Chapter 546: Conviction

Outside the governor's yamen at this time, it can really be described as a sea of people. It is at least seven or eight times more than the previous Chen Letian Cao County Order to go to court.

Many people in Chengdu who were still working today asked for leave from the shopkeeper to come to the governor's yamen to hear the trial.

In today's trial, the Governor's Office specially sent people to keep transmitting news inside and out.

What Chen Lotian said, what the county magistrate said, what the governor said.

Whoever came up with what evidence is all in the content of the message delivered.

Therefore, the onlookers are not just in a daze today, but are watching a big show. What makes them feel more satisfying than watching a play is that it is real, not just a play.

"Cao Xianling is in a catastrophe this time, I didn't expect Chen Gongzi not only to have a warm heart, but also to have such powerful means and connections, you know, how difficult it is to obtain so much information that should be the most top-secret for Cao County, this is by no means something ordinary people can do. ”

"Chen Gongzi is not an ordinary person at all, he is the commander of the Northern Army and a disciple of the cultivation institute, just by virtue of these two identities, he must have made old friends all over the world, do you think that you can't find friends like you and me. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, there's news coming out again, listen to it. ”

While the crowd was talking, another official came out and stood on the steps at the entrance of the governor's palace and shouted, "Eight witnesses are on the scene." ”

"Oops, the witness is on the scene. Let me say it, this witness will definitely be on the line, and as soon as the witness comes up, Chen Gongzi will be easy to handle. As long as the human and physical evidence is complete, Cao County's order is certain to die. Look, in less than an hour, the case will be over. ”

The hundreds of people in front can directly hear the sound of the official announcement, and as for the tens of thousands of people in the back, they can know it by listening to the people in front of them repeat it again.

The significance of this case is unprecedented in Shudi, and it is the first time that there is such a case that has aroused such interest among the people of the whole city.

I don't know whether it is because the corruption case involves the people's livelihood that it attracts the people so much, or because Chen Letian has today's attention after more than a month of slow paving and slowly boiling water.

In the words of the Governor, what we can see is the curiosity and concern of the people of Chengdu for this case, and there are many more people who care about this case in other places outside of Chengdu that we can't see.

In the words that the king of Shu can never reveal to the third person to know, that is, the people of Shu have long been dissatisfied with the rule of Shu land, oh no, not only Shu land, but the people of all places in the Great Song Dynasty will never be satisfied with the problem of government governance. No one will be satisfied, as if it were a bottomless pit. All this case can make the eyes of the people gather here. The common people are bitter in their hearts, and who of the common people has never been treated unfairly or exploited by the officials? In this world, except for the children of the nobles who are in high positions, as long as they are ordinary people, who dares to say that they have not suffered this loss or this suffering?

The king said cautiously. The prime minister looked around, sweating on his forehead, and arched his hand.

"Okay, be careful, be cautious, Aiqing, you see what you are afraid of. "The King of Shu is actually more afraid than him, but he has already observed, there is no one next to him, and the wall has no ears, haha.

With so many people paying attention, Chen Letian's heart in the hall can be so stable.

One by one, the witnesses appeared.

When the eight men had gathered, they knelt down at the foot of the hall and saluted the Governor, who said, "Now you will testify, and I will ask you, are you fully responsible for the testimony you have said, and can you guarantee that all the testimony you have given is not falsified?"

"Back to the adult, the villain can guarantee it. The eight of them spoke in unison, and at first glance, they had prepared before. As for whether it was taught by Chen Letian, anyone with a little brain can guess.

The Governor nodded, looked at Chen Letian and said, "Student Chen, let's start." ”

Chen Letian took out the transcript of the incriminating evidence from his sleeve and began to read the first article.

In the fourth year of Hecheng, on the sixth day of the second month, in the silver gambling house in Bazhong City, the Iron Head Gang sent 200,000 taels of silver, and an hour later, Cao Xian ordered his henchmen to go to the gambling house to take it home. The gatekeeper of the gambling house at the time can testify to this.

The janitor of the gambling house below at the time immediately said: "The villain can testify, the villain happened to be passing by at that time, and happened to see the man counting silver in the house from a hole outside the window, so much silver, the villain was frightened at that time, and no one dared to say anything." Not long after the man left, Zhao Biao from the county government came and took the silver away..."

And then the second ...

After the eight people finished speaking, Chen Letian looked at Cao Xianling: "Lord Cao, the witnesses have been testified, do you have any objections?"

Cao Xian Ling shook his head and acquiesced without speaking.

The Governor announced a pause, and then brought a few of the congregators to the back hall to discuss.

After the time of two incense sticks, the governor came out with everyone, returned to his seat, and patted the wood: "Cao Lin is in the county throne, and he used his position to get through the bandits, and he was convicted, but because he was coerced by the bandits. Cao Lin, can you plead guilty?"

"I, confess my sins. Cao Xianling was silent for a long time and spit out three words.

The clerk handed over a confession.

Cao Xianling took it in his hand, looked at it with a slight tremor in his hands, and finally sighed and pressed his handprint on it. I watched the charges being brought before the Governor's case.

Because the case is serious, it still needs to be reported to the imperial court, and the specific ruling is that the governor's palace is tentatively scheduled to be beheaded after the autumn. Cao Lin was temporarily taken into custody to await the final verdict of the imperial court. Okay, quit. ”

Soon, the news reached the ears of the people outside the Governor's Palace.

When the people outside heard the verdict, they cheered, and thousands of people burst into thunderous applause and cheers outside the governor's yamen. The sonic boom is more than ten miles in radius. Even the people in the countryside outside the city could hear it.

The beams in the lobby seemed to be slightly shaken by the cries of the people.

The officials had never seen the people like this, and in the past, when the people walked outside the governor's palace, they were very respectful to the governor's palace, and those who spoke loudly did not dare to speak loudly, and those who ran did not dare to run... Whenever the officials saw the people, they held their heads high. But at this moment, they still deeply felt the power of the people.

There are so many people, and the power of just howling together is huge. If it really arouses the anger of the people and rushes into the governor's palace, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Perhaps from now on, some of them will have a different understanding when they look at the people again.

The governor walked into the back hall first, and several officials came up and led Cao Lin, who was no longer a county order, to the prison.