The Emergency Coordination Committee originally did not have a fixed meeting place. After this incident, Gu Zuo decided to improve the status of the committee. All major decisions and major cases must be reported to the committee for review and recommendations for approval or disapproval will be made. The Changshi Mansion will then act according to the recommendations.

Comprehensive decision-making.

For this reason, the Changshi Mansion specially invited Master Gao Changjiang and his disciples to build a compound at the east end of Shuangfeng Town.

Surrounding the courtyard are three rows of verandas, with a total of thirty rooms, allowing each committee member to have his or her own official room. In the middle of the courtyard is a meeting hall on a three-step high platform, which is square and square and can accommodate a hundred people to discuss matters.

The construction of the meeting hall took fifteen days, and today is the first meeting. The hall still smells of stones and earth. The hall is full of seats, and twenty-five bills are surrounded by a semicircle, facing the speaker's seat.

Liu Xuanji.

Liu Xuanji, the judicial clerk, has been promoted to a regular position in the middle of this year. He no longer has the word "quan" on his hat, and his status has been changed from an exiled prisoner to a ninth-level official. He is essentially in charge of the daily operations of the judicial department. But at this moment, he feels

I was a little nervous, feeling as if I had become a prisoner again and was being interrogated by three courts.

No, this is not a joint trial of three halls, but a joint trial of twenty-five halls!

"...To sum up..." Liu Xuanji stumbled and said, "Well, we have initially concluded that the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect has...seventy-two disciples

They didn't know about it beforehand. In fact, six disciples knew about it, but they used various excuses not to join the rebellion, and they didn't...well, to report to the Dharma Division...At present, all the disciples have been arrested.

The judicial department has detained it... and it is under custody. How to deal with it requires you... um, committee members to make suggestions."

He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, then raised his head to look at the hall. He retreated under a circle of bright eyes and stared down at Case Master again.

Deacon Shang held the small gavel and looked at the thing in his hand curiously while turning it. The gavel was not a legal weapon, and the workmanship was not well made. There was nothing impressive about it, but he still looked at it and played with it for a long time.

I find it very interesting.

To be honest, Deacon Shang really didn't pay attention to what Liu Xuanji said at the speaker's desk. After a while, he felt that no one was talking in the hall, and then he realized that he was distracted. He coughed twice quickly and raised the small wooden stick.

The hammer struck the desk twice.

Snap!

The sound is so nice! Two more times...

Snap!

After deacon Shang finished knocking, he placed the gavel on the desk with satisfaction, stroked his white beard and said: "How to consider it, the committee will determine it later. Is it time to talk about... Huxi Gate? Continue

Bar......"

Liu Xuanji continued to open another file and began to talk about the situation of Huxi Sect. The situation of Huxi Sect was relatively simple. Under the leadership of the first disciple Yin Shu, the disciples rebelled collectively and sold out the leader Ning Buwei.

It was clean. Therefore, except for Ning Buwei being detained, everything else in Huximen was fine. What needs to be determined now is Ning Buwei's charges.

According to the advice of the Judicial Division, the verdict for the two sects was that the head of the Huxi Sect should rather be executed, and the rest of the disciples would have no fault. The Huxi Sect's seat on the committee would be inherited by Yin Shu, and the standard would be reduced to an ordinary member;

Several top disciples of Wuhu Duanshanmen who participated in the rebellion should be executed. Those who failed to report the information were punished by serving in the mines for three years. The other disciples were reprimanded and their seats on the committee were also deprived of their seats.

Deacon Shang banged the gavel again, tilting his ears to enjoy the refreshing feeling of the banging sound, and then motioned Liu Xuanji to go out and wait, and then they discussed behind closed doors to review the judicial department's sentencing recommendations.

According to the hastily drawn up committee procedures, everyone was given one stick of incense to speak. First, the eight standing committee members, including Taoist Lingyuan, Butcher, Zhixing Taoist, Mo Wu, Luo Jun, Wang Jindan, Xie Zhen, and Qiu Dabo, spoke. After that, sixteen committee members including Shen Hongfu, Wang Hanshan, Gu Zhongchi, Zhao Xianglu and others spoke.

After a round of speeches, there were differences of opinion. The main difference was in the way the disciples of the two sects were dealt with. Luo Jun, Wang Jindan, Mo Wu, etc. all believed that the six members of the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect who knew about it but did not report it. The disciples should not be punished, and the other uninformed disciples should not be reprimanded. This is virtuous; and the Huxi sect should not inherit the position of committee member, because all the disciples betrayed the sect, which is unethical.

The debate was very heated. Most of the committee members supported the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect and were disgusted with what the disciples of the Huxi Sect did. From their point of view, they were afraid that their disciples would imitate Huxi.

Deacon Shang made a simple concluding speech, and based on the opinions of the majority, he determined the review recommendations: the disciples of Wuhu Duanshan Clan respect their master and abide by their righteousness, and should not be punished; the disciples of Huxi Clan have failed in virtue, and should not be rewarded.

The Judiciary's sentencing recommendations and the Council's review recommendations were reported to Gu Zuo. Gu Zuo thought carefully about it for a long time. This is the world's custom. Parents and teachers have had it. If their children and apprentices know about it and do not report it, or even help cover up and hide it, this is a kind of Virtue, even if it is not praised or praised, should not be punished. Gu Zuo can understand this.

But from his point of view, this is very disadvantageous. If someone rebels again in the future, and his disciples are encouraged by this, knowing that nothing will happen, they all conceal it, or even help cover it up. What will happen then?

Even if the disciples of the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect are not punished, the disciples of the Huxi Sect cannot help but encourage them. No matter what the purpose is, they have ruined their reputation for Huaixian Pavilion. If you don’t give them some benefits, who will still stand by you in the future? side?

Huaixian Pavilion specially convened a high-level meeting. Gu Zuo, Butcher, Cheng Shanhu, Su San, and Li Gusheng all sat together to discuss how to deal with it. In the end, no one could come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. Cheng Shanhu said angrily: "These guys Guys, can't you be considerate of Chang Shi's Mansion? Don't you know the difficulties of Chang Shi's Mansion? If it doesn't work, I should go to Wang Hanshan and the others and ask them to change their minds, reconsider the matter, and change the suggestions!"

The butcher looked at him and asked, "What if they don't change their minds?"

Cheng Shanhu said: "If you don't change your mind, change your position!"

The butcher said: "How do you change positions? Is it possible that you are still planning to lead troops to surround the meeting hall?"

Cheng Shanhu's eyes lit up: "What a great idea..."

Gu Zuo laughed and scolded: "Get out!"

Su San said: "It's just a suggestion. If I don't accept it, it's over."

The butcher said: "This is the first time the committee has discussed matters. We must respect their opinions no matter what. We still have to get off to a good start."

Seeing that there was no good idea, the butcher suddenly thought: "How about asking Liu Xuanji?"

Gu Zuo thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The next day, Gu Zuo was in Chang Shi's study looking up the list of anti-animal models submitted by each army and division. As soon as he read it and drafted an opinion to "refer to the committee for review", there was a burst of noise outside.

An old official went out to have a look, and quickly came back to report: "Chang Shi, there are dozens of disciples of the Huxi sect outside, and they want to submit a letter to the Chang Shi's Mansion. Do you think we will accept it? Or do you want to give it up?"

Are they going to the Justice Department?"

Gu Zuo thought to himself: Could it be that he believed it so quickly? So he walked out of Chang Shi's study.

When they came outside the courtyard, they saw a group of Huxi Sect disciples kneeling in front of the door. The leader was the eldest disciple Yin Shu. Yin Shu had no clothes on his upper body and tied himself in front of him with three straws stuck on his back. When he saw Gu Zuo,

He walked a few steps on his knees, kowtowed heavily, and shouted: "Chang Shi, Yin Shu, a disciple of the Huxi Sect, wishes to exchange one body for another. Please, Chief Shi, kill Yin Shu and spare my master's life!"

All the disciples behind him bowed down in unison: "All disciples are willing to be punished. Please beg the Chief Shi to show mercy and spare my master's life!"

Gu Zuo suppressed his smile and his face became angry: "How can we allow you to bargain for the serious crime of rebellion?"

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left, returned to Chang Shi's study, and closed the courtyard door tightly.
Chapter completed!