Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 76

"It's ridiculous! Who knows if you tortured and made innocent people do things against their will, look at their injuries, and you don't need to look at the confessions in your hands to know that they were tortured and cannot be used as evidence." Yang Xiancheng Pointing to Brother Gou with a bruised nose and swollen face, everyone said.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know that Brother Gou and others have been beaten. If you come up with a confession about what you did at this time, no one really believes it is true.

They would subconsciously think that after Li Chengqian and others beat up this group of people, they forced them to sign their confessions.

The county magistrate and the county magistrate have done this kind of thing a lot, so they are naturally able to handle it with ease.

"I really didn't expect that you, a majestic county magistrate, can turn right and wrong into black and white, it's really not small!"

"Since you said that the confession is not valid evidence, it will be no problem for the victim to come forward and correct me!" Li Chengqian said.

Since it was the victim who came forward to testify, Yang Xiancheng couldn't veto it in full view. If he disagreed, he would not call himself.

"Of course there is no problem." After Yang Xiancheng finished speaking, he turned to bow to the county magistrate and said, "Lao Mingfu will summon the victim to the hall."

"Okay!" After the county magistrate said hello, he asked Li Chengqian, "Who is the victim?"

"The little lady of the Zhao family in Mujia Village, as well as some villagers in the village, they can testify. The Ming government will send someone to Mujia Village to ask them." Li Chengqian said.

"Catcher Zhang! Send the officials to Mujia Village quickly, and bring the victim and witnesses to the hall." The county magistrate said.

"No!" Chief Zhang took the order, called a few yamen servants and went to Mujia Village.

In order to prevent these yamen servants from taking the opportunity to intimidate witnesses, Li Chengqian sent two guards to follow him.

Because it would take time to summon witnesses, the county magistrate ordered to temporarily withdraw from the court, and he would be promoted to the court after the witnesses came.

Half an hour later, the yamen servant came back with witnesses, and the county magistrate was invited out from the backyard to continue the trial of the case.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?" the county magistrate asked.

"Minister Zhao, villagers Liu Da, Liu Er, and Gui Wu have met the Elder Master!" Three men and one woman knelt down and bowed.

"Mingfu, this little lady is the victim, and those two were the ones who did the murders..." Zhao Jie stood up and pointed to Brother Gou and his gang and told the whole story.

"This county asks you, what this person said is the truth! Don't have any worries, just speak out, and this county will decide for you." The county magistrate said.

"At that time, these two men bullied the girl. Fortunately, these strong men passed by and rescued the girl." Mrs. Zhao recounted the situation at that time.

"What about you? Have you seen them all?" The county magistrate asked the others.

"The villain didn't see it, he just heard the sound of fighting, so he came out to see what was going on, and saw Brother Gou and the others lying on the ground." The other three villagers said in unison.

These villagers have long been euphemistically warned not to talk nonsense, or they will make them look good.

Brother Gou is from this village, his father is Li Zheng of Mujia Village, and there are relatives who are officials in the county government, so how could it be possible for villagers like them to provoke him.

Under the intimidation of the yamen servants, these villagers did not dare to stand up and testify against the evil deeds of Gou Ge and others for foreigners like Li Chengqian.

If they stood up to testify against Brother Gou, they would offend Lizheng's family. After the outsiders left, they would have nothing to eat. Du Lizheng would definitely not let them go.

They were afraid of Du Lizheng in their hearts, so they didn't dare to tell the truth.

After the guard came back, he told Li Chengqian about it.

Li Chengqian was furious in his heart, these guys, with the salary of the imperial court, did things to oppress the common people, it is really abhorrent!
Li Chengqian didn't get mad on the spot, the main thing was to see what these people would do in the end, and how the county magistrate would deal with this matter.

So he quietly watched the situation develop.

"Now the facts of the case have been clarified. It was the Zhao family who had no sense of discipline and no shame in broad daylight, and seduced the good young people in the village."

"Unexpectedly, these two good young people restrained themselves and reprimanded this shameless person. Mrs. Zhao held a grudge! They colluded with this group of outsiders, intending to slander these simple young people in Mujia Village."

"Ming Mansion! Please also ask Ming Mansion to uphold justice for these victims, and never let the little ones get away with it." Yang Xiancheng said, turning to salute the county magistrate.

"This..." The county magistrate was hesitant for a while, wondering whether the case should be closed like this.

But the county magistrate Yang is not clear about his virtues. If he hadn't a relative who is a governor, how could he be allowed to do anything wrong with a county magistrate under the ninth rank, but the county magistrate turned a blind eye one eye.

The county magistrate also believes that these villagers may be perjury, and there must be threats to these villagers.

How to judge is a difficult problem.

"Ming Mansion! As long as you acquit my nephew! I can say a few words in front of my cousin-in-law Wang Cishi, and Baoming Mansion will be promoted and rich in the future." Yang Xiancheng came to the county magistrate and said in a low voice.

After hearing this, the county magistrate's eyes lit up. He has been a county magistrate for many years, but due to his poor performance, he has never been promoted.

But if there is a governor to help him and add something to his resume, he will definitely be promoted.

"Okay! This matter is easy to handle! Governor Wang is so sorry for your kind words." After careful consideration, the county magistrate finally agreed to Yang Xiancheng.

Little did he know that he had missed one of the biggest opportunities.

Not only is there no hope of promotion in this life, but he can't even keep the black hat on his head.

"Don't worry about Mingfu! This matter is on my shoulders." After Yang Xiancheng said, he stood back to his original position and waited for the county magistrate's final sentence.

"Everyone be careful, it seems that they have reached a consensus." Li Chengqian said to the people around him in a low voice.

Everyone nodded, and the guards quietly moved their positions to protect them in the middle.

"After the county's trial, the evidence in this case was insufficient. Du Gouzeng and others were acquitted in court and left the court!" The county magistrate announced the verdict and got up to leave.

"Xie Ming Mansion!" Du Li was saluting.

"Wait!" Li Chengqian stood up and stopped him.

"Presumptuous! You are a bold and unreasonable person, you dare to judge the case in the Ming Dynasty, what is your intention?" Yang Xiancheng scolded.

"The Ming government's judgment is unfair. It's really hard to convince the public. The yamen servants threatened witnesses to give false testimony, but you didn't punish them, and you closed the case so hastily. How can you accompany a county magistrate?" Li Chengqian said.

"Presumptuous! In the courtroom, how can you be allowed to act wildly, the two classes of yamen servants, hurry up and take down these arrogant people." Yang Xiancheng shouted.

After the yamen servant got the order, he wanted to go up to grab someone, but was stopped by the guards.

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Yang County Prime Minister is so powerful, he dared to order the servants to do evil at will in the court. I really don't know whether you are the county magistrate or the Ming government is the county magistrate."

(End of this chapter)