TSBFL Chapter 106.1

TSBFL Chapter 106

Chapter 106.1: 判刑

[‘Sentence (somebody to prison’]

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The county magistrate’s voice rang out, attracting the eyes of all people to look in Chen Ling Er’s direction.

 

Only to see Chen Ling Er is now kneeling on the ground, her face pale, constantly shivering lips, looking as if she was going to faint.

 

Looking at Chen Ling Er’s appearance, the county magistrate frowned. He pointed to a cloth bag that had been opened by the officials, revealing a set of utensils used to set fire inside. His voice with a few points of severity, “Chen Ling Er, do you recognise this cloth bag? Do you recognize the things there?”

 

Only then, Chen Ling Er, as if suddenly awakened, she violently raised her head to look up to the County Magistrate, bit her lips, and then opened her mouth, “No, I don’t know those things.”

 

In that instant just now, Chen Ling Er knew that she couldn’t admit it now, if she did, then she would never be able to turn over again. If she does not admit, and then let her father deal with it, then she certainly doesn’t need to be punished, and will not have the fear of being beaten into confessing (confess to charges under torture).

 

The county magistrate watched Chen Ling Er’s changing expression, and only felt a little shock, he had never seen such a stubborn woman before, to this point now, even still do not tell the truth. He slammed the wooden block, the tone of his voice has a few more points of stern, “You know, if you lie towards this official, you will be sentenced to one more offense, so you better think clearly before you speak.”

 

Chen Ling Er thought very well, immediately her heart also settled a few points, she raised her head to stare straight at the county magistrate. Her tone of voice firmly said: “Your Excellency, I do not know this thing, this is not my thing.”

 

The county magistrate saw by itself even after explaining, Chen Ling Er still had this kind of hardened look and reluctant to admit a mistake, his face could not help but become more and more unsightly for a few minutes, “Then you say it, what’s the matter about what this maid had said?”

 

Chen Ling Er clenched her teeth, trying to calm herself more, she said it word by word: “She stole the things in my room, I sent her out in a fit of anger, and now she wants to unite with others to frame me, I only hate that I didn’t beat her to death in the courtyard in the first place.”

 

Cui Er looked at the young lady who was telling lies with her eyes widened, her whole body was dumbfounded, she didn’t think that at such a time, her young lady would still be able to say such things.

 

People who came to watch the fun, at this time heard Chen Ling Er’s words have somehow waver, after all, Chen Ling Er is a young lady from a wealthy family, and the person who identified her is just a maid. Even if their hearts are reluctant, they still feel that the words of a young lady are much more reliable than the words of a maid.

 

Cui Er, after a short period of shock, quickly became panicked, she raised her eyes to look at the County Magistrate above her, who had a hard look on his face, kowtowed several times and eagerly said, “Master, just and incorruptible official, I’m telling the truth, I definitely didn’t said even half word of lie ah!”

 

Chen Ling Er looked at Cui Er, gritted her teeth and said, “You bitchy servant, I kindly let you live, but you even united with outsiders to harm me, I shouldn’t have kept you in the first place.”

 

After saying that, Chen Ling Er turned her head again to look at the county magistrate above, and tried to argue for herself, “Officer Master, just by borrowing a maid’s statement, and a cloth bag that I don’t know who it is, how can you conclude that it was me who set the fire? Even if I am just a woman, I do not accept such a judgment.”

 

Chen Xing looked at the kneeling Chen Ling Er below, and saw that even though her face was pale, she still wore an neither servile nor overbearing expression, as if the accusations of the crowd were all a slur against her.

 

Chen Ling Er’s these words, also let the people beside them who watch the lively discussion, seem to also feel that what Chen Ling Er said had some points of truth, thinking that whether Chen Xing had framed this young lady?

 

Listening to the controversy, in fact, Chen Xing had some admiration toward Chen Ling Er. After all, ordinary people in such a situation, it’s impossible to maintain such a calm. Just those appreciation feelings, soon washed away by things or matters that Chen Ling Er have done. No matter what, people who did wrong things always need to pay the price.

 

Chen Xing silently sighed in his heart, and then took a step forward, walked to the front of the crowd, towards the county magistrate above, he arched his hand and said aloud: “County magistrate, I still have a few witnesses. I also ask the County Master to allow us to invite them to the court.”

 

The county magistrate did not think that Chen Xing even had a backhand, quickly nodded and responded, “Since there are still witnesses, then quickly please come up.”

 

“Yes.” Chen Xing walked to the back and ordered. He immediately saw Qiu Jiu, who had been in the audience pile, stand out, and then quickly ran to the outside.

 

When this was done, Chen Xing came back, in front of Chen Ling Er, he looked at her from above, and with a voice that was not too big and not too small, but just enough so that all the people present could hear it and faintly asked, “You mean, we have no way of proving that this cloth bag belongs to you, so you don’t admit those things you did?”

 

Chen Ling Er raised her eyes to look at Chen Xing, that pretty face is full of seriousness at this time, obviously it should be pleasing to the eye expression, yet at this time in her eyes, nothing beside hateful feeling.

 

Chen Ling Er looked at Chen Xing, could not control her emotion of resentment, “If yes, then? I can’t figure out what kind of deep hatred I have with you guys to make you frame me like this.”

 

Chen Xing narrowed his eyes, no longer saying anything more to her, he just stood up straight and looked towards the County Magistrate above him, and slowly said, “The night Miss Chen set fire to the shop, there happened to be a few people who saw the scene of her destroying the evidence, as long as they are allowed to take a look at it, they will naturally be able to prove whether this cloth bag is Miss Chen’s or not.”

 

Chen Xing’s words have just fallen, outside Yamen there is a burst of noise, followed by a few people dressed as loafers who were just called by Chen Xing that person brought in.

 

Those several people see there is a big occasion here, their legs could not help but soften a few points, first of all, they kneel down together towards the county magistrate salute, said some to the county magistrate, and after the salute, they stand up, trembling with fear.

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