marquis of jingan

Chapter 18
Fan Dongcheng stood in the lobby, lowered his head slightly, and continued: "I was born at the scene that night. When Shen Yi arrived, Chen Qing was already unconscious. As for other things..."

This Mr. Fan sighed, and said: "Xianzun, it involves a friend, so I won't talk about it later, the county can ask others..."

After saying this, Fan Dongcheng cupped his hands and stepped aside.

County Magistrate Feng didn't force it either, and reached out to pat the gavel.

"Ma Jun."

Ma Jun, who was a bit bloated, came out, respectfully bowed to Feng Zhixian, bowed his head and said, "Master Feng."

In comparison, although Ma Jun's family is rich, it is only a family of merchants. Although the rules of the court are no longer as strict as before, their social status is still not high. Facing Feng Zhixian, he has no way to be like Fan Dongcheng. Put on a high profile like that.

"Luo Maocai."

The county lord spoke again.

Luo Maocai also stood up, bowed his head and saluted: "The county lord."

The county lord nodded and said, "Yesterday you two came to the county office to meet with the county, and confessed to the county what you saw. Today's public trial, the two of you will repeat what you said yesterday."

Hearing the words of the county lord, Fan Dongcheng stood aside expressionless, while Qian Tong stared at his two "brothers" with wide-eyed eyes.

He already sensed something was wrong.

Because...he didn't come to the county government office yesterday.

At this moment, Qian Tong felt even more uneasy. He cautiously took two steps towards Fan Dongcheng, then lowered his head, and whispered in a trembling voice: "Fan...Fan Shao..."

Fan Dongcheng took a deep breath, looked back at Qian Tong, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I will try my best to help you if I can."

Hearing this sentence, Qian Tong felt even more disturbed, before he could continue to speak, Ma Jun and Luo Maocai began to answer the county lord's question.

Luo Maocai was born in a noble family, and his eloquence is relatively better. He stood up, first looked back at Fan Dongcheng, then gritted his teeth, and said: "Hui Xianzun, the four of us were wandering in the backyard of the academy that day, and we ran into him head-on. Chen Qing, Qian Tong said that Chen Qing was spying on Miss Lu because of his good looks..."

"Qian Tong has a crush on Ms. Lu, and was very annoyed at Chen Qing, so he went up and wanted to teach Chen Qing a lesson. He is tall and knocked Chen Qing to the ground with just one punch. I'll wait..."

Speaking of this, Luo Mao took a deep breath and continued: "The three of us wanted to stop him, but we couldn't stop him at all. That Chen Qing was thin, and after eating Qiantong four or five times, he fell down and passed out. ..."

"Qian Tong's eyes turned red. He felt that Chen Qing was pretending to be dead. He was still relentless. He rode on Chen Qing and punched him. I couldn't pull him away. Later, Shen Qi came in a hurry and was also knocked down by Qian Tong. ..."

Before Luo Maocai could finish his words, Qian Tong who was on the side collapsed emotionally. He rushed directly in front of Luo Maocai, grabbed Luo Maocai by the collar, and his face was distorted.

"What did you say?!"

Qian Tongqi's voice trembled: "That day will be..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the county lord frowned and said, "Pull them away, put Qian Tong aside, and let the witness continue to speak."

Several yamen servants immediately stepped forward and pulled the two people apart. Although Qian Tong was tall, he couldn't stand up to the yamen servants, and was quickly pushed aside, still holding his head up and screaming.

"County Honor, County Honor!"

"This guy framed me, please let the county magistrate decide for me!"

County Magistrate Feng snorted, and said coldly: "Based on your actions just now, it can be seen that you are indeed a violent person, so it is not surprising that you beat up your classmates."

Speaking of this, Feng Lu narrowed his eyes and continued: "Use a piece of cloth to strangle his mouth, and don't let him interfere with the court."

Covering the mouth with a cloth is actually very difficult to make people speechless, but if the mouth is covered with a cloth and then strangled with a cloth strip, it is basically impossible to speak a word.

The yamen servants were very familiar with these tasks, and the two yamen servants quickly gagged Qian Tong's mouth and put him aside.

The county master reached out and knocked on the gavel, and said flatly: "Luo Maocai, continue talking."

"Yes."

Luo Maocai glanced in shock at Qian Tong who had been imprisoned tightly. He closed his eyes, remembered his father's advice, let out a foul breath again, and continued, "Qian Tong... beat Chen Qing for a stick of incense." Time, until he can no longer move, afterward he sees that the matter has become serious, and wants to frame Shen Qi as the blame, I wait..."

"I really can't wait to see, I just arrived at the county government yesterday, and I have the county honor..."

The magistrate was obviously very satisfied with these remarks. He nodded, looked at Ma Jun who was at the side, and asked, "Ma Jun, please tell me what happened that day."

Although Ma Jun is not very good at talking, but with Luo Maocai in front, he only needs to roughly repeat what Luo Maocai said.

Soon, Ma Jun also briefly explained the matter.

Feng Zhixian nodded slightly, looked at Fan Dongcheng again, and said, "Mr. Fan, is what these two people said true or not?"

Although Fan Dongcheng's face was not very good-looking, and he was obviously not reconciled in his heart, but due to the pressure from his family, and for the sake of his uncle's official reputation, he still gritted his teeth, bowed his head and said: "Return to the county lord, what the two of them said, It's what I saw in my later life, but..."

Fan Dongcheng lowered his head and said, "It's just that when Qian Tong attacked Chen Qing that day, Chen Qing also retaliated. The two were fighting for love. In addition, Qian Tong was young and injured. Please be lenient to the county..."

When County Magistrate Feng heard this, he glanced at Fan Dongcheng faintly, and said, "Is Mr. Fan's words from the heart?"

What he said was to ask Fan Dongcheng whether what Fan Dongcheng said just now meant what he said, or what the Fan family meant.

Obviously, Fan Dongcheng, a dude, didn't understand the meaning of Feng Zhixian's words. He bowed his head to Feng Lu and said, "Hui Xianzun comes from the original heart of Wansheng."

"The county understands."

After saying this, the county lord patted the gavel, and said in a deep voice: "The facts of this case are already quite clear, but how to judge and convict you still need evidence and the murderer's confession, please come."

Several yamen servants immediately left their shifts and bowed their heads respectfully to the county magistrate: "Master!"

"Put Qian Tong in jail, and wait for the criminal to confess truthfully, and retry at another day."

The process of Da Chen's murder case is very complicated. Not only do you need a detailed file to describe the course of the case, but you also need evidence, testimony, and the murderer's own confession. The sentence can only be executed after the examination, and the trial cannot be concluded in a day or two.

To be honest, if it wasn't for this mandatory process, Shen Yi's body would be cold right now.

"Yes!"

Several yamen servants bowed their heads to accept the order, and put Qian Tong, whose mouth was gagged, under custody.

After Qian Tong left, Feng Zhixian looked at Shen Yi who was kneeling in the lobby.

At this moment, Shen Yi, dressed in prison clothes, was in a state of embarrassment, but his expression was very calm, as if he had already guessed the result of today.

Seeing Shen Yi's expression, a strong sense of weirdness surged into Feng Zhixian's heart again, but when things came to this point, the outcome of today's trial was already doomed.

He lowered his eyebrows slightly, and picked up the gavel on the table.

"According to the testimonies of many people, Shen Yi of Zha Ganquan Academy was wrongly imprisoned. Today..."

The gavel fell heavily, loudly.

"Acquitted."

(End of this chapter)