Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 135: Trial of the Jinhong Society's High-level Officials

After the three family heads discussed it, they took action separately and contacted some small families and relevant government officials through their connections and relationships.

On Fang Jian'an's side, he was also handling the follow-up of the Jin Hong Society in an orderly manner, and at the same time asked the Intelligence Department to pay attention to the movements of the five major families.

On the second day, many newsboys appeared on the streets of Nanling City: "Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Jinhong Society committed crimes in the streets, and all of them have been arrested..."

"The governor is offering a reward. Anyone who reports the Jinhong Society will receive two silver dollars..."

"Liang Qiusheng of the Golden Red Society has committed all kinds of evil and oppressed the good. He will be publicly tried on March 15th..."

As the newsboy shouted, countless passers-by stopped and called out to buy newspapers.

Nanshan Province did not have a newspaper before. It was only after Fang Jian took over Nanshan that he founded the Nanshan Times. Due to the remoteness of Nanshan Province, the sales of the newspaper were not very good.

But today's report on the Jinhong Society has greatly increased the sales of Nanshan Times.

A young man reading a newspaper said excitedly: "Good, good, good, the Golden Red Society has finally been eradicated, and our Nanshan has regained its blue sky."

"Yes, this damned Golden Red Society has finally been eliminated. It's great."

"There are rewards for reporting members of the Golden Red Society? I think I know..."

Most of the people holding the newspapers were very happy, thinking that they would finally not be harmed by the Jin Hong Society. Of course, some were worried that they would be released. Some people also saw the reward and wanted to report it.

In short, the whole Nanling was boiling with excitement over this news, and countless people cheered.

With the effective appeasement, each of the civilians who were mistakenly killed yesterday was given a compensation of 100 silver dollars, and there was no more unrest or dissatisfaction.

At the same time, troops in various places were also arresting members of the Red Cross Society in other parts of Nanshan Province, and nearly 10,000 more were arrested.

Time soon came to March 15th, and the public trial of the top leaders of the Red Cross Society was held in the central square of Nanling City.

Because the news of the trial of the Jinhong Society has spread, a lot of people have gathered here today.

"These members of the Golden Red Society deserve this, they should have been eradicated long ago."

"Who says it's not true? These people have been bullying Nanshan Province for years and are even more hateful than the government."

The people surrounding them couldn't help but talk about it, and they felt extremely happy about the handling of the Jinhong Society.

Not long after, Guo Wei Zhang and several students walked up to the podium and sat down in the chairman's seat. Among the students who went up to the podium was Liu Wenqian from the Liu family in Xinyuan County.

Guo Weizhang cleared his throat and said, "Take the defendant Liang Xuecai."

Soon Liang Xuecai was brought up. When he saw a lot of onlookers below the stage, he felt a little scared.

After verifying his identity and finishing his opening remarks, Guo Weizhang said, "Liang Xuecai, male, 26 years old..."

"The crimes committed are as follows: 1. Defamation of the government; 2. Spreading rumors and causing trouble; 3. Disturbing public order; 4. Murder; 5. Rape..."

The audience was angry when they heard about Liang Xuecai's crimes. One person couldn't help but say, "Bah, scum, scum."

"This kind of person has done so many bad things, he should be killed."

Because there was a loudspeaker on the podium, the sound could be heard from very far away, so the people below were very excited.

"Criminal suspect Liang Xuecai, do you plead guilty?" Guo Weizhang asked after listing more than ten charges.

Liang Xuecai was a little panicked. He said in panic: "No, no, please let me go, I won't dare to do it again..."

"kill him……"

Someone in the audience shouted something, and everyone followed suit, asking for Liang Xuecai to be killed. When Liang Xuecai heard the shouting, his face turned pale.

"Silence." Guo Wei Zhang struck the gavel and shouted softly, and the crowd below gradually quieted down.

Guo Weizhang then called in witnesses and physical evidence one by one to testify against Liang Xuecai's crimes.

Finally, Guo Weizhang stood up and said, "The facts of Liang Xuecai's crime are clear, and his crimes are explicit. This court hereby makes the following judgment: Liang Xuecai is sentenced to death."

Upon hearing the verdict, the audience cheered and said that Guo Weizhang was fair and honest and a good official.

Then, Guo Weizhang said, "Take the criminal suspect Liang Qiusheng."

Soon Liang Qiusheng was brought up, and Guo Weizhang listed his crimes one by one, such as spreading rumors, besieging military strongholds, creating unrest, murder, etc. Murder was actually the lightest crime for Liang Qiusheng.

"Criminal suspect Liang Qiuxiang, do you plead guilty to the above charges?" Guo Weizhang asked after listing Liang Qiuxiang's crimes.

Liang Qiusheng said sternly: "Nonsense, we only surrounded the security office that day and did not launch an attack."

Guo Weizhang took out the photos taken outside the Security Office and said, "The bullet marks in these photos are all from box guns. Ballistic testing shows that they are the weapons equipped by the Jinhonghui."

"It was your people who fired the first shot, and my people then fought back." Liang Qiuxiang retorted.

Guo Weizhang: "No one other than a military stronghold is allowed to approach. Have you been warned to leave while you are outside the security office?"

"No." Liang Qiu Sheng's face was gloomy and he denied it directly.

Seeing that his tricks were not working, Guo Wei Zhang called in witnesses. There were two witnesses, one was an agent from the Intelligence Department, and the other was a member of the Jin Hong Hui.

Guo Weizhang said: "You must be responsible for what you say in court, and you must bear legal responsibility for perjury."

"Did the security guards drive away the members of the Golden Red Society that day?"

The intelligence agent who came on stage said without hesitation: "Director Hu has warned him several times, but he never listened."

Another member of the Jinhong Society was a little flustered when he saw Liang Qiuxiang on the stage, but he quickly stabilized himself and said in a firm tone: "The guards have warned us."

"You bastard, you're a traitor." Upon hearing that this man actually told the truth, Liang Qiuxiang glared at him fiercely.

Faced with Liang Qiuxiang's expression, the member of the Jinhong Society became a little timid and took two steps back.

Although he was afraid, he remained firm. Coming out to testify against Liang Qiuxiang could be considered a meritorious service and result in a shorter sentence, so how could he not be tempted?

After Guo Weizhang sent the two witnesses away, he said to Liang Qiusheng, "Liang Qiusheng, since you were dishonest and lied to the judge, your crime will be aggravated in the future."

When the people in the audience heard Liang Qiu Sheng lying, they couldn't help but laugh at him.

One person was speechless and said, "He was once a big boss, but he is so shameless. He dares to do it but not admit it."

"What big or small boss? He only bullies us honest people. He is a coward. Does he dare to tell the truth? If he tells the truth, he will surely die." Another person laughed.

Guo Weizhang also asked people to produce evidence of Liang Qiusheng's crime one by one, and then asked: "Criminal suspect Liang Qiusheng, do you plead guilty?"

Although Liang Qiusheng remained silent, he was still sentenced to death. Afterwards, the top leaders of the Jinhonghui were tried one by one, some were sentenced to death, some were sentenced to thirty or twenty years in prison.

After the trial, the people of Nanling City were very happy and kept praising the government and Guo Weizhan.

In the afternoon, in Fang Jian's office, Fang Jian couldn't help but smile and said to Guo Weizhang standing in front of him: "Weizhang, you did a good job."

"Commander, something has happened. Some county and city officials are collecting taxes from the people privately." Before Guo Weizhan could reply, Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu hurried into the office.