It was raining heavily, and people were disturbed to hear it. In fact, Ye Xiaotian likes rain very much, especially in such a downpour, it is best accompanied by bursts of thunder. He felt that this feeling was particularly hearty, and on such a rainy day, he would never feel sad, but rather excited.
So, on rainy nights like this, he often sleeps more soundly, and on rainy days like this, he can't help running into the rain to chase the rain flowers, laughing and dancing, but that's already the frivolousness of childhood, as he grows older, he must be calm after all A lot, but every time it rains, he still feels refreshed from the bottom of his heart.
But today is different, the court trial lasted for an unknown amount of time, no one came out inside, and no one went in outside, Ye Xiaotian who was standing in the porch was concerned, and inevitably became a little disturbed.
Suddenly, a yamen servant stood at the entrance of the hall and loudly called Bantou Zhou to come to the hall. Bantou Zhou nodded to Ye Xiaotian and walked up the hall step by step with his stick. At the same time, Mr. Guo and his family came down from the hall. , and passed Zhou Bantou shoulder to shoulder.
Bantou Zhou paused for a moment, and glanced at the mournful and distraught appearance of Mr. Guo's family. His heart sank, but he didn't speak, nor hesitated. He just gritted his teeth and moved at a faster speed. He straightened his back and walked towards the lobby.
Ye Xiaotian also saw Mr. Guo's family, but the dodging eyes of Mr. Guo's family when they saw him made him understand something. He turned his head slowly, and instead of looking at the Guo family, he just looked up at the rain curtain strung together. The extremely depressed mood in my heart can't wait to pour out with the rain.
After a while, Daheng Luo called from the side: "Brother!"
Ye Xiaotian turned his head to look, and only then did he understand why Daheng Luo called him. He saw that Mr. Guo's family had come to him at some point, kneeling in front of him in unison. Before he could speak, Mr. Guo burst into tears and choked up Authentic: "No matter what, Master Dianshi's kindness, my Guo Sheng family, will never forget!"
After all, Old Man Guo took the lead to kowtow, Ye Xiaotian didn't ask, but he already understood that Old Man Guo's family must be forced by Qi Mu's threat, and they didn't dare to insist on the right to pursue the murderer in court. It is very likely that what they came up with was still an absurd reason for dying of illness.
Mourning its misfortune, or hating it for not fighting? Ye Xiaotian didn't know what to say, he didn't want to say anything, there was resentment and sadness in his heart, he knew all kinds of helplessness of the little people, but facing the weakness and retreat of the Guo family, he was still unspeakably disappointed in his heart.
The tycoon threw his schoolbag behind him again, and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Brother, my father once said that a poor person must have something to hate! So a poor person may be pitiful and worthy of sympathy, but not worthy of help."
Mr. Guo couldn't help crying after hearing this sentence. If he was the only one with a cheap life, he might not dare to fight, but for the life of his little grandson... this is Qi Mu's world, he really can't imagine if What kind of consequences will there be if you insist on confronting Qi Mu
"Ai Dianshi" tried everything to create such a condition for their family. Although even if they were willing to tell the truth, the county magistrate of Wuwei might not dare to judge impartially, but he still felt that it was too right to surrender to the murderer who killed his son. Can't stop "Ai Dianshi."
Ye Xiaotian sighed, and said to Mr. Guo: "You knocked your head too much."
Old man Guo was stunned, and raised his head. Ye Xiaotian limped past him with his stick, and accompanied by the sound of the wooden stick hitting the ground like a drum beat, came Ye Xiaotian's words: "In the future, don't take it lightly." Kneel down for others, sometimes, begging for others... is worse than begging for yourself!"
The trial in the courtroom was very chaotic. Some of the neighbors who testified insisted that they saw Xu Lin beating Fatty Guo violently in the street. He missed a push, and Fatty Guo fell and hit his vitals in an accident and died.
When Mr. Guo’s family wandered into court and saw someone among the crowd watching the public trial take out a blood-stained puppet and wring off the puppet’s head with a grinning smile, Mr. Guo and his daughter-in-law collapsed completely. They insisted that their son died of illness. This way, Xu Lin's biggest crime is gone.
As for the subsequent case of obstructing justice and beating Bantou Zhou, Huazhi County breathed a sigh of relief. Although Zhou Bantou and all the police who testified insisted on the truth, how much punishment is such a case? Presumably, he should deal with it casually, not only to appease the arresters, but also to give Uncle Qi an explanation, and that's it.
After Bantou Zhou finished his story and several police officers came forward to testify, Hua Zhixian glanced at the crowd. At some point, Meng Xiancheng and Qi Mu had quietly walked in, standing in the crowd of people on the right side, watching quietly. Qi Mu's face was calm and calm, but Meng Xiancheng looked at him with a cold look, reminding him of the fate of offending Uncle Qi.
And Master Wang also came, quietly standing behind the people watching the trial on the left side, leaning on a hall pillar, with his hands in his sleeves, and still had a vague smile on his face.
Except for eating, drinking, prevarication and bickering, when they really need to show themselves, the few of them rarely appear in public together. He must appear as a king, and there should not be a higher-ranking person stealing his limelight.
However, they didn't notice that there was a person standing in the crowd who seemed to be ordinary people, a person whose surname was not ordinary. In fact, it doesn't matter if they see it, because they don't know this person at all: An Shi, the king of the chieftain, the eldest son of the An family - An Nantian.
An Nantian was purely bored, staying in the inn with that tigress was hard work before he slipped out in the rain, and he had no intention of looking for flowers and willows in broad daylight. He didn't know where to spend his time, so he overheard After talking about this major case that shocked the people of Hu County, he ran to the court to hear the trial.
Huazhi County took a look at Meng County Cheng, grabbed the gavel and patted it, and said with a clear cough: "The case of Xu Lin beating Guo Lifeng to death has been publicly tried and investigated in detail by the county, and a large number of witnesses, Evidence confirms that it is false.
This case is actually an ordinary neighborhood dispute. Guo Lifeng took the initiative to provoke and beat the neighbors. Xu Lin pushed Guo Lifeng down while dodging. Unfortunately, he hit a stone and died. Avoid beatings, passive defense. Guo Lifeng's death was really accidental. There is no need to blame Xu Lin. "
As soon as these words were uttered, there was an uproar in the courtroom. It is true that Mr. Guo did make a confession that his son died of illness, but the body is there. Could it be that the government will not examine the injuries? Furthermore, there are not all witnesses in this case, and the Guo family is not the plaintiff this time, so the magistrate made such a judgment in disregard of the facts.
Hua Zhixian grabbed the gavel and slapped the gavel more than ten times in annoyance, almost smashing the gavel, and stopped the noise in the lobby. Hua Zhixian raised his voice and said again: "Xu Lin beat Zhou Siyu, the head of our county team!" In this case, the facts are clear and the crime is true, and Xu Lin will be sentenced to twenty sticks!"
There was another commotion in the crowd, but although the treatment of Zhang Twenty was slightly lighter, it was barely acceptable, not to mention... Stick Twenty belongs to Zhang Twenty, who beats and how, there is a lot of knowledge here, and it is good Now, twenty sticks can play the role of eighty sticks, and it is possible to beat people to death in the hall, but it is also possible for one to be tortured.
The Zaoli holding sticks on both sides held the water and fire sticks tightly, and stepped forward one after another, making a gesture of asking for a job, but soon everyone retreated automatically, giving their seats to the two tallest and most burly.
Qi Mu's face darkened, and he said angrily: "Do you want to be punished with a stick? Is this spanking his ass, or my face?"
Meng Xiancheng hurriedly said: "Brother Qi, don't be upset, just listen to his sentence." After speaking, Meng Xiancheng gave Hua Zhixian a wink. Hua Zhixian had been watching his reaction for a long time, and at a glance, he knew that Uncle Qi was dissatisfied. Hua Zhixian's heart flashed, his tone was soothing, and he turned around naturally.
Hua Zhixian said: "However, considering Xu Lin's actions, he is really a brotherly brother. The crime is unforgivable and justifiable. Therefore... he was exempted from the punishment of the rod and sentenced to three months of criminal detention."
Qi Mu said to Mengxian Cheng with a sullen face: "Sentenced to criminal detention? No! No matter what he is asked to do, it will be embarrassing to me!"
Meng County Chancellor said: "Brother Qi, Ban Zhou's head injury is so severe, it's not good if he doesn't get sentenced. As for the criminal detention, whether it's detained or not, it's up to me? When the time comes to discipline him, he doesn't have to do anything. , just wait for three full months.”
Qi Mu turned his face, stared at him and said, "I said... no!"
Mengxian Cheng swallowed his saliva, then turned to Huazhi County, staring at him with more fierce eyes, Huazhi County secretly complained: "This is not okay, but how should this county judge?"
Hua Zhixian thought about it for a second, and continued: "However, Xu Lin can redeem himself with money. If he can pay three liang of money, he can be exempted from criminal detention."
Meng Xiancheng hurriedly looked at Qi Mu, Qi Mu smiled proudly, and said: "Qi has nothing but money. Then redeem the silver. Hehe, three taels? Send a beggar, give him ten taels! Qi is enough Generous, right?"
With this sentence, Qi Mu didn't deliberately lower his voice. He obviously accepted the result and didn't want people to think that he still had a hard time, so he deliberately demonstrated. Hua Zhixian's face was burning with embarrassment, but he pretended not to hear, coughed and said, "Xu Lin, are you willing to pay the ransom money?"
Xu Lin had already heard Qi Mu's words, he straightened his chest, and said proudly: "Hand it up! Didn't our uncle Qi say it all?" He looked contemptuously at Bantou Zhou, whose face was turning purple with anger, and said with a smile : "How can you say that this is also the head of the county's team, and it's not like sending a beggar, three taels is a little less, give him ten taels."
Hua Zhixian was already ashamed, so he grabbed the gavel and slapped it, shouting: "Xu Lin will be released immediately after delivering the ransom in court! Back out!"
After all, without waiting for Zaoli to call Tangwei again, Hua Zhixian turned around and hurriedly dodged behind the screen.
At this time, the courtroom has become a mess, with people crying, laughing, cursing, and shouting, it's as messy as a vegetable market. Master Wang shook his head, sighed softly, and was about to turn around to leave, but he only turned halfway, and suddenly stopped.
In the lobby, those gloomy and bewildered people suddenly fell silent for a while, and gradually, the lobby became silent, and everyone found a person standing quietly at the entrance of the lobby, leaning on crutches. His body was like a mountain!