Demon detective

Chapter 44 Public Outrage
It was full of twists and turns, no one thought that a court trial would turn into what it is now.

The disgraced magistrate Song Zhili, who had been criticized and ridiculed all this time, stood up and demanded that the relevant criminals be kept for trial in court.

The incident happened so suddenly that everyone didn't expect it, and they hurriedly looked at the county magistrate.

Sima Xin was even more surprised. He was stunned for a few seconds before he came back to his senses. He pointed at Song Zhili and shouted, "Magistrate Song, what do you mean?"

"Crazy, crazy!" Sheriff Cai Jin also reacted, furious on the spot, and shouted at Song Zhili, "What are you doing? Do you want to interfere with Lord Sima's trial? Get back quickly, your business, I haven't pursued it yet, hurry up..."

"My lords," but seeing Song Zhili blushing, he bowed his hands excitedly and said, "A county magistrate in Xiaguan district naturally dare not overstep.

"It's just... I want to remind the two adults that you are only here to try the case of Old Man Li's murder. Now Pan Wending's lawsuit against Qiu Batian for killing his whole family is a completely different case. It should be judged by the judge!"

boom!
Sima Xin was furious immediately, and slapped the table hard: "Little county magistrate, don't be shameless, I wanted to show you some favors, but now it seems that you are really tired of living!"

what……

At this moment, Chen Houlu, the county magistrate, was already frightened. He hurriedly got up from the ground and pulled Song Zhili's clothes.

What he meant, of course, was to stop Song Zhili's reckless behavior.

Think about it, even if they lose their jobs, they will only be dismissed from their posts, but in the current situation, they will not only lose their official positions in the future.

However, Song Zhili didn't care about it, and confronted Sima Xin with his head held high, "Why, is Master Sima trying to bully the small with the big?"

"Bold, bastard!" Cai Jin pointed at Song Zhili's nose and cursed, "Why are you talking to your lord?"

"My surname is Song," Sima Xin gritted his teeth and said, "I want to bully the small with the big ones, so what can you do? I'm here to hear the case under the order of the governor.

"Let me tell you, no matter which case it is, as long as it is related to Qiu Zhennong, it is the same case and must be tried by this judge."

"Did you hear that?" Cai Jin yelled, "Who cares about you? Get lost!"

"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, Song Zhili actually looked up to the sky and laughed, and clasped his fists again and said to Sima Xin, "Master Sima, please don't get me wrong, your performance just now is obvious to all, and we all admire your impartiality and impartiality. endlessly.

"We also all believe that you will never protect Qiu Batian's uncle and treat him differently just because he is the official minister, right?"

"This..." Sima Xin stared.

"You..." Cai Jin grinned.

Song Zhili's words were both ingenious and lethal, and immediately caught the two adults by surprise.

"So," Song Zhili continued to exert pressure, "we also all trust you, and believe that you don't have to withdraw from the court at all, and you can get to the bottom of this case in this court, right?"

The latter "isn't that right?" Song Zhili gritted his molars and said it.

Hearing these words, cold sweat broke out on the back of Sima Xin's spine.

These words are really detrimental, it means that if Sima Xin withdraws from the court, it must be doing favoritism and cheating.

But...the trial in court...

Sima Xin clicked his tongue secretly, Qiu Batian and his subordinates are so unreliable, once they slip up, they will never have another chance.

"What do you know?" At this time, it was Cai Jin's turn to play a role, and he quickly reprimanded Song Zhili, "Didn't you hear what Master Sima said? There are too many clues in the case of Qiu Zhennong's murder of Pan's family, so we have to investigate them one by one first." Only when it is clear can the trial proceed.

"Withdrawing from the court now doesn't mean that the case will not be tried, why are you in a hurry?

"Everyone can rest assured," he said to everyone present, "Master Sima can solve cases like a god, and he will definitely find out all the ins and outs.

"Okay," he said, waving his hands at the guards again, "the gavel has been shot, hurry up and pull it down!"

"Slow!" However, the arrow had to be fired, and Song Zhili stopped immediately, "My lords, according to my opinion, there is no need to investigate this case one by one. Why don't you leave it to the next official to do it for you! I will definitely be able to do it for you!" Check it out..."

"You!!?" Sima Xin stood up abruptly, trembling with anger.

"Hmph," Cai Jin shook his sleeves violently, and cursed in a low voice, "You really don't know what to do. What do you want to do?"

"Lord Sima, Lord Cai!" However, Song Zhili's aura grew stronger as he spoke more and more. He held his head high and chest out, and said proudly, "There is something that I haven't had time to report to the officials!"

"What... what is it?" Sima Xin asked angrily.

"Master Sima, you are keenly aware of every detail and never let go of any details. It really opened up Song's eyes, but... the information you have found is not complete, right?"

"What?" Sima Xin was confused.

At this time, the head catcher Cheng Xiao hurried over from the back hall and brought a thick stack of documents to everyone.

"My lords," Song Zhili said, pointing to the documents, "These things are all complaints received after the county government publicized the crimes of Qiu Batian and others, and paraded them through the streets. Take a good look!"

Hearing this, Cheng Xiao quickly put the information on the desk in front of Sima Xin.

Sima Xin took out one of them, glanced at it a few times, and his expression changed immediately.

"These are all written by the people of my Yanping County, all of which are sued against Qiu Batian." Song Zhili clenched his fists and said, "Look, it's only been two days, and we've already received so much.

"My lord, this...is called too many books!"

"..." Sima Xin didn't speak. He read several complaints in a row. The crimes charged in each complaint made him frown and his expression became more serious.

At this moment, he suddenly understood one thing, that is why Song Zhili insisted on assigning the case of Old Man Li's father and daughter to Qiu Batian.

"Although the case of old man Li's father and daughter was not committed by Qiu Batian," Song Zhili continued, "but what Qiu Batian did is far more sinful than these!
"Insulting the neighbors, murdering and setting fires, harming nature and justice, and doing bad things, the common people dare not speak out!
"Take a good look." He pointed to Pan Wending in the distance, "It's not just the Pan family who killed their relatives by Qiu Batian!"

"Um……"

Sima Xin clutched one of the petitions, trembling with excitement, already extremely angry.

Obviously, he was also enraged by Qiu Batian's evil deeds, such a bully, he couldn't be happy if he didn't kill him.

But...on second thought, he came here with a secret order from his superiors, which was related to his own future, he couldn't help it, couldn't help it...

But the more this happened, the more Sima Xin felt uncomfortable. Immediately, his whole body trembled and his face was distorted, as if he was being burned by a raging fire.

"Lord Sima," the quick-minded Song Zhili said taking advantage of the situation, "I know your difficulties. Anyway, I'm willing to cut myself to pieces. Why don't you satisfy my desire to kill myself and become a benevolent man!"

Hearing Song Zhili's words, Sima Xin fell into a tangle again.

However, the little kindness left in his heart finally allowed him to break free from the entanglement.

But seeing Sima Xin getting up slowly, he actually left the presiding judge's seat.

what?
Cai Jin was shocked.

It has to be said that Cai Jin, the sheriff, was not in vain. When he realized that the situation had reversed, he rushed to Sima Xin's side and shouted loudly:
"Oh, Mr. Sima is dizzy, it must be caused by overwork, let's help Mr. Sima down to rest!"

Hearing Cai Jin's prompt, Sima Xin nodded with a wry smile, then his legs went limp, and he seemed to faint.

Cai Jin hurriedly and a group of guards helped Lord Sima down...

Almost in the blink of an eye, the two adults and their subordinates disappeared from everyone's sight.

In the next second, Song Zhili straightened his clothes, walked forward slowly, and returned to his seat.

After sitting firmly, he picked up the gavel and slapped it hard, and shouted in the hall: "Come on!"

"Yo!"

Cheng Xiao and others hurriedly echoed loudly, their voices were high-pitched, shocking the hall.

"Bring the suspect Kuai Peng to the court, and he will serve you with severe punishment!!!"

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(End of this chapter)