He remembered it very clearly. Previously, when many middle-aged villagers from Chen Family Village were prosecuted, the spectator seats had been filled with middle-aged women, forcing Zhang Qingyuan and the others to watch the live broadcast in the courtyard. But this time, at the hearing for the Zhaojia Village case... not a single person came.
「Meanwhile.」
Zizhou.
A district court.
The First Criminal Trial Court.
BANG!
The gavel sounded.
After the courtroom rules were announced, the Judgment Chief continued, "Now, public prosecutor, please read the indictment and state the details of the case."
At the prosecutor's bench, one of the prosecutors stood and solemnly read from the indictment, "On the 12th of this month, a malicious pumpkin-stealing incident occurred in Zhaojia Village, on the outskirts of Zizhou.
