The next day, the county officials continued to interrogate Wang Zhong and Zhou Zixiang. As soon as Zhou Zixiang's mother-in-law came up, she cried: "My son died so miserably, adults must pay for the murderer." She thought that the more she cried pitifully, the more the county magistrate would sympathize with her, and the more he would stand by her side. The county magistrate was shocked and shouted at the old woman: "The official didn't ask you not to make a sound, and if you shout and scream again, you will be beaten out." "They were so scared that they could only tremble.

The county official asked Wang Zhongjue if he thought Zhou Zixiang was white-skinned and beautiful, youthful and beautiful? Wang Zhong was stunned at first after hearing this, he didn't understand why the county official asked this, it seemed a little out of place with the serious court. So he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Zixiang, it was indeed a look that fascinated him, even if he just stared at it, it would be pleasing to the eye.

Suddenly, the county magistrate slapped the startled wood heavily, and there was a crisp sound of "pop", which startled Wang Zhong, who was out of his mind, and only after skipping did his soul return to the court. The county official asked Wang Zhong again: "Why don't you answer the official's question, do you think Zhou Zixiang looks ugly?" ”

Wang Zhong had no choice but to honestly say to the county official: "No. In my heart, Zhou Zixiang is a person who has descended from heaven to earth. Even if Yang Guifei is still alive, she may not be as good as her. ”

The county magistrate didn't make any comments on Wang Zhong's words, but asked Zhou Zixiangjue if he thought Wang Zhong was handsome, chic, young and promising?

Zhou Zixiang glanced at Wang Zhong, and didn't think much about it in her heart, so she said to the county official: "Wang Zhong's appearance is indeed as the adults said. ”

The county magistrate was very happy to hear Zhou Zixiang and Wang Zhong's answers, as if he had discovered a new world. He laughed and said, "Look. Wang Zhong and Zhou Zixiang's horses are exposed. This is just like what Liu Dachai's mother said, because Liu Dachai is a woodcutter and is old and rough-skinned, so Wang Zhong and Zhou Zixiang covet each other's appearance. In order to be embarrassed, he killed Liu Dachai with a vicious hand. Now you can't help but admit it. ”

Liu Dachai's mother praised the county magistrate for really judging the case like a god. Wang Zhong and Zhou Zixiang were very angry, as if they had fallen into someone else's trap. Wang Zhong said to the county official: "I am a doctor who helps the world, I have been to many people's homes, and I have also seen many beautiful wives. Is it true that someone else is beautiful enough to justify my sin, and if I say so, then I am not going to kill the husband of many beautiful women? ”

Zhou Zixiang also said to the county official: "Yes." If I am a person who likes others when they see them handsome, then why did I marry the ugly man Liu Dachai in the first place. ”

The county magistrate was furious when he heard them say this. But there was one angrier than him. That is Liu Dachai's mother. In her concept, the most intolerable thing for her is that her daughter-in-law says that her son is ugly, especially in front of others, which makes her have an urge to fight hard with others. So, she roared angrily and threw herself at her daughter-in-law Zhou Zixiang, grabbed and beat Zhou Zixiang, and said in her mouth: "It's a shame that my son loves you so much, you still say that he is ugly, you slut, don't you know what family ugliness is and can't be publicized." See if I don't hit you ugly. ”

Zhou Zixiang couldn't bear her mother-in-law's behavior, why couldn't her mother-in-law understand it, as if she had never been a daughter-in-law, and she didn't know how to understand her daughter-in-law's difficulties at all. It's not easy to serve her husband, and she has to deal with a rude mother-in-law, who has so much patience. Zhou Zixiang, whose patience reached the peak, was furious and pushed her mother-in-law to the ground, and the old woman was lying on all fours like a turtle that had fallen to the ground.

The county magistrate felt quite speechless about the two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, why did these rural women not understand the rules at all, and repeatedly disrupted the court, completely ignoring him, the county official. He's the biggest guy here. It seems that they will not appreciate the majesty of the government without some means. So, the county magistrate really asked the officials to beat the old woman out with a stick, and beat the old bone to scream, and ran outside like an old hen. The old woman didn't wake up yet, and said that everyone was bullying her old woman.

When the county magistrate heard that the old woman was still shouting and scolding outside the door, he ordered the officials to drive her away. Although Zhou Zixiang doesn't like this mother-in-law, but in the end it is her mother-in-law, and at the critical moment, she is still worried that the rude servants will hurt her mother-in-law, so she keeps pleading with the county official, asking the county official not to be like an uneducated rural old woman. The county magistrate really gave Zhou Zixiang a few thin noodles. Because Zhao Youde specially instructed the county officials to take more care of Zhou Zixiang. So the county magistrate asked Zhou Zixiang to take her mother-in-law to the side to wait first.

The county magistrate then said to Wang Zhong: "You are really a wolf in sheep's clothing. Do you think that you can seduce other people's women because you are handsome? ”

Wang Zhong was very angry, saying that the county officials were talking nonsense at all, and they didn't look like officials at all, and the sage books they usually read were all in the dog's stomach. It must be that once you pass the imperial examination, you will forget the books you have read.

The county magistrate was furious and yelled at Wang Zhong: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to teach this official a lesson." You're a daring man. Your status is so low, but you are so bold, you can imagine how vicious your heart is. It is only natural that you would do such a hurtful thing. You should confess your sins as soon as possible. ”

Wang Zhong said: "Hmph, I won't admit the crime out of nothing." As a county magistrate, don't you know that you have to pay attention to evidence in everything? ”

The county magistrate said to Wang Zhong: "Okay. If you have poison in your home, does that prove that you poisoned it? ”

Wang Zhong said to the county magistrate: "There is no poison in my house. Even if there is, it's only a small amount. It is used to heal diseases, and it cannot be used to harm people at all. ”

The county magistrate said to Wang Zhong: "Whether you can believe what you say depends on the evidence. I'll find out when I've searched your home. After the county magistrate finished speaking, he asked his servants to search Wang Zhong's house.

Wang Zhong asked to go home with those officials to search. But the county magistrate disagreed. The reason of the county magistrate was that if Wang Zhong followed him, he would definitely obstruct it in every possible way, and then the search would not go smoothly. Therefore, for the sake of convenience, Wang Zhong should stay in the yamen and wait.

Not long after, the officials who had gone to Wang Zhong's house to participate in the search returned. Not only did they come back, but they also brought back Wang Zhong's father, Wang. As soon as the old king came to the court, he said to the county magistrate, "My lord." My son was wronged. He didn't dare to do bad things since he was a child, and he didn't dare when I asked him to kill a chicken, so how could he dare to kill someone. Adults must distinguish between right and wrong. ”

The county magistrate yelled at Lao Wang: "If the official doesn't ask, you won't be able to speak." But you'd better cooperate obediently, otherwise the official won't be considerate of your old age. ”

Lao Wang said to the county official: "The grass people will definitely cooperate." I'll be sure to say whatever I know. When Wang Zhong saw that his father was so old and was taken to court, he couldn't help but feel sad, and tears flowed out.

The county magistrate said to Wang Zhong: "The box next to you was found from your house. Your dad can also testify. You'd better be honest about what's inside. ”

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhong actually told the county official that this box was not theirs. Lao Wang also said: "Before you came in, I vaguely seemed to see a person walking into my house, and asked who it was. Could it be that he put something in my house? ”

The county magistrate said to Lao Wang: "You have bad eyes and are wrong on time." No one will come into your home. With that, he asked someone to open the box. Wang Zhong was immediately dumbfounded when he saw it, the box in between was full of poison, what kind of crane top red, arsenic, broken intestine grass, thunder wilfordii, everything.

The county magistrate smiled and asked Wang Zhong what else he had to say? (To be continued.) )