eurekapd Chapter 106 Sentencing
Chapter 106 Sentencing
The county magistrate's voice sounded, causing everyone's eyes to look in Chen Ling'er's direction.
I saw Chen Ling'er was kneeling on the ground at this time, her face was pale, her lips were trembling, she looked as if she was about to faint.
Seeing Chen Linger's appearance, the county magistrate frowned, pointed to the cloth bag that had been opened by the officials, revealing a series of implements for setting fire inside, and said with a bit of sternness in his voice, "Chen Linger, do you know this cloth bag?" Bao, do you know what's inside?"
Chen Ling'er seemed to have been awakened suddenly. She suddenly looked up at the county magistrate, bit her lip, and said, "No, I don't know those things."
At that moment just now, Chen Ling'er knew that she couldn't recognize her now, if she did, then she would never be able to turn around again.If she refuses to admit it and let her father deal with it later, then she will definitely not have to be punished, and she will not have any worries about being tortured.
Seeing Chen Linger's changing expression, the county magistrate felt a little startled. He had never seen such a stubborn woman before, and at this point, she still didn't tell the truth.He slapped the gavel, and his tone became a little harsher, "You know, if you lie to this officer, you will be sentenced to a higher crime. You should think clearly before speaking."
Chen Ling'er thought well, and immediately felt a little more at ease. She raised her head and stared at the magistrate, and said firmly, "My lord, I don't know this thing, it's not mine."
After seeing that the magistrate had explained himself, Chen Ling'er still had such a stubborn expression, and her expression became even more ugly, "Then tell me, what did this maid say?"
Chen Ling'er gritted her teeth, tried to calm herself down, and said word by word: "She stole things from my house, and I sent her out in a fit of anger, but now she wants to join forces with others to frame me, I only regret that I didn't Beat her to death in the yard."
Tweety looked at the young lady who was talking nonsense with her eyes open, and she was completely dumbfounded. She never thought that her young lady could still say such a thing at this time.
The people who came to watch the fun were a little bit shaken when they heard Chen Linger's words. After all, Chen Linger was a lady from a big family, and the person who identified her was just a maid.Even if they were reluctant in their hearts, they felt that the words of the young lady were much more reliable than the words of the maid.
After a brief shock, Cui'er quickly became panicked. She looked up at the county magistrate with an ugly face, kowtowed several times, and said eagerly: "Master, Master Qingtian, what I'm telling is the truth , I never told half a lie!"
Chen Ling'er looked at Cui'er, gritted her teeth and said: "You lowly servant girl, I kindly let you live, but you actually joined forces with outsiders to harm me. I shouldn't have kept you in the first place."
After finishing speaking, Chen Ling'er turned her head to look at the county magistrate above, and tried to argue for herself: "Master Guan, just relying on the confession of a maidservant and a cloth bag of unknown origin, how can you conclude that I set the fire? Even though I am only a woman, I do not accept such a sentence."
Chen Xing looked at Chen Ling'er who was kneeling below, and saw that even though her face was pale, she still had an expression of neither humble nor overbearing, as if everyone's accusations were slandering her.
And Chen Linger's words also made the spectators discuss a lot. They seemed to think that what Chen Linger said made sense, and wondered whether Chen Xing and the others had framed this young lady.
Listening to the discussions around her, Chen Xing actually admired Chen Ling'er a little bit. After all, it is impossible for ordinary people to maintain such composure in such a situation.It's just that the admiration was quickly diluted by the things Chen Linger had done. No matter what, those who did wrong always had to pay the price.
Chen Xing sighed silently in his heart, then took a step forward, walked in front of the crowd, cupped his hands towards the magistrate above, and said loudly: "Master County, I still have a few witnesses, please invite the magistrate Allow us to invite them to court."
The county magistrate didn't expect that Chen Xing and the others would have a backup, so he quickly nodded in response, "Since there are still witnesses, please come up quickly."
"Yes." Chen Xing walked to the back and gave an order, and then saw Qiu Jiu, who had been in the audience, stand up, and then quickly ran outside.
After finishing all this, Chen Xing came to Chen Ling'er again, looked down at her, and asked in a voice that was not too big or too small, but just enough for everyone present to hear: "What do you mean?" Yes, we have no way to prove that this cloth bag is yours, so you don't admit what you did?"
Chen Ling'er raised her eyes to look at Chen Xing, that pretty face was full of seriousness at the moment, which should be a pleasing expression, but at this moment, it seemed to her a little more hateful.
Chen Ling'er looked at Chen Xing, and couldn't control her resentment, "What's the matter? I can't figure out why I have such a deep hatred with you that you want to frame me like this."
Chen Xing narrowed his eyes, and didn't say anything more to her. He just stood up straight, looked at the county magistrate above, and said slowly: "The night Miss Chen set fire to the shop, a few people happened to see her As long as they have a look at the scene of destroying the evidence, they will naturally be able to prove whether the cloth bag belongs to Ms. Chen."
As soon as Chen Xing's words fell, there was a commotion outside the yamen, and then several people dressed as bums were brought in by the person Chen Xing called out just now.
Seeing the huge battle here, those few people couldn't help but their legs softened a little. First they all knelt down and saluted the magistrate. After the magistrate said no, they stood trembling again stand up.
After they got up, Chen Xing pointed at Chen Ling'er, whose face was getting paler, and asked indifferently, "Do you know this young lady?"
Several people looked along where his finger was, and saw a slender young lady kneeling there. When they met their gazes, there was not only disgust in their eyes, but also a bit of guilt.
The young people who were a little scared because they came to the yamen, after seeing her reaction, gradually calmed down.But soon, the leader stared at Chen Linger for a long time, and then yelled loudly, "Yes, I know her, she is the young lady we met that night, I will never admit her mistake."
Hearing his exaggerated cry, Chen Xing nodded, expressing his satisfaction, and then continued to ask: "Then tell me, when you met this young lady that day, what was she doing?"
When the young man heard Chen Xing's question, he immediately told what they saw that day in detail, and did not dare to hide anything, "We were far away at that time, but we still saw her clearly. It was throwing something into the river. She seemed startled when we went by."
"Yes, it was her. Although the light was not good at that time, we still wouldn't admit it."
"I recognized it too. I remember that there was a little maid beside her. By the way, it seems to be the one kneeling there."
"Yes, they were two together at the time."
"Also, I remember that after they ran away in a panic, a restaurant not far away seemed to be on fire."
"That's right, I still felt strange at the time, how could it be so coincidental."
Several people chattered, but everyone else understood that Chen Ling'er had indeed thrown something into the river, and she was with this maid at that time.This proves that this maid is not lying, everything she said is true!
After listening to those young people's words, Chen Xing walked slowly to Chen Ling'er, looked down at her, looked at her pale face, and asked lightly: "What else do you have to say now?" Is it?"
Chen Ling'er looked at Chen Xing in front of her, the stubbornness she pretended just now had disappeared, and now there was only hatred left. After a while, she suddenly yelled crazily, and said unwillingly to Chen Xing:
"Why, why? I am the eldest lady of the Chen family, I am the eldest daughter of the Chen family, why does he not even look at me, why does he want to defend you like that! I am not reconciled, obviously Those are all mine, so why are you taking them all away?"
Chen Ling'er's voice was full of madness, like an animal driven to a desperate situation, using the last voice to recklessly express its unwillingness.
Chen Xing was taken aback by Chen Linger's outburst just now. He took a step back and looked at the crazy Chen Linger, looking a little bit terrified.
All of Chen Linger's unwillingness and anger finally ended on the gavel slapped by the county magistrate.
There was a moment of silence in the yamen, and then I heard the majestic voice of the county magistrate above, "Quiet! The prisoner Chen Linger tried to take revenge on others by arson. It's an extra crime!"
The county magistrate's voice resounded throughout the hall, causing everyone to look in his direction, only to hear him finally say: "Today, the official announced that the prisoner will be sentenced to five years in a labor camp for the crime of arson. Cui Er, who was traveling with me, was punished with ten sticks because she was meritorious in reporting and actively admitted her mistakes."
"The verdict is pronounced as follows, will everyone in the hall have any objections!?"
The magistrate's eyes swept over the people below, neither the old master Chen who was full of hatred for steel, nor Mrs. Chen who looked like she was about to faint beside her, did not speak.
"In that case, come and take them down for execution!"
After the officials dragged the pale Chen Ling'er and the panic-stricken Tweet down, the county magistrate looked at the people below with different expressions, and said loudly: "Okay, this lawsuit is over, let's get out!"
After the county magistrate's words fell, Mrs. Chen, who was already standing unsteadily, quickly walked out of the yamen with the support of her servants, but her eyes were fixed on Gu Lang standing there from the beginning to the end, full of resentment.
Just when the melon-eaters felt that there was nothing to do today and they could go back to rest, the big boss of the Chen family restaurant standing under the hall said again, "My lord, choosing a day is worse than bumping into the sun. Today, I have another day with the Chen family." Let’s deal with the lawsuit together, right?”
Master Chen, who had lost so much face because of Chen Linger, couldn't help feeling a bit bad when he heard Gu Lang say this, even more so than when Chen Linger made him lose face just now. The heart is jumping with fear.