Episode 31 If one day, I leave you

After about half a month of trial, after many rounds of debate and evidence, on October 2, Guangwu's case entered the final stage before the verdict, and the next link was an adjournment of about a week for the jury to deliberate, and the verdict was pronounced when the trial was held again.

The first is the prosecution statement. The prosecutor of the prosecution seized the time set and made an impassioned speech to the judge and the jury, insisting that because of the heinous crime of the defendant, he asked the jury to find him guilty and to ask the judge to sentence him to death.

Then, the defense lawyer also made a touching speech within the specified time, almost tear-jerking, incessant sensationalism, trying to incite people's sympathy for Guangwu, the "weak man today", for Guangwu's orphans and widows, and emphasizing that because Guangwu was born in that environment, he was exposed to "conspiracy", "iron fist", "power from the barrel of a gun" and so on, and he did not have the opportunity to go out of the environment of the Northern Qing Dynasty, to see the outside world, and to contact outside views...... When he committed the crime, it seemed the most natural and only choice at that time, even if he changed to anyone in the court today, if he was put in the environment where Guangwu grew up, and received the education and influence that Guangwu received since he was a child, I am afraid that he would commit the same crime as Guangwu.

And all of this is something that Guangwu can't choose. As a "man", not an "emperor", Guangwu himself was a victim......

Therefore, the defense counsel requested that the court consider that Guangwu's crime be mitigated and that he be exempted from the death penalty.

In the end, as the defendant himself, Guangwu, who was wearing a crisp suit, also stood in court and made a final statement. With a blank face and a blank voice, he showed that he understood the gravity of his crimes, and expressed his remorse to the victims and their families, as he had been taught by the defense lawyers. No matter how the court will punish him, he will obey the verdict without complaint, even if he pays for his sins with his own life. In the end, he still asked the court to give him a chance to spend the rest of his life behind bars praying for the blessings, repentance, and redeeming his souls for those victims.

After all three of them had finished their statements, the judge slammed the gavel and announced an adjournment to reconvene the trial at a later date and announce the verdict.

……

During the whole trial, the magnesium lights on both sides of the hall flashed continuously, and Guangwu, who was invincible in the past and now stood in the defendant's seat, became the center of the court's attention. In addition to Guangwu, several people in the front row are also "taken care of" by the reporters, that is, Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege, Guangwu's imperial concubine Wu Yashi, Guangwu's youngest son, and Guangwu's younger brother.

After the adjournment, the judge and jurors withdrew first, then the defendant Guangwu, and then the lawyers and hearing people for both sides. The people in the front row were immediately surrounded by a group of reporters. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Shishigege's bodyguards guarded the sides, desperately isolating the reporters and protecting the two, while the reporters scrambled to ask loudly, "Lord Xiang, do you want Guangwu to be sentenced to death?" "Your Royal Highness Princess, Guangwu killed your whole family, do you hate him now? ""Lord Prince......", "Her Royal Highness the Princess......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege, under the heavy protection of the bodyguards, squeezed hard, left the trial hall, and got into the car. Later, Guangwu's family members immediately became the object of the reporters' surrounding.

The two got into the car, leaned in the back seat, no one spoke, and the driver pulled them home.

After a while, Fourteen Gege sighed lightly, turned his face to look at Xiang Xiaoqiang, and said with a smile:

"Now it's finally over."

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't say anything, just looked directly at the seat backrest in the front row, as if he was distracted, and as if he had something on his mind.

Fourteen Gege blew him lightly, and then smiled:

"What's the matter with you? …… I haven't done anything yet, you're having hysteria? Now it's me who is in a daze! ”

"Huh?" Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned, looked at her, and said with a smile, "Ah, yes, your revenge has been avenged, and your wish has finally been fulfilled...... One day I will accompany you to your family's cemetery to burn incense. ”

Fourteen Gege smiled softly, resting his head lightly on his shoulder.

However, after a while, she found that Xiang Xiaoqiang was distracted again. Not only did he frown, but this time he put his thumb in his mouth and gnawed hard.

Fourteen Gege nudged him:

"What do you want?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned again, "ah", turned to her, and said with a smile:

"Oh, I'm worried about ......"

"Worried about what?"

"Worried...... I am worried that the court may not sentence Guangwu to death," explained to Xiaoqiang, "You see, that defense lawyer is very powerful, and he is simply worthy of his reputation." He was so sensational that I was about to shed tears, and if I hadn't considered my identity, I would have stood up and pleaded for Guangwu at that time......"

Fourteen Gege looked at him with his mouth half-open, like an alien. After looking at it for a while, she reached out and put it on Xiang Xiaoqiang's forehead, and scolded with a smile:

"It's not going to burn."

After a while, Fourteen Gege saw that he was still in a daze, and said with a smile:

"Why, do you really think that judges and jurors are just like you? Let me tell you, the defense lawyer himself knows that there is no drama, and he is just trying to use this case to gild himself. Whatever Guangwu did, everyone knew that he would definitely die. The evidence is piled up there like a mountain, not to mention a barrister, a hundred can't save him. Let me tell you, if Guangwu can survive this time, then if one day we capture Stalin, then Stalin will not die. What if Stalin killed hundreds of times as many people as Guangwu. ”

"Uh-huh......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded casually, perfunctory.

Fourteen Gege had long felt that he had something else on his mind, and he wasn't thinking about it at all, but her emotions today were very delicate, and she didn't plan to deal with him. She just shook her head, smiled again and gently leaned on Xiang Xiaoqiang's shoulder, then picked up one of his arms, put it on her shoulder, closed her eyes, and said softly:

"Xiaoqiang, coax me, comfort and comfort me."

Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly seemed to be a different person at this time, turned his face, looked at Fourteen Gege affectionately, and said in a deep voice:

"Ah Fang...... Do you know that even if I leave you one day, there are still Qiuyun, Xiuxiu and Rongrong, I will always think of you for the rest of my life...... I can't find a lover as good as you......"

Fourteen Gege was stunned, she didn't know what was wrong with Xiang Xiaoqiang, not only did she suddenly say such a brainless and terrifying thing, but her eyes were red and her voice was choked.

"Xiaoqiang!" She immediately broke free from Xiang Xiaoqiang's arm, looked at him squarely, and asked seriously, "Xiang Xiaoqiang, tell me honestly, what's wrong?" ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at him as if he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. After a while, he hesitated and said:

"Ah Fang, I'...... I just saw a man, a ...... in the pile of reporters."

"Who?"

"I ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at the baffle in front of him, which separated the front and rear seats of this luxury bulletproof car, to prevent the confidential conversation in the back seat from being heard by the driver in the front seat.

However, he hesitated, but still said:

"I'd better go home and tell you."

He looked at Fourteen Gege's anxious faces, gritted his teeth and added:

"Ah...... Ah Fang, what I told you when I went back was all serious. Don't call me mentally ill this time......"