No matter how Su Zan refused, he could not escape the fate of having to personally try the case.
Things have come to this point, whether he wants to try the case or not, he has no choice but to try it.
Unless he is willing to run headlong into this county government office.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the courage.
“Bang!”
Su Zan slowly sat down in front of the hall and suddenly slammed the gavel: "The court is open!"
Su Zan didn't feel comfortable at all sitting in this position.
He just felt as if there were a lot of needles under his butt, making his butt hurt a lot.
As Su Zan began to go to court, the trial of these members of the Su family officially began.
"Su Henian, I want to ask you, how did this fight start?"
...
...
Su Zan was the first to ask the clan leader Su Henian.
Su Henian replied, "I was beaten by people from the second and third houses before. People from our first house thought that the second and third houses were teaming up to bully people from our first house. The two sides first quarreled, and then clashed. Later, I don't know who started it first, which directly triggered a fight between the two sides. I also wanted to control the situation, but more and more people got involved, and I was really powerless..."
"Is what Su Henian said true?"
Su Zan immediately asked several elders headed by Su Songbo.
“Yes, yes…”
Several people nodded repeatedly.
"Did anyone instigate this fight?"
Su Zan asked again.
"No."
Everyone shook their heads.
No matter what, let's first clear them of any connection with the fight.
Next, Su Zan continued the interrogation.
However, the questions asked were all trivial.
Facing Su Zan's interrogation, the Su family once again showed unprecedented unity.
Miaoyin frowned slightly, squinted at Yun Zheng, and whispered, "They are obviously perfunctory! Why don't you do anything about it?"
"It's all right."
Yun Zheng smiled, "Let them play first! I will take action when they have finished playing."
Since he did not interrogate these members of the Su family separately, he was naturally not afraid of them colluding with each other.
Seeing Yun Zheng so confident, Miaoyin said no more.
Su Zan's interrogation continues.
However, the answers given by these old-timers from the Su family were flawless.
Anyway, it's just a personal grudge.
As for the armed fights, those people participated in them spontaneously. They wanted to stop it, but they couldn't.
At the end of the interrogation, Su Zan felt relieved.
Fortunately, these people knew the seriousness of the matter and did not tell anyone about the sugar.
At the end of the trial, Su Zan said with a dark face: "Although this fight was not organized by you, it was caused by your grievances. I sentence you to bear the medical expenses of all the tribesmen who were injured in the fight. Do you have any objections?"
“No, no…”
Everyone shook their heads.
Everyone understands the principle of losing money to avoid disaster.
Moreover, even if the medical expenses were compensated, it wouldn't cost much money.
Compared with the consequences of the sugar incident, this punishment can be ignored.
"In that case, I will now pronounce the verdict!"
Su Zan slammed the gavel and said loudly: "In this fight, the Su family..."
At this moment, a royal guard suddenly ran in and whispered in Yun Zheng's ear.
Yun Zheng frowned and immediately raised his hand to stop Su Zan who was about to make a judgment.
"Go, bring the person up!"
Yun Zheng gave his personal guards an order, and then said to Su Zan with a smile: "Sir Su, I just received news that there is an important witness in this case! However, this person's identity is somewhat special, I am afraid that I will have to personally judge him!"
Special identity?
Su Zan secretly thought that something was wrong.
Does Yun Zheng have a backup plan?
Who is the witness with a special identity?
"If the prince wants to conduct the trial personally, it is appropriate."
Su Zan answered reluctantly.
"Well, I will personally judge it!"
Yun Zheng stood up and walked towards Su Zan, who tactfully made way for him.
Just as Yun Zheng sat down, two guards walked in escorting a man.
Seeing the person coming, the faces of the Su family members suddenly changed.
Yang Huizhou!
Yun Zheng actually arrested Yang Huizhou?
Didn’t Yang Huizhou say he was going to do something?
How come he was caught by Yun Zheng?
At this moment, everyone in the Su family finally understood why Yang Huizhou had not shown up for many days.
It turned out that Yang Huizhou had been secretly captured by Yun Zheng a long time ago.
It’s a pity that they are still here cooperating with Su Zan, acting like monkeys for Yun Zheng.
Unexpectedly, Yun Zheng was waiting for them here.
At this moment, the hearts of the Su family members, who had originally felt relieved, rose to their throats again.
Seeing Yun Zheng sitting in the hall, Yang Huizhou's legs couldn't help but tremble, but he still tried to force himself to stay calm, and said righteously: "I am an official appointed by the court, and I came to Fuzhou to supervise the issue of the land tax distribution under the order of the Crown Prince, and Your Majesty dared to have me detained. Does Your Majesty still have the court in your eyes?"
Yang Huizhou turned the passive situation into active one and put a hat on Yun Zheng first.
Yun Zheng was surprised.
This Yang Huizhou is quite eloquent!
He is comparable to Cui Wenjing!
"I haven't spoken yet, when will it be your turn to speak?"
Yun Zheng looked at Yang Huizhou coldly, "Not only did you not show respect to me, but you even dared to speak wildly! Do you think that because you are an official appointed by the court, I can't punish you?"
As he spoke, Yun Zheng waved his hand and said, "Come here, give him twenty lashes first!"
"Your Majesty!"
Yang Huizhou, who had finally calmed down, suddenly panicked and shouted, "I am an official appointed by the court. Your Majesty has no right to use torture on me!"
"You are disrespectful to me, so I can't punish you?"
Yun Zheng snorted coldly and said sternly: "Drag him away and beat him!"
Following Yun Zheng's order, two guards immediately stepped forward and forcibly pressed Yang Huizhou to the ground.
Another guard took the board from the runner and hit Yang Huizhou hard on the butt.
"ah……"
Yang Huizhou let out a shrill scream, his eyes bulging outward.
However, the Royal Guards showed no mercy and the second attack arrived as expected.
The third board, the fourth board...
After being hit with more than ten boards in a row, Yang Huizhou's face was twisted with pain and blood seeped directly into his pants.
After twenty strokes, Yang Huizhou no longer had the momentum he had before. He almost collapsed, and even his wails became weak and feeble.
Until this moment, Yun Zheng waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, and asked with a frost on his face: "Yang Huizhou, I want to ask you, what exactly are you doing in Juping? What is your conspiracy in the secret meeting with the Su family? Is the large-scale fighting in Juping related to you?"
"Your subordinate... Your subordinate is really here on the orders of the Crown Prince..."
Yang Huizhou was in so much pain that he was almost dying, but he still insisted that he was here to supervise the issue of the land tax.
"very good!"
Yun Zheng sneered, "If it's as you said, do you have the prince's warrant?"
“No…no.”
"Is there an imperial decree?"
“No… either.”
"Do you have any documents from the Ministry of Revenue or other ministries?"
"No."
"Then there should at least be a token of the prince or something like that, right?"
“No…no…”
Yang Huizhou answered weakly, but he was complaining in his heart.
Officials in the court cannot leave the imperial city at will!
He had nothing in his hands, but he left the imperial city without permission. This alone was enough to get him into trouble.
"In other words, you left the imperial city without permission, right?"
Yun Zheng's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he slammed the gavel: "Yang Huizhou, you are so bold. You left the imperial city without permission and came to Juping to have a secret meeting with the Su family. Then a large-scale fight broke out in Juping! I suspect that you are conspiring with the Su family to incite a civil uprising and fight against the court by using the issue of the land tax distribution!"
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