Chapter 0031 Uprooted
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Outside the county government gate, there were crowds of people, and the people of Chongming County who came to the trial were hated. They hated the breaking of the dam and burning grain, and wanted to see Xiao Yang being brought to justice with their own eyes.
In the lobby, a mirror was hanging high, and a group of yamen runners stood on both sides with powerful killing sticks.
Li Weiguo was promoted to court for the first time since he was appointed as the magistrate of Chongming County, and the person who tried was Xiao Yang.
He slapped the wood and shouted, "Bold Xiao Yang, as the chief clerk of the county government, you know that the law is broken. You instructed your subordinates to dig dams and flood Chongming County, causing tens of thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of people to be left homeless. You also ordered your subordinates to burn the county government's granary, causing 200,000 stones of grain to burn. If you instigate the people to attack the county government and send someone to assassinate the household housekeeper Wu Yong, do you know that you are guilty?"
This is an unforgivable crime. Once the crime is convicted, it will be the result of beheading and raiding the house.
It can be seen that Li Weiguo was determined to kill Xiao Yang and would not give him a chance to turn things around.
But Xiao Yang is also an old official, so he naturally would not admit his guilt easily and denied it: "What's wrong with the crime you want to add to it!"
Li Weiguo then ordered someone to take Xiao Saner to the court and confront Xiao Yang on the spot.
When Xiao Yang heard that Xiao Saner was arrested, he couldn't help but feel a sudden sudden feeling, but he looked calm and thought that his nephew would definitely not give it.
However, when Xiao Yang saw "Xiao Saner", he was shocked. Who is this? Is it still his nephew? Why is his nose and face so bruised that he was beaten so hard that he couldn't even recognize his mother.
"Does adults abuse their private businesses and want to make people beat people up?" Xiao Yang said first, wanting to bite back.
Without Li Weiguo's answer, Zhang Xiaoliu, who was beside him, said to him: "This is caused by this person's refusal to arrest, not an abuse of private businesses."
Xiao Yang snorted coldly, not believing it at all, and said to Xiao Saner: "Don't be afraid of Saner. As long as you don't talk nonsense, your uncle will seek justice for you!"
"Bold Xiao Yang! He dared to threaten and despise witnesses in front of the people of this county and the whole county!" Li Weiguo was furious and immediately showed a mysterious sneer, and said, "But Xiao Saner has confessed truthfully, signed and sealed. The current confession is here, so you cannot let go of your confession!"
As he said that, Li Weiguo shook his confession twice, as if he was demonstrating.
Xiao Yang was shocked and turned to "Xiao Saner" and shouted sternly: "Saner, what did you call?"
"Xiao Saner" replied hoarsely: "Uncle, I have already told you all about digging the river embankment, burning the county granary, attacking Wu Yong, etc. The county magistrate promised to spare me and never die. I advise my uncle to confess too, so that the family will be destroyed by the burden."
"Beast, you even dare to betray your uncle!" Xiao Yang was almost angry to death and did not discover the 'abnormal' of his nephew.
In fact, Xiao Saner in front of him was not the real Xiao Saner, but a death row prisoner who pretended to be faked. In order to deceive Xiao Yang, he deliberately beat him out of recognition and his voice was hoarse. Since Li Weiguo promised that this fake "Xiao Saner" would be released from prison after the matter was completed, the prisoner was very assigned to the point.
If this plan could not be hidden from Xiao Yang's vicious eyes, Xiao Yang had already become afraid of Li Weiguo and was distracted, so he did not find the fake in front of him. He thought that his nephew had really betrayed him, and he felt as if he was devastated.
Li Weiguo snorted coldly: "Xiao Yang, everyone has evidence and physical evidence, what else do you have to say?"
Xiao Yang was not a good-looking lamp, so he wisely said in a hurry: "Hmph, I'm just a slander, I'm not convinced!"
"The ironclad evidence is as strong as a mountain, and you can't accept it! The person who comes will be punished and will see if he will do it!" Li Weiguo sneered, and immediately the yamen runners tortured Xiao Yang.
This is the best thing about ancient laws. As long as there is so-called "evidence", the suspect can be tortured, and there is no need to worry that the suspect will not confess.
The officials all knew the relationship between Li Weiguo and Xiao Yang. Now, as a loser, Xiao Yang naturally would not get the sympathy of the officials. On the contrary, the officials wanted to show loyalty to Li Weiguo, the new master, so they were not polite to Xiao Yang. The ten major tortures of the Qing Dynasty took turns to use him.
Xiao Yang is already pampered and has a noble body and a high body. With his age, he has been so angry that Li Weiguo has been squirting blood. His health is getting worse and worse. Now he is being served in turn by Daxing. Xiao Yang faints from pain and is awakened by cold water. After a few deaths, his old bones are almost broken.
"Die old thief! Old man! You have today too!"
Seeing Xiao Yang being punished, Li Weiguo felt very happy. Since he came to Chongming County, he was framed by the other party everywhere, and now he finally got back to revenge.
In less than half an hour, Xiao Yang finally chose to surrender because he was afraid of death, pain, and suffered.
"Don't - stop hitting - I'm husband - I'm old - I'm gonna do it"
When Li Weiguo heard that Xiao Yang was planning to confess, he was overjoyed and deliberately delayed for a while before ordering people to stop using torture.
"Since you confess, why don't you come here one by one!"
Xiao Yang stared at Li Weiguo fiercely, his eyes as if he was murdered.
Li Weiguo was not afraid and looked at Xiao Yang with a victorious smile. Soon Xiao Yang sighed and was defeated. He admitted that he was instructed to dig up the river embankment, burn down the granary, assassinate Wu Yong and other matters.
The record of the master (Huang Liang temporarily served) was completed and handed over to Xiao Yang to sign and seal, and then handed it to Li Weiguo for review.
"The county now announces that the criminal Xiao Yang, as the chief clerk of the county government, knew that the law was violated. He instructed his subordinates to dig dams and flood Chongming County, causing tens of thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of people to be left homeless. He also instructed his subordinates to burn the county government's granary, causing 200,000 stones of grain to burn, and even instigated the people to attack the county government government and sent people to assassinate the household housekeeper Wu Yong. The above facts were assassinated by the defendant's testimony, and there were some evidence of physical evidence. The defendant Xiao Yang also confessed..."
"This county believes that the defendant's criminal methods are cruel, the impact is extremely bad, and the social consequences are particularly serious. He is also a public clerk, and should be severely punished according to law. The county is now officially pronounced, and the criminal Xiao Yang is executed and the family property is confiscated, and the hearing is right!"
"Sir, wise!"
A group of yamen runners and the onlookers praised them all. For a moment, Li Weiguo's name was at its peak in the hearts of the people of Chongming County.
Seeing Li Weiguo's smug look, Xiao Yang was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He almost spurted out an old blood. He suppressed the churning of his chest and sneered: "I admit defeat this time, but don't be proud, I will win back!"
Li Weiguo certainly understood Xiao Yang's trump card and deliberately stimulated the other party: "Are you saying you made a fake account? Don't worry, this county has found out that you have lost 320,000 taels of silver on the book. If Lu Jianying came here in person, this county would definitely tell you truthfully!"
"You - how can you find out - Ah Pu -" Xiao Yang was extremely surprised. Before he finished speaking, he spurted out an old blood and fainted on the spot.
Oh my god, why don’t you spit to death!
Li Weiguo smiled, like a general who had won a battle, and he felt very happy.
Xiao Yang was carried away, and then brought the heads of Lu and Huang families.
At this moment, the heads of Lu and Huang families were sweating coldly and their clothes were wet. They had been taken to the interrogation room before, and the official used the death row prisoners to demonstrate the ten major tortures of the Qing Dynasty to the two of them, which scared them to the spot.
Just now, when he saw Xiao Yang tortured to death, he finally asked for confession, as if he was feeling the same, he was so scared that he fell to the ground and begged for mercy to Li Weiguo: "The people who are guilty of being punished should be dying. Please beg for the kindness of the people and let them go to the lives of the people!"
Li Weiguo shouted: "You two heads of Lu Huang, you should be wise people, so our county will not talk nonsense to you. As long as you two tell me truthfully, our county will protect your lives. Otherwise, if you dare to say a little false statement, don't blame the ruthless subordinates of our county."
After hearing Li Weiguo's words, Lu and Huang dared not to obey. They immediately trembled and told the whole story of the crimes before and afterwards, and then signed and stamped.
Soon, Li Weiguozhong sentenced Lu and Huang to ten years in prison, and their property was also confiscated.
After hearing the verdict, Lu Huang and the others collapsed to the ground, regretting that they should not have opposed Xiao Yang and Li Weiguo, but fortunately they saved their lives, which was a blessing in disgrace.
Next, Li Weiguo sentenced all the accomplices, and Xiao Saner and others were killed and sentenced immediately. Others who did not have any serious crimes were sentenced to light sentences.
Chapter completed!