In the court hall of the Haikang County government office, County Magistrate Kang Mingyuan sat upright on a chair with a solemn expression. Looking at the listless government officials standing on both sides and the dark crowd outside the court hall, he slapped the desk with a heavy slap on the table.
, so scared that everyone trembled.
Immediately afterwards, the loud and powerful sentence: "Bring people to commit crimes" resounded throughout the hall, showing the power of the roar.
Not long after, Sun Wuji was taken into court.
Because he had already confessed to the crime, he lived a relatively comfortable life in prison. The injuries he suffered from previous torture had healed a lot, and he looked in good condition, but he was listless and seemed to have no energy.
Spirited.
Seeing his wife and daughter kneeling in the hall, he suddenly trembled his brows, and with a frightened face, he quickly called out: "Madam, Yan Fang, why are you here?"
"Mr. Lang."
"Dad."
Just as the mother and daughter cried out heartbrokenly, the county magistrate Kang Mingyuan banged the desk again with several "snap bang bangs": "No noise in the courtroom."
The roar directly drowned out the words.
"Sir, all the common people have confessed, why do you still bring my wife and children here and refuse to let them go?"
Sun Wuji lowered his voice and begged bitterly: "Sir, please"
"Papa pa pa"
Kang Mingyuan knocked down the gavel three more times, interrupted his words, and shouted righteously: "Sinner Sun Wuji, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean, I won't let them go? It's obvious that they don't want to give up.
"
As he spoke, he looked meaningfully at the expressionless Chu Nanzhi, and then said: "It's the people in your village who hired a lawyer to defend you."
After hearing this, Sun Wuji replied dejectedly: "Your Excellency, the county magistrate and the ordinary people have already confessed in the case, so what else is left to defend."
"Humph, it's not that I want to disturb your final peace,"
Kang Mingyuan sneered: "It's just that your wife has invited the detective Madam Chu from Luyan Port to appeal for you. Sun Wuji, if you have any grievances, please tell Madam Chu in full. What did she ask you?
Just answer whatever you want, and don't talk nonsense anymore. If you don't, the boss of the county government will not be merciful to you this time."
Sun Wuji turned his head tremblingly, looked at Chu Nanzhi feebly, and then replied sadly: "No matter who comes to plead for the grassroots today, the grassroots only have one confession. It was the grassroots who killed Zhu County Cheng with his own hands, and will
His body was thrown into the ditch behind the house."
As soon as these words came out, the tense expressions of the county magistrate, the chief registrar and the county lieutenant immediately relaxed a lot.
There was an uproar outside the hall.
Mother and daughter Sun Liu cried out in grief:
"Mr. Lang."
"Dad."
Kang Mingyuan was so angry that he knocked on the gavel tree again and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Silence, silence, if anyone dares to roar in court again, I will have no mercy."
Then he looked at Chu Nanzhi with a sinister smile, who had not yet had time to speak, and said softly: "Ms. Chu, you see, it's not that I don't give the criminal a chance to appeal, it's just that he confessed himself and admitted the facts of the crime. What do you think of this appeal?
Is it still necessary?”
"Well, it's really not necessary."
Chu Nanzhi looked around at everyone coldly, and then changed the topic: "But the civilian woman has a few words to ask about the criminal who murdered the imperial official."
"Ms. Chu, may I ask?"
Kang Mingyuan replied confidently.
Chu Nanzhi strolled towards Sun Wuji, who had his head buried tightly, bent down and smiled evilly at him: "Sun Wuji, since you have confessed, I have nothing to defend you. Seeing the documents reviewed by the county
It's coming down soon, and it only takes a few days, but I want to know how your wife, children, and children are going to settle down when the executioner lifts the knife and drops it with one hand."
After a pause, she looked at the sobbing Sun Liu family and her daughter, and shook her head coldly:
"Are you going to entrust them to your aunt and brother-in-law who are unwilling to help your wife and children with even half a tael of silver in the mountains, or are you counting on your neighbors who can't even pay the fishing tax now?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Wuji immediately raised his head in panic and stared blankly at the chief registrar and county captain in front of the hall.
But looking at the pair of sinister eyes, he lowered his head again and replied feebly: "I was the one who harmed County Cheng Zhu. Madam Chu doesn't need to waste any more words, let alone plead on my behalf."
"I don't want to plead for you."
Chu Nanzhi smiled calmly and said: "I just sympathize with your family. As a wife and a mother, I feel unworthy for your wife and daughter. As far as I know, someone is thinking about your well-behaved daughter.
, and the whereabouts of your son are still unknown. I wonder if there will be anyone who can accept such a heinous murderer like you in the future?"
When she said this, Sun Wuji couldn't hold it in any longer. He gritted his teeth and raised his head and stared at the front of the hall. He rubbed his hands and said angrily: "Qi County Lieutenant."
"Sun Wooji."
When Chu Nanzhi saw this, he deliberately increased his tone and yelled at him with glaring eyes: "You are so greedy for profit that you plotted to kill your benefactor Zhu Xiancheng who won the official position for you. Your methods are cruel and cruel. Have you ever thought about your wife and children?"
Will you be hurt or cast aside by others?"
After a few majestic words to interrogate the criminal, the county magistrate, chief clerk and others immediately relaxed their vigilance. The three of them looked at each other and smiled: It turns out that this woman is here to vindicate his wife and daughter.
Sun Wuji became even more flustered after hearing this, and was trembling at a loss. Chu Nanzhi shouted again and continued to scold him: "Sun Wuji, you are vicious, cruel, selfish, and unworthy of being a husband and a father.
."
"I"
Sun Wuji was dizzy and began to hesitate, but Chu Nanzhi said hysterically with an angry expression: "Sun Wuji, in front of all the adults, you still haven't honestly explained why you killed someone and how you threw the body into the
In the canal?”
"I didn't kill anyone."
Sun Wuji gritted his teeth, but as soon as he finished speaking, Kang Mingyuan knocked the desk hard and said angrily: "Sun Wuji, you started talking nonsense again without knowing your life or death. Come on, give me
Officials serve you with great punishment."
"Wait a minute."
Chu Nanzhi shouted loudly and immediately stopped the government servant who came forward: "Sir Kang, since the woman is the new lawyer hired by the criminal, before you figure out the whole story, is it possible that you want to lynch people under the eyes of the woman?
, I’m afraid this is illegal, right?”
Kang Mingyuan smiled stiffly: "How can we make him plead guilty and obey the law without punishing him?"
"Succumbing to beatings does not restore the original truth of the facts."
Chu Nanzhi met his eyes, her eyes were calm and not angry.
There was a hint of helplessness in Kang Mingyuan's eyes, so he had to soften his posture and asked seriously: "Sun Wuji, I will ask you again, do you know your guilt?"
Sun Wuji changed his previous attitude this time and replied firmly: "Reporting to the county magistrate, the common people did not kill anyone. Even if you beat the common people to pieces, the common people will not admit the things they did not do."
"you."
Kang Mingyuan was so angry that he was about to take a photo, but Tan Miao on the side immediately pulled the clothes behind his back.
Kang Mingyuan hesitated and slowly lowered the gavel hanging in the air, raised his eyes slightly to look at Chu Nanzhi, and grinned: "Ms. Chu, since you are convinced that he did not kill anyone, do you have any evidence?"
"No."
Chu Nanzhi said frankly: "Then if you, your lords, have determined that he is guilty, can you conclude that it was Sun Wuji who killed him just based on the dead body in the flowing water channel, a few quarrels, and a random knife taken from someone else's house?"
people?"
After a pause, she continued: "Today, a common woman has offended all of you. If tomorrow, unfortunately, a common woman dies tragically in the county, can you be deemed to have murdered the common woman?"
Kang Mingyuan was speechless by her argument.
Indeed, the most critical link is missing: witness.