The three members of the Wu family knelt under the courtroom with ashamed faces. Even though it had been several hours, they still had lingering fears when they remembered what happened last night. They almost died without a whole body!
Last night, someone failed to assassinate Wu Baosheng first, then inexplicably caught fire. If it wasn't for Feng Huan who hid soldiers in secret long ago, I am afraid that none of the dozens of people in the farm have survived now.
He Xianwei felt his eyelids twitching when he got up early this morning, and he always felt that something happened. The person sent out yesterday did not report back, which is really abnormal. And he was solemnly called to the yamen before he had breakfast, originally he wanted to take Joe and finish eating slowly, but the servant who came to inform him was actually a member of King Si Zhao, so he had to get up quickly.
County Captain He hurried to the courtroom, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no figure of King Sizhao in the hall. But when he saw the person kneeling on the ground, he suddenly thought of it, but he still ignored the person without turning his eyes and directly saluted to the solemn person in the hall, "My lord, you came here early in the morning looking for a humble job, but what happened?"
Zhuang Zhong pointed his chin at Wu Baosheng, "County He, look at the people in the hall, but they know each other."
County Captain He nodded, then turned his gaze to the three members of the Wu family, first glanced at Wu's father and then at Wu's mother, and when he glanced at Wu Baosheng, he stared round and rushed forward to lift Wu Baosheng's face , shouted in disbelief, "This, isn't this the dead Wu Baosheng?! He, isn't he already dead?"
Zhuang Zhong laughed mockingly, "If he died, County Captain He would not see him in the courtroom, but underground."
County Captain He turned pale with shock, and angrily reprimanded the three members of the Wu family, "You are so courageous! How dare you frame others by cheating your death, and deliberately deceive this official, what a heinous crime!"
County Captain He turned to Zhuang Jing, filled with righteous indignation: "My lord, this family is so vicious, they dare to flout the law, and play our government in their hands, they must be severely punished!"
Zhuang Zhong looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and County Captain He looked ashamed.
"It's the negligence of the humble official. I didn't expect that Wu Baosheng was so cunning that he almost concealed the inferior official! It's a good thing that the Zhou family didn't execute the execution, otherwise it would be a big mistake!"
Zhuang Zhong picked up the gavel and slapped it hard, which cheered everyone present, "Didn't a big mistake happen?! Zhou's family of four is now left with Zhou's Zhenniang alone. Now you tell me that nothing happened. Big mistake, then you come and tell me, what is a big mistake?!"
He Xianwei looked aggrieved and annoyed, "I didn't even think that the Wu family would be so cunning and deceive us! If we don't kill them, it will be difficult for the people to be angry!"
The three members of the Wu family were filled with resentment, and Wu Baosheng yelled directly: "It's you, a dog official, who arbitrarily judged the case, which caused our Wu family to fall into such a predicament! Now you want to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and kill us all!"
He Xianwei swept his eyes sharply, making the three members of the Wu family shudder. He snorted coldly and looked at Zhuang again, "My lord, this person is really devoid of conscience. At this time, he is still spitting blood and people are stalking and biting randomly. It is really not a pity to die."
Solemnly squinted his eyes, at this time He Xing still didn't show any signs of panic, as expected he had become the emperor of the land by dominating Mei County, so no one could do anything to him. He Xianwei is the presiding judge of this case, and if something goes wrong, he will be punished under normal circumstances, but the degree depends on the situation.
"It's certainly the fault of the Wu family that the Zhou family was wronged, but what Wu Baosheng said is correct. The deaths of Zhou's father, Zhou mother, and Zhou Jizu are indeed closely related to He County Captain."
Lieutenant He sighed deeply, "These are pure accidents. I don't know that their bodies are so fragile, and I don't know that their subordinates are so ignorant. But please rest assured, my lord. An explanation from the Zhou family."
He Xianwei justified himself in a few words. In the Dayou Dynasty, it was legal to use severe torture as a way of judging cases. If you accidentally killed someone, you would be punished, but it was not severe, especially for those in charge. If you push it to the executioner like Captain He, you will only receive a mild punishment. This is also one of the reasons why everyone is afraid of getting involved in a lawsuit. If you don't deal with it up and down, you may lose your life if you don't say it. There is no financial compensation or a verbal apology.
If in a place with strict laws, torture is used to extort confessions and result in death, the punishment of those responsible will be relatively severe. After all, places with strict laws and regulations are mostly wealthy places, where officials struggle fiercely. If someone makes such a mistake, most of them want to use the problem to play instead. Therefore, although most officials will use torture to extract confessions, they will not die, so as not to get cut. There are many ways to make people suffer without dying. There are no human rights in this world, and such practices are allowed by law.
But Mei County is no better than those places, and County Captain He is the leader here, so he naturally has the ability to get himself out.
Hearing this, Zhuang Zhong didn't continue to pursue the matter, but ordered someone to bring Zhenniang to the court. This made He Xing, a solemn man, dare not take anything against him, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After recuperating for a period of time, Zhenniang can't find the shadow of her former glory at all, but she is no longer like a crazy woman like before.
When Zhenniang went to the court and saw Wu Baosheng who was just a bit embarrassed, her eyes turned red. If the yamen servants didn't stop him, she would have rushed forward and tore this man to pieces.
"Wu Baosheng, you have caused me so much suffering!" Zhenniang cried, her whole body limp on the ground. Thinking of the two years of torture all caused by this man, she just wanted to rush forward and tear this man apart with her own hands. Her parents, her brothers, how innocent they were!
Every howl is accusing the injustice of this world, like strangling a person's neck, making it difficult to breathe.
He Xianwei frowned, and shouted loudly, "This is above the court, how can you let you yell! Come here..."
"Lieutenant He Xian is really very powerful." Solemnly said coldly.
He Xianwei cupped his hands, "I am humbled because I am worried that this stupid woman will disturb the adults."
"If Lieutenant He was more careful at the beginning, how could he have heard such accusations and wailing? I think Lieutenant He couldn't listen because he didn't listen enough."
"The humble official would like to listen to the teachings of the adults, but this is in the courtroom, how is it appropriate to be so noisy." County Captain He said neither humble nor overbearing.
Zhuang Zhong laughed, "Since Lieutenant He is such a well-mannered person, why did he offend him repeatedly." As he spoke, his face darkened, "Did the official in the court ask you to speak! Just wait and go !"
When had Xianwei He been reprimanded like this before, his teeth were itching with hatred in his heart, but he still didn't speak, and retreated to the side.
Zhuang Zhong began to hear the case of 'Wu Baosheng's fraudulent death'.
"Wu Baosheng, you are guilty."
Wu Baosheng kowtowed again and again, "The Caomin is guilty, the Caomin is guilty. The Caomin shouldn't have come back and hid, so that the Zhou family almost died. But the Caomin did not intend to deliberately frame Zhenniang, please learn from me!"
Wu Ming also defended himself by saying: "Caomin just suspected Zhenniang before, and didn't believe that it was her, nor did he have that power. It was only after the government found out that the results of the investigation were like this, so Caomin hated Zhou, but they didn't deliberately make things difficult. .The reason why I hid my son was because it really hurt him. Everything is caused by grassroots ghosts, but it is not intentional harm. I implore you to forgive me."
The case of Zhenniang was actually not complicated. Wu Baosheng went to the small mansion by visiting Zhou's father, where he met Liu Rufeng who fascinated him. Liu Rufeng saw that he was dressed in rich clothes and spent a lot of money, so he tricked Wu Baosheng into escorting him home. He gnawed Wu Baosheng clean along the way, and abandoned Wu Baosheng, who was penniless, when he arrived at the place. Wu Baosheng was unaccompanied in other places and almost starved to death on the street. But then I finally returned home by begging for food and occasionally doing some hard work, but it took more than two years.
Wu's father kept looking for Wu Baosheng, but he was nowhere to be found. This Wu Baosheng was also unreliable, and he left without telling his family when he left. At this time Zhou Jizu came to visit Zhenniang, Wu's father saw that the two of them were not real siblings, but they behaved very intimately, which made him very unhappy.
However, this week Jizu's sleeve was still stained with blood, Wu's father asked him why, and he said that it was accidentally stained while killing chickens. At that time, the grassroots thought it was very ridiculous. The Zhou family was also a well-known rich family in Mei County. Although Zhou Jizu was not the real son of the Zhou family, he was a well-deserved heir. He was the young master of the Zhou family. How could he be allowed to do such a thing? Wu Baosheng went out this time because of Zhenniang, but no one saw that Wu Baosheng went to Zhou's house, and disappeared when he left the house. This made Wu's father, who couldn't find his son, even more suspicious of Zhenniang and Zhou Jizu, so he sued the court.
Unexpectedly, Wu Baosheng would come back two years later! Father Wu gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision, and sent Wu Baosheng to a village in the countryside. Fortunately, Wu Baosheng looked like a beggar at the time, so no one knew about it. Father Wu knew that Wu Baosheng was not dead, but because of his playfulness, the Zhou family's family was destroyed. If someone found out, their Wu family would be ruined.
Therefore, regardless of Zhenniang's life and death, Wu's father not only suppressed the news that Wu Bao was still alive, but also wanted Zhenniang to be executed quickly so that the case could be fully understood.
Zhenniang couldn't help crying when she heard the truth, "Father, mother, it's the child who was unfilial and repaid you! You beasts, you are the ones who killed my parents and my poor brother! "
Although Zhenniang was pitiful, it was indeed inappropriate to behave like this in the courtroom, so she solemnly picked up the gavel and took a picture, "Zhou's Zhenniang, please don't make noise in the courtroom."
After finishing speaking, he said in a gentle tone: "I will recover all the grievances you and your family have suffered for you, but your current situation is not suitable for listening in. You should step back first."
Zhenniang quickly wiped away her tears, and begged: "My lord, please let the minnv stay here. If you can't see the end of my Zhou family's enemies with your own eyes, the minnv will not be at peace even if she dies. The minnv promises that she will not care about it for a while." Don't make any noise at all!"
Zhuang Zhong nodded when he heard this, "Zhou's Zhenniang's fall has a lot to do with the government's mistakes. I gave Zhou's Zhenniang to sit aside and listen."
He Xianwei's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything after all.
"Wu Ming, the so-called 'Wu Baosheng' skeleton was found in the forest that day, but you or someone you ordered did it?"
Father Wu glanced at County Captain He, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, this is all County Captain He's idea! It's also the bones he ordered people to find. The grass people just handed over the jade pendant."
County Captain He raised the case, "Don't spit blood! You deliberately misled me before, and now you're framing me again. It's really vicious! Please learn from me, my lord."
Zhuang Zhong looked at Father Wu, "Wu Ming, do you have evidence to prove that all this is related to County Captain He?"
Wu's father said viciously: "These days because of this matter, Captain He has almost squeezed my Wu family dry, and I remember everything!"
Lieutenant He frowned, "My lord, this man is about to die, so he deliberately framed the humble official. The latter has never met him in private, and he doesn't know about these things at all! Don't be deceived by him, my lord, he is dead. If you do, you have to pull a back."
After finishing speaking, he glanced sharply at Father Wu, "Wu Ming, dare you say that I once asked you for a penny, my lord Ming Chaqiu will never be fooled by you. If you deliberately frame the imperial court official, the crime is not just beheading!"
Father Wu shook his body, "My lord, Caomin is not talking nonsense, every time the person who comes to get the money is He Xianwei's brother-in-law Landa, Caomin has witnesses to prove it!"
Lieutenant He laughed, "It's a well-known fact in Mei County that the surname is Yang. When did I have a brother-in-law named Lan Da. Are you talking about it indiscriminately or are you out of your mind and being played by someone?"
Father Wu quickly explained, "This Lan Da is the elder brother of Aunt Lan, the most beloved concubine of Lieutenant He County, and he is responsible for everything."
Lieutenant He shook his head, "I have more than a dozen concubines, how can I have the time to take care of these seven aunts and eight aunts who can't get on the table. I have never seen this Lan Da on weekdays, let alone let him do it What happened. I'm afraid this person is taking advantage of my reputation to do something wrong, I don't know anything about it."
Solemnly ordered, "Pass to Lan Da."
Lan Da was quickly brought to court, and Hexian Weiyi was very angry when he saw him, "Well, you Lan Da, you dare to use my name to do things outside! I really think that I am a cat and everyone wants to molested me?! "
Lan Da knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy with snot and tears, "My lord, the little one is convicted, this is all caused by the little ghost's infatuation! The little one is also forced to do nothing! Usually, the county captain He is tightly restrained. , my sister married in, not to mention subsidizing us, but she didn't even let her see her. The younger one had some relationship with County Captain He, but she was so poor that she was even worse than a beggar. I was very dissatisfied! It happened that I met again that day Wu Baosheng, who is like a beggar, had evil thoughts when he was young. The Wu family has a guilty conscience and believes what others say, so they never found out."
Father Wu knew that this time the whole family would be difficult to be kind, and thought that the chief culprit of all this was caused by He Xianwei. If he hadn't concluded that his son was killed by Zhenniang, how could he have been involved in it! This was originally a mistake made by the government, so it has nothing to do with them. But three of Zhou's family members died at once. They boarded the pirate ship and never got off again. In recent years, He Xianwei has been extorting under various guises, and the Wu family has long been emptied, and the resentment in his heart is still accumulated.
Not only that, this He Xing actually wanted to kill his own son, not to mention taking money, but also killing people, he couldn't swallow this tone! Anyway, it's hard for them to be kind now, so it's better not to do anything.
Father Wu thought it through, and said, "My lord, Caomin has something to say!"