Chapter 657: Who cares how many bowls of noodles you ate?!

"No, no, Your Majesty, there are no difficulties." He Liu was a bit flustered, and then immediately waved his hands, and there was some guilt in his panic.

Zhu Yijun looked at He Liu's wife beside him. Beside He Liu stood a son and a daughter. According to Zhao Tishuai's investigation, after He Liu returned from Suiyuan with injuries, the children in the family changed their surnames to He, which means He Liu was no longer a son-in-law, but the pillar of the family.

He Liu received the full pension. The origin of this blue brick and tile house where the emperor was, and because the wood was not fixed on time, He Liu paid a large sum of money to others, but he could still live. That is to say, as long as He Liu didn't suffer the injury of the whip, even if he was physically disabled, he could still support this family.

And all of this was ruined by that young lady of the Zhang family in Hejian.

These three whips were whipped on He Liu's back, whipped on the emperor's face, bloody three whips, whipping the emperor's face, and also stuck in the hearts of the soldiers who "report to the Son of Heaven and save the common people below."

This matter cannot be investigated according to He Liu's wishes. It must be investigated to the end! He Liu didn't want to cause trouble, but Zhu Yijun insisted on investigating.

He Liu didn't report to the officials just out of inertia. He felt it was a small injury, the problem wasn't big, and he would get over it. The Zhang family of Hejian was a powerful and wealthy family that couldn't be provoked. It was his own bad luck.

Even, in He Liu's own view, the whole thing was just a poor person, physically disabled, causing trouble outside. The hemp rope picks the thin part to break. If he reported to the officials, it would be asking for trouble.

"Rest assured." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "You rest assured and treat your illness. I will take care of this matter."

Zhu Yijun stood up and headed to the department yamen. Zhao Tishuai had already brought all the criminals to the department yamen.

The Tianjin Prefecture department yamen was extremely quiet. Everyone was kneeling and not saying a word.

"Prefect Zhang, if anything happens to He Liu's family, I want you to be buried with him." Zhu Yijun revealed his other side, the side that hand-killed Chen Youren. The state and the nation, the revival of the Ming Dynasty, were indeed a shackle, a golden headband, but this golden headband couldn't stop Zhu Yijun's behavior.

Zhu Yijun could naturally deal with the Zhang family of Hejian, or even uproot the entire Zhang family, but what about afterwards? The tacit understanding generally existing among meat-eaters, He Liu would inevitably be retaliated against. At this time, someone was needed to protect He Liu, and Zhang Youxin was very suitable.

The investigation was nearing its end. There was really no involvement of Hejian Prefect Zhang Youxin. Zhang Youxin didn't know what had happened at all. This was indeed an unprovoked disaster. Zhang Youxin managed the place well, and the development of Tianjin Prefecture was seen by the emperor. This time, the emperor's southern tour, he prepared carefully and received him with all his heart.

As a result, such a thing happened.

"The minister kowtows to thank the imperial grace." Zhang Youxin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He knew he had passed the test by luck.

"The minister has discovered some new situation, please allow me to report." Zhao Tishuai, carrying the embroidered spring sword, walked onto the main hall with dragon-like steps and said with full energy.

"Speak."

Zhao Tishuai looked at the criminal Zhang Pingshan, the current head of the Zhang family in the center, sighed, and said with full energy: "The old man of the Zhang family died in the first month, killed by his eldest son, not by sudden illness."

When the criminal heard this, he immediately raised his head, looking at Zhao Tishuai in shock, full of horror and anxiety.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

The Zhang family of Hejian originated very early. In the early Zhou Dynasty, Duke Yu arrived at this place in Hejian Prefecture, began to multiply, established the Zhang state, and gradually became a noble and prestigious family in Hejian. Since then, it has existed as a county prestige. The dynasty was changing, but the Zhang family always existed. This is a true millennium family.

"Son killing father?" Zhu Yijun frowned. He frowned and said: "Is there conclusive evidence?"

"Human evidence, physical evidence, and written evidence are all present." Zhao Tishuai bowed his head. The three pieces of evidence were all present, which was ironclad evidence. Zhao Tishuai naturally didn't dare to deceive the emperor. When he investigated this case, his chin almost dropped in shock.

"Tell me in detail." Zhu Yijun tapped the table, signaling everyone to be quiet, and let Zhao Tishuai report.

The matter was very simple. These millennium-old families had extremely strict family education. Being able to survive for so long naturally had their own family rules. Under the strict family rules, Zhang Pingshan, who grew up, was a carefully cultivated family successor. On the surface, Zhang Pingshan was knowledgeable and polite, gentle and elegant, and was a well-known virtuous person in the vicinity. Although he failed to pass the imperial examination, he also did good deeds and repaired bridges and roads everywhere.

As Zhang Pingshan gradually grew up, the old man of the Zhang family handed over all the family affairs to Zhang Pingshan to manage, solely holding the financial power.

In the eyes of outsiders, this was a harmonious family of fatherly kindness and sonly filial piety, elder brotherly friendliness and younger brotherly respect. Coupled with the wind of opening the sea blowing to Tianjin, the family business of the Zhang family also grew bigger and bigger, extremely wealthy. Everything was full of vitality and prosperity.

The old man of the Zhang family died of illness in the first month of the thirteenth year of Wanli at the age of sixty-three. Zhang Pingshan organized a grand funeral, crying heart-rendingly, and made a vow to mourn for three years.

But after Zhao Tishuai investigated carefully, he confirmed that the old man of the Zhang family was killed by his own son. There were seven human witnesses, all of whom were family members, servants, and slaves of the Zhang mansion. The physical evidence was the murder weapon and blood-stained clothes. The written evidence was the silver notes given by Zhang Pingshan. In order to block the mouths of those who knew, Zhang Pingshan used a lot of silver.

When the witnesses and physical evidence kept appearing, Zhang Pingshan collapsed on the ground. He knew he was finished, completely finished, to the point where he couldn't even be included in the genealogy after death.

The Zhang family was not Zhang Pingshan's Zhang family. It had multiplied for thousands of years, and the family was big. Zhang Pingshan's murder evidence was conclusive, and it was son killing father, so the nature was even worse.

He, Zhang Pingshan, died, so he died. Their branch was completely finished.

Not counting the side branches, just talking about the main family, Zhang Pingshan had three uncles, and none of these three uncles were fuel-efficient lamps.

"Is there any fundamental contradiction? The old man of the Zhang family held the financial power, and Zhang Pingshan became increasingly dissatisfied, harboring hatred?" Zhu Yijun said with a serious expression. He originally intended to ask Zhang Pingshan directly, but Zhang Pingshan, after this biggest secret in his heart and the most vicious case were exposed, was shaking like chaff, even his teeth were chattering.

Zhao Tishuai shook his head and said: "No. The old man of the Zhang family said he held the financial power, but it was actually for outsiders to see. Zhang Pingshan managed the family affairs, and there was no contradiction. When the case occurred, Zhang Pingshan was smoking opium, was bumped into by the old man of the Zhang family, and Zhang Pingshan, who had just finished smoking opium, was scolded, and perhaps, evil arose from the side of his gall, and he killed in anger."

This case was extremely strange. After Zhao Tishuai investigated it, he still couldn't understand Zhang Pingshan's motive for committing the crime.

Zhang Pingshan had been scolded since childhood and had strict family rules. He was used to being scolded. In this era of "sticks produce filial sons," Zhang Pingshan could be said to have been beaten since childhood. Kneeling in the ancestral hall without being able to eat was also a common occurrence. Not to mention Zhang Pingshan, the Wanli Emperor was also taken by Empress Dowager Li to the ancestral temple to cry and admit his mistakes.

So Zhao Tishuai defined it as: passionate murder, opium amplified emotions, and lost rationality.

"It's not like this, it's not like this. I didn't know it was my father, I... I couldn't distinguish people at all at that time, I just felt that the person was noisy, so I pushed hard, and then picked up a copper lamp on the left and smashed it up. He kept shouting, and I kept smashing. I didn't know, I was at that time, I didn't know anything..." Zhang Pingshan shouted loudly, tears and snot coming out. Afterwards, he realized what he had done.

Zhu Yijun couldn't distinguish whether Zhang Pingshan was telling the truth or a lie, because he was completely resistant to opium and never touched it.

"Great Physician." Zhu Yijun looked at Pang Xian.

"Your Majesty, the Dissection Institute believes that opium, in addition to pain relief and addiction, also causes hallucinations. These are all poisons. Wormwood, death vine water, Yunnan mushrooms, and opium all have certain hallucinogenic properties. If you smoke opium for a long time, you may have various hallucinations. You really can't distinguish them. Judging from the oral accounts of the specimens in the Dissection Institute, opium has strong hallucinogenic properties." Pang Xian simply explained the characteristics of opium drugs.

"The Master believes that after smoking opium, people will find it difficult to control their behavior and will have a delusional will, replacing the person themselves. And this delusional will, with continuous smoking of opium, will gradually strengthen and eventually replace it, replacing the peach with the plum. The smoker's delusion believes that that person will harm themselves. Once this determination appears, it will slowly strengthen. In order to avoid being killed, the smoker will strike first and eventually harm that person."

"The Master said that after smoking opium, a heart demon will definitely be produced."

"In short, opium smokers, nothing they do is surprising."

Pang Xian analyzed the whole thing from the perspective of the Dissection Institute's research on opium. For a long time, Zhang Pingshan's strict father was identified by that heart demon as someone who wanted to kill himself, and eventually, he struck first.

The heart addiction and heart demon of opium were the Dissection Institute's understanding of opium in the Wanli years. The theory was very sufficient, and there was detailed data to support it.

"Hoo." Zhu Yijun understood what Pang Xian was saying, looked at Zhang Pingshan, and spat out a turbid breath. This person, once contaminated with these poisons, was really not human or ghost.

"Speaking of which, Zhang Pingshan's contamination with opium has to be mentioned with his concubine, the one who ordered the servants to whip He Danghun three times." Zhao Tishuai continued to report the investigation results.

Zhang Pingshan was a successor cultivated by traditional family education. He was strictly restrained since childhood. After taking over the family business, he also began to socialize. It was inevitable that he would enter such romantic places. Zhang Pingshan, who was restrained by rules, couldn't stop after entering the romantic field. He had money and power, and those brothel women naturally used all kinds of means to please him.

Zhang Pingshan met Zhang Shi after coming and going. Zhang Shi's stage name was Yingying, her real name was Cuixi, and she was the top flower of the Changfu class.

This world of flowers and willows was originally drunken and dreaming of death, and this opium was naturally a hit. In fact, the spread of opium in the Ming Dynasty was mostly in the world of flowers and willows, and Zhang Pingshan brought this Zhang Yingying home.

Zhang Yingying, who came from the world of flowers and willows, was naturally arrogant and unscrupulous once she gained power. Coupled with Zhang Pingshan's indulgence, Zhang Yingying was even more unscrupulous. He Danghun was just an individual case. Zhang Yingying, a villain who gained power, would attack people if there was a disagreement, and there were more than twenty times.

He Liu didn't die, and Zhu Yijun must uphold justice for He Danghun for this beating of three whips, but the accountability was limited. At most, it could be traced to Zhang Pingshan, and he couldn't kill Zhang Pingshan. Zhu Yijun originally intended to be willful once, using the crime of acting recklessly and indulging servants to bully the good, and hanging Zhang Pingshan's head on the Haihe River.

As a result, Zhang Pingshan killed his own father. Now, Zhu Yijun didn't need to be willful.

"Zhang Pingshan not only smoked opium himself, but also set up a private market forty miles north of Tianjin Port to transport and sell opium." Zhao Tishuai reported another fact he had investigated. The Zhang family operated a small dock, transporting and selling opium for profit.

Son killing father, transporting and smoking opium, setting up a private market—these four crimes, each was a capital crime. Especially private market transportation, the crime was increased by three degrees, starting with the death penalty, and the highest was clan execution.

Zhu Yijun said with a serious expression: "No one suspected that Fan Yingqi would soar to ninety thousand miles, because he was the top scholar in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, the direct disciple of the Jin Party, and inherited the mantle of Ge Shouli. Because of a toothache, he smoked opium. Now, I have let him go, but he won't let himself go, hiding in the Dissection Institute, fearing that he won't be able to control his heart addiction."

"I, the body of the Son of Heaven, ten thousand gold in weight, saw the painful lesson of Fan Yingqi, and would rather take a small risk to knock out the wisdom tooth. But the accident came quietly. Even afterwards, I was almost killed, but I still don't regret it. If I were to choose again today, I would make the same choice even if I knew the danger."

"The harm of opium, I have already announced several times, but now it seems that it is still not enough."

"Take Zhang Pingshan's case, original and original, as a page of the Di Bao, and write its harm in detail, so that the millions of people know its harm."

"The minister obeys the edict." Wan Shihe took the order. He was the editor-in-chief of the Di Bao, and the Di Bao was all his responsibility. This issue was not the headline, but a special page introducing the harm of opium.

There was no need to continue interrogating Zhang Pingshan. This guy had already started to have drug addiction. If it weren't for the Embroidered Uniform Guards pressing him, he would probably have started to bare his fangs and brandish his claws.

"That concubine, press her to the outside of the yamen, beat her with thirty big whips, and then convict her, and discuss beheading together with Zhang Pingshan." Zhu Yijun read the case file and announced his judgment. He looked at Wang Chonggu and asked: "Great Minister of Justice, do you have any different opinions?"

"Why not just beat this harmful person to death?" Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Yingying, who was kneeling on the ground and having a seizure, and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, this is no longer a human. Just beat her to death."

Wang Chonggu believed that the revision of the Ming law regarding opium completely expelled the traffickers and smokers from the human category. Since they were not humans, they could be disposed of at will. Why ask the Ministry of Justice? The Ministry of Justice's opinion was to just beat the harmful person to death.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "The country has the law of the country."

"The minister obeys the edict." Wang Chonggu reserved his opinion of directly beating the harmful person to death. Sometimes, His Majesty was too kind. It was all death. His Majesty wanted to beat her to death directly, but for the sake of the strictness of the law, he still chose to dispose of it according to the law.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhao Tishuai, his tone became cold, and he said sternly: "Embroidered Uniform Guards, listen to the order. Immediately, strictly investigate the major case of the Zhang family setting up a private market to transport and sell opium. Investigate to the end. Anyone involved will be beheaded immediately, no pardon!"

"The minister obeys the edict!" Zhao Tishuai bowed his head and took the order.

Zhao Tishuai arrested more than 700 people on the first day in Tianjin Prefecture. These were drug dealers, and they were a link in the chain of interests. This was only the first day. When His Majesty continued the southern tour, Zhao Tishuai left behind a criminal-investigation battalion commander and two hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards to continue handling this matter.

"Chief Eunuch Feng, why do I feel that I have been used?" Zhu Yijun returned to the Yan Zheng Tower and drank water, then suddenly froze and said to Feng Bao.

"Why does Your Majesty say that?" Feng Bao asked with a puzzled face.

"Chief Eunuch Feng, do you remember the matter of Lin Fucheng going to Baoding Prefecture and local officials using Lin Fucheng, the fifth-rank Five Classics Doctor, to pick the festering sore?" Zhu Yijun said somewhat uncertainly.

"The minister remembers. That time, the Baoding Prefecture travel notes were Lin Fucheng's masterpiece. Although Lin Fucheng was always being used, he could probably guess it, but he was willing to do so. Later, when he arrived in the grasslands, the Loyal and Obedient Lady also used Lin Fucheng and his party." Feng Bao said busily.

"I am just like Lin Fucheng, used by Zhang Youxin! That old sister could break into the imperial presence. If it wasn't Zhang Youxin's arrangement, I wouldn't believe it even if I were beaten to death!" Zhu Yijun slapped the table. He had just realized it after returning to the Yan Zheng Tower!

"It seems to be this reason..." Feng Bao also discovered the suspicious points in a trance!

You must know that the itinerary of the emperor's tour was announced, but the specific places to inspect would not be posted. How did He Danghun's wife know when the emperor would pass where? And accurately knelt in front of the procession? That He Liu's wife was clearly guided by someone.

"The case is not fake. Zhang Youxin, oh Zhang Youxin, this guy, he's a ghost!" Zhu Yijun smiled and didn't haggle with Zhang Youxin. He was the emperor, wasn't he borrowing strength for these ministers? As long as it was for the collective interests of the Ming Dynasty, being used didn't matter.

The private market really existed. Zhang Pingshan and the concubine Zhang Yingying had drug addiction in the public hall. The huge opium industry chain also existed. Since it was beneficial to the collective interests of the Ming Dynasty, there would be no accountability.

Of course, Zhang Youxin doing this was mostly for his own official hat, for advancement.

Really standing in Zhang Youxin's perspective to think about this problem, the Zhang family of Hejian was an out-and-out behemoth. Zhang Youxin couldn't deal with it, but he wanted to do it. Directly reporting to the court, it couldn't be uprooted, and he might even be unlucky himself. Taking advantage of the emperor passing through, uprooting it! This became Zhang Youxin's best choice.

Zhu Yijun's southern tour continued, and the Tianjin Prefecture drug trafficking case, with more than 700 criminals, was sent to the capital. Zhu Yiliu, who remained in the Northern Yamen, was shocked.

Zhu Yiliu looked at the Tang Bao in his hand and said in a daze: "No, I racked my brains to catch 46 death-row prisoners, and the Imperial Brother just went out, and caught 732 people back to the capital?!"

Who is the little demon king after all!

He, Zhu Yiliu, caught quite a few people, but most of them were torture. There were only 46 who really had to be beheaded. There was also one who was cleared of suspicion, an opinionated fool who followed the crowd, sent from the death row to the ordinary prison.

Li Youzi was calm. When His Majesty turned the capital upside down and conducted clan execution, Zhu Yiliu, this little demon king, was still following behind His Majesty's butt, peeing and mixing mud.

"His Majesty has a letter." Li Youzi presented another letter from His Majesty on the southern tour.

Zhu Yiliu opened it, stood up suddenly, and saw four words on it: "Just this? Just this?"

These four words were extremely humiliating, because by comparison, the scene Zhu Yiliu created was really too small.

"How is the public trial execution ground at the Meridian Gate built? If it's built, prepare for the public trial. I can't always be seen as a child playing around by the Imperial Brother!" Zhu Yiliu didn't steam the bun but fought for breath. His Majesty only had two letters to the capital, and there were only two words: "Just this?"

"It will be built tomorrow." Li Youzi said quite respectfully: "Does Your Highness want to preside over it personally, or let the Junior Minister of Justice Lu Guangzu preside?"

"I don't know how to try cases. Let Lu Guangzu try it, but I want to go personally. I am also a part of the Ming Dynasty, and of course, a part of the public!" Zhu Yiliu didn't understand the clauses of the Ming law, and he couldn't do this job, but he also wanted to have a sense of participation, responsible for the fairness of the final review and judgment.

"Those who should die don't die, I will let them all die together!" Zhu Yiliu thought this was a kind of fairness, the fairness of a villain.

"The minister obeys the edict." Li Youzi bowed his head and took the order, accompanying Zhu Yiliu to review the memorials.

Interestingly, those memorials asking His Majesty to return had already been circulated to Zhu Yiliu's hands. Zhu Yiliu stamped them all with the "I know" seal and didn't pursue them too much. Zhu Yiliu's personality was actually very simple. Censor officials could speak, as long as what they said was true, he wouldn't haggle.

These officials' memorials, saying that Zhu Yiliu did those things in the capital, were all true, so Zhu Yiliu didn't haggle.

"Interesting." Zhu Yiliu suddenly picked up a memorial and picked up the "Send to the Southern Tour for His Majesty's Review" seal and stamped it on it.

The memorial came from Xu Wei, the Governor of the Nagasaki Governor's Office. Xu Wei again reported the news of Oda Nobunaga's assassination. Unlike the last time when a palace maid stabbed him, this assassination was an explosion. Oda Nobunaga's carriage was overturned, and Oda Nobunaga was blown into a mess, but because the carriage was specially made and the gunpowder power was insufficient, Oda Nobunaga escaped again.

Oda Nobunaga's assassination was not a big deal. He was assassinated every day, and some people opened a gambling house to bet on when Oda Nobunaga, this Kuanbai, would be killed.

Zhu Yiliu said it was interesting because the Japanese country had some situation. Opium was rampant in the Japanese country.

"Opium is rampant in the Japanese country. According to the Nagasaki Line Capital and the Osaka Bay Guard Battalion Commander's Office, in the twelfth year of Wanli, more than 19,000 boxes and more than 2,000 bags of opium were confiscated in one year, with a total weight of more than 2.37 million catties, which can be smoked by 2.37 million people for one year. The Japanese country has a total of only more than 8 million people." Zhu Yiliu looked at the memorial and sighed in admiration.

This is not to say that the opium flowing into the Japanese country is as much as 2.37 million catties. The Japanese country does not have such a strong consumption capacity. A large part of this is transit, stopping at Osaka Bay, and the red-haired barbarian sailing ships arriving at the New World will also be confiscated together. More than half of these 2.37 million catties are transit, found by the Osaka Bay Sea Defense Inspection, and according to the iron law of the Ming Emperor, they are treated as pirates and directly beheaded.

Zhu Yiliu looked at the memorial and said to Li Youzi: "The opium that really takes the Japanese country as the destination is only 370,000 catties, but this means that nearly 370,000 people in the Japanese country smoke opium. Tsk tsk, the Ming Dynasty's Kyoto Special Search Department in the Japanese country, this is also searching, it flows into the Japanese country, not into the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Highness, if law enforcement is not strict, it is better not to set up a law. Anti-drug is a war, never dying." Li Youzi explained that this was not to protect the Japanese country, but to prevent opium from flowing into the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yiliu said with a smile: "I know, I know, it's just cheaper for this group of Japanese pirates. The Ming Sea Defense Inspection worked hard to confiscate it, and the Japanese people benefited in the end."

Reckless is not stupid. Zhu Yiliu was very clear about the importance of banning smoking. He had seen those monsters and demons in the Dissection Institute with his own eyes.

Anti-drug, a war that never dies.

On the next morning, the sun was bright, and the Ming Northern Yamen's regent, Prince Lu, arrived outside the Meridian Gate in the morning sun. The weather was beautiful, a clear day, allowing the public trial and public judgment to proceed as scheduled.

Zhu Yiliu was not sitting in the middle. Sitting in the middle was the Ming regent Prince De Zhu Zaiyu. This Ming Prince De, who saw the head but not the tail, appeared in public, mainly for a case, the case of stealing the secrets of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

"Imperial Uncle." Zhu Yiliu paid respects. If it weren't for the case of stealing secrets, this Imperial Uncle would absolutely not come out of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

"The theft case is shocking. I have to come out to see it. When the case has a result, I will go back." Zhu Zaiyu was actually not used to such a public occasion with so many people. The Zheng Prince Mansion in the past didn't have so many people, so he was a bit uneasy, but he didn't show it so obviously.

"Imperial Uncle, rest assured, the first case is it, it won't delay your time." Zhu Yiliu said to Lu Guangzu: "Hurry up, the new iron horse with 48 horsepower is going to be tested today. Imperial Uncle's time is tight, don't delay Imperial Uncle."

Zhu Yiliu learned from the Imperial Brother that the force that could change heaven and earth was the millions of common people, but it was extremely complicated to explain, and the force of production was an important part of it.

Zhu Zaiyu had a big project to accept today, the test drive of the 48-horsepower steam engine, which involved productivity.

"Bring the criminal!" Lu Guangzu simplified it and pressed the criminals of the Lianyun Bookstore to the Great Criminal Hall of the Meridian Gate. The Lianyun Bookstore was the one that had been bombed several times by Zhu Yiliu.

"Thirteen criminals, bribing the Five Classics Doctor, secretly connecting with the Japanese, secretly studying water fertilizer. According to the law, behead immediately." Lu Guangzu read the cause-of-affair sign and sent yamen runners to start explaining the case.

Secretly connecting with the Japanese, stealing the method of making water fertilizer, the entire case was clear, the evidence was detailed, and all the human evidence, physical evidence, written evidence, and those confessions with fingerprints were displayed to the surrounding common people.

"Do you plead guilty?" Lu Guangzu looked at the criminals kneeling on the ground and questioned sternly.

Public trial, began. ===== CHAPTER 658 =====

Secretly colluding with the Japanese pirates, stealing the method of manufacturing water-based fertilizer, the entire case was clear and conclusive, the evidence was detailed, and all the human, material, and documentary evidence, as well as the confessions with fingerprints, were shown to the onlookers.

"Do you plead guilty?" Lu Guangzu looked at the criminals kneeling on the ground and questioned them sternly.

The public trial began.