The rest of the day was uneventful. I bought a new money pouch for myself. It was brown in colour and made of some animal skin which resembled leather. When I saw the list of wish, I laughed a little and the guards were wondering what was so funny. I wonder what happened at home that made my sister want to have a pet monkey. The last time I checked the list of wishes, my siblings were still missing me, I wonder if they will remember me when I finally get home.
Nobody in our group besides me really talked to the peddlers and the people unconsciously avoided us since the guards were carrying weapons and word quickly spread about Ding Sha slapping Ku De Hua & Ku De Ren. Somehow people were gossiping that you would get slapped if you even looked at our direction.
Even if the area around us were cleared of people, the rest of the market was bustling which is a sign of how prosperous Yao Feng town is. As one of the few towns that are near the capital, merchants will undoubtedly stop here while heading towards the capital and you can find everything you want here. You can also get the latest news from the capital sooner here as well as benefit from the new trends that the wealthy and powerful are sporting.
Of course, all these mattered little to our group as we are probably the most powerful group of people currently in the town and the trendsetters. I can see a little disdain flying out of Uncle Cui and Uncle Tang's eyes when they look at the pampered young mistresses of the wealthy family who were shopping which I find funny. Sometimes I see the fear in the eyes of the small shopkeepers when they look at us. Probably due to the rumours of us flying around and that in this world, people of the higher caste often bully those of a lower caste. However, usually it is only the children who do the bullying as they get bored of bullying when they grow up and they stop seeing the lower caste as people.
When we passed by the residential areas of the upper class, I noticed a few women wearing dresses similar to those that my mother wore last year. I guess they are still a little outdated even if they are the closest town to the capital.
At dinner, Judge Cui started teaching me more about the laws of this world. "Shi er, I saw that you wanted to help the Ku brothers with the appeal when they approached us?" Judge Cui asked while munching on food to avoid making this conversation serious.
I look at him and nod my head in acknowledgement and put down my bowl and chopsticks. "I think they are pitiful and there are questionable points in this case."
"You are right, but have you ever wondered what the role of the judge is? Judge Cui asks like how an old teacher would start his lecture and without waiting for an answer, he answered his own question and said, "Our main purpose is to check for corruption, and our secondary purpose is to provide the people with an avenue to appeal cases where they believed it was judged wrongly. We do not intervene with the sentencing powers of the magistrate."
Judge Tang then joined the conversation and said "If they asked for an appeal because they believed that Magistrate Dong made a mistake while judging the case, we could have considered stepping in but all they had was speculation. Speculation is not enough to say that Magistrate Dong made a mistake while judging the case and they too, know that anyone would have made a similar decision when presented with the facts and evidence that Magistrate Dong had."
"But the case clearly has many questionable points! The fact that the murder weapon disappeared is a joke! How can the murder weapon disappear overnight when nobody has entered or left the house?!" I argued back in unjust.
*sigh*
Judge Cui and Judge Tang gives out a soft sigh. "Shi er, just like how you didn't raise an objection to what I said in the market earlier because it would show conflict among us, we cannot just accept every appeal case that comes our way because it would ruin the magistrate's reputation and put his competency in question." Judge Cui said softly.
The guards were still munching their food quietly since this conversation was obviously above their pay grade when Judge Tang ended the conversation and started talking to Liu Kang "Liu Kang, you should get ready for your trip back to the capital tomorrow. Prepare what you need and tell us if you need anything,"
The rest of the day was uneventful. I bought a new money pouch for myself. It was brown in colour and made of some animal skin which resembled leather. When I saw the list of wish, I laughed a little and the guards were wondering what was so funny. I wonder what happened at home that made my sister want to have a pet monkey. The last time I checked the list of wishes, my siblings were still missing me, I wonder if they will remember me when I finally get home.
Nobody in our group besides me really talked to the peddlers and the people unconsciously avoided us since the guards were carrying weapons and word quickly spread about Ding Sha slapping Ku De Hua & Ku De Ren. Somehow people were gossiping that you would get slapped if you even looked at our direction.
Even if the area around us were cleared of people, the rest of the market was bustling which is a sign of how prosperous Yao Feng town is. As one of the few towns that are near the capital, merchants will undoubtedly stop here while heading towards the capital and you can find everything you want here. You can also get the latest news from the capital sooner here as well as benefit from the new trends that the wealthy and powerful are sporting.
Of course, all these mattered little to our group as we are probably the most powerful group of people currently in the town and the trendsetters. I can see a little disdain flying out of Uncle Cui and Uncle Tang's eyes when they look at the pampered young mistresses of the wealthy family who were shopping which I find funny. Sometimes I see the fear in the eyes of the small shopkeepers when they look at us. Probably due to the rumours of us flying around and that in this world, people of the higher caste often bully those of a lower caste. However, usually it is only the children who do the bullying as they get bored of bullying when they grow up and they stop seeing the lower caste as people.
When we passed by the residential areas of the upper class, I noticed a few women wearing dresses similar to those that my mother wore last year. I guess they are still a little outdated even if they are the closest town to the capital.
At dinner, Judge Cui started teaching me more about the laws of this world. "Shi er, I saw that you wanted to help the Ku brothers with the appeal when they approached us?" Judge Cui asked while munching on food to avoid making this conversation serious.
I look at him and nod my head in acknowledgement and put down my bowl and chopsticks. "I think they are pitiful and there are questionable points in this case."
"You are right, but have you ever wondered what the role of the judge is? Judge Cui asks like how an old teacher would start his lecture and without waiting for an answer, he answered his own question and said, "Our main purpose is to check for corruption, and our secondary purpose is to provide the people with an avenue to appeal cases where they believed it was judged wrongly. We do not intervene with the sentencing powers of the magistrate."
Judge Tang then joined the conversation and said "If they asked for an appeal because they believed that Magistrate Dong made a mistake while judging the case, we could have considered stepping in but all they had was speculation. Speculation is not enough to say that Magistrate Dong made a mistake while judging the case and they too, know that anyone would have made a similar decision when presented with the facts and evidence that Magistrate Dong had."
"But the case clearly has many questionable points! The fact that the murder weapon disappeared is a joke! How can the murder weapon disappear overnight when nobody has entered or left the house?!" I argued back in unjust.
*sigh*
Judge Cui and Judge Tang gives out a soft sigh. "Shi er, just like how you didn't raise an objection to what I said in the market earlier because it would show conflict among us, we cannot just accept every appeal case that comes our way because it would ruin the magistrate's reputation and put his competency in question." Judge Cui said softly.
The guards were still munching their food quietly since this conversation was obviously above their pay grade when Judge Tang ended the conversation and started talking to Liu Kang "Liu Kang, you should get ready for your trip back to the capital tomorrow. Prepare what you need and tell us if you need anything,"
