3. Chapter III

Zhu Yuanyu was a suspect and was originally going to be escorted to the yamen by the yacha, but because of Zhu Dafu's strength, the yacha did not dare to be deeply offended, so Zhu Yuanyu was carried in a sedan chair.

The village chief and several villagers walked behind the sedan chair, their faces unswerving. Originally, I thought that the official had been reported and that the yacha would be treated fairly, but who knew that the yacha was still afraid of Zhu Dafu's power, and he didn't dare to offend at all, Zhu Yuanyu's current appearance was as if he had been detained to ask about the crime and be punished, as if he had been invited to some kind of banquet.

Fortunately, Zhu's house is not far from the yamen, otherwise the yacha would not have come on foot.

Yacha watched Zhu Dafu and Zhu Yuanyu riding in a sedan chair, they walked by themselves, and they felt uncomfortable.

Along the way, Zhu Dafu kept comforting Zhu Yuanyu, reassuring him not to worry, no one in this place dared to bully their Zhu family. Mo said that Zhu Yuanyu didn't kill anyone, but it wasn't his fault that he killed someone.

Zhu Dafu scolded the village chief viciously: "Something that doesn't have long eyes! If you dare to wronged my Zhu Dafu's son, you will definitely be cleaned up!"

When the village chief and several villagers heard this, they shuddered, and they couldn't help but worry in their hearts, this Zhu Dafu is not a good stubble! Even if it is confirmed that Zhu Yuanyu killed someone, Zhu Dafu may have a way to put pressure on the county lord to release him, and then they will be the ones who will be cleaned up after that. If Zhu Yuanyu was really wronged, it would be even worse.

So the village chief and several villagers began to feel uneasy, and they only hoped that the county adults could show their might, and cleaned up Zhu Dafu and Zhu Yuanyu at one time.

Even if everyone has different thoughts, they are all men, and their steps are fast, and they arrive at the yamen in the blink of an eye.

In front of the yamen, I don't know when there was already a circle of people, looking at the clothes and dressing, it was clear that they were ordinary people who were not too busy to see the excitement.

A few Zhu Yuanyu felt a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be the villager who was holding a torch yesterday and said that he would burn him to death.

Looking at their faces, with a strong hatred for Zhu Yuanyu, it is very likely that they are relatives of the deceased.

Zhu Yuanyu didn't care what they thought of him, anyway, he knew that he hadn't killed anyone, he hadn't, and he didn't have the original body.

As for the evidence of the alleged murder, he will expose it when he goes to court.

If there is no murder, where is the evidence? It's not a misunderstanding, it's a forgery.

Seriously, with Zhu Yuanyu's ability, a qiฤ“ problem can be solved in minutes. If it weren't for the reputation of the Zhu family, in order to repay Zhu Dafu and Wang Chunmei for loving him so much, he wouldn't be so boring and stupid to go to court!

They want a murderer, okay! I'll give them a murderer later!

Thinking like this, Zhu Yuanyu raised his chin, and the sturdy family immediately stepped forward to squeeze through the crowd and open the way for Zhu Yuanyu.

Zhu Yuanyu shook the fan, this fan was still brought by him in the Zhu Mansion, at that time, Wang Chunmei saw that he liked it, and said that she would buy him more, so that he could take turns to change his appearance every day.

Zhu Yuanyu refused very sincerely, he only wanted this one, because this one was in line with his taste, and there were words inscribed by him on the fan - high-end atmosphere and grade, crazy and cool!

Although Wang Chunmei didn't understand what it meant, she couldn't resist her doting on her son, her son looks good at everything he writes, and everything he writes is right!

Zhu Dafu has read books, although he can't export chapters, he still has the ability to appreciate. Although the son's writing is not far from the dog's crawl, for some reason, he just feels domineering! As soon as he plans to do this, he will go home and let his son inscribe on the plaque in his study! He will also be full of domineering!

Zhu Yuanyu stepped into the public hall, and there was a plaque hanging above the front, with the inscription from right to left - the mirror was hanging high.

The county lord in an official uniform was already seated, and next to him stood a character like a master.

On both sides of the Gongtang County Lords, the yacha stood with their canes.

The county lord was about forty or fifty years old, with two mustaches, and his eyes were shining, wandering, and he did not look like an upright Qing official.

From the fact that he kept glancing at Zhu Dafu, he could know that if he was not Zhu Dafu's person, he was also bought by Zhu Dafu.

Zhu Yuanyu's gaze turned to the person who was kneeling, it seemed that this was the plaintiff.

Syllable!

"No noise in the court!"

The county lord patted the shocked wood.

Zhu Yuanyu was allowed to come in behind the sidelines, but the noisy people were instantly quiet.

The county lord pointed at Zhu Yuanyu, "You are Zhu Yuanyu?"

Zhu Yuanyu put away the fan, "Exactly." โ€

"Bold! Why don't you kneel when you see this official?"

Zhu Yuanyu was about to answer, but saw the master muttering a few words in the ear of the county adult.

The county lord nodded, turned his head to Zhu Yuanyu and said, "Since you have a meritorious reputation, you don't need to kneel, just stand and answer." โ€

"Yes. โ€

The county lord cleared his voice, "According to the statement submitted by the plaintiff Zhu Daniu, it is written that you committed murder, and the victim is Zhu Daniu's wife, can you plead guilty?"

"I didn't kill people. โ€

The prefectural lord nodded, "Hmm." Zhu Daniu, you said that Zhu Yuanyu killed your lady, do you have any evidence?"

Zhu Daniu looked excited, "I have! My brother Zhu Erniu saw Zhu Yuanyu running out of my house with his own eyes, and his jade pendant fell next to my mother, he must have killed my mother! My lord! It must be him! You murderer! I want to kill you!"

Zhu Yuanyu dodged and avoided it, and when the yacha pressed Zhu Daniu to kneel down again, he muttered: "Stupid human." โ€

"Be bold! How can you be presumptuous in the court! Come on! Scold the five boards as a punishment!"

The county lord slapped the shocking wood fiercely.

Hearing this, Yacha stepped forward to suppress Zhu Daniu and waved his staff high.

After the five canes were completed, Zhu Daniu didn't dare to make a mistake in a proper manner.

Zhu Yuanyu opened the fan and shook it, "My lord, since Zhu Daniu said that Zhu Erniu saw me coming out of his house with his own eyes, and his wife, that is, the deceased, has my jade pendant next to him, why don't you invite Zhu Erniu to confront me face to face?"

"Someone!

Zhu Erniu was brought up.

Zhu Yuanyu looked at it, this Zhu Erniu was not as strong as Zhu Da Niu, but the hatred in his eyes was the same.

Zhu Yuanyu didn't know that Zhu Daniu's mother-in-law Li treated Zhu Erniu very well on weekdays, and Zhu Erniu treated the Li family, who loved him very much, as a mother, and was very respectful.

My sister-in-law was killed, how could Zhu Erniu not hate!

Zhu Erniu knelt down, his eyes were wet, and his eyes were red, "My lord, Zhu Yuanyu is indeed the murderer, I saw it with my own eyes!

The county lord touched his beard and groaned, "What about the jade pendant?"

When Zhu Daniu heard this, "It's here!" and hurriedly took out a purse made of coarse cloth, the purse was very simple in workmanship, and it was probably a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it. He caressed his purse lovingly, and then opened it and poured out a jade pendant, the color of the jade pendant, a discerning person knew at a glance that it was not something that a person of Zhu Daniu's status could have.

There was a yacha to present it to the county lord, and the county lord picked it up and took a look, and the front of the jade pendant was engraved with the word "jade".

"Zhu Yuanyu, this jade pendant is yours?" The county lord asked Zhu Yuanyu to come forward to confirm.

Zhu Yuanyu responded happily, "That's right, it's mine." โ€

Zhu Yuanyu's answer surprised the county lord and the master, and they looked at each other.

Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu were also very surprised, they didn't expect Zhu Yuanyu to admit it, they thought that Zhu Yuanyu would deny that this jade pendant was not his. After reacting, the two shouted that you were the murderer and wanted to rush towards Zhu Yuanyu, but they were stopped by the yacha.

Zhu Dafu was a little anxious, and he didn't know why his son wanted to admit it, wasn't this unfavorable to him! When the jade pendant was taken out, Zhu Dafu recognized that the jade pendant was indeed his son's, or was it given to his son by himself!

The court was in an uproar, discussing and pointing fingers.

"Sure enough, it's him!"

"It's not kind to be rich!"

"The murderer must be severely punished! He must not be allowed to go unpunished!"

"Ask for a verdict!"

Zhu Yuanyu saw that Zhu Dafu's face was ugly, so he didn't want to delay, let's solve it quickly, he was also hungry when he went home to eat.

"My lord, the jade pendant is mine, but it has been lost for a long time. โ€

The county lord suddenly realized, as he was, "Since it has been lost, it cannot be used as evidence." โ€

Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu were shocked, and the county lord was clearly biased in favor of Zhu Yuanyu when he said this.

The onlookers also booed.

The county lord was angry, "Quiet! quiet!"

Everyone was quiet, but Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu couldn't be quiet.

"My lord! How can he conclude that this jade pendant is that he has lost it! He must be talking nonsense!"

The county lord waved his hand and stopped the two of them from talking.

"Whether it's true or not, the official will let people find out. โ€

"That's right. Zhu Yuanyu smiled, "Whether the jade pendant is lost or not, the adults will let people find out, but now I have to defend myself." โ€

Zhu Yuanyu put away the fan, stared at Zhu Erniu and said, "Zhu Erniu, are you sure what you see is me?"

"That's right, it's you!" Zhu Erniu was not to be outdone.

"Then do you see my front?" Zhu Yuanyu asked again.

"This ...... Not really. Zhu Erniu hesitated.

"And how do you know it's me?"

Zhu Erniu said disdainfully: "Don't deny it! That's clearly you! I saw you wearing that dress that morning! It's not you or who!"

"Not me. All you see is the murderer in my clothes. โ€

After Zhu Yuanyu finished speaking calmly, he ignored Zhu Erniu and said to the county lord: "I know who the murderer is." โ€

Zhu Yuanyu continued, "The murderer is Zhu Hui, the son of the village chief. โ€

What the?

The people in the court couldn't react.

"You're talking nonsense!" the village chief was in a hurry, how could he be so dignified that he was pulled on his son.

"Okay, it turned out to be your turtle grandson!"

Zhu Dafu, who was convinced of his son's words, crossed the crowd and squeezed in front of Zhu Hui and shouted angrily.

"No, it's not me! He's talking nonsense! Wronged!" Zhu Hui was dripping with sweat, and hurriedly waved his hand to deny it.

The county lord's eyes narrowed, "Bring it up!"

Zhu Hui's face turned white, trembling and kneeling on the ground, crying and mourning: "My lord, I have been wronged! Zhu Yuanyu has bad intentions, he killed the person! It's not me!"

Lord Zhu Yuanyu raised his voice first: "You dare to deny it! It's you, who coveted the beauty of the Li family, and took advantage of Zhu Daniu's absence, broke into his house to โ–กโ–ก the Li family, and when the Li family struggled to resist, you started up from your heart and strangled the Li family! I was right!"

Zhu Hui sweated more and denied it.

Zhu Yuanyu saw that he didn't recognize him, so he gave Li Zhuangzhuang a look, Li Zhuangzhuang nodded, turned around and escorted a woman in from outside the crowd.

Zhu Yuanyu had already arranged it, and before coming to the court, he had already instructed Li Zhuangzhuang to rush over with Zhou Lijuan.

"My lord, this woman is Zhu Hui's accomplice Zhou Lijuan, the two have been together for a long time, and Zhou Lijuan has made suggestions behind Zhu Hui's murder for all kinds of arrangements and cover-ups after Zhu Hui's murder. My jade pendant was lost and was picked up by Zhou Lijuan. When Zhu Hui killed someone and found Zhou Lijuan for help, Zhou Lijuan asked Zhu Hui to pretend to be me and blame me, so of course the jade pendant was given to Zhu Hui by Zhou Lijuan. As for my clothes, they were stolen from the maids who served me. โ€

Zhu Yuanyu paused, and then said: "Who doesn't know in the whole Zhu Mansion that the Xia Japanese have to change two sets of clothes every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, presumably Zhou Lijuan took advantage of the maid's inattention to take away the clothes I wore in the morning." Zhu Hui and Zhu Da Niu are in the same village, of course they know when he will go home, but at that time I didn't expect it to be Zhu Erniu who came back, but it doesn't matter who it is, the important thing is that someone sees me coming out of Zhu Da Niu's house, and accidentally left the jade pendant, which can explain why Zhu Erniu only saw one of my backs, and judged me as a murderer according to the clothes and jade pendant!"

After Zhu Yuanyu finished analyzing, he was in his chest.

The public in the court was in an uproar again.

"W-What's going on?"

"yes, I'm confused too......"

"Who is the murderer?"

"Could it really be Zhu Hui as he said? But we must also pay attention to evidence......

Zhu Dafu also looked excited, "My son said it so well! The murderer must be Zhu Hui!"

Zhu Yuanyu curled the corners of his mouth, "To confirm whether what I said is correct, just ask." โ€

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu looked at Zhu Hui and Zhou Lijuan with disbelieving expressions.

Syllable!

The county lord knocked down the shocking wood, "Quickly recruit from the truth!"