The buzzing sound of this discussion reached Zhang Yunmi's ears, making her slightly nervous when she appeared in such a big public place for the first time - especially since she can still understand a few words in Cantonese and can hear what's going on. With a frivolous and teasing tone, his face became more and more rosy.
Fortunately, she has been in Guangzhou for a long time and has given lessons to naturalized cadres. She has developed considerable immunity in public and in full view of the public. At this moment, I just pretended not to hear him and just sorted out the documents in my hands.
The courtroom was packed. Zeng Juan queued up before dawn, and now he got his wish and was squeezed in at the front - speaking of it, this case was triggered by the disappearance of his niece Mingnu. He thought about this all the time, feeling scared, thankful, and a little proud: If he hadn't asked Li Ziyu for help, it would have taken a long time for this case to be discovered.
Zeng Juan had been preparing for the civil service examination. However, there was a plague in Guangzhou a few months ago, so the examination was naturally stopped. Zeng Juan and his family hid at home and rarely went out. Dad's business is pretty good - the more people die, the better the fragrant wax business will be. Therefore, this plague has been of great benefit to the Zeng family.
During the plague, no one in the Zeng family had any trouble. On the contrary, Zeng Juan's brother-in-law, who was involved in a tea house business and had a wide range of contacts, contracted the plague and died. His wife had a tough life, but because she was implicated in the witchcraft case, she was also arrested and sent to a detention center. According to several acquaintances of Gao Chongjiu in the Bureau, he would at least be sentenced to exile in Jeju Island or Taiwan.
Zeng Juan was relieved by the fate of this "dog man and woman". However, her brother-in-law died and her three nephews became orphans. Zeng Juan's parents are now taking care of them, so their daily expenses are quite high. However, the family lived in harmony and contentment, and they were happy.
After the epidemic was lifted, the tea house left by Zeng Juan's brother-in-law was also allowed to open. However, there was no abbot taking care of the store. According to Zeng Juan's father's wishes, Zeng Juan was asked to be the shopkeeper. When he manages the tea house as an uncle and raises his nephew to adulthood, outsiders will never find fault with his etiquette. Although this Wanshenglu Tea House is not big, the business is still decent. Moreover, the chef and chef in the store also had this intention, and also expressed the hope to the Zeng family that Zeng Juan would come out to host it.
However, Zeng Juan had the intention of taking the civil service examination - being a teahouse shopkeeper would be too boring! Therefore, he was unwilling to "take over the dish", which made his father furious, saying that he "will not eat the meat in the ready-made pot, but insists on eating the pie in the painting." He also burned his reference books. It was Zeng Juan's mother who had the insight to criticize his father: "Although you can eat the meat in this pot now, this pot belongs to Hua Zai and Cheng Zai after all - their surname is not Zeng! Are you not allowed to return it to others in the future?" !What will Ajuan do then?"
After hearing this, Zeng Juan's father couldn't say anything to refute it. It took him a long time to hold back one sentence: "It may not be reliable for him to take the civil service examination now, and the tea house has some income! This big family can't rely on his few words." Eating with empty words!”
In the end, both parties compromised, and Zeng Juan could take the civil service exam, but before he passed the exam, he had to work as a shopkeeper in a tea house. Fortunately, the Qitang, cooks and buyers in the tea house are all experienced people, and Zeng Juan is just a sit-in.
But this way, he had much less time to review. The commotion made Zeng Juan feel downcast for the past few days.
Despite this, he still studied hard for the exam. Hearing that there was going to be a public trial on the Maojia Inn case, he got up early and hurried over to hear the trial. Because he decided to take his public examination in one direction: taxation and the other on justice. According to reference books, these two categories are closely related to Australian laws. It may be helpful to listen to the exam yourself.
On the other side of the iron fence is the court, with special auditoriums on both sides. There were "masters" of various heights, short, fat, and thin sitting there. Zeng Juan didn't recognize any of them, and he wasn't interested in them either. But it was the Australian woman sitting behind the "Defender" sign that made him look there.
Liang Xinhu banged the gavel several times and shouted, "Quiet." But it had no effect. It was the officials from the prefecture and county yamen who were retained to maintain order at the scene and shouted in unison to suppress the noisy voices.
"Bring the suspect to court!"
As the order to bring in the suspects was conveyed, the soldiers from the White Horse Team brought the prisoners in one by one from the side door. Ask them to line up behind the defendant's fence.
The prisoners were not shackled and tortured, and they were not asked to kneel down. They just stood. This is not a rare thing. Guangzhou citizens who have watched many Australian cases know that Australian cases have always been like this. It's just that these villains who are full of crimes are not called "criminals", but "suspects", which makes the onlookers very puzzled.
However, Zeng Juan knew that according to Australian law, until a court decides a person is guilty, he is called a suspect, rather than a designated "prisoner". Although he has observed the specific judicial practice of Australians: the definitions between "suspects", "prisoners" and "criminals" are not particularly clear, but in courts and documents, they attach great importance to words.
Those on trial today are Wu Zhiqi, Fu Wen and other principal criminals in the birth-cropping case. Each of them is flanked by two members of the White Horse team.
"Da Song Australia is in the Guangzhou Municipal Court. The kidnapping and murder case of the defendants Wu Zhiqi, Fu Wen and other 13 people will be heard in public in accordance with the law." After Liang Xinhu announced the opening of the trial, he first asked several defendants to state their names and other information. , the crowd outside also heard the news from the loudspeaker that the prisoner had been brought to court, and they suddenly became commotion. In particular, there was a group of family members of the victims gathered outside the venue, all dressed in mourning. At this moment, they were lying on the ground and crying. Some people were crazy and wanted to rush in with red eyes. The invited monks and Taoists were chanting sutras outside again, and the scene was very lively.
The police and the National Army have been notified that the victim's family members can do whatever they want outside the court as long as they do not disrupt order, but they are not allowed to storm the court. During court trials in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were often incidents where "convicts were beaten to death on the spot". Not to mention that once a criminal is beaten to death, it will inevitably involve legal issues, if so many people at the scene cause chaos, it will inevitably cause a stampede. Therefore, the soldiers of the National Army surrounded them tightly to prevent them from taking any drastic action.
Liang Xinhu also read out the rights and obligations enjoyed by the defendant. Shen Ruimin and Liang Xinhu looked at each other, stood up, straightened his back, and had a sense of righteousness. He picked up the document and read loudly: "The Song Dynasty Australia Bank specially dispatched the prosecutor's office in Guangzhou City, the defendant Thirteen people, including Wu Zhiqi and Fu Wen, were prosecuted for kidnapping, abduction, murder, tomb robbery, insulting corpses, intentional injury causing death, fraud, illegal medical practice, and manufacturing counterfeit medicines. The defendant Wu Zhiqi was involved in... The defendant Fu Wen... kidnapped the victim Fan near Xiaoshi Village outside Guangzhou on a certain day in 1635; on a certain day in 1635..."
The crimes committed by this group are too numerous to list. The indictment alone contains dozens of charges and the indictment is hundreds of pages long. It took more than two hours just to read the entire indictment.
Although it took a long time, the case was too shocking and horrifying. Although many people had obtained information about the case from various channels, whether it was Liu Xiang and other elders in the auditorium, or naturalized citizens and ordinary people inside and outside the court, most of them It was the first time I heard the full story of the case. Anger spread through the crowd. If it weren't for the strict prohibition on bringing any throwable objects into the court, the thirteen suspects would have been beaten to pieces.
"The evidence is shown below."
In order to complete the "iron case", it fully embodies the judicial trial's case handling and trial thinking of "deciding the case with evidence". During the presentation of evidence in court, the entire trial team spent a lot of effort. In addition to summoning fifteen key witnesses, the testimony of about nineteen people was also read out on the spot. It took a whole morning just to question the witnesses and read the testimonies. Although it was December weather, after preaching for several hours in a crowded room, the clothes under Shen Ruiming's robe were completely soaked with sweat.
However, such a joyful prosecution was a very rare experience for Shen Ruiming. He was even a little lost in his performance. He strolled around the court, sometimes impassioned, sometimes low and melancholy, sometimes bursting out with righteous anger to directly denounce the suspect, sometimes giving long inner monologues about law and justice. The crowd below were all fascinated and burst into applause and cheers from time to time. Liang Xinhu secretly wondered: Could this Shen Ruiming have a background in drama?
After the witness testimony session was over, it was well past lunch time. Liang Xinhu announced that the court would be adjourned and the court would resume at 1 p.m.
Although the court was adjourned, the spectators were not willing to leave - who knew if they would be able to squeeze in later? It was a bargain, but a group of vendors came to sell various snacks and refreshments.
Returning to the lounge, I saw Shen Ruiming stripped down to only a pair of underpants - even the waist of the underpants was soaked through. Liang Xinhu said: "You are working hard! You are playing the mutiny of the Caine ship!"
Shen Ruiming was still immersed in the pleasure of the speech. He enjoyed the maid rubbing his back and said, "This is a great opportunity for us to popularize the law!"
He stood up and put on a nightgown, took the kvass and took a sip. His tone and expression were very excited, "What is the modern legal system and what is feudal superstition? I just want to take this opportunity to show everyone."
The trial in the afternoon started with evidence presentation. With special approval from the Guangzhou Municipal Government, a projector was specially used to display photos of the scene in the court.
For most people, even though they have heard many details, and even though cruel scenes are commonplace in this time and space, the real photos of the crime scene still send chills down many people's backs, and coupled with Shen Ruiming's gloomy tone, it is like a gust of cold wind scrape across court
ps: Official account Lingao Qiming
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Showcase the style of the Lingao community and a traveling exhibition of outstanding fan and material works;
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