Chapter 22: The Yamen
"Guys, take a closer look at this." Li Xueyan walked in front of Zhang Qiaoqiao, sneering in her heart, she didn't even know how to remove the evidence, she was embarrassed to fight her?
Everyone followed Li Xueyan's voice and movements, and Li Xueyan was referring to Zhang Qiaoqiao's dirty clothes.
Everyone was puzzled, and they didn't know what Li Xueyan meant by this move.
"Here," Li Xueyan not only pointed, but also stretched out her hand to touch it, and then rubbed her thumb and index finger lightly, as if to verify her guess, "It's sticky, it should be glutinous rice." You accidentally stuck it when you stole my things, right? ”
"You talk nonsense!" Zhang Qiaoqiao pulled his clothes back quite uncomfortably, but this action made it even more obvious that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.
"Just let me talk nonsense. If you look at the hem of her clothes, it is stained with dust and weeds, if you really just slept through the night and then woke up, would there be these things on your clothes? Oh, let me take a closer look, here, there are still a few Xanthella standing here, this is not something that you would have in your yard, right? ”
When Zhang Qiaoqiao heard this, she immediately bent down to pat the hem of her dress, and her heart was empty.
Everyone around was talking, and Li Xueyan spoke again: "Don't look at it, sister-in-law." I'm talking nonsense. ”
"You, you're kidding me?!" Zhang Qiaoqiao felt that she was being tricked like a monkey by Li Xueyan, and her face was red and white for a while. She already knew in her heart that no matter what she said now, it would be useless, but she couldn't hold her face, and still shouted: "But what can you prove?" I said no, I'm not me, I'm not me! ”
Li Xueyan made a worried look, as if talking to herself, but her voice could be heard clearly by the onlookers: "Then what should I do, since you have admitted that you ate zongzi in the morning, and you don't admit that you stole me...... Why don't we go and ask the store and see who has been there lately? ”
The voices of the discussants were a little louder.
At this time, Duan Yunfei couldn't stand Zhang Qiaoqiao's unreasonable trouble, and said: "What else is there to ask, as long as your brain is fine, you can see who stole whom's things, right?" ”
Is there anyone here who, no, is there anyone standing here who would admit that he is not in his right mind?
Everyone immediately said their own opinions, and each of them said different things, but the meaning expressed was the same without exception.
That is, Zhang Qiaoqiao is indeed the one who stole zongzi.
At this moment, Li Xiaonuan didn't know where to get into the crowd, and said crisply: "Mother, you have been letting me guard the zongzi Ye Na behind their yard since the morning, haven't you remembered Xiaonuan until now?" ”
If Li Xiaonuan didn't say it, Li Xueyan really forgot about this stubble.
This can also be taken as one of the evidences. Li Xueyan picked up Li Xiaonuan, pinched her cheeks that were bulging because of grievances and said, "How come?" Xiao Nuan has helped a lot today. Ladies and gentlemen, did you hear what my daughter said? There is a bunch of zongzi leaves behind the courtyard of the Li family, children can't lie, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it! ”
"If you have nothing to say, come with us to the yamen!"
At that time, the county government.
"Ascension!"
Li Youzi and Zhang Qiaoqiao knelt on one side, Li Xueyan took Li Xiaonuan's hand and knelt on the other side, and next to them there was a Zhao Jiabao who looked like he was going to fall at any time.
"Are you okay?" Li Xueyan asked Zhao Jiabao in a low voice.
Zhao Jiabao smiled gently, "It's okay, don't worry." ”
When Li Xiaonuan went to the town to find Duan Yunfei, Zhao Jiabao hadn't appeared yet, so she naturally didn't know this person. Seeing Li Xueyan's attitude towards him, she roughly guessed that this person should be a good friend of her mother, so she also tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong with my uncle's head?" ”
Li Xueyan was just about to explain to Li Xiaonuan, but she was frightened by the awakening wood in the hand of the county order.
"No noise in the courtroom!"
Li Xueyan patted Li Xiaonuan's back as comfort, this child was no less scared than her. On the surface, she quieted down after listening to the words of the county order, but Li Xueyan rolled her eyes in her heart.
How loud do we make a noise before we make a noise? Isn't it bullying?
Fortunately, this county commander is a little fierce, and he is still a good official, and he didn't give them justice because their mother and daughter were in a weak position.
After listening to what happened, the county magistrate looked at Zhang Qiaoqiao and asked sharply: "Zhang, what Li said, can you admit it?" ”
Zhang Qiaoqiao glanced at the county order, and then glared at Li Xueyan fiercely.
If it weren't for the court now, she would definitely not admit it. Originally, I just wanted Li Xueyan to have nothing to sell, teach her a lesson, and avenge her for humiliating her in public yesterday.
didn't expect that this Li Xueyan would not die at that time, and now it is so difficult to deal with. didn't swallow his anger to expose this matter, but made more and more trouble, and even sued them to the government.
Where does this leave her face? Where do they put the Li family's face?
But if you don't accept it, it's like this now, she has to admit it if she doesn't admit it. If you still have a dead face, it will only be more ugly.
"I ...... Admit. ”
Seeing that Zhang Qiaoqiao's problem was solved, after drawing a charge for her, the county order focused on Li Youzi.
"Li Youzi, Zhao Jiabao sued you for maliciously hurting people, but is there such a thing?"
Li Youzi was so excited that he almost stood up, but he was knocked on his calf by a stick from the officer, and his center of gravity was unstable and he knelt back again.
"There is no such thing! Lord Qingtian! It was the boy himself who hit my broom, and I didn't know how he was doing, and he hit the ...... with a stick."
"Smack!" The wakewood of the prefectural order played its role again.
This time, Li Xueyan learned and covered Li Xiaonuan's ears when she saw his movements.
The county commander asked in a deep voice, "You mean that the person you originally wanted to fight was not him?" ”
"yes......"
"So your purpose is still to hit people?"
As if he had heard some joke, Li Youzi said, "Master, she," he pointed to Li Xueyan, "My daughter, the daughter who was raised by me since she was a child, she disobeyed Lao Tzu, is there anything wrong with me teaching her?" If it hadn't been blocked by that stinky boy, would so much have happened? It's all his nosy! ”
Li Xueyan didn't expect Li Youzi to still have such a face in the hall, which really made her sigh.
Not to mention whether it is right for a father to educate his daughter like this, just take his attitude as an example, he will not be able to please in front of this irascible county order.
Li Xueyan and Zhao Jiabao glanced at each other, and as expected, she saw an expression of disapproval in his eyes.
But Zhao Jiabao is a scholar and polite, and he didn't directly write his dissatisfaction on his face, but just frowned slightly to express his disapproval.
Zhao Jiabao's appearance is very delicate and good-looking, different from Duan Yunfei's naturally flamboyant handsomeness, Zhao Jiabao looks more restrained and gentle, and belongs to the kind of appearance that looks harmless and very pleasing.
The slight frowning appearance at this time made Li Xueyan think of a word.
Sick and weak beauty.
Another shocking sound of the county order successfully pulled back the wild thoughts in Li Xueyan's mind, and he obviously disagreed with Li Youzi's words very much. At this time, there was a bit of anger in his eyes.
"Master, I have something to say." Li Xueyan suddenly spoke.
"Say."
"This man not only took pleasure in educating his children by beating me, but he even tried to kill me, as everyone in our village can testify." She avoided the important and omitted the fact that the original owner was inexplicably pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, after all, this kind of thing is disgraceful no matter how you say it.
After hearing this, the county order's eyebrows were furrowed.
Li Xueyan inexplicably remembered that when she once watched Huanzhu Gege, Hanxiang said to Mardan, "I want to iron your brows with an iron."
Lowering her head slightly to hide it, Li Xueyan couldn't help but laugh out loud on this serious occasion.
Of course, the county magistrate didn't notice Li Xueyan's small movements, he glanced at the crowd outside the gate, and he could probably judge the truth of these words through the expressions and movements of those people.
And after Li Youzi heard this, he actually scolded Li Xueyan and said that she deserved it, and then the more she said it, the more ugly it became, as if she was despising him, the authority of the county order.
Just when the county magistrate was about to give the order to dispose of Li Youzi, suddenly a woman broke in despite the obstruction of the officials.
"The folk woman Zhou Xinghua has seen an adult!" Zhou Xinghua rushed in and knelt on the ground, trembling and speaking.
Li Xueyan saw her mother suddenly break in, thinking that she had finally opened her mind and no longer chose to live in such a cowardly way. However, Zhou Xinghua's next action stunned her.
She turned around directly and faced Li Xueyan.
The movement of kneeling on the ground has not changed, but the subject has changed from the prefectural order to her daughter, her own daughter.
"Mother...... What are you doing? Li Xueyan thought of a possibility in her heart, but she couldn't believe it. After her mother has experienced so many things and suffered so many grievances in the Li family, does she still want to intercede for Li Youzi?
Do women in this era implement the fallacy that their husbands are bigger than the sky so thoroughly?
"Yan'er, I beg you, it was your father who did something wrong before, so let him go this time." Zhou Xinghua grabbed Li Xueyan's hand and cried.
"Mother, what do you say? Do you still take him as your husband? Do you know what he did? He wants to kill me and Xiao Nuan! Li Xueyan shouted in disbelief, and there was a slight tremor in the last note.
"Mother knows, mother knows, that thing is that your father did something wrong, mother apologizes to you on his behalf, I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......"
Li Xueyan felt that with her mother's posture, if she didn't agree now, she would probably kowtow to her directly.
Even if this person is not her own mother, if she really does this, she will definitely not be happy in her heart. Li Xueyan thought again, if the real Li Xueyan knew that her mother would intercede for her father at this time, maybe she would be sad.
But there are so many people in this world who will be forgiven in the end after doing all the bad things.
Li Youzi is probably one of them.
"Forget it," Li Xueyan said weakly, "I won't sue, I'll give up." ”
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zhao Jiabao, in fact, the main person she sued was Zhang Qiaoqiao, as for Li Youzi, the decision was on Zhao Jiabao.
Zhao Jiabao witnessed the whole process of Zhou Xinghua coming to intercede, how could he not see Li Xueyan's difficulties? At this time, I can only nod, after all, there is no other way but to do this.
In the end, Zhang Qiaoqiao still did not escape, in addition to going in and squatting for a while, he was also asked to compensate Li Xueyan for her losses.
As for Li Youzi, he just got a tickling punishment and paid some Zhao Jiabao's medical expenses, and this matter passed like this.