The Newcomer Chapter 8: The Plaintiff Becomes the Defendant (2)
It wasn't until the evening that Zhu Yeqing regained his vitality and shouted: "Sooner or later, this girl will bite that bad eagle to death!" ”
Lei Heng hurriedly echoed her words: "I have a way to make you stronger, and then take revenge." But...... You've got to do one thing for me first. ”
"Biting whom?" The bamboo leaf green girl happily showed her two small fangs, and the excitement made Lei Heng's heart tense again, and she couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Didn't plant!" Zhu Yeqing glanced at Lei Heng with disdain, "I said that this girl won't bite you, and I'm so afraid of Xixi." ”
"Isn't that for fear of accidental injury...... I'm afraid that the girl will take a bite by the way......" Lei Heng explained embarrassedly, "Go bite another person......"
"Eh, I haven't bitten anyone yet? Male and female? Old and small? ”
"It's a male, it's old!" Lei Heng hesitantly continued, "It's just...... Belch...... He's ...... now. Belch...... It won't move anymore...... That one fell asleep...... It's going to be a long, long sleep......"
"So much nonsense, just to bite an old male animal that hibernates."
Hibernation? Well, that's what you have to understand. Lei Heng hurriedly explained some details, and asked the big white goose to show her the way......
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The next day, the old and young members of the Zhang family, neighbors, Lei Heng, and Yan Shu were taken to the lobby again.
When Yan Jie was escorted to the court, Lei Su was shocked and said to the second son of the Zhang family kindly: "Zhang Da Zhang Er, yesterday this official searched for Miss Yan's pearls from your father in the court. ”
"This ......", Zhang Da and Zhang Er glanced at each other, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the county lord, the two brothers gave each other a look, and replied: "My lord, the younger one was not around when my father and Yan Jie had a dispute, whether my father forgot his righteousness for profit, or whether Yan Jie deliberately framed him, my brothers really don't know." ”
Yan Jie knelt in the hall and said angrily: "Fart, didn't Lao Tzu wronged him?" That old thing received my sister's pearl and flatly denied it, deliberately defrauding my family's property......" He turned to Lei Su and said: "My lord Mingjian, the pearl is engraved with the word Yan Shu, it is a birthday thing given to her sister by my father a year ago, it is not that he deliberately deceived it, how can it come to this irrelevant person." ”
"It must have been you who put yourself into my father's arms while no one was prepared to clear the suspicion of murder." The Zhang brothers also argued.
Syllable...... Lei Su patted the wood in surprise and commanded:
"Silence! Zhang Long, you take the pearl to the Zhang brothers, Yan Jie, and the neighbors present to take a look. ”
"No!" Zhang Long agreed, stepped forward and took out the pearls from the wooden plate specially stored for the evidence, walked up to the Zhang brothers and raised them a few times, and asked, "But what are your things?" ”
Zhang Da and Zhang Ermen looked at each other and didn't dare to respond.
"There is no delay in court inquiries! Quickly answer, whether this pearl is your Zhang family's thing! Zhang Long's face was unhappy, and he urged again.
Zhang Da thought about it, not only is Yan Jie's words chiseled, but this pearl is engraved with someone's name and surname, and Lai has no evidence in the Zhang family, so it is better to admit it generously, and he can be sure that he planted it to get rid of the crime.
"Back to my master, it's not my Zhang family's thing. It must be this guy who framed my father in order to clear his name for murder, and please ask the lord to see it! ”
Zhang Long nodded, and took the pearl to Yan Jie for identification.
Yan Jie searched for a while before he found the engraving that the girl said last night - "Yan Shu Fourteen". He hurriedly presented the pearl to Zhang Long: "My lord, please see, the pearl is engraved with the name of the little sister and the age." ”
Zhang Long took the pearl and looked at it decently, before exclaiming: "Well, there is really a word at this moment." Look at this imprint when there is more than a month ......" After speaking, he walked to the door of the lobby with his hand in his hand, "Please all the fathers and elders also witness ......"
"What a beautiful pearl, it's worth a lot of money at first glance!"
"Yes, it's like a couple of words. What Fourteen ......"
"It should be this little girl's thing, eighty percent...... Hehe......"
After Zhang Long and the others talked and commented, he put away the pearl, turned around and walked to the center of the court, and said: "Qiyu County, the relevant people have already seen it, and everyone agrees that this pearl is not the property of the Zhang family, but is actually owned by Miss Yan." ”
"Lord Mingjian, it's very likely that they did it deliberately, just to escape the suspicion ......of murder," Zhang Er hurriedly argued.
Lei Su slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "This official has never asked you questions, and if you dare to interject indiscriminately, I will slap your mouth!" ”
Zhang Er snorted and stopped speaking angrily.
"What's the matter?" Lei Su asked aloud again, "You carefully inspected Old Man Zhang's body, what is the conclusion?" ”
As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged official came from the hall. He sang a promise, and then beckoned several apprentices to carry Old Man Zhang's body to the center of the public hall.
"My lord, please see, there are no external injuries and bruises on Old Man Zhang's body, so it cannot be determined that he died from the beating." He pointed to the corpses one by one and explained to the people present, "All those who have been beaten should have scars on their bodies, but this old man has no scars on his body, and he obviously has not been beaten. However......"
"And yet...... Everyone, please see, there are two tooth marks on the ankles of Old Man Zhang. With my years of experience, it should be caused by the bite of a venomous snake. It's just that the subordinates are incompetent, and I don't know what kind of poisonous snake bites ......"
Lei Su nodded, signaling that he would do this for the reason. He slapped the wood in shock, and shouted to the neighbors outside the hall who were listening to the trial: "But there are people who know what kind of poisonous snake bite this is, and if they do, they can tell me quickly." If it is reasonable, the county will reward 200 yuan. ”
The reward is 200, which is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for more than a month. When the people outside the hall heard this, they hurriedly rushed up to look at the wounds.
Zhang Long glanced at him, and a servant had already stepped forward to stop him: "The public court is heavy, and idle people are not allowed to enter!" ”
Everyone could only look at the wound from afar, guessing what kind of poisonous snake had bitten it, but no one dared to come up to the court to answer.
"Lord County, the grass people know."
Half an hour later, at last an old man shouted. He is dressed as a wandering man, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, which makes people feel very amiable.
"The old man's surname is Wu, he is a wandering Langzhong, walking in the land of Bashu, he has seen many poisonous insects, and naturally he also knows the difference between the bite marks of different poisonous snakes." After introducing himself, Old Man Wu walked into the court. He carefully examined the old man's wounds, and then took a silver needle and inserted it into his ankle.
"Look, the silver needle is black, which shows that the deceased should have died of poisoning." Old man Wu took the silver needle that turned black at the front end and showed everyone present to look at them one by one, and explained, "There are several species of snakes in the local area, one is called the black-eyed snake, commonly known as the cauliflower snake, although this snake is fierce but non-venomous, it should not be." It is also called the green snake, or the name of the green bamboo standard, and it is a non-venomous snake with a very docile temper. No matter how black the snake is, it is also non-venomous...... In addition, there is only one kind of snake left, named Zhu Yeqing, which is a highly venomous snake.
The appearance of bamboo leaf green is quite similar to the emerald green snake, and there are two places that can be distinguished. First look. The big black eyes are the emerald green snake, and the yellow eyes are the bamboo leaf green snake; The round head is an emerald green snake, and the triangular head is a bamboo leaf green. Second, look at the side of the body. The one without a white line on the side of the body is a green snake, and the one with a white line is a green snake with bamboo leaves.
Old man Zhang was bitten by this bamboo leaf! ”
"I remember, later I saw a snake crawling out of the Zhangjia jade shop. In that way, it is exactly the same as the bamboo leaf green that Wu Langzhong said! ”
"Mm-hmm, I saw it too. When the watch passed, a small green snake slipped away from the door of Zhang's house, and Bacheng was bitten by that snake! ”
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For a while, everyone outside the hall rushed to say that they had seen it, and some even said it conclusively, saying that they had seen the scene of the snake biting the old man with their own eyes, which made the initiator Lei Heng smile bitterly.
Lei Su saw that the effect was achieved, and he was shocked again.
"Since Old Man Zhang was bitten by a poisonous snake and was poisoned to death, Yan Jie beat Old Man Zhang to death is nonsense. The county decided that Yan Jie was acquitted. As for the seizure of pearls, there is insufficient evidence as to whether it was a deliberate seizure; Moreover, Old Man Zhang is deceased, so it is not appropriate to pursue ......"
"Lord County, the law has words, and those who make false accusations sit back. I also ask the adults to severely punish the Zhang brothers...... "Yan Jie was angry that he couldn't stay in the cell for one night, and despite Yan Shu's insistent dissuasion on the side, he asked Lei Su to punish the Zhang brothers.
This Yan Jie was so angry, Lei Heng felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. It's enough to help you clear your suspicions, there's no need to backhand people to ruin their families.
Lei Heng slowly moved to Yan Jie's side and muttered in a low voice: "Enough is enough, too much!" ”
On the side, Yan Shu also continued to persuade: "Brother, thanks to the help of Lei Gongzi, there is no danger, don't regenerate right and wrong!" ”
"If you don't fight a snake, you won't die, and there will be endless troubles." Yan Jie replied in a deep voice, "I don't want them to fight for their lives. However, if you are already hostile, you must not be soft-hearted! At least don't let the Zhang family stay in Linjiang anymore! ”
To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself. Lei Heng also agreed, he gritted his teeth and nodded at Zhao Hu, who was standing not far away. Zhao Hu understood, and glanced at the outside of the hall......
A woman in her thirties pushed through the crowd and rushed to the corpse of the old man and began to cry.
"Why are you so troubled...... Lost all your life to give me a pearl...... How can you let me live alone......"
Seeing this situation, Lei Su was furious: "Who in the hall dares to disturb the court!" Left and right, take it with me! ”
The two officials hurriedly stepped forward and put the woman in the center of the public court, so that she could bow to Lei Su and complain.
"The woman's original surname is Ding, and this old man ...... Some relationships ......"
There are some relationships, and this talk about it makes the neighbors outside the hall suddenly talk about it.
"I didn't see it, this old man still has such an experience."
"His family has been dead for more than ten years, and the family has a little money, so naturally he has some ideas."
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The brothers of the Zhang family couldn't stand being pointed at like this, and hurriedly jumped up and argued: "You are nonsense, our brothers have never seen you, where did the crazy woman come from, and she actually came to slander my Zhang family!" ”
"He hid me tightly, and you don't know me." The woman said aggrievedly, "He has a mole on his left abdomen and a scar on the base of his right leg, which was left by his naughty ...... when he was a child."
Lady Ding said several physical characteristics of Old Man Zhang's private places in a row, and people who are not related to him have absolutely no way of knowing.
Zhang Long didn't wait for everyone's reaction, and went straight up to take off the remaining clothes of Old Man Zhang, and verified them one by one.
"Lord Qiqi, what this person said is true!"
Lei Su nodded and said, "In this case, you can quickly explain the reasons for everything, and you can't hide anything." ”
"Half a year ago, I fled to Linjiang and met him. He placed me in a secluded place, where he would meet me from time to time. I once joked that I wanted a high-quality pearl, and he said yes at the time. I don't want to, but I am greedy for other people's money, and I will suffer this retribution in the end......"
At the end of Ding's words, the hall was stunned.
"I didn't expect Old Man Zhang to be such a person, hey......"
"If there is a father, there must be a son, this Zhang family brother shouted to report to the official, and eighty percent also wanted to extort ......"
"Stay away from Zhang's house in the future!"
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The Zhang family lowered their heads up and down, and they couldn't raise their heads in shame.
Lei Su saw that the fire had arrived, and then slapped the shocking wood, and said sharply: "The Zhang family has deceived first, and false accusations have come later, which is really a clear crime, and this county is ...... according to the laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty."
"Lord County, slow down." Yan Jie got up and called Lei Su to stop, and then saluted everyone inside and outside the hall before continuing, "My Yan family's ancestral home is Linjiang, and this return is also to pay tribute to the graves of the ancestors. I don't want to cause more trouble because of this, so I am willing to intercede for the Zhang family and ask the county lord to give a light sentence! ”
According to the Han law, the false accuser sits back, which means that if the false accusation is convicted, the party who made the false accusation must bear the same punishment. The murderer resisted his life, so the Zhang family had to pay for it with his life.
At first, everyone outside the hall felt a little sorry for the Zhang family, thinking that such a harsh back-sitting was too cruel, after all, decades of neighboring friendship in the township. At this time, seeing that Yan Jie was so generous, regardless of his previous suspicions, he interceded for the Zhang family, and the two families immediately made a judgment. All of a sudden, there was less sympathy for the Zhang family, and more contempt and fear.
Lei Su nodded with satisfaction and asked, "You are the bitter master, how do you think you should be 'lightly sentenced'?" ”
"It's better to expel the Zhang family from the county, and never set foot in Linjiang again!"
"Brother Zhang, are you convinced?" Lei Su turned his head again and asked the Zhang family.
"Convincing! I would like to move my family out of the country and never return in this life! ”
"In this way, the county pronounces a ...... sentence"
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A few days later, the Zhang family moved out of Linjiang County.
It's as if nothing happened. In addition to parting, Yan Shu's little girl quietly stuffed her purse, proving that all this had indeed happened.
Back in the courtyard, Lei Heng opened his purse, and there was a pearl in it, which was the one that was taken by Old Man Zhang.
After Lei Su detained it in the name of evidence, he ordered Lei Heng to return it to Yan Shu at the time of separation. Unexpectedly, she took the opportunity to give herself in this way.
Smelling the residual fragrance on the purse, Lei Heng smiled bitterly, and suddenly thought of a poem.
"Returning Jun Mingzhu's tears, I hate to meet when I am not married."
Are you married? Is this a reward for me? You and I will stop it?
That's it.
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Miss Zhu Yeqing said, come and collect the vote, otherwise she will come in person......