Chapter 1259: Public Review Conference (Part 2)

Shengtang~! "

"mighty…!"

A piece of gavel, a burst of "mighty" sound, I do not know how many ghosts and

monsters have been shocked throughout the ages!

In the early morning of the second day, at the hour and three hours, the

county government in Lantian County had been surrounded by the people in three

and three layers. With Dai Xu's shooting of a gavel, the much-anticipated

public trial finally began!

It is said that today Shaoqing of Dali Temple personally presides over the

trial, so that the people can feel the importance of the court on this case,

and they can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Bring Fan Tong and Fan Jianqiang to court!"

Above the court, Dai Xu naturally took the first seat as the presiding judge,

followed by County Order He, and Li Zexuan as an "auditor", sitting on the

side as the first observant and became an audience member. Dai Zhou slapped

the gavel again and shouted loudly.

"Bring Fan Tong and Fan Jianqiang to court!"

Naturally, someone spread his words far and wide. After a while, four yamen

escorted the Fan Tong and Fan Jianqiang father and son into the court.

Compared with the vigorous and arrogant expressions of the past few days, the

Fan family father and son are no longer proud, especially after seeing Dai Xu,

who is sitting at the head of the court and wearing a deep scarlet official

uniform (representing a fourth-rank official) , Fan Tong was even more

chilled!

Because since the presiding judge is a grade four senior, it means that the

court has begun to intervene in his case! And how can those things he did

before can stand the investigation?

"The people in the hall, but Fan Tong and Fan Jianqiang?"

Dai Xu's eyes flashed and he shouted in a deep voice.

Dai Zhou, who is in charge of the prison prison of Dali Temple, has an aura

that is not comparable to that of ordinary local county magistrates. This loud

shout made Fan's father and son panic.

"Report to Shangguan, the old man is Fan Tong!"

"...Yes! I...I am Fan Jianqiang!"

Fan Tong was still calm, and Fan Jianqiang was almost frightened by Dai's

imposing manner at the beginning, and he stammered a bit.

"Okay! Fan Tong, this officer asks you, in the four years of Wude, have you

been hoarding food with eight grain merchants and driving up food prices?"

Dai Zhou didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic.

Fan Tong's eyes flashed, and he stepped forward and replied: "Thanks to

Shangguan, Fan has always been honest in business and has never done such a

hoarding evil!"

"Huh! Toast, not eat or drink fine wine, come, pass the testimony-Hu Jinhua

will come to the court!"

Dai Xu sneered and ordered.

"Here!"

His own government officials brought witnesses, but Fan Tong, who was in the

hall, suddenly changed his expression after hearing the words "Hu Jinhua".

After a while, a veteran brought an old man in a uniform, and Dai Xu asked,

"Hu Jinhua is the man in the hall?"

The old man in plain clothes said, "Going back to Shangguan, this is Hu

Jinhua!"

"Hu Jinhua, this official asked you, six years ago, did you cooperate with Fan

Tong and other grain merchants to drive up grain prices around Beijing?"

Hu Jinhua said with a full face of pain: "Returning to Shangguan, it is true!

Back then, Master Fan found Hu and others, saying that he was hoarding grain

and grass and making huge profits during the drought and the battle between

the Tang and Turks. The price of food has risen from three pennies to ten

pennies! It didn't take long for the court to notice that the saint ordered

the government to stabilize food prices, and on the other hand, ordered the

Lantian county magistrate to thoroughly investigate the merchants who raised

food prices!

At that time, Hu and several others were all arrested, full of family

property, and tortured with a rod. Only Fan Tong was spared. Due to the power

of the Sha County Order, after I was released, I immediately concealed my name

and never dared Engage in business affairs! "

"Fart! You...you talk nonsense! The old man never knew you!"

Fan Tong immediately got anxious, his eyes were red, and he wanted to take Hu

Jinhua alive!

"Huh! Hu has the account book where Master Fan and us purchased grain together

at that time. At that time, Master Fan didn't have enough money, so he

borrowed a sum of money from Hu. The account book and IOU are all here. Does

Hu have any nonsense, Shangguan? You can tell at a glance!"

Hu Jinhua sneered, and took out two things from his sleeve, said.

"Hurry up!"

Dai Zhu quickly said.

The Ya Yai took the evidence from Hu Jinhua and handed it over to Dai Xu.

Dai Zhou opened a look, and then furiously said: "Huh! Bold Fan Tong, in the

courtroom, how dare you deceive the official! Now that the evidence and

material evidence are there, what else do you have to say? Come, take it down

first. Twenty rods!"

"Yes!"

The two government officials suddenly rushed towards Fan Tong like hungry

wolves.

Fan Tong's souls are all dead, and he has been pampered for so long, how can

he withstand the twenty rod penalty? It was estimated that half of his life

was gone after the fight, so he hurriedly said:

"My lord, Fan pleads guilty! Fan knows his fault! I beg your sir!"

Dai Xu said coldly: "Hold it down and fight!"

For some people, this torture is tantamount to killing a mighty stick. If you

don't hit it, he won't be honest!

"Boom!"

"Ouch! Your lord, spare your life!"

All of a sudden, the county government was full of clubs and pleadings from

Fan Tong, and the people onlookers outside the hall were so addicted to it!

After a quarter of an hour, Fan Tong was taken back to the court like a dead

dog. Dai Zhu gave him no chance to breathe, and said:

"Fan Tong, today the officer asked you about the crimes, they are all personal

and physical evidence. If you dare to conceal your sophistry, you should not

blame the officer for being polite!"

Fan Tong's face was pale. Facing such a cruel court official, his body and

mind were under tremendous pressure. At this moment, when Dai Zhou said this,

he trembled:

"Fan dare not! Fan dare not!"

Dai Xu nodded and asked: "Then the official will ask you again, Wu De five

years, you gouliansha county magistrate wantonly embezzled other people's land

and shops, is it true?"

"True... Fan pleaded guilty!"

"The officer will ask you again..."

"Fan pleads guilty..."

The next trial went smoothly. Fan Tong confessed four counts one after

another. Dai Xu was a little thirsty when he said it. At this moment, he

pursed his mouth, his eyes condensed, and he said in a deep voice:

"In the six years of Wude, Baixing Village was attacked by horse bandits and

suffered several massacres of killing the door. Is it related to you? Are you

afraid that the case of Bai Xiaodie will happen~www.mtlnovel.com~Please kill

the nearby bandits for you ?"

Fan Tong, who had confessed his guilt very happily before, changed his face

and hurriedly shook his head to deny: "Big...sir! This case has nothing to do

with Fan! Fan is nothing but a merchant, how can he recognize a bandit?

Great... Your lord Mingjian! Fan was wronged!"

He can confess other crimes, at most it is to confess his family property and

receive some punishment, but he is determined not to confess this crime,

because if he confesses, his wealth and life will be lost!

Seeing Fan Tong's refusal to plead guilty, the people outside the hall cursed

quietly.

Dai Zhou's face was sinking. He darkened his face and said coldly: "My

official will give you another chance, do you really admit your guilt?"

Fan Tong was sweating profusely and said, "My lord, Fan was wronged..."

"Huh! I really don't cry without seeing the coffin! Here comes the witnesses,

Bai Yue and Fan Shicheng!"

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