Early the next morning, Li Miaoqiu rushed to the criminal department with the case and beat the drum to voice the grievances.

"Might--might," the officials standing on both sides shouted a few words in a routine manner. Shangshu of the Criminal Department sat on the top of the lobby, slapped the shocked wood hard, his voice was calm and powerful, and he said: "Who is kneeling, and what grievances are reported?" ”

Li Miaoqiu presented the form with both hands, and the master came over, took the form, and presented it to the criminal department.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department glanced at it and frowned. Maybe he has been in office for a long time, and he has seen all kinds of cases of civil lawsuits, so his tone is also unwavering, and he still says with a straight face: "You want to sue Zhang Runcheng, the magistrate of Anxian County, Suzhou?" ”

Li Miaoqiu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Exactly." ”

"Well, since you say that you are wronged, you will tell the truth about the crimes committed by Zhang Runcheng, the magistrate of Anxian County. If it is verified by the official to be true, you will be given justice, if what you said is untrue and deliberately falsely accused, the official will also give corresponding punishment according to the law, can you think about it? ”

Li Miaoqiu said fearlessly: "The folk girl has already thought it through, and the folk girl guarantees that what she says next is true." ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Miaoqiu was full of grief and indignation, and said sonorously and forcefully: "Zhang Runcheng's crime is that he has a wife, but he seduces the people's daughters and lies that he is not married, which is a crime of degrading. Zhang Runcheng's second crime was to deliberately kill his parents and children, causing the people to have a miscarriage, which is the crime of poisoning his parents and children. Zhang Runcheng committed the third crime, treacherous and backstruck, not only did not fulfill his promise to the people's daughter, but instead sent people to poison the people's daughter, so that the people's daughter almost died in Huangquan, which is the crime of poisoning and murder. ”

"Zhang Runcheng is now a county magistrate, what you said is an unforgivable crime, do you have evidence?"

Li Miaoqiu said: "Yes, the human and material evidence are all there, and now the human evidence is waiting outside the lobby." ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department slapped the stunned wood and said loudly: "Witness to the person." ”

Not long after, Bai Sujin and a girl in Tsing Yi came to the hall, the girl in Tsing Yi was originally a sister who was good friends with Li Miaoqiu in the teaching workshop, and she was the first to speak at this time: "My lord, the people and Li Miaoqiu are both people in the church, and the people can testify, a year ago, Zhang Runcheng was indeed good with Li Miaoqiu, and after Li Miaoqiu became pregnant, he designed to make Li Miaoqiu have a miscarriage, and please let the adults know." ”

Bai Sujin also continued: "My lord, the women can also testify, after Li Miaoqiu arrived in Suzhou, she was driven out by Zhang Runcheng, and the women took pity on her and let her live in the women's house temporarily. During this period, Mrs. Zhang Runcheng went to the woman's house first and took out three hundred taels of silver tickets, intending to end the matter. As a result, Zhang Runcheng was frightened, so he sent someone to sneak into the woman's house that night and put poison into the water tank. Fortunately, he was discovered by the guy in time, and he escaped. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department pondered for a while, and said: "The matter is very important, and it is a matter in Suzhou, so let's do it, this official will first draft a document and send it to the governor of Suzhou, so that the governor of Suzhou can find out the matter first, and if it is true, he will make a decision." ”

As soon as Shangshu of the Criminal Department finished speaking, he saw Zhou Shilang walking in slowly from outside the door, saluted, and said: "The lower official saw the lord, and the lower official heard that there was a case of a civil lawsuit against the official today, so he came to take a look, and listened outside the door for a long time, and felt that this matter was very simple to deal with, and there was no need to go through the governor of Suzhou at all." ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department often asked Zhou Shilang to assist in handling the case, and the two had worked together for a long time, so they didn't take Zhou Shilang's rebuttal to heart at this time, and asked rhetorically: "Zhou Shilang, according to your intentions, what should I do?" ”

A trace of disdain appeared on Zhou Shilang's face, turned his head to look around at the few people kneeling, and said contemptuously: "These people are purely false accusations. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department frowned and asked: "There are a few of them, what they say is reasonable and well-founded, how can they be judged to be false accusations out of thin air?" ”

Zhou Shilang said loudly: "My lord, listen to me, since they sued the magistrate of Anxian County, they should come up with strong evidence, but their words are conclusive, but they have no evidence, isn't it suspicious?" ”

Bai Sujin couldn't help but said loudly: "Lord Squire, what is empty talk, I and this girl can be used as witnesses." ”

Zhou Shilang raised his eyebrows and said mockingly: "The so-called human witness is actually not a human witness. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was a little puzzled and asked, "What does Zhou Shilang mean by this?" ”

Zhou Shilang continued: "My lord, if you think about it, the relationship between these two witnesses and the plaintiff, one is a sister who is in the same workshop, maybe she has a very good relationship with the plaintiff, so she naturally wants to speak to the plaintiff. A man who was far away in Suzhou and had no affection for the plaintiff, but followed the plaintiff all the way to the capital to file a complaint, only to be afraid that he had received the plaintiff's benefits, so he rushed so hard to commit perjury. ”

Bai Sujin was so angry that he immediately stood up and said loudly: "What is the squire saying, what is perjury, I came thousands of miles to do it for the sake of justice, and as for the benefits that the squire said, it is even more out of nowhere." ”

Zhou Shilang sneered: "What a joke, if you didn't accept the plaintiff's benefits, could it be that you came to the capital with a silver coin, and then lived in the inn out of your own pocket?" I dare to conclude that the so-called justice in your mouth is nothing but a lie driven by profit. ”

Bai Sujin had already lost his mind, and he didn't expect the dignified squire of the Criminal Department to say such a thing. As long as it is a testimony, if he has affection, he cannot count what he says, and if he has no affection, he must have received money, and what he said is a lie, let alone count.

Bai Sujin was short of breath, pointed at Zhou Shilang and said: "You are talking nonsense, you are still a waiter, and you are still a waiter, and you are actually giving people a hat indiscriminately, I tell you clearly, what I Bai Sujin said is true, you can go to check, if there is a fake, I am willing to go to prison." ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department sank his face, slapped the wood in shock, and shouted "Silence", and the officials on both sides began to be "mighty-martial" again.

"Above the court, noisy and noisy, what kind of system, don't kneel down quickly." Shangshu of the Criminal Department said angrily, "The witness Bai clan disturbed the court, insulted the court officials, dragged it down, and beat the twenty boards." The plaintiff's evidence was insufficient, so the case was not filed for the time being, and the court was withdrawn. ”

Zhou Shilang originally wanted to add fuel and vinegar, so that the criminal department Shangshu sentenced them to the crime of false accusation and immediately put them in prison. But seeing that Shangshu of the Criminal Department heard his words, he was already annoyed, and announced his retirement from the court, so he couldn't say more. However, they suffered a loss this time, if they knew the proportions and stopped suing, the matter would be over, anyway, they took people's money, **. As long as nothing happens, there is no need to find a way to put them in prison. If they don't know what to do and insist on suing, they are asking for their own guilt.

After the criminal department Shangshu finished speaking, he went down to the hall, and the two officials came over, dragged Bai Sujin to the outside of the hall, pushed Bai Sujin on the bench, and hit Bai Sujin mercilessly. Bai Sujin is a woman in the end, she gritted her teeth in pain, she couldn't stand it, and she cried out.

Li Miaoqiu also had nothing to do, so she could only cry on the side, saying something like "It's all my fault, it's me who has burdened you". After finishing the board, Li Miaoqiu and the girl in Tsing Yi supported Bai Sujin left and right, and slowly walked all the way to the Jingmen Inn.

On the way, Bai Sujin ran into her ex-husband Li Chengze, and saw Li Chengze dressed in silk brocade, holding a brightly dressed noblewoman, and the two laughed and laughed. When Li Chengze passed by Bai Sujin's side, Bai Sujin looked at Li Chengze, and the two looked at each other, but after a moment's work, Bai Sujin turned his head with a sad face.

Li Chengze was slightly stunned, and there was a moment of surprise on his face, and then he recovered his expression, pretending not to know Bai Sujin, and still laughing with the noblewoman.

When she arrived at the inn, Li Miaoqiu hurriedly went to seek medical advice, and Zijuan saw that Bai Sujin's waist was blue and red, and she shed tears in distress.