Chapter 36 Confrontation in Court
As night fell, the county government office was brightly lit.
The atmosphere in the courtroom was even more solemn than during the day. In the hall, County Magistrate Wang Zhihuan's face was as sullen as water. Beside the gavel, a wolf-hair brush, which had just been used to record a confession, lay. Below, a crowd of people knelt.
Feng Lan, Chen Kangbo, and their five daughters knelt on the left. Daya had changed into a clean, coarse cloth, but her face was still terrified and pale. Second and third daughters huddled close to their older sister and parents, their tiny bodies trembling with fear.
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