CHAPTER XLII
Wang's sudden retort made the entire public hall quiet for a moment. Mu Qiwen didn't react for a moment to what he had heard.
"Slut!" Mu Qiwen looked at Wang Shi in amazement for a moment, and suddenly pounced on her to strangle her. While hiding, Wang shouted loudly: "Lord Zhou! Master Zhou! I am a woman who has gone to the court, and I have a disabled son, and we dare not come back to trouble the nobles even if we have the courage to do so! ”
The court was in chaos in an instant, Zhou Qingnian was so angry that his eyebrows jumped, and he shouted angrily: "Don't hurry up and pull them away for me!" ”
The surrounding officials hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Mu Qiwen, who was beating Wang's family, away, and the two killing sticks formed into horns, pressing Mu Qiwen to the ground, Mu Qiwen stretched his neck, raised his head and shouted to Zhou Qingnian: "Lord Zhou, I have been wronged!" It was this thief woman who came to the door, and it was she who said that she knew the secrets of Miss Mu's house! It was she who provoked me to trouble Miss Mu! ”
"Shut up!" Zhou Qingnian was so troubled by the quarrel between these two people that he slapped his hand and shouted angrily. Wang and Mu Qiwen were pulled away and knelt on both sides of the court, their foreheads pressed to the ground, and they didn't dare to say more. Seeing that the two of them stopped, Zhou Qingnian said slowly: "What does the government ask, who is called, who will answer, if there is any more noisy behavior, the government will not spare it!" ”
Wang knelt on the ground and tilted his head slightly to look at Mu Cai. Mu Cai's whole body was paralyzed on the ground, his clothes were in a mess, and this posture made his crippled legs uncovered, like two bamboo poles, behind him.
Zhou Qingnian intervened, they couldn't search Mu's mansion, and they couldn't catch the evidence that Mu Qingling was secretly hiding a foreign man; In the court, Zhou Qingnian also took the first step to convict her mother and son of intent to steal and slander, and now that Mu Qingling is not here, what else can she do? Wang pressed down the monstrous anger in his heart, and his mind turned sharply.
"Lord Zhou, I'll recruit! I'll recruit them all! Wang took a few steps forward on his knees, and his head thumped. Zhou Qingnian glanced at the Wang family and said, "Since you want to recruit, then good, this mansion will give you a chance." Tell the story from beginning to end. ”
Wang's forehead nodded, his eyes were red with hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, since my son was broken leg, all the medicine expenses are expensive, although his father has a small income, but he is unable to support it. This Mu Qiwen relied on the position of the patriarch of the Mu clan and instigated Mu Lian to drive my mother and son to Zhuangzi to fend for themselves, and then Mu Lian stopped his wife and married another. ”
"Slut! You shut up! You're spewing blood! I'll kill you! I want to ......" Mu Qiwen saw that this Wang wanted to push everything on his head, and in anger, he scolded loudly. Zhou Qingnian frowned, looked at Mu Qiwen and said, "Plug his mouth for me!" ”
The official on the side hurriedly took a chew and stuffed it into Mu Qiwen's mouth, and tied the strap behind Mu Qiwen's head.
This kind of chewing is prepared by the government to deal with some outlaws and serious criminals. The child's fist-sized solid wooden ball is stuffed into his mouth, and he stretches his mouth open and his tongue is tightened. It not only prevented some outlaws from committing suicide, but also prevented some criminals from making a public announcement.
Mu Qiwen bit the wooden ball, was pressed to the ground by the officials, and whined in his mouth. Wang glanced at Mu Qiwen's embarrassment, and suddenly a strange pleasure suddenly arose in his heart.
If you say hate, she naturally hates Mu Qingling the most. She hated Mu Qingling's people for breaking her son's legs, and hated Mu Qingling, an orphan girl who had no parents, but was still high in fine clothes and food, this hatred was mixed with the jealousy that she couldn't ask for and the remorse that she didn't dare to admit. So she could only tell herself that Mu Qingling was her enemy, and it was Mu Qingling who harmed her to become what she is now.
But doesn't she hate Muren? Doesn't she hate Mu Qiwen? Mu Lian is unkind, even his own son can be given up, thrown on Zhuangzi and ignored, Mu Qiwen is full of selfish interests, if it weren't for his instigation, Mu Lian wouldn't dare to do anything to drive her mother and son out of the house.
Compared with Mu Qingling, who was out of reach, these two people walked around in front of her every day, and she knew everything about these two people. If you talk about hate, these two people can't escape.
Now seeing Mu Qiwen being rectified, Wang's heart is much happier. At this point, their mother and son can't turn over, they are going to hell anyway, if they can't take Mu Qingling away, can she still take away these two wolf-hearted things?
"My lord, this Mu Qiwen has always relied on himself to be the patriarch of the Mu clan, leading the group of people in the Mu clan to seek personal interests all day long. When Mu Daren was alive, although he helped the clan, he was limited to helping the old and the young, the widows and orphans, and sponsoring the students who wanted to make progress, and did not care much about anything else. Mu Qiwen was determined to climb up, and begged the Mu people several times, wanting to use the light of the Mu people to donate a real lack of official position, but the Mu people refused. He holds a grudge! After Master Mu went, Mu Qiwen discussed with the people in the clan, wanting to bully Miss Mu into being young and ignorant, and pinching Miss Mu! Occupy the Mu family's property! ”
Mu Qiwen heard that the Wang family had told everything about it, and he tilted his head and stared at the Wang family, his eyes were about to split. But he couldn't break free from the suppression of the officials, and could only watch the Wang family drag the Mu family into the abyss.
"Before Miss Mu was stopped on the street, then Mu Qiuming and his wife were instructed by Mu Qiwen! Mu Qiwen just wanted to take advantage of Miss Mu's reputation, so as to coerce Miss Mu and embezzle the Mu family's wealth.
As a result, Mu Qiuming and his wife failed, and it happened to happen to my son, Mu Qiwen was curious about the reason for my son's broken leg, so he found our mother and son, asked the reason, and planned today's scene! ”
Wang looked at Mu Qiwen, and then at the Mu Mansion housekeeper who was kneeling on the side, and suddenly straightened up, with a little crazy smile on his face, and said, "Lord Zhou, today's incident is that our mother and son were instructed by Mu Qiwen. But what our mother and son said is true, and I admit that I took my son into Mufu with bad intentions. But several ladies were present that day to prove that when my son was in Mufu, Mu Qingling was feasting! My son didn't see her. Although my son has bad intentions, he has not accomplished anything, and his sin will not lead to death. Later, I lied that my son had gone out with me...... Yes, we deserve it, we do it ourselves! But the fact that there are foreign men in Mufu is also ironclad! ”
It is said that the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, the Wang family knows that this time he went to court, and he will not be able to retreat with his whole body, Mu Qiwen has not succeeded, and the mud bodhisattvas of the Mu clan can not protect themselves when they cross the river, she has no way to live with Mu Cai, a half-dead cripple, in this case, what else is she afraid of? simply splashed everyone with a basin of dirty water, she died when she died, how could Mu Qingling, Mu Qiwen, and Mu Lian really be safe and sound?
"Master Zhou, as a parent official in Hangzhou, and as a student of Muta, you must be reasonable and reasonable, and you must judge the dispute between the two Mu. Mu Qiwen has bad intentions, and today he took the Mu family to the door, and what he saved was under the guise of cleaning up the door under the guise of the clan law, either to pull Mu Qingling to Shentang, or Mu Qingling to marry his stupid son with crooked eyes, so that he could sit and collect the Mu family's wealth. ”
"My son and I are his witnesses, and they are his ironclad evidence to prove Mu Qingling's adultery during his filial piety! The Mu clan is ungrateful and wolf-hearted, but is Mu Qingling really innocent? ! Wang looked at Zhou Qingnian and shouted loudly.
"You're bold!" Mu Zheng saw that the Wang family had not forgotten to drag his young lady into the water at this time, and he was immediately furious. Wang turned his head with a pair of red eyes, stared at Mu Zheng deadly, and said, "My son said that his legs were broken in your Mu family!" If you hadn't raised some messy people in Mufu, you would have found the person who injured my son and came out to confront my mother and son! ”
"Lord Zhou! You are the master of the blue sky, and now the injured sufferer personally said where the injured place was, and personally identified the location of the thugs, do you not check it, and don't ask a question?! Wang said in a sad voice, "My mother and son deserve to admit their crimes!" But if Lord Zhou ignores Mu Qingling's adultery during the filial piety period, you will go to the underworld, and I will also sue in front of Lord Yama! Risking my life, I also want the whole city of Hangzhou to know that Mu Qingling is a prostitute who commits adultery and arsonists in filial piety! Could it be that this Hangzhou City, let her do whatever she wants, and no one can take care of it! ”
Wang risked his life and confessed everything she had done, and she made it clear about Mu Qiwen's crimes. But that's it, but it turned the topic back to Mu Qingling.
My mother and son sneaked into Mufu with bad intentions, I admit it; The Mu family has malicious intentions to seize the property of the Mu family, and I also identify it. I confess all my crimes, and I do not refuse or beg for mercy. But I didn't lie about my son's broken leg in Mufu.
In this situation, either the people of Mu Mansion stand up and admit that they injured Mu Cai and confront the Wang family's mother and son in court. Either Zhou Qingnian intervened and thoroughly investigated whether Mufu hid a foreign man as Wang said, and injured Mucai.
This move injured the enemy by 800 and injured 1,000, but I have to say that although Wang's move is dangerous, it is effective. She has all confessed her guilt, and there is no reason to wronged Mu Qingling, so what she told can no longer be blamed as slander.
Zhou Qingnian can no longer refuse to investigate on the grounds that the thief's words are not credible, there are still so many officials in the court, there are so many officials of the prefect and the yamen, and the identification of the Wang family after admitting his guilt, if it cannot be overturned in court, it is not a good thing for Zhou Qingnian and Mu Qingling.
"Lord Zhou, what do you say?" Wang looked at Zhou Qingnian, who was sitting on top of the court, and the light in his eyes was fanatical and crazy. She is already a rotten life, and when she gets out of this court, waiting for her and Mu Cai, it is also a dead end. It's better to give up this life and pull everyone she hates to die together.
Zhou Qingnian held the hand of the shocked wood and secretly tightened, he was dignified as the prefect of Hangzhou, but he was forced into such a situation by a rural village woman. It's not checked, it's not checked, it's really a dilemma.
"Lord Zhou, do you really want to shield Mu Qingling and her unknown wild man!" Wang took another step forward.
"The so-called wild man you are talking about, but me?" There was a sudden inquiry outside the court, and when Wang looked back, he saw a young man in a brocade dress, walking in with a folding fan in one hand.
The clothes on his body are made of fine and soft light, and his chest is embroidered with delicate patterns, gold and silver, and he is a little hard to see what it is.
The man walked up to Mu Cai, closed the folding fan, bent down and picked up Mu Cai's chin with the fan, and asked with a smile: "You admit it, I broke your leg, but me?" ”
Mu Cai looked up in a daze, and saw a face that he could never forget in his life appeared in front of him, that person was as handsome as a god, but his eyebrows and eyes were cold, and even the smile on the corner of his mouth was exactly the same as when he was in Mufu that day.
Mu Cai was so frightened that he screamed, "It's you!" It's you! ”