Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

"Will your son harm me in the future?"

What?

Would his own son kill him?

But he doesn't even have a wife yet.

Although he had some feelings for the new nanny at the Lou family's house, he hadn't made any moves yet.

Xu Fugui's lips trembled incessantly. "I'm innocent, sir! I'm truly innocent! I don't even have a son yet! You can't just falsely accuse me of my innocence like this!"

Zhang Cuihua (Jia Zhangshi) knelt down, weeping, "Commander, I haven't done anything wrong... I'm still an honest and law-abiding woman..."

"You'll grow up to be a greedy shrew."

Lin Tian's voice turned cold, "You will instigate your son to harm people, to eat the children of the destitute, to steal houses, and to bully orphans."

Jia Zhangshi collapsed to the ground, crying out, "Commander, you can wrong an innocent person! I'm just a young maid, how could I have a son? If you want to kill me, you can't use such an absurd reason!"

The interrogation lasted for most of the night.

Lin Tian stripped away the facade of these people's past lives, revealing the poison buried deep in their bones.

After each person was questioned, someone else was dragged out.

Soon, gunshots rang out one after another.

As the deaf old woman was dragged away, she was still cursing: "You damned madwoman, you'll get your comeuppance, my son will get revenge on me..."

The gunshot interrupted her.

"I haven't hurt anyone... I haven't hurt anyone..."

When Xu Fugui was dragged away, he was covered in sweat, his eyes fixed on the ground, unable to resist.

The moment Old Jia stepped out the door, he broke down, crying out, "I don't want to die! I haven't done anything wrong, I haven't even gotten married..."

Lou Bancheng's family begged and shouted for mercy, but it was no use; they were all dragged out.

After the gunshots.

Only two people were left alive in the police station.

Zhang Cuihua trembled violently, pleading, "Please... I haven't done anything wrong... I... I'm still young... I don't want to die, I'll give you whatever you want..."

He started to unbutton his clothes.

Two soldiers restrained her movements.

Lin Tian glanced at the future shrew Jia Zhangshi indifferently, not expecting that she was quite pretty when she was young.

"You haven't done anything bad yet, but you will in the future, and I don't like the existence of threats."

Zhang Cuihua begged for mercy, "Chief, I can change, I swear, I can change, I won't do bad things, I'll be a good person, please let me go, I'll be your slave or maid."

Yi Zhonghai knelt a few steps away, his legs as limp as noodles, his forehead pressed against the ground, his whole body trembling:

"Sir, I haven't done those things yet... I really haven't done what you're talking about... I can change, I really can change."

"Give me a chance, and I promise to be an honest person and never dare to have any crooked thoughts again."

Lin Tian leaned back in his chair, toying with a dragon coin in his hand, its silvery-white surface turning back and forth in the firelight.

He didn't answer immediately, his gaze fixed on the two people as if he were looking at two items.

"Do you know what happened to all the people I killed before?"

Zhang Cuihua cried out in fear, "Commander... please... I... I'm willing to serve you like a slave for the rest of my life, I'll do anything you ask..."

Lin Tian ignored her and stopped in front of Yi Zhonghai: "You will kill my parents, seize my family's property, and drive me to my death in the future."

Even if you haven't committed these crimes, your heart is already corrupted.

He turned around and looked at Zhang Cuihua again, "Don't you even look at yourself? Do you even deserve it? You haven't done those bad things yet, but deep down you're already that kind of person."

Zhang Cuihua shook her head, crying, "No... Commander, I won't..."

"I...I know I was wrong...I won't hurt anyone else again...Please give me another chance..."

"Get them a cleaner cell."

Lin Tian instructed the jailer beside him, "Three meals a day, make sure the porridge is thick, and let them eat their fill."

"Commander..."

Yi Zhonghai suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of hope for survival igniting in his eyes. "You...you're not going to kill me?"

Lin Tian didn't turn around: "At three quarters past noon, the military law department will send someone to review your cases. At that time, whether you should be executed or released will be determined by public opinion."

"These three days, think carefully about how you would choose to live your life if you could do it all over again."

The iron gate slammed shut behind him.

Only two people remained, filled with despair.

three days later.

Zhang Cuihua lost a lot of weight in three days, her eye sockets sagged, the food was better, but the thought of death kept haunting her.

After living in fear for three days and three nights, she broke down.

This kind of mental torture is more agonizing than physical torture.

Upon seeing the stranger enter, she instinctively shrank into the corner.

Yi Zhonghai leaned against the wall, his beard unshaven for three days, a layer of bluish-black stubble on his chin, his eyes looking like a panda's.

Officer Zhou entered Lin Tian's temporary office and placed the case file on the table: "Sir, the interrogation is over. Zhang Cuihua, based on the existing investigation evidence, she has indeed not committed any criminal acts."

However, there is clear evidence that she instigated others to steal property, spread rumors among neighbors, and repeatedly harassed innocent residents by throwing filth. As for Yi Zhonghai…”

He turned to another page of the case file. "This man is cunning and scheming. Although he did not commit any crimes directly, he has a record of visiting brothels and instigating others to do evil."

More importantly, letters between him and a Japanese businessman were found, indicating that his dealings in antiques constituted treason and collusion with the enemy, punishable by death.

Lin Tian's lips curled up slightly after hearing this. He knew that even when Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi were young, their roots were already rotten.

No wonder the future No. 95 courtyard house will be full of beasts.

"Zhang Cuihua... instigated theft and spread rumors, which doesn't warrant the death penalty. But her heart is already corrupted; if she's let out, she'll harm people sooner or later."

"Sentence her to death."

Officer Zhou nodded and signed the verdict: "I'll make arrangements. Just say she was having an affair with Yi Zhonghai."

"Treason and collusion with the enemy are punishable by death. Execution will be carried out at noon."

...

Noon.

At the foot of the city wall of Beijing, the execution ground was already packed with people.

A notice was posted on the city wall, with black ink on white paper, the ink still wet, stating that Yi Zhonghai had committed treason and collusion with the enemy.

It also describes Zhang Cuihua's misdeeds of instigating theft and disturbing the neighborhood, as well as her collusion with Yi Zhonghai to betray the country and the enemy.

The crowd was packed tightly together, forming three layers upon three layers.

Some people stood on tiptoe and craned their necks to look inside, some hugged their arms and leaned against the wall, and some lifted their children onto their shoulders.

Among those faces were curious, nervous, gloating, and unable to bear to look.

People whispered among themselves; this was the first time a prisoner had been publicly executed in Beijing.

"Treason? Yi Zhonghai? Wasn't he an apprentice with us at the steel rolling mill?"

A man in a short-sleeved shirt frowned. "He went to a brothel last year, got drunk, and even tried to steal a woman from a Japanese soldier, getting kicked in the process."

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