Chapter 61: Perjury
"My lord, what happened on the street at that time, and the people in the neighborhood can testify to me! I've sent for them to come over. Liu Qu couldn't wait to speak, as if he was waiting for this sentence.
Hearing that Liu Qu was not panicking at all about finding someone on the street as a witness, Lin Qingxi had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Soon, his hunch became a reality.
The subordinates of Liufu walked in with more than a dozen people, and looking at this costume, they were indeed ordinary people.
"I've seen adults." As soon as they entered, they knelt down and bowed to the people in the hall.
"The official asked you, what happened that day?" Dali Siqing saw that the witness had been invited in advance, and directly began to question.
A handsome-looking man replied: "Lord Hui, that day, Liu Gongzi accidentally bumped into Daddy Zhang, who was setting up a stall there, and he apologized to Daddy Zhang and gave him money, so that he could catch the storm." Who knew that another Gongzi suddenly rushed out, and he must let Liu Gongzi kneel down to Daddy Zhang before he would stop, and he also gave us silver to let us surround Liu Gongzi, and later Liu Gongzi took a lot of effort to rush out of the crowd. ”
"Yes, my lord, it's all because the villain was blinded by the silver money at that time, and he helped that son to make things difficult for Liu Gongzi together." Another man, who looked like a farmer, said.
"yes......"
Those people talked about what happened that day, and kept apologizing to Liu Guan, saying that they shouldn't have helped that son to make things difficult for him.
Listening to the voice in his ears, the smile on Liu Qu's face became stronger and stronger.
"Your Excellency, you have heard it, and what I said is true! It was Lin Qingxu who humiliated me first, and I took revenge on him! Seeing that what they said was almost there, Liu Qu "respectfully" bowed to Dali Siqing.
"My lord, they talk nonsense! That's not the case, they must have been bought to frame my cousin! At that time, my cousin was whipped by him for stopping Liuqu, and the adults will know it when they check it! "Lin Qingxi naturally can't let this crime be convicted, and he can't tolerate them distorting the facts.
"Framed? Can I use it? Lin Qingxu is a green onion, and it is worth me to frame him! I hit him because he insulted me first, and I couldn't get angry enough to hit him! Liu Qu's words fully demonstrated his disdain and contempt for Lin Qingxu.
"Alright! The testimony of Liuqu's witnesses has been heard by the officer, and it can indeed prove that what he said is true. Since this is the case, the official announced...... "Dali Siqing has already received Liu Shiyuan's hint, and now that the situation is one-sided, he naturally knows how to pronounce the sentence."
"Wait, adults, the grass people have something to say!" Lin Qingxi saw that he was about to come to such a conclusion, and hurriedly stopped him.
"Now that everyone is there, what else can you say!" Dali Siqing reprimanded Lin Qingxi, without waiting for him to refute, and then continued: "The case of Liu Qu hurting Lin Qingxu has been verified to be ......."
"Wait!" Yang Ling interrupted him.
"What do you think about Lord Yang?" His own verdict was interrupted, and Dali Siqing was a little unhappy, but Yang Ling was the person sent by Li Yiqian to try the case with him, not to mention that his official position was higher than his own, so he could only swallow the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"This official sees that Dali Siqing is a little too hasty in judging the case like this! only listened to Liu Qu's testimony, and didn't care about the objections raised by the Lin Mansion, could it be that adults handle cases like this on weekdays! In this way, the official sees that there are some things that need to be reported to the emperor. ”
Yang Ling didn't deliberately raise his voice when he spoke, just said these words as plainly as before, which made Dali Siqing break out in a cold sweat.
He meant to sue himself in front of the emperor, if he was really allowed to go, then the black gauze hat on his head might not be able to be saved. Dali Siqing smiled stiffly: "Lord Yang said that he was joking, the lower officials just don't like Lin Qingxu to be unforgiving." ”
After speaking, he asked Lin Qingxi in the hall, "What else do you have to say?" ”
"On the way here, the grass people heard a very strange thing, which must be related to this case, so I want to tell the two adults." Lin Qingxi replied unhurriedly.
"When the grass people came, I heard on the road that at midnight last night, a lot of screams came from the alleys near the dark fragrance teahouse. Someone went to check this morning, only to find that all the houses there were closed, and they didn't know what happened last night. Lin Qingxi said, looking at the "witnesses" kneeling aside.
"Don't talk about him left and right, does this have anything to do with Lin Qingxu insulting me? You don't want to change the subject! Liu Qu listened to his words and directly reprimanded him loudly.
"Why is Liu Gongzi in such a hurry?" Lin Qingxi smiled and said to the audience, "My lord, the grass people have a guess in their hearts, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Seeing that Dali Siqing didn't speak, Yang Ling directly made the decision and asked him to continue.
The emperor secretly told him the truth and arranged everything, he had tried so many cases before, so he naturally knew what to do now.
"Master Xie. The dark incense teahouse was the place where the incident happened at that time, so coincidentally, many people in the vicinity screamed the night before the trial, and the grass people thought that this was clearly Liu Qu breaking into the house in the middle of the night and threatening them to perjury for him! The people will scream uncontrollably when they are frightened! At this time, Lin Qingxi's benefits as a reader appeared.
"You talk nonsense! How could I threaten them, so many people, how could I threaten to come? Don't be alarmist here without evidence! Liu Qu saw that he was going to push the charge of colluding with others to himself in a few words, and he would not be beaten passively.
"Who says I don't have proof?" Lin Qingxi smiled elegantly at Liu Qu.
"My lord, the victim of this incident, Daddy Zhang, is outside the hall, please allow him to testify in the court!" Lin Qingxi looked at Liu Qu's surprised appearance and sneered in his heart. Fortunately, he sent a personal certificate, otherwise today's things would really not be easy to handle.
"What? That's impossible! Liu Qu was puzzled in his heart, when he took someone to look for it last night, he had obviously moved, how could he ......
"Why can't it be? Do you know that Daddy Zhang won't show up today? Lin Qingxi's words set a trap for him.
"Of course I don't know, how do I know if he's coming!" Although Liu Qu is arrogant, he is not really brainless, and he can see such an obvious trap at a glance.
Seeing that he was not fooled, Lin Qingxi was not annoyed.
"Go and let him in." Yang Ling motioned for the officials to go outside and bring people in.
"The grass people have seen adults." Daddy Zhang saluted tremblingly.
"The old man doesn't have to be polite. I invited the old man to come over today to find out what happened that day, and I hope the old man will tell the truth. "For the disadvantaged people, Yang Ling's attitude has always been gentle. What's more, this is an old man who is older than his father.
"You have to tell the truth, or you will be guilty of lying in this court!" Dali Siqing gave a warning that was neither yin nor yang.
"The grass man's surname is Zhang, and he sets up a stall on the street on weekdays to sell some gadgets. The grass people were watching the stall that day, and suddenly Liu Gongzi rushed out on a horse and almost hit the grass people, he didn't plan to stay. The grass people knew that their lives were worthless, and they didn't want to do anything, but they were just glad that they had picked up a life. ”
Speaking of this, Daddy Zhang seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes were slightly red.
At this time, Lin Gongzi stood up for the grass people and stopped Liu Gongzi. He was upset for the grass people, who knew that Liu Gongzi whipped Lin Gongzi without saying a word, and then rode away. ”
"Lin Qingxu can say something to make Liu Qu kneel?"
"Kneel? Not really. Daddy Zhang shook his head.
"You talk nonsense! At that time, I also gave you money to get medicine, and you slandered me so much! What benefits did the Lin Mansion give you! Liu Qu knew that it was not good when he saw him come in, and now that he heard him tell the truth about that day, he was even more anxious.
"What the grass people say is true."
"My lord, what he said is not right, so many people saw it on the street at that time, Daddy Zhang must have been bribed by the Lin Mansion to come here to slander me!" Liu Qu pointed to the people around him and clarified himself loudly.
"Yes, my lord, the grass people, etc. have seen it with their own eyes. Daddy Zhang, why did you help them frame Liu Gongzi, is he not good to you? ”
"Daddy Zhang, you have to think clearly!"
Seeing that the neighbors in the past accused him of not knowing how to "repay his kindness", Father Zhang sighed in his heart.
"My lord, there are people outside asking to see you." At this time, a servant walked in to report.
"I didn't see that this official is trying the case, I don't see it!" Dali Siqing saw that today's matter was about to be messed up, and he was unhappy, so he started a fire at him.
"However, there were a lot of people kneeling outside, and they said that there was evidence related to this case." The official looked a little embarrassed.
"In that case, let them in." Dali Siqing saw Yang Ling looking at him, so he could only let them in. This can also show that he is indeed handling the case according to the evidence, and thinking of this, his heart is relieved again.
This time, a large group of people came in, old and young, men and women, and it was very chaotic.
"Daddy!"
"Xianggong!"
As soon as they entered, shouts like this rang out one after another in the public hall.
I saw that the witnesses and the people who came in later hugged each other excitedly.
"Silence!" After a while, Yang Ling saw that they had not yet quieted down, so he had no choice but to speak out to host the scene.
"You say there is evidence to be submitted, but I don't know where the evidence is?" Seeing that they were all quiet, Dali Siqing then asked.
At this moment, the man who had been the first to reply knelt down.
"My lord, the grass people have something to say!"
"Say!"
"What the grass people want to say is that what the grass people and others are saying is not the truth. The truth is that as Daddy Zhang said, it was Liuqu who threatened us, and the grass people were forced to commit perjury in desperation. As he spoke, he angrily pointed at Liuqu.
"You nonsense, when did I threaten you!" Liu Qu knew from the moment the group of people came in just now that something was wrong, didn't he let people watch them? How could it be...... Then he heard that they were going to tell the truth, and hurriedly defended himself.