Chapter 382 Prove it with death
  After the peasant woman finished speaking, the court fell into a deadlock.
  Zhizhou looked at Jing Muling cautiously, hoping that he would come up with an idea.
  But Jing Muling acted like it had nothing to do with her and didn't react at all.
  Zhizhou had no choice but to clear his throat again and said: "All the certified evidence is there. It stands to reason that he can be convicted. However, what the doctor of Renyi Hall said is not unreasonable."
  "The peasant woman can produce the crescent knife and the problematic dried osmanthus as evidence, but she cannot prove that the so-called Crescent Sect and Renyi Tang are a group. If the case is to be concluded, the two people mentioned by the peasant woman need to be found. "
  "But what the peasant woman said is true." The peasant woman knelt on her clothes, looking like she was about to cry, and said, "The certified evidence is complete, and the peasant woman risked her own life to come and expose it."
  "At this point, if we are not convicted today, I don't know what kind of revenge the women will suffer tomorrow."
  Zhizhou was even more in a dilemma, saying: "But your evidence is not enough. If the two men in black wearing scimitars you mentioned can be caught, it will be a conclusive crime."
  The peasant woman raised her head, her face full of tears: "According to what the Lord said, how can a peasant woman with no strength to tie a chicken fight with a man wearing a weapon?"
  "Your Majesty, don't you want civilian women to die?"
  "I, when will I want you to die?" Zhizhou turned his head and glanced at Jing Muling again.
  Jing Muling didn't react at all, and even favored Shen Zhuoxi. The two of them muttered and didn't know what they were talking about.
  Zhizhou was heartbroken and said: "Don't mess around. I will send people to follow up on this matter. When the man in black with the machete is caught, I will give you an explanation."
  "That's it, I'll withdraw temporarily."
  "My lord, your lord!" the peasant woman shouted repeatedly, "The peasant woman stole their scimitar as evidence and exposed the matter of dried osmanthus. They will definitely not let the peasant woman off."
  "Please, sir, arrest the person temporarily, or send someone to protect the civilian woman!"
  Zhizhou's face turned completely dark: "You sent people to protect you. Do you think that the people in the government office have nothing to do and are just hanging around you, a peasant woman? Besides, you are telling the truth. Renyi Hall and those people will be in dire straits." "
  "Who is free to take care of you? You can relax for the time being and go back and wait for news. As for the doctor of Renyi Hall, he will be under temporary custody. The owner of Renyi Hall will also be summoned for questioning."
  When the peasant woman heard this, she stood up resolutely, slowly wiped the tears on her cheeks, and said, "Is this how you, a parent official, decide the case? Well, today the peasant woman will die to show her determination."
  "I just hope that you can send someone to protect the civilian woman's husband who cannot take care of himself and her seriously ill mother-in-law!"
  Zhizhou noticed what she was going to do and ran over to stop her before he could. He said to the officers and soldiers on both sides: "Hurry up and grab her!"
  However, it was too late.
  After the peasant woman finished speaking, she rushed towards the pillar in the Yamen lobby without hesitation.
  The officers and soldiers who were nearby wanted to hold him back, but the peasant woman, who had been doing menial work all year round, had plenty of strength and was determined to die, could not hold on to the officers and men, so she took them aside.
  A line of blood flowed down the pillar, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly got up to test where there was breathing.
  Except for Jing Muling and Shen Zhuoxi, no one expected this change.
  Zhizhou was so frightened that he backed away and slumped down on his chair.
  After a moment of relief, Zhizhou came back to his senses and looked at Jing Muling cautiously: "His Royal Highness King Yu..."
  "Such a murder could happen in a government office that upholds justice." Jing Muling's face darkened: "It's still like this when I'm here today. If I'm not here, maybe something else might have happened."
  "Liangshan, is this how you act as a state magistrate and handle cases for the people?"
  Jing Muling directly called his name. Zhizhou was so frightened that he trembled and said with a bitter face: "I really didn't expect that this peasant woman has such a pure temperament."
  "She will hit the pillar and die, isn't it because you haven't come to a conclusion yet?" Jing Muling interrupted him and snorted: "The witness and physical evidence are all there, why delay?"
  Zhizhou lowered his head and explained in a trembling voice: "The villain is not delaying, but the evidence is indeed missing the last link, those men in black from the Crescent Moon Sect..."
  Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted again by Jing Muling: "Evidence is dead, regulations are dead, only people are alive, and you don't have to think about it."
  "She is a peasant woman. She usually only uses an ax to chop firewood and a sickle to cut grass. How can she deal with two talented men in black?"
  "Besides, according to what the peasant woman said, the two men in black have achieved their goal. Do you think they are fools and will show up for you to capture them alive for confrontation?"
  "Then..." Zhizhou was scolded, raised his head and asked tentatively: "From the prince's point of view, how should this case be decided?"
  "Are you the governor of the state, or am I the governor of the state?" Jing Muling laughed angrily and raised her eyebrows.
  Zhizhou's heart trembled again, and he quickly said: "The villain is Zhizhou."
  "Since you are the one, it's up to you to make the decision. If you have to ask other people's opinions on everything, what do you want the governor to do?" After Jing Muling finished speaking, he ordered the guard: "This peasant woman is really pitiful."
  "She died to prove that what she said was true. She was carried away and buried with a lavish ceremony. She was also given five hundred taels of silver to support her family. All the money for the support and funeral was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion."
  At this time, among the people watching the case being judged, someone shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yu is benevolent, righteous and wise."
  As soon as the words fell, someone echoed: "In contrast, this magistrate is rigid in closing cases. If the peasant woman can come to report, she must have had enough of the fear."
  "I didn't expect that this time, I would end up losing my life in vain. I pity her family."
  "I recognize this peasant woman. She lives at the foot of the mountain west of the city. Her family is poor. Oh, how pitiful she is. It's no wonder that bad guys would choose her to bribe her."
  "Speaking of which, this Renyi Hall is really nothing. The people who opened medical clinics and drugstores used this method to win over people's hearts and make money."
  "Yes, we all misunderstood the second young lady at the beginning. The second young lady must have noticed something was wrong and wanted to investigate carefully. Unexpectedly, we were incited by the doctor of Renyi Hall and actually suspected the second young lady."
  "Second Miss dares to bet on the position of Princess Yu, she must be absolutely sure!"
  "..."
  Everyone was talking over each other.
  The magistrate also knew that if he did not give a satisfactory answer, these people would be unconvinced.
  After thinking about it for a while, Zhizhou slapped the alarm in the hall and announced: "Quiet, I declare that everything the peasant woman said is true. The Renyi Hall uses coercion and temptation first, and poisons the innocent people later."
  "The crime is not trivial. Let's take the doctor into custody first, and then send his boss to come to question him!"
  "Sir, it's unfair. This peasant woman must have been bribed." The doctor of Renyi Hall cried out in frustration: "Don't be deceived by her!"
  Zhizhou snorted coldly: "Still struggling to death, do you think I am a fool? Even if someone bribes me, I will risk my life to prove her words?"
  Without waiting for the doctor to defend himself again, Zhizhou said loudly: "Why don't you hurry up and come to Dong Jia at the Koren Yi Hall?"
  (End of this chapter)

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