In the living room, Mu Chen and his party enjoyed the treatment of guests, and Wei Gonglu and a group of nobles seemed to be discussing the case, but they were actually testing Mu Chen, wanting to extract his thoughts from his mouth, and then use the trial to adjudicate according to his proposition.

Everyone expressed their opinions one by one, basically they all took pity on the villagers who were killed, blamed themselves for their dereliction of duty as a nobleman, how to rearrange the survivors, how to contribute money and efforts to help them rebuild their homes, no one dared to mention Han Cohen's punishment, first, they cared about his relationship with Prince Li, and secondly, they had not yet gotten an answer from Mu Chen's mouth, and no one wanted to take the lead, for fear that they would guess wrong and become the target of public criticism.

"Mu Chen, that Han Cohen and Prince Li..."Wei Gonglu finally led the topic to the topic, as the head of the nobles present, this is also a responsibility that he cannot shirk.

"Why, are you afraid of Quan Yuli, and you won't dare to punish his relatives?"

"The old man didn't mean that, after all, the old man is acting as the city lord, which involves the brotherhood between Prince Ren and Prince Li, I'm afraid that I will be reckless for a while..."

"Recklessness, how can it be reckless, isn't this still untried, and now the discussion is all personal opinions, not counting. You can judge how you want, and you can judge how you should according to your state law, and he is not the city lord here, so you don't care what he does. As for Quan Yuren, I guarantee that he will not have any ideas, and you will judge fairly, justly, confidently and boldly, without considering other factors. ”

"Wait. The door of the living room was suddenly pushed open, and the young city lord Quanming De walked in with Lao Chen, followed by his wife Wei Rou, who hurried to hear the news.

Wei Gonglu and the nobles all stood up and saluted, and the two sisters, Mo Cheng and the Wasteland, also stood up, only Mu Chen and Qi Luna sat in their seats nonchalantly.

"Yo, this time, it's all here, you don't have to be in a dilemma, Wei Gonglu, leave it to Xiaocheng to host. ”

Wei Gonglu stepped back from the main seat and gave up his position to Quan Mingde, and the three directors also gave up their seats to his wife Wei Rou and retreated behind him.

"Still sitting, what are you doing here when everyone is here, Wei Gonglu, you lead the way and go to the inquisition. Before the full name was seated, Mu Chen got up and walked out.

Wei Gonglu walked away from the young city lord, caught up with Mu Chen, and led him to the inquisition.

Chunyue followed Mu Chen's side and whispered, "Mu Chen, you humiliate the little city lord again, we are guests after all, don't go too far." ”

"Okay, okay, got it. ”

Quanmingde was embarrassed, raised his right hand and pointed at Mu Chen's back, and was just about to open his mouth when he was stopped by Lao Chen, and whispered a few words to temporarily suppress his anger.

Everyone went to the tribunal hall, Mu Chen arrived first, and when he entered, he sat on the first jury chair on his left hand, Qi Luna sat on the second chair next to him, and the other four stopped and waited, Mo Cheng and Guo Erniu did not dare to sit down, and the wasteland sisters were hindered by their identities and waited for the master's arrangement.

Wei Gonglu stood on the main trial table and motioned for the sisters to sit down without seeing each other, but they politely refused.

Quan Mingde entered the hall with all the nobles, glanced at Mu Chen contemptuously, walked to the main trial table, and sat in the middle. Wei Gonglu and Wei Rou sat on both sides, and the rest of the nobles sat down in order of position and prestige, and those who did not have seats could only stand on both sides and give up the gate.

The wasteland sisters stood in place awkwardly, and no one dared to move the chair behind them, Mu Chen glanced back and said, "What are you doing standing, sit down." ”

"This is the Inquisition Hall of the Pauling State, and it is a place where the human law manifests its sanctity and fairness, and those who have nothing to do with it should step back as soon as possible. The full name De raised his voice and drove away the two sisters.

"Is this me, or are they the two of them, the witness Guo Erniu was found by us, and the prisoner Zhao Hong was also arrested by us, how can it be irrelevant. ”

"You can stay, but these two wastelanders can't, and the human case does not allow the wastelanders to participate. ”

Mu Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "Mo Cheng, you take the two of them and Erniu to the street, it's boring to stay here anyway, it's better to go out and breathe." With that, the four of them prepared to go out.

"They can, but the boy can't, come on. "The guards outside the door blocked the way.

"Who dare?" said Kiruna, drawing her dagger and standing in the middle of the inquisition chamber, glaring at the guards outside the door.

"Young City Lord, the two wasteland girls have made a lot of contributions in this case, this young man dared to fight against the powerful at such a young age, and he was indeed brave and upright, the old man promised him not to be guarded by the council, and to be taken care of by the two girls, you now drive them out of the tribunal, it is not good for the trial of the case, or..."

"All I want is this child, those two wasteland women..."

"Young City Lord, what the Imperial Supervisor said is reasonable. ”

"Patriarch, don't be angry first, that's not what the young city lord meant..."

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and retreat, do you want to use force with the Patriarch?"

"Mo Cheng, don't hurry up and sit down with the two wasteland guests, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. ”

The nobles interrupted what Quanming was about to say, reassuring Chiluna and the two sisters while constantly saying kind words to him, they did not want the scene at the Hongshou Hotel to repeat themselves and avoid implicating themselves.

"Mo Cheng, you take the two of them out, Erniu stays, don't worry, with me, no one dares to embarrass him." Girl. ”

Mo Cheng and the sisters left, Qi Luna put away her weapon, and Guo Erniu carefully stood behind Mu Chen.

"Little city lord, this is okay. Mu Chen changed his tough attitude and made a compromise, in the face of these hypocritical nobles who were forced to retain by their conscience, let the sisters leave but respect them more, the estrangement between humans and wastelanders cannot be solved by a simple threat of force.

"Sister, we..."

"It's good to come out, the province is excluded inside, and it is difficult for Mu Chen to do it. Don't worry about Erniu, with Mu Chen and Nana here, no one dares to touch him. ”

"So where are we going?"

"Listen to Mo Cheng, don't you let the two of us go shopping, I've been here for a few days, and I haven't experienced the bustling state life seriously, so I just took this opportunity to feel the feelings. ”

"But Mu Chen, they..."

"You don't have to worry about them, we as wastelanders are still less involved in human affairs, just know the result in the end, anyway, the people we care about will not be harmed, Mu Chen will deal with it." ”

"It's still Jiayue who thinks about it, and I don't like that kind of occasion either. Tell me, where do you sisters want to go? I'll be your guide for a day to make sure you're satisfied, haha. ”

The three of them left the council house and walked to the bustling neighborhood under the leadership of Mo Cheng.

Calm was restored in the inquisition hall, Wei Gonglu didn't expect Mu Chen to cooperate obediently, so he hurriedly said good things and made steps for him: "Come on, you go with Mo Cheng, on behalf of us to take care of the two guests, don't lose the friendship of the landlord." After receiving the order, several maids and guards went out to chase after Murphy.

"Young City Lord, this case is due to your physical discomfort, the old man has already tried it on your behalf, the specific situation is..."

"Needless to say, I know that you are really diligent in running around for this case. Lao Chen has reported the case to Quan Mingde, and he also has a general understanding of Wei Gonglu's recent actions.

"When it comes to the lives of the people in the state, and Mu Chen and the Patriarch personally participate, the old man is in a high position, even if he is old and frail, he does not dare to slack off. Wei Gonglu returned to his full name and ridiculed him for his dereliction of duty.

"You..."

"Mingde, since all the adults have arrived, and you know the reason for the case, let's start the trial. Wei Rou blocked a sentence and played a round field.

The full name De originally wanted to suppress the matter before the trial as Lao Chen said, but the development of the matter was beyond his control, and in the face of a full house of nobles, he had no choice but to start hard.

"Take the villagers of Qiming Village. According to the process, Wei Gonglu first told the surviving villagers of Qiming Village the cause of the incident.

When Guo Erniu saw the villagers, he hurriedly stepped forward, hugged them and cried, and kept muttering: "We must let these bad guys pay for their blood debts." ”

"Today, in front of the young city lord and all the nobles, tell me what happened to your village again, and we will definitely do justice to you. ”

Guo Erniu and the villagers were in tears and repeated the process of destroying the village with demonic beasts in their eyes, and the full name of the person who listened to it turned pale and restless, he actually wanted to exonerate this kind of scum, which was really against his conscience.

"What about the rest of the villagers, where do you live now, and what do you live on?"

"Back to the young lord of the city, the others live in the slums of the city, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, living on coolies and the relief of the council. The villager representative replied.

"Master Shi, do you know about this?"

"I have heard about the things that penetrate the wings, but I don't know about the things in Qiming Village. ”

"Young City Lord, Lord Shi has already explained this matter clearly during the preliminary trial, and it has nothing to do with him, it was all done by Han Keen alone. ”

"Young City Lord, Lord Imperial Assistant, although the lower official does not know what Han Keen did, he is also guilty of poor management, and the lower official is willing to resign from the post of director of the Department of Finance and Taxation, and bear the cost of rebuilding Qiming Village, and I hope that the two adults will agree. ”

"Since it's not about you, you don't have to..."

"Master Shi, the old man has promised not to cure the crime of involvement, this..."

"The director doesn't know what the deputy director usually does, and you are embarrassed to say that it has nothing to do with it. Shi Hanlu, if I'm not mistaken, since Quan Yuren took charge of Baoling Prefecture, you have been the director of the Department of Finance and Taxation, and you have been a senior official for twenty or thirty years, and you can't even grasp the movements of the deputy position, which is unreasonable. Mu Chen opened his mouth to ask, interrupting the words of full name De and Wei Gonglu to excuse him.

"Lord Mu Chen, it is the dereliction of duty of the lower officials, the lower officials are willing to take responsibility, if you feel that the punishment is too light, the lower officials are willing to be punished with Han Keen. ”

As soon as Shi Hanlu's words fell, the scene was in an uproar, and everyone knew in their hearts that according to this development, Han Keen must be a capital crime, he resigned from his post and helped the villagers rebuild their homes It was enough to make up for his mistakes, and now he was willing to apologize with death, this responsibility is not something that the nobles present can understand.