The next day, the Wang family, neighbors and Yang Ling were taken to the lobby again, and last night they were rewarded by the yacha, and Ma Li'er carefully taught the Min County Order for a long time according to Yang Ling's idea.

Master Ma hid behind the screen behind the Min County Order to listen to the trial, and when Ma Ang was escorted to the court, the Min County Order was shocked and said to the second son of the Wang family kindly: "Wang Dawang Er, yesterday the official searched out Miss Ma's pearl from your father in the court. ”

"This", Wang Dawang and Wang Er glanced at each other, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the county master, the two brothers gave each other a look, and said to Min County: "Master, the little one was not around when my father and Ma Ang had a dispute, whether the father was forgetful, or Ma Ang deliberately framed him, I don't know if the little one is really unknown."

Ma Ang knelt in the hall and said angrily: "Fart, can't Lao Tzu wronged him?" The old man took my sister's pearl and flatly denied it, and deliberately defrauded my family of money."

Min Xian Ling slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "This official has never asked you questions, and if you dare to interject indiscriminately, you will be slapped in your mouth!" ”

Ma Ang snorted and stopped talking, Min Xian Ling touched his beard with a smile and said, "In this way, you said that Ling Zun was beaten to death by Ma Ang, didn't you see it with your own eyes?" ”

Wang Da was stunned and said angrily: "Master, although I didn't see this murderer beating my father with my own eyes, but my father has always been physically tough, if it wasn't for this person's murder, how could my father die suddenly?" When he saw me come out to stop him, he also threw away his father and tried to commit violence against me, and all the neighbors saw this and could testify to it."

Min County Ling said with a smile: "This is difficult to do, Yang Ling Yang Xiucai was there at the time, the cause and effect can be seen very clearly, according to Yang Xiucai, Ling Zun was greedy for the pearl of the eldest lady of the Ma family, and the brother of the young lady of the Ma family grabbed him and reasoned with him, and never punched him from beginning to end. ”

Wang Dawang heard it and kowtowed: "My lord, my father is wronged, my father."

Min Xian Ling waved his hand and said: "Slow down, slow down, this official has not finished speaking." However, according to your brother, Ling Zun has always been in good health, and he will definitely not give his surname to death because of a moment of anger, when Ma Ang was arguing with your father, and then your father fell to the ground and died, although you did not witness it with your own eyes, but the neighbors can prove that Ma Ang was the only one who quarreled with your father from beginning to end, so the murderer was none other than Ma Ang. ”

Wang Dawang kowtowed again and again, and said: "My lord is wise, my lord is wise, my father was beaten to death by this crazy murderer, how can my father stand his fists and kicks at his age?" Don't say that my father has never coveted his property, even if he really wants to make money, he will not be guilty of death, and ask the eldest master to uphold justice."

As soon as Ma Ang heard this, he was about to stand up with his legs straightened, and the two officials next to him crossed the water and fire sticks in their hands and pressed down in the crook of his knees, so painful that Ma Ang groaned, kneeling there and unable to move.

Seeing this, Ma Li'er hurriedly went over and hugged his shoulder and said, "Brother, don't be impatient, Lord Min is honest and honest, and he will judge impartially!" ”

Ma Ang's eyes widened, and he said anxiously and angrily: "Where did my brother punch and kick him?" That old man cheated people for money, and his son is such a good thing, it is clear that he is cheating me, you go to find your father."

Before he finished speaking, Ma Li'er twisted his shoulder, looked up in shock, and saw his sister glaring at him fiercely, and suddenly realized in his heart, and immediately kept silent.

Min Xian Ling glanced at him with a smile, and said in his heart: "This brave and unscrupulous fool, if it weren't for your father and I being officials in this chicken station, I would really be too lazy to save you, if you don't know what to do, you deserve some torture."

At that moment, the Min County Commander cleared his throat and said solemnly: "This official has been in this Jimingyi for two years, he has always enforced the law impartially, is honest and honest, has a prosperous faction, has a good reputation, will not condone a gangster, and will not wronged a good person."

Yang Ling wanted to laugh when he heard it, these words don't need to be praised by others, it's funny enough to praise himself in public, but this bearded man said it seriously and hard, as if he was endorsing, but thinking about the fact that everyone in the future who wrote the year-end summary was so boastful, and he said that he was like a flower, he was relieved.

Min County's voice changed, and he raised his voice and said: "Since this official received this case, he braved the snow last night to visit the neighborhood, investigate and collect evidence, and ordered to inspect Ling Zun's remains.

Min Xian Ling secretly swallowed his saliva, thinking: "Where did this Yang Xiucai get such awkward words, but it sounds quite unfathomable, hehe!" ”

He took a sip of a cup of tea and continued: "As far as this county knows, your family moved here from southern Fujian two years ago, and Ling Zun had a serious illness last autumn, so it is not credible to say that his body has always been tough.

In addition, according to the honest confession of the sauce shop, your father told him that he had been bitten by a belly snake in Huguang on the way to this place, and that he had delayed the trip for more than ten days.

In order not to wronged a good person and not to indulge a bad person, the county decided that Ma Ang would be taken into custody and never be released before the case was asked, and at the same time, he would open the autopsy of Ling Zun to check whether there were any internal injuries. At the same time, your family should look for Lang Zhong, who treated Lord Ling Zun last year, and ask for the prescription that was originally given, so as to prove that Ling Zun's illness is not enough to leave a fatal aftermath.

In addition, your family should quickly send people to Huguang to find Langzhong, who had treated your father, and ask for the prescription for the original treatment, and of course, ask the famous doctor in Fucheng to come up with an appraisal that the residual poison of the snake in the body has not been cleared and will not cause death, and the county will sentence Maang to death accordingly."

"Huh?! Looking for Lang Zhong who saw a doctor for his father, this is easy to do, go to Fucheng to invite a famous doctor, this can barely be done, but I have to go to Huguang to find Lang Zhong who opened the prescription at the beginning, in case he has moved elsewhere, wouldn't it be in vain to go all the way? ”。

Min County Ling Yin Yin smiled, this is just the first move, if the Wang family is ruthless, really go all the way to Lang Zhong's prescription, and arrange for Ma Ang to protest, he will ask the Wang family to go to Huguang again, get the pharmacy certificate, and if it doesn't work, he can also send his two brothers back to their ancestral hometown to find the local government, the local government and the local security issued by the old father's always tough documents.

In short, the farther the distance is tossed, the better, and the more detailed the evidence is required, the better, which not only shows that he is cautious in adjudicating the case and attaches importance to human life, but also tosses him tirelessly and exhausted until he gives up the investigation, which is one of the usual tricks used by insurance claims.

Wang Dawang was dumbfounded, and before he could plead a few words, Min County Ling had already widened his eyes, slapped the ground and shouted loudly: "Come on, take the suspect Ma Ang back to the prison and take care of it, and the others will go back to their respective homes, and when the bitter lord Wang's family finds evidence, the county will be promoted to the court to question the case and retreat!" ”

The servants slammed the ground, and immediately two stout servants rushed out and dragged Ma Ang out like wolves. Although this fierce and vicious pretentious act was aimed at Ma Ang, it also frightened the Wang brothers, and they swallowed back the words when they came to their mouths.

The Wang brothers returned home relatively silent, if they said that they were really unwilling to stop, they discussed for two days before deciding that Wang Da packed up and went to Huguang for a trip, and then went to Fucheng to invite people to get back the evidence, and Wang Er took care of the business at home.

While discussing, Wang Da's wife hurriedly ran in and said anxiously: "Xianggong, I said that our family has no guests coming to the door for the past two days, and it is still considered that someone has just died, and the villagers have some scruples during the New Year's Festival, but it turns out that the people of the post office are talking nonsense everywhere, saying that our family does business with fake and shoddy, and forced to buy and sell. I heard that those messengers who killed a thousand knives passed official documents everywhere and spread rumors everywhere, so even outsiders should know about it. If this continues, where will we still have business to do? Isn't the family just waiting to die? ”

The Wang brothers were taken aback when they heard this, they were most afraid of losing a bad reputation in business, and it was not enough for the post office to spread rumors locally, taking advantage of the convenience of their 100 or so messengers to travel from south to north to talk nonsense, then the Wang family musical instrument store was only closed.

Although the Wang family was richer than ordinary peasants, they valued agriculture over commerce at that time, and their social status was still inferior to that of peasants.

The Ming court stipulated that peasants could wear silk like people with meritorious reputations, but no matter how wealthy a merchant was, he did not have this treatment. Therefore, although the peasants could not afford to buy silk, the rich merchants could afford to buy it but were not allowed to wear it, and even those merchants with a lot of wealth could only wear silk and silk at home, and when they went out, they still had to change into coarse cloth clothes, otherwise it would be a great crime to sue the government.

Therefore, the lawsuit of the Wang family is already in a disadvantageous position, and if the business is messed up again, the gains outweigh the losses. Look at this big family, is it for the sake of the dead that the family can't survive?

This time, the idea of the two brothers fighting the lawsuit to the end faded a little, thinking that the New Year is approaching, and it is not appropriate to go far away at this time, it is better for the two brothers to take care of the store first, and wait for the Spring Festival to talk.

The two brothers ran to the front hall together to solicit business, and after two days, not only could not do a business, but also heard rumors that the old man Wang blackmailed others for money, and was exposed on the spot and died of shame, the two sons of the Wang family were more greedy for money than his father, and in the cold winter, he threw his father's body in the house and left it alone, and let the disembowelment and disembowelment, deboning and examining the wounds, and wanted to defraud some money.

As the saying goes: People are terrible, others don't care what is true or false, in short, don't have anything to do with them and ruin your reputation, so some very friendly neighbors have become weird when they see them in the past two days, and gradually begin to become estranged.

The two brothers went to see the county lord indignantly, but they heard that Liu Jiaping had collapsed the houses of three families because of the heavy snow, and the county lord who loved the people like a son had already gone to appease and relieve him, and he would go again the next day, and he heard that the county lord went to Xuanfu to transfer the winter grain from the local government office and the post office.

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