As Xiao Qinglang opened the court, he saw that an official had taken the old woman of the Qin family who was on Qin Tiezi's grave yesterday and was accused by Xu Chu of falsely accusing others.

She had been imprisoned all night, and Emperor Jiji was already paralyzed. Originally, she hadn't seen much of the world, and when her son was alive, she relied on her son's strength to excel everywhere with the strength that her son didn't understand. Later, her son died, and she relied on nonsense and unreasonable to live.

Now that I have been imprisoned, I heard the jailer inside say that if you dare to lie in front of the prince, I am afraid that you will be punished. So at this time, where does she still have the spicy energy she had when she wanted to fan Xu Chu yesterday?

As soon as Xiao Qinglang slapped the shocking wood, she hurriedly confessed, and said in a loud voice: "Actually, the son of the people's woman is really not in good health, and he is always messing around outside, and his body has long been hollowed out by the fox spirits in the flower building. ”

As she spoke, her face was already covered with snot and tears, and her expression was both indignant and sad.

"That little rabbit cub is a thing that has been cut by a thousand knives, and then he contracted the flower willow disease......" she said, she covered her face and cried, "The woman asked him to take medicine according to the method in the Tulang, and the effect was there, but he often had convulsions......"

On the day of his accident, the women saw that he had been beaten to death. However, the only son of the folk woman is gone, and there is no hope in the future, so she has to find some money to support her in the future. I don't know what she thinks, even at this time, she still looks a little justified when she talks about it. She wiped the corners of her eyes unwillingly, glared at the Niu family waiting on one side and said, "It's the same sick seedling, why does my son have to die, but he Niu Daxiong is alive and well?" But the women also knew that Tiezi's death would not depend on him, so they thought that as long as their family was willing to give some silver, the women would no longer make trouble. Who knows, their Niu family deceived people too much, and they refused to give even twenty taels! ”

Qin Tiezi's old lady seemed to be a little indignant, gritted her teeth and said, "If they were willing to give the silver, wouldn't this matter have been settled long ago?" ”

This is something that is jaw-dropping. Not to mention others, even Xu Chu laughed angrily. This is really robber logic, since people are not at fault, and they are not related to you, why should they give you pension money? Is it possible to achieve only because you are weak, so you are justified?

If it weren't for Qian County's careful investigation, maybe Niu Daxiong would have been convicted of being the murderer of the manslaughter. When the time comes, how can this be measured by some money?

In other words, twenty taels of silver is indeed a drop in the bucket compared to a human life. But for a farmer who is not at fault, it can be regarded as almost astronomical.

Think about it, Niu Daxiong's father and mother are just a family that lives on coolies, and they are also raising a sick son, and the pressure can be imagined. Twenty taels of silver, don't say that the other party doesn't give it, just give it, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to get it together. What's more, the so-called desire is difficult to peace, and it is a person like Qin Tiezi's mother. If there is one and two, there will be three and four, but I am afraid that in the future, she will hate to blame the Niu family for a cold.

Xiao Qinglang's brows furrowed closer and closer, obviously sneering at her more and more justified rhetoric and not wanting to listen to it again. He snapped and slammed the shocking wood, and said in a condensed voice: "Strong words are full of nonsense, since you say so, doesn't it mean that people who have had a quarrel with you, but anyone who is born, old, sick and dead can ask you for compensation?" ”

"It's really a big joke, the common feelings of birth, old age, sickness and death, how do you have the face to say this!"

"Regardless of the others, according to the laws of the Great Zhou, those who make false accusations must be punished. If you falsely accuse another person of murder knowing that he is not guilty, you should be sentenced to three months' imprisonment. If there is a recurrence in the future, the punishment will be severe. ”

Serving a prison sentence naturally doesn't feel as simple as being trapped in a cage. You know, those who are sentenced to prison have to do some hard labor to atone for their sins. It's like opening mountains, moving rocks, building bridges and caves, and so on. There are many more hardships than outside.

After Qin Tiezi's mother was escorted down, the Niu family hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed to thank him. Fortunately, they also considered that there was another case, so they left with tears of joy without lingering too long.

After the lobby was empty, Xiao Qinglang ordered the trial to continue. Then, an official escorted the frightened and panicked Doctor Wei to the court.

The two of them naturally confessed to the crimes they had committed. Then, he trembled all over and said: "Last night, Qiu Yue from Chunxianglou came to deliver wine and food, and the grass people were grateful to her at that time, but they didn't expect it...... didn't expect her to send a crockpot of poisonous chicken soup. ”

"If it weren't for God's eyes, she accidentally knocked over the crockpot when she was taking the chicken soup, I'm afraid that at this time, the grass people and Feng Yan would have died." Dr. Wei was horrified at the thought of seeing two dead rats near the chicken nuggets this morning.

He didn't get the chicken soup in his hand, so he really didn't realize that someone had poisoned it. You can imagine that if they did drink it, they would not be able to see the sun again.

But who would do such a thing to them? If it is Feng Yanzuo, it can be said that it has something to do with Qiu Yue. However, Dr. Wei has always been clean and self-conscious, and in half his life, except for the ill-gotten wealth he got from Peng Deguan, he has never done any bad things on the side. Not to mention, it will be entangled with the woman in the Qinglou.

Thinking of this, he immediately thought that Qiu Yue must have been bought to do this.

Feng Qizuo obviously thought of it with him, and kowtowed again and again: "Although the little one has had dealings with Qiuyue, he has never complained about it. She didn't know how to kill the little one in the end, and she tried her best to buy the jailer to kill the little one in the middle of the night. ”

The people who were hearing the trial outside heard that such a big thing had happened overnight. Moreover, it also involved the girls of Chunxianglou, and suddenly, one by one, they were as lively as chicken blood.

All kinds of speculations and doubts arose, and even more good things all sighed: "If these two people are really poisoned, then it really fulfills the old saying, peony flowers are also merry to die as ghosts......"

Xiao Qinglang glanced at the two of them lightly, and immediately asked Peng Deguan and his wife to escort Peng Zhongyi and Peng Zhongyi, as well as the old servant who was detained at the same time as Peng Zhongyi, to the court.

He was not in a hurry, nor did he listen to the voices of several people struggling and shouting grievances, but he just slapped the shocking wood and made people quiet.

After the audience was silent, he asked sharply: "Peng Deguan, are you guilty?" ”

Peng Deguan was stunned for a moment, shook his head stiffly, and said in shock and fear: "The prince spares his life, the grass people really don't know what crime they have committed." ”

Xiao Qinglang looked at him quietly, until he was almost suffocated, and then he spoke: "Wei Rongcong explained to Feng Daqiao that you were the one who bought the two of them. Let Wei Rongcong sit down with his hands and feet when he was doing acupuncture for Peng Yiguang, so that the silver needle entered the abdomen. Subsequently, it was you who asked Feng Daqiao to fake it during the autopsy, pretending that he died of arsenic poisoning. But so? ”

When Peng Deguan heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed, and cried: "The prince is clear, how can the grass people have so much courage." What's more, the grass people can be regarded as watching the eldest young master grow up, even if they are not biological, they have some feelings, how can they do such a thing that loses their conscience. ”

Xiao Qinglang was unmoved, and directly took out a few hundred taels of silver tickets from the desk, and asked sharply: "These five hundred taels of silver tickets stored in the east of the city, you must be familiar with them." ”

As he spoke, he ignored Peng Deguan anymore, and directly passed the shopkeeper of the money village to the court.

The human and physical evidence has long been investigated by Xiao Qinglang. So after he gave the order, after a while, he saw the shopkeeper of the money bank bring two men who were working at the counter.

Because Qianzhuang is different from other places, even if they are just guys, they are all people who are literate and hyphenated, and have excellent quality and virtue. Let's not say that his family background is innocent, and there has never been any stain in the previous three generations, just say that if you want to work in the money bank, you need three respectable gentlemen to write letters of recommendation, which is enough to see those two guys, who are more worthy of trust than others.

Peng Deguan obviously knew this, so when the people of Qian Zhuang saluted, he was already trembling and knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head. If there is a place to hide at this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to bury his head so as not to be recognized.

The face of the shopkeeper of Qian Zhuang was as usual, and after saluting Xiao Qinglang and Qian County, he identified and checked the silver ticket that Xiao Qinglang asked him to send. But he saw that he kept flipping through the account book in his hand, and it was not until nearly half an hour later that he replied, "Returning to the prince, my lord, this silver ticket is indeed owned by Peng Deguan." ”

"The grass people have checked the bottom account of the money village, and it is recorded that this silver was deposited in the money village by Peng Deguan Peng himself at the beginning of last year."

"Because the amount of five hundred taels is huge, and he is the shopkeeper of the Peng family, the grass people are worried that his money is coming from the wrong way, so they specially marked the accounts."

When the guy on the side heard this, he also nodded and agreed: "The small one can also prove it, because Master Peng Deguan was in a hurry at that time, and he had a quarrel with the guys on the small counter." If it weren't for the counter across the fence, I'm afraid he would have smashed the counter. ”

Generally speaking, no one will start a fight in the bank. After all, if you do it in the bank, you will be accused of public robbery if you are not careful. That's why those two guys remember it very clearly.

"At that time, the little one complained to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper advised the little one not to be angry, and if he met him again in the future, just hide and go." The man's words were methodical, not arrogant, not humble, and very calm.

But the calmer he was, the more panicked Peng Deguan became.

"Lord Mingjian, they are slandering the grass people. It must be these people who colluded and conspired to get the scoundrels. You know, the grass people were just a shopkeeper last year, where could there be such a large sum of silver? As he spoke, he slammed his head up. That look is really a bit unbearable.