Leng Yi said: "The eldest young master of the Su family forcibly annihilated Song Cai's wife, is there a real thing?" ”

Li Yougui said: "Of course! Song Cai saw it with his own eyes, the two servants of the eldest young master of the Su family held down Song Cai's hands and feet and let him do it, Song Cai's mother resisted desperately, and scratched his face! ”

"Why didn't Song Cai report to the official?"

"Don't dare to go! The Su family is not easy to mess with. ”

"And what's going on with your legs?"

Li Yougui said: "Let the Su family fight!" After the young master of the animal was stoned to death, they suspected that I had done it, and took me to hang and beat me and interrogate me. I said that I was farming, but they didn't listen, they forced me to admit it, I desperately refused to admit it, and they beat my legs like this! ”

Leng Yi said: "Don't you have several testimonies to prove that you were doing farm work in the field ten miles away that day?" ”

"It was meant to be! But they said I must have asked someone to do it. How can I have it! Although I hate them for the Su family bullying and forcibly occupying my farming cattle, I won't ask someone to kill him! Besides, my family is so poor, where can I afford to hire someone to kill someone? My ancestors were honest farmers, and I don't know those killers! ”

"Who else did they arrest besides you?"

"Song Cai and Gao Fu were arrested, but I was beaten the worst. After the Su family beat us, they tied us up and sent us to the yamen. The yamen locked us up for a few days and then let us go. However, the Su family did not let us go, and often looked for us. My wife was very scared, and after discussing with me, she took the child back to her mother's house to hide. I'll come back when this one subsides. ”

Leng Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best to help you administer justice!" ”

Li Yougui said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, master!" ”

Leng Yi and Liao Zhifu came to Song Cai's house. When they got to the door, they knocked on the door, but no one came out and opened it. Chang Li called the one next door and asked, saying that there was someone in their house, and he didn't know why he didn't open it.

Chang Sato got angry, kicked with his feet, and shouted at the same time. After a long time, someone finally came out and opened the door, but it was a child.

Chang Li asked, "What about your father?" ”

The boy looked at them warily and did not answer. But he was about to close the door again, Chang Li pushed the door open, stepped into the courtyard, and said loudly: "Song Cai! I know you're at home! Come out! The prefect is here to investigate the case! He went straight to the door of the main house and knocked on the door, but the door was not closed, but only hidden. Chang Li pushed open the door and walked in. There was a smell of urine coming from inside, but it turned out to be a toilet in the corner of the house, and the lid was not closed.

Leng Yi followed in, and saw a man lying on the wooden bed in the inner room with a sick face. The bed hung in a curtain, and something was squirming behind the curtain.

Chang Lichang said angrily to the man on the bed: "Song Cai! What are you doing? I told you that the eldest man was coming to investigate the case, why didn't he get up to greet him? What do you do in bed? What time has it been, you're still standing in bed, haven't you gotten up, or are you ready to go to bed? What about your daughter-in-law? ”

As soon as he had finished saying this, he heard a scream from behind the wooden bed, the voice of a woman, as if something had gone under the bed.

Leng Yi squatted down, looked down at the bottom of the bed, and saw a thin woman, crawling and hiding under the bed, her face was full of horror, seeing Leng Yi, she shrank into the corner under the bed, holding a pair of scissors tightly with both hands, and a sharp end had collapsed.

Chang Li briefly introduced a few officials, and when Song Cai heard it on the bed, he panicked, struggled to get up, and lifted the quilt to get out of bed. Leng Yi had already stood up, seeing him staggering, unsteady, his whole body trembling, and his cheeks were burning red, so he hurriedly went over to support him, felt his hands hot, and said busily: "Are you sick?" Don't get up, lie down! ”

Song Cai was supported by Leng Yi to lie down, and said thank you in his mouth.

Chang Li squatted down and saw the woman under the bed, he couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Song Cai's daughter-in-law, what are you hiding under the bed for?" Come out! It's the big man who is here! I'm here to investigate! Standing up, he said to Leng Yi of Liao's prefect's mansion: "Don't be surprised, his daughter-in-law, since the last time except for that incident, she has been a little crazy. ”

Leng Yi turned to Liao Zhifu and said, "My lord, there are too many people coming in, otherwise, the others please wait in the courtyard outside, and I will just ask them alone." ”

Governor Liao said: "That's fine." He took the lead and walked out, and Tongzhi and the others also went out.

Leng Yi closed the door and said to Song Cai on the bed, "Please ask your wife to come out." Don't be nervous. ”

Song Cai's weak voice smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, my daughter-in-law is sick, once she is frightened, it will take a long time to get better." Sometimes, you have to hide under the bed for a day and don't come out. It's useless for anyone to call. Including me. ”

"Was it the Su family's eldest young master who raped her like this?"

Without waiting for Song Cai to answer, Song Cai's daughter-in-law under the bed let out a pitiful whimper, and the sound didn't know whether it was crying or wailing, which made people feel sad when they heard it.

Shicai Changli introduced them, Song Cai was seriously ill and faint, and he was afraid to see the official, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he didn't actually hear about Qing Leng Yi's official position, he only knew that it was an official master, and now I heard him directly say that the eldest young master of the Su family raped his wife, which is different from the Su family's claim that his wife seduced the eldest young master of the Su family, obviously standing on his side, and he was immediately grateful, and even his eyes were red. Said: "Lord Qingtian! My lady ...... ...... by the eldest young master of the Su family, and after being raped, she ...... and fell into the root of the disease! ”

"What the hell is going on? Can you tell us about it? ”

"I was working in the fields that day, but it was late afternoon, and I didn't see my son bring me food. When I was hungry, I went home and saw what was going on, why my wife didn't prepare a meal for the child to bring it. As soon as I got to the door, I saw my son sitting on the steps of the courtyard gate crying. I hurriedly asked what was going on. He said that a few people came to the house, dragged his mother into the house, and did not let him in. I was startled, and rushed in, and I faintly heard my lady shouting for help inside, and her voice was very muffled, as if she was blocked by something. The door was tied from the inside, and I couldn't push it open, so I kicked the door open, and I saw the eldest young master of the Su family getting up from my lady naked. My lady's pants were taken off, and her hands and feet were pressed against the bed by two servants, and my lady stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, whimpering and crying......"

Speaking of this, Song Cai sobbed and cried. Then he said: "I rushed up with a hoe to fight him, but his servants stopped me and beat me instead. And then they were gone. I couldn't get angry, so I took my daughter-in-law to find the lieutenant chief, and the lieutenant chief said that this could only be reported to the official, and he couldn't control it, so I took my daughter-in-law and ran to Bazhou to report to the official. However, I don't know why, the yamen only said that the old man was not there, and I knelt at the yamen for two days and two nights before someone came out to accept it. After a few more days, the people from the yamen called me over, saying that they had checked, and it was my lady who seduced the eldest young master of the Su family, not by force. I was mad with rage. But where can I reason? Alas! Poor my lady, from that day on, she has become what she is now, and when she hears any noise, she burrows under the bed......"

Leng Yi said: "After the eldest young master of the Su family died, did the Su family trouble you?" ”

"Of course I found it! Later, thanks to Chang Lichang's intercession, they said that it couldn't be like this, otherwise it would be difficult to explain if they beat people to death, so they tied me up and sent me to the Bazhou Yamen. He locked us up for a few days, and he was beaten up inside and almost died. Later, the yamen said that there was evidence that it was impossible for us to kill, so they let us go. However, the Su family said that we bought the murder. - Oh my God, sir, do you think people like us can afford to hire killers to kill people? But the Su family didn't think so, it didn't mean that we did it. The eldest and third masters of the Su family came to the door with their servants to beat us every three or five days, thinking of the law to torture us, and pulled out all the seedlings of my family. A few days ago, they tied me up and threw me in the ditch at the door, and it froze me all night! That's how I got sick. Alas! There's no way to get through this. Sooner or later, he will be killed! Even if they don't kill them, they have uprooted all the crops in the field, and they have already missed the agricultural time, and there will be no harvest this year, so I am afraid that they will not survive. ”

Leng Yi said: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, don't worry, the official will be busy with you to deal with this matter." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Leng Yi squatted down again and comforted Song Cai's daughter-in-law under the bed, his daughter-in-law just hid under the bed, holding her head with one hand, and holding the scissors with a broken tip tightly with the other hand, trembling at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said goodbye, and didn't say anything to the Liao Governor's Mansion, so he asked Chang Lichang to take it and went straight to Gaofu's house.

Although this rich man has a rich name, their family has nothing to do with the rich at all, not only is the family surrounded by walls, but they don't even have a daughter-in-law. It was also Chang Lichang who was prepared in advance, and sent someone to find him back and wait at home, otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to find a figure.

When Leng Yi and the others entered, he was squatting under the eaves of the house, holding his sleeves with both hands, looking at them coldly.

After listening to Chang Lichang's introduction, he seemed to be indifferent, although he faced so many high-ranking officials. In his eyes, Leng Yi saw a kind of indifference, which was difficult to see among the ancient people.

Still the same as last time, Leng Yi talked to Gao Fu alone in the house.

Although it is said to be a room, there is air leaking on all sides, and you can even see the people outside through the cracks.

There was no way to sit on the stool in the house, because Leng Yi was worried that it would collapse if he sat on it. He stood up, looked at him, and said, "I heard, you like to gamble?" ”

After Gao Fu entered the house, he was squatting in the corner of the house, bowing his head, hearing this, he looked up at him, and said, "It was the people of the Su family who told you, right?" ”

(To be continued)