However, the man opened his mouth and tried to quibble, "Did I set this on fire? You just say it was me who burned it. Isn't this an injustice?"
"Yes, sir, we have clearly verified that we have never set fire to Lulin Village."
Listening to several people in this group crying out for injustice, Li Guanhua, who was watching with cold eyes, suddenly said, "Since they are all their own people, and the leading thugs are also members of their family, how can they be innocent? Since they don't dare to confess, just beat them." ! I don’t believe they can’t tell the truth under the stick.”
Li Guanhua's proposal obviously aroused the fear of these four people. They have not forgotten the pain of being tortured by Li Guanhua. Their buttocks are still raw and painful.
"Sir, you can't attack us now. We are all good citizens. We are being wronged!" Another person begged even more fiercely.
"If you are good citizens, then why would they sue you? Now that so many people are here, why do you still want to make excuses?" The county magistrate heard this and reprimanded.
"Sir, these people from Lulin Village are the ones who falsely accused us. How can what they say be used as witnesses?"
"Yes, sir, we were wronged. The people of Lulin Village were beaten down. We were wronged."
Hearing this, Li Guanhua said impatiently, "What an injustice. It's so shameless to want to deny something that is obvious! If you ask me, I will punish you immediately! What can they not do after the punishment?"
Although the four people in the hall had seen Li Guanhua's power, they soon learned that Li Guanhua was not the organizer, so the right to be punished or not was still in the hands of the county magistrate.
As the managers below, how could they have nothing to do with the county magistrate? Moreover, as long as the county magistrate still wants to enforce official rules, he must follow the procedures. Therefore, several people immediately said, "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, you can Think twice before you act! Since they can't produce evidence, we may be unjustly accused. If you give in, your future will be ruined. When the superiors ask, how can you explain it? "
After hearing what these people said, the Anxi County Magistrate did have this concern, so he remained silent at the moment.
The magistrate of Anxi County is still more virtuous than Li Guanhua, although he also hates the countless evil deeds of these people in the land of Anxi. But he still resisted the urge to abuse lynching.
After all, this case will definitely be known to the state sooner or later. In addition to convicting these people before the state intervenes, he also cannot let the state catch him in any illegal situation.
Therefore, he was at a loss when it came to the trial.
After some hesitation, the county magistrate ordered the four men to be taken away first. He then ordered the thugs to be found. The villagers of Lulin Village identified the thugs who were also captured. The group of people who set fire to the mountain that day.
The villagers of Lulin Village quickly identified that group of people. After being identified, this group of people wanted to imitate their elders and deny it.
However, their thoughts have long been known to the people above.
The Anxi County Magistrate only sternly scolded: "You will not be tolerated in the court! If you tell a lie, the punishment will be increased! Arson on the mountain is not a small crime, and malicious concealment is a crime that adds up to death. I I think you don’t want to die either, right?”
Upon hearing the words of the Anxi County Magistrate, a group of people immediately shook their heads like rattles.
The Anxi County Magistrate then continued, "I know you have no choice but to take action, but as long as you reveal the person responsible, your crimes will be mitigated."
The next thing the Anxi County Magistrate used was the Huairou policy of differentiation.
"I won't hide it from you. I have been investigating this case for a long time, and the higher-ups have been paying attention to it. If Anxi Town cannot pay taxes and grain, then we must thoroughly investigate the reason why it happened. I have found your master. As for the people above your master, someone will come to investigate. Many of the things you did were out of your control. When this case is finalized, what else can you get? They will die, and you will too. Are you going to die with me?"
"But don't you have wives and children? Do you need to support your parents? If you die, what will they do? Are you my master's people?"
The Anxi County Magistrate continued to analyze their difficulties from their perspective.
What these thugs got was not what they got.
The biggest cake, and with the large number of people, many people can only do this to feed their families.
And if what the county magistrate said is true, and they plan to uproot them this time, then their defection may not be liquidated.
Therefore, under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to work for those masters.
However, out of caution, they still asked, "Is everything you said true? How can we believe that you really intend to resolve the matter this time?"
The county magistrate chuckled, and then said, "If the higher-ups hadn't planned to investigate the matter thoroughly this time, do you think I would dare to accept the matter? And if there were no instructions from the higher-ups, General Li Guanhua would have been able to cross Huanxi Town to come here to do business. Really? Who dares to touch the family?"
After hearing the county magistrate's words, the group immediately felt that what the magistrate said made sense, but at this time no one dared to speak up. Finally, a thin young man took the initiative to stand up and explain the arson that day.
After hearing this, the county magistrate nodded and said, "It's rare for you to stand up bravely today. Therefore, although you set the fire, I still decided to exempt you from the crime."
Seeing that someone stood up and received positive feedback, this group of people naturally rushed to stand up one by one to expose all kinds of dirty information in order to alleviate their crimes.
However, what they didn't know was that the first person to stand up was originally an undercover agent arranged by the county magistrate in Anxi Town a long time ago.
Now that he has stood up and said something, he is simply cooperating with the county magistrate to create a threshold effect for this group of people.
The county magistrate collected some more evidence, and then only said to this group of people, "Do you dare to testify? If you dare to testify, most of them will not be exiled. Instead, they will be jailed for a few months, or nothing more." One year in jail.”
Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately moved.
However, some people were dissatisfied and said, "Why can he be found not guilty? We are going to jail, are you treating us differently?" @
After hearing what the man said, the county magistrate immediately explained, "It's not that I'm treating you differently, but the crime he committed was very minor, and he was the first person willing to testify and the first person to tell the story of those people's crimes. , of course I have to give him some preferential treatment."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately regretted that they had not been the first to eat crabs, but being treated leniently was pretty good for people like them.
Therefore, many people said they were willing to testify.
And with the testimony of these people, the four people could not continue to say that the people in Lulin Village made false accusations. After all, this was a crime that they themselves had admitted.
However, for the sake of caution, the Anxi County Magistrate only asked people to write a confession immediately, and then asked them to sign it immediately.
After doing this, the Anxi County Magistrate let the four people go to court.
The four of them knew something was wrong as soon as they saw their thugs in the hall.
At the same time, the Anxi County Magistrate was shocked and said, "You just said that the villagers of Lulin Village are not enough to prove your crime. After all, they are people of different stances from you. Now, people with the same stance as you have also confessed." Your own crimes. And you are said to be the mastermind. Faced with such accusations, what else do you have to say?"
After hearing what the Anxi County Magistrate said, everyone else didn't know what to say.
"Sir, we are wronged! They...they are just trying to blame everyone for their mistakes. We are also innocent. We don't know that the people below would actually do such a thing. A scandal." Others want to repeat the same trick.
However, the Anxi County Magistrate had lost his patience. Seeing that the sky outside the hall was getting darker and darker, many nearby residents who had been watching in the hall just left one after another.
The Anxi County Magistrate just continued to express his surprise: "You said that the people in Lulin Village are unreliable, so I brought up your own people to confront you. Now that you are saying that your own people are unreliable, then I want to ask You, how do you prove that the people in Lulin Village are falsely accusing you? How did your own thugs provide false evidence? In addition, I also need you to provide evidence. How do you prove that you did not instigate the fire to the people below? You did it! Could it be that just because the four of you cried out that you were wronged, the others were not wronged at all?"
Hearing the words of the Anxi County Magistrate, the man was immediately speechless. The most feared thing about this kind of thing is self-proof, and empty words can be said to be empty words.
What's more, they really did something wrong.
Then the Anxi County Magistrate was shocked again and deliberately emphasized the nature of the matter.
After hearing the words of the Anxi County Magistrate, the others immediately did not dare to speak.
The Anxi County Magistrate then said, "If you don't say anything today, are you still counting on your people to come to catch you? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. The people who come to come to catch you can't protect themselves. If you don't want anything to happen, just be honest." Tell me everything truthfully, and maybe I can still forgive you."
After all, those four people were different from the thugs. They didn't have the temperament to believe easily when they were scared. They had seen more of the world.
Therefore, one of them only said, "As long as we don't plead guilty, how do you plan to convict us? Besides, we didn't commit any crime, so we are really unjust."
"The most we can bear is a light punishment for the person below's fault."
After hearing what they said, Li Guanhua only said, "If you don't drink a toast, you'll have to drink a fine wine! I think they just won't cry until they see the coffin."
"Lao Yang, let's not try this matter today. You hand the people over to me, and I'll take care of them and I'll do anything tomorrow morning!" Li Guanhua continued.
At this time, not only Li Guanhua, but the Anxi County magistrate was also very anxious.
After all, they don't have anyone from above to act as a guarantee. Once the state capital reacts, all their efforts today will be in vain.
