Chapter 194: Dali Temple Trial (Part 3)
Qin Qing was stunned for a moment. She saw clearly what happened in the court just now and knew that Wan Yangui's testimony was really important, but she didn't know whether she should believe Wan Yangui's words. Su Luo pushed him away, "Who would believe your nonsense! You wish Qin Huai would die immediately!"
Wan Yangui glanced at Su Luo and said, "Tsk tsk, how ugly. Princess Lai Yi not only has no royal etiquette, but she also shows up in public for a man. I'm afraid it won't sound good if it gets out, right?"
"Only a mean person like you would gossip behind others' backs!" Su Luo turned around and took Madam Qin and Qin Qing's hands, "Ignore him and come in."
Because of Su Luo's special status, no one stepped forward to stop him. Liu Chengxuan asked the officers to bring a few more chairs to form a small gallery.
About an hour later, the hall was finally re-arrested. Su Luo and the others were extremely nervous because Qin Huai's fate was about to be decided. Wang Bangyan advocated heavy punishment, Cui Zhuangyuan had no idea, and now the only hope was Zhou Chongwen. He hoped that he could stick to his previous proposal, reconstruct the case and even re-examine the injury.
Unexpectedly, the group of adults sat down one by one, but Zhou Chongwen was the only one missing. Did he go to the toilet? Su Luo gritted his teeth anxiously. How could he go to the toilet at this critical moment!
What was even more unexpected was that Wang Bangyan did not even wait for Zhou Chongwen to come back before he slammed the gavel. Qin Huai was brought to the court again, and Wang Bangyan said, "After we reviewed the complaint, we found that there are indeed some doubts. Come on, call the witness Qin Qing."
Qin Qing had just testified in court, but there was nothing favorable to Qin Huai, so she was very depressed. Now, after hearing her testimony, she thought that things had taken a turn for the better, so she hurriedly walked out from behind the yamen runner and knelt in the hall.
"Qin Qing, let me ask you a question." Maybe it was because Zhou Chongwen didn't play, Wang Bangyan was quite proud. Once he was proud, his thoughts became clearer. "Did you go to the Wan Mansion to respond to Wan Yangui's marriage proposal?"
Qin Qing lowered her head, not daring to look at Qin Huai, "I... am."
"Did you agree? "
Qin Qing's voice was even lower, "Yes."
Wang Bangyan made another "pop" sound and said, "Look up and answer."
Qin Qing raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes, and said in a slightly louder voice, "Yes."
"Does Qin Huai know the details of this matter?"
"I don't know." Qin Qing said hurriedly: "Second brother thought that I was detained by Wan Yangui and wanted to harm me, so he went to Wan's house to find me. Although he took action, it was all just a misunderstanding..."
"Cui Zhuangyuan, Wang Bangyan," the supervisor Lin Shaoqing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "When testifying, you can only answer yes or no. You don't have to answer irrelevant questions to avoid disturbing the audience."
Wang Bangyan said, "That's right." He stood up and bowed slightly to Lin Shaoqing. "I am not familiar with the trial of cases. Fortunately, Lord Lin, Lord Ning and Lord Liu supervised and corrected me."
Lin Shaoqing nodded slightly and motioned to continue.
Qin Qing didn't care about that, and kept saying: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have sneaked out, my second brother just..."
"Qing'er!" Qin Huai shouted, "Don't yell in court."
Qin Qing fell to the ground and sobbed, "Second brother..."
Qin Qing's crying made Wang Bangyan frown, "In court..." He wanted to say that crying was forbidden, but he felt that it was ridiculous to say these three words at this time, so he stopped talking, suppressed the noise in his ears, and turned to Wan Yangui and said, "When Qin Huai broke into your house, did you tell him clearly that Qin Qing was in your house and the purpose of his coming?"
Wan Yangui said, "It's clear. Although he injured my servant, I still explained to him, but after listening, he started to fight again."
Wang Bangyan nodded, as if in deep thought. Su Luo immediately jumped up and said, "Why can Qin Qing say that it is just to disturb the audience, but Wan Yangui can say so much nonsense!"
Everyone in the hall was startled by the sudden sound. Liu Chengxuan, who was sitting next to Su Luo, quickly grabbed Su Luo's wrist, trying to get her to sit down. But Su Luo shook her arm and said, "Let me go!"
Liu Chengxuan stood up and said in a very low voice: "You roared just after I said you couldn't roar. The lobby of the Dali Temple is not a place for fun, and it is also beneath the royal status."
Su Luo looked at Qin Huai, and Qin Huai kept signaling Su Luo to sit down quickly. Su Luo then sat down again reluctantly, with an anxious look on his face.
Liu Chengxuan touched her and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that your wrist is so slender, but you have such great strength to hit me and make my nose bleed."
Su Luo stared at him speechlessly. When did he say such nonsense? This really was none of his business.
Come to think of it, why are you sitting here if this is none of your business?
Su Luo then remembered that Liu Chengxuan was in Wan Yangui's group! How could he sit with him! Thinking of this, Su Luo gathered his palms and pushed hard, "Don't sit with me!"
Liu Chengxuan fell to the ground with his chair, making a loud noise, and his fan broke into two pieces on the spot.
As a result, no one in the court could ignore this. Wang Bangyan was still explaining, "Since Wan Yangui is the plaintiff, he can naturally say more about the case..."
Who would listen to him? Even the yamen runners turned their heads to watch the fun. Liu Chengxuan hugged one shoulder and stood up, "Shrew, still a shrew!"
Su Luo glanced at him proudly and said jokingly, "What's wrong with Master Liu? Can you fall down even when you're sitting?"
Su Jiang said leisurely, "It's strange. I heard that the Dali Temple is a place of justice and integrity, and it is an extremely solemn place. Why is there someone who is yelling in the court without any manners, but no one cares? Is the justice of the Dali Temple really only for the people?"
Seeing the chaos in the hall and the discussions outside, Lin Shaoqing, as the highest official of the Dali Temple present, had no choice but to order the yamen runners, "Take Liu Chengxuan... out."
The key word in the middle is very vague. Is it "drive" out? Or "ask" out? There is a big difference.
Liu Chengxuan's eyes widened as he pointed at himself, "You have no manners to sit like that?" Su Jiang looked relaxed, and then he looked at the yamen runners who were walking over. Liu Chengxuan shook his head in annoyance, "Sinister! Sinister!"
Liu Chengxuan was eventually asked to leave, and the hall gradually returned to calm. After all this commotion, Wang Bangyan was sweating a little. He slammed the gavel and was about to start over. Censor Ning suddenly said, "Since the emperor has specified that the top three candidates should be tried together, why did Cui Zhuangyuan and Wang Bangyan dare to continue the trial when Zhou Tanhua is not here? Are they ?"
Cui Zhuangyuan and Wang Bangyan were both shocked. They stood up quickly. Cui Zhuangyuan said anxiously, "Just now in the back hall, Zhou Tanhua and I had different opinions, so... so..."
"So I refuse to attend!" Wang Bangyan bowed to Censor Ning, "The one who disregarded the emperor's will and disobeyed the order is Zhou Chongwen."
