Hua Rujin accompanied Li Tong into the hall and glanced at Ye Chengguan who was sitting in the hall. Thinking of how he treated his cousin differently last night, her face suddenly turned cold.
Ye Chengguan watched the girl's face grow colder, guessing that she must have been angry because of the matter with Young Master Shu, but thinking about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with what he did.
After all, Young Master Shu was her cousin, but he was not related to her.
It's too bad to have to lick your face to please others after being punished by him.
Thinking of this, his expression changed, and he slapped the desk with a heavy slap, and said in a solemn voice: "Li Tong is a criminal. Your neighbor, the Tan family of the Zhang family, has accused you of raping a common woman. The evidence is conclusive. Can you plead guilty?"
Li Tong just raised his head and glanced at the flowers beside him, and Ye Chengguan struck another alarm bell: "This county is asking you, why do you look at other people's eyes?"
"Replying to your lord, the common people plead guilty."
Li Tong was hit by two alarms and almost panicked.
After calming down, he quickly followed Hua Rujin's instructions this morning and replied word for word:
"The common people were obsessed with it for a while and did stupid things. Now that they think about the sins they have committed, they regret it. I beg you to forgive the common people for the sake of the common people who committed it accidentally. The common people will definitely change their past mistakes."
There was no intention in his words to shirk responsibility, but his confession was extremely sincere, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
"An occasional offender?"
Ye Chengguan was slightly startled.
He looked at Hua Rujin with a calm smile.
It seems that this girl has spent a lot of time studying the "Law of Great Karma" that he gave to her.
According to the law of Daye, the crime of adultery is divided into habitual offenders and first-time offenders.
If it is a first offense and the person pleads guilty in a good manner, he may be treated leniently.
He nodded happily: "I heard that you have some feelings for the Miss Zhang family. People are not saints. It is understandable that they made mistakes in a moment of ignorance. But now they are willing to repent and resolve to change their past mistakes. It is not a sin.
Until death, this county.”
Just as he was about to pronounce the sentence, the eldest lady of the Zhang family immediately knelt down, pointed at Li Tong and said angrily: "You whore, don't try to cheat. You have been having an affair with my daughter at my house for almost two years, and you have raped me."
My daughter has said this dozens of times, but you have the audacity to say that you are a first offender?"
Hearing this, Hua Rujin finally showed a satisfied smile.
Holding back his laughter, he turned away and quickly covered his mouth.
There was an uproar all around.
Ye Chengguan was startled again when he heard this.
In an instant, he realized that the hole Miss Hua had buried was right here.
Several loud bangs were struck on the desk: "You woman are really ridiculous. Li Tong has been dating your daughter for nearly two years. How can you say it is rape?"
Tang Haoran, who was on the side, was already drowsy, but when he heard such a shocking big melon falling from the sky, his expression suddenly became brightened: "You are such a cunning woman, how dare you talk nonsense and deceive my family, why don't you get it right soon?"
Madam Zhang was stunned for a while, and then she gradually realized that she seemed to have been plotted against.
It's true that misfortune comes from the mouth.
With no other choice, she lay down directly on the ground, rolling around and shouting: "Sir, the common woman is wronged. It is this libertine named Li who has been trying to take over my daughter. My family is very weak, so I have to take this step to save it."
My daughter’s reputation.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a clear female voice was heard from behind: "Now that things have happened, why should mother be so aggressive and wrongly accuse good people?"
Hua Rujin heard the sound and went to see Miss Zhang's family walking straight in.
"Thank you very much."
She first walked to Hua Rujin and thanked her, then knelt down in the hall and said truthfully: "It's all a common girl who has lost her moral character. It has nothing to do with Young Master Li, so please punish me."
"No, this is not Miss Zhang's problem. It's the grassroots. If you want to punish the grassroots, punish the grassroots."
Li Tong stopped Miss Zhang and argued with reason.
Ye Chengguan felt a little headache after seeing it.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen someone rush to admit to the crime of adultery.
At this point, it was finally clear that the couple in front of them had been torn apart.
He silently glanced at Hua Rujin standing in the hall, thinking about his past marriage with her, and felt deeply for a while.
Slowing down his tone, he faced the eldest lady of the Zhang family again and said softly: "Ms. Tan, tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Tan gritted his teeth but kept silent.
Zhang Lian knocked her head heavily on the ground: "I also ask my mother to fulfill me. My daughter does not seek wealth in this life. She would rather be a poor wife than a noble concubine. She only wants Li Lang to be sincere. If he gives birth to me, I will live. If he goes to die,
I will never live alone."
"You stinky girl."
Tan had no choice but to tell the truth about the cause and effect of the incident.
After listening to the woman's story, even Tang Haoran couldn't help but cursed: "You are such a cunning woman, how can you destroy your daughter's reputation and murder other people's lives for your own selfish purposes?"
"The women of the people know their sins."
Tan replied cowardly: "Please punish me, sir."
Ye Chengguan was no stranger to this kind of thing, and he had a living example right in front of him.
On the contrary, now I have to give everyone a satisfactory explanation, without breaking the rules or letting down my beloved.
After thinking for a while, he spoke: "Li Tong, Zhang Lian, because you committed adultery for a reason, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped. Today, you will each receive fifty big bans as a warning to others."
Do you have any complaints?"
"The daughter of the people kowtows to thank you for your kindness."
"The common people thank you, sir."
After the two of them sincerely thanked her, Li Tong begged again: "This matter all happened because of the common people. Please consider that she is a weak woman and allow the common people to be punished instead."
"allow."
Ye Chengkui admired such a responsible son from the bottom of his heart, and then signaled to Ting An: "You will personally jail him."
Ting Anxin led Li Tong understandingly and was about to go out, but Zhang Lian stopped him: "Li Lang."
"It's okay, it's just a piece of board."
Li Tong smiled and comforted him, and then walked out of the courtroom.
Hua Rujin had already seen that Zhuangyuan Lang intended to forgive Li Tong, otherwise Ting An would not be imprisoned, so she remained silent and did not interrupt.
But looking at Li Tong, Zhang Lian was so affectionate, which moved her heart.
Since I promised Miss Zhang to protect the two of them, I should let the matter have the most satisfactory ending.
He hesitated and glanced at Li Tong who was being tortured outside, and then looked at Zhang Lian beside him. Every stroke seemed to hit the woman's heart.
She immediately calmed down, looked at Ye Chengguan with a serious face, and begged him solemnly: "The daughter of the people has a heartless request. I beg you to make the decision to grant marriage to Li Tong and Zhang Lian."
Hearing this, Ye Chengguan felt inexplicably moved.
He felt more and more that he had seen this girl correctly.
He obviously helped the Li family win the lawsuit, but in the end he still had to think about Miss Zhang's family.
If it were any other lawyer, I'm afraid no one would care about this.
Just when everyone thought the magistrate would refuse, he suddenly pursed his lips and nodded with a smile: "Yes."