Chapter 13: Turning the Face
Zhao Mingchen, Ling'er, and Zhang Quan came to the main hall of the front yard. Someone had already reported to the village chief, who told them to go in.
The village head, Bai Zhanfei, was turning his back to them and didn't say a word. The village chief is about sixty years old, and his white hair is also a little sour, it seems that he is really a little old, and Zhao Mingchen is a little sour in his heart.
Zhang Quan arched his hand to the village chief and said, "Village chief, I brought it to you Mingchen." ”
The village chief's face was complicated, and he nodded in agreement: "Okay, I know." ”
Zhao Mingchen also gave a salute and asked, "Grandpa, I don't know what your old man called me to order?"
The village chief didn't look back and asked Zhao Mingchen: "Chen'er, have you ever had an argument with Manager Zhang in the afternoon?"
Zhao Mingchen looked dazed, "No, how could I argue with Steward Zhang." ”
The village chief nodded, turned around, and asked Zhang Quan, "What do you have to say?"
Zhang Quan said: "How can he admit it, you are in a hurry, I will ask him." ”
Zhao Mingchen looked at him coldly, to see what tricks he wanted to play.
Zhang Quan said: "Young Master Chen, in front of the village chief, none of us should lie, you look into my eyes and answer my words." ”
"Uncle Zhang, you ask. ”
"Let me ask you, did you go to Uncle Ma's house, a fur merchant, after you left here in the morning?"
"Yes, I'm going to his house, is there something wrong?" Zhao Mingchen thought to himself, how could he know that he was following me?
"Okay, you admit it, it means you're honest. You brought back a little red box, right?"
"Yes, I did get a little red box back, what's the matter with you?" Zhao Mingchen was a little angry.
"Let me ask you, where did that little box come from?" Zhang Quan was a little proud, feeling that things were developing as he expected.
"Why am I telling you? You're in too much control, aren't you?"
"Hmph, if you don't say it, it means that there is a ghost in your heart, I guess it was stolen from Uncle Ma's house, right?" Zhang Quan sneered.
When the village chief heard this, he knew in his heart that it was he who told Zhao Mingchen about the small box, and Zhao Mingchen went to Uncle Ma's house to ask for the small box, and he knew. There must be something wrong with this Zhang Quan, what does he want to do? If he wants to pull out his fox tail, he has to make Zhao Mingchen suffer.
"Uncle Zhang, you have a ghost in your heart, you don't have to pretend to be a good person here!" Zhao Mingchen replied unceremoniously.
"Don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, I asked you about the small box in the afternoon, and you also said in such a tone, and scolded me for being a dog of the village chief's family, saying that my dog is a human power, I said that your background is questionable, and you pushed me to the ground and hit me dozens of times in the mouth, isn't it? You are so fierce at a young age, how can we tolerate you? Village chief, you have to be the master of me!" Zhang Quan let out a sad voice after speaking, as if he was more wronged than Dou E.
"Grandpa the village chief, what he said was all a lie, I didn't beat him, I went to Qingyuan Mountain from Uncle Ma's house, and after retrieving the small box, I went to ...... after separating from Uncle Ma."
"Where did you go?" Zhang Quan asked. The village chief also wanted to know where he had gone?
Zhao Mingchen wanted to say that he had gone to the Land Temple, but he felt that it was definitely not the right time to say it now, because he had discovered an earth-shattering conspiracy there, and the stakes were very high, so how could he say it here? The village chief would not believe his own words. So he was silent.
Now Zhang Quan grabbed the reason and said, "Young Master Chen, if you can't say it, it means that you are lying." Didn't you hit the wound on my face, did I hit it myself?"
Zhao Shichen sneered, "You're really right, you fought it yourself." ”
Zhang Quan regretted it as soon as he spoke, but the situation was in his hands, and he said angrily: "Don't force your resignation!"
The village chief didn't want them to continue to fight, so he asked Zhang Quan: "You said that Zhao Mingchen beat you, what evidence do you have?"
Zhang Quan said: "Lehi can testify for me. The chief of the village said, "Call Lehi." ”
After a while, Li Hai brought it, and Li Hai asked the village chief An, glanced at Zhao Mingchen and lowered his head, waiting for the question.
The village chief said, "Li Hai, you have to answer truthfully, have you ever seen Zhao Mingchen beat Zhang Quan?"
Li Hai swallowed his saliva, saw Zhang Quan looking at him coldly, and said: "Yes, when I went to the thatched house in the afternoon, I saw Young Master Chen and Steward Zhang arguing at the gate, and then Young Master Chen was emotional, pushed Steward Zhang to the ground, and slapped him hard until he was angry. ”
Zhao Mingchen understood that these two people colluded together to frame themselves. But there are witnesses to how pale their defense is.
Zhao Ling'er said at this time: "Li Hai, your nonsense is clearly that you colluded to harm my brother Chen. ”
Lehi gave her a blank look, "You have to have evidence for what you say! Which eye did you see that we were colluding?"
Zhao Ling'er was speechless for a while, so she had to say to the village chief: "Grandpa the village chief, my brother Chen must have been wronged, you must be the master for him." ”
The village chief sighed and said, "Ling'er, Chen'er, I am also willing to believe what you say, but the evidence is there, I can only believe what my eyes see." ”
"Chen'er, you've disappointed me so much. You scolded Zhang Quan a few times, and it was okay to think that you were young and ignorant, but why did you beat him? Don't you look at my face?"
Zhao Mingchen was a little angry, others don't know it, don't you know? It's the little red box you asked me to pick up, you should testify to me, why do you believe their nonsense?
So, he said loudly to the village chief: "Village chief, Chen'er is not convinced, this is all made up by the two of them, when I came to your room, I just came back from outside, and after talking to you, I saw Zhang Quan come in to look for you, when did you quarrel with him? ”
When the village chief heard that he didn't even call his grandfather, he knew that he was angry, so he said, "Who saw that you had just come back, and who were you with? What about your evidence? Don't say that your sister's testimony doesn't count." ”
Zhao Mingchen couldn't answer, Zhang Quan was happy this time, and fanned the flames and said: "Village chief, he just has no one in his eyes, you treat him as a person, he is arrogant and arrogant, showing off his might, this time I beat me, next time I dare to beat you." ”
Zhao Mingchen was furious, took off the hundred-step bow and put it on the iron arrow, pulled it open and aimed at Zhang Quan: "You villain, Grandpa Chen shot you bastard." ”
Zhang Quan was shocked, took three steps back and pointed at Zhao Mingchen and said, "The surname is Zhao, don't mess around, don't mess around! Village chief, you see that he is still going to kill me now!"
The village chief didn't expect Zhao Mingchen to be really enraged, and said in his heart that you fell for him. He hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Mingchen's bow and arrow, and said, "Zhao Mingchen, what do you want to do, do you want to kill people and kill people?" Or is there really something to hide from me?"
Zhao Mingchen said: "You old man, what kind of village chief is black and white? Can't you see that you have a wolf by your side?"
The village chief saw that he was becoming more and more rude, and his beard shook angrily. was also furious: "I think you are a wolf, you don't even care about me, I have raised you for seven or eight years in vain, you have disappointed me too much!"
Zhao Mingchen said: "My master really misjudged you, sister, let's go!"