Chapter 430 Bringing People Up

Although Meng Huaining did not know Tang Mingrui as well as Mo Jiuye, he also felt that Tang Mingrui would not take the risk of hiring someone to kill someone over such a trivial matter.

Meng Huaining knew that the myna had just captured the man, so he took this opportunity to interrogate him.

"If Brother Nine is free, you can come and listen to the trial."

Mo Jiuye went into the city to find Tang Mingrui, thinking that he had gotten into trouble and he must find out about it.

"If it's convenient, I really want to listen to it."

After that, the two of them came to the court.

This kind of case has not yet been sorted out, and the preliminary interrogation of the suspect will not be open to the public.

Therefore, the door of the court was kept closed.

Meng Huaining sat upright at the top.

"Come here, bring the person up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the officers came in escorting the strong man.

As soon as the strong man entered the court, he knelt in the middle.

"Sir, I have confessed everything I should. It was indeed Boss Tang who gave us the money, so we went to kill Boss Jin."

Meng Huaining slammed the gavel fiercely: "I didn't ask you a question, who asked you to speak?"

By doing this, he was indeed suspected of protecting Tang Mingrui.

Because he knew that Tang Mingrui was Mo's business partner. Even though this guy had liked his young fiancée at first, he won in the end.

For the future of Yue's family's business, he must do his best to find out the truth and exonerate Tang Mingrui.

As he spoke, Meng Huaining's gaze had already fallen on the burly man who had just been captured by Mo Chuhan and others.

"Are you Chen Wu?"

The strong man knew that everything was over when he failed to escape.

He was also a person who could see the situation clearly. When asked by Meng Huaining, he kowtowed politely.

"I am Chen Wu."

Meng Huaining slammed the gavel again.

"Wang Lin said that Boss Tang hired someone to kill Boss Jin, and that he personally handed the money to you. Is this true?"

When asked about this, Chen Wu's eyes became a little evasive.

Meng Huaining could see that he inadvertently glanced at Wang Lin beside him, and then said vaguely: "I don't know what you are talking about."

Meng Huaining had been the county magistrate for so long that he had seen many stubborn prisoners, so there was no need to waste time talking to them.

"Come here, Chen Wu is not honest, give me twenty lashes of the cane."

Those officers had followed Meng Huaining for a long time and understood his temper. Without waiting for Chen Wu to beg for mercy, they stepped forward to cover his mouth and dragged him out of the court.

The twenty strokes of the cane were quickly completed and Chen Wu was dragged back.

Meng Huaining did not ask immediately, but ordered the officer to bring a basin of salt water and place it next to him.

"Chen Wu, the contact of salt water with your wound is several times more painful than being lashed with twenty sticks. I hope you will think carefully before answering my next question."

Chen Wu gritted his teeth and took a look at the salt water beside him, then took a few deep breaths.

"Sir, someone did give me money, but they didn't ask me to kill Boss Jin. They just said to teach him a lesson."

"Who gave you the silver?" Meng Huaining asked.

"Boss Tang gave it to me."

"Then tell me, where did Boss Tang give you the money? And when did he give it to you?"

"Just three days ago, Boss Tang came to my home in Yuncheng alone and personally gave me five hundred taels of silver, asking me to teach Boss Jin a lesson."

At this moment, Tang Mingrui's voice sounded from the back of the court.

"You're talking nonsense. I was in the provincial capital three days ago and only returned to Yuncheng yesterday. How could I possibly give you money?"

Tang Mingrui was arranged by Meng Huaining to attend the trial in the back hall. Normally, he should not have spoken, but because Chen Wu talked nonsense, he couldn't help but speak.

He knew in his heart that speaking suddenly in the back hall would be disrespectful to the county magistrate, and he just couldn't help himself for a moment.

Therefore, even though Tang Mingrui angrily refuted that statement, he did not show up.

Meng Huaining did not blame Tang Mingrui for suddenly speaking and disrupting the court. He had originally intended to seek justice for the latter.

He banged the gavel again.

"Chen Wu, I think you really won't cry until you see the coffin. Since you don't want to tell the truth..."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the basin of salt water.

Before Meng Huaining could give any order, Chen Wu had already started begging for mercy loudly.

"Sir, I'm not lying. Three days ago, Boss Tang personally gave me five hundred taels of silver and asked me to do this. If you don't believe me, you can ask Boss Tang to come to the court and confront me face to face."

Meng Huaining frowned: "Do you know who was speaking in the back hall just now?"

Chen Wu shook his head fiercely. "He should be speaking to me in the tone of Boss Tang, but I'm not familiar with that voice."

Hearing this, Meng Huaining looked at Wang Lin, who was already frightened silly.

"Tell me, who asked you to kill Boss Jin?"

"Sir, it was Chen Wu who asked me to kill Boss Jin."

"You're talking nonsense. I just told you to teach Boss Jin a lesson. When did I tell you to kill him?" Chen Wu was anxious. He couldn't be wrongly accused of such a serious matter as a loss of life.

Wang Lin was not to be outdone: "It was you who asked me to kill Boss Jin. You also said that you would give me 200 taels of silver after the deed was done and I could run away. I didn't expect that you would pocket 300 taels for yourself."

The more Wang Lin spoke, the more aggrieved he felt, and he kowtowed to Meng Huaining several times.

"Your Excellency is wise. I have no grudge against Boss Jin. If Chen Wu hadn't promised to give me two hundred taels of silver after the deed was done, I would never have dared to do such a shady thing."

Wang Lin felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and he even started to wipe away his tears in front of so many people.

On the contrary, Chen Wu was extremely angry.

"Wang Lin, please stop slandering me. I promised to give you two hundred taels after the job is done, but I never asked you to kill Boss Jin."

"You're the one who asked me to kill Boss Jin..."

For a moment, the only sound in the silent court was the argument between the two people.

Meng Huaining did not stop them, but observed the expressions of the two people when they were talking.

Through observation, it was discovered that Wang Lin's eyes would occasionally dodge, but that was only when his gaze met Chen Wu's.

Meng Huaining already had a rough guess in his mind about this.

"Don't argue. Believe it or not, I will punish you for contempt of justice."

As soon as he finished speaking, the court fell silent.

"Please invite Mr. Tang to the class."

At Meng Huaining's command, Tang Mingrui, who was in the back hall, hurried to the court.

Without waiting for him to salute, Meng Huaining asked Chen Wu, "Do you know the person in front of you?"

Chen Wu glanced at Tang Mingrui and then shook his head.

"To answer your Excellency's question, I don't know him."

“Pah…”

Meng Huaining slammed the gavel hard.

"I don't know him, and you dare to say that Boss Tang gave you 500 taels of silver in person?"

Tang Mingrui was also very angry and walked up to Chen Wu.

"Look carefully, I am Tang Mingrui. When did I ever give you five hundred taels of silver?"