#484 - I don't have to go to jail?
Xu Ming walked down from the high platform, looking at Mo Yuanshan.
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Mo Yuanshan also raised his head to look at Xu Ming.
In Mo Yuanshan's expression, there was no trace of nervousness or fear, appearing as if he would never admit his guilt.
“According to the laws of the Wu Kingdom, all those being interrogated are required to kneel, except for those with official titles.” Xu Ming looked at Mo Yuanshan and asked with a smile, “If our information is correct, I remember you don’t have an official title, right?”
Mo Yuanshan raised his head and said arrogantly: “No!”
Xu Ming smiled, his tone carrying a hint of coldness: “Since you don’t, then why don’t you kneel?”
Mo Yuanshan still sneered: “I am the son of the Great Pillar of State, the future Great Pillar of State, why should I kneel to you?”
“Oh? You are the son of the Great Pillar of State, does that mean you are the Great Pillar of State? You are the future Great Pillar of State? But are you now?”
As soon as Xu Ming finished speaking, he directly kicked Mo Yuanshan in the back of the knee.
Mo Yuanshan knelt heavily on the ground.
The Great Pillar of State, sitting to the side, couldn't help but grip the armrest of his chair, his eagle eyes narrowing.
The common people outside the hall all gasped.
Did I just see that correctly?
The Number One Scholar actually kicked the son of the Great Pillar of State to the ground?
This...
The Great Pillar of State is still watching from the side...
Aren't you being a little too disrespectful to this founding general?
Wu Yanhan and Tang Ningzhi both tensed up.
To others, it seemed that Mo Yuanshan was just kicked down by Xu Ming.
But in reality, Mo Yuanshan's bone was broken by Xu Ming's kick!
Mo Yuanshan couldn't even stand up.
Mo Yuanshan stared at Xu Ming intently.
The intense pain made Mo Yuanshan unable to speak for a moment.
He really wanted to shout, but he stubbornly endured it.
Xu Ming was quite surprised, this person seemed to have a bit more backbone than he had imagined.
Even though his bone was broken, he didn't shout out to damage the Mo family's reputation.
Zheng Qiu looked at Mo Yuanshan's appearance beside him, swallowed, and felt fortunate in his heart.
You wouldn't kneel?
Now look what happened.
Aren't you even more embarrassed now?
Fortunately, I knelt down immediately.
Xu Ming sat back in front of the high platform and interrogated the two: “Zheng Qiu, from Huaibei, son of the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, you harassed a respectable woman in the teahouse, and when she refused, you even wanted to forcibly take her. Do you admit your guilt?”
After admitting his weakness, Zheng Qiu no longer had any of his previous arrogance.
Zheng Qiu kept kowtowing on the ground, even worried that he wasn't kowtowing sincerely enough, deliberately kowtowing loudly: “I admit my guilt, sir, I admit my guilt, it was all because I was blinded by lust, it was all my fault! I am willing to do my best to compensate Miss Mang'er!”
Zheng Qiu's obedient appearance must be because Zheng Liu told him something.
Zheng Liu and the Great Pillar of State were able to visit their two sons in prison with Xu Ming's permission.
Xu Ming was also acting according to the rules; when a prisoner is taken into custody by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, direct relatives have one opportunity to meet.
But it must be said that Zheng Liu is doing the right thing now.
It's already come to this, and his background isn't strong enough. If he stubbornly refuses to admit his guilt and remains arrogant, then there won't be any good outcome waiting for him.
Xu Ming's gaze turned to Mo Yuanshan: “Mo Yuanshan, from Wudu, son of the Great Pillar of State, you obstructed the Embroidered Uniform Guard from enforcing the law, and even injured two Embroidered Uniform Guards, disregarding the law. Do you admit your guilt!”
Mo Yuanshan glanced at Xu Ming indifferently: “Admit guilt? Admit what guilt? Wasn't it you Embroidered Uniform Guards who deliberately wanted to hit me? I was just defending myself, what, is it impossible to protect oneself when encountering danger in our Wu Kingdom?”
Xu Ming smiled and looked at Tang Ningzhi: “Princess, please be a witness. Who made the first move at that time?”
Tang Ningzhi stood up and slowly said: “Naturally, Mo Yuanshan made the first move. At that time, in the teahouse, Mo Yuanshan disobeyed the Embroidered Uniform Guard's enforcement of the law and even injured two Embroidered Uniform Guards. This princess can be a witness!”
Mo Yuanshan glanced at Tang Ningzhi, surprised in his heart. He didn't expect this woman to be a princess of the Chu Kingdom.
He knew that the princess of the Chu Kingdom had come to Wudu, but he didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that he met her in that teahouse, and she was also one of the parties involved.
Xu Ming continued to ask Mo Yuanshan: “Do you have anything else you want to say?”
Mo Yuanshan still just smiled: “It's still that sentence, it was you Embroidered Uniform Guards who made the first move. What, you don't admit it? Do you want to force a confession?”
Xu Ming shook his head: “Our Embroidered Uniform Guard never forces confessions. Our Embroidered Uniform Guards always reason.”
Xu Ming asked the storyteller Wang Han and Wang Mang'er: “Regarding Zheng Qiu, do you have anything you want to say?”
Just as Xu Ming finished speaking, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, Zheng Liu, suddenly stood up and bowed to Xu Ming: “Sir Xu, as the father of this boy, I also feel very guilty. I certainly have some responsibility. Sir, can I speak with these two first?”
Xu Ming nodded: “As a family member, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review naturally can.”
“Thank you, sir.”
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review said respectfully, then walked to Wang Han's side and bowed.
“Old gentleman, miss, this official has always been in Wudu, and my son has been in Huaibei, lacking discipline, which is why today's events occurred. This official also has some responsibility.
But my son is still young and doesn't understand things, so can you please forgive him? A little compensation, not much, just five hundred taels of silver. I hope you two won't dislike it.”
Watching this Minister of the Court of Judicial Review smiling as he stuffed the silver into Wang Han's sleeve.
“This…”
Wang Han wanted to refuse, but the other party really gave too much.
Moreover, when a high official gives you money like this, Wang Han felt that he really couldn't refuse.
After stuffing the money, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review didn't give Wang Han another chance to refuse, turned around and stepped forward, bowing to Xu Ming: “Reporting to sir, I have finished speaking.”
This kind of thing of stuffing money to try to get the parties involved to forgive is indeed not against the laws of the Wu Kingdom and is completely possible.
Even the Wu Kingdom very much advocates it, mainly because it is best to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing.
Of course, the premise is that the parties involved also forgive you.
Xu Ming continued to ask Wang Han and the two: “Do you two have anything to say about this case?”
After receiving the money, Wang Han could only bow: “Reporting to sir, we have nothing to say, but since the other party has already sincerely admitted their mistake, we don't intend to pursue the other party's responsibility.”
Hearing the other party say this, Zheng Qiu's eyes lit up.
I don't have to go to jail!
