kingnovel Chapter 517: The Charges Were Confirmed and the Criminals Signed
Chapter 517: The Charges Were Confirmed and the Criminals Signed
Chapter 517: The crime is confirmed and the criminal signs his name
Gao Cheng, Zhao Gan, Wei Feng and Deng Gui were so disheartened that they stopped struggling and, with their eyes closed and trembling hands, they pressed their fingerprints on the confession.
The four of them collapsed to the ground helplessly, as if their bones and muscles had been removed.
Next to them was another Yin Baoye lying on his back on the ground;
He still hasn't signed his confession!
What's more, he is the first offender.
"Someone, bring a bucket of cold water, pour it on Yin Baoye to wake him up, and make him sign his confession!"
Zheng Tong ordered.
"Yes, my lord!"
The bailiffs and detectives in the court were familiar with torture, arrest, and forced confessions...
Soon, a yamen runner came with a half bucket of clean water and poured it all over Yin Baoye's head and face as he lay on the ground, leaving not a drop behind.
Yin Baoye, who was lying on the ground, shivered and woke up slowly.
Not only Yin Baoye, but even old lady Yin and Yu who were kneeling not far away were taken care of by this bucket of cold well water.
When the bailiff was pouring cold water on the Yin family, he had no intention of hiding from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Yin family.
Both Old Lady Yin and Mrs. Yu were splashed with water, and their bodies were soaked.
In this late autumn season, it was so cold that the two of them shivered constantly...
When you get close to them, you can hear the chattering of teeth.
Two yamen runners stepped forward and pulled Yin Baoye, who was lying on the ground, hard, and Yin Baoye was pulled up to sit up.
Xue Zhubu stepped forward with the confession, and the yamen runner beside him grabbed Yin Baoye's hand, dipped it in ink, and then pressed the finger dipped in ink on the confession.
Simple?
It's that simple.
The confession just made was made by Yin Baoye himself in public.
Asking him to sign and seal at this moment is just a necessary procedure.
Is it possible that someone has the time to read it to him again from beginning to end?
Yin Baoye was pulled to sit up, his whole body wet. Before he could understand what was going on, someone pulled his hand and pressed a bright red handprint on a piece of paper covered with words.
How serious is it to press the fingerprint...Yin Baoye understands.
But he didn't understand what he was pressing his fingerprints on at this moment?
"This...this...official, why...why do you want me to put my fingerprints on it?
What is this? "
Yin Baoye looked at the bright red finger pointing at the paper in Xue Zhubu's hand, his face full of confusion and fear.
Xue Zhubu looked at Yin Baoye staring at his fingers in a daze and sneered, "You ask what this is?
This is the confession you just made!
It is a confession of the crime you committed eight years ago!
Signing and sealing...is there anything wrong?"
After saying this, Xue Zhubu took the confession with several people's fingerprints, turned around and walked to the desk, and handed the signed and sealed confession to the prefect Zheng Tong with both hands.
Zheng Tong reached out to take it and put it on the side of the desk.
Xue Zhubu returned to his seat and prepared to continue the trial.
Their clothes were soaked and stuck to their bodies, and Old Lady Yin and Mrs. Yu were frightened and cold, so they huddled on the ground.
When they saw Yin Baoye being forced to press his fingerprints by Master Xue and two yamen runners, the grandmother Yin and the mother Yu just took a quick look and quickly turned their heads away.
Even though Old Lady Yin and Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were two ignorant women, they knew that Yin Baoye was their grandson or son, but he was useless before.
And after today, it’s completely gone!
When the gavel sounded again, the two were shocked and thought to themselves that something was wrong!
I’m afraid... the prefect will come after the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?
They were right.
Then Zheng Tong's majestic voice came from the hall, "Yin Sun, Yin Yu, did you two hear what Yin Baoye just said?"
How could old lady Yin and Mrs. Yu, who were curled up on the ground, dare not respond when they heard the prefect Zheng Tong asking questions?
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were both scared and cold, and their teeth were chattering.
But they had no choice but to force themselves to reply: "My Lord, my Lord...
People, people, people, women... people, people, women... listen, listen, listen... hear it clearly... hear it clearly..."
“Just listen carefully.
Then confess the evil deeds that you and your mother-in-law have done in this matter!"
Zheng Tong said in a deep voice.
"My Lord, that's all, just... just what Baobao... Baoye said... just now!
No, no, no… nothing else!”
Old lady Yin spoke tremblingly, and Mrs. Yu beside her also trembled and nodded.
Zheng Tong slammed the gavel with a "bang", and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law shook.
“Nothing else?
Are you sure there's nothing else?
Yin Baoye has done more than one evil thing, and this is not just the first time!
As his grandmother and mother, you raised him but did not teach him. This is your first sin.
When he committed evil deeds outside, you did not restrain him or teach him, but helped him to commit atrocities, gave him advice and schemes, and became his accomplices. This is your second sin;
Yin Baoye abducted Luo Hongtao to his home. You detained a young child from an honest family in your home and forced him to serve as a slave for many years, causing the Luo family's grandparents and grandchildren to be separated for more than eight years.
Such behavior alone is equivalent to human trafficking, which is the third crime;
You hid Luo Hongtao in your home, made her a slave, and beat, scolded and abused her for many years. This is the fourth crime.
Do you agree or not with what I said?"