"This case will be judged by a five-member panel, with me personally serving as the presiding judge."
"Lei Liquan and Lu Fengyu are deputy judges, responsible for assisting in the trial. Lin Tongxi is the assistant judge, responsible for consultation. Su Ruoxue is the clerk, responsible for record keeping. Yue Lingyun is the head of the police station, responsible for maintaining order. Jiang Jiadao is the government representative, responsible for prosecution."
"The defendants in this case are Xia An and others."
"Jiang Jiadao, you will be the first to introduce the case!"
Jiang Jiadao stood up and told the story of Xia An and others breaking into the Lin Mansion wearing black clothes last night, which caused an uproar.
"How could someone be so bold as to break into the county magistrate's house?"
"Haha, there must be a huge force behind this that's targeting the county magistrate."
"Of course not. These officials all have two mouths. The county magistrate's actions have affected the interests of the local gentry."
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but Jiang Jiadao still produced evidence to state the facts, believing that Xia An and others broke into the Lin Mansion with the intention of assassinating the county magistrate.
Hearing this, many people in black cried out that they were wronged, and Xia An spoke as a representative.
"Sir, it is true that we broke into Lord Lin's mansion."
"But even if you gave us a hundred thousand guts, we wouldn't dare to assassinate an imperial official!"
Jiang Jiadao then asked about the other party's purpose: "Oh? Then what is your purpose for breaking into the Lin Mansion? You can't be here for a walk, right?"
When Jiang Jiadao asked this question, Lei Liquan, Pan Yue, Ye Haokong and others were all nervous. After all, they didn't want to be associated with the reputation of assassinating the county magistrate.
Originally, assassinating a group of weak scholars should have been a very easy task, and they also bribed the traitors in the Lin Mansion to cooperate with them from inside and outside.
But for some reason, I failed this time!
The best ending would be to kill the scholars headed by Ye Moqing, and then falsify the crime scene, making this case an unsolved mystery.
But the abominable thing is that not only did this group fail to achieve their goal, they were arrested on the spot by Lin Tongxi and his team!
Pan Yue and Ye Haokong had told this group of people to commit suicide after achieving their goal, but these men in black were working for money, and that little money was not enough for them to risk their lives.
Based on this, many people, like Xia An, confessed the person who was behind them.
"Our goal is to assassinate the applicants staying in the guest rooms, so I broke into the guest rooms first." Xia An decided to tell his purpose.
"We know where County Magistrate Lin lives. If we need to assassinate the County Magistrate, we shouldn't choose to climb over the wall from the west and enter the guest room."
Compared with the crime of assassinating the county magistrate, the crime of assassinating innocent people is less serious.
If the former fails, there is a high probability of death, but if the latter fails, there is a chance of survival.
Even if he hadn't discussed it with Lin Tongxi and others, Xia An would have said it to protect himself.
"Oh? Who instructed you?" Jiang Jiadao led the topic to the most critical point of the case.
"My Lords, now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to confess the truth." Xia An sighed. It seemed that he would not be able to stay in Guangyang County any longer in this life.
Betraying one's master is unacceptable in any family.
But first, you have to save your own life before you can talk about the future.
"Everything above was ordered by Ye Haokong."
After hearing this, Ye Haokong's face darkened. He didn't expect that Xia An was such an ungrateful person!
He Xia An actually dared to betray the Ye family!
Lei Liquan and Pan Yue were relieved when they heard that the Ye family's servant had actually taken the initiative to betray Ye Haokong.
What they feared most was that the Ye family's dog would bite Pan Yue, which would make it difficult to handle the situation.
Ye Haokong didn't want to come, but the government sent officials to invite him to visit.
Sure enough, what he was most worried about happened. He was put on the stage, but Lei Liquan would ignore him and was very likely to sell him out.
"Oh? Does the head of the Ye family have any hatred with this group of people?" Jiang Jiadao continued to guide.
"Yes, the head of the Ye family has always been very concerned about his reputation. In order to curry favor with other gentry, he threatened to help them deal with this group of people."
"And we are the ones he sent!"
Ye Haokong was furious when he heard this. This was clearly nonsense!
The only person Ye Haokong wanted to kill was Ye Moqing! If Ye Moqing became the chief clerk, he would definitely take revenge on Ye Haokong!
As for the others, Ye Haokong just happened to get involved and acted together with them.
"Okay, that's all for Xia Guang. I'll request to replace him with someone else." Jiang Jiadao clasped his fists and looked at Chen Yunxuan.
Everything was going according to the plan of Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan. Chen Yunxuan announced that the other men in black would testify to this.
The answer is simple. They all said that it was Ye Haokong who ordered them to do so.
Ye Haokong wanted to leave, but he couldn't, after all, the police had surrounded him.
"Okay, bring Ye Haokong up!" Chen Yunxuan slammed the gavel and gave the order.
The officers took action, but were met with Ye Haokong's stubborn resistance: "Let me go! I am the head of the Ye family!"
"So what if he's the head of the Ye family? Can he possibly break the law?" Chen Yunxuan scolded harshly.
Yue Lingyun stepped forward and took Ye Haokong up.
Looking at Lei Liquan sitting peacefully in front of him, Ye Haokong wanted to pounce on him and bite him a few times.
Ye Haokong was doing the dirty work for Lei Liquan! Yet, the mastermind behind the scenes showed no concern for his life or death.
"Ye Haokong, do you admit your guilt?" Chen Yunxuan slammed the gavel and stared at Ye Haokong.
Ye Haokong glanced at the people below the stage and noticed Pan Yue in the crowd. The latter subconsciously avoided Ye Haokong's gaze.
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