"Snapped!"
Shocked, my parents raised me in vain!
"Ascending to the Hall!"
The lights are all bright, illuminating the court hall.
Zhou Jinchun was dressed in an emerald green robe and a black gauze hat with soft wings on his head, with the four characters "Mingjing Hanging High" reflected on his back. Even though he was already in his sixtieth year, he was still sitting firmly in the courtroom with majesty and awe.
"mighty!"
The policemen who accompanied the court, eight people on the left and right, stood on both sides, holding killing sticks and stamping on the ground repeatedly. It was like a noisy and heavy rain, and the noise in the court hall suddenly felt supreme majesty!
Song Che listened outside the hall and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It turns out that the ancient hall was really just like the one in the TV series. It was so immersive and shocking!
"Master Qingtian, you have to make the decision for us, wuwuwu..."
The wails of women and children were nothing short of earth-shattering.
"Quiet!" Zhou Jinchun patted the wood in the hall, "I have your papers in my hands. I will definitely give you justice - come here and bring the criminals Zhu Wei's family and the Hong brothers to court!"
The four members of the Zhu family and the Hong brothers, wearing shackles and shackles on their feet, were taken to court by the government officials.
"That's her, she took off my clothes and stabbed me with needles..."
"And him, he lied to me and said he was a grain merchant and the price was cheap, but he led me into an alley and beat me and humiliated me!"
A cold eyebrow is pointed at by thousands of people.
Xu Xiao held all the evidence and presented it to the hall: "Sir, these are the evidence found from the Zhu family's house, including clothes, needles, accessories, and hemp ropes used to tie people. In addition, five items were also found in his home. One hundred taels of silver, Zhu Wei's family are all idle people on weekdays, so it is impossible for them to have so much silver;
These are the confessions of the Hong brothers. They respectively explained that Hong Biao used the gambling house as a basis to commit fraud, secretly made loan sharks, evaded taxes, beat others to death and maimed them; Hong Er monopolized the docks, oppressed the people, and Zhu Wei One family colluded to smuggle and traffic people on cargo ships;
These women and children in the hall were all rescued from the dock in the middle of the night. The cargo ship where they were imprisoned belongs to the Hong brothers. "
"It's outrageous for both humans and gods!" Zhou Jinchun scolded the audience: "You are a thief and a scoundrel. Now that the evidence is conclusive, why do you have sophistry!" "
"The villain committed such a serious crime because of his greed. Please forgive me!" Zhu Wei's family kowtowed and begged for mercy.
However, the Hong brothers held their heads high, showing an arrogant attitude of refusing to admit guilt.
Hong Biao sneered: "Master Zhou, I won't say anything else. Don't you know where those evaded taxes went?"
Zhou Jinchun's face darkened and his eyes relaxed slightly.
Hong Er then glared at the women and children in the hall angrily: "Where did you bitches and little bastards come from? You clearly ran to my cargo ship on your own. You have to say that I abducted you. You are so confusing right and wrong. Is there any law? Is there any law? What!"
The women and children were so frightened that they trembled and huddled in each other's arms.
"Ha! What a man who confuses right and wrong and makes trouble!" Song Che strode into the courtroom and stared at Hong Er, "I'm really curious about who your parents are to give birth to such a shameless person like you. Look, Look, these girls are all in ragged clothes, and the youngest child is only three years old. Do you think they, like you, had their brains kicked by a donkey and would run into your boat and suffer?"
"you--"
"Shut your stinky mouth!"
Song Che took off his shoes, stuffed them into Hong Er's mouth, turned sideways and pointed at Hong Biao: "And you, how about you? Do you think that just because you gave Mr. Zhou something, you think you can threaten him?
Let me tell you, the taxes you evaded originally belonged to the government, and Mr. Zhou used them to repair fortifications and provide relief to the refugees outside the city;
The reason Lord Zhou accepts your money is because there are wars everywhere in Daliang and the national treasury is empty. He is as dedicated as the sun and the moon to raising funds for the country. What’s more, all the dirty money you earned should have been confiscated;
Who doesn’t know that you have great power in Suzhou City, and you have more subordinates than government officials? Mr. Zhou has to accept your benefits in order to take into account the overall situation. In fact, this is just a stopgap measure by Mr. Zhou. Every money you give , Mr. Zhou clearly recorded it in the accounts,"
Song Che turned to ask Zhou Jinchun, who was gradually smiling in the courtroom: "Master Zhou, do you think so?"
Zhou Jinchun said solemnly: "Yes, how can I take the money from a local ruffian? It's all recorded in the account, and it has contributed to the country!"
"Song Che, ahhh... you're fucking confusing right and wrong!" Hong Biao was furious and opened his mouth to bite Song Che.
Xu Xiao jumped down and pressed the scabbard against Hong Biao's teeth. Several government officials used their killing sticks to grab the shackles and press him to the ground.
Song Che slowly squatted down, leaned close to the ears of the two brothers, and whispered: "Tell you secretly, I also gave Mr. Zhou some money to buy your lives."
"Uh! Uh! Uh!" Hong Biao's eyes were bloodshot with hatred.
Song Che hummed softly and asked the court for instructions: "It's late at night, Mr. Zhou is old, why not convict him earlier and withdraw from the court earlier?"
"That's exactly what I meant!" Zhou Jinchun stood up suddenly and pronounced the verdict loudly: "The four members of the Zhu family, the Hong brothers, committed murder and arson, took human life seriously, trafficked people, disobeyed nature, violated human ethics, and are indignant to both humans and gods. Their crimes should be punished! Come on!" Man, put these six people on death row and behead them at noon tomorrow as a warning to others!"
"The victimized women and children will be temporarily settled in the Yamen today. At dawn tomorrow, they will be escorted home by the Yamen for reunion!"
"yes!"
"Bah!" Gai Tongmu clapped: "Quit!"
"Master Qingtian!"
"Sir, spare your life! Spare your life..."
"You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't make such conscience-breaking money!"
The criminal was heartbroken, and the sufferer cried with joy, which is exactly what he said: Heaven is so good at reincarnation, who can God bypass?
Song Che walked out of the Yamen. Suzhou City under the dark night was so peaceful and quiet that even the air seemed to have become a lot sweeter.
"Tonight is such a long night!" He stretched greatly and was finally able to sleep peacefully. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a childish call behind him:
"Uncle Song!"
Women and children ran out of the Yamen in tears, their grateful eyes shining brighter than the stars.
'Uncle Song, thank you...' The children surrounded Song Che for a while.
For a moment, Song Che almost broke his guard. He quickly replaced his tears with laughter and lowered his voice: "Hey, hey, he's not an uncle, he's a brother."
"Brother Song! Brother Song..."
"Okay, okay, who told you all to have such sweet mouths? Let me see..."
Song Che touched all over his body, then took out a small ingot of silver from under his waist, threw it to Xu Xiao who was standing by and laughed happily, and said: "I only have so much left, you divide it into pieces, Think of it as a way to pay for their return home tomorrow, so don't keep it secretly in your pocket."
Xu Xiao said a thousand words, but only said one sentence: "You are a good person."
A good person is indeed a very high praise.
"But do good deeds and don't ask about your future. We'll see you at the execution ground tomorrow."
Song Che said goodbye to the women and children, got on the carriage, and gradually disappeared into the night with the gentle moonlight.
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