"Go to the court."
No majesty~
It was just a minor official who shouted.
Chen Shiyan was a little disappointed.
"Bring the people up here."
"Judge Li Zhiyou, report back. All three families are under arrest. The three family heads have been brought to the lobby."
Chen Shiyan nodded, waved his hand, and took back the talisman that Li Zhiyou presented with both hands.
He stamped the seal again and handed it to the clerk who was taking notes in the hall.
This needs to be preserved.
"Wu Sicheng, tell me about the evidence."
Wu Guiming looked a little ugly.
He cursed Chen Shiyan in his heart.
It's such a fucking piece of shit.
He was asked to find a few wealthy people to rip off, and he did.
I asked him to deliver the talisman, and he did.
In the end, he had to stand up and expose these things.
He was the one who did all the bad things. How will his colleagues and the families in the county view him in the future?
He really is worthy of being the person directly arranged by the city.
Dark, too dark!
Wu Guiming stood up with a wry smile on his face amid the strange looks from the monks in the hall.
Now that you've boarded the county magistrate's pirate ship, let's get off.
A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. Wu Guiming had no one to back him up, so he could only let it go.
Just save your life.
He described all the evidence, process, and crimes of the investigation.
Then, after bowing respectfully, he returned to his previous position.
Chen Shiyan coughed lightly.
Because I almost said, "Let me say a few words."
Just remembered, this is about solving a case, not giving a speech.
"Do you have any objections, three of you?"
Tian Baoxian spoke first.
"My Lord County Magistrate, we, the Tian family, have been doing business with our doors open. Lord Wu said those were stolen goods, so they were stolen goods. We, the Tian family, are willing to accept the punishment for this matter."
"But Lord Wu said that we deliberately knew about it but did not report it. We also took the initiative to contact them to collect the stolen goods and even sold them on their behalf. This is an injustice to our Tian family."
"Some people come to sell, some come to buy, we really can't tell where the items came from, we can't just turn away the business that comes to our door."
Tian Baoxian felt that his guilt was the easiest to get rid of.
It's just some stolen goods, just accept the punishment.
The county magistrate just wants some benefits.
"That makes sense, but there would be no killing if there was no trade."
"It was you who gave the pirates the motivation to rob. In this matter, you are wrong after all."
"According to the law, what should be done? Li Pancheng, explain this to the head of the Tian family."
"Yes, sir. According to the law, those who buy and sell stolen goods should be fined and their income should be confiscated, and those responsible should be sent to the border."
Chen Shiyan was very dissatisfied with the penalty.
He looked at Wu Guiming again.
Wu Guiming gritted his teeth and made up his mind. How could he live well as long as these three families were not dead?
Now that it has come to this, I’ll just go all the way.
"Your Excellency, even if it is as Patriarch Tian said, the Tian family also committed the crimes of harboring, transferring, concealing, and purchasing a large amount of stolen goods, and concealing the existence of a cultivator of unknown origin. The combined punishment is that according to the law, they should be beheaded, and the entire family is guilty of the same crime."
Li Zhiyou looked at this former cowardly colleague with a little surprise.
Some of them I don’t recognize.
"You...Wu Guiming, you are too vicious! Aren't you afraid that you will have no place to stand in Qianyuan County?"
"Humph, I colluded with the pirates and cut myself off from the imperial court. How can I be considered evil? As for whether I can survive, I won't bother Master Tian about it."
Chen Shiyan nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, Wu Sicheng, you are well versed in the law. I think the position of judge is suitable for you."
"I don't dare. I don't dare."
"Your Excellency is teaching me that I didn't think it through. Please punish me." Li Zhiyou quickly expressed his attitude.
I just wanted to test Chen Shiyan's attitude.
He nearly died while trying, and nearly lost his official position.
This County Magistrate Chen was aiming to kill the three families.
"Hahaha, don't be nervous, it's just a joke. You can judge the remaining two. I want to hear how your judge makes his decision."
"Yes, sir."
Li Zhiyou had no choice but to face the gazes of the two heads of the two families, who were on good terms with each other, and continue the interrogation.
With the attitude of the county magistrate, he didn't care about the murderous looks from the heads of the Zhai and Hong families.
After arguing with the two of them.
He pronounced his sentence severely.
"The Hong family traded monks, abused monks, colluded with bandits, and set their own punishments. They are guilty of multiple crimes and should be executed according to the law. The whole family should be punished together."
"The Zhai family colluded with the pirates and massacred the monks. According to the law, they should be executed, and the whole family should be punished together."
"Your Excellency, I have concluded the trial."
"Well, if that's the case, then let's chop them all off."
"By the way, you are responsible for catching those who escaped from the ancestral home. We are a family, so we should be together and share the happiness and punishment together."
Looking at Chen Shiyan's smiling face, Li Zhiyou felt cold all over.
He wanted to wipe out three entire families with ease.
Water bandits, what a good reason.
Thinking about their Li family, this excuse is the most appropriate one to put on their head.
And it does not count as a crime of entrapment.
The Li family is really in collusion.
It was he who really came with a strong man of unknown origin to kill the previous county magistrate.
A secret map was used to exchange for the head of a county magistrate, and the strong man said it was a personal vendetta.
I don’t know why, but after seeing the secret map, the old patriarch agreed without hesitation.
The Li family has more than enough evidence to issue the dynasty’s wanted order.
Kill the official! Or attack and kill the superior official.
The consequences of what happened are chilling.
Li Zhiyou prayed secretly in his heart, "Ancestor, you have to speed up the process. This county magistrate is not a good person. I can't wait in this dynasty for long."
At this time, three voices shouted in the hall.
The three family heads were a little panicked, seeing that the county magistrate was not trying to scare them but really wanted to destroy them.
Quickly moved out of his backstage.
"Lord Wang in the county city is my great uncle."
"Sir, please spare my life. The Yu family in the county town has a long history with my ancestors and we have been friends for generations."
"Chen Shiyan, if you dare to touch me, the county magistrate will not let you go. His mistress is my younger sister."
Li Zhiyou had a general idea of their background, but this was the first time he knew it in such detail.
But Wu Guiming was shouting in his heart.
It's a disaster, it's a disaster.
Who would have known that some wealthy families had such backgrounds.
It's over this time.
The adults will definitely let them off, and he will be the clown.
Neither inside nor outside is acceptable.
In the end, you might die in some corner for unknown reasons.
Wu Guiming was almost crying, it was too tragic.
Chen Shiyan watched the changes in each of their expressions.
"Lord Wang, Lord County Magistrate, how could the Yu family be in collusion with you?"
"Don't make random accusations. People who don't know might think that the adults ordered you to do this."
"Don't struggle. You're dead. I'm telling you, no one can stop you."
"Li Zhiyou!"
"I am here."
"Catch the man, take him to the execution ground, and execute him immediately. No mistakes!"
"Yes, sir." He took the talisman that Chen Shiyan had just signed with both hands.
He shouted to the bailiffs to take the people away, and when they left he blocked the five senses of several people.
This was the last thing Li Zhiyou could do to help them.
Don't be so painful when you leave.
Chen Shiyan brought Wu Guiming and many officials who had heard the noise and rushed over to the execution ground.
The executioner raised his sword and cut off each head with one blow.
There were several monks nearby, who quickly collected the corpses. They were runners from the Department of Rebirth.
The spiritual blood was everywhere on the execution ground. After accumulating a certain amount, a faint spiritual light flashed and the blood disappeared.
Chen Shiyan said, "This formation also has automatic cleaning function, not bad."
He sensed slight fluctuations in the formation.
He didn't know that there were places that couldn't be sensed by the seal.
Streams of blood and energy were gathering together, and the largest one came from the Hall of Rebirth.
With the help of the large formation, it was transported through the void to a distant place.
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