Chapter 550 The good show has just begun
"Are you kidding me, bitch? I definitely won't admit to a capital crime like murder. I only set the fire, I didn't kill anyone!"
Hong Laizi looked Ran Qingxuan up and down, with a hint of lust in his eyes. Gu Yanchen's expression changed, he took two steps forward and kicked Hong Laizi in the face.
With the help of his internal strength, this kick instantly knocked out several of his teeth, and Gu Yanchen's murderous expression immediately caused a burst of exclamations.
"Murder, murder, everyone come and see, this family dared to be so lawless in front of the county magistrate, maybe they were the ones who killed the person."
Hong Laizi's mother, Ma, howled and shouted and tried to rush in, but was stopped by the police outside.
Tang En pretended not to see it, knocked on the gavel, and signaled Gu Yanchen to step aside first.
Hong Laizi covered his mouth and wailed in pain, but then burst into tears and said, "Sir, I admit that I set the fire, but I definitely did not kill anyone."
After saying that, he stretched out a hand and pointed at Xiao Wende under the white cloth.
"The knife was his. After I set the fire, he chased me with the knife and tried to kill me. He couldn't see the road clearly and fell on the knife and died. It has nothing to do with me..."
Hong Laizi knew that there was no evidence against him and wanted to give him a lighter sentence, but he could say whatever he wanted...
"You are talking nonsense. Not only did you kill my son, you also falsely accused him of what happened. You beast, beast!"
Xiao Hongyi could no longer control himself and broke free from Xiao Zhe's hand, rushing forward and knocking Hong Laizi to the ground.
The hand holding the pen was now clenched into a fist, hitting Hong Laizi's face again and again, while Xiao Hongyi's eyes were wide open with anger, as if he was going to tear the man apart and eat him in the next second.
Seeing this, Tang En ordered the officers to stop it, and then shouted loudly: "Stop it, stop it!"
The people were pulled apart, and Xiao Hongyi screamed at the top of his lungs, completely losing his image as a scholar. He fell on Xiao Wende and wailed in pain.
"Son...how could you bear to leave your parents behind? Without you, how can our family survive!!!"
Ran Qingxuan took a deep breath and spoke to Hong Laizi again in a cold voice.
"So you only admit to setting the fire, but not to killing anyone?"
Hong Laizi was somewhat puzzled by the question, but he still said proudly: "How many times do you want me to say it? It was indeed me who set the fire. At most, I will compensate you for your losses.
But I didn't kill this man. You have no witnesses or evidence. What can you do to me when there is no evidence? ”
"Well, that's a very good point. I'm sure everyone here heard his words clearly, right?"
Not only the onlookers felt puzzled by Ran Qingxuan's cheers, but even the Gu family, the Chen family, and the Xiao family were a little puzzled.
Ran Qingxuan ignored the gazes of others and turned to Tang En and said, "County Magistrate Tang, I'm sure you heard what Hong Laizi said, right?"
Tang En didn't know what Ran Qingxuan was going to do, so he nodded with a serious face.
"I heard every word he said. He set the fire, but he didn't kill the person."
"But what does it matter if you heard it? The person is dead and there is no evidence. You have no witnesses or physical evidence to prove that he killed someone. So I can only sentence him for arson. As for the rest..."
Ran Qingxuan raised the corners of his lips and sneered. Gu Yanchen, who was standing beside him, suddenly widened his eyes, as if he realized something.
"Who said there is no evidence after death?"
As soon as Ran Qingxuan finished speaking, exclamations flooded into the county government office like a tide...
"It's a fake corpse, it's a fake corpse..."
"There is a ghost. The ghost is back to take my life..."
The white cloth on the stretcher slowly rose up, and the onlookers were frightened and scattered like birds and beasts. The huge group of people disappeared in an instant.
When Tang En saw such a horrifying scene, he was so frightened that he immediately crawled under the table. Even the officer could hardly stand.
But there were also some brave people hiding aside and watching. They saw Xiao Wende, who was already dead on the stretcher, slowly reaching out his hand and tearing off the white cloth covering his body and face.
The Xiao family was closest to the scene. When Xiao Hongyi saw his son slowly stand up from under the white cloth, he really believed that his son had been wronged and had returned to seek justice.
But when he wiped his tears and looked carefully, he found that Xiao Wende's eyes were full of tears as he looked at him.
"father?"
Hearing the familiar call, Xiao Hongyi widened his eyes, pressed his chest, and reached out to touch his son's face in disbelief.
After truly feeling Xiao Wende's body temperature, Xiao Hongyi hugged him and cried uncontrollably.
"It's really my son. My son is back..."
Chen Zhao took a few steps forward, squatted down, and patted Xiao Wende's shoulder with red eyes.
"I thought I would never see you again. That's great. It's really great."
"Brother, you came back because you couldn't bear to leave us, right?"
Xiao Wenmei was happy that her elder brother had come back from the dead, but she still hadn't come to terms with it.
Xiao Wende chuckled and tapped his sister's head as usual.
"Silly sister, my brother has never died. Madam Gu and Master Qu are like miracle doctors. How could they just watch my brother leave?"
Among the Gu family, Gu Yanjing breathed a sigh of relief, his chest rising and falling due to his heavy breathing. He was supposed to be the one keeping vigil, but when he learned that Xiao Wende was killed, he had already thought of how to apologize to the Xiao family.
Now that I see that he is still alive, I feel that all my strength has been drained away, and the same is true for Gu Yanchen...
Ran Qingxuan glanced at Hong Laizi, who had already collapsed on the ground with fear, and looked towards the desk in the court. He saw Tang En, who was hiding under the table and trembling.
"Tang County Magistrate, Tang County Magistrate..."
Qin Jun, who was standing next to him, was speechless. He squatted down and helped the man out.
"Sir, that man is not dead."
"Isn't it... a fake corpse?"
Qin Jun saw Tang En's fat body shaking with fear, and he thought to himself why he followed such a useless person...
Without showing it on his face, he immediately explained: "That person is not dead, he is still alive."
Tang En stood up with difficulty, and after being helped to a chair, he was about to scold the Xiao family, but when he met Gu Yanchen's eyes, he could only hold back his anger and continue.
Ran Qingxuan knew that the time for settlement had come, and he sneered at Hong Laizi.
"Sir, Hong Laizi has already admitted that he set the fire. He insists that he didn't kill anyone. Let the person involved speak for himself."
Tang En just felt that Ran Qingxuan was already the county magistrate, and she had all the words to say, so what did he have to do with it?
With a gloomy face, Tang En banged the gavel.
"Su Jing, since you are not dead, then Xiao Wende, tell us the whole story yourself!"
Xiao Wende lifted the white cloth covering his legs, revealing the blood-stained cotton pants that he had not had time to change.
"Reporting to the Lord, I was on guard with Brother Chen Zhao that night. After Brother Chen went to rest in the second half of the night, I planned to boil some more water to drink.
Who knew that when I walked to the gate to get firewood, I smelled kerosene. When I went out to check, I saw a dark figure standing next to the wood for building the house and blowing out a fire starter. This person was Hong Lai Zi! ”
Hong Laizi kept shaking his head, his eyes full of fear: "It's not me... It's not me..."
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