Chapter XV: Trials
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The third brother sighed. "Brother Hao knows in his heart that your fifth brother is the worst family among us. He has always had a grudge against him, and he always felt that we looked down on him. He always wanted to do something big and be on an equal footing with us. But Xiao Wu's family background is not good, his foundation is thin, and his own ability is limited. Originally, Brother Hao wanted Xiao Wu to work under him and make him a vice president or something. On the one hand, he can help Brother Hao do something, and on the other hand, Xiao Wu can also have no worries about food and clothing. But Xiao Wu always felt that he was inferior to us, so he was unwilling to accept Brother Hao's arrangement. ”
"Then is he going to hurt my brother?" I can understand the deception in the mall that is still in the ivory tower.
"People do bad things for the sake of money. Afterwards, I heard that the other party promised to give Xiao Wuyi a villa, and gave him the position of general manager of a certain company, and it was said that there was a huge amount of money. "What the third brother said was easy. But at that time, I couldn't understand the betrayal for these reasons, the betrayal of morality, the betrayal of brotherhood......
"My brother was killed so badly by him? Just let him get all this and get away? My brother is going to prison, what about him? Is there nothing that can be done to punish him? I'm afraid he wouldn't feel a conscience condemning such a thing. "I'm indignant.
"It won't give him peace of mind. You can rest assured. Although Brother Hao said that he would not pursue him, our brothers couldn't let him live comfortably. Others dare not say it, and I will never let him go. As for what to do with him, you won't want to know. The third brother said.
"I want to know, tell me. I wish you would kill such a heinous man. "I was furious.
The third brother smiled, "Xiao Nizi can." I'll tell you when you're older. ”
"I've grown up, okay. Don't say it. In short, he can't be allowed to live too chic. Otherwise, I'm sorry for my brother, who treats him well. "Hmph. Looks like I'm almost home. Suddenly remembered something, "Third brother, you said that my brother will be tried in a few days?" What day is it? ”
"July 31st, in court so-and-so." The third brother replied.
I should be able to go on the 31st, this court is not far from my house, and I am thinking about it.
"Are you going?" The third brother asked
"I'm not sure, but I'll try." I'm home, "Thank you, third brother".
Maybe he wanted to raise his hand and rub my hair at the time, but I still rejected any contact with the opposite sex (except, of course, on my own initiative). So I subconsciously avoided it. The third brother's hand froze in mid-air. This is not the first time that the third brother has "stiffened". I saw the embarrassment and quickly said, "I thought you were going to hit me, habitually hiding." Afraid to avoid further embarrassment, the third brother withdrew his hand frozen in mid-air and didn't say anything.
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After saying goodbye to the third brother, when I got home, I began to flip through the calendar, calculating and planning. I suddenly remembered that in my mind, I only asked what day it was, but I didn't ask the specific time. What to do?
At that time, the Internet was not as developed as it is now, and it was impossible to find out the general court hours. I can only do what I imagine. When people are in a hurry, they will always unconsciously mess up, just like me. In fact, I can also ask Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang must know the time of my brother's trial. At that time, I had already forgotten Aunt Zhang's important clue. ”
For the first time, I started to miss someone like crazy, wishing that time would pass quickly. In fact, I knew that even if I could get into the trial, I wouldn't be able to talk to him. I could only look at him from afar. It's just that I can't control my homesickness anymore. This bone-eating longing consumed all my thoughts. Thankfully, my mother didn't see that I was abnormal.
It was too early to leave school, and I hadn't started to prepare for leaving home. My sister also came back from summer vacation, and compared to me, the "two redundant" who wandered around in front of me every day, the "redundant" that finally went home was very popular. By this time, my father's farm was up and running, and our family was starting to get better. My mother began to prepare a variety of foods for her favorite food for the "tip of the heart" who returned. I, on the other hand, have begun to be left out in the cold. It's also the first time I've thought this was good.
When it finally came the day of the trial, I woke up in the morning and thought about going out. Unfortunately, my mother and sister were at home that day, and I couldn't go out. I couldn't sit at home. Finally, when it was almost ten o'clock, my mother and sister said that they were going to buy groceries. I think it's a good opportunity. I made up an excuse not to go with them.
It's just that my mother and sister just went out on the front foot, and I also went out on the back foot. Who would have thought that the mother would actually "kill the horse pistol". It happened to be the same as I had just gone out. Ask me, "Where are you going?" "I didn't dare to raise my head and continue walking," something went out. I can't stand the "high-sounding" words myself. After walking some distance and looking back, he didn't follow, and secretly thought that it was okay.
The courtroom was two blocks from my house, and I was there quickly. In July, it was already very hot at this time in the morning. I'm also sweaty.
When we got to the courtroom door, the courtroom door was closed. I don't know if it's over or not, and there's no one around, so I don't know who to ask. Just wait, since it's already here. I found a shade tree and waited anxiously.
Suddenly, a middle-aged couple came into my sight. Although their clothes are plain, they are not high-end, and in the current word, it should be "high-end atmosphere and grade". I looked at the middle-aged man carefully, and it always felt so familiar. But the accent is not a local accent, so I should have never seen it.
I was still thinking about it, and the couple was walking in my direction. I froze and didn't move. The couple stood in the shade of a tree not far from me. Oh, people come for the shade of the trees. Because of the proximity, I can probably hear some of what they are talking about.
From their conversations, I was sure that they should be my brother's parents and that they were here to attend my brother's trial, and that the trial should not have been held yet. Just looking at them, I always feel that something is wrong. As the distance got closer, I took a closer look at the couple, but I didn't dare to stare at them. If there is anything wrong, I suddenly feel that the reason why this middle-aged man looks familiar is because his brother looks like him. Especially the heroic spirit between the eyebrows and eyes is exactly the same. It's just this middle-aged woman, I can't see anything like her brother. Probably because of the strong genes inherited from my mother. As the saying goes, "Dad frustrates one, and mother rubs a nest". The height of this middle-aged woman was really not short in those days. Looks as tall as this uncle. So the elder brother's height must have been inherited from his mother.
Look at how long it has been, I'm staging the "Sleeping Kogoro" reasoning plot here. How boring.
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The moment the courtroom door opened, I hesitated. I want to see my brother inside, but I'm afraid to see my brother inside. I don't know if this will be forever.
The couple not far from me had already walked briskly into the courtroom, and I hesitated for a moment before following in. I found a very far back position. Rubbing his palms together and waiting.
Suddenly, the drama picture of Bao Gong's trial case drifted to his mind, with the sentence "Promote to the court, take the prisoner", and the prisoner who was tied up by the five flowers was escorted in and interrogated. I think I'm "out of the body" again. So much so that when the judge entered, he stood up and sat down again, and I did it in a state of confusion. In a trance, I felt someone pass me. Looking up, it was my brother who had entered the courtroom under the escort of the bailiffs. I was sitting on the side of the aisle, just passing by, but I hadn't come back from Master Bao's fugue, so he didn't see me.
And I, looking at his back in the past, tears began to fall like beads with broken threads.
The courtroom was so big that there were so few people who came to the trial that I couldn't hear what the judge was saying. I thought I could see a fierce court defense, but I didn't expect that my brother didn't say much, and he didn't argue too much about the events of the day. Is this all his confession? This drug and "murder", no matter which one it is, should be a felony. In that case, how many years will he be sentenced? Aren't the best years in it? Why didn't my brother defend himself? I can't understand.
I didn't hear the verdict pronounced at the trial that day, so it was probably "announced on a later date". Everyone began to leave the courtroom. I followed out the door. But I never took my eyes off my brother. I saw him being escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs by the bailiffs.
I don't know how I came up with it at the time. I know that there is a courtyard in this courtroom, and the gate of the courtyard is a little next to the courtroom gate, and if you want to leave the courtroom by car, you must go through the gate of that courtroom. I trotted all the way to the gate of the yard and waited there. There was indeed a "van" in the door, which looked like a prisoner. The iron railing can be clearly seen from the rear window.
I kept standing there, I saw, I saw. My brother came out and got into the car, and he should be able to pass me in a moment. Sure enough, the car drove past me. He must have seen me, because I saw him. Tears poured out of his eyes disobediently. The car did not drive slowly, and soon entered the main block and merged into the traffic. I didn't chase cars like I did on TV. Only when I had just walked out of the gate did I take two steps, because I could clearly see my brother looking down at me. I could only stand there and watch the car disappear.
The moment the car disappeared, the tears broke the embankment, and I still remember the last time the tears broke the embankment was when my cousin got married. And this time it was the "brother's car" that disappeared. I think this is the last look, and I don't know when I will see you again. My meagre knowledge of the law told me that my brother would be in it for a long, long time, long enough that I would grow up, so long that I might never come back.
Just as I was standing on the road crying, someone pulled me into his arms very hard, and I heard a curse "You don't want to die". Before I could finish speaking, a car sped past me. I looked up, it was the third brother. I think I collapsed, so I could only continue to fall into the arms of the third brother and cry loudly. I cried out loud like this again after a long time, and this time it seemed to make me cry and understand a lot of things. I cried for a while, and finally calmed down. The third brother looked at me helplessly, and his chest was full of snot, tears and saliva. can only bear it silently.