Chapter 831 Qiao Xi, I completely lost to you
Zhong Yi just felt it was boring and said lightly: "I give it to you."
There is no point in him keeping it if he can't deliver it to Qiao Xi.
Feng Nanxi couldn't believe it: "You gave it to me? This gift is so valuable, and you just gave it away. If I didn't want it, would you tell me to just throw it in the trash?" She stuffed the jewelry box into Zhong Yi's hands.
"You can keep it for yourself. If you really don't want to see it, give it to someone else. I don't need this kind of charity anyway."
Feng Nanxi loves money, but she makes it in a proper way.
She doesn't want something of unknown origin.
Zhong Yi laughed: "You are quite noble."
"I just don't want to be someone's trash can." Feng Nanxi would not indulge his bad habit.
Zhong Yi put the jewelry box into the bottom of his suit pocket, walked around Feng Nanxi and went into the court.
Feng Nanxi also followed. How could she leave now when she hadn’t even seen the biggest event of the day?
The court held a public trial of Lu Bannong.
The gallery was full of people.
There was a huge crowd of people, but in such a solemn place no one dared to make loud noises.
Qiao Xi sat near the front, and she almost didn't recognize Lu Bannong when he was brought in. In just two weeks, he seemed to have aged a lot, walking slowly and coughing a little, and his hair and beard were a mess.
There is no trace of its former glory.
Lu Yingxue's face was less aggressive and more calm, as if she had accepted her fate.
The court trial process is lengthy and detailed.
Each process is almost drowsy.
Until the evidence stage.
Cheng Han sat in the witness stand.
The whole audience was shocked!
"Mr. Cheng?"
"Did I stay up late last night and see a ghost during the day? I remember attending Mr. Cheng's funeral. Did I go to the wrong place that day?"
"Cheng Han is still alive!"
"Why is he here?"
"I can tell from the first glance that you weren't paying close attention to the judge's judgment. Lu Bannong is suspected of murder! Among them is Mr. Cheng. Who knew Mr. Cheng wasn't dead and was actually sitting in the witness stand?"
Lu Bannong didn't believe it either.
He turned his head mechanically and stared at Cheng Han.
When he was in detention, he was still thinking that it would not be a loss to drag Cheng Han to hell with him in this life. But he did not expect that Cheng Han was still alive. The needle that had been piercing his heart in this life was still there!
This is the thing that Lu Bannong can't let go of the most.
He even grabbed the edge of the table frantically, "How are you still alive! How could you still be alive!"
The bailiffs held him back to prevent him from getting too excited.
Cheng Han sat in the witness box and said coldly, "Thanks to you, I didn't die. Thank you for not killing me and letting me live."
"You..." Lu Bannong's face turned ashen and his eyes almost popped out.
He stared at Qiao Xi in the audience, looking back and forth.
That look seemed to be filled with poison.
"You and your disciple have teamed up to plot against me!"
The funeral was all a sham, making him think that Cheng Han's death had given him the upper hand, and he wasn't as careful as before. He thought no one would ever challenge his position, but he gradually fell into their trap.
"Quiet!"
The judge banged his gavel.
The courtroom instantly fell silent. Only Lu Bannong was breathing heavily, but he didn't say anything else.
There was resentment in his eyes!
When Cheng Han was questioned by the judge, he described in detail the needle testing conference more than 20 years ago and the subsequent pursuit.
"He tricked my daughter into taking drugs and deceived her emotionally. Lu Yingxue was indeed his and my daughter's child, but he later abandoned her to marry into the He family, leading to her suicide. But my daughter didn't die. He concealed the truth for so many years and imprisoned her inside the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, calling it treatment, but in reality, he gradually increased the medication dosage... causing her condition to become increasingly serious."
"He used my daughter as bait during this needle testing meeting to lure me out. He sent people to chase me, and I fell down the hillside and became unconscious. I was not rescued until someone sent by my apprentice..."
The police have already checked the scene for traces.
Some traces were indeed found, and we followed the clues to find the people sent by the Lu family.
Cheng Han's statement let everyone know the inside story.
They are all numb.
The Lu family has no moral bottom line in their actions.
The process took more than two hours to complete one by one.
The evidence produced during this period cannot be refuted.
Lu Bannong's face was full of vicissitudes and he knew that the situation was hopeless, but he looked at Lu Yingxue with hatred. He never imagined that the one who would drag him into hell in the end would be his own daughter.
There are many charges, and if Lu Yingxue had not provided clues, the police would never have linked these cases together.
After all this, even if Lu Bannong was defended by the most powerful lawyer in the capital, he would still be sentenced to life imprisonment.
There is no hope in this life.
However, Lu Yingxue still has hope in her life, because even if she is in prison, she can still look forward to the day when she can be released.
The judge banged the gavel and said, "Now, please allow the defendant to make his final statement."
This final statement is related to the outcome of the trial.
Lu Bannong was filled with grief and indignation, knowing the outcome was bad. No matter how much he explained, he would be imprisoned for the rest of his life. He couldn't accept such a huge disparity. Not long ago, he had led the Lu family to join the Four Great Families, but now he was a prisoner.
Lu Bannong slowly looked towards the audience. Those people were there to laugh at him.
hateful!
hateful!
When others open their mouths, they start by asking, "Dear Judge," for a chance to reform.
Lu Bannong gritted his teeth, surveying the entire room like a bloodthirsty man, and said, "I plead not guilty!"
"I don't plead guilty!"
"If a man doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth! I do things for myself, what's wrong with that? The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Do you dare to swear that you have never done anything wrong in your life? It's just that no one has ever found out!"
"I! Do! Not! Confess! My! Guilt!"
He was being held down tightly by the bailiff, but he still managed to squeeze out these words from between his teeth.
In comparison, Lu Yingxue's attitude was much better.
"Respected presiding judge, judges. I am here to make my final statement. First, I sincerely apologize to the victims. Due to my weak legal awareness and special family background, I have made many mistakes. I plead guilty, accept the punishment, and reform myself. I hope that because I provided relevant clues and surrendered myself, I will give you a chance to correct my mistakes and impose a reduced or suspended sentence."
Lu Yingxue's attitude was sincere, but it couldn't change the crimes she had committed. Turning herself in and performing meritorious service would likely result in a sentence reduction.
Finally the judge made a ruling.
Lu Bannong was sentenced to life imprisonment, to be executed immediately.
Lu Bannong was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed in his seat half-dead.
Lu Yingxue was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended for one year.
Boom!
The gavel falls!
"The court hearing is now closed. Please ask the bailiff to take the defendant back to the detention center for continued detention."
When the bailiffs were escorting Lu Yingxue away, she suddenly turned around, looked at Qiao Xi, and said loudly, "I've completely lost to you."
From the moment I felt threatened and had the thought of getting rid of her, I had already lost.
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