Chapter 146: The Court
"Why do you want me to make a choice now? Don't let my father and I get along for a longer time?" Jing Ge suddenly felt deeply regretful: "If I had known this was the case, I wouldn't have killed that guy last night. Now I can only pin my hopes on a mortal county magistrate. This feeling is really uncomfortable!"
If you put your hope on others, you can’t feel at all. Only when everything is in your own hands can you truly feel happy.
"I am just a five-year-old child now. I can't do anything except worry. This feeling is really uncomfortable!" Jing Ge sighed in his heart.
Time passed quickly, and before the hour came, someone beat the drum in the government. The drum sound was very urgent and heavy, giving ordinary people a feeling of deterrence and condensation.
As soon as the drum sounded, some of the people passing by rushed into the courtyard gate to watch the show.
Jing Ge and Qingming also stood up, not caring about rubbing their numb legs and feet, and also followed the crowd into the crowd.
There is a long table under the court, with four gold-plated characters "Fair and Integrity" written on the plaque on it. On the back wall is a lifelike Dayan Country totem - a wolf pack. There have been officers and soldiers standing on both sides wearing earthy yellow uniforms with black edges, like javelins, with a mighty momentum.
When Jing Ge and Qingming squeezed to the door, there were guards guarding the door, blocking the spears so that they could not squeeze in.
Although Jing Ge was worried, he was still a little more energetic at this time to look at the court and compare the differences and similarities with the TV series I saw on Deep Blue Star.
There are many similar places, such as many layouts, and there are also many different places. At least, the officers and soldiers standing in two rows do not have big sticks in their hands. There are no dog-headed guillotines in the court.
A moment later, someone Chang Nuo said, "Sir Bao is here!" Then two majestic constables opened the way, followed by a middle-aged man wearing a dark green official uniform, wearing a silk black brocade hat, stepped onto the court table with one step and three times, and sat in front of the ink picture of the wolf pack.
He is burly, but not fat, has fair face, his eyes are bright, and he holds a short golden rod in his hand. After sitting down, he looks around, then puts the rod on the table, and wins at the master who follows him. The master immediately shouts: "Bring the suspect Jiang Qiu up!"
Soon, Jiang Qiu was brought up by the two officials without any injuries. Jiang Qiu immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Jing Ge frowned, then sighed inwardly, and his brows stretched out again.
Lord Bao glanced at Jiang Qiu and asked lightly: "Do you know Zhang Changgong?"
"Sir, you know the common people!"
Lord Bao nodded, and the master said again: "Bring Wang Chu and Chen Chun up!"
Two more people walked in from the side hall, and also knelt down and bowed: "Goodbye to the Lord!"
"Sure enough!" Jing Ge saw that they were the other two who collected protection fees.
Jiang Qiu glanced at them with a squinted look, and was shocked, and heard from Lord Bao, saying, "Jiang Qiu, do you know these two?"
Jiang Qiu said: "Meet!"
"Since you know them, Zhang Changgong, you should know who it is now?"
"knew!"
"Well, yesterday, Zhang Changgong and the other two had a conflict with you and beat you up, right?"
"yes!"
"So, you hold a grudge and sneak into Zhang Changgong's home around midnight, kill him, and destroy the body with a fire, right?"
"It's unfair!" Jiang Qiu immediately shouted in a loud voice: "I was beaten and injured by them yesterday. I was unable to move. I went to bed and rested when I got home. It didn't get up until dawn today. How can I kill someone?"
Lord Bao raised his eyebrows and said, "Wang Chu, do you say he killed Zhang Changgong, can anyone prove it?"
Wang Chu hurriedly said, "Report to the Lord, there is!"
When Jing Ge heard this, he thought to himself: "Give a fake certificate?"
"Bring someone to witness!" the master shouted immediately.
Immediately half of the old men were brought to the hall and knelt down and said, "Goodbye to the Lord!"
"Who are you? Have you ever seen Jiang Qiu kill someone?"
"Sir Qi Bian, the villain's name is Pan Jian, who was a knight in Qingshui Town. Last night, I saw this man climbing over the wall to Zhang Changgong's house with a knife, and it took a while to come out. Then a fire broke out at Zhang Changgong's house, and Zhang Changgong was already dead in the fire." The man spoke like a back, and spoke quickly.
"Jiang Qiu, do you have something to say?" Lord Bao immediately turned to Jiang Qiu.
Jiang Qiu hurriedly said, "I was really at home last night! I'm afraid it's so dark, this person admits his mistake!"
"What he said makes sense!" Lord Bao nodded, "Pan Jian, you have read it carefully! Is this really this person?"
Pan Jian looked carefully on Jiang Qiu's face for a long time, and finally turned the railway line: "It's him! I saw it very clearly at that time, it was him!"
"He lies!" Jing Ge suddenly shouted.
"Who is making noise?" a detective shouted immediately.
Jing Ge said without fear, "It's me!" Then he lowered his body, walked through the guard, strode in, and did not kneel down, only said, "Sir, I saw Pan Jian with my own eyes last night, took a knife and turned it into Zhang Changgong's house, and it took a while to come out! Then a big fire broke out in Zhang Changgong's house! It's him! I saw it very clearly at that time! It's him!"
"Nonsense, I'm obviously just fighting for the update, and I have no grudges and no grudges with Zhang Changgong, so why should I kill him?" Pan Jianke retorted.
Lord Bao frowned. Seeing this, the master immediately shouted: "Where did the little kid dare to act wildly in the court? Come on, blow it out for me!"
"Slow down!" Jing Ge's childish voice resounded throughout the court, and then said, "Although I am young, I am also wise. Lord Bao is a man of the world, so he will understand the truth more than me, a child, right?"
Lord Bao smiled and said, "You said you saw it with your own eyes. I asked you, what were you doing in the town at that time?"
"What I do is not important, what is important is that I have not done anything illegal! Dayan Law does not say that children cannot hang out in the middle of the night! I hope the adults will clearly observe!" Jing Ge smiled, "The reason I corrected this is to prove that just by Pan Jian's one-sided words, Jiang Qiu's murder can't be determined at all! Since ancient times, in court trials, people and physical evidence must be kept, and whether the evidence is false must be tested again and again! The boy often hears that Lord Bao is strict in handling cases, and he is a good official of the great master. I believe he knows hundreds of times more than my child with a yellow mouth! I hope that Lord Bao will not blame me for talking too much! And fellow villagers, please remember Lord Bao's virtue of being fair in handling cases. If there are any grievances, you can come here to seek justice! Please also be able to publicize Lord Bao's reputation and swear that everyone in the world will praise Lord Bao!"
"Well, it's reasonable!" Qingming immediately echoed and shouted, "Praise the virtue of justice and strictness of Lord Bao! Let the people of the world see, our great officials in Baichi County, the great officials!"
Everyone immediately started to talk, and noises came one after another.
Lord Bao's face was a little stiff, then he thought for a while and laughed: "Good words, well said! I have always been strict and fair. If you have any grievances, you can come to me to seek justice. I will definitely be fair! Well, let's turn to the case. As this little kid said, Pan Jian is only one-sided, only for one side of verification. You need to collect all physical evidence before trial. Therefore, I decided to adjourn the case and withdraw from the court!"
Jing Ge breathed a sigh of relief and said to heart: "I will find a way to kill one of Wang Chu and Chen Chun tonight. My father is in prison. It is impossible to kill anyone! Well, you have to deliberately leave evidence and frame Pan Jian! How should I kill myself? It's really a dilemma!"
When Jiang Qiu was taken down by the official, he looked at Jing Ge, opened his mouth, but did not speak. Jing Ge blinked at him, then looked at Wang Chu and the other two coldly. Just as he was about to leave, the Lord Bao shouted: "Little baby, come here!"
Jing Ge's face was a little hesitant, then pretended to be a little scared, walked over and said, "Sir, do you want to blame me!"
"Hehe, why do I blame you? I asked you, how old are you? What's your name? Have you ever studied?" Bao Daren said with a harmless smile.
"He asked me why this is done? Do you think I am a talent and want to train me to win over? My godfather said he is a stupid official, why do I feel a little different?" Jing Ge flashed a few thoughts and replied: "My name is Jiang Qingyang, and he is Jiang Qiu's son. He is five years old this year and has never studied!"
"Are you the son of the suspect Jiang Qiu?" Mr. Bao was surprised and said, "According to the court, anyone who has any connection with the prisoner is not allowed to come to court to defend! Do you know that you are guilty?"
"Sir, I didn't defend myself! I'm just seeking truth from facts and telling the truth. Besides, how can a family like me ask for a lawyer to defend me? And it seems that there is no lawyer here, right?"
"Hey, do you still know the lawyer? It's not simple!" Lord Bao said in surprise.
"Is there really a lawyer?" Jing Ge said in surprise, "I'll just say it casually, and I'm still right!"
"Since you are still young, I won't care about your guilt!" Mr. Bao smiled and said, "Well, I think you are a pretty cute person. Can you be willing to serve me?"
Jing Ge was so surprised that he bulged his eyes and said hurriedly: "Sir, I am only five years old. Do you want me to help you do things? I can't do anything except say a little!"
"No, I can teach you everything!" Lord Bao smiled, "I see that you are eloquent and courageous. I will definitely be a talent when I grow up in the future! As long as you are willing to be loyal to me, I can not only let your father go, but also give you a lot of money. How about it?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Ge said to himself: "Strange, weird, is there any conspiracy? Well, I still promise him that I will save my father!" So he nodded quickly and said: "I do, I do!"
"Okay, you kneel down!"
"Kneel?" Jing Ge was stunned for a moment, with a look of hesitation on his face, and finally knelt down with one knee.
"Okay! Just stay! I will let your father go after the interrogation tomorrow!" Lord Bao winked at the master, stood up and walked away.
"Master, I'll go and say something to a fellow villager!" Seeing that the master came to pull himself, Jing Ge immediately said, then walked to Qingming and whispered: "Godfather, this master Bao likes me. If you want me to do something for him, let my father go! Go back alone! Be careful on the way!"
"You-" Qingming was shocked and was about to speak, but Jing Ge thought to himself: "If there is any conspiracy, don't implicate your godfather!" Then he didn't talk to him anymore, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute!" Qingming shouted behind him.
Jing Ge did not look back and said to the master: "Sir, let's go!"
The master looked at Qingming suspiciously, nodded, and walked into the side door with Jing Ge. Following the corridor, Jing Ge walked for a long time before being taken to the door of a room by the master.
The master said, "Jiang Qingyang, you can live here for the time being!"
"Thank you, Master!" Jing Ge said politely and pushed the door open.
There are tables, chairs, beds and quilts in the room, and they are cleaned very clean, but they are a little dim, with the windows closed and no sunlight coming in.
The master also walked in and smiled and said, "Have you eaten? If not, I will send someone to prepare immediately!"
"So good to me?" Jing Ge felt stranger and shook his head and said, "I've had lunch, and it's a bit early for dinner!"
"Haha, then you can rest here for a while, don't run around, otherwise, it will be bad for you and your father if you make Lord Bao angry!" The master narrowed his eyes slightly and warned him, "I'll leave if I'm fine, someone will deliver dinner to you!"
"Sir, please go!" Jing Ge began to realize the enlightenment of an ordinary person, and his words became much more flexible and he became polite.
The master looked at him with satisfaction, laughed and walked out.
When the master walked away, Jing Ge closed the door, then sat on the chair, locked his eyebrows and thought deeply.
"Irregular! It's not logical at all! According to godfather, this bag of adults is definitely not a clean official, and he will definitely receive bribes from Wang Chu and Chen Chun. How could he be fooled by me by a few flatteries? He also likes me, a 'talent'? There should be pie in the sky in this world, but I have never encountered it. Every good thing I encountered before seems to have bad things at the same time. What medicine does this bag of adults sell in the gourd? I won't be humble, right?"
Thinking of this, Jing Ge laughed at himself again and said to himself: "Am I too sensitive? With my current situation, what else is worthy of being humble? My mind? Humph, my mind is better than that of a child, but compared to adults, I am not much smarter. I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out!"
While he was deeply confused, Jing Ge stood up and paced back and forth in the room. If someone saw his unconscious action, it would be very funny. A five-year-old child walked around with his hands behind his back, his face heavy and his brows frowned, and he felt strange no matter how he looked.
Chapter completed!