Chapter 32 The Trial Commencement
On the second day, as soon as the people in Kao Village got up to work, they saw three men and two women, escorting a man towards Ningfu.
Some curious villagers followed the pedestrian to Ningfu to see the excitement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Besides, on the side of Ning Mansion, Ning Zhizhang had just gotten up when a family member broke in in a panic.
"What are you doing, always so flustered, what kind of system has it become?" Ning Zhizhang was a little unhappy.
"Master, those people came again yesterday!" Jia Ding said tremblingly.
"Which group of people, which group of people, can you tell the whole story?" Ning Zhizhang was even more angry.
"It's just that the boat broke down yesterday and came in to hide from the rain, and then a few people were driven out by us who threw their luggage, and those people came again!"
Ning Zhizhang touched his forehead, looking big, "What are they doing again?" ”
"I don't know, I don't know, they said they wanted to find you, master, they ...... They are still waiting for the warden! ”
"What? Hou Jin was caught by them? Ning Zhizhang suddenly took the case, "This is troublesome!" ”
Jia Ding watched Ning Zhizhang walk around the room, turning around.
"You, go out and tell them I'm not in the house!"
"Yes, sir!"
It was only a matter of moments, and the family returned.
"They're gone?" Ning Zhizhang asked.
"Let's go, sir, but they want me to tell you, and later they will beat gongs and drums in the village, and tell the whole village to let them go to Gongzhitai ......."
"What are they going to do at the Public Knowledge Desk?"
"They...... They said that they would try the case of the young lady's disappearance, and they also said that they must let you be present at the time, if you don't go, you will miss a good show! "The family told the truth.
Ning Zhizhang thought for a while and said, "You take some people to the public knowledge station to watch, and come back to tell me immediately if there is any situation!" ”
"Yes, sir!" The family agreed and withdrew.
An hour has passed, and Ning Zhizhang waited anxiously in the house, waiting left and right but did not wait for the family members who went back to Gongzhitai to investigate the situation.
"Lu Xing, you go to the public knowledge station again to have a look, and come back and tell me immediately if there is a situation, don't delay!"
"Yes, sir!" The family named Lu Xing also went out immediately.
After another half an hour, finally a family member returned.
"How's it going?" Ning Zhizhang asked eagerly.
"Master, the chief manager of waiting for entry is in the public knowledge platform, and he said that you ...... in front of the whole village", the family's words were a little slurred.
"What did he say about me when he got into this dog thing?" Ning Zhizhang asked.
"Chief Hou said that you instructed him to kidnap the young lady, and then, those people also said that they would send someone to arrest you and take you to the public knowledge platform!"
Ning Zhizhang thought for a moment and said: "You immediately take some people to the public knowledge platform, saying that Hou Jin lost his gambling money and stole the money in the house, and I caught him and punished him, so he held a grudge and framed me." By the way, call the two pockmarks who put money in the gambling house! ”
"Yes, sir!" The family Ding listened to Ning Zhizhang's words and turned around to leave.
"Wait a minute, you take some silver money, go buy the mouth of Hou Yuan, the brother who is greedy for money, and let him be a witness too!"
"Understood, master, I'll do it!" After saying that, the family retreated.
But in less than half an hour, another family member who investigated the situation returned.
"How?" Ning Zhizhang asked.
"Er Mazi and Hou Yuan testified, they didn't sue you, they just took Hou Jin into custody!" The guy replied.
Ning Zhizhang breathed a long sigh of relief: "I still have a Lord of Yama, it turns out that I am just a little ghost, hum, not to be afraid, not to be afraid!" ”
Before a cup of tea, another family member anxiously walked in to report: "Master, they suspect that the young master kidnapped the young lady!" ”
"Why is that?"
"The maid Lilac who was expelled before stood up and testified that at the end of the Kao Conference, she saw the young master and the young lady arguing fiercely, and the young master scolded the young lady for being a crazy woman, and said that the young lady would never appear in front of him!"
"Hmph, it's just a repetition of the old trick, you go and tell the young master not to show up on the public knowledge platform, and leave the rest to me, I want to have a good time with them!"
Before the words fell, another family broke in, and because he was in a hurry, he didn't pay attention when he crossed the threshold, and fell to the ground in a moment's hand.
"Be reckless, stand up, and speak well!"
"Master, the young master went to the public knowledge platform, and he also admitted that he quarreled with the young lady after the Kao Conference!"
"What, didn't you tell the young master not to go?"
"Yes, but the young master said...... He said that there are some things that are not a solution, and they should always be faced and solved! ”
Ning Zhizhang felt extremely familiar when he heard this, and when he thought about it, it turned out that the son surnamed Yu had also said the same thing to him yesterday.
"This stupid boy, alas! It's not like me at all! Ning Zhizhang sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go to Gongzhitai to have a look!" ”
Ning Zhizhang had just arrived at the Gongzhitai, and he wanted to mix in the crowd to watch the situation first, but he saw the little girl named Ha Yue whispering a few words to the little boy surnamed Chen, and the little boy surnamed Chen shouted to the crowd at the top of his voice: "Master Ning, since you are here, please come up and sit and listen, it is tiring enough to stand and cat!" ”
There was no way, Ning Zhizhang had to walk out with an iron face.
I saw Ning Tao standing in the position of being interrogated by the public knowledge platform.
In the past few days, Ning Tao has been looking for peonies outside and has never returned home. The tiredness of the past few days of running and traveling made Ning Tao look withered and extremely haggard. Thin shredded beards grew from his lips, and uncombed hair fell down to cover most of his face. He has always loved to be clean and tidy, and there was a smell of sweat on his body.
Ning Zhizhang walked by Ning Tao's side and glanced at him meaningfully, which contained not only the heartache for his son, but also a kind of hatred for iron and steel.
Ning Zhizhang walked under the presiding judge and asked righteously: "You said that you are an official of the imperial court, where is the appointment document?" Has anyone checked the authenticity, and since he is an official of the imperial court and handles the case according to the law, he has to go through the local village chief, may I ask if the lord has the permission of the patriarch? ”
"Master Ning, don't worry!" Ru Yan smiled.
After a while, there was a sound of rustling in the crowd, and I saw that the crowd automatically branched out into a road, and a few people walked out of it. The old man at the head is about fifty, and he is not angry and arrogant.
"Your Excellency!" The old man arched at Ru Yan and said, "The adult has arrived, and the villain has missed the distance, please forgive me." ”
"In-laws, how can you ......", Ning Zhizhang called in a low voice.
The old man ignored him, but turned to face the crowd watching from the periphery and said, "I, Liu Yuanqing, vouch for the identity of the patriarch of Huawangzhai, and it is the Lord of the Imperial Court who is sitting in the court. This is exactly the authorized document ...... in my hand."
"Authorized...... Who delegated the authority? Ning Zhizhang walked over and took the document in Liu Yuanqing's hand and examined it carefully.
"It is the authority granted by the current imperial court inspector of the third grade!" Yanagihara replied.
Ning Zhizhang's body is a sign.
"What's the matter, Master Ning, does this official have the right to try the case of Guo Shaoyao's disappearance now?" Ru Yan asked.
"Yes, my lord, but don't forget, Lilac only saw the dog arguing with the peony, but did not see the dog kidnapping the peony with her own eyes. Why do adults want to detain dogs? ”
"Master Ning is right, Ding Xiang didn't see Ning Gongzi kidnapping Peony with his own eyes, but so far, Ning Gongzi is the biggest suspect. This official has the right to detain, not only has the right to detain, but if after three days, there is still no news of Peony, and there is no other evidence to prove that there are other relevant suspects in the case of Peony's disappearance, this official also has the right to take Ning Gongzi away and hand it over to the inspector for personal trial. At that time, it may not be so easy for Master Ning to see Ning Gongzi! ”
"You're ......!" Ning Zhizhang was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Ning Tao still stood there with his head down, not saying a word.
"Come on, take Ning Tao to the side compartment of the ancestral hall in the village first, and no one is allowed to visit without my permission! Of course, if Master Ning or someone else comes to the official to provide the facts related to the case, then the official is very welcome! ”
"It's all gone, it's gone, there is a new situation in the case, and the adults will hold a public trial again!" Yanagihara said to the crowd below.
Yuan Feng walked over and prepared to escort Ning Tao to the ancestral hall.
Ning Zhizhang grabbed his son's sleeve: "Tao'er, don't worry, your father will save you immediately!" ”
Yuan Feng knocked Ning Zhizhang's hand away, gave him a stern look, and escorted Ning Tao away.
At this time, Ru Yan and his party also came over.
"Master Ning, according to the official's opinion, if you want to save Ning Gongzi, the only way to actively cooperate with the official and provide true and effective information related to this case is not to find a few people to do perjury!"
"You know that Tao'er has nothing to do with this case, and Peony wasn't kidnapped by Tao'er at all!" Ning Zhizhang said.
"Really? Maybe, but the process of the trial could not have been 100% fair, for example, the peony was originally kidnapped by someone sent by you Ning Zhi Zhang Ning, but didn't a few people come forward to give false testimony and say that it had nothing to do with you Master Ning? Ru Yan said.
Ning Zhizhang stood there with a blue face and didn't speak.
"Master Ning, we advise you, don't use the same trick again!" Yu Heng also said.
Ning Zhizhang sighed and said, "You guys arrest me, let Tao'er go, Tao'er is innocent!" ”
"Master Yi Ning means that we are targeting you, the Ning family? You misunderstood, we really just want to find out the truth of the matter and find the peony safely, and we don't want to target anyone. We are waiting for you in the ancestral hall, and you will come to us again when you have thought it through! After Ru Yan finished speaking, she left.
The others followed.
Only the family members ran over.
"Let's go, let's go home!" Ning Zhizhang said lightly.
After walking a few steps, Ning Zhizhang said to a family member beside him: "You go and help me find someone!" “