Chapter 48 48. The Truth
When Luo Wei spoke, he released his mental pressure invisibly.
His sharp eyes scanned the two of them repeatedly.
After waiting for a few seconds, he locked his eyes with the man: "Cuckoo, is this yours?"
"Yes, this cuckoo belongs to me." The man insisted.
Lovi swung the gavel and slammed the wooden board hard, questioning the woman in a loud voice: "Did you steal someone else's Cuckoo Bird? Tell me now!"
"I"
The woman opened her mouth, as if she wanted to explain something, but she finally lowered her head helplessly, "My Lord, I plead guilty."
"Why would you steal someone else's Cuckoo Bird?"
"I was hungry. I hadn't had oily food for a long time. I couldn't hold it back."
"Since someone has already confessed, then..." Lovi paused for a moment, the gavel in his hand hovering in the air, and said meaningfully: "It seems that someone won't cry until he sees the coffin."
"You're lying." Misha stepped forward and pointed at the man.
"I'm telling the truth!" the man argued angrily.
The spectators outside the venue were in an uproar: "Yes, Lord, someone has already confessed. How can you make such a random judgment?"
Lovi slammed the gavel down heavily and raised his voice, "Silence, I will give you solid evidence!"
After a few minutes, Lodel personally carried a crystal mirror as tall as his body and carefully placed it next to Lovey.
"Stand in front of the mirror and recall the scene of that day." Lowe motioned the man to come over.
The man hesitated for a moment, then stepped in front of the mirror. In an instant, his pupils lost focus.
In the mirror, a first-person perspective image appeared.
Lovi explained to the crowd, "This is the secret meditation mirror collected by Count Evelyn. It can replay a person's past memories."
That day, a few passing cuckoo birds flew into the fields and stole the crops.
The man was furious and rushed over to try to catch the cuckoo bird. Of course he failed! The cuckoo bird flew up from the ground and landed on the field.
At this moment, a woman passed by and quickly pressed down the wings of a cuckoo bird.
"This is my Cuckoo, give it back to me."
"No!" The woman ran away without looking back.
"So that's how it is." The onlookers suddenly realized.
The man also understood, and took two steps back with a pale face, "My Lord, I was wrong."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, and said with a relaxed expression: "My Lord, he punched me a few times."
"Do you admit it?" Lowe looked at the man.
The man looked gloomy, "I admit it."
"You won't cry until you see the coffin." Lovi sighed, and the gavel in his hand fell. "You are charged with two crimes. The first is provoking trouble, and the second is deceiving the lord. I will give you a choice now. One year and three months of hard labor. Or you can revoke your household registration and be expelled from the country."
"I choose labor," the man said without hesitation.
"Very good." Luo Wei nodded and looked at the woman again, "You have subjective malice and tried to rob others of their things. I will punish you too.
One month of hard labor, do you accept it?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, then she bowed her head deeply in the face of everyone's gaze: "I accept."
"I declare the case closed." Lowe waved the gavel.
Two city security guards took the two away. Those who were to perform labor service did not have to be detained in prison. They would be detained in a labor camp.
The conditions are relatively relaxed, and meals are provided after labor. Once upon a time, labor camps were also places where people were very happy to go, but the living environment has improved in recent years. No one wants to take advantage of this little advantage, and feels that it is more cost-effective to allocate time freely.
Then two more people were brought to Lowe.
A business woman dressed in silk, with a string of white pearls around her neck, looked wealthy.
The other was a female civilian, dressed in linen clothes with patches on her body, and a cowardly look in her eyes.
The business woman accused the civilian woman of stealing from her store. The civilian woman insisted that she had not stolen.
"Silence." Lovi swung the gavel skillfully, making a loud sound with a relatively light force, and said to the female civilian: "You saw what happened just now. Quibbling will not work. Are you sure you didn't steal anything?"
"No." The female civilian said stubbornly.
Love secretly got a positive answer from Misha, and said to the business woman: "If you insist that this lady is guilty, please produce evidence. If you need to check her memory, you have to pay for it. One gold royal as collateral, if she is guilty, the money will be returned to you. If not guilty, one gold royal will be used as the usage fee of the magic prop and the other party's mental damage compensation. Please consider it."
"One gold dragon?" The business woman hesitated. "Can you make it cheaper?"
"The second choice is that you compensate the other party with ten silver dollars as compensation for mental damage. I can tell you clearly that this lady did not lie. You falsely accused the other party, causing her to sit in jail for half a month." Lovey said sharply.
"Let me think about it," the business woman said with a painful expression, "I'll give you ten silver dollars."
She reluctantly placed the silver dollars in front of Lovey's desk. Lovey handed eight silver dollars to the female civilian on the spot, and the remaining two silver dollars were the case trial fee.
"I declare the case closed." After swinging the gavel, Lowe stood up with his hands behind his back.
He put Misha in her seat and introduced her to everyone: “This is Misha, the new disciple of my mother, Count Evelyn, who can tell whether a person is lying.
She will determine the situation first, and I will decide the specific sentencing. Everyone please line up here."
After handing over the most complicated part, Lowe suddenly felt relaxed. He went to the toilet, and when he came back, he sat in his new seat and ate some fruit.
He also asked Lanlan to help him massage his back.
It's really comfortable to be a lord.
Luo Deer was a little annoyed, "You're just going to let it go like this? Leave everything to a little girl?"
"Misha is a spellcaster! She is not just an ordinary person."
"She's only ten."
"Yeah, she's ten years old, why are you jealous?"
"I'm not jealous! How can I be so petty! I'm just worried whether Ten Years Old can shoulder such a heavy responsibility."
"Oh, don't worry. Mixia is much more reliable than the average person. There are no complicated conflicts of interest. She is just purely on our side."
Sure enough, with Mixia's help, the progress became faster.
One by one, the liars were pointed out and handed over to Lowe for the final judgment.
All cases were successfully solved before sunset.
"Thank you, Mixia. Do you think you can adapt to this kind of work?"
"I can adapt, thank the teacher for giving me this opportunity."
"Didn't you take my mother Evelyn as your master? You don't have to call me teacher anymore."
"What should I call you then?"
"You are like Lan Lan, so call me Master."
"Master."
As the sun set, the crowd gradually dispersed.
(End of this chapter)
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