The government servant who maintained order at the door took a step back, and then, the people who gathered around the door rushed toward Shen Mo like crazed wild beasts.
The feeling was like a huge flood erupting, wishing to tear the silence apart.
Shen Shen wanted to escape, but he had no chance. The frantic people drowned him all afternoon, and then, Shen Shen's miserable wails echoed through the court.
Su Qi'an looked at this scene without any intention to stop him. Su Qi'an still had a sense of control over the people's violent beatings.
They just let the first batch of people go, but the people who followed behind were blocked.
If he really opened his mouth completely, Silence might be beaten to death.
If Shen Shen really died like this, it would be too easy for him. What Shen Shen and his son had done, even if they died hundreds of times, was not enough. Now to accept the rising anger in the hearts of the people, they should collect some interest.
The main reason why the people were so angry and completely exploded against Silence was because of Silence's rhetoric.
The debate in the court has reached this stage, and most of the relationships have been clarified, and the people have a better idea.
It was just because the Shen family was unwilling to accept the reputation they had accumulated over the years, so they held on to their last hope and asked Shen Mo.
If Shen Mo admitted it honestly, maybe they wouldn't be so excited. They would look at the good things the Shen family has done over the years, even if the good deeds were done deliberately, they wouldn't be so excited.
However, they remained silent at this juncture. Instead of directly admitting it, they continued to talk about the Shen family's contribution to Hanzhong County, hoping to win over the people to their side.
It is indeed easy for the people at the bottom to follow the trend, be led astray, and follow suit, but they are not fools.
Once the causes and consequences behind this are clarified, you can make your own judgment. At this point, continuing to talk about the so-called past contributions will only make them evil and hateful.
This is the reason why the common people cannot restrain their anger. They live at the bottom and do not have much ability, but they cannot accept it. They treat themselves as pawns, fools, and can be manipulated at will.
Even clay figures have a bad temper, let alone them.
The silent wailing lasted for a long time, and at the end, gradually, no sound could be heard. Su Qi'an looked at him, and the government officials standing on both sides quickly took action to pull away the people who were venting their anger.
Lying silently on the ground, he was completely different from the elegant person before.
The robe on his body was torn to pieces, his hair was disheveled, and there were large bruises on his body and face. His body was curled up, not to mention how embarrassing it was.
The excitement on the faces of the common people who were pulled away did not diminish by half, and their bodies were struggling. If it hadn't been for the yamen's strength, I'm afraid they would have broken free long ago, and would have punched and kicked Shen Mo again.
"Shen, after so many years, we have trusted you so much, but what you are doing now, each and every one of them, are you worthy of your own conscience? We are incapable and at the bottom, but we will never tolerate you like this. Trample and insult!”
"That's right, God, I was really blind. I believed what you said, you bitch. I pity my brother. I didn't think that he was killed by you. I stupidly spoke for you. It's ridiculous and pathetic. "
"Brother, I'm sorry for you!"
Amid the bursts of scolding, the excited people spoke with painful expressions on their faces and burst into tears.
Not only the controlled people, but also the people at the rear who were unable to enter the court, all had expressions of sadness, shame, and pain on their faces.
What Shen Shen did was one thing in front of others and another behind his back. He was indeed a beast, but their support could be regarded as a kind of aid.
Thinking of their relatives and friends who had been deceived, disappeared, and died tragically, they felt a little inexplicable sadness in their hearts.
Gradually, the anger in the court was filled with this sad atmosphere, and finally one person took the lead and spoke.
"Master Hou, we mistakenly believed what the Shen family and his son said. We were wrong. We are willing to accept all punishments, but we only ask that the Marquis can uphold justice for us, severely punish the Shen family and his son, and give justice to those who died in vain."
"Here, I'll be waiting for you, Lord Marquis."
After saying that, the man knelt down in front of Su Qi'an and knocked his head heavily on the ground, with deep regret in his eyes.
"Please also ask the Marquis to make the decision for us. We are willing to accept any punishment."
A large number of people outside the court knelt down at the same time, and their voices gathered together, making people feel inexplicably sad.
Su Qian stood up and motioned for everyone to get up. He said to the people in front of him.
"In the final analysis, I am also responsible for this matter. This is not all your fault. I am here today to make up for my past negligence, which caused such a cancer in Hanzhong County and made you suffer."
"I assure you that what the Hanzhong Shen family has done will definitely give you justice and give Hanzhong County a clear sky."
With Su Qi'an's promise, the people who stood up were emotional and had tears on their faces. If Su Qi'an hadn't stopped them, they might have knelt down again.
Just when the people were falling into this mood, those hidden people in the crowd took this opportunity to glance around and try to sneak away.
Just when a few people exited the crowd at the door and wanted to leave quietly, suddenly, a pair of big hands fell on them.
Several people were startled and raised their heads sharply. Behind them, there were several more sturdy men controlling them.
"Hey, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Didn't you scream happily just now?"
"No, no, no, you have recognized the wrong person. We are just ordinary people. We have something to leave, so I won't disturb you now."
"Wrong person? Haha, you can't be wrong. In the crowd just now, you were looking for me for a long time. How come you don't recognize me after just a while?"
Several secret agents were startled and seemed to have thought of something, "It turns out to be you!"
"Hey, let's go, change places, and have a good chat."
Several burly men smiled and took away the secrets hidden by the Shen family.
The departure of the hidden thread did not affect the excitement of the people at all, and they were comforted by Su Qi'an.
The onlookers dispersed in an organized manner, lying on the ground in almost powerless silence. They were escorted by the government officials and taken directly to the prison.
When passing by Su Qi'an, Silence's eyes were full of endless hatred. If looks could kill, Su Qi'an would have been killed by Silence hundreds of times.
Shen Mo knew that this time, the Shen family was completely defeated, and finally fell into the hands of Su Qi'an. They had indeed underestimated Su Qi'an.
After all, the manipulation of people's hearts is just a little bit different, but the result is fatal.
Su Qi'an didn't care at all about the silent hostility. A family that only dominated one county was no threat to Su Qi'an at all.
As for the manipulation of public opinion that the Shen family was proud of, it was just playing house.
It seems that they are evenly matched, but in fact, the two sides' thoughts and patterns are completely different.
The Shen family's father and son only focused on the most basic material aspects of public opinion to win over people's hearts.
This kind of bribery is the simplest and most effective, but it is the most useless.
The public opinion of the people depends not on bribery, but on awe. We must always be in awe of the general public opinion and learn to respect it.
Rather than being manipulated as chess pieces like the Shen family and his son, this kind of public opinion is essentially the same as being used and used as puppets, and it is easy to be counterattacked.
Especially if you have no good intentions and are just taking advantage of public opinion, the backlash will be even stronger.
It's just that these are things that Shen Sheng and his son will never understand in their lifetime, and they have no time to understand.
According to Su Qi'an's plan, after temporarily putting Shen Shen and his son in jail, a public trial will be held in Hanzhong County three days later. As expected, Shen Shen and his son will be sentenced to lingchi.
This is not Su Qian's revenge, but the Shen family's so-called cause. Not to mention anything else, the dozen or so bones in the courtroom are the evidence.
This is just a part of it. Xie Cang and Su Yong dug some temporarily in the backyard of Shen's house because of time constraints when they ransacked their home.
These skeletons all belong to those young girls who were toyed with by Shen Chong and died tragically.
After so many years, according to Wang Yan's inference, there are far more than a dozen corpses in the Shen family.
Therefore, after Shen Mo was escorted to prison, the top priority was to thoroughly search the Shen family.
Speaking of this matter, Xie Cang, Su Yong and Su Qi'an made sure that they had mobilized a thousand men each from the Dongshan Army and the Split Mountain Army to surround the Shen family.
According to the instructions, one team was responsible for perimeter security, and the other team was responsible for checking the Shen family to ensure that not a single fly could escape.
Hearing this, Su Qian nodded, feeling somewhat reassured. Wang Yan on the side spoke at this time.
"You just love to do this, try the case in court, and grind. If I were to lead the troops into the city and directly push the Shen family away, I would be done with it long ago. Why are we still struggling until now?"
"Haha, Miss Wang is still so generous. She and I thought of going together, but Brother Su didn't agree." Xie Cang said with a smile and gave Wang Yan a thumbs up.
Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "It's not impossible to lead troops to push forward, but who can guarantee that the Shen family and his son are not prepared? If they were not deceived, would you have such a good chance to live in the Shen family's place like no one else?"
"You have seen the Shen family's popularity in Hanzhong County along the way. I don't need to tell you what the consequences will be if you push them directly."
"By then, I'm afraid even two thousand people won't be able to stop them."
The three of them just laughed at Su Qian'an's explanation. Of course they knew this, but they couldn't stand the disgusting faces of Shen Mo and Shen Chong.
If it wasn't for the purpose of uprooting the girl, Wang Yan would have taken action herself no matter what, so that the pain she had inflicted on the young girl who died tragically would be inflicted on Shen Chong a hundred times a thousand times.
Zuojian's toying with women also touched Wang Yan's bottom line. Wang Yan had long wanted to attack such a beast, and even cutting him to pieces would be hard to eliminate the hatred in his heart.
