The biggest snowfall this winter was knee-deep.
It's March 9th weather, so cold that one's bones are chilled.
Lu Ying was brought to court wearing a thin prison uniform and heavy shackles.
He was detained for more than ten days and was tortured to the point where he lost his appearance.
Even close relatives would feel strange when seeing him like this.
At this moment, his two deep-set eyes were searching eagerly in the hall, like a drowning man looking for straw to hold on to.
He repeatedly told the housekeeper to find the best lawyer for him.
But where is the shadow of the lawyer in the hall?
His eyes dimmed, but there was still unwillingness in them.
Maybe because of the heavy snow, the litigator hasn’t had time to go to court yet!
Maybe today is just a routine interrogation, not the most important time, right?
He had to comfort himself like this, otherwise he would go crazy.
"The suspect knelt down and listened to the charges being read out in court." A bearded clerk stood on the steps holding a dossier and began to read out.
Lu Ying's charges include, in addition to concealing a large amount of tax returns and bribing officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, fabricating crimes to murder others, and paying for murders.
He originally thought that there was only Huangfu Ge's case, but who would have thought that in addition to this, there were seven or eight other families who were suing.
It turns out that Lu Ying has stolen other people's secret recipes more than once over the years.
Huangfuge's family was not the only one who was harmed by him.
In the past, these people didn't dare to do anything to him, but now that they are all powerful, how can they let him go?
"Your Majesty, it's clear to me! The villain was wronged! When these people saw that the villain was caught, they added insult to injury and took advantage of the situation." Lu Ying shouted that he was wronged.
He had made up his mind that he could not plead guilty no matter what. He wanted to live and tried his best to survive.
Yang Yin didn't even look at him. He only ordered: "Have the suspect sign a signature and seal the case, so that the case can be reported to the police."
The tone was as ordinary as saying to kill a fly.
When Lu Ying heard this, his hair stood up and he shouted: "Why is this?! Where are the accusers? Where are the witnesses? Shouldn't they be confronted in court and then settled at trial?!"
He thought he would have to wait until the end of the year no matter what, and the case would not be concluded within a few months.
"You're a cunning person! You're already on the verge of death, and you're still acting like a fool." Someone immediately scolded him, "Which one of you has been wronged? Telling you that being tough won't do you any good."
Lu Ying sneered and said: "Don't think that I don't know how the lawsuit is fought, you are clearly just trying to give in and end the case in a muddle!
I'm not convinced! I want to sue! Even if I lose everything, I can't be convicted in such an unclear way! "
Lu Ying is right, the normal process of hearing a case is indeed not like this.
But his case was special. Whether he was suing him or trying him, they only wanted his life.
Where can I find the time to fight with him? Naturally, the trial will be concluded quickly. He will plead guilty and be punished, and everyone will be relieved.
"How dignified is it to roar in court?!" Yang Yin's face darkened and a punishment stick flew out, "Come on, grab the stick!"
Seeing this situation, Lu Ying not only refused to beg for mercy, but laughed wildly: "What a great official power! It is not difficult to convict me, but some people don't even think about it.
All my silver supplements have been fed to dogs over the years! Don’t blame me for being unkind to you now! The rabbit bites people when it is anxious! "
The executioner heard what he said was so unbearable that he immediately came up and blocked his mouth.
The chief clerk said: "The suspect is now trying to jump over the wall and climb randomly. He must be punished and convicted as soon as possible!"
Lu Ying really didn't expect that after how many times he bribed the court and harmed others, he would now be treated the same way.
Originally, since the interrogator asked him about the dispute between him and Huang Fuge that day, no one had interrogated him again. He thought there was room for turning around.
Who would have thought that he would go to court today and directly read out the charges, and then ask him to sign them.
Even if he had harmed people with the law, there would have been at least a formality, but now it was so straightforward.
He wanted to laugh, but his mouth was blocked.
Then there was severe pain in both legs.
He heard the sound of his leg bones breaking, like a birch branch snapping on a winter night.
Then he lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was lying on the ground, and someone had just finished pressing fingerprints with his hand.
"I don't... plead guilty..." He was furious, knowing that it was in vain but still making the final struggle.
No one paid any attention to him, and the two government officials dragged him down like a dead dog.
"The case has been concluded. Please submit the file."
"If you report it today, you will get a reply tomorrow. We have to arrange for someone to search his home."
This was the last conversation Lu Ying heard.
In a small alley deep in the East City, there is a small courtyard.
Huangfu Ge took the porridge handed over by his wife and praised it with a smile: "It tastes so good."
"Your favorite red bean and corn porridge," Luo Dongqing also smiled, "You haven't eaten it for many years, right?"
"Well," Huangfuge took a sip and sighed, "I have been dreaming about this sip, thinking that I would never be able to drink it again in my life."
"Speaking of dreams, I had a dream at night." Luo Dongqing lowered his eyes with sadness, "I dreamed of Yun Qing, and he was very happy and told me that the debt owed by that person would be paid off.
I asked him where he was going? He said he was leaving and came to say goodbye to me.
In all these years, I have never dreamed of him. But the situation in this dream was just like the real thing. He was still wearing the same ultramarine cotton robe he had worn when he left the inn.
He told me that day that he would definitely come back when the lights were on. I waited and waited in the inn until daybreak, but there was no sign of him.
Later, the official came to me and said that he had been beaten to death in the suburbs. The most fatal injury was a kick in the heart.
I still remember that the day I went to collect his body, it snowed so heavily.
He was only twenty-two years old at the time and was supposed to get married in October. But for your sake, come with me to the capital. Who would have thought that I would never be able to go back. "
"It's all because of my careless friendships that hurt you." Huangfu Ge couldn't help crying. "I was in prison these years. I was not afraid of being beaten, scolded, tortured, or hungry or cold. What I feared most was waking up in my dreams at midnight and thinking of you. .”
"I really didn't expect that you and I would meet again in this life." Luo Dongqing had mixed feelings, "I never thought that I would be able to see that traitor's reputation ruined."
"Ah Qing, I owed you so much before." Huangfuge held his wife's hand and sighed, "From now on, I will treat you well every day I live. I will never be able to repay your kindness in this life no matter what." If there is an afterlife, I am willing to be an ox or a horse for you."
"Okay, let's eat the porridge! If the porridge is cold, you won't be able to eat it." Luo Dongqing put the porridge bowl into his hand again, "Who knows if there will be a next life? Live one day in the future, and you and I will stay together for the rest of the day. . No need to talk about what you owe or what you owe."
