The magistrate chose the ancestral hall to start the trial, and everyone was sitting in danger, and the atmosphere was solemn.

The Xia family had never seen this posture, and their legs trembled with fright, and they shouted for Xia Lao Er again and again.

Mrs. Xia lost her previous pungency, grabbed Xia Qiu's sleeves tightly, and said in a panic: "Xiao Jiu, the Xia family is not thin on you, you have to say a fair word for your second uncle." ”

This kung fu of opening his eyes and telling nonsense, even Lu Tingxiu can't stand it.

In his investigation, Xia Qiu lived a good life in the Xia family, not to mention a miserable word.

"Milk, whether the second uncle has broken the law, I don't count it, the government will naturally find out." Xia Qiu was not angry, and comforted Mrs. Xia in a low voice, "Don't worry, if the second uncle doesn't do it, the government will return his innocence." But ......"

She paused deliberately, and changed her words, "If he does it, it is useless for you to beg me, the court will definitely bring him to justice, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, it will not be tolerated." ”

Mrs. Xia was so frightened that her face turned blue. This dead girl, this is to take the opportunity to take revenge, and she wants to kill the second child.

These officials will only protect each other, how can they handle it impartially. Last time, the dead girl just said hello, and the boss and they were thrown into prison, and they couldn't release even the money.

Mrs. Xia's brain turned quickly, she turned around and knelt in front of Lu Tingxiu, and opened her mouth to howl, "Lord Qingtian, my son is really innocent, you have to administer justice for him......"

The government is handling the case, but it is not who is loud and who is reasonable, Zhou Bantou said majestically: "If you have something to say, what are you crying about, do you want to be beaten?" ”

Mrs. Xia didn't dare to make any more trouble, so she could only force back her tears and retreat aside dissatisfied.

Lu Tingxiu looked at Old Man Xia, "Old man, as an intermediary, has your son ever seen someone who really recruits laborers?" ”

"Lord Hui, we really don't know about this." Old man Xia sighed and said with annoyance: "My son is a non-businessman, and he has a lot of fox friends and dog friends. He thought his family was poor and never brought people home.

At first, I also thought it was unreliable, but he said that the leader had a backstage, and the cost of the work negotiated from the government was very high, and the laborers were only given a small amount of money, just to do the work well. I also asked him who was in charge, but he told me to leave it alone, and we couldn't ask again. ”

Lu Tingxiu guided step by step, "Think about it again, have you neglected important details?" ”

Old man Xia wanted to break his head, but he didn't come up with anything useful, so he had to turn his head and ask his family.

The second daughter-in-law seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said: "My lord, my man came back drunk a few times, and I asked him where he drank, and he said that it was in the city, and it was the leader who invited him." ”

Don't look at the second daughter-in-law, who usually doesn't talk much, but she is exquisite, she took advantage of the second summer to get drunk, and she didn't talk less.

In addition to drinking, Xia Lao Er also had to gamble twice, and was deceived by a friend to go to the casino and lose more than 20 taels. At that time, the whole family was angry and was worried about how to make money to pay off the debt, but Xia Lao Er was full of spring breeze, not only paid off the debt, but also inadvertently found an opportunity to recruit laborers, from which he could make a lot of money.

Xia Qiu asked, "Second aunt, do you know which gambling house the second uncle owes a debt?" ”

The second daughter-in-law touched her head, "It seems to be called long...... What is it, he is drunk and his tongue is indistinct, I don't hear clearly. ”

The gambling house in the county, there is no unfamiliar one in summer and autumn, "Changsheng gambling house? ”

"Yes, yes, it seems to be called Changsheng Gambling House."

In other words, the person who pays off Xia Lao'er's gambling debts is most likely the leader.

This person is a bit interesting, there are countless people who go in and out of the gambling house every day, how did he fall in love with Xia Laoji?

As for the name of the leader, the second daughter-in-law really didn't come out, she only knew that her nickname was Mazi.

The second daughter-in-law is so keen on the drunken talk of her own man, not because she thinks it is unreliable, but because Xia Lao Er is a moral person and likes to mess with flowers outside.

She said that she wanted to see if he had a woman outside and hid silver.

That's fine, at least I know that the leader is a man, and I guess he doesn't look good.

Xiong Lao Er had an accident, and the families of the missing people in the surrounding villages rushed to hear the news, and they were so emotional that they coaxed the Xia family again, and the scene got out of control again.

The Xia family was panicked, and they didn't dare to be stubborn anymore, so they could only secretly ask the Bodhisattva for protection.

Fortunately, Zhou Bantou deliberately left a batch of officials to deter him. As a result of this uproar, the number of missing persons registered is almost non-existent.

Lu Tingxiu looked through the list, and then learned about the situation in the nearby villages with the village chief, and felt more and more that this case was strange.

The surrounding villages are notoriously poor and remote in Lin County, and perennial hunger and poverty have made the villagers particularly obsessed with money, which limits their knowledge.

There is no pie in the sky, but anyone who is sane and sober can see that the sky-high recruitment of laborers is a scam, but these people are still catching up one by one.

It was late at night, and the villagers involved in the case gathered and were reluctant to leave, so Lu Tingxiu got up to persuade everyone to quit and promised to solve the case as soon as possible.

got the assurance of the magistrate, and everyone was reluctant to leave.

The leader has no clues, and only based on the words of the Xia family, it may not be credible.

Lu Tingxiu planned to go to Xia's house and was accompanied by Xia Qiu.

The official came in person, and the second elder of the Xia family couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly borrowed a lantern from the village chief and walked to the Xia family together.

The second old man calculated, although the second child was muddy, he couldn't do anything to destroy his conscience, he must have been deceived by the gangsters. Xia Qiu, a dead girl, although she hated the Xia family, she didn't fall into the well just now, and even said a fair word for the second child.

It is still necessary to fight for it.

I heard that she took advantage of the situation to open a grain store and a medical center in the city, as long as she doesn't care about her past suspicions, the Xia family can naturally follow and enjoy the happiness and go to the city with her family to live a rich life.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xia became warm to Xia Qiu again, and pulled some empty heads, making her miss the old kindness.

"Xiao Jiu, do you remember when you were eight years old, you burned unconscious?" Mrs. Xia's voice choked, and she regretted: "Grandma has been guarding you for three days and three nights in front of the bed, maybe God is grateful for my sincerity, you finally woke up and your illness was cured." ”

"Don't you say I'm unconscious? Of course, I can't remember. For this kind of shameless skin, Xia Qiu was not polite at all, and sneered: "But I remember very clearly, I was critically ill several times, and you didn't give money for treatment, even the money that my mother borrowed for my treatment, you all snatched it." ”

"Oops, you misunderstood the milk." Mrs. Xia was choked up, but she had to suppress her anger, and said with grievances: "It's not that we are reluctant, but the family really has no money, more than 20 mouths, and if you don't have food for a day, you will die." ”

"Who gave birth to and who raised, why did you rob my father and mother of money?"

Mrs. Xia was deflated, "Are we a family......"

"Chen sesame rotten grain, why are you mentioning this?" Old man Xia knows that Xia Qiu is not the fool she was in the past, now she has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and her methods are vicious, where is the old woman her opponent, if she pulls it down, she will be in the ditch.

Dead old woman, has she forgotten all the things in the cell?

The dead girl's heart is harder than a stone, and she wants to fix them and hook her fingers, but her old woman can't weigh it clearly.