Chapter 021 The court is unfair, and the hearts of the people are unkind
"Ziying!" Xu Xianglin walked quickly to Feng Ziying's side, slowly helped her up, Feng Ziying knelt for more than an hour, her legs and feet were soft and numb, there was a trace of blood on her forehead, mixed with sweat stains and faint pain, she looked panicked, turned her head to see Xu Xianglin, smiled happily, and her eyes were full of tears, and she almost cried, Xu Xianglin carefully wiped the cold sweat on her face, and constantly calmed her emotions.
"Silence!" Seeing this, Chen Tong sat upright, and with a heavy slap of shock, the official immediately closed his tongue, stood up straight, and then said: "The time has come, where is the Wang family?" The official who arrested Feng Ziying earlier replied: "My lord, I have told the Wang family to take care of the house and return to the government for trial as soon as possible, and I should be on the way at this moment." Chen Tong scolded: "Bastard! Do you want me to wait for her to be unsuccessful? Hurry up and bring it to the church! After a short time, the old woman Wang finally arrived at the yamen, and as soon as she entered the hall, she fell to her knees and cried to death.
Chen Tong saw that Wang had not yet opened his mouth to say a word, first crying and crying, a little annoyed, as soon as the tree fell, the old woman was so frightened that she couldn't cry at once, only the corners of her mouth couldn't help trembling, Chen Tong breathed a sigh of relief, asked the surnames of both parties, and said: "Wang, can you sue her in the morning for this woman?" The old woman bowed her head and said, "This is the woman." Feng Ziying was angry and wanted to ask the old woman, but Xu Xianglin glanced at her and asked her to calm down first.
Chen Tong asked again: "Why do you sue for something?" The old woman wept bitterly and told her what had happened. Chen Tong thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "Wang, according to what you said, Feng Niangzi murdered your daughter, where is the corpse?" The old woman squeaked, "It's at the house, and the servants sent by the adults can testify." Chen Tong then interrogated the officials, but the officials couldn't say why, only that Qinglian looked like she was dead.
Chen Tong asked again: "Feng Niangzi, what the Wang family said is true?" Feng Ziying held back for a long time, and blurted out: "My lord, what Aunt Wang said is not true, Qinglian is not dead, but the stubborn poison in her body has not been eradicated, so she is unconscious, and the eldest lady is overly sad and angry, and she mistakenly thinks that the little woman has done something to murder in a panic. Qinglian's life is at stake now, and I hope that the adults will send someone to find a good doctor and treat it quickly, otherwise Qinglian's life will really be difficult to protect. The old woman looked flustered and hurriedly said, "Big... My lord, it is indeed this woman who murdered the little girl Qinglian, and the corpse is in the cheap house, please check it out! ”
Feng Ziying never expected the old woman to be so false, and said indignantly: "My lord, since the eldest lady insists on framing me, but please send someone to go, if Qinglian really loses her life because of this, the little woman is willing to accept the guilt!" Just as Chen Tong was thinking about it and it was difficult to make a decision, the curtain guest on the side (that is, the master who appeared in the later dynasty) stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, now that the two of them have their own words, it is really difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, and only by sending someone to investigate carefully can it be decided." When Chen Tong heard this, he immediately ordered to investigate again, and be sure to find out whether Qinglian was dead or alive.
The official sent did not dare to slack off this time, and after arriving at the house, he saw the white banner hanging on the door, and the plain was attached to the inside and outside, and entered the main house, several strong men in plain clothes were busy in the house, a coffin was placed in the middle, and the body of Qinglian was not seen on the bed, and the official suddenly felt a chill in his back, and asked: "Where is the girl who was lying on the couch before?" ”
A strong man Mu Ran turned his head and glanced at the coffin, the two officials staggered forward, and only then did they remove the heavy coffin board and take a look, Qinglian was lying in it coldly, and the purple and black face startled the two, one of the officials was ready to reach in to try the breath, but someone patted him behind him, and the officials were frightened again, and hurriedly retracted his hand, and turned his head to see the stunned strong man staring at him coldly, and the man said slowly: "Hit.. Disturb.. Finish.. Lose.. Spirit, Night.. Above.. Yes.. By.. Demand.. Life.. of.." The officials were so frightened that their legs and feet trembled, and the two hurriedly closed the coffin again, rushed out of the house in one go, and ran back to the county office.
Chen Tong saw the two of them snorting and gasping, and asked urgently: "Can you two find out?" The official replied: "Great... My lord, this old woman's daughter is indeed dead, and she is lying in the coffin, and the two of us can see it clearly, and there is no mistake..."Feng Ziying was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly walked up to the official and asked, "What! Qinglian is dead?? The official gasped and nodded frequently. Feng Ziying's eyes glowed with gold, and she almost fainted to the ground, Ruolan hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said, "My lord, Qinglian can't be dead, she must still be alive, this... It's all her conspiracy! Ruolan stared at the old woman with hatred, but the old woman didn't look at her eyes, bowed her head and sobbed.
Chen Tong shouted: "Okay! Now that the matter has been ascertained, the Feng family did kill Qinglian, the daughter of the Wang family, and presented the paper and signed it! Someone came, put on a shackle bracelet, put Feng in prison, and announce the sentence on a later date! The old woman wiped away her tears, kowtowed vigorously to thank her, and the left and right officials held Feng Ziying and wanted to take her down to the hall, but Xu Xianglin hurriedly stopped her, knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "My lord, stay here!" This matter is by no means simple, just based on what the Wang family said and what the officials saw, they must not be wronged Ziying, and I hope that the adults will investigate this matter thoroughly! Chen Tong turned his back and looked helpless, and said: "Xiang Lin, I know that you have a deep affection for Feng Niangzi, but now that the facts have been decided, Qinglian's death was done by Feng Niangzi, what can I do, I can't let her go in front of everyone." Chen Tong sighed and said slowly.
Xu Xianglin said again: "My lord, Ziying is good-natured, how could he do something to murder his life, there must be something strange in this matter, please let me for three days, if I can't find out this matter within three days, Xiaosheng is willing to share the crime with Ziying!" Chen Tong's throat tightened, he stopped talking, took two steps and turned back and said: "Since you plead for her like this, it doesn't matter, and give you three days, if you can't find out the reason, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless." However, Feng Niangzi still needs to be detained in prison, and the sentence will be announced at the right time after three days. Xu kowtowed to Lin and thanked him, got up and looked at Feng Ziying lovingly, and said, "Ziying, I will definitely find out about this matter, save you, and wait for me." Feng Ziying smiled at him, and then was escorted down to the hall by the officials.
Ruolan seemed to be a little angry, she pulled the old woman's arm and scolded: "Bad old woman, people are watching the sky, you will go to hell sooner or later!" The old woman slowly got up, ignored her, and hurried out of the hall, Ruolan wanted to stop her, but was stopped by the official and said: "I said you are a little girl, you have a very short temper, this is the court, not a place for you to go wild, pull out!" Subsequently, Ruolan was dragged out of the yamen by two officials and thrown on the street, Ruolan got up, but there was no trace of the old woman. Xu Xianglin warned her not to be rash, and the top priority was to find out about Qinglian as soon as possible.
Sanjiu returned to Xu's house, but he didn't see Xu Xianglin's figure, just when he went out to look for it, he met the two people who returned to the house, the two looked embarrassed, Xu Xianglin was full of sorrow, Ruolan was indignant, Sanjiu didn't speak, and Ruolan glanced at him. Sanjiu followed Xu Xianglin into the study, and said: "Son, I didn't find Liang Gong..." Xu Xianglin paced around the room, and then sat on the stool, signaled Sanjiu to come closer, and said in his ear: "You quickly go to the old woman's house yesterday to inquire about the situation, keep your eyes open, report any movement in time, don't be noticed." Sanjiu hadn't figured out what was going on, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to respond in a daze.
Xu Xianglin found Ruolan and learned that Lu Gong of the Lu Medical Hall had also diagnosed Qinglian in the morning, he thought that this Lu Gong was also a well-known good doctor, if he really saw Qinglian before, he must know what her condition was, if he learned from him that Qinglian was not poisoned and died, then Ziying would be saved. Thinking of this, he instructed Ruolan to rush to the Lu Medical Hall immediately and be sure to ask clearly.
Unfortunately, Ruolan arrived at the Lu Medical Hall, but she didn't see Lu Gong, and the guy who grabbed the medicine told her that Lu Gong went to diagnose the eldest son of the Qin family earlier, and said that Lu Gong's actions were a matter of human life, and I was afraid that he would not be able to come back in three days. Ruolan was dumbfounded when she heard this, a few days ago, Qin Han deliberately made things difficult for his son-in-law, holding a grudge, if he went rashly, he was afraid that he would be expelled from the mansion before he saw Lu Gong, and he blamed himself for his impatience and impulsiveness, and left the house in a hurry without waiting for Lu Gong to diagnose his condition. Ruolan thought about it, blamed herself, and said: "If Lu Gong returns to the hospital, please come to the Xu Mansion to tell him." He replied in a huff.
This time, it made Xu Xianglin even more restless, if there was no Lu Gong to testify, Qinglian would not be able to tell whether he was dead or alive, thinking about him, he suddenly felt a splitting headache, and his eyes flickered, Ruolan hurriedly helped him lie on the bed, and persuaded: "Son, there must be a way, don't worry too much..." After that, he pushed the door out, Ruolan didn't have time to ask more, and went out of the house with him, it turned out that Xu Xianglin wanted to go to the house in person to find out.
Sanjiu sneaked around for several hours, although the door of the house was open, but no one came in or out, seeing the sun setting in the west, the house was getting darker and darker, still no one was seen, not a sound, the dilapidated house looked deserted, and even made people feel a little weird. Xu Xianglin and Ruolan found Sanjiu, and after a whisper, Xu Xianglin told Ruolan to be cautious, stay here to keep a sentry and control the wind, and immediately inform him of any movement with birdsong, and he and Sanjiu were ready to find an opportunity to enter the house.