Chapter 57: The Blind Old Lady
"It's not suspicion, it's just that there is an indescribable feeling, today Fan Rubai is too calm in the public court, calmly not like an ordinary person seeing an official of the imperial court!"
"And what are you going to do?"
"Let's take a look first, let's see, maybe we're thinking too much." Wei Yandao, although Fan Rubai is suspicious, but to suspect that he is a murderer, he lacks motive and evidence!
The two walked a few more steps, and finally came to the courtyard of Zhang San's house, which was dark and silent, as if no one lived; The two glanced at each other, walked quickly to the thatched hut on the east side, pushed open the thin door, and shouted, "Aunt Zhang, are you at home?" ”
There was a black hole in the room, as if it was darker than the outside, Wei Yan closed his eyes a few times, and only then did he get used to the darkness inside, and saw a high lump bulging out of the bed on the left, the tables, chairs and benches on the ground were crooked, and the room was filled with an unpleasant smell of rice.
After a long time, the lump on the bed moved, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see that there was actually a person sitting on the bed, only listening to this person's trembling mouth, his voice was hoarse, and he was weak: "Who?" ”
It turned out that Zhang San's mother was sitting on the messy bed with her grandson who was less than one year old, the child was already asleep, and she was blind, so she didn't light the lamp, because it was the same for her whether the lamp was lit or not.
"It's me, Wei Yan! I just came here in the morning, because I was worried about you grandchildren, so I came to take a look! Wei Yan took out the fire fold and lit it, and the dark room suddenly became bright.
Seeing that a lot of rice and vegetable leaves were sprinkled on the ground, Long Tian turned around and brought a broom and dustpan to sweep the ground, and also opened all the windows for ventilation, washing away the turbid breath in the house and replacing it with fresh and sweet air.
"Oh! It turned out to be Wei Gongzi, thank you for your concern, we are fine. Mrs. Zhang seemed to have cried, her voice was dark and hoarse, she secretly wiped her tears with her sleeve, and was about to get up and go to the ground.
"Aunt Zhang, don't come down, let's just come to these things, have you eaten? Did the little grandson make a fuss? As soon as Wei Yan saw that Mrs. Zhang's feet were already on the edge of the bed, she was about to get up, so she hurriedly stopped her and put a pillow behind her to make her lie more comfortable.
"That's embarrassing." Aunt Zhang smiled humbly, her eyes did not blink, she looked straight ahead, and even the expression on her face was a little dull.
"It's okay, you're welcome, have you eaten?" Wei Yan guessed that the ancestor and grandson must still be hungry, and asked again.
"I didn't eat, since the child was arrested by the government in the afternoon, the child has been making noise, and there is a fever at night, I finally put him to sleep, this family doesn't know how to get so bad, pity my dead son and wronged daughter-in-law, they are so pitiful! How can I live as a blind old woman and my grandson for a few months......" Aunt Zhang cried as she spoke, tears flowing down her half-opened eyes, down the furrows of her nose, her lips, and all the way to her chin, falling drop by drop, wetting the back of her trembling hands and wetting her rough placket.
Wei Yan was very ashamed to see her crying so sadly, if it wasn't for Qiao Ji beating Zhang San a few times and seriously injuring him, maybe Zhang San would not have been killed by the murderer easily; If he could find out the truth of the case as soon as possible, give Zhang San justice, and give his innocent lady justice, maybe Aunt Zhang would not be so sad, and the child would not be frightened and sick.
"Okay, Aunt Zhang, don't cry, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn and change; As for the child's mother, we will definitely try our best to rescue her, she did not kill anyone, the government cannot wronged good people, we will definitely reunite your family! Wei Yan held Aunt Zhang's shoulder tightly, giving her confidence, and also giving herself confidence!
The two sat down and talked for a while, Long Tian had already gone to the kitchen by himself, and cooked a pot full of green vegetables and white porridge, although it was simpler, but at least it could satisfy his stomach; took the worn-out porcelain bowl, filled a large bowl and handed it to Aunt Zhang and said, "Auntie, drink some porridge and warm up." ”
"Thank you, you guys are such nice people." Aunt Zhang wiped the tears in her eyes, took the hot white porridge, and her heart was warm.
The child who had been sleeping seemed to smell the smell of food in his sleep, and the corners of his white and tender mouth slowly pursed, and he kicked the thin quilt covering his body, and was about to cry.
When the blind Aunt Zhang heard the movement, she hurriedly touched it, hugged the moving child, touched his small forehead, and saw that the fever had finally subsided, so she was relieved; Groping with a spoon, he scooped a spoonful of white porridge and handed it to his mouth, and the child smacked his small mouth, tasted the sweetness of the food, and drank it in large gulps.
"Hey, slow down, be careful!" Aunt Zhang reproached softly.
"Auntie, you have difficulty moving, or I'll feed the child!" Long Qian looked at the two poor old and weak women and children in front of him, his eyes were a little moist, and he felt their despair and loneliness.
"Then why bother you!" Aunt Zhang hesitated, these two people who met in Pingshui were willing to come to see her, and she was already very grateful for cooking for them, how could she be embarrassed to trouble others so much! It's just that it's really inconvenient for a blind old lady like her to feed the child, scooping up a spoonful of porridge is either poked in the child's nose or stained on the eyebrows, and three times out of ten it is fed to the child's mouth!
After thinking about it again, he still handed the child and the porcelain bowl to Long Tian's hand.
Wei Yan took this opportunity to ask Mrs. Zhang about her neighbor Fan Rubai, Mrs. Zhang was hesitant at first, but when she heard that Fan Rubai actually testified against Zhang's killing of her son in court, she became very excited, her expression was afraid and a little hesitant, but she repeatedly confirmed to Wei Yan: "My daughter-in-law will be released back safely, she will come back......
After Wei Yan repeatedly assured, he told the truth: "It turns out that there has always been a festival between Fan Rubai and Zhang San, and the Fan family occupied the Zhang family's homestead when they built a house a year ago, and Zhang San was angry, so he beat Fan Rubai!" Fan Rubai has always held a grudge and wants to wait for an opportunity to take revenge, so he framed the Zhang family to kill Zhang San, he is completely villainous! Aunt Zhang said angrily.
"Oh, I see!" Wei Yan was a little disappointed with this result, he always thought that Fan Rubai had something to do with this case, and it turned out to be just a personal grudge between neighbors; Although Fan Rubai hates Zhang San, he will not kill him for such a trivial matter, and besides, any murderer dares to swagger to the court, he is not humble or arrogant, and he has no fear at all! In this way, Fan Rubai can basically rule it out!