Chapter 66: Punishment with the Cane
At this moment, Ruoshui is absolutely sure that the shopkeeper Bai is not deliberately pretending, at least he doesn't know how his daughter could be inexplicably involved in this case.
In fact, the truth is very simple, but there are some misunderstandings~
It was indeed the white shopkeeper who provoked the incident this time, and he inexplicably suffered a loss from Ruoshui, and he has always been angry in his heart. With a heart higher than the sky, he has always boasted of being a distant relative of Bai Xiang in the imperial capital, and naturally he has a lot less fear of Bai Xiang's political enemy, the general Wang. Otherwise, just with the guts of that county lord, how could he be single-mindedly unable to get along with the emperor's relatives.
It was he who was alarmist, saying that the relationship between the county prince and the prince had long been inexplicable, and that when the prince returned to Beijing, he would be free to dismiss his official position and raid his home. He also said that since there is no avoidability in the Ming place, it is better to join forces with him to kill Xiao Ruoshui, who has ruined his good future, and he will definitely prepare enough entanglement to help him change his name and surname to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and wait for the limelight to pass and make a comeback.
But even if he really bluffed the county magistrate and made a murderous move, he was just a character who instigated it, and if he wanted to frame and arrest people, the county magistrate still had to transfer other people. Of course, it is not ruled out that he wants to use others as gunmen, and there will be a way back when the East Window incident occurs.
He knew that his daughter had a connection with Xiao Ruoshui, who killed a thousand knives, after all, the auction in Huadianfang had long been known to everyone in Xiangnan County. And he was so anxious to kill Ruoshui, because he didn't want his daughter to have too much to do with her.
But he really didn't expect that the relationship between the two would heat up so quickly, and Xiao Ruoshui had already moved his family to Bai Sulian's dim sum shop!
Since then, misunderstandings have arisen......
Who called him ruthless, and insisted on cutting off the life of the whole family, and even refused to let go of the old and the young. The thugs who were sent out by the county magistrate had never seen him, although it was a little strange why he chased him to the place, but he found that there was one more person to be arrested than on the list. With the attitude of preferring to kill mistakes and not letting go, his daughter was also brought over as a fish that slipped through the net.
The county magistrate who was angrily questioned by the white shopkeeper was also confused, he actually only had Ruoshui in his eyes, and if the other cats and dogs were not asked by the white shopkeeper, he would not have the courage to kill more. As for how Bai Sulian came out, how did he know.
The one kneeling on the ground naturally didn't know what was wrong, and he didn't even know what this fat man who came out of nowhere had anything to do with his master. However, he felt that if things continued like this, he was afraid that it would be harmful to him, so he hurriedly interrupted the chaotic situation and howled.
"Your Excellency...... These thieves refuse to admit that they have killed my brother, and I ask you to come to court as soon as possible to bring me to court and avenge my brother as soon as possible. It's been some time since then, and if he doesn't settle down, I'm afraid he will really become a lonely ghost~"
Before the two principals succeeded, there was already a tendency to start infighting, and the white shopkeeper framed the enemy but dragged down his daughter, and he was just confused for a while. Although the county master was a wreck, he was not brainless, and when he was reminded by his subordinates, he immediately realized that it was by no means a good place to accuse and abuse each other at the gate of the county government, so he hurriedly called him to get up, and led a group of officials to turn around and walk towards the court.
No matter how the county magistrate behaves, there will never be idlers in the court who dare to trespass. In the end, a large number of people were blocked out by the gate of the government office, and they could only listen to the sound and make up the picture with their ears sideways, which also broke Ruoshui's consistent means of relying on mass public opinion to put pressure on officials.
The matter has come to this point, everyone has already been brought, even if the white shopkeeper is unwilling, it is impossible for the county master to release Bai Sulian in court without arraignment. So he could only forcibly suppress the anger in his heart, go to the back room of the county government to write his own small note, and wait for the opportunity to intervene again~
"Phew! Who knelt in the hall? Tell the truth? ”
Pointing to Xiao Ruoshui, who had scolded thousands of eight hundred times in his mouth, the county magistrate opened his eyes and asked nonsense.
"People's girl Xiao Ruoshui."
Not humble, not arrogant, not impatient, although the water is kneeling on the ground, but the face is pale and can not see joy and anger.
"Do you know what kind of crime you should be guilty of poisoning people to death in the dim sum produced by Huadianfang?"
Ruoshui's attitude made the county magistrate have nowhere to fire, and he was quite depressed.
"It's not appropriate for adults to draw conclusions before they have checked the evidence and extracted witnesses~"
"You ......"
was choked with such a sentence that was neither light nor serious, and the county magistrate's face turned blue, and he took the case. However, without the support of the dog-headed master beside him, he was blocked but there was no way to go back at that time, "you" for a long time, and finally could only hold back three words.
"Call me!"
"Might-Might-"
There are only a few officials in the hall, and the voice of shouting is sparse and unimposing, but if you really start to do it, I'm afraid that only one person can break the skin.
"My lord! If you are sentenced to death without trial, you are not afraid that the world will scold you as a dumb official! ”
was choked by two officials respectively, Ruoshui was thin and weak like a chicken to be slaughtered, but she spoke sharply word by word, which not only made the executioner afraid to step forward, but also made the county magistrate in the top position feel like a pins and needles.
"What are you still doing! Shut her mouth up for me! Beat! Beat!!! ”
Ruoshui's mouth was quickly stuffed with a mass of rags that had been turned over from nowhere, and the strange smell it emitted made her feel like she was going to faint for a moment. However, when the first board landed on her hips, the dull pain of tearing deep into the bone marrow made her completely sober.
"Hmm-"
There was something stuffed in her mouth, and although she couldn't scream, the suppressed hum rolling in her throat could also make those present feel her heart-rending pain.
The few people who were escorted with her had already been imprisoned, and at this moment they could only watch Ruoshui being beaten into a blur of flesh and blood, and there was nothing they could do except cry and shout her name.
If the water feels as if it is beating, it will not hurt so much......
She was barely perceptible in her lower body, and she couldn't hear the dull sound from behind her, and the only thing she could feel was the tremors that were getting farther and farther away, and again and again, it seemed that consciousness was beginning to fade away with the feeling.
Are you going to die here? I just made up my mind to break through the world, but I was killed by a living rod a few days later? It's ridiculous to think about......
"Daddy-Daddy-I know you're here! Come out quickly~ I beg you! Spare the water! Let her go—"
In a blur, Ruoshui heard what seemed to be Bai Sulian crying in her ears, but she didn't have the strength to think anymore. When it goes dark, you don't know anything.