Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 69
On the ninth day of September, the trial of Chai Qihong's murder was held.

Just after dawn, there was a long queue in front of the Yamen, and thousands of people came to watch the trial scene.

Most of the people didn't come alone, they invited friends, brought their families with them, and even many people from the surrounding villages and towns came to watch the excitement.

Shrewd small businessmen and hawkers sell drinks and food along the way, and the business is quite good.

"It's so lively, those who didn't know thought it was a temple fair."

Zhao Lin came out to take a look, and grinned involuntarily.

He was worried about not having enough people, but now it seems that his worries are unnecessary.

As soon as the time came, the main gate of the county government opened wide, and the people who had been waiting for a long time rushed in.

The lobby was instantly crowded with people, and the officials erected a fence to leave an open space in the middle, otherwise the criminals and witnesses would have no place to stand when they came.

People flowed from the lobby to Yimen, and the people behind could only stand outside the yamen and listen to the news from inside.

Not long after, the Shengtang drum rang, the cloud board hit three times, and the scene was suddenly silent.

County Magistrate Liu sat down after the case, and said softly, "Bring the suspect up."

The sound was not loud, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

With the sound of shackles, two government officials escorted Chai Jie into the lobby.

Standing in front of the hall, Zhao Lin saw Chai Jie with disheveled hair and a troubled expression, obviously he had suffered a lot in prison.

"Kill him, kill this bastard!"

"A heartless pig and dog, you are in vain as a son of man..."

The onlookers were outraged and cursed loudly.

Some people also took the opportunity to educate their children: "See? This is the fate of unworthy children and grandchildren!"

Chai Ren, Chai Yi, and Chai Zhou followed to the hall and listened nearby as family members.

Chai Zhou was pregnant, and County Magistrate Liu ordered the Yamen servants to move a chair for her.

When the scene became quiet, County Magistrate Liu suddenly slapped the gavel and shouted, "Bold Chai Jie, are you convicted?"

As soon as the words fell, the left and right yamen servants shouted in unison: "Mighty..."

The yamen servants slammed their sticks in unison, and quickly hit the ground, the sound superimposed into one sound, and the deterrent effect was amazing.

Chai Jie had a determined expression on his face, and wanted to kill him, but when he saw this scene, his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees with a "plop", and said in a trembling voice, "The villain is wronged!"

"Injustice?"

County Magistrate Liu said with a sneer, "Witness passer."

Mei Shilin, Gao Xiaoliu and Duan San walked up to the hall and told aloud what they had seen and heard.

When Zhao Lin recorded Mei Shilin's statement, he made a few changes, only saying that he heard the words "Dad, why are you drunk?"

As for which son's voice it was, there was no record in the confession. After all, even Mei Shilin himself only suspected it.

Combined with the confessions of the other two witnesses, Chai Jie can also be proved guilty.

In this way, Mei Shilin's suspicion of concealment and non-reporting was greatly reduced.

The two of them work in the same yamen, and they don't violate their conscience, so it's not too much to accommodate.

After the witness finished speaking, it was Zhao Lin's turn to appear.

He held up the blood-stained clothes and the murder weapon, showed them to everyone present, and narrated the search process that day.

The onlookers couldn't hold back any longer, they rallied and shouted:
"Put him to death."

"It's him who did it, and he will serve you with great punishment."

"Hit a thousand boards..."

County magistrate Liu was as good as he was, and took out two order sticks from the lottery tube, and said in a deep voice: "Chai Jie, the evidence is as solid as a mountain, and you should confess quickly, so as not to suffer further flesh and blood."

There are three colors of white, black and red. The white-headed lottery is worth one board, the black-headed lottery is worth five boards, and the red-headed lottery is worth ten boards.

The county magistrate held a red-headed lottery in his hand.

Facing the accusations of thousands of people, Chai Jie knew that it would be useless to defend himself, so he gritted his teeth and said, "The villain recruited..."

Then he bluntly confessed the process of killing his biological father that day.

It turned out that Chai Jie was not at home during the day and went to a brothel to fool around.

In the afternoon, I ran out of money on my body, thinking that I would go to the casino to play money at night, so I went home and asked my father for money.

Chai Qihong had just quarreled with his eldest son and second son, and was angry, so he immediately scolded Chai Jie as well.

Seeing that his beloved son was addicted to gambling, Chai Qihong became more and more angry, and said harshly that he would be kicked out tomorrow, leaving the family property to his unborn son.

Chai Zhou was pregnant, and Chai Jie was already very worried. Hearing what his father said, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

In case Chai Zhou gave birth to a son, his father might not leave him a penny. This was unacceptable to him, and he couldn't help but feel murderous.

Once the father died, the bulk of the family property would inevitably fall on himself.

He also learned from his father that his elder brother and second elder brother had borrowed money earlier, if something happened, people would probably suspect that his two elder brothers did it.

Especially the second child, Chai Yi, who belongs to the Shuilong Gang and has a bad reputation.

Chai Jie made up his mind to kill his father, so he rushed to the casino early in the morning, committed crimes on his way back, and then returned. He didn't go home until dawn the next day, pretending to be fine.

Needle drop can be heard at the scene.

Although the people in the hall knew that Chai Jie was the murderer, they couldn't believe it when they heard that he was planning to murder his own father and put the blame on his two elder brothers.

Chai Zhou lowered his head and wiped away his tears. Chai Ren and Chai Yi were both sullen, and they didn't even look at their younger brother.

County Magistrate Liu glanced majestically at the hall, and said righteously: "Chai Jie killed his biological father. He committed a crime that cannot be punished. He confiscated all his property and sent him to prison. He will be executed next month."

"Gao Xiaoliu and Duan San gave false testimony last time. Although they have made up for their mistakes this time, they cannot be completely exempted from punishment. They will each get ten big slaps."

"Meishlin's testimony was negligent, and he was fined for three months as a punishment."

"Also: Chai Zhou is pregnant with the Chai family's flesh and blood, and can share half of the family property, and the other half will be shared equally between Chai Ren and Chai Yi."

When Chai Jie heard it, he immediately collapsed to the ground.

The onlookers were extremely satisfied with the result of the penalty, Gao claimed:
"Magistrate Liu is clearly aware of the details, and the iron mouth is straight!"

"Punishing evil and promoting good, caring for orphans and widows, is really an upright official."

"Magistrate Liu is here, and Qingtian will be there..."

Zhao Lin heard the voice very familiar, and glanced into the crowd, only to see Tian Dabang and a group of Lifu around him, agitating and shouting with all their strength.

County magistrate Liu was very satisfied with today's performance. His only regret was that Chai Jie recruited too quickly, and he was a little unfulfilled. There was a feeling that you would fall before I exerted all my strength.

At this time, the yamen servant came forward to mention Chai Jie, and escorted him to the prison.

When passing by Chai Zhou's, Chai Jie broke free suddenly and cursed: "It's all your fault for this bitch, my father is over fifty, how could he still have children?"

"It must be that you don't obey women's morals and seduce outsiders to divide my family property. If it wasn't for you, how could I kill my father? It's all your fault!"

The yamen servant didn't let him go on, he jumped up and slapped him twice, and covered his mouth with a strip of cloth...

Zhao Lin shook his head, this is a typical push-off personality.

This kind of person is never willing to admit his mistakes, everything is other people's fault, even killing people is forced by others.

Such people should not waste food in this world.

(End of this chapter)