In the afternoon, many villagers had gathered under a big tree in the middle of the village.
There was a lot of commotion last night. This was the first time in hundreds of years that a flower thief had appeared, causing panic among the people.
For this reason, almost all the villagers went out to search for the rapist, and finally found two people who were more suspicious.
One is Wang Mingjiao and the other is Zhao Yongfeng.
What surprised everyone was naturally Wang Mingjiao. He was a scholar after all, but he actually did something worse than an animal. It was like he had read so much that the book went to waste.
Of course, it was not only the villagers who were surprised, but also the victim Li Ningxiang.
I don’t know why, but Wang Mingjiao has been very worried recently and doesn’t even want to see me.
When asked the reason, he refused to say.
Just before, he and she got along very well, and Li even developed a crush on him.
Unfortunately, she was already married and had a bad reputation in the village. Some people even spread rumors that she was having an affair with someone else.
In contrast, Wang Mingjiao is handsome and talented. He gets along well with the villagers and is liked by all the children in the village.
Under such disparate conditions, even though she loved the other person, Li could only endure it alone and silently digest this love.
Or she would mend his clothes, bring him some food, or listen to him talk about his troubles over failing the provincial examination.
Li felt very happy as long as he could do something for the other person to the best of his ability.
This has become her only hope since her husband's death half a year ago.
She just hoped that Wang Mingjiao was not the man from last night. If it was him, then her life would really have no hope at all.
With a "bang", the gavel came down.
Zhou Tiezhu shouted loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet. We are about to start the trial!"
"Uh...what word should I say? I forgot." Zhou Tiezhu looked at Lin Tongxi beside him.
The latter wiped the sweat off his face and pointed to the torn paper. That was the trial procedure he had written to Chen Yunxuan before.
"Young Master Tongxi...I can't read." Zhou Tiezhu said in a low voice.
"Tsk...Okay, then I'll say it." Lin Tongxi took the gavel and slammed it on the table.
"The first step is to announce the composition of the team and introduce the people involved in the case.
"This trial panel consists of five members, with Zhou Tiezhu as the presiding judge.
"Li Wenyuan and Zhao Shouzhong serve as deputy judges, and Lin Tongxi serves as assistant to the chief judge, assisting in the trial."
"Zhou Wenbin is the clerk, responsible for record keeping."
"Chen Yunxuan is the head of the police station, responsible for maintaining order."
"The plaintiff is Qingshi Village, and Zhang Shulan, Su Ruoxue, and Xue Tongxuan are the village representatives."
"The accused flower thieves are Zhao Yongfeng and Wang Mingjiao."
As soon as the list of members was read out, the villagers became interested in this new process again.
The villagers who had witnessed the government trying a case also felt curious. Generally speaking, it was someone who sued someone else, so how come this time the entire village was suing someone?
Those who sue others in the name of the village often have great grievances and write a joint letter.
Although this case is not a big injustice, it is normal to investigate these two people in the name of the village.
As for the team members for this case, Lin Tongxi also spent some effort to make adjustments.
First, the presiding judge was present. The highly prestigious village chief Li and clan leader Zhao were both absent, so according to the principle of replacement, it was Zhou Tiezhu's turn.
It just so happened that Chen Yunxuan and Zhou Tiezhu swapped positions, and Zhou Tiezhu was from a different family and didn't seem to favor any particular family, making him the most suitable candidate.
The deputy judges will refer to the last time. The Li family and the Zhao family will each have a representative, and Li Wenyuan and Zhao Shouzhong, as the eldest sons, are the most suitable.
The recorder was Zhou Tiezhu's younger brother Zhou Wenbin, who was one of the few people in the village who could write. Lin Tongxi personally taught him how to write meeting minutes.
The villagers' representatives found Zhang Shulan and Su Ruoxue, both of whom are women and can represent the Li family.
The former is enthusiastic, and the latter is from his own team, so they can be considered suitable candidates.
As for Lin Tongxi...his essence has not changed, he just got a nicer name.
Lin Tongxi simply moved himself to a new seat, sitting to the right of the presiding judge, and also moved Zhou Wenbin to the right.
The deputy judges all threw the items on Zhou Tiezhu's left hand side. Although this did not conform to the principle of hierarchy, no one minded. In addition, since it was for the convenience of work, they quickly reached a consensus.
"The second step is to introduce the case."
"The incident occurred at night. When Li was sleeping, a man in black entered her room and attempted to commit a crime."
"Li yelled, scaring the rapist away, and then the villagers started looking for him."
Lin Tongxi roughly described the scene of the day and identified the rapist as Zhao Yongfeng and Wang Mingjiao.
"Please ask Chief Judge Zhou Tiezhu to describe the situation at that time."
Since it was Zhou Tiezhu who arrested Zhao Yongfeng, he had a better understanding of the situation at that time and was the one who introduced it.
His doubts can be summarized very simply: he was shirtless and sweating all over.
Of course, there is another piece of evidence, and that is the black clothes that smell of sweat.
However, they did not rush to present evidence, but chose to give the stage to Su Ruoxue and others.
"Zhao Yongfeng, please explain why you were shirtless and sweating?"
"The weather is too hot...isn't it possible?" Faced with Su Ruoxue's question, Zhou Tiezhu gave a very weak answer.
"As far as I know, even though the weather is hot lately, you shouldn't sweat that much, right?"
A villager following Zhou Tiezhu added, "Exactly. It looks like they've just been hunted! It wouldn't be that exaggerated in this weather!"
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