Chapter Seventy-Four: An Unjust Case

In the early morning of the next day, before Wang Qu could go to Li County to inquire clearly and bring people back, the main gate of Xue Ji's prefect's yamen was already surrounded by the people.

"Butler, Brother Wang! You can count it here, hurry up and call Lord Xue to come out, something is wrong!"

Wang Qu opened the door and was hurriedly dragged by Ma Zhixian outside the door, and then saw that there was a nail bed in front of him, and a woman knelt on the ground, the woman cried and shouted not only raised her head and said grievances to the people around her, this time when Wang Qu came out, she knelt forward and dragged Wang Qu's clothes and refused to let go.

Wang Qu was dumbfounded, bent down and pressed the woman's forearm, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The woman was about to cry to Wang Qu, but was stopped by Ma Zhixian as soon as he stretched out his hand, Ma Zhixian pulled Wang Qu's hand down on the woman's body, and urged him repeatedly: "Okay, what's the use of what you hear, she has been shouting for a long time! Come in and call Master Xue out!"

This is also true, she must say it when the adults come out, so why bother to listen to it twice? Wang Qu let go of his hand, turned around and went into the house.

The door was closed again, and the woman's crying was louder, and who knew how many words these officials had spoken? Is this closing the door closed or is it really a call? Who knows!

"Your Excellency! The grass people are wronged! You can't sit idly by, sir!"

Ma Zhixian reprimanded: "My lord's name is known to the people of Qianzhou City, how can they sit idly by! It must be true that you have to go in and call Lord Xue, you are messing around!"

It's just that before Xue Ji came out, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

"Master Ma!"

Ma Zhixian looked back, and after seeing who it was, he immediately frowned, this person was Lord He of Li County. He hesitated a little and looked at the closed door, just hoping that Wang Qu really went to call Xue Ji out...... Gritting his teeth, he responded, "Lord He, why are you in such a hurry?"

Lord He hurriedly came, and the surrounding people subconsciously gave way to him, so he restrained his horse in front of the people, turned over and landed on the ground, and quickly stepped forward and arched his hand to Ma Zhixian: "Let Master Ma laugh, this crazy woman is not closed properly, let you be frightened, I will take her back."

"Someone!"

General Tang, who was following behind Master He, was already dissatisfied after hearing about Lord He's various deeds, and even sneered at what he had just said, but his identity was here, and he had to step forward and respond: "What do you command?"

Lord He gritted her teeth when she saw the woman who had caught her off guard, and shouted with a hideous face, "Take it away!"

General Tang pretended to hesitate, glared and opened his mouth: "Huh? Who's coming?"

Ma Zhixian snickered in his heart, this person is open-minded, a good Qianzhou athlete, and he is really a little stunned when he looks at it like this.

The fire in Lord He's heart was poured another layer of oil, and he turned around and pointed at General Tang's nose and scolded angrily: "Waste, tell you to catch this crazy woman, do you have to ask me to say it!"

Ma Zhixian smiled and restrained his smile seriously, stopped Lord He with a serious expression, and said, "Lord He, I can understand your resentment, but Wang Qu has already gone to call Lord Xue, I'm afraid you can't take this person away."

Lord He was shocked in his heart, he was still a step too late, if Lord Xue didn't know that he would tie people back, he would have tied them up, but ...... It shouldn't be! It's just early in the morning, he came as soon as he got the news, why is it late?

Just think about it, anyway, Xue Ji hasn't come out yet, he tied people up and took them away first, and then how did Xue Ji ask if he couldn't tell the difference? As long as you don't let this crazy woman talk nonsense, it's fine.

"This crazy woman has already lost the face of our Qianzhou when she made trouble outside the prefect's yamen, how can she still let her pollute Lord Xue's ears and eyes? General Tang, take her away."

The woman cried even louder, screaming and breaking.

Before General Tang stepped forward to arrest people, the door of the prefect's yamen opened, and the prefect in official uniform looked solemn.

Xue Ji frowned, his eyes swept over the chaos in front of him, and he first asked Lord He coldly, "Who is Lord He going to take away?"

Master He changed his words a few times in his mind, but before he could say anything, Xue Ji had already walked in front of the woman and stretched out his hand

Pulled the person up.

"Tell me, what's going on? If there is really a grievance, Xue will definitely deal with it seriously."

The last four words fell very hard, hitting Lord He's heart hard, but they also gave the woman some hope.

She stood up and gritted her teeth and was about to climb onto the nail bed, Xue Ji was startled and hurriedly grabbed her: "What is this!"

The woman smiled with hatred and said, "The people will sue the officials to prove themselves."

Xue Ji dragged her down and persuaded, "There is no need to be like this, I will send someone to verify whether it is true or not, you just have to say!"

Before the words fell, Ma Zhixian leaned into his ear and whispered, "My lord, let's go in and talk about it, there are many people outside......

Xue Ji looked around, it was indeed not suitable to talk about things. So he nodded his head and glanced at General Tang: "Go in and say." General Tang, don't leave in a hurry, tell me to come to me after the outside is cleaned up."

The woman followed closely behind Xue Ji, and Ma Zhixian forcibly pulled Master He into the court, and the outside door closed again, and only these four people were left in front of the hall.

Xue Ji took the lead in opening his mouth: "You say, if there is a grievance, I will make the decision for you."

Before the woman could speak, Lord Ho stepped forward and stopped her: "Your Excellency, by no means! This person is crazy, he is a crazy woman! How can you let her foul language dirty your ears and eyes?"

Xue Ji chuckled, but Lord He was shocked into a cold sweat.

"I asked her to say, if it's true or not, I will naturally send someone to investigate, why is Lord He panicking?"

Lord He's heart was already hanging in his throat, he took a few steps back and sat on the chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip, trying to hide his panic, but he didn't know that his palms were sweaty.

Xue Ji accentuated his tone, and said to the woman kneeling below, "You say, don't be afraid."

The woman wiped away her tears, her eyes were full of hatred, and she said, "The husband of the grass man has been practicing medicine for generations, and he is not a master of the apricot forest, but he has never made a mistake. A few months ago, when his wife was pregnant, he asked the husband of the grass man to go to check the pulse, and then asked him to give his wife a baby."

At this point, the tears that had just been wiped away seemed to fall uncontrollably again, and the woman cried emotionally, and her voice trembled a little.

"Who knows...... Just last month, the fetus was stable, but the lady suddenly bleed heavily during the night, and the husband of the grass man went for a pulse check, and the child was gone."

When the woman said this, Xue Ji was already suspicious, how could the stable fetus disappear overnight?

"Did Mrs. He eat the wrong thing?"

The woman shook her head, and continued, "No, Madame's meals are prepared by the attendants. Lord Ho, in a fit of rage, asked people to investigate thoroughly, and he actually slandered the husband of the grass people!"

Master He was furious, slapped the table on the side, pointed at her and said angrily, "Hugh is talking nonsense! It's clear that he is not good at medicine and harms people by the wrong way, so he slanders him!"

The woman had no fear on her face, and said, "The grass people have seen the prescription prescribed by her husband, and it is clearly different from the one you released, you said that there is a saffron on the house opened by my husband, and you catch the medicine according to the prescription, but you don't know that the entire pharmacy in Qianzhou may not have half a penny of saffron!"

Before Lord He could refute, he was already a little confused when he heard her words, he only knew that saffron could cause pregnant women to have a miscarriage, and he didn't know anything else, why did he say that the entire Qianzhou may not have half a penny?

Xue Ji already laughed when he heard this, and he believed that what the woman said was true. What is saffron? It is impossible for a doctor not to know, and it is impossible not to understand, this thing can cause misproduction, but it is also an extremely precious medicinal material, such a precious thing Qianzhou people must not be able to enjoy, Qianzhou pharmacy merchants will not do this kind of loss-making business.

Master He was still puzzled, and argued: "Heh, isn't it this half of the money that killed my son!"

Xue Ji laughed, sighed lightly, and scratched his head to look at Master He.

"Lord He, how much does it cost to get medicine for your wife at home?"

Lord He was stunned and didn't understand: "Huh? As far as the ordinary price is concerned, the lower officials have not carefully checked it."

Xue Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already made up his mind in the bottom of his mind.

"That's it

This woman's husband is wronged."

Lord He was anxious, looked at the desktop with his fingertips, turned his head to stare at Xue Ji, and said angrily, "Your Excellency's decision is very arbitrary! Can this man's words be used to settle grievances?"

Xue Jileng snorted, straightened his waist and looked at him and said, "Lord He, do you know...... Saffron is as valuable as gold."

Naturally, Lord He hadn't heard of it, and he was stunned when he heard it.

Xue Jiyan paused at this point, sighed and continued: "Not to mention that you are a magistrate of Li County, even the ordinary governor of a state may not consume it, you said that you took medicine for your wife according to the prescription, and there is saffron among them? Ho, are you going to be a fool to me?"

Master He's family is not a wealthy businessman and does not study medicine, where do you know this, choked by these words and couldn't speak, a sense of crisis surged into his heart, and his brain was running fast looking for words that could justify himself.

"Lord Xue, the lower official knows that you have believed the words of this crazy woman, but the lower official still has to say it." Master He stood up and stepped forward again, putting on a righteous and awe-inspiring posture: "It was the wife of the lower official who had a miscarriage, and it was the son of the lower official who died, and no one was more sad and angry than the lower official."

At this point, Master He put his hands on his chest, his eyebrows twisted, and with a look of great distress, he asked rhetorically, "What is the need for the lower officials to frame a common man and shelter the real murderer?"

This is Lord He who is struggling with human feelings, but he also asked Xue Ji.

What the woman said was true, her husband could never have made saffron on the prescription, and Mrs. He could not have had a miscarriage because of saffron...... But how do you know what kind of psychology the county used to make such false testimony and slander the doctor?