Chapter 29: The Son Was Robbed
Liu Tong sat on the desk and saw that the sun had set in the west, the shadow reflected by the government was getting longer and longer, and the crowd at the door was gathering more and more.
Liu Tong was impatient with this wait. In this era, everything is so inefficient, and it takes half a day to summon a defendant and a witness in a "trial"! I wanted to delay time, but this kind of boring waiting was not my intention. It's better to come early than to wait for a long time, it's a big deal to postpone the trial, isn't this the usual trick of the big men?
At this time, the red carp came over, "Childe, let's go eat some food." "Then look up at the sun setting in the west.
Not to mention, after being reminded by the red carp, Liu Tong really felt hungry, so he got up and prepared to leave.
"Let's go back, everyone, and don't waste time here." Liu Tong said to the people who ate melons, but saw that everyone had no intention of leaving at all, hehe, the enthusiasm for watching the scene was really high and lasting. Liu Tong didn't care about them anymore and followed the red carp into the back hall.
Liu Tong quickly took a few bites, and said to Pang Tong, who was gnawing on the leg of mutton opposite: "Brother Shiyuan, shouldn't it be the duty of a scholar to uphold justice and make decisions for the people?" How can you sit idly by? ”
Pang Tong wiped a handful of oil with his hand, tried to chew the mutton in his mouth, swallowed it, grunted, put away his esophagus, and said: "A certain talent is shallow, and he sighs that he has more than enough strength but not enough!" After saying that, he threw the leg bone in his hand aside in disgust, and drank it with a wine glass in his greasy hand.
Liu Tong had no choice but to take him, so he looked at Xiahou Juan expectantly. When Liu Tong and Pang Tong were talking, Xiahou Juan had already put down the dishes and chopsticks, and was looking here, seeing Liu Tong's expectant eyes, and knowing Liu Tong's meaning, he shook his head slightly at Liu Tong, and lowered his head embarrassedly and shyly.
Liu Tong knew that there was nothing this girl could do. Liu Tong looked at Cao Xian, who was not rare at all, and the red carp who looked at him eagerly, and couldn't help but shake his head, these two people couldn't count on it. Look at Wu Ji and the guard Wang Fen, these two goods are pulling their arms and persuading each other to drink, and they can't be counted on!
Hey, it seems that there is only a big move, postponing the retrial, and pushing the mess to the Taishou who will come in the future. Master Qingtian can't do it, and he can't be a dumb official.
At this time, Liu Tong regretted a little, and he shouldn't have rejected the other officials who came to visit him before, maybe there are talents here?
When Liu Tong was about to collect his heart and eat well, a servant came in and said that someone had brought it. Liu Tong got up, "Go to the hall!" Everyone also followed, Liu Tong saw that Pang Tong was slow, and he also followed, it is estimated that if there is someone to eat with him, he is unwilling to move his buttocks.
Liu Tong saw that it was almost dark outside, and the officials had already lit torches, and the flames were swaying.
Liu Tong saw that there were already three people kneeling beside Yang Mo's side, the two men looked similar, they should be the two Yang brothers, one was twenty-five or six years old, and the other was in his early twenties. Both men bowed their heads and their faces were blank.
Next to her, a fatter woman, fair-skinned, was holding a 100-day-old obese baby boy in her arms, sucking her fingers.
Liu Tong saw that the three of them were dressed as rich families, and they were much more decent compared to Yang Mo's. Liu Tong thought to himself, could it be that the baby boy is Yang Mo's, Yang Mo's son was taken away, and his soul is not kept, how can he have anything to do with himself?
However, the verdict cannot be based on speculation based on clothing. Liu Tong looked at Yang Moshi looking at the baby boy directly, and saw that her sister-in-law was holding the baby boy with pity and pulling out the baby's fingers, and was kissing his fat face with love, Liu Tong wanted to deny his previous judgment again.
Both women care about baby boys! It's obvious.
The parties are brothers who live under the same roof, and there are no witnesses or physical evidence! How to break through? Liu Tong doesn't believe in any bullshit saying that blood recognizes relatives, even if it is useful, their blood relationship cannot be applied. This case is much more tricky than the money bag case.
On the side, Wu Ji saw that Liu Tong was in a daze, so he coughed and reminded Liu Tong. Liu Tong put away his thoughts and came up with an idea, first ask the case, make a decision if he can, and postpone the trial if he can't.
Liu Tong then interrogated several people separately, and the general situation was basically the same as what Yang Moshi said.
The two brothers of the Yang family lived in the same hospital, the sister-in-law Yin and Yang Mo had miscarriages before, Yin was infertile for several years, thinking that he would never be able to conceive a child again, and he never thought that he was pregnant at the same time as his brother and daughter-in-law this year, and the two brothers were extremely happy.
On a rainy night, the two gave birth at the same time, and a few days later, there was a news that the concubine was fighting for a son, and both sides said that the living was their son, and the baby boy who died at birth was the other party's.
The patriarch, the three elders and relevant officials all questioned the parties, and also passed on the two stable women who delivered the babies. The brothers and the concubines both have their own opinions. And Wen Po can only confirm that they did deliver a baby boy, the baby boy was healthy at that time, as for the difference between the baby boys, they didn't pay attention to it for a while, and the babies are similar, and they are cousins, and it is even more difficult to distinguish after many days, so this case has become a confused case.
After Liu Tong asked about the situation, he was also at a loss, and he didn't know what to do. At this time, I saw that the baby boy was sucking his fingers again, looking very cute, and on a whim, he said: "Come on, the baby is coming, I am waiting to see." ”
When Wu Ji heard this, he pushed the big knife to Wang Fen, strode down the steps to take the child from Yin's hand, and walked towards Liu Tong's case. Wu Ji once held a child, and when he saw the baby sucking his fingers and smiling at him, he lowered his head and teased his mouth to tease him.
Who knew that the toes knocked on the steps, and the person leaned forward, and he was about to fall, and the posture of holding the child was not right, and the baby fell out of his hands. Although Wu Ji is obese, he is also martial arts, and in an instant, his left foot is steady, his right leg is kicked back, and while stabilizing his body, he reaches out to catch the baby and take it into his arms.
At this moment, Liu Tong saw that Yin was shocked, and Mo was erotic and sad. Both of them are concerned about the safety of the baby, but there seems to be a difference. Liu Tong is not easy to draw conclusions based on this, after all, everyone expresses their emotions in different ways.
Suddenly, Liu Tong's inspiration flashed, and he thought about it.
Liu Tong took the child, put it on the table, and said to Mo and Yin: "Today's case is difficult to decide, now I will put the baby on the case, the two of you come forward, this candidate will order, the two of you will fight, whoever wins this son will belong to whoever owns it, and you must not dwell on this matter in the future!" ”
After hearing this, the onlookers immediately rioted and talked about it, if it weren't for the fear of the guards holding bright and dazzling weapons, some people would have started to scold Liu Tong for being a faint official.
Wu Ji was almost ugly, unhappy in his heart, seeing the noise of the people, obviously disrespectful to Liu Tong, so he shouted loudly: "Shut up Lao Tzu, otherwise the big stick will serve!"
The scene fell silent.
Mo and Yin couldn't believe their ears, how could this Hou Ye judge the case like this? But seeing that Liu Tong had already gotten up and was looking at himself, he had to come forward. Even if there are a thousand unwilling of the two, they don't dare to disobey this Hou Ye's order, Hou Ye is full of words, if he is really robbed by the other party, there will be nowhere to reason!
But said that the baby was placed on the desk, extremely uncomfortable, and had already cried, both of them wanted to go forward to hug it, but they were afraid of the majesty on the spot, and did not dare to make the slightest move, and they secretly accumulated their strength and prepared to snatch it.
At this moment, Liu Tong suddenly spoke: "Open the robbery!" ”
The two women suddenly stepped forward, stretched out their hands and fished at the baby, Mo was young, and stronger, half a position faster, reached out to grab the baby's back, and picked up the baby. Yin's is more obese, seeing that Mo's has been picked up, he went to snatch it, Mo's twisted to dodge, Yin's saw that the baby's legs were exposed, so he reached out to pull his legs, Mo's saw this, and quickly sent a handful, Yin saw that Mo's had turned around at this time, let go of the baby's legs, to hold the baby, Mo's turned around again, and pressed Yin's hips and back against Yin's when he saw this.
Yin saw Moh's back hunched and the baby's head protruding from Moh's shoulder, so he reached out and grabbed the baby's head and pulled it into his arms. Mo had to let go, and the baby was held in Yin's arms.
Mo went to snatch it again, Yin also used his back buttocks against Mo's, the baby still showed his head, Mo was not easy to start, and he was so anxious that he cried.
"Stop!" Liu Tong suddenly shouted.
As soon as Yin saw that the snatching was over, he kept bowing to Liu Tong, "Thank you, Lord Qingtian, Lord Xie Qingtian!" With that, he took the baby back to his place and knelt down.
Mo walked down the steps with tears in his eyes and knelt down.
The crowd was in a commotion again.
"This is too child's play!"
"What kind of trial is this?"
"This Hou Ye is a fool!"
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Although the voice was very low, it was enough for everyone to hear, Wu Ji was so angry that he was about to step forward with a big knife, but Liu Tong stopped before stopping.
After Liu Tong stopped Wu Ji, he looked back, and saw that Hongli and Cao Xian were confused, while Pang Tong was expressionless, looking down at the desk in front of him, Xiahou Juan kept nodding at him.
Liu Tong was proud, laughed and walked down the steps, picked up the baby from Yin's arms, walked to Mo's, and sent the child into her arms. When he reacted and held the baby boy in his arms, he couldn't hold back his joy, and looked at Liu Tong suspiciously, but heard Liu Tong say:
"Don't cry, your son is yours!"