saw the king's mother-in-law.As for the common people, while looking at the heinous Wang Po, who was slashed to pieces, and at the same time looking at the righteous Han Wusong, what a rare and breathtaking scene. So far, Wu Song's killing of his wife is no longer a criminal case, a criminal act of intentional homicide, not a tragedy that makes people sigh, but a moral ceremony. After going to the execution ground to see that Mrs. Wang was cut, Wu Song was taken by two guards and sent to Mengzhou for delivery.On the way to Mengzhou, what else will happen?