Don't ask where people go

Chapter 99 Finalization
Together, Zhong Yao followed Fang Zilan, walked through the corridor in the courtyard, and looked up to see the court.

He hesitated a few times, and finally asked: "This time you are promoted, will Mr. Fang interrogate himself?"

Fang Zilan kept walking, and didn't look back at him, but said lightly: "No, I'll just listen in. At this time, I won't steal Mr. Zhong's limelight."

Zhong Yao regained his composure and said, "Master Fang is joking."

Fang Zilan stopped at the gate of the court, and turned to look at him, "Master Zhong, is he still stable?"

"Since there is Master Fang's backing, even if it is a bluff, it must be stable." Zhong Yao waved his hand as he spoke, signaling her not to worry.

"That's good." Fang Zilan raised her hand and made a gesture of invitation, so Zhong Yao walked into the courtroom unceremoniously.She followed suit and sat aside.

Many spectators had gathered outside the hall. This was the second time Fang Zilan appeared in the courtroom, but it was quite different from the previous situation.

Under the hall, Deputy General Cao was watching people, and seeing Fang Zilan seated, Ah Wan jumped up and down to her side.

She glanced at A Wan, and nodded her forehead in a neutral manner, "In the courtroom, be more stable."

A Wan nodded, and obediently stood beside her and stopped talking.

Over there, Zhong Yao had already shouted for promotion in a fit of anger, and the yamen servants brought out the bodies of several Shangguan women, this time they were exposed to everyone's sight without any concealment, and the crowd was enraged and there was an uproar in the hall.

After Zhong Yao ordered the hall to be quiet, the witnesses were summoned to interrogate the suspect in one go, until Huo Sanniang said the names of Lu Tang and other Yanzhou dignitaries, the hall was noisy again.

"Silence!" Zhong Yao slapped the gavel to suppress the noise from the hall.

Fang Zilan thought that Zhong Yao's methods were indeed powerful. From the shocking corpse to the ruthless orphan Shangguan Yu, from the famous proprietress of Yanzhou to the famous Lu Tang behind the scenes, he stripped away the shady scenes of the incident to everyone In front of him, everyone's emotions were aroused.

Now everyone's emotions are like boiling water in a boiling pot. The bursting bubbles are waiting for an outlet to vent. No one can escape today.

When Lu Tang was summoned to the hall, he obviously didn't expect such a scene, so he simply dragged Fang Zilan into the water.

He said coldly: "Master Fang is really kind. If the people in your family don't have your permission, who can buy and sell at will? Not to mention that you used this case to suppress my Lu family, and threatened me with Sanniang, wanting me Transferred all her business to your name, now that you got the advantage, do you still want to kill us?"

"Lord Lu Tang's accusation, Master Fang, do you have something to say?" Zhong Yao turned to Fang Zilan who was watching the play, and she stood up without any surprise and walked to the center of the courtroom. This fire started because of her, and it will eventually burn on her body.

She didn't answer but asked instead: "Master Lu's words, are you admitting that he instigated Huo Sanniang to do these shady business?"

Lu Tang snorted coldly, "When did I admit it?"

"If it has nothing to do with you, why would I use this case to suppress your Lu family? How come there are no other aristocratic families here in the courtroom today?" Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "Master Lu Tang is so shameless calling for a thief."

"What a thief shouting "Catch the thief." Lu Tang sneered, "I think you are the one who is confounding right and wrong. You can put Shangguan on the head of buying and selling Shangguan women, and you can say that I am behind Sanniang's business, but now Sanniang All the business is in your hands, how do you explain it?"

"I have to ask Huo Sanniang about this." Fang Zilan lowered her head and glanced at Huo Sanniang who was kneeling in the hall in a panic.

She raised her head numbly, "Didn't Master Lu Tang transfer the business in my hand to Master Fang in order to get rid of the crime?"

"Sanniang, you...you actually helped her frame me!" Lu Tang was shocked, but Huo Sanniang smiled disdainfully, "I am not related to Master Fang, so why bother to help her frame you? Now that there are all the witnesses and material evidence, we have no choice but to deny it. Or, Mr. Lu Tang, are you planning to put it all on me and ask me to help you take the blame?"

"Sanniang, you know I won't..." Lu Tang hurriedly defended, but Huo Sanniang interrupted him coldly, "You won't, you won't plead guilty with me, will you?"

Fang Zilan looked coldly at the two people who were coming and going in the courtroom, and said to Zhong Yao in the hall: "Master Zhong, the two of them are fighting each other, I have nothing to say, and I will ask Master Zhong to make a decision."

"Master Lu Tang, even if you are a descendant of a famous family and have an official position, you must not be presumptuous in the court." Zhong Yao said solemnly, with a majestic air, "The evidence is as solid as a mountain, can you be convicted?"

Lu Tang ignored Zhong Yao's words, but just stared blankly at Huo Sanniang, as if he didn't understand why she was like this.

Huo Sanniang sat up on her knees and kowtowed deeply.

After that, she held her head high and raised her chest and said in a loud voice: "Since Lord Zhong is upholding justice today, and Lord Fang, the lord of the northern border, is by my side, I have nothing to hide. How many people are involved in the famous family of Yanzhou, and how many people are involved? How many lives have been lost, I have written a confession clearly. If there are still people who are unwilling to admit it and try to cover up the matter with money, even though I am a little girl, I can’t move them in the slightest, but the justice of heaven is at ease in people’s hearts. You and the people in the hall can all testify that even if I, Huo Sanniang, sacrifice my life in court today, I will not let them go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she slammed into the beams and pillars on the side of the courtroom.

The yamen servants and Lu Tang beside her had no time to stop her, they could only watch helplessly as she bumped into a beam and pillars, blood splashing in the courtroom and her life hanging by a thread.

"San Niang!" Lu Tang staggered to her side, but was thrown away by her last effort, "Master Fang, please..."

Hearing the voice, Fang Zilan squatted beside her and held her hand, "I know, you can rest assured."

"San Niang!" Lu Tang knelt down beside her, crying hoarsely, "Why are you doing this?"

"Lu Tang, I'm dead, so I don't owe you anything anymore..." Huo Sanniang was as angry as ever, but her eyes were brighter than ever before, "You owe me, don't even think about paying it back in this life... "

She swallowed her breath after she finished speaking the last word, but the corners of her lips were curled up with tears in her eyes, and she died in front of everyone in the most extreme way.

The courtroom was extremely silent at once, but within a short time, the people in the courtroom were incomparably boiling, shouting for the guilty to be brought to justice.

The crowd sounded as if the pot had exploded, as if they would swarm up and rush into the court in the next moment.

Fang Zilan reached out and closed Huo Sanniang's eyes, stood up slowly, took a deep breath, her solemn voice overwhelmed all the noise, and reached the ears of everyone present.

"Today, Huo Sanniang is suing the dignitaries of Yanzhou headed by Lu Tang with her life. Now, Fang Zilan, as the lord of the northern border, guarantees that the guilty person will be punished and give her an explanation. If she dies, she will die with peace."

Every word she said seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and the pressure made everyone in the room quiet down, and their eyes were all focused on the face of the Lord of the North who was sinking like water.

After she finished speaking, she turned to Zhong Yao who was sitting upright like a pine tree in the courtroom, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Zhong, let's pronounce the sentence."

　The dust has settled, a bit sad...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)