My lord, it can t be said to be on the basis of nothing, we have heard people say that they are secret prostitutes, flies do not bite seamless eggs, why people do not say others, but say them, so I think they are secret prostitutes …….”
Han Laosan was still unconvinced and said with his neck sticking out.
“Shut up!Mouth says nothing, no evidence, is proof!”Zhu Pingan sternly rebuked, and then turned his head to Zhuang Lizheng, as well as the neighbouring villages’ Lizhengs and village elders and asked, “Zhuang Lizheng, as well as the Lizhengs, you are the hosts here, and you can’t hide the big and small things in the village from you, may I ask if the victims are secret prostitutes?”
“My lord, they are all good children, they are all poor people, how could they be secret prostitutes!They were all brought up under our watchful eyes, they obeyed the rules in every way, and never did anything frivolous!I can vouch for them on my head!”Zhuang Lao Lizheng got up and said, then sighed and slowly said, “Alas, as the saying goes, there are many right and wrongs in front of a widow’s door, Xiu’er and the girls are no exception, especially Xiu’er, our village’s lazy Zhuang Pazi had entrusted someone to Xiu’er to seek a marriage, Xiu’er didn’t say yes, and Zhuang Pazi had made a rumour about Xiu’er, for this reason, we have opened a special shrine and already punished Zhuang Pazi, and have clarified it to the people in the village, however, Xiu’er has a spirited character, and has always been a woman of the world.Xiu’er character spicy, often due to trivial matters and the village talkative women and children quarrel, mouth and long in others, some times there are festivals or other times, there is no guarantee that there will be some rumours. However, Lotus is good to people everywhere, filial piety to in-laws after losing her husband, but there are not even rumours.”
“Is Pocky Zhuang available?”Zhu Pingan looked to the stage and inquired, intending to look for Pretending Pocky to seek some confirmation.
“Yes, he is here.”A few villagers pushed out the evasive Pocky Zhuang.
“Pocky Zhuang, you don’t have to worry, since your village has already punished you for your rumour mongering, this official will not pursue you, I just want to check with you, is what Old Lizheng Zhuang said true?”Zhu Pingan asked for confirmation.
“Da …..Lord, Zhuang old Lizheng said are true, when I was toad want to eat swan meat, did not eat into the heart of the gas, deliberately splashed the dirty water, people are innocent people!”Zhuang Pocky frankly said.
“Good, this official knows. Go down.”Zhu Pingan nodded.
“Pocky Zhuang, count yourself as a man for a while.”
“Pocky Zhuang, I didn’t expect you to be a ballsy one, we underestimated you ……”
The young and old men of Zhuang Jia Village rarely complimented Zhuang Pocky, and in turn complimented Zhuang Pocky’s blush and embarrassment.
“Lord, they are nonsense, which has what dark prostitution ah!We have eight villages in ten miles, there is no impermeable wall, if there is really a secret whore in Zhuang Village, there is no way to hide it, but there really isn’t!”
“No. ”
“No, they’re not secret prostitutes, they’re all good women.”
The rizheng of the nearby ten miles and eight villages shook their heads, and you said one thing and I said another to right the wrongs of the two victims.
“Grand Master, we’re their neighbours, we know them best, they’re innocent, they’re not clandestine prostitutes. If they were prostitutes, they’d have a lot of men coming to their house, but their house is so quiet, not to mention the men, even the women don’t come to their house, it’s almost as if they’re dead. It’s only because they’re both widows that they come and go more often.”
“Grand Master, I’ve scolded Zhang Xiu’er and hated her bad luck, staring at her house every day, trying to find fault with her, but there’s one thing to be said for her, and although her mouth stinks, she’s really an innocent family.”
The villagers of Zhuangjia Village also all testified for them, even if they had had problems with them they also proved their innocence for them.
“With the villagers testifying, this official also had the victim’s home inspected, and did not find any frivolous items, which is enough to prove that the two victims, are innocent families, and are good women. Han Laosan, Liu Dogzi, and Zhang TieDan, the three of you will not slander the two victims again, or else your offence will be increased by one!”
Zhu Pingan glared hard at Han Laosan and the other three, and said in a stern voice.
The two victims were certified by Zhu Pingan’s official “virtuous women” and could not help but embrace each other.
“Here, this official will say more about the Daming Law. What is rape, is against the will of the victim, applying the threat of violence or injury and other means, forcing the victim to engage in male and female affairs!Regardless of the identity of the victim, a good woman or a woman of the world, as long as the other party is unwilling, and the threat of violence or injury and other means to force them to have sex with men and women, is rape!The identity of the victim does not affect the composition of the crime of rape!”
Zhu Pingan took this opportunity to popularise the Daming Laws a little more to the crowd so that no villagers would go astray.
Next, Zhu Pingan asked a few villagers from Zhuangjia Village who reported the case, and the villagers described the scene when they heard the sound of the two victims calling for help, and then found out that there were Han Laosan, Liu Gouzi, and Zhang TieDan who had broken into Xiu’er’s house and were raping the two men, and the villagers surrounded the courtyard and shouted at the three men, but were threatened by Han Laosan and the three men ……
“Han Laosan, Liu Dogzi, and Zhang TieDan, did the three of you forcibly do male and female things with the victim by means of violence and beating?”
Zhu Pingan interrogated Han Laosan and the other three.
“We did beat them, hold them down, and which with them.”Liu Dogzi’s trio confessed.
“However, we did give them silver, it was they themselves who did not want …… it.”Han old three defended.
“Good, so far, the case has been identified. Han Laosan, Liu Dogzi, and Zhang TieDan violated military discipline, trespassed from the barracks, trespassed on the people’s homes, and raped the two civilian women with violence and beatings, and the facts are true and the evidence is conclusive! Han Laosan, Liu Dogzi, and Zhang TieDan are guilty of three counts of leaving the barracks without permission, trespassing on people’s homes, and raping people’s women.”
After Zhu Pingan investigated the case clearly, he publicly announced to Han Laosan and the other three the names of the crimes they had committed.
Han Laosan and the three of them looked like crabs that had been boiled through, hanging their heads low and unable to say a word.
“Han Laosan, Liu Dogzi, and Zhang TieDan, do you remember the four iron laws of my ZheJiang army’s military discipline, the Eighteen Beheadings?”
Zhu Pingan asked.
Han Laosan and the other three nodded.
“Back!”Zhu Pingan said expressionlessly.
“Four Iron Laws: listen to the command in all actions; don’t take a single needle or thread from the masses; all captures are to be returned to the public; don’t tear down houses when freezing to death, don’t take captives when starving to death. Eighteen beheadings: those who do not arrive at the end of the three drums when the generals are counted are beheaded; those who do not enter when they hear the drums, those who hear the gold more than once, those who do not raise their flags and those who do not ambush them are beheaded; those who fraudulently claim to be sick when they are in the battlefield are beheaded; those who abandon their weapons when they are in the battlefield are beheaded; those who disrespect their superiors and those who do not stop when they have orders are not forbidden are beheaded; and those who kill civilians and take credit for their actions and those who rape women are beheaded ……”Han Laosan and the other three subconsciously recited.
When they recited to the beheading of those who rape women, Swish reacted in a flash, then instantly became bloodless with fear, covered in a cold sweat, and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Pingan in panic and pleaded for mercy, “My lord, spare my life, spare my life, on account of this being our first time, spare our lives.”
