Chapter 109: Going to Court
Lin Yujuan went to the yamen to take a look, and there was really a middle-aged man next to the yamen who had set up a case table to do business there. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ There is also a banner next to the info that writes the pleadings and letters and deeds, and when you ask the price, it costs 300 yuan to write a complaint. Lin Yujuan didn't have much change with her, and even if she did, she was reluctant to spend it. Thinking about it, even if you are a defendant, the county magistrate will also ask yourself, so he turned around and entered the lobby to wait for the trial. That Qiu Long didn't feel sorry for the silver, as long as Lin Yujuan gave him a judgment when he turned around, how many three hundred Wen came back. However, after a while, Qiu Long came over with the complaint that had not yet dried the ink, and the official took the complaint and went to ask the master to come to court to decide the case.
After a while, a middle-aged man with a mustache and an elegant appearance in an official robe sat down in the lobby. "Bang-" The lobby suddenly fell silent. It frightened Lin Yujuan, and the people watching the excitement outside the yamen suddenly stopped talking.
"Who are the plaintiffs?"
"The villain Qiu Long is the plaintiff."
"Is there a complaint?" The master next to him hurriedly handed over the complaint he had just gotten to the county master.
The county magistrate took it in his hand, and he knew the general situation after a few glances, but he still wondered in his heart, just now the official went to the back to report that there were two people competing to be the plaintiff, why is there only one complaint now?
"Plaintiff, who and what are you accusing of?"
"My lord" Qiu Long had already made up a statement, "The villain spent twenty taels of silver to buy a new daughter-in-law a few days ago, and she just got married a few days ago, and today this mother-in-law ran away with the money while I was away." God opened my eyes, I happened to go home to get something, let me see it, chased all the way to Dongguan Street, and with the help of the people around her, I took her. So now I don't know if the name she told me is true or not. β
"Everyone has been caught, so why did they go to court?"
"When she was caught by me, she said she didn't know me, and she bit me. The people in the streets saw it with their own eyes. Qiu Long said and sent his injured right hand forward, the distance was a little far, although the county magistrate couldn't see it really, but he could also see that there were blood stains.
"Summons for an examination."
The servant who was waiting next to him immediately stepped forward to check the injury of Qiu Long's finger, and after checking it, he reported to the county order: "My lord, Qiu Long's ring finger on his right hand, the flesh wound on his little thumb is almost bone, and it is caused by the bite of a human tooth. β
"What do you say, defendant?" After the prefectural magistrate finished questioning the plaintiff, he questioned the defendant as usual.
Lin Yujuan gave the county magistrate a salute before saying: "Back to my lord, the little woman Lin was selling some food at the dock of Dongguan Street, and this scoundrel bought me a bowl of gruel, but he said that he had no money to pay the bill, and asked me to go home with him to get it." Naturally, I would not agree, so he teased me, and when I saw that it was not good, I went to the city. I didn't dare to go home, for fear that it would be even worse for him to get stuck in the alley, so I kept running to a crowded place. Who knew that when he saw that he couldn't catch up with me, he falsely accused me of being his wife who ran away from home. When he caught me, I fought back desperately, and the wound on his hand was the one I accidentally bit while struggling. β
The county magistrate looked at the rhetoric of these two people and seemed to be reasonable, and the expressions of the two of them also looked like they had been greatly wronged.
"Do you have any witnesses?"
"Back to my lord, when the villain bought this mother-in-law, they said that they were father and daughter, and they were exiled to Yangzhou, and they did not return to their hometown for the New Year. Her father took the bride price and went back to his hometown. Then we got married immediately, because the dowry was paid immediately, and the villain had no savings for the time being, so there were no banquet guests when we got married. Qiu Long said.
"So there's no one to testify?"
"Seems like so."
"What about the matchmaker, what about the marriage book?"
"My lord, marrying her has cost me all my money, so I didn't find a matchmaker or write a marriage letter to save trouble."
"My lordβ" Lin Yujuan saw that the more the scoundrel spoke, the more unpleasant it became, and finally couldn't help it. "Please let the little girl say a few words."
Lin Yujuan glared at Qiu Long viciously and said, "You don't know anything about the origin of my name, and you don't have the same three media and six certificates, so you dare to falsely accuse me that you bought it back?" How dare you slander my name like this? β
The county magistrate is justified in listening to what Lin Yujuan said, but a young lady who is only sixteen or seventeen years old and a man are not afraid of Bo Gongtang. Isn't it a good family? It's hesitating there, who the hell lied.
"Ask the adults to call the shots for the villain, they are working together to cheat the villain out of money." Qiu Long continued to hold on.
"My lord, the folk girl can prove her innocence." Lin Yujuan saw that the county commander was silent, thinking about something, afraid that it would be bad if he made a mistake.
"Don't tell me about it soon."
"Can the folk girl ask this scoundrel a few words?"
"But it doesn't hurt to ask."
"Excuse me, when did you buy me and get married?"
"Uh~" Qiu Long thought of this little lady, she only saw it today, and she should have been here for a few days. He hasn't been to Dongguan Pier for a while, what day is it?
"Do you even need to think about it? Thinking about how to make it up? Lin Yujuan urged.
"Five days ago, on the eighteenth day of the lunar month." Qiu Long estimated the date.
"And where will I live in these five days?" Lin Yujuan asked again.
"Naturally, it's -- live in my house."
"Please bring up the padded jackets you just picked up. Is this padded jacket yours? Lin Yujuan said.
"Of course not mine." Qiu Long is not stupid, if he wants to say that it is his, it will definitely not fit on his body.
"Do you know whose it is?" Lin Yujuan asked.
"How do I know, it must be your accomplice."
"I've been carrying the padded jacket since I was running down the street. I used this padded jacket to sell it on the Dongguan wharf with eggs wrapped in it, and when I ran away just now, there was a crockpot in the basket that was too heavy, so I threw it away. Just because this padded jacket belonged to my brother, I didn't want to lose it, so I brought it all the way. Lin Yujuan took a breath and continued: "The folk girl and her family have indeed just arrived in Yangzhou in the past few days, maybe he saw the folk girl selling food at the dock alone and thought that the folk girl was helpless, so he had the idea of abduction. The day we arrived in Yangzhou was the sixteenth day of the lunar month, and then we found a Yaren to rent a house, and the family of the Minnu worked as a partner in a shop on Dongguan Street. The woman herself had ordered silk thread at a shop on Caiyi Street a few days ago, but she hadn't picked it up until now. These are all verifiable. The boat that the Minnu arrived on in Yangzhou has always been with the fleet of the Xue family in Changzhou Prefecture, and Jiang Mingde of the Jiang family in Taizhou Mansion also knew about this matter, they were cousins and were also in the fleet at that time. The folk girl has made everything clear, if you want to verify, please let this scoundrel avoid it, and the folk girl can tell it. β