"A big nobleman is a big nobleman, with your state law, I believe that the punishment for you will be fair and just, sit down." ”

"Yes, yes, according to what Mu Chen said, I won't wronged you, sit down quickly. Let's move on. Wei Gonglu hurriedly eased the atmosphere and brought the focus back to the case.

"Uh-huh, you guys step aside first and take Han Cohen with you. Full name De cleared his throat and continued the trial.

Han Cohen, with his legs broken, was carried up by two guards and knelt in the middle of the hall. After a while, Lao Chen followed in, and nodded twice at Quan Mingde with low eyebrows and raised his eyes.

Although Quan Mingde looked at him, he didn't know what he meant, so he continued to interrogate: "Han Cohen, are you collecting the taxes and fees in Qiming Village?"

"Back to the young city lord, it was collected by the villain. ”

"So will this year's taxes and fees change from money and grain to penetration?"

"No, the villain never confiscated the Penetrating Wing. ”

"No, these villagers can all prove that the Finance and Taxation Department forcibly collected the Touyi as a tax this year, since it has been collected by you, how do you explain it?"

"The villain doesn't know, the villain, as the deputy director of the Finance and Taxation Department, is only responsible for collecting grain and money, and the villain doesn't know about the wings. ”

"You are talking nonsense, it is you who sent people to our village to forcibly dismantle the Touyi, which led to the slaughter of our whole village, and you dare to deny it. ”

"Who can prove that I sent people, and I have never seen you, and you have wronged me, and you have laid the blame on me, and you have removed me from office, and broken my legs, and I am the innocent and the victim. Han Cohen was not hypocritical, and argued confidently.

"Young City Lord, Wei Gonglu listened to the words of these people in the market, and punished the villain before the cause of the case was clarified, until the villain's legs were disabled, you have to redress the villain's grievances. ”

"You are presumptuous, the situation on that day is the same as today, the villagers unanimously pointed out that you did it, you can't change the facts if you don't admit it, Lai is here to force the reason, and actually put the blame on the old man, I think you have lived enough, come to someone..."

"Wait, did you see him when he was confiscated?" asked the villagers.

"Back to the young city lord, I haven't seen it, but the person who came to collect the wings said that they were ordered by the deputy director to collect the whole village and collect the taxes on their behalf. The villain was present at the time and saw it with his own eyes. ”

"On my orders? Have you seen those people before? Are they the officials who usually collect taxes? They say that you believe it, and that it is obvious that they are impersonating, and that they are stupid and deceived, and insist on passing the blame on others. ”

"Are those people the officials who usually go to your village to collect taxes?" asked Quanmingde then.

"No, but they drove a car, wore official uniforms, carried official knives, a group of more than ten people, with an arrogant attitude, to each house to forcibly dismantle the wings, who dared to resist will fist and kick, in order to save their lives, the villains can only let them rob. ”

"This is obviously a fake, our Finance and Taxation Department is not to detain prisoners by collecting taxes, how can it be so arrogant and unreasonable, you and a group of small people in the market United Wei Gonglu falsely accuse the official, and when the matter is confirmed, you will definitely be paid with blood. Han Cohen's upper body is straight, and his attitude is getting tougher and tougher.

"Young City Lord, Han Cohen is unrepentant, and he still denies it so far, there is no need to continue to waste time on him. Zhao Hong, the head of Ciguang Village, can be summoned, and there are many more people in his village for no reason, which must be related to this matter. ”

"Yes, Mingde, what my uncle said is reasonable, since there are still witnesses, it is better to bring them all to the hall and let them confront them face to face. ”

Quan Mingde was not willing to summon Zhao Hong, he was Han Keen's brother-in-law, if he confessed truthfully, there would be no room for maneuver in this matter, and when he was in a dilemma, he looked at Lao Chen, Lao Chen nodded lightly, signaling that he could.

"Someone is coming, take Zhao Hong, the head of Ciguang Village. ”

Zhao Hong was taken into the hall, glanced at Han Keen, who was kneeling beside him, and then at Mu Chen and the Grand Patriarch, lowered his head and waited for a question.

"Zhao Hong, is the forced seizure of Qiming Village Tho Yi related to you?"

"Back to the young city lord, it has nothing to do with the villain. ”

"And where do the large number of parachutes in your village come from?"

"The villain and the villagers raised money to buy it. ”

"Why buy so many penetrating wings in a short period of time, and from whom?"

"When the villain heard about the tragic situation in Qiming Village, he was afraid that the village would be implicated, so he bought it to prevent it in advance. Purchased from the Homestead Market, the Merchant, and the Black Market, the villain can provide information about most of the sellers so you can check them. ”

"Since Penetrating Wing isn't..."

"Isn't the money your brother-in-law's stolen money exempt from taxes and fees, how did it become a fund-raising for you and the villagers. Village Chief Zhao, this is different from what you told me before. And how Han Cohen conspired with you to sell the acquired Tho Wing to the wastelanders, why don't you mention this, don't avoid the important and trivial, to tell the truth, I will ensure that you leave here intact. Mu Chen sat in his seat and stared at Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong suddenly knelt down, kept kowtowing to Mu Chen, and said in his mouth at the same time: "Lord Mu Chen, what the villain said is really true, Touyi was indeed bought by me and the villagers, and the money is not stolen money." My brother-in-law has never talked to me about the wasteland, I don't know what you mean, the villain doesn't dare to lie, just spare the villain, please. Zhao Hong retracted his confession.

There was an uproar in the hall again, originally there was no suspense about Han Keen's capital crime, but now all the evidence pointed to the fact that this matter had nothing to do with him, and all the nobles present looked at each other, worried that Wei Gonglu and Mu Chen would not be able to end the game.

Quan Mingde and Wei Gonglu were shocked at the same time, one saw the hope of victory somehow, and the other felt a chill down his spine about to be despised for his authority, the two thought differently, but their expressions were extremely similar, with a little anger in disbelief.

Lao Chen lowered his head slightly, his face was raised, the amplitude was not large, and he quickly regained his composure. After sending his full name to the inquisition, he went to the dungeon, and met Han Cohen and Zhao Hong respectively through his cronies, so that they would not admit to death, and overturn all their previous confessions, and the young city lord would do his best to save their lives.

Mu Chen grabbed Qi Luna's hand, pressed her back who was about to get up, looked around at several parties and Guo Erniu, and motioned with his eyes for him to tell everything and argue with Zhao Hong.

"Young City Lord, Lord Imperial Assistant, he lied, he..."Guo Erniu shouted, suppressing everyone's voices, and explained his experience of going to Ciguang Village 1510 clearly, including the slaughter of ghouls.

"Young city lord, this boy's experience is true, the villain did participate, but never mentioned the stolen money and trading with the wastelanders, although the villain was frightened after going to the tomb, and his mind was a little confused, but these only happened yesterday, the villain remembers clearly, there is no lie. ”

"Young city lord, you heard it, he took Zhao Hong to the ghoul tomb, in order to threaten him to lie and frame the villain, fortunately you are here today, he dares to tell the truth, if you want Wei Gonglu alone, hum, it is estimated that he will not listen. He colluded with Mu Chen and cured the villain's sins indiscriminately, which is basically cruelty to Zhongliang and reckless disregard for human life. ”

"Do you dare to say that the old man and..." Wei Gonglu didn't finish speaking, there was a sudden "ah" scream in the hall, everyone looked at Han Cohen, Qiluna standing in front of him choked his neck with one hand, and there were two daggers stuck in his already disabled thighs, he was at a loss to scratch back and forth between his neck and thighs with both hands, the blood vessels in his cheeks were clearly visible, his eyes were red, and his mouth "hissed" and let out the sound of struggling breathing.

"The Patriarch, the Patriarch..." Wei Gonglu was restless, but his tone was unusually peaceful, his voice was not loud, and his speed of speech was not fast.

"Nana, don't..."

"Stop, girl, let's go. Mu Chen got up from his seat and walked in the direction of the door.

Qiluna threw Han Cohen aside, drew back the dagger, and glanced up at Zhao Hong, who hurriedly stepped back to the side, and sat down on the ground in a few steps, burying her head in the legs of the nobles, shivering.

Mu Chen walked to the villagers and pulled Guo Erniu to take him away, Qi Luna followed behind, and was just about to step out of the inquisition, when Quan Mingde shouted: "Mu Chen, you can go, leave that young man behind." ”

The hall was instantly silent, and Han Cohen, who fell to the ground and screamed, was forcibly covered by the guards, and everyone stared at Mu Chen, ready to witness the scene of Hongshou Hotel happen again.

Mu Chen turned around and said to Guo Erniu helplessly: "Boy, we have been deceived. Then he turned to his full name and said, "Can you stop me?" and left the tribunal.

Qi Luna held the bloody dagger, looked around at everyone present, and when she saw that no one dared to move, she waved her hands to shake off the blood stains, put it back into the sheath, and followed Mu Chen out.

The nobles in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, glad that they had escaped danger and sighed that they had missed a good show, only the full names De and Wei Gonglu were pale, one was angry with fear, and the other was disappointed with frustration.

"Mingde, uncle, what now?"

Wei Gonglu's mind had already left with Mu Chen, he just wanted to catch up with Mu Chen as soon as possible and understand his next step, as for the mess here, he didn't care or want to deal with it at all, and simply replied: "Listen to the young city lord."

The full name of De is different, the large and small nobles of Baoling Prefecture gather here, as the city lord and the chief judge, he has no decent ending and cannot be explained, but the current situation is not suitable for continuing the trial, the two parties who insist on each word, the flying and domineering Mu Chen, the strange patriarch and his own gradual loss of absolute authority, these all make him at a loss, I don't know how to speak.

Shi Hanlu suddenly stood up from his seat and proposed to the full name: "Young City Lord, Xia Guan thinks that there are many doubts in this case that have not yet been verified, the key is to take away the identity of the official who has been thoroughly identified, and the next step should be to verify all the personnel of the Finance and Taxation Department, it is better for Xia Guan to take the villagers to identify them one by one under the witness of the two directors before the trial." ”

"Okay, according to what Master Shi said, escort Han Keen and the village chief Zhao Hong back to the dungeon and wait for the identification results. "The full name of De finally has a step, and it ends hastily.