Hu Ergou's confession made everyone in the "court", including Zhang Fangyan, a group of jurors and others, suddenly vent their strength, shouldn't Zhang Shi be the most heinous crime, how did Hu Ergou still admit guilt?

Zhang Fangyan, the presiding judge in the "courtroom", was the first to recover from his stunned, cleared his throat first, and then asked: "Witnesses are not allowed to speak in vain, and they must know that above the court, heaven is clear, and there is no room for the slightest lie!" ”

Hu Ergou took a few steps forward on his knees, kowtowed to Zhang Fangyan three times in a row, and his mouth was full of words.

"The villain is a great sin, a great sin, a great evil!"

Turning over and over is this sentence, endless, Zhang Fangyan was also depressed, first he was robbed of the "lawsuit", and now there is a witness, as if he can't understand people's words, and he wants to make people beat him with twenty kills in the name of contempt for the "court", but Hu Ergou returned to normal and was no longer crazy and quiet, so he had to put down the shocking wood that had been raised in his hand again.

Master Guo also has no score in his heart, this play is not arranged in advance, and there is no part of Hu Ergou pleading guilty as soon as he goes to court in his manuscript, and he is a little stammered for a while.

The presiding judge, Zhang Fangyan, saw that he was cold and reminded: "Defendant lawyer, it's time for you to ask!" ”

Only then did Master Guo restrain his mind, take a deep breath, and it seemed that he could only play on the spot, so he asked: "Witness Hu Ergou, what is the relationship between you and the defendant Zhang Shi?" ”

Hu Ergou replied honestly: "Fellow villagers! ”

"In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, did the defendant Zhang Shi and his wife take you in Zhending?"

"Yes!"

"Was your right arm disabled at the time?"

"Yes!"

"Please raise your right arm"

The jury bench suddenly became unified, feeling that Master Guo's move was inappropriate. Although Hu Ergou was reluctant, he had already cooperated, the wide sleeves were rolled up, the rickety and deformed right arm was exposed, and the shrunken muscles pulled the entire skinny right arm, showing an unbelievable shape, and everyone who saw it was shocked.

The jurors on the jury bench let out a burst of exclamation, most of them were sons and brothers with fine clothes and food, who had never seen the ugly scars of such a war. This time, even Zhang Fangyan couldn't help but look sideways. And Master Guo seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and continued to ask questions.

"In other words, when the defendant Zhang Shi and his wife Zhang Shi took you in, you had already lost your ability to work, and even starved to death in the cold winter when the snow covered the mountain?"

"Yes!"

Hu Ergou was prostrate on the ground, unable to see his facial expression clearly, but he had to answer all questions, and his voice seemed to be full of infinite desolation.

"In the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the defendant Zhang Shi left Zhending and rushed to Datong Mansion, did he entrust his wife to your care?"

"Yes!"

"Excellent! After Zhang Shi left, you coveted his wife Han Qiaoniang's beauty, so you raped her? Han Qiaoniang will have an affair with you when she sinks, right? ”

Hu Ergou, who has always been in a state of being slaughtered by others, suddenly raised his head and retorted: "I and Qiao Niang really love each other, I didn't rape Qiao Niang!" ”

Master Guo sneered repeatedly: "Witness, you can only answer yes or no, I will ask you again, did Han Qiaoniang make peace with you when she sank?" ”

Hu Ergou still wanted to defend himself, but when he saw that the gendarmes who were maintaining order in the courtroom seemed to be eager to try, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and squeezed out the word "yes"!

"You ignore the brotherhood with Zhang Shi, and even more ignore his life-saving grace, but you do such an unrighteous act as making peace with your brother's wife, yes or no?"

Hu Ergou's head, which had been raised because of his defense, was buried deeply, and he seemed to be very ashamed.

There was a lot of discussion on the jury again, Mi Yan was also like the vast majority of people, full of righteous indignation, how could there be such a shameless person in the world, even if he cut his flesh, it would be difficult to comfort his righteous indignation! So I picked up the carbon bar and wrote a few lines on the notebook.

Master Guo didn't continue to ask at this time, and instead accused: "Zhang Shishi and you are not only fellow villagers, but also comrades, saving you from fire and water when you are desperate." But you have been blinded by lard, and you have taken over the magpie's nest and raped his wife. Do you know that when Zhang Shi settled down in Taiyuan, the first thing he did was to buy a house for you and entrust the matchmaker to tell you ...... kiss?"

Speaking of this, Master Guo, who was becoming more and more excited, paused and said, "You, how can you still be worthy of that one-handed human character?" ”

The startled wood suddenly snapped, "Defendant lawyer, don't say anything unrelated to the case!" ”

Although the presiding judge Zhang Fangyan is over the age of old, his memory seems to be surprisingly good, and he can already use the court regulations flexibly after reading them.

Hearing this, Hu Ergou's shoulders twitched suddenly, and he cried out in a broken voice: "Brother Shi! Looking at Zhang Shi, who was handcuffed and shackled, he had already burst into silent tears, looking at his good brothers in the past, but today he was no longer in the same sky, and he couldn't tell whether he regretted or hated in his eyes.

"Brother Shi, then, what the 'litigator' said, is it true?"

Zhang Shi didn't want to face Hu Ergou anymore, closed his eyes, and stood on his own in the courtroom. Mi Yan, who was on the jury, felt that he had grasped the key motive of Zhang Shi's murder of his wife, and combined with his confession at the beginning of entering the "courtroom" that he was caught and raped on the spot, there seemed to be no doubt how the case should be decided.

Then the right to speak shifted to Tian Fuzhen, and Tian Fuzhen's train of thought was also disrupted by Hu Ergou's sudden confession of rape, just when he sorted out his thoughts and prepared to find another way to seize the breakthrough point to redeem the defeat.

A gendarme entered the "courtroom" and handed a piece of paper to Tian Fuzhen, leaning over and whispering a few words to him, only to see that Tian Fuzhen's face suddenly changed drastically. At this moment, I suddenly heard a shrill voice outside the "court" singing loudly: "King Jin has arrived-!" ”

The jurors on the jury bench, who were shocked, subconsciously got up from their chairs and prepared to avoid saluting according to the Ming etiquette system. Who knew that Zhang Fangyan coughed, even patted the wood, and shouted: "You are all sitting safely, haven't you read the 'court' regulations?" ”

Indeed, the "Court Regulations" stipulate that entering the "court" is no longer formal, except for the Great Ming Law and the Emperor.

Where have the jury students not read the "court regulations", obviously afraid of being blamed for losing courtesy, and now the respected Zhang Fangyan is sitting firmly on the chair, and the big guy has put his heart back into his stomach steadily, and no one got up when he saw the dignified King Jin enter the "courtroom".

King Jin, who was dressed in civilian clothes, felt that the atmosphere was not right when he entered the "court", and saw that none of the people present avoided it, and his face was obviously uncertain, but after all, he did not have a seizure, and was led by the eunuch to sit on a row of chairs behind Zhang Fangyan.

This can make the auxiliary inquisitors side by side with him be sentenced to the prosecutor and make it difficult for Lu Sizhen, if you want to get up, you are afraid of falling into a person who is afraid of the powerful and despising the reputation of the "court".

And Tian Fuzhen didn't care whether the king of Jin came or not, he had just read through the piece of paper handed in by the gendarme, and at this moment he held it in his hand like a red-hot piece of iron, extremely hot, and he didn't dare to throw it away.

And there was not much time left for him, after King Jin sat down, the presiding judge Zhang Fangyan quickly motioned for Tian Fuzhen to speak, and he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, Teng got up and raised the paper in his hand.

"Just got an anonymous ......"

Tian Fuzhen was halfway through speaking, and felt that it was really difficult to speak, so he had to continue.

"After receiving a report, someone coerced Hu Ergou to fabricate testimony and fabricate testimony that he was caught on the spot......"

Tian Fuzhen was even a little incoherent, and he didn't know what he said next. In the end, Tian Fuzhen raised his hand that was still holding the piece of paper and pointed at Hu Ergou.

"Witness Hu Ergou, did you do the painting on this in person?"

Hu Ergou looked at that kind of paper, and there was a look of struggle on his face.

Tian Fuzhen gritted his teeth and said, "Say! If there is any more untruth, break your dog's legs! ”

Hu Ergou finally no longer hesitated, "Adults help, adults spare lives...... They're going to kill...... killed the next person, the villain didn't want to lie, the painting was drawn by the villain himself, and everything he said was true! ”

Tian Fuzhen asked mechanically: "Say, who wants to kill you?" ”

Hu Ergou said embarrassedly: "Adult, the villain said, you have to keep the villain from dying!" ”

Tian Fuzhen's anger rose from his stomach, how could he have a branch?

"Say! Under the big tomorrow, Lang Lang Qiankun, who dares to harm people's lives, I, Tian Fuzhen, am the first to refuse! ”

"Since there is such a thing as an adult, the villain will say, it is the battalion officer of the gendarmerie battalion, Lu Jiu! He threatened, threatened that if the villain did not follow what he taught, he would kill the villain! ”

As soon as these words came out, the "court" was in an uproar again, and the presiding judge Zhang Fang sternly beat the trees to maintain order.

On the jury, Mi Yan, who thought he had an insight into the case, was shocked and puzzled.

If what Hu Ergou said is true, then can the previous qiē be overturned? Whether Zhang Shi's enhu Ergou incident is true, whether the rape is true, and whether the rape caught on the spot is true, I am afraid that all these things are up for debate.

There has been a serious turn in the case, and I am afraid that today's case will not be able to be tried, Zhang Fangyan coughed and said to Tian Fuzhen, who was stunned: "Lord Tian, Lord Tian?" ”

Tian Fuzhen came back to her senses at this time, hurriedly confessed, and handed over the paper full of confessions in her hand, according to her handprint, and with the charge drawn, to Zhang Fangyan.

After Zhang Fangyan took the piece of paper, he read it up and down, and his face changed. Then he slapped the shocked wood and shouted:

"Come on! After the person involved in the case, Lu Jiu, was arrested and handed over to the Sentencing Department for interrogation, the case will be retried at a later date! ”

Lu Sizhen, who was behind Zhang Fangyan, suddenly reminded in a low voice: "Pavilion Elder, Pavilion Elder ! Is it a bit ...... to arrest the Lu battalion officer on the basis of just one confession and without any certified physical evidence?"

After hearing this, Zhang Fangyan shook his head categorically.

"The old man you want to know knows that this person must be arrested!"