Chapter 40: Interrogation
A few days later, the elders of Weijiazhuang gathered in the conference hall to interrogate Wei Wuji.
The elder is the old man in charge of Weijiazhuang, there are seven in total, including the head of the family, Wei Ruishan, his brother Wei Ruihai, and Wei Dingfang, who is in charge of the torture hall. The remaining four positions are held by other clansmen.
Because it was an interrogation and it belonged to the jurisdiction of the torture hall, Wei Dingfang sat in the middle, and Wei Ruishan, the head of the family, sat next to him. The others sat down on either side, according to their priority.
"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone must already know about Wei Wuji, so I don't need to say more. Wei Dingfang looked at the other six people, got up and said, "Next, I will bring Wei Wuji to the hall and listen to his answer, according to the clan rules, everyone can question him, and finally determine the punishment." ”
The other six people all nodded yes, and Wei Dingfang let the torture hall go around and bring Wei Wuji to the hall.
After a while, Wei Wuji, who was wearing shackles and chains, was brought up.
"They are all members of the Wei clan, first remove Wei Wuji's chain torture equipment, and let him stand and answer. Wei Dingfang commanded left and right.
"Wait!" Wei Ruihai said loudly, "The person standing below is a vicious person who kills people in the street, and he must not break the chains, he must kneel down and answer questions!"
"Hehe, Ruihai's words are wrong. Wei Dingfang laughed, "Wei Wuji is a member of our Wei clan, and he is still a cultivator, so he has to be kind." This is also a clan rule, the torture hall is interrogated, and the cultivator does not need to kneel until he is convicted. Come on, loosen the chains!"
Someone came up and loosened Wei Wuji's chains.
Wei Dingfang looked at Wei Ruihai and smiled, "Ruihai, please rest assured, he is only the strength of a heavy heaven, and there will be no danger." If Ruihai feels the need to be careful, you can lean back the table and chairs at a distance from each other, hehe......"
Wei Ruishan coughed, "The hall master of the torture hall can start, and there is no need to discuss other miscellaneous matters." ”
Wei Dingfang smiled, sat down and began to ask Wei Wuji,
"Wei Wuji, why did you kill people in the street?"
"Lord Qiqi Torture Hall, it is not Wuji who kills people, but Wei Jiang and the other three people, who want to intercept and kill Wuji in the mountains. Fortunately, Wuji made a breakthrough in martial arts and promoted the strength of Yizhongtian, which saved his life. Servants who murder the children of the family can be killed according to the rules of the clan. Therefore, Wuji killed one person first, and then chased after him, killing the other two together. ”
Wei Wuji bowed to Wei Dingfang, who was sitting on it, and told what had happened.
When everyone saw that you were chasing and killing Wei Jiang for no reason, and when you stepped forward to encircle you, you relied on your strength to force everyone to disperse, and finally succeeded in committing the murder. Now he is talking about clever words, saying that Wei Jiang and the three of them intercepted and killed you in the mountains, I don't know who saw it?" Wei Ruihai immediately retorted and rebuked loudly.
"The location of the fight in the mountains, I have already told the torture hall. All kinds of things that happened can be traced, and you can see them at a glance. Wei Wuji replied.
"In this matter, I have sent someone to find out, it was indeed intercepted and killed by Wei Jiang and the others, and the evidence is conclusive and cannot be refuted. Wei Dingfang interjected, "If everyone here wants to verify it, I will immediately ask people to bring the evidence." ”
"Then take a look. The head of the family, Wei Ruishan, nodded and said.
Wei Dingfang sent a message and asked the people in the torture hall to bring all the evidence.
Next, the seven people in the field began to question, not only questioning Wei Wuji, but also questioning the people in the torture hall who investigated and collected evidence.
More than an hour passed, and everyone finally finished questioning.
Wei Dingfang waved his hand and asked the people in the torture hall to take Wei Wuji down, and the people who had nothing to do with each other also retreated.
In the council chamber, only seven of them remained, and the final verdict began.
"I think what Wei Wuji said is not true, saying that Wei Jiangshan intercepted and killed, there were many flaws, and no one saw it with his own eyes, and it was all his words. Besides, even if Wei Jiang was the first to cause harm, but Wei Wuji chased into the village viciously, treated him as a front of everyone, regardless of dissuasion, and killed the other party, he was also a murderer with an extremely evil heart!"
As the head of the family, Wei Ruishan took the lead in speaking, "As the head of the Weijiazhuang family, I think this son should be punished!"
"Wei Jiang was beheaded, but he was really a vicious servant who bullied the old master, and I have already found out this from top to bottom, and I cannot doubt it at all. Wei Wuji is a cultivator, what is the responsibility for killing three ordinary servants? Based on my experience in the Torture Hall for decades, I think that Wei Wuji is not guilty, and even if he is guilty, he will not be punished!"
Wei Dingfang glanced at the audience and said loudly.
"This son should be punished!" Wei Ruihai glanced at the others.
The others looked at each other sideways, exchanging ideas.
In this way, everyone votes separately, and this son should not be punished. The head of the family, Wei Ruishan, looked around at the other people and said.
Wei Dingfang was in charge of the torture hall, he stood up and made a final speech to the others,
"I have been in charge of the Torture Hall for decades, and I have never seen a cultivator being killed because of an ordinary person. Even other families have no such examples. Wei Wuji is a cultivator, no matter what he says, he should not be punished for his crimes! Okay, that's all he says, let's get ready to vote. ”
The crowd began to vote, and four of the seven agreed with Wei Dingfang's opinion.
Wei Wuji killed people on the street and should be punished, but he should not be punished. Don't talk about the truth, even the identity of Wei Wuji's cultivator, and he can't be killed because of the death of three ordinary people. If Wei Wuji died because of this, how could the face of the martial arts cultivator remain? It would only make other families laughing stock.
Another point is that the clansmen under the line of the head of the family have encroached on the largest number of Wei Wuji's family property, and ten* of them have been usurped. At that time, under the notarization of my family, a deadline for return was set. Now seeing that Wei Wuji is about to become an adult, in order not to hand over the embezzled family property, Wei Ruishan actually forcibly killed a cultivator, which is really eye-catching.
And the most important thing is that the person you killed is a true cultivator. If Wei Ruishan can kill Wei Wuji like this today, he can also handle it according to the rules tomorrow and deal with other clan cultivators.
At this point, several family elders were unwilling to kill Wei Wuji because of this incident.
Wei Ruishan and Wei Ruihai thought that other people would approve of killing Wei Wuji, but they didn't expect the result to be the opposite.
"In this way, I can only use the power of the head of the family, and Wei Wuji should be punished!"
Wei Ruishan glanced at the rest of the people with cold eyes, these people were originally close to him in other affairs, but he didn't expect that this time he would go against his will, it was really hateful!
Wei Dingfang was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Wei Ruishan, "Family Master, do you really want to use your power to kill Wei Wuji regardless of everyone's vote?"
"My power is allowed by the clan rules, why can't I exercise the clan rules?"
Wei Ruishan glanced at everyone and continued, "My Wei family can't tolerate a madman who kills people on the street, no matter what, Wei Wuji should be punished, and he will die today!"