Chapter 80: Unravel the Mystery!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Weiss paused and observed Lorne’s expression.

He found that his teacher was still very calm and listening quietly. He could not help but feel a strong sense of confidence from Lorne.

He immediately continued, “Many officials of the Ministry of Justice and the law department officials have completely different views on this case.

“One faction believes that Liu Tong’s stepmother killing his father was not a murder that happened in this time, so it will not be recorded in the Ministry of Justice’s archives.

“Therefore, it is not reasonable for Liu Tong to take revenge for his father. It will not be established. In name, he and his stepmother are still mother and son.

“Liu Tong’s actions are equivalent to killing his mother. Some say that his crime sentence should be even worse. He should be sentenced to death by a thousand cuts.”

Although it sounded a little surreal, the evidence was quite convincing. Because Liu Tong was in the previous generation when he was young, his father’s death was something that happened in the previous kingdom.

The end of the kingdom at that time and the beginning of the kingdom now were already in chaos. The various princes had no idea how many forces there were. The files and archives of the previous kingdom had long been left behind. Therefore, regardless of the cause or the result, Liu Tong should indeed be sentenced to death by a thousand cuts.

At this point, Lorne suddenly asked, “What do the officials of the other faction think?”

Weiss saw that Lorne was somewhat interested and quickly continued on with his story.

“The officials of the other faction think that although his father’s death was a matter of the previous dynasty, the files and records have already been lost.”

“However, the murder case should not be eliminated because of this reason. No matter what, his stepmother was the murderer of his father.

“Therefore, to avenge his father, his crime should be reduced by a notch. He should be sentenced to death instead of suffering from the pain of being dismembered.”

Beside him, Kyle had been listening quietly from the beginning to the end. When he heard this, he had already remembered that this case was indeed an unsolved case between the Ministry of Justice and the law department.

It was a case that had happened half a year ago. It had been reported all the way from Malo City to the capital and was handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Law for a hearing.

However, after the last round of debate, no conclusion had been reached at all, and no decision had been made on the verdict.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Law simply put this case in front of Kyle again, wanting to ask the king for a verdict.

Kyle remembered clearly that he did not know how to deal with the case at that time either. What the two factions said was actually reasonable. As the king, he could not casually sentence someone with a wave of his hand.

Therefore, the result was that the criminal Liu Tong would be temporarily detained in the prison, waiting for the second or even third round of the trial.

The reason why the First Prince Weiss saw the case was probably because he was familiar with the administrative affairs that he had arranged for him a few days ago, which allowed him to come to know about the case by accident.

When he thought of this, Kyle immediately looked at Lorne with interest. With such a pending case, Kyle really wanted to know how the talented and seemingly omniscient Lorne would make his decision?

Under the gaze of Kyle and Weiss, Lorne put down the cutlery in his hand and leaned his head on the back of the chair and looked bored.

“Huh…

“I thought it a great case that required the use of the Eastern region and other places until all the criminal departments in Lolan City were unable to solve it.

“In the end, after listening to your statement for a long time, it’s not a difficult case at all. Why did it become an archived case anyways?

“It’s a pity that I’m not the head of the justice department or the head of the law department. Otherwise, everything would have been solved in a flash!

“I’ll give it a verdict within half an hour after I receive the document!”

Kyle and Weiss could not help but look at each other. Both of them fell into self-doubt. Was this clearly not an unsolved case?

Although Kyle was not a professional in Lolan’s Law, at least he had studied it. Anyway he looked at it, he could not make a decision. He had to consider both the principles of the law and the severity of the punishment. This was the difficulty of this case.

Moreover, it involved the succession of dynasties between the previous dynasty and the current dynasty. It was a matter that was very difficult to judge.

How did it become an easy case that could be judged within the time it takes for them to circle the whole palace for Lorne?

Was what he said the same case as what his teacher had heard?

Weiss immediately picked up the wine jar and poured wine for his father and Lorne.

“Teacher, why don’t you tell me why you think this case can be solved so easily?”

Lorne was very satisfied with Weiss’s act of pouring wine for him. That was why he wanted to be a teacher in the first place. He also wanted to show off his strength in front of the student he had just accepted.

Therefore, Lorne gently tapped the table with his knuckles as he slowly explained, “First of all, the son is killing his stepmother. There are some things that need to be clearly distinguished.

“If he killed his own mother, then no matter what mistakes his mother committed and whether or not she killed his father, it would be considered murder of a blood relative. He should be sentenced to death by a thousand cuts.

“But this is his stepmother, not his biological mother. He has no blood relationship with her.

“This kind of mother-son relationship can only be maintained by the love between his stepmother and his biological father. Once the love relationship is broken, this so-called mother-son relationship will naturally vanish into thin air.

“But here we have to mention something else. His stepmother and her lover conspired together to kill his biological father.

“That was equivalent to Liu Tong’s stepmother personally severing the relationship that was maintained by love. It also cut off the mother-son relationship between the two of them.

“If that’s the case, then Liu Tong killing his stepmother wouldn’t be considered as murdering his mother. It could only be considered as an ordinary murder case.

“Therefore, just based on this point alone, a death sentence by a thousand cuts is not in accordance with the rules. On the contrary, it is more appropriate to talk about a crime of murder. That means it’ll go to the initial form, the death penalty.”

Lorne’s analysis process was not complicated, in fact, the cause and effect were well-organized and he just went straight into it.

It was as if the fog was lifted directly in front of Kyle and Weiss’s eyes.

They had never thought that the relationship between the stepmother and the adopted son could be so well defined.

In other words, whether it was Kyle and his son, or the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the law department in the palace, they had all gone astray on this issue. They had never considered cutting in from this direction and directly rejecting the mother-son relationship between Liu Tong and his stepmother.

Amazing, his explanation was really amazing!

For Kyle himself, he could not help but feel shocked.

As expected, he bought Lolan’s law book just to pass the time for entertainment.

This brother of his probably knew better than the person who edited the Lolan’s law book.

On the other hand, the First Prince of Lolan, Weiss, could not help but admire him even more. The teacher that his father found for him was amazing!

He then asked even more respectfully, “Teacher, if that’s the case, then will Liu Tong be sentenced to death?”

Lorne shook his head..