789 [Public Trial]
The makeshift public trial table was surrounded by police, both to maintain order in the trial and to prevent ignorant believers from making trouble.
The three judges sat in the north position, and Qiu Chengtong, president of the Chongqing District Court, served as the presiding judge. On the left are three prosecutors, with thick case materials on their desks, which Li Hongkun had secretly collected.
Zhou Hexuan, as the chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Senate, was invited to serve as a guest of honor, and he was also a witness to Liu Congyun's escape.
Everything seems to be very formal, civilized, and legal, but Liu Congyun did not get the legitimate rights of the "defendant". He was shackled to both hands and feet, and was forced to kneel by two judicial policemen, like a prisoner in the ancient court.
The clerk first ascertained the situation and said: "It has been confirmed that the defendant Liu Congyun, as well as the relevant plaintiffs and witnesses, have appeared in court. Now, it is up to me to announce the discipline of the provisional public trial court: first, there shall be no loud noises, no verbal abuse, and no disturbance of the order of the trial; Second ......"
After the clerk said a lot, the presiding judge Yau Chengtong struck the hammer and said: "I announce that the provisional public trial court is officially opened." The defendant Liu Congyun, who pretended to be an immortal, amassed money, deceived believers, and caused huge losses to the people, and was formally prosecuted by the Chongqing District Court. The list of judges, prosecutors and clerks is as follows...... Owing to the complexity of the case and the large number of cases that must be tried one by one, I would now like to ask the Prosecutor-General to begin the presentation of the case. ”
Before the chief prosecutor could speak, Liu Congyun burst out laughing: "You turtle sons, how are you qualified to interrogate me?" Quickly call Liu Mangzi (Liu Xiang), what have I done, he knows very well in his heart. If I am the main culprit, Liu Xiang is an accomplice, and I will be tried alone, but Lao Tzu will not accept it! ”
The presiding judge and the chief prosecutor looked at each other with embarrassed expressions on their faces.
The Chongqing District Court did not dare to mention many of Liu Congyun's old cases, because there were too many big names involved, and they could only pick up some individual cases for arraignment. Even so, it was shocking, with more than 20 well-documented death lawsuits.
Zhou Hexuan smiled coldly, and suddenly shouted: "Shut his mouth!" ”
Neither the presiding judge nor the chief prosecutor objected, but neither did they agree, because it was clearly a violation of court discipline. Li Gengu, who was also a guest and witness, walked to the public trial table in person, took out a rag out of nowhere, broke Liu Congyun's mouth and stuffed it in.
"Hmm......" Liu made a sound from Yun's throat, his body kept twisting, and his eyes looked at Zhou Hexuan in the audience with resentment.
Procurator General Zheng Yuhong read out: "Now I will state the No. 1 case, the Huxian Door Destruction Case. On October 18, the 21st year of the Republic of China, Liu Congyun forcibly occupied Li Fumin's family business in Huxian County, and connived at his apprentice to rape the Li family's daughters......
Presiding Judge Qiu Chengtong asked, "Liu Congyun, do you need a defense in this case?" ”
"Hmmmm......" Liu Congyun could only make a noise in protest.
In fact, what Liu Congyun wanted to say in his heart was that the murder case had nothing to do with him, it was all made by the apprentices.
At that time, the warlord Liu Wenhui invited a pantheon to the army, and also tied a villain to make Liu Xiang sick. For a time, the fame of the gods and goddesses in the Sichuan military circles was greatly enhanced, and it seriously provoked Liu Congyun's immortal authority. So, Liu Congyun instigated Liu Xiang to take the initiative to attack, so that Sichuan, which had finally settled down, would start fighting again.
In order to destroy the immortals, Liu Congyun also personally led the model division (immortal regiment) to fight, and as a result, the model division, known as the invulnerable, was beaten by Liu Wenhui in Luzhou.
This is the background of the "Huxian Door Destruction Case", at that time, Liu Congyun was already anxious, thinking about how to replenish the strength of the model division, where is he still in the mood to play the door destruction? They were all his henchmen and disciples, who couldn't find anything to do during the war and peace talks, so they were bored and set their sights on a big household in Shanghai County, and the result was a tragedy for some reason.
The matter was very big, and Liu Congyun could only come forward to settle it in person. He claimed that the master of the Li family had recruited evil spirits, and that the ghosts had killed all his family, and that his disciple had eliminated the demons and demons in the past, and even took the initiative to kill two witnesses (the Li family's servants).
"Witness!"
An old woman with gray hair appeared with a little girl of twelve or thirteen. When she arrived at the public trial platform, the old woman immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting in her mouth: "Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master for us, the Li family died so unjustly, so miserably!" ”
"Stand up, don't kneel," asked Prosecutor General Zheng Yuhong, "what are your names, where do you live, and what do you do?" ”
"My name is Fu Guifen, my name is Fu Lin after I got married, the head of the family is Hu County, and I used to be a wet nurse at Mr. Li's house," the old woman was still kneeling, introducing the little girl next to her and saying, "This baby's name is Li Wanyun, she is Master Li's daughter, and now she is my goddaughter." ”
Zheng Yuhong said: "You tell me in detail what happened on the day of the crime. ”
Fu Lin subconsciously kowtowed again and said: "Master Li, that is, Li Fumin, married the wife of the fourth aunt and gave birth to nine daughters before and after, but none of them took the lead. When he heard that Liu Shenxian had come to Huxian, he personally took Dayang to ask for a son. Liu Shenxian didn't come, only a few apprentices came. Those apprentices said that they wanted to give their wives a gift, and others could not disturb them, and even Master Li was locked out of the house. It didn't take long for the second aunt to shout for help, and Master Li led people to rush in, and they started a fight without knowing what was going on......"
Fu Lin said very carefully, although he didn't tell the truth directly, but people with a little brain understood it as soon as they heard it.
Liu Congyun's apprentices forcibly raped Li Fumin's wives in the name of "sending children by law", and after the incident, they had a conflict with the Li family and accidentally shot Li Fumin to death. The Li family naturally did not give up, and wanted to send those apprentices to see the officials, but the other party did not stop doing anything, killed the Li family cleanly, and occupied the Li family's property by the way.
Subsequently, Liu Congyun colluded with the local county magistrate to send the two eyewitness servants who escaped to prison for theft, and the two servants died unexplained. And Fu Lin took Li Wanyun, the daughter of the Li family, and quietly hid in Li Wanyun's grandmother's house in Luzhou, and heard that there was a Qingtian master who wanted to interrogate Liu Shenxian before he dared to show up.
Judging from the facts of the case that have been revealed, Liu Congyun is convicted of harboring the murderer, fabricating evidence, obstructing justice, embezzling private property, and murdering witnesses.
Before the chief prosecutor could read out the second case, a shout suddenly came from the crowd: "Master Qingtian, I also want to avenge my grievances!" ”
Before the words fell, someone shouted: "I also have grievances, Liu Shenxian deceived me of 20,000 oceans!" ”
"I also want to report the case, Liu Congyun killed my son!"
The shouts of injustice came and went, and it was obvious that there were many people who had been harmed by Liu Congyun, and Li Hongkun left out countless pieces of evidence when collecting criminal evidence.