Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Public Trial (1)
Seeing Liushiliu easily defeat their leader in one move, the other four knew that they had chosen the wrong target this time. They ignored their leaders, turned around, and ran away. Unfortunately, once the secret guard accepts an order, he must complete it at all costs.

Now that Duan Yixin had asked him to ensure that they wouldn’t harm other people again in the future, Liushiliu had no intention of letting them go. He didn’t even use his internal energy and threw the remaining stones on the backs of their heads.

Pak! Pak! Pak! Pak!

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

There were four consecutive sounds, and the four people fell to the ground without making any sound. After they all fainted, Liushiliu calmly pulled out his sword and slashed their necks.

Looking at the five corpses on the ground, he flicked the blood off his sword, put it back into its sheath, and said coldly, “Only dead men won’t cause trouble.”

Leaving these words echoing in the silent alley, he disappeared without a trace.

Meanwhile, Duan Yixin didn’t know that Liushiliu had killed those men. At this time, she looked at the wilted vegetables in front of her and asked, “Sir, are there any fresher vegetables?”

The vegetable stall owner shook his head and said, “Young Lady, it’s not easy to grow vegetables in the current hot weather. Moreover, most of the wells have dried up, and you can’t find fresh vegetables anymore. These are the leftover vegetables from yesterday. If you don’t buy them today, you may not be able to buy them tomorrow.”

Duan Yixin glanced at the wilted vegetables for a second, then looked at the vegetable stall owner and said, “Thank you, Sir. But I won’t buy them.”

After saying that, she stood up and walked to the meat stall, which was not far from the vegetable stall. The vegetable stall owner shook his head and said, “Such an ignorant young lady.”

Duan Yixin walked to the nearest meat stall and then stood in front of it. She frowned slightly as she looked at the meat that was starting to change color. The meat stall owner saw her and asked, “Young Lady, do you want to buy meat?”

Duan Yixin pointed to a thin piece of fatty meat and asked, “How much does this cost?”

The meat stall owner weighed the fatty meat and said, “Forty copper coins.”

Duan Yixin looked at the scale and found that the thin piece of fatty meat only weighed fifty grams. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Five copper coins.”

After hearing what she said, the meat stall owner looked at Duan Yixin and said displeasedly, “Young Lady, if you don’t have money, don’t stand here blocking my business. Go, go, go.”

After being driven away by the meat stall owner, Duan Yixin shook her head and left. Behind her, the meat stall owner and the vegetable stall owner began to scold her for being poor and wasting their time.

Duan Yixin walked around the market street for more than thirty minutes but did not find any good quality vegetables or meat, so she decided to buy meat from Chi Xiyou later. After making a decision, she left the market street and walked towards the north gate of Chun Shan Town.

When passing by the Yamen, Duan Yixin saw people crowding in front of the Yamen’s entrance. Out of curiosity, she walked to the entrance and asked an old lady next to her, “Old Grandma, what are you looking at? Is something going on here?”

The old woman turned to look at her and said, “Don’t you know that the local magistrate is going to hold a public trial today?”

Duan Yixin really didn’t know, so she said, “I am from Yunshan Village and don’t know about this matter. What kind of case are they going to try?”

When the old woman heard that Duan Yixin was from Yunshan Village, she looked Duan Yixin up and down and asked, “You are from Yunshan Village, but you don’t know about this case?”

Duan Yixin shook her head and said, “I really didn’t know.”

The old woman pointed at a middle-aged man in prisoner’s clothes kneeling inside the hall and said, “That man is Duan Sida from Yunshan Village. I heard that he will be tried for his crime today and came to take a look.”

When she heard that the man kneeling inside was Duan Sida, Duan Yixin couldn’t help but take a closer look at him. Looking at his messy appearance and dirty face, she could imagine how bad his life was in prison.

Just as she was looking at the half-dead Duan Sida, the old woman suddenly said excitedly, “Look! The local magistrate is here!”

Duan Yixin followed the old woman’s gaze and saw Cao Jianbo walking out of the side room. When he walked out, the Yamen guards knocked their long wooden plank on the ground repeatedly and shouted ‘Justice’ in a long and low voice.

After Cao Jianbo took the main seat behind the large table, the Yamen guards stopped knocking their long wooden plank, and the whole hall fell into silence. Cao Jianbo picked up the black wooden slab on the table and slapped it down hard on the table.

Slap!

The clear and majestic sound of the wooden slab not only made Duan Sida tremble but also the people watching outside the door shut up and dared not make a sound.

After a moment of silence, Cao Jianbo looked at Duan Sida and asked majestically, “What is your name?”

Duan Sida’s whole body was shaking, but he still opened his chapped lips and said in fear, “Answering Da Ren. This commoner’s name is Duan Sida.”

Cao Jianbo stared at Duan Sida for more than ten seconds before saying, “Duan Sida. You are accused of kidnapping and human trafficking. Do you admit these crimes?”

When Duan Sida heard this, he quickly kowtowed, hit his head on the ground repeatedly, and shouted in horror, “I have been wronged, Da Ren! I am innocent! Please investigate and clear my name!”