Chapter 25: Innocence

Even if they took a horse-drawn cart, it took a lot of time to get to the county office, and by the time Jinqing and they arrived at the county office, the sun was already westward.

I don't know if it's an illusion given by modern TV dramas, Jin Qing feels that the county government in front of him is very small, and the public hall is only the size of an ordinary person's hall, and there are two rows of expressionless officials standing in the hall.

The two officials who brought them with them pushed them into the courtroom, and they themselves ran to the backyard to make errands.

After a short time, a servant went to the door of the public hall and beat a big drum to announce the opening of the hall, and the entrance of the hall was quickly crowded with people watching the excitement.

A man wearing a dark blue official robe and a black gauze hat with a black head slowly walked up from the back hall, Jin Qing lowered his head, and saw clearly from the corner of his eyes that this county lord, who was about thirty years old, had a normal face, and could not see joy or anger.

Xu Bin whispered to her, "Kneel!" Then he and Ye Wei'an retreated to the side, and Jin Qing knelt down when he heard this, estimating that this was also a routine etiquette, and civilians who were fighting lawsuits had to kneel to the official master in the public court to show their class rank.

The county magistrate was shocked and asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?" ”

Jinqing lowered her head and replied loudly: "The people's girl is Gu Jinqing." ”

"Bring the plaintiff up!" The county lord didn't say anything to Jin Qing, and directly gave orders to the officials on the side.

After a few breaths, the plaintiff had already brought it to the court, Jin Qing tilted his head and hurriedly glanced at it, in addition to Dr. Hu, there was actually an acquaintance - Li Fucai!

Jin Qing quietly retracted her gaze, turned her head and continued to kneel quietly, but she was gritting her teeth in her heart, what a Li Fucai, she wanted to see what this splash could do, the lesson she gave him last time was really not enough, if she returned to Zhujia Village safely, Li Fucai would wash her neck and wait!

The county magistrate in the court was shocked again, and asked, "Why did the plaintiff sue Gu Jinqing?" ”

Doctor Hu and Li Fucai knelt next to Jinqing, Doctor Hu raised his head first, and smiled at the county magistrate who was flattering, this question was already asked by the county magistrate when he was beating the drum in the morning, and then he said that it was just for the people in the hall.

Doctor Hu said: "Lord He, the villain healed Zhu Gui in Zhujia Village a few days ago, but this Gu Jinqing coaxed the ignorant rural village husband and village woman to say that she knew medical skills, and actually gave Zhu Gui wild grass to eat casually, and insisted that Zhu Gui was cured by her, and ruined the villain's reputation everywhere. ”

The people watching outside the door suddenly let out a long "ah", how stupid is Zhu Gui, he will eat the weeds that people give him!

"And this." Doctor Hu pulled Li Fucai behind him and said, "This person is from Zhujia Village, and he sued Gu Jinqing for poisoning him and killing him for money!" ”

Li Fucai's heart beat a drum, especially after Xu Bin on the side wanted to tear him apart.

Lord He raised his eyes and turned to Li Fucai, and motioned for Li Fucai to speak with his eyes, but Li Fucai was uneasy and didn't react, Dr. Hu twisted him several times before he came back to his senses and said tremblingly: "County, county master, Gu Jinqing, she, she really drugged me!" ”

"What kind of medicine?" Master He asked.

Li Fucai shook his head in fear, "I don't know." "That's true.

Lord He's face instantly turned unsightly.

Doctor Hu was anxious, and scolded in a low voice: "What are the symptoms of your poisoning, tell the county lord quickly, he will pay you justice." "If it's really mud that can't support the wall, how many times has he explained, and when it comes to a critical moment, it still doesn't work.

Li Fucai hurriedly said: "Gu Jinqing put the medicine on the honey horn and coaxed me to eat it, after eating it, her mouth was crooked, her eyes were slanted, her mouth couldn't be closed, and she kept flowing down, and she couldn't speak, and then I went to her house to ask for an explanation, and she gave me the antidote because of her weak heart." ”

Compared with the two plaintiffs, it was obvious that the nature of what Li Fucai had sued was more serious, and Lord He immediately turned to Jinqing and asked, "Gu Jinqing, is there such a thing?" If you dare to lie in court, your sin will be increased! ”

Jin Qing did not hesitate, "No!" ”

Li Fucai was anxious, pointed at Jin Qing and scolded: "Do you dare to admit it? You little prostitute drugged Lao Tzu! ”

Lord He slapped the shocked wood heavily, and scolded Li Fucai: "If you dare to roar at the court, I will drag you out to play a twenty board first!" ”

Li Fucai suddenly went back, he didn't want anything wrong at this time.

At this time, Dr. Hu gestured to Lord He, and Lord He's face eased slightly, and he said, "What do you have to say?" ”

Doctor Hu hurriedly said: "Lord He, according to the symptoms described by Li Fucai, it is the poison of oleander and rhododendron, these two plants are everywhere in the mountains behind Zhujia Village, as long as you know a little medical science, you can know how to use it to harm people." ”

Master He touched his chin and nodded, look at this Doctor Hu is not like lying, he has only been in Qingshui County for half a year, and he has no contact with Doctor Hu on weekdays, and he only heard that he is the wife and nephew of the president of the Qingshui County Medical Association.

When Lord He turned his head to look at Gu Jinqing, who was kneeling quietly beside him, he muttered in his heart, this little girl grew up in Zhujia Village, and I heard that she was self-taught after reading a few medical books, so she didn't look like she would poison people and harm people.

"Gu Jinqing, what do you say?" Lord He said to Jinqing.

Jin Qing said unhurriedly: "Back to the adult, the people's daughter's family is poor, if it weren't for the people's daughter to be a bell doctor and sell medicine, she wouldn't even be able to eat a full meal, Li Fucai and the people's daughter are not related, why should the people's daughter buy him a honey horn that is not cheap?"

As for what Master Hu said about destroying his reputation, it was even more not, Zhu Gui's family asked Dr. Hu to go for diagnosis and treatment, but Dr. Hu misdiagnosed malaria as typhoid fever, Zhu Gui took medicine for many days, and his condition became more and more serious, so Zhu Gui's family invited the daughter to see it, and the woman did not mention it to others afterwards, and the woman did not know why this rumor started. ”

Jin Qing's words caused a lot of shock in Lord He's heart, the girls from ordinary people's families were sued in court, all of them were trembling and speechless in fright, and the calmness and courage of the little girl Gu in front of him made him admire.

And Gu Jinqing actually said that Dr. Hu was misdiagnosed, as far as Master He knew, Dr. Hu was the wife and nephew of the president of the medical association, and his medical skills should not be bad.

Lord He thought about it, slapped the wood in shock, and asked Li Fucai: "Li Fucai, you said that Gu Jinqing poisoned you, but there are people who have physical evidence?" Could there be a reason? ”

Li Fucai was stunned for a moment, the night before the drug, he was beaten by Xu Bin, lying on the bed and not going out, and he didn't dare to see anyone after the drug, where did the witnesses come from, as for the physical evidence, it was all in his stomach on the spot, and the hemp paper wrapped in the honey horns was also thrown in the yard, and it was rotten after the rain.

When Master He saw Li Fucai's appearance, he knew that he had no evidence, so he couldn't decide the case, and then looked at Dr. Hu with a look of resentment, and asked, "Dr. Hu, what do you have to say?" ”

Doctor Hu shouted, "My lord, that Zhu Gui was obviously cured by a villain!" ”

Jin Qing's kneeling straight body was in stark contrast to Lord Hu's hunched and flattering body.

Jin Qing turned his head slightly, with contempt in his eyes, "Doctor Hu, you are still a person who has been practicing medicine for many years, Zhu Gui has fever and chills alternately, it is clear that he has malaria, you can treat it as typhoid fever, and you actually prescribe bezoars in the medicine of these Zhuang families to seek ill-gotten gains, you are also worthy of being called a doctor?!" ”

Dr. Hu was poked in the sore spot in his heart, doing their business, prescribing some expensive medicines in simple prescriptions to make more money, many people did it secretly, as long as they were not discovered, it was fine, but Gu Jinqing actually shouted in public in the lobby, and asked him how to practice medicine in the future?

"You fart! You know what! You're spewing blood! Doctor Hu jumped to his feet and scolded with a red face.

Lord He slapped a few times with a headache, this case is really embarrassing, Li Fucai sued Gu Jinqing, there is no evidence, he can be sentenced to a nuisance court.

But Dr. Hu's case is a little troublesome, Mr. He's old father is not in good health, he often gets sick, and he will have to bother the people of the medical association a lot in the future, Dr. Hu is the wife and nephew of the president of the medical association, Mr. He doesn't want to offend the president of the medical association, and Dr. Hu obviously wants to ruin the little girl's reputation, but this little girl speaks reasonably, which is really difficult to do.

Xu Bin and Ye Wei'an stood in the crowd of onlookers at the door of the public hall, Xu Bin's tall figure was particularly eye-catching at the door of the public hall, and Ye Wei'an, a beautiful son with a brocade robe and jade crown, was the focus of the crowd wherever he stood.

Lord He had already noticed the two people at the door, but he was just looking at the case for now and didn't pay much attention to it.

Xu Bin looked coldly at Lord He in the public court, and was about to step forward to speak, when there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers.

Lord He, who was secretly having a headache, saw a village woman in her twenties pulling a young man, squeezing in from the crowd with all her might, kneeling on the ground, and shouting: "Lord Qingtian is in charge!" ”

Jin Qing quickly turned his head when he heard this, and was taken aback when he saw someone coming, why did Niu and Zhu Gui come!

Lord He was stunned for a moment, quickly patted the startled wood, and shouted, "Who are you?" Why trespass? ”

Niu raised his head and said, "The woman is the daughter-in-law of Zhu Gui of Zhujia Village, and she has come to testify to the benefactor who saved my man!" ”

Seeing that the case had taken a turn for the better, Lord He hurriedly asked, "Who is your benefactor?" ”

Niu Shi raised his hand at Jinqing without hesitation and said, "It's Gu Jinqing!" It was she who cured my family Zhu Gui! ”

Doctor Hu gritted his teeth, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Lord He, this woman doesn't understand anything, she must have been deceived by Gu Jinqing's rhetoric!" ”

Niu smacked Dr. Hu and scolded: "You black-hearted! Whoever comes to you for medical treatment will fall for eight lifetimes! I can't see a good disease, and I prescribe expensive medicine to make black money, we came to this way to find a few doctors and asked, this bezoar is very expensive, and typhoid fever is not needed at all! ”