Chapter 207: Promoted to Zhizhong
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the Criminal Law Division held its first session.
"Congratulations, sir, on your double happiness!"
Under the leadership of Lin Delu, all the officials in the Criminal Law Department gathered together and bowed to Sun Shaozong.
Originally there should have been a handover ceremony, but Liu Chongshan was not very happy about getting the job as the Yunnan Envoy [after all, it is a cold and harsh borderland], so he simply took sick leave.
But this is not bad either. When flattering Sun Shaozong, there will be fewer concerns.
The disadvantage is that it took nearly half an hour to complete the process of subordinates' congratulations.
Sun Shaozong also received a full set of seals from the officials of the Zhizhong, and only then did he have time to look at the layout of the five main halls.
In fact, there was no need to look at it carefully, after all, he had been here many times before. But when he looked at the layout of the furnishings again this time, his mood was completely different.
"grown ups."
At this time, Lin Delu came back from outside and walked up to him with a smile, "I had someone redecorate it according to your preferences a few days in advance. If you think there is anything else you need to buy, you can tell me."
"Okay."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said, "I've heard enough flattery today. Let me tell you something useful. Do you know who will take over the post of Tongpan?"
"I don't know."
Lin Delu immediately shook his head, but then added, "But according to the rules, since you are promoted on the spot, your successor should be transferred from somewhere else."
External transfer?
I hope the person transferred here is someone who can do his work steadily.
Although Lin Delu and others are well-behaved, they are not the right choice, and it is not appropriate to let them investigate the case alone.
As for Qiu Yunfei...it's better not to mention him.
If an expert in criminal law could come, the burden on Sun Shaozong's shoulders would be lightened.
"That's right."
Sun Shaozong remembered something and said, " I will not participate in the party tonight. You will host it. Take the silver from my private treasury first. If it is not enough, I will make up for it later."
"How can I let you spend money, sir?"
Lin Delu hurriedly said, "Just leave everything to me."
As he spoke, he took out a white marble longevity lock from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, saying, "Your Excellency is delighted to have a son. I don't have much to offer, so I only have this toy to express my gratitude."
Not to mention the material of the jade lock, the micro-carving of blessing scriptures and the word "Shou" on it are already very valuable.
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it and said lightly: "You are thoughtful."
It's not that he was greedy, but given the current official atmosphere, if he refused to accept even the gifts, he would definitely be criticized for being "falsely noble".
"Congratulations, Dong Weng! Congratulations, Dong Weng!"
As soon as Lin Delu left, Cheng Rixing came up again.
"Didn't you congratulate me when you went there yesterday?"
There was no need for such formalities between the legal advisor and the employer. Sun Shaozong went into the inner room by himself, leaned on the newly changed soft couch, and asked lazily: "I didn't see Qiu Yunfei just now. I asked Lin Delu , but he just said that he was on sick leave. What's the matter? Could it be that he was scared in Shuiyue Temple that day and dared not come?"
"That's not the case."
Cheng Rixing smiled and said, "I heard that he fought with the young man from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for a woman at the Lantern Festival. They got bruised and swollen. I guess he was too embarrassed to see people, so he just asked for leave."
This fellow's dissolute nature remains unchanged at all.
But since he was not being lazy on purpose, Sun Shaozong did not bother to care whether he asked for sick leave or not. He pointed to the pile of official documents on the desk and said, "First, sort out the documents roughly and prioritize them. By the way, I will inevitably have to go to court to question cases in the future. How well have you learned the skills of a criminal lawyer?"
"this……"
Cheng Rixing felt a little uneasy when he heard this, and hesitantly said, "Students have really, really..."
Seeing him hesitating, Sun Shaozong paused for a moment and understood what he was thinking: "Yes, since the Spring Examination is approaching, you will naturally need to review your poetry and books recently. How about this, I will find someone else to help me in the next few days, and you can decide whether to stay or leave after you finish the exam?"
The reason why Cheng Rixing had always been unwilling to become an official was because he could not give up his dream of passing the imperial examination. Seeing that the examination would be held in half a month, he naturally had no intention of learning the skills of an authentic criminal lawyer.
"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Dong."
Cheng Rixing bowed and thanked him, then said awkwardly, "In fact, I also know that I will most likely fail the exam this time, but I can't get over it if I don't try. So I can only go and hit my head against the wall first, and then come back to serve Mr. Dong."
Sun Shaozong also said seriously: "I won't say anything more - we are a client. If you have no hope of passing the imperial examination in the future, I can guarantee you a career as an eighth-rank official."
After Cheng Rixing expressed his gratitude profusely, Sun Shaozong simply gave him leave and called Lin Delu to come and temporarily serve as his legal advisor for half a day.
Seeing that Lin Delu handled things in an orderly manner and was even more skilled than Cheng Rixing, Sun Shaozong became a little hesitant as to whether he should hire another lawyer to do part-time work.
Firstly, the spring examination is approaching, and most of the candidates are studying hard at home, so it is not easy to hire a suitable legal advisor.
Secondly, when he first came to the Criminal Law Division, he was not confident in his subordinates, so he specially asked Cheng Rixing to keep an eye on things. But now the situation is very different. The Criminal Law Division has almost become his one-man show, and even Han Anbang and Jia Yucun find it difficult to intervene.
"grown ups."
Just as he was hesitating, Lin Delu had already sorted out the files accumulated over the past few days and came forward to report: "The documents that need to be approved are all on the table. There are also two other lawsuits that may require you to go to court to hear them. What do you think..."
Go to court!
Sun Shaozong had been doing criminal investigation for more than ten years, but this was his first time to be a judge. Naturally, he felt it was new, so he hurriedly asked, "What cases are they?"
Lin Delu picked up two files from the table and said, "One is about an old man from the Zhang family in Fengwei Lane, who sued his in-laws, the Zhou family, for colluding with human traffickers and kidnapping his grandson at the Lantern Festival."
Sun Shaozong frowned upon hearing this and said, "Since the two families are relatives, then the grandson of the Zhang family is not the grandson of the Zhou family?"
Grandpa accuses grandpa of colluding with human traffickers and kidnapping his own grandson?
What the hell is this?!
"Sir, the Zhang family has two sons. The daughter of the Zhou family married the eldest son, but the lost grandson is the child of the second son of the Zhang family."
This still sounds like a tongue twister.
Sun Shaozong said, "Bring the file here, I'll take a look at it myself."
Lin Delu hurriedly handed over the file, and Sun Shaozong took a quick look at it and realized that it was the eldest daughter-in-law's brother who took the children of the Zhang and Zhou families to the Lantern Festival, but lost the child of Zhang's second son.
And because Zhou gave birth to a daughter, who was not favored to begin with, the old man of the Zhang family suspected that the Zhou family had colluded with human traffickers and wanted to cut off the bloodline of his Zhang family so that all the family property could be married to his granddaughter and transferred to the Zhou family.
This matter...
No matter how you look at it, it seems like Old Man Zhang is being unreasonable.
Throwing the file onto the table, Sun Shaozong pondered, "How did Lord Liu handle this kind of case in the past?"
Lin Delu shook his head helplessly and said, "It's just a way of smoothing things over. After all, although the Zhou family did something wrong, their actions did not violate the law."
"Then let it go for now and let both sides calm down."
Sun Shaozong instructed again: "Also, ask Zhao Wuwei to arrange more people to conduct a thorough investigation to see if the abducted child can be found."
Having said that, Sun Shaozong himself knew that the hope was slim. Fighting human trafficking would still be a difficult problem even in later generations, let alone right now.
"What about the other case?"
"It was an old man who accused his son of being disobedient and unfilial."
Disobedience?
Sun Shaozong took the file and scanned it. Seeing that the acts were extremely vicious, he said decisively: "Send a few people to visit the neighbors and inform the old man. I will go to court to interrogate the case tomorrow... uh, the day after tomorrow!"
