The eight carefully selected witnesses of Chen Letian gathered together at this moment, and Chen Letian, as the host and guest, invited them to have a drink in this first-class hotel in Chengdu City.

These eight people are actually still a little apprehensive in their hearts now.

Because before that, the price that Chen Gongzi negotiated with them was very high. It can even be considered a little outrageously high. But then again, the price didn't seem high at the time. After all, the prestige of the county order was in full swing at that time, and in that case, they were really afraid to ask them to testify for the overthrow of such a county order. So at that time their asking price was very high.

But now, the situation has changed dramatically. Cao County's order can basically be abolished now, it is nothing more than the difference between what kind of punishment is about to be faced.

So now it seems that they are now a little scared when they were asking for a sky-high price.

What will Chen Gongzi do to them, and will he not give them money? After all, even if they don't have a penny now, as long as they come out to testify that Cao Xianling is guilty, this act itself will be able to win the thumbs of their fellow villagers. That is, even if they don't have the money, it's worth it for them to testify.

So this meal is actually very unsafe.

Chen Letian saw that they were all a little absent-minded, but he didn't break it, and kept toasting, saying that he was very grateful to you for contributing your own strength to Bazhong City and even to the people of Shudi.

But the more this is the case, the more worried they become, worried that Chen Gongzi is sarcastic about them. What do you say for the people of Bazhong City, aren't they themselves the people of Bazhong City, what do you say that they don't care about their own net worth and life, they obviously come to testify because of their interests...

At the end of the banquet, Chen Letian stood up again and said leisurely: "Everyone, don't worry, all the previous conditions, as long as they are promised to you, will definitely be complied with." I still say the same thing, according to the rules, you perform the contract, of course I will not break the contract. I will not regret it because the price I promised you was high at that time, and now the situation has changed, I still disdain to do this kind of thing, I Chen someone is not a rich and noble person, but I can still afford the money I promised you. ”

At this time, the eight witnesses were relieved. I put the hearts that I had lifted back into my stomachs.

The next day, it was officially in attendance.

This time, the opening of the hall attracted more people, many times more than the previous times, and in some places it has reached the point of empty alleys.

The final trial of Cao County's order in Bazhong City, a bandit, kicked off under the rising sun. The Governor was shocked: "Lead someone to commit Cao Lin." "I no longer call Cao Xianling, but call him by his name. Just by listening to the change in the opening title, the whole hall can know what kind of one-sided debate is about to take place.

Cao Lin, who is no longer a county order, did not wear prison uniforms for the occasion, and still wore the clothes he usually wore, which may have been a little face saved by the governor.

However, at this time, Cao Lin described it as withered, as if the whole person had experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes in a few days. The beard is still clean, but it is messy, and it is not as smooth as before. The gray hair on the sideburns suddenly increased. Dark circles look like they've been smoky. Standing there, crumbling.

However, occasionally looking up at the hall and looking at the hall, there is still a demeanor of the superior of the county order. Although he is a prisoner, he has not been frightened by the unknowability of fate.

Chen Letian didn't bother to ridicule him when he saw him like this, he just sneered, and then said to the governor in the hall: "My lord, can you start?"

The Governor nodded, "Let's get started." ”

Chen Letian turned his head to Cao Lin and said, "Lord Cao, do you admit to the banditry?"

"Admit it, but I was forced. ”

"Lord Cao, do you admit to accepting bribes from the Iron Head Gang?"

"Admit it, but I was forced. ”

"Master Cao, do you admit that you leaked the time and route of the bandits?"

"Admit it, but I was forced. ”

......

Chen Letian asked more than a dozen questions in one breath.

It's all about banditry.

All the unquestionable questions Cao Xianling has admitted, but behind every confession there will be a sentence that I was forced.

This time, Chen Letian did not sneer at Cao County's order, and the whole process was very serious.

"Master Cao, since you have admitted it, then I have nothing to say. Chen Letian said.

Cao Xian Ling took out more than a dozen letters from his arms and handed them over.

The Governor took it and looked at them one by one.

and also let people send it down to Chen Letian to see.

Chen Letian has seen them one by one.

The content is all words that threaten Cao Xian Ling in the tone of the Iron Head Gang. The content is basically the same, all of them threaten the lives of Cao County's family, and repeatedly reiterate that if you are disobedient, you will kill your wife within three days, and your son and daughter within five days.

Chen Letian looked at it, respectfully sent it back to the hall, and said to Cao County: "How can you prove that this letter is true?"

Cao Xian ordered: "This letter is true, if you don't believe it, you can go to the Iron Head Gang, as long as you can find any letters from the Iron Head Gang leader, you can definitely see whether these letters are forged by me or not." ”

Chen Letian thought to himself, it was you who gave evidence, how did it become for me to prove the truth.

Or Cao County Ling, who is proficient in the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. According to common sense, there needs to be circumstantial evidence to adduce evidence, and we can't say what you come up with, we will believe it. Regardless of whether any evidence exists alone, it must be able to prove that the evidence is true in this case, or that the two pieces of evidence complement each other.

That's what it means to be alone.

But the letter of this case, it's very special. Cao Xianling said that I can prove that I was persecuted, and logically speaking, he was right.

Procedurally, it doesn't make sense, but it makes sense.

Then the law is fundamentally not a thing that can completely abandon human feelings.

Human nature, even if it is not in accordance with the procedure, as long as it is reasonable, it can be used as evidence in the case.

Of course, if Chen Letian forcibly struggles on this point, he has to say that Cao County's letter is a forgery, so much effort, in the end, there is also the possibility of proving that the county is a perjury. But Chen Letian didn't want to dwell on this, he was too lazy to argue here, and it was not a big problem to just treat him as true.

Anyway, there is so much evidence, just change it to individual evidence.

"Let's not dwell on it, let's just let you know that these letters are true, but I still have dozens of pieces of evidence that can prove that you actually took the initiative to ask for money and actively colluded. Chen Letian walked up to Cao Xianling, looked into his eyes, and said so.

Cao Xian Ling didn't look at him, and looked at the governor in the hall.

The Governor looked at Chen Letian and then at Cao Lin, and a feeling of tiredness suddenly rose in his heart.