Chapter 324 Confession
Sang Yong's wife Zhou began to cry and said intermittently: "My sister-in-law was tortured to death in the Ma family. She made a scene when she came back and would not let anyone touch her. She would run out of the house if she was slightly frightened. In the cold weather, she would not care how much clothes she wore, and would rush out, crying for her poor son.
Back then, her son went to the battlefield for the Ma family, but the child was gone, and my sister-in-law went crazy. They are already so pitiful, do you still want to kill them all?"
"Nonsense!" Ma Yujie stepped forward angrily and looked at Ma Yuqing who was holding the child in silence. "Sang is your biological mother. She died so tragically. If you still have a conscience, tell the truth!"
Ma Yuqing held the child in her arms the whole time without saying a word, just wiping away tears.
The county magistrate slammed the gavel and looked at Sang Yong, "So you mean that the Ma family beat Sang so badly that Sang was seriously injured and died? Is that right?"
"That's right! It was the Ma family who did it!" Sang Yong was filled with indignation and was extremely excited.
The county magistrate winked at the runner, and the runner carried out a pile of things.
Sang Yong's face changed suddenly when he saw the thing.
Zhou was so frightened that she was shaking all over.
The county magistrate sneered, "Sang Yong, these things were all found in your house, shovels, axes, rattan whips, hemp ropes, sticks, some of which are stained with blood. Why don't you explain?"
Sang Yong was stunned for a moment, and then he argued loudly, "Sir, those were accidentally made by my husband and me while we were working. The cane was used to beat rats, and that is not human blood."
The county magistrate laughed angrily, "How dare you, Sang Yong! The coroner has already confirmed that it is human blood. How dare you quibble! Come on, bring them up!"
Everyone turned their heads and saw that the people coming were two unfamiliar rural people. They were all confused, but Mo Laotian recognized them and his eyes widened instantly.
The two men stared at Sang Yong for a long time, huddled together and whispered, then said to the county magistrate: "Sir, they look alike. Very, very alike."
The magistrate then showed them the axe and shovel.
Both of them turned pale with fear and moved away from Sang Yong in fear. "It's him. It's him. I recognize the knot on the axe. There's no mistake!"
Mo Laotian reacted and quickly pulled his wife and daughter to kneel far away, the farther away from Sang Yong the better.
Su Tai and Shen Yi exchanged glances and kept talking about Sang Yong.
Only the Ma family were left confused, having no idea what was going on.
Sang Yong, feeling guilty, looked at the two men with vicious eyes, but he remained calm.
The county magistrate snorted coldly, "Sang Yong, tell me, how did you kill Xiong Kai? What grudge did he have against you?"
"Hiss!" The onlookers gasped in shock at this sudden reversal. They came here for the Ma family case, but they actually waited for the follow-up of Xiong Kai's case? The murderer was Sang Yong?
More and more people came to watch the trial, blocking the entrance of the county government office.
The county magistrate asked the yamen runners to maintain order and continue the trial.
"Leniency to those who confess; severity to those who resist." The county magistrate looked calm and composed, and it was obvious that he was fully confident.
Sang Yong still gritted his teeth and argued, "Sir, I don't know what you are talking about. I don't even know Xiong Kai."
The county magistrate had a serious face and was knocking on the case slowly. "The coroner performed an autopsy on Xiong Kai and Sang and confirmed that the two were whipped by the same person and the same instrument. Can you take a look at your rattan whip again? Otherwise, I'll have someone bring the bodies up so I can compare them in front of you?
Sang Yong, we have all the evidence, you cannot deny it. Tell me, this is the last chance I will give you. If you still refuse to confess, I will have to punish you severely!"
As he spoke, the county magistrate looked at Zhou and said, "And you, it's impossible that you didn't know anything about Sang Yong's murder. If you don't confess, I will not be polite!"
Zhou was so frightened that she couldn't even kneel down and fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.
Sang Yong raised his head angrily, with a vicious look on his face, "Yes! So what if I killed him? They killed my son, so they should be buried with my son!"
"Wow! What's going on? Another death?" People were talking about it.
The county magistrate frowned unconsciously, "How did they kill your son?"
Sang Yong was filled with righteous indignation, tears streaming down his face, his face full of resentment, "My son Sang Rong and Ma Xingfei went to the battlefield together, Xiong Kai took the initiative to approach them and make deals with them, saying that as long as they were paid, Xiong Kai would protect his fellow villagers. My son has no money, but Ma Xingfei has money. Xiong Kai doesn't care about my son's life or death, and Ma Xingfei doesn't care about the friendship between cousins. No one helped him, no one helped him! They watched my son being shot to death by arrows, they are all accomplices! Damn it!"
"How did you know?" The county magistrate leaned forward. What happened on the battlefield was no small matter.
"So many people went to the battlefield, and many came back alive. What they did cannot be hidden! If I want to know about my son's situation, I can find out!" Sang Yong raised his chin, looking arrogant and fierce.
Everyone in the Ma family retreated, and Ma Xingteng angrily scolded, "Sang is your sister after all. What does the battlefield have to do with a woman like her? Besides, didn't Ma Xingfei die in the end, and Sang went crazy? You still treat her like this, you have no humanity!"
Sang Yong laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. "Ma Xingteng, why are you pretending to be a good guy here? In fact, you want her to die more than I do, don't you? If she hadn't made us father and son do it, you wouldn't have become a cripple. What a pity! But you got a blessing in disguise and escaped military service. God is so unfair!"
"You finally admitted that you were the ones who designed to harm me!" Ma Xingteng clenched his fists tightly, his eyes blazing with fire.
Sang Yong was obviously determined to go all out and say whatever he wanted, regardless of the consequences.
"So what? It must be unpleasant to be a cripple for the rest of your life! These are all the plans of my good sister! She said that as long as she kills you, she will give us a large sum of money, and the Sang family will become richer. Tell me, can we, father and son, refuse?" Sang Yong looked proud.
Ma Rencai was so angry that he fainted.
The Ma family members looked extremely ugly, but they did not lose their minds because of anger.
Ma Yujie knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, we reported this case to the police, but the case was dropped because the murderer could not be caught. Although my brother is not dead, it is a fact that he has a broken leg. Please help my brother!"
The county magistrate nodded and said, "Come here, Sang Yong attempted to murder Ma Xingteng but failed, and left him disabled. He also killed Xiong Kai and Sang. The evidence is irrefutable. He will be taken to the prison and executed on a chosen day!"
"I don't accept it! I don't accept it! They deserve to die, they deserve to die! All those who harmed my Sang family deserve to die! You all deserve to die, ah" Sang Yong struggled continuously.
The yamen runners roughly pressed him to the cold ground, tied him up tightly, and took him away!
Sang Yong was taken away, and everyone looked at Zhou and Ma Yuqing.
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