Facing the extremely serious faces of the two sailors, Kerry was suddenly struck by lightning, and he murmured in his mouth:
"How did this happen? How did this happen?"
But while he was talking, he was still involuntarily taken out. At the corner of the street, Kerry suddenly saw a pair of deep eyes with mocking and smiling eyes on the other side of the street. Kerry suddenly understood everything. Struggling frantically, pointing at Sheyan, he yelled at the top of his lungs:
"Sailor, do you think it's enough to find someone to frame me? No, I tell you, it's impossible! I've worked so hard for so long, how could I be brought down by your fabricated charges! Just wait and see, I alone You will be released in an hour, and you will not be able to convict me at all!!! My firm will still stand in Port Royal!"
Kerry did not lie this time. You must know that it is very troublesome to buy real estate in Port Royal at this time. It's the same as taking the land—in fact, even Sheyan doesn't have the qualifications to own his own real estate in Tetuga, the difficulty can be imagined!
The backer behind Kerry is also a powerful figure in Port Royal, called Sir "Ben Fleming". This person is also one of the MPs in Port Royal, and he can lead the trend of public opinion. Governor Wan leaves office, so Sir "Ben Fleming" is the best choice to take over as Governor, and his status is evident from this.
Of course, just having a backer is not enough, but Kerry is a very careful person. He did smuggle, but he has a cautious style, clean hands, and a complete list of all entries and exits. Therefore, Kerry can say with certainty that even if the court conducts a rigorous search, Sheyan will never find evidence of himself.
If relying on the means of no evidence/perjury to try to convict people with favoritism and fraud, then it can only happen to guys who have no backing, and it is impossible for me! That's why Kerry spoke out confidently, saying that he would be released in an hour.
In court, everything seemed to be playing out according to Kerry's script. Kerry's murder trial begins first.
The prosecution's statement seemed weak, and the murder charge was soon acquitted. In fact, Kerry was already looking forward to the moment when he would raise his middle finger in front of Sheyan after he left soon.
The next people who went to Kerry's house to search also came back. These people put on a poker face and couldn't see any joy at all. The list of goods, and asked Kerry to explain the source of the goods.
Kerry could memorize everything back and forth, and he could answer every question and answer seamlessly. He was even able to provide the ins and outs of every tax payment, and even pointed out that a certain gentleman in the jury could prove it.
Soon even Sir Ben Fleming came out and complained that this was clearly a premeditated act of false accusation intended to tarnish the reputation of a law-abiding citizen. If the court continues to pursue it, it will be like a group of clowns being played by others.
Faced with Sir Ben Fleming's questioning, the judge's face was quite ugly, but at this time, the prosecution raised his hand and said meaningfully:
"I just need to ask Mr Kerry one more question, the last one, and I hope the judge will allow it."
Facing the prosecutor's final counterattack, Kerry was full of confidence that he would win. He didn't even smell the strong conspiracy in the above sentence, and said very simply:
"You can ask. However, if you can't incriminate me with this question, then I hope to be released in court."
"No problem." The prosecution prosecutor said meaningfully.
He then held up the list column and began to read the last item on the list aloud:
"My last question is, Mr. Kerry, please explain the origin of the huge sum of twenty-one thousand three hundred and sixteen gold pounds in your shop."
Kerry suddenly froze, he felt that he had suddenly sunk deeply into a vortex of conspiracy, his whole body was icy cold, he suddenly yelled crazily:
"It's impossible, it's absolutely impossible, the cash in my business is only over a thousand pounds!"
There was a mocking look in the prosecutor's eyes:
"Oh, the convicts I've come across usually make such an act of helpless yelling, and it's a pity that none of them escape the law! Mr. Kerry, perhaps you think it's a good idea to hide the gold pounds, but unfortunately What's more, the lads I sent out all have the noses of hounds, the eyes of eagles, and the ears of bats, as long as you commit a crime, they will follow the clues you left behind!"
At this moment, Kerry saw Fang Senyan by the window outside the courtroom. The latter was smiling at him and waving goodbye as if saying goodbye to an old friend. The desperate Kerry immediately seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and shouted suddenly. up:
"I see, Mr. Judge, that I have been framed! Twenty thousand pounds have been hidden in my shop to frame me."
Kerry's words caused a burst of laughter among the jury below. At this time, several sailors struggled to carry a large box to the court, and then opened it. The alluring light of the gold coin filled everyone's eyes in an instant.
"What a happy frame!" Mr. Prosecutor began to admire: "Mr. Kerry, I have dealt with pirates, smugglers, thieves, prostitutes, and murderers for more than thirty years. Countless criminals have been brought to justice by me. In terms of justice, I believe that the number of people who hate me must be ten times that of people who hate you, but so far, I still haven't had the honor of being framed for twenty thousand pounds, oh no, even twenty pounds."
"Okay, okay! Even if we accept the theory of being framed by a small probability event, the size and weight of a 20,000-pound gold coin have been fully presented in front of us—this is not something that can be carried away in a trouser pocket. A few shillings, that's twenty thousand pounds in gold coins! It's a bulky load that requires two grown men to carry!"
"If someone brings twenty thousand pounds to my house, then I believe several neighbors will know about it, Mr. Kerry, if you want to tell us, this expensive 20,000 pound frame-up is silent Entering your store without breath, completely unnoticed by anyone-then I have reason to believe that you are insulting me, no, you are insulting us-including your honor and all the jury and even the crowd outside the window IQ."
Sir Ben Fleming stood up with a gloomy face. When everyone thought he would say something, he picked up his crutches, put a civilized hat on himself, and left without saying a word. Of course, the secondary reason for this venerable Sir's ugly face is that he was just slapped in the face by the prosecutor, but the main reason... is because Kerry earned 20,000 gold pounds in smuggling profits, but he didn't get what he deserved. Dividend! ! !
From this, it is even possible to make a heartbreaking and desperate deduction, today the search of the shop yielded an extra 20,000 gold pounds, yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week, last month, how many cute little golden things should belong to him Hacked? ?
Sir Ben Fleming felt that his sanctified feelings had been stained, and he hated nothing in life more than anyone who deceived him.
There was almost no dissent in the subsequent trial. Kerry changed from a respectable gentleman to a hard labor prisoner-Mr. Norrington worked hard, so there are a lot of infrastructure projects in Port Royal that are short of manpower.
Mr. Kerry's business, shop, and all other movable and immovable properties were confiscated. In other words, all the things that Chrisin worked so hard to build were wiped out in front of the 20,000 gold pounds that Sheyan threw out lightly! !
Kerry, who was put on a prison uniform and escorted off, already showed hysterical madness in his eyes. He looked at the place where Sheyan was standing, and suddenly laughed wildly:
"Do you think you have won? Do you think I will only counterattack passively..."
If Sheyan had witnessed Kerry's expression at this time, he would have taken precautions. Unfortunately, the god of luck would not always be by Sheyan's side. The cold reality is that Sheyan could not see this scene.
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After that, nothing worth mentioning happened. Fang Sheyan left two people on the pier to keep an eye on Captain Jack's whereabouts, and then returned to his own boat. Start preparing for the next day's auction. In addition, Fang Senyan had to arrange various matters, such as the response to being hunted down once his identity was found out, and the morale failure of those pirates who could not go ashore, etc.
That night, Fang Senyan went to bed early, but he didn't forget to leave the night watchman behind. But when he slept until midnight, he suddenly smelled a very light breath in his nose.
All of a sudden, Sheyan jumped up from the bed. After taking a deep breath, he was sure that there was a faint smell of blood in the air! ! !
At this time, Jiao Shi and Mogansha also woke up at the same time, and the three of them simultaneously felt that there was an abnormal silence in the surroundings, and they could not even hear the original insects on the island. But if you distinguish carefully, in addition to the rhythmic sound of the waves hitting the beach, there is also an indescribable ticking sound—that is the sound of blood slowly soaking through the gaps in the upper deck and dripping onto the lower deck.