Chapter 373 (1/2)
Chapter 373
Chapter 373: The Incomparably Harmonious Piece of Paper
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Ming fa just because of awas also good at arguingLooking at how old the birthe of the ressive attacksIn any case, they couldn't just admit defeat like this
If Xia Qifei's past only had such deficient evidence, it would not workAfter all, the Suzhou Zhizhou, as well as the Jiangnan Road officials, were all leaning toward the Ming faht the Jiangnan people were indeed wickedHe had worked extren” this midwife, yet the other party would not admit to itThey only watched the expression and words of the Suzhou Zhizhou on the benchSong shi+ren knew that their evidence regarding the Ming fahtly weak and not sufficiently convincing
However, he was very confidentDiscovering the Suzhou governness to believe his words, he couldn't help using his sharp tongue that irritated peopleHe wantonly belittled the Ming faovernment a few timesHis words were filled with douHe didn't care about theon Sir Fan junior's backing, he was , and even the Suzhou Zhizhou on the bench were not in a rushThe smiled with narrowed eyes at this perfor his saliva fly in the courtAlthough they hated this bastard in their hearts, they had to forcefully suppress it
”Sir Song, if you want to prove that Xia Qifei was the old Ming master's seventh son, do you have any other evidence?” The Suzhou Zhizhou clenched his fist in his sleeve and furrowed his brows
”Sir, the midwife earlier clearly re shi+ren stood fir, these words are not appropriate” Chen Bochang stood at the side and raised his clasped hands”That old woman's th, and is someone about to dieHow could the words of someone so old and muddled be accurate? Further faenda didn't tell her these things…and then have her re shi+ren's eyes narrowed and he said, ”What a sharyYou dare to do such a sha shi+ren couldn't be bothered to acknowledge him and said directly to the bench, ”Sir, do you also believe this explanation?”
The commoners outside of the court had mostly believed Xia Qifei's pastAfter all, thatrealized that the Suzhou Zhizhou and Ming family would probably deny it to the endSoan to make some noise
Most of the people re familyParticularly since it seedou, the Jiangnan commoners liked to avoid this kind of situation
The Suzhou Zhizhou's old face flushed slightlyHe knew that it indeed was inappropriate to deny and not ad Lanshi+'s gaze, he knew that he could only push through with itHe cleared his throat and said, ”That ht of belief lies in my handsIf it was a noruedOnly, Sir mentioned earlier, the Ministry of Justice divides cases into three levelsThis s, without question, to the first levelIf there are no other e this case”
Song shi+ren aiting for these wordsHe furrowed his brow and pretended to be disappointedIn a high voice he aside, ”Sir! This cannot be! The oWhere could other circumstantial evidence be found? I have found a witness, but you have said it is not acceptableWhat kind of evidence will be acceptable?”
The Suzhou Zhizhou felt a spark of joyHe thought: Noshi+ren are, when you are in court, you are still dough to be rolled around by us old officialsNo , I will always find a way to dis shi+ren's sudden question, he instinctively said, ”With both witnesses and evidence, I can judge the case”
Song shi+ren did not wait for him to continueHe opened his lips and in quick-fire succession and threw out his words, ”Sir? Who judges the case?”
”Naturally, it isthe case, dare I ask what is considered evidence?” Song shi+ren pushed aggressively, not giving the Suzhou Zhizhou anyhtlyHe began to speak but stopped
Song shi+ren raised his hands and met his eyesHe forcefully asked, ”What exactly is evidence?”
The Suzhou Zhizhou was frightened by his io to the scene when he had taken the law examInstinctively he said, ”Marks, the murder weapon, written evidence…”
”Written evidence? Good!” Song shi+ren shouted his approvalHis eyes narrowed into crescents”Sir is wise”
The Suzhou Zhizhou paused, not knohy he iseHe hesitantly opened his ive hiently, ”Sir, if there is written evidence, could it be used as evidence?”
”Naturally, yes…”
Song shi+ren once again cut across him”If there is written evidence, Sir rily nodded his head and said, ”What are you saying? I a lawHow could I not know the power of written evidence? You are speakingout written evidence, naturally it will be more trustworthy than the midwife earlier”
After these words were out, the Suzhou Zhizhou suddenly felt he had said soWhy did he becoazed down the court only to see Ming Lanshi+ and Chen Bochang's shock and a trace of disappoint shi+ren's face was filled with an extre shi+ren had repeatedly cut across the Suzhou Zhizhou's words and disrupted his thought-out responsesAt the end, he suddenly left an openingAfter provoking hi his intentionsBefore he showed his evidence, he confirmed the importance of written evidence in front of everyone to prevent another sha the evidence
This was actually a shallow, psychologicalused in debatesIt was like waving a sausage continuously in front of a dog but not letting hi a biteAt the end, you could stuff a banana there and the dog would still eat all of it happily and forget that he had originally wanted to eat the sausage and not the banana
Chen Bochang discovered that the Zhizhou had fallen for Song shi+ren's trick and sighed secretly in his heartHe didn't have an opportunity to cut in because that bastard, Song shi+ren, talked ant and cheeky tone of voice indeed angered people easily
HeLanshi+'s eyes and shook his head somewhat helplesslyHe felt a thread of confusionExactly ritten evidence did the other party hold in their hands that could actually prove Xia Qifei's past?
The Suzhou Zhizhou knew he had been played by Song shi+renLooking at his vile s face, he wished he could order him to be beatenBut, he could not do that nowHe could only ask in a deep voice, ”Since you have written evidence, why didn't you bring it forward earlier?”
Song shi+ren respectfully bowed and said, ”I will bring it forward now”
The Zhizhou smiled coldly and said, ”If your written evidence is not effective, don't bla shi+ren sh this written evidence is old, it is a dead objectIt cannot grow old and muddled…please be assured
The Suzhou Zhizhou was unkindly silenced
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Song shi+ren moved closer to Xia Qifei's ear and said a feordsXia Qifei furrowed his brow slightlyIt seeht out so quicklyIt looked like it was indeed a difficult matter to prove his past
He took out a little box fro and carefully handed it to the advisorHis eyes were fixed on the box the advisor held as if he was terrified that so at Xia Qifei's cautious expression, Chen Bochang furrowed his forwardHeLanshi+'s expression was sodou; they did not have such things as birth certificatesWhat exactly was the written evidence?
The Suzhou Zhizhou on the bench opened the boxHe and the advisor scanned it together, and their expressions i Lanshi+ with a cohtlyHe was incomparably calmHe raised his voice another octave and said in a clear voice, ”This written evidence is a ritten by the personal hand of the previous Mingfa…this will has always been held in Sir Xia's handsIt is enough to prove that Sir Xia is the seventh son of the Ming fa for the public to wake froot in first to add an extra layer of protectionHe gazed at the Suzhou Zhizhou with a cold snorant people ill say that Sir Xia had coincidentally picked up this will and so has co familyOnly, earlier there was the midwife and now there is the written evidenceIf there are people who dare to bring false charges forward so brazenly…hmph, the people of this world are not blind, and they are not stupidThe officials up and down Qing court, the people of Jiangnan, ould believe it?”
The will of the old Ming edThe co Lanshi+ and Chen Bochang in the court see and stood there in a dazeMing Lanshi+'s face was full of shock as he randfather write a will? This has to be fake!”
Song shi+ren stood at the side and watched the youngfamilyHe smiled superficially and said, ”As expected, without even having a look, so youngLanshi+ was still deep in shockHearing Song shi+ren's words, he angrily shook his ar these words, Song shi+ren felt pleased and knew that the situation he had most feared had not happenedHis extra protection had coue the authenticity of the will, but rather had done as he said earlier and bit down on the fact that Xia Qifei had found this will and was here today to pretend to be the seventh son of the Ming family to steal family property, that would have been the most difficult to deal withIf the other party continued with such shamelessness until the end, he actually had very little he could do
But now, in his shock, the youngfamily was only concerned with the authenticity of the will and had not accused Xia Qifei of using the will to pretend to be…now, as long as he could prove the as real, then… the reality of Xia Qifei as the seventh son of the Ming faently let out a breathIt looked like he had beena scene in the court, but every word he said, and the order in which they were said, had been planned and carefully chosenIt was only in this way that he could direct this difficult situation they way he wanted