His eyes were extremely dull, as if he were dead. Now he was being whipped, and the whip hit his body, tearing his skin and flesh, even his bones, as if he was going to be beaten to death.
When Wang Geda saw the whip, he immediately became timid.
However, the county magistrate ordered a whip to hit him, and there was a sound of "snap", which was the sound of the whip hook entering the flesh.
It hurts, it really hurts, it’s so painful that all he could hear was Wang Geda’s scream.
His eyes were bloodshot and he was pinned to the ground.
"Wang Geda, let me ask you one more question: did you kill Lin Xiaohua?"
The magistrate's voice was like thunder, exploding in Wang Geda's ears. "Wang Geda, you must tell the truth, or we can use all these torture instruments on you!" the magistrate continued.
Wang Geda didn't expect that he just came to give false testimony, but he didn't expect that all the torture instruments would be used on him.
By the time the tenth whip was struck, Wang Geda was beaten half to death.
He experienced all the torture instruments, and the pain was too much. "It's me, it's me!" He actually admitted it.
Widow Lin was so grief-stricken that she rode on Wang Geda like a madman. She was already dying, but Widow Wang was like a ferocious beast, her eyes filled with hatred.
"You beast, you beast! You killed my daughter, you killed my daughter!"
Wang Geda was beaten so badly that he couldn't stand up, and the two officials didn't send anyone to stop him.
After all, this Wang Geda is a real beast. He can really do such harm to a little girl. If he is not a beast, what is he?
What a beast! He is totally inhumane. He actually attacked a little girl.
They also dumped the body into the river.
Widow Lin was beating him, while Wang Geda was shouting, "Sir, save me, save me!"
Those two gentlemen were both kind and righteous men with chivalrous hearts. They saved him? Sorry, they didn't see it.
Since Wang Geda was discovered by the officials because of his own crimes, who would believe what he said? After all, he has a criminal record. Who would believe the words of a person with a criminal record?
Zhao Shi and He Juzheng tortured him again to ask him who was behind this.
They asked very detailed questions, such as who instructed him to give false testimony and say that Lin Caogen killed someone, whether he saw it with his own eyes, or whether he said it on purpose.
The torture device was going to be used on Wang Geda again, and this time he was completely obedient.
He was panting and unable to speak, because he was beaten too hard. Sometimes a beating really makes people behave themselves.
Especially when such torture instruments were used on Wang Geda.
"Did you see it yourself?"
Lin Lingzhou and Old Lady Lin sensed the crisis of the situation. Something was wrong, all because of the variable Wang Geda.
It is true that Wang Geda is the reason for both success and failure.
Wang Geda was beaten until he was out of breath.
Now, under the imposing manner of the two officials, how could he dare to tell lies?
"Sir. I didn't see Lin Caogen set the fire. I didn't! I gave false testimony!"
Everyone gasped.
Haha, they heard what Wang Geda said that he saw with his own eyes the roots of the spiritual grass ignite and kill the Lin family.
I had believed it, but now this Wang Geda is actually related to another murder case.
Who believes what he says?
Therefore, no one believed it at all.
Now everyone was quiet, just shouting: "The county magistrate is wise! The modern master is wise!"
It can be seen that the words were full of compliments to the two officials. They did not rashly conclude that Lin Caogen was the murderer, but instead used indirect methods to testify to the witnesses. They were truly a breath of fresh air in handling the case.
But Lin Lingzhou noticed something different. These two counties, a county magistrate and a legal advisor, were clearly favoring Lin Caogen.
How could the grassroots people deserve their favor?
If they really wanted to solve the case, they would definitely torture Lin Caogen to extract a confession!
Now, he has turned into a demon who tortures Wang Geda to extract a confession, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.
Lin Lingzhou couldn't help but kneel down, tears welling up in his eyes.
"But, it was clearly my family who went to the county town first, and my eldest brother's family went later. And with such a long time between them, it must have been my eldest brother and his family. He went to the county town after he had lit the fire," Lin Lingzhou said sadly. Zhao Shi and He Juzheng both nodded.
"If that's the case, let's find some villagers to see if anyone has seen this Lin Caogen enter Linjia Village, Xujia Village, or people from nearby villages. Since this matter is already on the verge of happening, we have to get to the bottom of it. We must get to the bottom of this matter."
"Believe it, Lin Lingzhou, you are a scholar, so we naturally won't disappoint a scholar."
However, he has now been disappointed by them.
After all, Lin Lingzhou is just a scholar.
He naturally didn't dare disobey the two masters, so he could only agree with them on the surface. However, he did say to them with gritted teeth, "I will definitely listen to the two county masters and will do my best to cooperate with Lin Lingzhou."
There was reluctance in his words, but what could he do?
Zhao Shi and He Juzheng asked the people from Linjia Village, Xujia Village, and the nearby Lijia Village and Wangjia Village to come for verification.
Let’s see if Lin Caogen ever went to Linjia Village.
After all, if he went there, there would be traces of everything, and it would be impossible for no one to see him. He couldn't just float in the air like a ghost.
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