Sheng Yueqing was worried about Mr. Sheng's health, so she took him to the hospital first.
After the examination, it was found that the discomfort was indeed caused by anger, and there were no other problems, which put my mind at ease.
"Dad, leave this to me and Shen-ge. Why don't you go back and rest?"
She was worried that her father might fall ill on the way, and since there were no good doctors in the area, things would get complicated.
Mr. Sheng happened to be staying in Kyoto on business.
"Alright, I'll leave the matters in the countryside to you. The villagers' testimonies are very important. As long as you keep them calm, the case won't be closed."
He could tell his daughter was very intelligent.
They knew that inciting the villagers to extort money and making a big fuss would eventually lead to the investigation revealing that the villagers were making baseless accusations in an attempt to extort money.
He felt at ease entrusting this matter to Sheng Yueqing.
As for Kyoto, it's time for him to make his move.
After years of silence, everyone treated him like trash and thought he was easy to bully.
Even if it costs him everything, he will get Sheng Jingheng out this time.
As for whether the father and son can go back to work in the future, it doesn't matter.
Through this experience, he discovered that being loyal to one's duty does not necessarily lead to a good outcome.
In a pond, big fish always eat small fish, and small fish always eat shrimp.
Everyone is a stumbling block and prey in the eyes of others, and no one, good or bad, has a good ending.
He didn't care about his own bad end, but he didn't want his children to follow in his footsteps.
If this incident leads to Sheng Jingheng being hammered to death, then it will be an utter catastrophe.
He was afraid that this would happen.
Therefore, Sheng Jingheng needs to think carefully about his future path.
After parting ways with Mr. Sheng, Sheng Yueqing went to the countryside again.
The trial date was fast approaching.
Sheng Yueqing does her homework with the villagers every day.
Her goal was simple: to influence the villagers' thinking and make them waver.
It's best to waver in court.
And everyone is wavering.
Inconsistent testimonies are the biggest giveaway.
Chu Wenhao was also worried that the group might not have a unified story, so he came down in person to see what they had to say.
He Yushen mingled with Sheng Yueqing not far away and gave the recording pen to Wang Dongliang.
Wang Dongliang would do anything for money.
Sheng Yueqing told him that with evidence of Chu Wenhao's crimes, he would have a steady stream of money.
If Chu Wenhao dares to kill him, all the villagers will be his witnesses.
So he also played for the villagers the recording of Chu Wenhao bribing them.
These villagers are all greedy, especially since they had received money before and now want even more, so naturally they wrote it all down.
Some even bought recording equipment specifically so they could get a bigger share.
However, they still cooperated on the surface and told the same story to deceive Chu Wenhao.
Seeing their imposing presence, Chu Wenhao knew that as long as they testified in court, Sheng Jingheng would be dragged down from his high position and fall into the mud, even if he wasn't beaten to death.
When he takes his place, he will be nothing more than an ant under his feet.
The other two people stopped showing up after seeing that he had finished his business.
This matter is taken very seriously, and it's inconvenient for them to appear together to avoid arousing suspicion.
After all the witnesses and physical evidence have been prepared.
Chu Wenhao, as the person in charge of handling this matter, went to listen in.
The judge acted in accordance with the rules.
The trial has begun.
He asked Sheng Jingheng if he was harming people's lives in order to contract the mountain forest land.
Shengjing Heng replied, "No."
"Back then, land sales were all voluntary, with contracts and witnesses."
The judge reviewed the contract and found no problems. He then asked Wang Dongliang, "You claim that Sheng Jingheng killed your father in order to force him to buy your father's land. Do you have any evidence?"
Wang Dongliang certainly has one.
“Back then, my father refused to transfer the land several times. It was Shengjing Heng who coerced and bribed him to sign and seal the agreement, and even gave him an extra sum of money, before he was able to get the land from my family.”
As he spoke, he handed over the contract that cost an extra thousand yuan.
The judge compared several contracts and found that Wang Dongliang's contract did indeed have an extra thousand yuan.
However, it is just a contract and cannot prove that the other party forced the sale.
When Wang Dongliang saw that the judge still needed evidence, he glanced at the audience and saw Chu Wenhao give him a look. He understood and handed over another piece of evidence.
“Your Honor, my father and Sheng Jingheng couldn’t get along and had an argument, which everyone saw.”
“He also pushed my father, which caused my father to fall and die. I have witnesses to that.”
He then told the villagers to come up.
The judge asked the villagers to describe the situation.
The villagers exchanged glances and immediately began to speak, “I saw it. At that time, Old Man Wang said he wouldn’t sell, and Sheng Jingheng got angry and pushed Old Man Wang.”
"Old Wang had been drinking, and he was already unsteady on his feet, so he fell and died."
Another person said, "Yes, he was pushed over and hit the back of his head, he died. We all saw it."
They were afraid that if they didn't say enough, they wouldn't get a reward.
One person speaks, and others immediately join in.
"Yes, he bled a lot at the time, and Old Man Wang died that night."
As the voices grew louder and more boisterous, the judge tapped his gavel to silence them.
After hearing Wang Dongliang's evidence, he needed to hear Sheng Jingheng's as well.
Sheng Yueqing had already hired a lawyer.
Lawyers are scarce these days, but if you look for one, you can find one.
The lawyer she hired was very smooth-talking.
He immediately retorted, "You say that Sheng Jingheng pushed Old Man Wang down, causing him to fall and die. Then tell me, did Old Man Wang hit the back of his head and bleed to death? Or did he just faint and die after returning home?"
The villagers looked at each other, recalling the story Wang Dongliang had told them, and said in unison, "He fell and hit his head, landing on the back of his head."
"Was there a lot of bleeding?"
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