Chapter 556 Public Trial

Fengzhou, Shuize County.

On the public trial platform built in front of the government office in the city, a middle-aged man dressed in a Confucian robe and dressed like a scholar was escorted to the public trial platform by two soldiers of the Xianzhen Guard.

This man's name is Shi Liangdao. He is a private school teacher hired by the wealthy Zhu family in the city last month to teach the children of the family to read.

After Shi Liangdao was escorted to the public trial platform, he was immediately pressed on the executioner's executioner. He suddenly panicked and turned pale.

On the stage, Chen Mo pointed at Shi Liangdao, then faced the people of Shuize County below the stage and said in a deep voice: "Should he die?"

The people of Shuize County looked at each other, all thinking about what this man had done in his life, and no one spoke.

After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, Chen Mo waved his hand and said: "Release him."

Soon, the executioner let go of Shi Liangdao, and the two soldiers of the Xianzhen Guard who escorted him up also sent him down with a smile.

"Just let him go?" someone whispered. In his opinion, why not try him once? Just ask him a few questions. If no one says anything, he will be let go.

However, Shi Liangdao did not do anything bad.

He was just a little greedy and stingy. He would charge money for asking him a question, so he had few friends, but he was not guilty of death.

Chen Mo was not let go so easily. After arriving in Shuize County, Chen Mo investigated the guilty people in the city as soon as possible, and then found that the people of the Zhu family in the city had committed many evils and bribed the local county magistrate to deceive the subordinates and the superiors.

During the reign of King Huai in Fengzhou, the head of the Zhu family donated 100,000 shi of grain to King Huai through the local county magistrate, and for this he received a plaque written by King Huai himself and the title of a great philanthropist.

As a result, the Zhu family became more arrogant in Shuize County, and the head of the Zhu family even took advantage of the name of doing good deeds to annex land, forcibly snatch women, and lend money at high interest rates.

The two brothels and five gambling houses in the city were all the property of the Zhu family.

After targeting the Zhu family, Chen Mo quickly blocked the Zhu family and collected the crimes committed by the Zhu family members. Then he pushed them to the public trial platform and handed them over to the people for public trial.

In other words, Chen Mo knew whether those people in the city were guilty or not. The reason why he went to the public trial platform was for the people's hearts and opinions.

After letting Shi Liangdao go, Chen Mo shouted: "Next."

Soon, a man wearing a luxurious silk cloak, blue forged shoes, a face full of flesh, and a round figure was pushed to the public trial platform by two soldiers of the Xianzhen Guard and pressed on the execution platform.

This person is Zhu Gui, the head of the Zhu family. He is also a seventh-grade warrior. As he was pressed up, the people watching below the stage first collectively lost their voices, and then it was as if a huge stone was thrown into a calm pond, and the crowd exploded instantly.

"It's Zhu. Zhu Gui, why is he not dead yet?"

Before the Zhu family was blocked by the Chen army, someone outside was saying that Zhu Gui had been killed by the Anguo Duke, but he was still alive.

"Isn't Duke Anguo going to release him too?"

"I heard that Zhu Gui went out of the city with the county magistrate to welcome Duke Anguo a few days ago. This public trial is not just a formality, is it?"

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After listening to the whispers below and waiting for another half a minute, Chen Mo pointed at Zhu Gui: "Should he die?"

As soon as Chen Mo said this, the people's eyes all turned to Zhu Gui who was pressed on the execution platform. Facing the eyes of the people, Zhu Gui glared fiercely, and the people were immediately frightened into silence.

The so-called officials protect each other. When the King of Huai ruled Fengzhou before, someone sued Zhu Gui, but the result was that the person who sued died, and the defendant became a great good man.

If Zhu Gui didn't die after they pointed it out, their life would be even more difficult.

In a society where cattle and horses are used as means of transportation, news spreads slowly. They may have heard about the news of public trials in other counties, but they have not really understood it.

For example, Chen Mo has a great reputation, but many people still don't know what kind of person he is. Instead, they are more interested in the gossip about his good wife.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't go out, but bad news spreads a thousand miles.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was still silence below, Chen Mo sighed in his heart.

He has encountered this situation more than once.

The people have been oppressed too deeply, and they have no place to redress their grievances. They can only swallow their sufferings. Over time, they have become numb and accustomed to it. The idea that the Zhu family can't move has gradually become their cognition.

They are afraid, they are afraid of revenge by the Zhu family.

They can only let the agent come on stage.

Chen Mo signaled with his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "Release the person."

The word "person" has not yet completely fallen.

A hoarse voice shouted in the crowd: "He deserves to die."

Suddenly, all the people looked at the man who spoke.

It was a staggering old man. He slowly walked to the front of the crowd, then knelt down with a plop, and began to talk about his grievances.

Because the old man was dressed in a rather miserable way and was talking about a tragic story, he immediately aroused the sympathy and resonance of the people.

After the old man finished speaking, he kowtowed and said, "Please, Lord Anguo, make a decision for me."

Although the people were a little courageous after hearing the old man's words, most of them were still afraid of Zhu Gui and the second person to come forward.

For this reason, Chen Mo could only let the second person come forward.

A haggard and sad man shouted, "He deserves to die."

The man also told his own grievances.

In the years of chaos, because the family was really struggling to make ends meet, the man mortgaged his land and borrowed money from the Zhu family.

When he recovered and collected enough money to pay it back, he found that the money he used to pay back was not even enough to pay the interest on the original loan.

Even the mortgaged land was just enough to pay the interest.

In order to make him pay back the money, the Zhu family forced him to use his wife and children to pay off the debt.

He refused, so the Zhu family forcibly captured his wife and daughter-in-law and sold them to a brothel to pay off the debt.

His son went to the government office to report to the officials and wanted justice, but on the way back, he was beaten to death.

Although this person was arranged by Chen Mo, the things he said were all real.

With two people taking the lead, and Zhu Gui's evil deeds, it is difficult to list them all. What the two said also reminded the people of the past when they were bullied by Zhu Gui.

Finally, one by one, they were no longer silent.

They were filled with righteous indignation, their eyes flashing with anger, and they shouted: "He deserves to die."

"Kill him."

"Cut him into pieces."

"Duke Anguo, please help us."

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Zhu Gui, who was pressed on the execution platform, was afraid.

To be honest, he had never been so scared when he was caught by Chen Jun.

But the way the people looked at him at this moment made him feel terrified and cold all over.

The people were not afraid of him anymore.

Zhu Gui struggled violently, but his Dantian had long been destroyed, and he was held down by the executioner, unable to move at all. With Chen Mo's "behead" word, he fell.

The executioner raised his knife and a round head fell to the ground.