TSBFL Chapter 76.2

TSBFL Chapter 76

Chapter 76.2: 认罪

[Plead guilty]

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When the county magistrate looked at Zhou Qing who was still make excuses at such a time, the expression on that face immediately became incomparably angry, and he directly threw the wooden block in his hand in his direction, chiding:

 

“Things have reached this point, yet you’re still making excuses. Zhou Qing, by virtue of the fact that you have lied to this official several times today, this official will be able to directly punish you for the offense of great disrespect and increase your punishment.”

 

Zhou Qing was smashed by that wooden block and at this time, hearing the county magistrate’s angry voice, he didn’t dare to utter a word.

 

The county magistrate looked at his cowering appearance. Just now, he seemed like he had vented all his anger, he hummed heavily, straightened his official clothes, sat upright, and said towards everyone below, “The whole matter has now come to light, and this official has now made up his mind.”

 

After saying that, the county magistrate swept a glance at the everyone below; the one kneeling in the middle was the main offender this time, Zhou Qing, and the accomplices, Widow Xu/Boss Zhong/Huang Yao and the others. Next to them were Chen Xing and the others, who were glaring angrily at them.

 

The county magistrate coughed and then averted his eyes, locking his gaze on those in the middle, and spoke, “Zhou Qing, as the mastermind of this incident, although it did not result in casualties, the circumstances were malicious. He always didn’t know how to repent during the interrogation process, wanted to deny it, so you are sentenced to three years of labor at the labor field as a punishment!”

 

After the county magistrate finished talking, below Chen Xing, Qiu Jiu who still remembered Xiao Hua, looked at Zhou Qing as he muttered in a low voice: “How there were no casualties? Xiao Hua is died ah!”

 

“His Excellency, His Excellency,  I know that I’m wrong, I really know I’m wrong. I ask My Honor to re-sentence me!” Zhou Qing immediately cried out after hearing his punishment, his voice filled with despair.

 

Chen Xing looked at Zhou Qing’s utter despair expression, but still swallowed back the thoughts he had just had. After all, it seemed as if the punishment that the county magistrate had given him was already enough for Zhou Qing to suffer, and it was better for him not to randomly add to the county magistrate’s troubles.

 

“Widow Xu, as another person’s wife, after her husband’s death, not only did she not place her husband’s body properly, but instead, she used the body for her own gain, which is really vicious to the extreme, and sentenced you to repent for one year in the women’s prison, which is considered your punishment. However, considering that you are still a bereaved one; a widow, you are permitted to be punished after you have finished your husband’s funeral arrangements.”

 

“Huang Rou, as Zhou Qing’s accomplice, not only did you conspire with him on how to frame Boss Chen, but you also provided a lot of help in the actions that followed, which is truly abominable. You are sentenced to work in a labor yard like Zhou Qing, but on account of the fact that you were only an accomplice, you will serve one year less than Zhou Qing. You will serve two years.”

 

“Zhong Jian, as a shopkeeper, you were greedy for profit and used the convenience of your premises to provide Zhou Qing and the others with dried goods that had been poisoned. Truly morally degenerate, you are sentenced to serve two years’ imprisonment in the labor field with Zhou Qing and Huang Rou.”

 

Finally, the county magistrate looked down at the several people below who had begun to frantically argue for themselves after he had finished speaking, and with a slap of the shocking wooden block in his hand, he said aloud, “Take the prisoners and escort them there on a later date!”

 

“Yes!” The officials got the order and went forward to pull those few people who had been shouting out their grievances after hearing the pronounce judgment, dragging them down by force. And among them, Zhou Qing, who struggled the most, even accidentally stumbled on his way to be pulled down, and then fell to the ground, knocking out his two large incisors tooth. He was pulled down with a face full of blood.

 

As Chen Xing looked at him, as if he suddenly felt pain in his mouth too, so he reached out to cover his mouth.

 

Gu Lang beside him watched his behavior, reached out and gently pinched the tip of his ear. The moment when he was shocked and looked towards himself, he smiled gently towards him and said in a warm voice, “Don’t look anymore.”

 

Chen Xing stared at Gu Lang with a pair of black grape-like eyes, nodding fiercely after hearing him say these words, returning the same smile to him, “Hn.”

 

Just as the two were staring at each other and the atmosphere seemed exceptionally warm, a cough was suddenly heard from above, and the two subconsciously looked over in the direction where the sound came from, only to see that the county magistrate was looking at them with a helpless face. His eyes took on a few moments of teasing.

 

Chen Xing’s face was reddened by the county magistrate’s look, and silently hid behind Gu Lang, while Gu Lang stood forward, calmly and generously blocking Chen Xing’s body, and sent a look over towards the teasing county magistrate above. He helplessly said, “Your Honour!”

 

The county magistrate was stimulated by Gu Lang’s flat gaze and suddenly coughed. The moment he finally stopped coughing, he looked at Gu Lang with an embarrassed gaze, “That, um…”

 

After the county magistrate finished talking like this, perhaps he felt that as the county magistrate, he was actually afraid of a scholar, even if this scholar was mostly pretending, he still somewhat not strong-willed enough. 

 

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