Fan Dongcheng stood in the lobby, lowered his head slightly, and continued: "Wansheng was at the scene that day. When Shen Yi arrived, Chen Qing was already unconscious. As for other things..."
Mr. Fan sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this matter involves a friend, so I won't talk about my late life. My Majesty, I'll just ask others..."
After saying this, Fan Dongcheng cupped his hands and stepped aside.
Magistrate Feng did not force himself and reached out to pat the gavel.
"Ma Jun."
Ma Jun, who was somewhat bloated, came out of the queue, bowed respectfully to Magistrate Feng, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty."
In comparison, although Ma Jun's family is rich, it is just a family of merchants. Although the rules of the court are no longer as strict as before, their social status is still not high. Facing Magistrate Feng, he has no way to be like Fan Dongcheng. Putting on a high profile like that.
"Luo Maocai."
The county magistrate spoke again.
Luo Maocai also stood up, bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty."
The county master nodded and said, "Yesterday you two came to the county office to meet with the county and confessed to the county what you saw about the case. Today is a public trial. You two will tell me again what you said yesterday."
Hearing the words of the county magistrate, Fan Dongcheng stood aside with an expressionless face, while Qian Tong stared at his two "brothers" with wide eyes.
He already felt something was wrong.
Because...he didn't come to the county office yesterday.
At this time, Qian Tong felt even more uneasy. He cautiously took two steps closer to Fan Dongcheng, then lowered his head and whispered in a trembling voice: "Fan... Young Master Fan..."
Fan Dongcheng took a deep breath, looked back at Qian Tong, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I will try my best to help you if I can."
Hearing these words, Qian Tong felt even more uneasy. Before he could continue speaking, Ma Jun and Luo Maocai began to answer the county magistrate's questions.
Luo Maocai was from a noble family, and his eloquence was relatively better. He stood up, first looked back at Fan Dongcheng, then gritted his teeth and said: "Back to the county, the other four of us were wandering in the backyard of the academy that day when we met head-on. Chen Qing, Qian Tong said that Chen Qing relied on his good looks to spy on Miss Lu..."
"Qian Tong was attracted to Miss Lu and was very annoyed with Chen Qing, so he stepped forward and wanted to teach Chen Qing a lesson. He was tall and knocked Chen Qing to the ground with just one punch. I'll wait..."
Having said this, Luo Maocai took a deep breath and continued: "The three of us tried to stop him, but they couldn't stop him at all. Chen Qing was thin and fell to the ground and fainted after taking Qiantong four or five times. …”
"Qian Tong's eyes turned red. He felt that Chen Qing was pretending to be dead. He still refused to give up. He rode on Chen Qing and punched him. I couldn't pull him away. Later, Shen Qi came in a hurry and was knocked down by Qian Tong. …”
Before Luo Maocai finished speaking, Qian Tong collapsed emotionally. He rushed directly in front of Luo Maocai, grabbed Luo Maocai by the collar, and his face was distorted.
"What did you say?!"
Qian Tongqing's voice trembled: "That day was obviously..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the county magistrate frowned and said: "Pull them apart, take Qian Tong aside, and let the witness continue to speak."
Several government officials immediately stepped forward and pulled the two men apart. Although Qian Tong was tall, he was no match for the government officials and was quickly pushed aside, still holding his head high and complaining.
"County Zun, County Zun!"
"This guy framed me, please let me make the decision!"
Magistrate Feng snorted and said coldly: "Based on your actions just now, it can be seen that you are indeed a person with a violent personality. It is not surprising that you beat and kill your classmates."
Having said this, Feng Lu narrowed his eyes and continued: "Strangle his mouth with a cloth strip to prevent him from disturbing the court."
Blocking the mouth with a cloth will actually make it difficult to make a person speechless, but blocking the mouth with a cloth and then strangling it with a strip of cloth will basically make it impossible to speak a word.
The yamen were very familiar with these tasks, and the two yamen quickly stuffed Qian Tong's mouth and took him aside.
The county master stretched out his hand and knocked on the gavel wood, and said calmly: "Luo Maocai, please continue."
"yes."
Luo Maocai glanced at Qian Tong, who was already being held in prison, in shock. He closed his eyes, remembered his father's instructions, exhaled a breath again, and continued: "Qian Tong...it's enough to beat Chen Qing with a stick of incense."
Time, until he could no longer move. Afterwards, when he saw that the matter had become serious, he wanted to put the blame on Shen Qi. I'll wait..."
"I really can't stand it. I just arrived at the county office yesterday and presented myself to the county magistrate..."
The county magistrate was obviously very satisfied with this statement. He nodded, looked at Ma Jun and asked, "Ma Jun, please tell me what happened that day."
Although Ma Jun is not very good at talking, with Luo Maocai in front, he only needs to roughly repeat what Luo Maocai said.
Soon, Ma Jun also roughly explained the matter.
Feng Zhixian nodded slightly, then looked at Fan Dongcheng and said, "Master Fan, are what these two people said true?"
Although Fan Dongcheng's face was not very good-looking and he was obviously not willing to accept it, but due to the pressure from his family and for the sake of his uncle's official reputation, he still gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said: "Go back to the county, what the two of them said,
This is what I saw in my late life, but..."
Fan Dongcheng lowered his head and said: "It's just that when Qian Tong attacked Chen Qing that day, Chen Qing also fought back. The two of them were fighting for love. In addition, Qian Tong was young and injured, so I ask the county magistrate to deal with it leniently..."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Feng glanced at Fan Dongcheng lightly and said, "Master Fan, do you really mean what you said?"
He was asking Fan Dongcheng whether what Fan Dongcheng said just now was his own meaning or the Fan family's meaning.
Obviously, Fan Dongcheng, a dandy, did not understand the meaning of Feng Zhixian's words. He lowered his head to Feng Lu and said, "I came back to the county for my own sake."
"The county understands."
After saying this, the county magistrate patted the prison wall and said in a deep voice: "The facts of this case are quite clear, but the specific method of trial and conviction still requires evidence and the murderer's confession. Someone come."
Several government officials immediately left work and bowed their heads respectfully to the county magistrate: "Master!"
"Take Qian Tong to jail and wait for the criminal to truthfully confess, and then set a date for retrial."
The process of Da Chen's murder case is very complicated. Not only does it require detailed files describing the case, but it also requires evidence, testimony and a confession from the murderer himself. If the county magistrate sentenced him to beheading, he would also need to report it to the Ministry of Punishment, and wait for the Ministry of Punishment to wait. The execution can only be carried out after the examination, and the trial cannot be concluded in one or two days.
To be honest, if it weren't for this mandatory process, Shen Yi's body would be cold by now.
"yes!"
Several government officials bowed their heads and accepted the order, and took Qian Tong down with his mouth gagged.
After Qian Tong left the scene, Feng Zhixian looked at Shen Yi who was kneeling in the lobby.
At this moment, Shen Yi was wearing prison clothes and looked embarrassed, but his expression was very calm, as if he had already guessed today's outcome.
Seeing Shen Yi's expression, a strong sense of weirdness came to Feng Zhixian's heart again, but now that things have come to this point, the outcome of today's court hearing is already doomed.
He lowered his eyebrows slightly and picked up the gavel on the table.
"After testimonies from many people, it was found that Shen Yi of Ganquan Academy was indeed unjustly imprisoned. Today..."