Chapter 795 Proving the truth

The will of the people is also what Song Henian thinks in his heart. Since it is what the people want, he should obey the will of the people. He picked up the brush on the table and wrote the judgment on Manager Xue on the paper.

Picking up the judgment, Song Henian read aloud: "Here is Xue Lu, the manager of Jiuzhitang, who sells fake medicine for profit and harms the people of Huayang, so that the righteous man Zhao Qianlong died after being poisoned and the detoxification failed. This behavior is completely unscrupulous and is condemned by both humans and gods. Everyone can punish him. According to the Qingxu law, this official sentences him to death by slow slicing to set an example!"

"Good, good, good!"

"The judge is wise!"

"Skin him, skin him!"

The people around him shouted immediately, and many people even took the prepared vegetable leaves and eggs and threw them at Manager Xue as if they were free, venting their anger.

Hearing the people's voices, Song Henian was very pleased. This case was just to increase his reputation. When the news spread, his image of being impartial and selfless would become more prominent. In the future, when selecting officials, he could use it as a political achievement. Maybe he could even be promoted to one of the four auxiliary cities because of it. It was really worthwhile.

After the people vented their anger, Song Henian raised his hand to stop the people's attack and looked at Shopkeeper Xue.

Shopkeeper Xue's mind was blank. He crawled on the ground and shivered. The rotten vegetable leaves on his body almost buried him alive.

He regretted it very much. Why did he get so obsessed at that time and agreed to Chu Yang, a man of unknown origin, to sell fake medicine for him?

At this moment, Shopkeeper Xue suddenly realized that the iron tower man and several others a few days ago were probably accomplices with Chu Yang. They colluded to harm him!

Thinking of this, he suddenly became energetic and planned to expose the matter. Suddenly, a man came out from the crowd and said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, Master Chu asked you not to plead guilty. He said that someone was setting up a trap against us, and Master Chu has already found someone to help!"

Looking up, he saw his apprentice mixed in the crowd, desperately winking at him.

Looking around for a few times, seeing that the apprentice's words were drowned in the noise and not noticed by others, Shopkeeper Xue breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his suspicion again, and had more hope in his heart.

Song Henian stopped the angry people, looked at Shopkeeper Xue, and shouted: "Criminal Xue Lu, I have a question for you, do you have any objection to the verdict?"

"Yes! I have never sold fake medicine. Five days ago, there was a poisoned person who used the Jade Pill to detoxify in Jiuzhitang. At that time, many people were watching, which was enough to prove that the Jade Pill was effective. Please be clear!"

Shopkeeper Xue naturally refused to plead guilty and shouted at the top of his voice.

Song Henian's face changed, and his eyes became a little colder. Now that the evidence is solid, this guy still wants to quibble, which is simply not taking him, the judge, seriously.

The situation at this time made Song Henian a little embarrassed. According to the laws set by Fengtian City, if the criminal refuses to plead guilty, the punishment cannot be executed. It is necessary to collect solid evidence and go to the City Lord's Mansion to ask the City Lord for instructions. Only after the approval can the punishment be executed.

Hearing what Manager Xue said, Song Henian naturally didn't believe it, and sneered: "I think it was just a show you made. Find a few people to deliberately attract people to watch, so as to spread the reputation of fake medicine and attract people to buy it. Don't worry, I have sent people to catch your accomplices. When they are caught, they will inevitably go to the guillotine!"

"I am wronged. Those people are strangers to me. They took the initiative to come to my door. I am not lying!"

Manager Xue cried and tried his best to explain the misunderstanding.

Song Henian didn't care about that at all. He said with a straight face: "Xue Lu, I will give you another chance. If you are willing to confess your guilt in the street, I will sentence you to death by beheading, and you don't have to suffer the pain of slow slicing. How about that?"

"I, I..."

Shopkeeper Xue opened his mouth, but couldn't cry out for injustice.

At this moment, what he was thinking was that if that iron tower man really conspired with Chu Yang to deceive him, his suspicion would never be cleared, and he would still be sentenced to death by slow slicing in the end. It would be better to confess now, and suffer less by beheading in the end.

Thinking that he was about to die, Shopkeeper Xue's wife and children appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help crying.

"It's what he deserves. If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place!"

"Such a profiteer should be executed by slow slicing, pah!"

"Let him deny it, and the slow slicing will be fun to watch!"

The people couldn't help but gloat over his misfortune when they saw his cowardly look.

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The situation was developing in a bad direction. Chu Yang in the teahouse had a solemn expression. He did not expect that Song Henian had a preconceived idea and directly determined that Manager Xue was selling fake medicine. It was really unfair for him, the chief judge, to try the case with extreme emotions.

“It seems that we may have to intercept the execution ground.”

Chu Yang couldn’t help but sigh. As one of the parties involved, he naturally couldn’t watch Manager Xue being convicted and executed. If Song Henian didn’t change the verdict in the end, he would definitely have to save him, otherwise Manager Xue would have no choice but to die.

Just when he was about to take action, bursts of laughter suddenly came from the private room next door. Chu Yang couldn’t help but wonder and used his spiritual sense to investigate.

“Everyone, Xue Lu will not be able to escape death today, and everyone can finally rest assured.”

“Haha, Jiuzhitang was about to go bankrupt, but who knew that Xue got the Jade Pill from somewhere and lowered the price so low that we had no way to survive. If not, we wouldn’t have to mobilize troops to deal with him!”

"Oh, that Guo Hanjiang is a heroic hero of Huayang, and for a mere few thousand treasures, he can actually poison a brother with whom he has had a close relationship. It's beyond my expectation. This kind of person has a vicious mind, so we have to be careful."

In the private room next door, several people were talking.

After hearing these words, Chu Yang's expression became colder and colder. He didn't expect that by such a coincidence, he met the mastermind behind the frame-up of Shopkeeper Xue, and he was really dozing off and gave him a pillow.

Not waiting for time, Chu Yang stood up and was about to go to the next door to take down a few people and confront Song Henian. However, when he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped again.

The conversation between the people next door was done without the presence of outsiders. If he escorted several people to Song Henian, these guys would definitely not admit it, and because he had lost the support of Tianjie Taobao, he could not buy it. There is no way to get them to admit their crimes in public with props such as Kaikai pills. If they take action rashly, it will have no effect except to scare the snake away.

"grass!"

After thinking about it, Chu Yang was actually stumped and couldn't help but uttered a curse word that he hadn't said in a long time.

Just when the situation was tense, shopkeeper Xue, who had been crying for a long time, finally made up his mind, slowly raised his head, and said with sobs: "You villain, I recognize you..."

"Wait a minute, Pindao has something to say!"

At this time, a clear voice suddenly came from the street and spread around.

The voice was very familiar. Chu Yang quickly turned around and looked out the window, and saw a man in white robes floating lightly from mid-air to the street.

Taking a closer look, it was Xu Zhenqing who I hadn’t seen in a while!

One month ago, the Wuji Sect demons attacked Huayang City. Xu Zhenqing led his people to resist desperately, and finally repelled the invading enemies and protected the people of Huayang.

Xu Zhenqing's heroic deeds of fighting against the two elders of the Wuji Sect on his own left a deep impression on the people of Huayang, so after his arrival, the onlookers bowed and saluted and moved out of the way for him.

Song Henian naturally knew this master, so he quickly bypassed the public case and stepped forward to greet him: "Master Xu is here. Mr. Song is a little disappointed in welcoming me at a distance, but I hope you will forgive me."

Xu Zhenqing returned the gift and said: "Your Majesty Song, you are very polite. Pindao came here and accidentally learned about Mr. Song's handling of the case. I have some doubts in my heart. I hope you can clear up my doubts."

Song Henian naturally did not dare to neglect Xu Zhenqing, who was regarded as a guest by the city lord. Although he was annoyed by being questioned, he still asked with a smile on his face: "I wonder if Master Xu has any doubts?"

"This case was caused by the detoxification pill, but your Excellency has not verified the authenticity of the pill. Isn't it a bit sloppy?" Xu Zhenqing's face was calm, but there was a questioning tone.

Song Henian's smile froze, and then he said calmly: "Song has already thought about Zhenren Xu's problem. It is really difficult to distinguish the authenticity of this elixir. Now the only way to quickly distinguish the authenticity of the elixir is to find a People who are poisoned are asked to take Jasper Pill to see its effectiveness. However, since there is no one who has been poisoned, there is no way to test the poison. Besides, if the pill is fake, wouldn't it harm the life of the poisoned person? "

Song Henian was naturally very polite to Xu Zhenqing, but when it came to his reputation, Song Henian could not give in.

Although Xu Zhenqing's cultivation level is high, he is not a professional after all. He is an expert in handling cases and interrogations. For relatively rare detoxification pills like Jasper Pill, I am afraid that I have to send them to Tiangongfang to find an alchemist to identify them. Whether it is true or false, it may take several months to go back and forth.

If not, why would he bother to interrogate Shopkeeper Xue?

Xu Zhenqing couldn't help but frown. What Song Henian said made sense. He was familiar with the art of alchemy, but it was really difficult for him to distinguish an elixir of this level like Jasper Pill.

The only solution now is to let people eat the poison and then use Jasper Pill to detoxify it to prove the authenticity of this pill!

Xu Zhenqing came here under the orders of Master Miaoyu. His uncle made it very clear that the Jasper Pill was absolutely real and effective. Someone came to frame Jiuzhitang to achieve ulterior motives.

If the witty words are real, they will naturally not be false. Xu Zhenqing also believes that this elixir is indeed effective. Otherwise, his uncle would never endorse such an elixir of unknown origin.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhenqing said: "Sir Song, I have a method that can quickly distinguish the authenticity of Jasper Pill. Can you give it a try?"

"Oh, what's Mr. Xu's magic trick?"

Song Henian's eyes lit up. If he could prove that Jasper Pill was a fake medicine as soon as possible, then the case would be settled, and he could close the case and go back to work, and accept the admiration of the people at the same time.

Xu Zhenqing stretched out his sleeves, put down more than ten medicine bottles on the public case, and said to the people around him: "These are the thirteen poisons that Pindao has collected from the Wuji Sect demons in the past month, and they happen to be cured by the Jasper Pill." Within the range of toxins, it is very simple to prove whether the detoxification pill is effective. Then let shopkeeper Xue take one poison each, and then use Jasper Pill to detoxify. If he is alive, it proves that the Jasper Pill is effective. If he dies from the poison, it is considered He brought it upon himself and paid for his life with his own life, how about that?”