Xu Yue asked Zhou Yong again, "Are you defending yourself, or do you want a lawyer to defend you?"
Zhou Yong swallowed and looked around helplessly. They were all watching the excitement, and no one would stand on his side.
"I, I want to defend myself."
"Okay, then let me ask you, Xiaofang reported that you publicly and loudly insulted women in the bean cake shop, using derogatory words with specific meanings for women, such as "slut", "bitch", etc., and provoked disputes between the sexes. Do you agree?
recognize?"
Who dares to deny this?
The owner of the bean cake shop who was the witness was standing in the lobby, along with several diners who had eaten in the shop before.
Zhou Yong was heartbroken and just wanted to save his life. He cried and begged: "I know I was wrong, leader. I really know I was wrong! I didn't want to provoke a dispute. Please spare my life!"
Xu Yue was helpless. Does she seem like someone who kills people casually?
Xu Yue raised her hand to signal Zhou Yong to be quiet. Seeing that he was still well behaved, she turned around and waved to Gongsun Yun who was in the side hall.
Gongsun Yun studied science at Xujiazhuang University, and science also included Xu Jiajun's laws.
As a newly promoted female judicial official, Xu Yue decided to test her cousin to see what kind of trial results she could produce.
"This is Gongsun Yun, a female official of the Si Cao Department. It is more fair to leave the matter of Zhou Yong to professionals to judge." Xu Yue stood up, took two steps back, and signaled Gongsun Yun to come forward.
Gongsun Yun suppressed the excitement in her heart and sat on the chair in the middle of the court hall for the first time.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and recalled the laws she had read in her mind, and then she said:
"Zhou Yong, Xiaofang's report is true, do you have any objection?"
With tears on his face, Zhou Yong admitted that he had indeed said these words.
Gongsun Yun nodded, "Since you have pleaded guilty, Xiaofang's report is established. According to Xu Jiajun's rules, anyone who infringes on the reputation of others and provokes sexual disputes will be sentenced to fifteen days to three years in prison depending on the severity of the case."
"Isn't it a capital crime?" Zhou Yong, who had already thought about his will, raised his head in surprise, his gray eyes brightening.
Gongsun Yun did not respond and continued: "So I thought that Zhou Yongyou took the initiative to explain the circumstances and showed great repentance. Now Si Cao made the following judgment and sentenced Zhou Yong to fifteen days' imprisonment and one month's imprisonment."
Voluntary labor.”
"Just choose a textile factory outside the city and let you experience what the women around you are doing."
"Everyone stand up!"
Gongsun Yun stood up, and the newspaper seller Xiaofang and the shop witnesses also stood up.
Zhou Yong looked at these people and stood up staggeringly.
Gongsun Yun said loudly: "The Zhou Yong case is closed!"
"good--!"
Ma Liang couldn't control himself and clapped his hands to applaud the verdict.
After shouting, he realized that his performance was too outstanding. Everyone around him was looking at him, including the female official named Gongsun Yun and the leader Xu Yue.
Ah, this... is embarrassing.
Ma Liang and the others subconsciously stood in a straight military posture, not daring to squint.
The surrounding onlookers left one after another, and Zhou Yong was taken away by the female soldiers with tears in his eyes.
Ma Liang and others also thought about following the crowd and leaving the scene.
"Those in military uniforms, stop!" Gongsun Yun shouted.
In military uniform?
Ma Liang and the others lowered their heads and glanced at their brand-new military uniforms. Who else could they call them?
The sound of footsteps sounded, and Ma Liang and the others turned around and saw the leader and female officials walking towards them and others.
Obviously these two people were not as tall as them, but the indifferent gaze of the female leader made people feel like there was a big mountain pressing on their heads, which made Ma Liang's breathing quicken.
Several people stood nervously in a row and all gave a military salute, "Chief!"
Xu Yue returned the salute and looked at the leader, Ma Liang, "What's your name? Which battalion are you from?"
"Ma Liang, a new cavalry battalion." Ma Liang tried hard to control his eyes from staring at the leader's shoes and not to look around.
"Is there a mission?" Xu Yue asked.
Ma Liang was a little confused and shook his head, "No, I'm on vacation."
"You guys just wear this military uniform and run around the city during your vacation?" Gongsun Yun frowned and spoke in a serious tone.
Hearing this, Ma Liang and the others felt a chill in their hearts. Then they remembered that one of the military regulations of the Xu Family Army was that soldiers without official duties were not allowed to wander around the city wearing military uniforms, so as not to affect the image of the entire Xu Family Army.
Ma Liang and others fell silent.
Xu Yue could see the sweat on several people's foreheads due to nervousness, and glanced at Ma Liang again.
He was the one who was clapping his hands just now, and he was the only one who was clapping his hands.
But she knows that people's inherent thoughts cannot be changed so easily, so this verdict may not be of any concern to the general public.
You may even feel that Xu Jiajun is favoring women.
Of course they want to improve women's rights and interests to consolidate Xu Jiajun's status, but there is no such thing as favoritism.
"You just clapped your hands, why?" Xu Yue asked lightly.
Ma Liang was a little surprised. Why did the leader ask such a question?
But he also guessed that whether he would be served by military law today would depend on how he answered now.
He didn't know what answer the leader wanted, so he could only express his true feelings as much as possible.
"Go back to the chief, because I think the sentence is good."
Xu Yue raised her eyebrows and motioned for him to continue elaborating.
Ma Liang swallowed secretly, his hands on the seam of his trousers were sweating nervously, he quietly wiped the sweat from his palms, his brain was running wildly, but he couldn't think of anything good to say.
Finally, he said with a broken heart: "I despise people like Zhou Yong. Anyone who takes it out on a woman by scolding him when something happens is a coward!"
Gongsun Yun couldn't hold it back, the corner of her mouth twitched, she quickly turned to the side, suppressed her face that wanted to smile, and then turned back again.
There was no expression on Xu Yue's face, "Then do you think today's verdict is fair to Zhou Yong?"
"He himself broke the rules first." Ma Liang tried hard to recall, "According to Xu Jiajun's rules, no one can infringe on the reputation rights of others. Anyone whose reputation has been violated can report and sue the slanderer, and let them receive the due punishment.
punishment."
"The newspaper seller Xiaofang felt that she was insulted by Zhou Yong's words. She reported Zhou Yong and Zhou Yong pleaded guilty and accepted the punishment. There is nothing unfair about this."
As long as you ignore the patriarchal values shaped by the past environment and look at today's incident, you won't feel unfair.
What's more, everyone knows that Xu Jiajun is protecting women's rights, but Zhou Yong still pushes him up. Isn't it stupid?
This is an understanding person. Xu Yue nodded secretly in her heart.
She does not need everyone to agree with Xu Jiajun's defense of women's rights from the bottom of their hearts. She only needs to let everyone know that in Xu Jiajun's territory, women are not easy to bully and should be afraid of them.
"If you have nothing to do, hurry back to the military camp. These clothes are not for you to wear to show off." Xu Yue warned seriously.
Ma Liang and others were overjoyed. Did they escape the disaster?
Several people were too busy to respond. After leaving the county government, they no longer dared to wander around and left the city in dejection.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the military camp, they met their General Xu.
Those eyes casually glanced like this, and Ma Liang and the others almost fell to their knees with weak legs.
"You came back from wandering around the city wearing this outfit?" Xu Dalang had already seen through everything.
Ma Liang lamented in his heart: How could I be so naive!
The military camp is not under the control of the leader. She let us go, but the general will not let us go!
