"Kill, I'll use a hammer."

"It's the hammer on that brother's desk, it's my baby. I banged him on the head and hit him in the face. ”

The hammer was on the table in front of Song Yuanshi.

"I buried him with leaves, did you find out?" Meng Changping asked in a low voice.

Song Ning nodded: "Yes, I found it." ”

"I found it." Meng Changping sighed and said, "Then, you also found out what I covered with a chicken coop?" ”

Song Ning nodded: "The chicken coop is covered, and we also found out." ”

"Where's the quilt?"

Song Ning nodded.

Meng Changping nodded: "Okay, count them unlucky." ”

"Why are they unlucky?"

"For they have no grave, and how pitiful they are if they do not."

"Why are there no graves to be pitiful?"

"Why?" Meng Changping recalled, thought for a while, and said, "My father told me that he would kill my mother and not allow her to enter the ancestral grave of the Meng family, so that she would not have a grave." ”

And he said, "So it's very pitiful to have no grave." ”

Song Ning bowed slightly: "Then after you killed Mao Runqing, you went to the Yinlou apprenticeship, how did you know that Zhang Rong and Chu Xingfei are also terrible and can beat people?" ”

"I just know. I went home secretly, I know, when I saw them beating people, he grabbed his mother's neck, and his mother kicked his legs hard, and he used a stick to smash his mother's head. ”

"I can't hold back the blood."

He began a new round of describing the night his mother died.

Although twenty-three years have passed, he remembers every detail clearly.

Song Ning didn't interrupt him, and when he spoke, she suddenly asked, "How did your father die?" ”

"My dad?" Meng Changping said, "That stick, I was standing at the door, my sister was standing inside the door and talking to him, I jumped up and snapped and smashed his head." ”

"Blood gurgling."

He also confused his memories and grafted them onto the scene of his mother's death.

Song Ning bowed slightly.

Someone at the door whispered: "Is there a problem with the adult's trial like this?" The adults have no evidence and lure a fool to speak. ”

"A fool can say anything, but he can't believe it."

When these words came out, some people felt that it made sense, and nodded: "It's true, Ye Yong's case is easy to say, but the first three cases, the recent Chu Xingfei's case has not been investigated, not to mention the first six years and nine years." ”

"If there is no evidence, the case cannot be overturned."

Wu Lin listened and scolded: "You know what the horn is saying when you open your mouth, why don't you use your brains?" There was no plaintiff in the first four cases, and the adult directly overturned the case, which must be because the adult was sure. ”

"Such a good adult, don't talk nonsense."

Everyone quieted down, and someone said: "Someone came up again, who is that, is it Meng Changping's sister and brother-in-law?" ”

In the public court, Mao Mengshi and Mao Zhihong went to the yatang.

Mao Zhihong has a delicate appearance, a tall man, a very gentle personality, and speaks slowly and methodically, he protects Mao Mengshi behind him, kowtows to Song Ning and says: "If the adults have anything to ask, the grass people must know everything." ”

Meng Changping looked at his brother-in-law and said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, this adult is very fierce, you should be careful when you speak." ”

"Hmm." Mao Zhihong said to him, "You be well-behaved, you will answer whatever the adults ask." ”

Meng Changping nodded.

Song Ning asked Mao Zhihong: "I have nothing to ask, you say you know." ”

Mao Zhihong hung his head and said, "People, they are all killed by grass people." ”

Saying that, he kowtowed and replied, "Please be discerning." ”

"Honglang, don't talk nonsense." Mao Mengshi was shocked and shouted, "I killed the person, you are not allowed to say such things." ”

Mao Zhihong said: "Our family can't do without you, if you leave, what will happen to the two children?" ”

"Don't say stupid things, you have suffered so much in your life, I promise to take good care of you."

"I can't break my word."

Mao Mengshi shook his head and cried.

"Shut up!" Song Ning looked at the two of them angrily, "In the public court, what you said is an insult to the official. ”

Mao Mengshi and Mao Zhihong looked at her in horror.

"It is a disgrace to the kingdom and to the law." Song Ning stared at Mao Mengshi, "Speak well and say what you should say, instead of covering up the guilt." ”

"Your Excellency." Mao Mengshi cried, "I beg you to spare your life." ”

Song Ning said: "Don't ask me to spare my life, you said you know, if you ask for mercy again, this official will be in the hall with thirty court scepters." ”

Mao Mengshi looked at Song Ning, and then at his husband.

Mao Zhihong grabbed her hand, he was a brother-in-law, he couldn't say anything, and he could only make decisions forever as their sister and brother.

"Flat." Mao Mengshi looked at Meng Changping, tears did not stop.

Meng Changping said: "Sister, don't cry, I will listen to you in the future, I won't run around, and I won't beat people." ”

Mao Mengshi wiped his tears and hung his head to speak.

"Since I was sensible, I remember that my father beat my mother, stepped on her head, hit her belly, and lost several children when she was pregnant. When Changping was born, the doctor said that he was not in good health and asked my mother to make up for him. ”

"When he was three years old, Changping broke a bowl, was lifted up by my father and fell to the ground, his head hit the threshold, he had a high fever that night, and after being sick for half a month, he finally saved his life, but people have been silly since then."

"Because Changping became stupid, my father became even worse."

"My mother was also killed by him."

Mao Mengshi lay on the ground and cried: "The scene that night is the clearest thing Changping remembers, that day is August 15, and it is also his birthday. ”

"Every year at this time, he will cry and ask for his mother, and he will have nightmares at night." Mao Mengshi said, "Every few years, I have to take him to worship my mother." After the worship he was able to behave. ”

"This is also the case, the first few cases all happened around mid-August, because at that time he would secretly go home to worship my mother."

Mao Mengshi kowtowed: "He is too bitter, he has no mother at such a young age, and his health is not good." ”

"He doesn't have a clear mind, and he doesn't remember killing people himself." Mao Mengshi said, "On the day he killed Mao Runqing, there was blood splashed on the new clothes I gave him, and the hammer he liked was also full of blood, and I, I knew that something was wrong." ”

"I was so scared that I changed his clothes without even saying anything to my husband...... I waited for twenty days until someone finally found the body. ”

"I, let my husband send him to an apprenticeship, and raise him to be a craftsman behind the silver building."

"I went home to report the funeral and said he was dead."

Song Ning frowned and said, "Later, when the yamen caught Mao Bingjun, why didn't you stand up?" ”

"At first, I thought that if the person was not killed by Uncle Bing, he would definitely be fine, I wanted to wait, but I didn't expect that in just two days, Uncle Bing pleaded guilty and was convicted."

Mao Mengshi covered his face and cried: "I, I don't know what to do, I suffer every day, how many times have I walked at the yamen." I know that I am hateful, that I am a wicked person. ”

"But when I think of Pingping going to prison and being beheaded, I can't bear it."

After Mao Mengshi finished speaking, Mao Bingjun limped up and kowtowed: "My lord, this case is wrong, villain...... The villain is willing to admit his guilt, and he doesn't want to overturn the case if he doesn't sue him. ”

"Ask the adults to be fulfilled."

It was quiet in the hall, and everyone's mood was complicated.

"Ask the adults to be fulfilled." Mao Bingjun said.

Mao Mengshi turned around and kowtowed to Mao Bingjun: "It's not like this, don't say that, your life has been ruined by us." ”

"I'm so guilty."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you."

Mao Bingjun was about to speak, but Song Ning patted the wood in surprise and shouted, "Shut up!" ”

"How many times do you have to say the same thing to your understanding?" Song Ning's face was cold, "From this moment on, if you continue to help each other and deceive each other, this official will not spare you." ”

Mao Meng's kowtow should be.

Mao Bingjun knelt.

"Everyone understands the truth. This official also feels sorry for your two brothers and sisters, but no matter how miserable and pitiful he is, he has to pay the price for what he has done. ”

"Mao Mengshi, you are a kind person, otherwise you would not have taken care of Mao Bingjun all the time and made up for your guilt, and you were even happy when you learned that the official was going to redress him and clear his name."

"Yes, the women are really happy." Mao Mengshi cried.

Her mood in the past nine years has been contradictory day and night, if Meng Changping is not involved, she can't wait to catch the murderer in person, and she can't wait to rehabilitate Mao Bingjun immediately, but once Mao Bingjun is rehabilitated and cleared up, Meng Changping will go to prison.

What's more, redress and clear grievances is not something she can do as a woman wants to.

"Mao Bingjun's life, Chu Han's life, and even the thief Yu Changmin, who seems to be innocent...... They are all lives, and when their lives are lost, who will have mercy? ”

Mao Mengshi looked at Song Ning with red eyes.

At the door, Chu Yu was crying. Chu Han is also a good boy, if he hadn't died, maybe he would have talked about family affairs now...... Even if he is still poor and has nothing, he is still alive.

Who will count his brother's life?

"If you think about them, you won't struggle with your choices." Song Ning said.

Mao Mengshi got up and looked at his younger brother, recalled the life of their sister and brother, held Meng Changping's hand, and said in a dumb voice: "Don't blame my sister." ”

"No wonder, my sister is the best for me." Meng Changping shook his head and said.

Mao Mengshi touched his younger brother's face, kowtowed, and said, "My lord, the women in the four cases have kept evidence. ”

As she spoke, there was silence.