The Inheritance System

"We became curious and walked towards the orange part of the sky and soon saw that the Ministry of Rites was in flames. Ku De Ren and I got happy and we believed that the heavens struck the corrupted ministry with lightning and set it ablaze so we started to buy more wine and fireworks to celebrate…" Ku De Hua finished saying and looked around but it seemed like nobody was interested in what he just said.

"That's all we did! I don't remember anymore! We were so drunk that all I remember was waking up at the side of a building the next morning with vomit all over my clothes!" Ku De Hua says loudly in case Magistrate Dong punished him for lying again.

"No! They must have killed my daughter! No one else would have a grudge against our daughter! She was stabbed eleven times, just like Ku Si Le! Also, none of the stabs was fatal so it must have been done purpose!" Ling Yi Sha's parents started screaming and crying at the side of the courtroom again.

Zhang Yang's parents started screaming and crying as well, right on cue and shouted "It must be them! My son had no other enemies and he was a good boy! All he did was pursue the love of his life!"

"Good boy?! What Rubbish! Your son pursued a married woman and had an affair with her! He made my grandson a cuckold!" Old Ku shouted in angry and smacked the armrest, causing it to shatter into dust.

The scene of him smacking the armrest so hard that it became dust scared the parents and they stopped crying immediately but Director Ling shouted back in anger.

"Who do you think you are! How dare you use violence in the yamen!" Director Ling shouts as he points at Old Ku in anger. Right now his face is red in colour and it looks funny but it is clear that he is ready to pounce on Old Ku if he tries to attack anyone.

Magistrate Dong hopelessly looks in our direction but Judge Tang and Judge Cui are still happily munching their popcorn. They have a look of happiness watching them argue as if it has nothing to do with them. Well, technically it really does have nothing to do with us at this point.

Magistrate Dong helplessly makes a low sigh and says "Ku De Hua, Ku De Ren, where were you drinking last night and which shop did you buy the wine and fireworks from that night? If the shopkeepers are willing to confirm what you said, then it is clear that you were not the ones who murdered them and did not set fire to the ministry."

Director Ling and the parents started to protest and shouted "No!"

The parents and director Ling look at each other and Director Ling says "You cannot let them go! They are the only ones with a motive! Even if they have a valid alibi, they could have hired someone else to kill them!"

The parents agreed with Director Ling loudly in the hopes of causing the audience watching to agree with them. As I glance at the audience, it appears some of them learnt from Judge Cui and Judge Tang and went to the street stalls to buy some snacks to munch while watching the trial.

Did I just turn the court into a movie theatre?

Old Ku got angry again but he didn't smash the chair's armrest this time. Steward Dong had already told him not to do it as the chairs are the property of the government and they do not want to charge him for destroying public property, which is a silly offence to get charged for.