Alex, Abel and others looked at Vick being taken away. In just two days, they had tried their best to mobilize all their connections. But in the end, they were unable to change the verdict.
Abel's eyes fell on the middle-aged man who was still trembling in front of the courtroom. There was a trace of coldness in his eyes. He said to Alex: "Father, don't worry. I will use my connections to bail him out as soon as possible."
Alex sat down with his crutches. He seemed to have aged a lot. He slowly shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's useless. His crime is to assassinate a deacon of the magistrate. Even if he is bailed out, he can't see the light of day. Otherwise the magistrate will try to find a way to execute him as soon as possible."
Hearing his words, Abel slightly clenched his fist. How could he not know this? However, he only had one son, and he had painstakingly cultivated him until now. He had always been training him to be the next chief of the Milan tribe. Now that he had ended up like this, how could he just accept it?!
At this time, the thin old man in the courtroom coughed: "The second bill is about to be read. This is about the Milan family's Longshan Ruby theft case. Mr. Dean, please come out."
Alex, Abel and others were about to leave. They were startled when they heard the thin old man's words. Longshan Ruby theft case? When did their family's ruby get stolen? How come they didn't know about it?
"The Longshan Ruby was stolen?" Alex looked at Abel. Was it a disaster that never came alone?
Abel shook his head: "No …" Suddenly he thought of something. It was a trivial matter from three years ago. He had almost forgotten about it. At this time, he saw Dean who was passing by the aisle. The latter had a smile on his face. His pace was calm as if he was entering a grand banquet.
"It's him?" Alex was stunned when he saw Dean. He had a little impression of the talkative teenager. He looked at Abel: "What's going on?"
Rudolph was ready to marry our family but his daughter fell in love with a civilian hunter boy. Rudolph didn't want to break up the relationship with his daughter so he asked me to cooperate with him. He said that our family's Longshan Ruby was stolen by the boy. Then he would ask the magistrate to help him decide the case and throw the boy to Thorn Flower Prison. He would be executed after a few years. "Dudian looked at Dudian's back thoughtfully and whispered:" This is an old thing that happened three years ago. At that time Burong family's daughter had reached the age of marriage. Rudolph was ready to marry our family but his daughter fell in love with a civilian hunter boy. Rudolph didn't want to break up the relationship with his daughter so he asked me to cooperate with him. He said that our family's Longshan Ruby was stolen by the boy.
Alex was slightly startled. He rarely asked about the family's affairs. He couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why didn't Rudolph's daughter marry into our family? Is it because she doesn't believe you? "
Abel sighed: "She believed Rudolph's words. In order to make her completely believe in Rudolph's words, we specially asked Deacon Huey's student to ask for Deacon Huey's verdict. In this way, no one will doubt the verdict given by the reputation of a deacon of magistrate. But I didn't think that his daughter would be so stubborn. Once she decided on something, no one could persuade her. She proposed marriage several times but she didn't agree. She just wanted to be a magistrate and didn't want to get married. "
Alex snorted: "It's all an excuse. Rudolph's daughter has a big temper. Such a girl is not worthy of Wei." He looked up at Dean: "Was he bailed out? Who has the guts to bail out the person we want to deal with? Scott consortium? "
Abel shook his head: "It's a small aristocratic family in the consortium. Ryan family."
Alex's eyes flashed: "I didn't expect it to be them. They used to be a glorious family, but now they have declined. They haven't learned their lesson. Their hair hasn't healed yet. Do they want to cultivate claws?"
The thin old man looked down at Dean: "The reason for your complaint is that you were wronged. Do you have any evidence to prove it?"
Dean nodded: "They said that I stole the Dragon Mountain Ruby from the Milan family. According to me, the Dragon Mountain Ruby of the Milan family has always been guarded by knights. I was just a rookie hunter. Moreover, I was sent by the consortium to perform a task outside the giant wall. So it's impossible that I did it. If you go to investigate, there are a lot of people in the consortium who can prove it. Moreover, there are records of my residence and medical examination. It's enough to prove that I was outside the giant wall at that time!"
The skinny elder nodded and said, "Is that so? Let me see." After that, he waved to a knight of the magistrate next to him: "Show me the evidence of their investigation."
The knight nodded and left. A moment later he brought back a roll of information.
The thin old man used a magnifying glass to look at the information. He slowly nodded: "Yes, we have asked the guardian of the giant wall. We have also investigated the people who went with you to the giant wall. You were indeed outside the giant wall."
Abel's face sank as he heard the words of the thin old man. He got up and said: "Magistrate, even if he was outside the giant wall, there is no way to prove that he didn't steal it. We found it in his residence. The evidence is conclusive."
The thin old man looked at him: "So, he stole it when he went outside the giant wall?"
Abel was noncommittal and did not answer directly.
Dean sneered: "Patriarch Abel said that I stole your family's ruby. I was just a junior hunter at that time. How could I steal the ruby that you were guarding? As far as I know, there wasn't any news about your family's ruby before I went outside the giant wall. Was there any news in the newspapers at that time? There shouldn't be. If you investigate the various news agencies, you should know that your family has never published any news about the loss of your family's ruby! "
Abel's face slightly changed. Indeed, Dean was just a small character. They didn't plan to frame him because they didn't want to give him any opportunity to be interrogated. The verdict given by deacon Huey was enough to prove everything.
Now that a few years had passed, they had long forgotten about it. As for Dean being bailed out of prison, he didn't pay attention to it. Maybe the Burong family had paid attention to it, but after three years, it was difficult to repair the loopholes of three years ago. As Dean said, they would know that the newspapers three years ago didn't have any news about them losing the ruby.
"We found it. Naturally, we won't publish it in the newspapers." Abel insisted.
Dean sneered: "Found it? How long did it take you to find it? If I was outside the giant wall, I would have to spend seven days in the security office in addition to the time to perform the task. How many days did you find it? "
Abel's face was gloomy. It was the first time he saw Dean. For him, this person was just a small character on the paper. Now that they were face to face, he found that this boy was a bit unusual.
"I don't remember exactly which day it was, but it should have been found soon." Abel's answer was very clever. He didn't give a clear number. He didn't want Dean to find the relevant people to investigate the loopholes.
"You forgot, but someone remembered." Dean sneered: "You said that you found it in my house? The people who went to search for it can ask about the situation. You said that I stole it? Every knight who guarded the ruby is my witness! You said that I am a sinner, but someone in the security office saw me. I was directly escorted to a cell and then transferred to the Thorn Flower Prison. They didn't interrogate me! "
Abel's face was ugly. These were indeed loopholes. They would be investigated by the magistrate.
"This case has been tried at that time. Your crime was decided by the deacon himself. Don't talk nonsense." Abel didn't give up. At worst, he would use money to shut the mouths of those people. In this critical period, he didn't want to carry more negative reputation.
Dean saw that the old man threw all the responsibility to the magistrate. His face was cold: "The deacon of the magistrate judged me based on the evidence. But you forged the evidence to slander me!"
The skinny old man thought that Dudian would denounce the magistrate's arbitrary judgment. He didn't expect that Dudian would say such words. He could not help but nod slightly. In fact, he had seen too many such cases when he was a student. The aristocracy liked to use a few tricks. Although he didn't interrogate Dudian, but he also believed that Dudian was wronged. He didn't think that a junior hunter who had just reached the marriageable age three years ago could steal the Longshan Ruby from the Milan family. If it was so easy, then the Longshan Ruby would have been lost many times. How could it be kept until today?
"We will strictly review this matter and give you justice." The old man nodded.
Abel's face slightly changed. He didn't say anything. He knew that in the current situation, continuing to argue would only lose his demeanor.
"Magistrate, we have investigated." At this time, a clear voice sounded. It was Timothy and the scar-faced youth who had returned. Timothy came to the side of Dean and said to the old man: "We have checked. This matter is indeed an injustice. At that time, Deacon Huey was busy and didn't seriously review the case. He gave such a case to his student to judge. Deacon Huey sealed his student's judgment. Due to a moment of negligence, he didn't carefully review the case. That's why such a thing happened."
The old man understood, but his face didn't look very good: "I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding. Deacon Huey's work attitude has always been serious and strict."
Timothy opened her mouth and wanted to say something. The scar-faced youth next to her secretly pulled her sleeve and gave her a wink.
Timothy immediately understood his meaning. Her face slightly changed. She bowed her head and said: "Yes, but the main reason is the Milan family's slander. They forged evidence to frame others."
The old man nodded slightly and said to Abel: "I need you to give me an explanation for this matter."
Abel didn't think that the disciplinary judge would intervene in such a small case. His face changed. He couldn't continue to cover it up. Even if he spent money he wouldn't be able to cover it up. He thought for a moment and said: "There may be a misunderstanding in this matter. I'm really sorry for bringing trouble to Mr Dean."
Dean's eyes turned cold: "Do you think an apology can solve it?"
The skinny old man looked at him and said to Abel: "I will carefully review this matter again and convict him another day. But before that, your Milan family must give some compensation to Mr. Dean. After all, this matter is caused by your Milan family."
Dean's face slightly changed. Listening to the old man's words, it seemed that the old man didn't intend to pursue this matter further. Suddenly, he understood that the Milan family was a noble family. The nature of this matter was completely different from Deacon Huey's assassination case. The Milan family could casually find someone to take the blame. It was impossible for them to spend a lot of resources to investigate such a case. Finding evidence of Abel's plan and then convicting Abel and putting him in prison was equivalent to destroying an aristocratic family. He was just a small character. It was not worth for them to spend so much energy to fight with an aristocratic family.
He was silent.
Fair and just?
Sure enough, he still had to rely on his own hands!
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