Chapter 494 - Dramatic Turnaround Of The Plot! (1/2)
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
“Well!”
Before Yan Dazhao could finish his words, he was given a hard punch by the guards brought over by Magistrate Liao!
The guard was a Water League warrior, a single punch on Yan Dazhao’s face broke his front teeth. His mouth was bleeding and he looked terrible.
Yan Dazhao was unable to speak anymore even if Helian Wei Wei wanted to continue the interrogation. One could only imagine how cruel Magistrate Liao’s means were.
The case finally had a turnaround.
Yan Dazhao’s crimes became a reality.
He also finally got a taste of reality where everyone pushed him aside after he had fallen, and no one was there to defend him.
He just lay on the floor and after he was beaten half to death, the guard dragged him down.
Liu Yin and Old Man Liu were very excited as they watched all that.
Especially, Liu Yin, she could finally shake off the ‘unusual’ gaze from others. When she looked at Helian Wei Wei once more, her eyes were filled with grateful tears.
The other two girls cried out loud right away.
The grievance that plagued them for so long finally got vented out!
As long as Yan Dazhao remained a free man, they would have to live under the trauma from that incident forever. Aside from being physically hurt, they still had to endure the criticism from the public of being ‘indiscreet’.
At that very moment, Xiao Cui could not find words to describe her feelings. She cried out loudly as she grabbed Liu Yin’s hand, “Finally, finally there’s someone who can punish him!”
Such a simple sentence, but it contained too much pain and hatred.
Xiao Cui’s second uncle was not that happy though; he puckered his lips and looked at Magistrate Liao. “You see, Lord Liao, what about the other half of the silver that Old Master Yan promised us…”
How dare he mentioned the silver! Magistrate Liao wished that he could kill all of these foolish villagers. Not to say that they were being greedy, they could not even understand the situation before speaking!
“My fellow villagers.” Magistrate Liao’s said in a cold tone, “Did you know that the false testimony that you gave about Yan Dazhao almost led to a wrongful judgment of the case by the lords? Men, bring this heckler down and give him 20 beatings!”
Beatings? He was stunned when he heard it. He had followed the little rascal to the yamen just for the silver. He did not get any silver in the end and yet still had to suffer beatings?!
“My lord!” The man went pale-faced and grew anxious. As he was about to defend himself, the guard who dragged Yan Dazhao away came and carried him whereas the other two yamen runners helped to press him down.
A little while later, the court was filled with the sound of beatings. Whack, whack, whack.
It pained everyone who heard it.
Magistrate Liao s.h.i.+fted all his grudge for Helian Wei Wei at the villager who should not have spoken at that moment, “Beat him good. Let’s see if anyone else dares to submit a fake testimony in the future. Beat him for 20 times first and let him remember to never influence with the investigation of the case!”
Magistrate Liao’s action was obviously trying to s.h.i.+ft the mistake of the wrongfully judged case to a civilian. Based on what he claimed, the reason why the case was wrongfully judged had nothing to do with the imperial officials protecting the accused, it was because someone gave false testimony!
“Lord Liao, you are really quick with your actions.” Helian Wei Wei said softly, there was not a bit of emotion in her tone, neither did she stop Magistrate Liao. Those who provided false testimony must indeed be punished, especially the ones like the man. He should have known giving false testimony would hurt people but he still came to the court because he was greedy for silver, people like him must no doubt be punished.