After the master's opening remarks ended, the onlookers from other villages also roughly understood the cause of the incident, the government decided the case, and it was also decided on the spot, which is really rare nowadays.

Everyone was panicked by the prefect's yamen, and they didn't have the opportunity to see the old man in the high hall to try the case, today is not easy, the opportunity is rare, everyone wants to see what the prefect looks like in front of him.

I wanted to come forward to see the excitement, but I was stopped by the officers and soldiers one by one, envying the villagers of Chenjia Village who were sitting inside to watch the ascension.

Zhou Ru picked up the startled wood and "snapped", which calmed the people who were listening to the trial.

Zhou Ru opened his mouth and said, "Can Chen Shi, the mother of Chen Yang, be there?" ”

Chen sat in the front row, thinking about seeing how Lord Zhou had wronged Yang'er, but as soon as he shouted his name at the beginning, he was extremely nervous, and he sat on the stool and shivered.

Zhou Ru knew that such a person had never dealt with the official family in his life, let alone let her stand up in front of the public now.

He comforted softly, "Chen! This case involves the death of your son Chen Yang, if you don't reply, how can you redress your son's grievances, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you are afraid, you can ......! ”

When Chen heard this, he suddenly mustered up his courage, stood up, looked at the audience, and shouted, "Lord Prefect!" My son was beaten to death for no reason, really wronged! ”

After saying "ordinary", he knelt on the ground and cried quietly.

Zhou Ru saw it and motioned to the master to help her up, and then said, "Chen! You stabilize your emotions, what does the official ask you, and you have to answer honestly? ”

Chen didn't speak, just wiped away his tears and nodded.

"This official asks you! How many people are in your family, and what is Chen Yang's ranking? What is he like? As soon as Zhou Ru opened his mouth, he asked about his net worth.

Chen replied one by one, and the two of them shook off Chen Yang's personality as soon as they went back and forth, and Chen did not hide it, so he told Lu Caiqing how to be a bride, how to serve his eldest son, how to treat himself, and how he treated her, and then Chen Yang had the audacity to force his sister-in-law to tell all about it.

Then he sold her to the Song family ruthlessly, how did Lin Huaijin help Lu Caiqing get ahead, and helped Lu Caiqing get angry in his casino, and his son has been disabled since then.

Zhou Ru listened and continued to ask: "Then your son treats his sister-in-law like that, and treats your biological mother like that, which is equivalent to a beast, so why do you have to avenge him, isn't it better for you for such a son to die early." ”

"Lord Prefect! Having said that, he is my son after all, I didn't take good care of my two sons, and I didn't continue the incense of the old Chen family, I'm guilty! The more Chen spoke, the more sad he became.

"So tell me, what were you doing on the day Chen Yang died?"

"I remember it was the Fourth of September! A few fox friends and dog friends who are good with Yang'er came to him to drink and gamble money, Yang'er was tight, so he urged me to sell the embroidery to him for some money to continue gambling, I knew that I couldn't screw him, no money, he would continue to beat me, I thought it was better to give him a happy forget, I just arranged a few dishes, they drank together, and I left. Chan painfully recalls the experience of that day.

"They? Who are they of which you speak? ”

"They are Chai Zhang, Wang Wu and Zhao Nan! They don't know where they met Yang'er, anyway, they are not far from the village, I am quite annoyed with them, so I have never spoken to them well, I don't know their details, and when I come back, Yang'er ...... Yang'er died tragically on the kang, and the house was in a mess, so I begged the people in the village to help report to the official, and the official said that they would investigate thoroughly, and no one came to ask from then on.

Zhou Ru pondered for a while and asked, "Then how do you know that those three people did it?" ”

"When I went back to the village, the daughter-in-law of the Li family told me that three people sneakily ran away from my house, because everyone knew that my wife didn't like to contact with outsiders, so no one went to my house, and no one knew what happened. Chen wiped away tears after speaking.

"So according to your analysis, could the cause of your son's death be deliberately instigated? Is it for revenge, anger or something? Zhou Ru asked the rumor.

Lu Caiqing was also a little nervous, although she often went to Chen's house these days, she couldn't understand Chen's thoughts, and she didn't know if she had a problem with herself after hearing the rumors she heard after reconciling with herself last time.

Chen tilted his head, glanced at Lu Caiqing who was sitting in the corner, and then replied, "Yes!" Because Yang'er's broken leg was caused by Lin Huaijin taking Lu Caiqing's head, so I finished Yang'er's funeral and lay down on the kang and couldn't afford to get sick. ”

She continued: "I wonder if this incident will be Lu Caiqing's unwillingness, because once we met unpleasantly, so I doubted her, but~ I finally dispelled this idea." ”

"Ask what?"

"Because since my son died, I have been bent on death, I don't eat or drink, my withdrawn personality caused no one in the whole village to come to see me, and then Lu Caiqing's child returned from the field, and the village chief and his wife came to see me for the first time, and found a doctor to take care of me. But I don't know the hearts of good people, I speak ill of her, and I beat and scold them without making those two children angry, if she is the mastermind behind the scenes, I don't believe it! ”

Chen said what was in his heart in front of everyone, which was equivalent to indirectly telling Lu Caiqing that he had never believed this kind of rumor.

Lu Caiqing's eyes were moist, and he finally understood what Chen really thought in his heart, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Zhou Ru listened to it and praised: "It turns out that Miss Lu Caiqing is such a person who doesn't care about previous suspicions, so since you believe so, there are only those three people who committed the crime, Chen, you go down to rest first, and then the official will interrogate the three suspects with the most motives." ”

At this time, Master Bo waved his hand and ordered the officers and soldiers to bring the three suspects up, in order to prevent them from running away, they were also put in bracelets and shackles, and when they slowly walked to the center, they were kicked to the ground by the officers and soldiers.

The three of them have been exhausted from torture, and they hope that this case will end as soon as possible and the trial results will be announced as soon as possible.

Zhou Ru's face turned pale, and he shouted: "Who is kneeling below?" ”

"Caomin Chai Zhang (Zhao Nan) (Wang Wu)!

The three of them hurriedly replied in unison, and Zhou Ru said again: "Have the three of you ever known Chen Yang?" ”

"Know, know, know!" The three of them nodded their heads.

Zhou Ru asked alone: "Chai Zhang!" This official, you ask you, does Chen Yang's death have anything to do with you? ”

Chai Zhang listened, raised his head and said, "Master! I recruited all of them, I don't want to suffer a crime, that Chen Yang has been living on the embroidery embroidered by his wife every day since he was lame, so how can we eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. ”

Zhao Nan listened to his narration slowly, and hurriedly interjected: "That day, as soon as we saw the old lady leave, we gave him an idea, and asked him to mortgage the old lady's house for us to drink. ”

Chai Zhang continued: "His temper, as soon as he has no money, he will beat the old lady, we will laugh at him, coax left and right, he will not agree, we quarreled, and when he was angry, he smashed the wine jar on his head." ”

The two of them pointed their fingers at Wang Wu, who had not spoken, at the same time.

When Wang Wu saw it, he said unhurriedly: "That's right! I smashed it, and I wanted to give him a dismount, but I didn't expect them to shout that they had killed someone, and we ran away as soon as we saw that there was no one around. ”

When Zhou Ru heard this, he was furious: "Do you still have a conscience to encourage people to sell their houses, and if you don't want to, you will stone people to death, do you still have sympathy?" ”

"His pig and dog are not as good as the guy, isn't it a hundred dead to death, if it weren't for the fact that he still has a few dollars to make do with us and drink and gamble, otherwise he is a lame man who will take him?" Wang Wu said arrogantly.

"So, did you have no one to instigate manslaughter during the quarrel?"

"That's right! It's a miss! I just wanted to scare him, but I forgot that his legs and feet were inconvenient, so I didn't dodge, and I died. Wang Wu said that he also regretted it.

"Do you recognize her?" Zhou Ru stretched out his hand and pointed his finger at Lu Caiqing.

When the three of them saw it, they shook their heads, and Zhou Ru stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Huaijin and said, "Then do you recognize him?" ”

The three of them shook their heads hesitantly when they saw it, and Zhou Ru said, "Since this is the case, then how did the three of you avoid the officers and soldiers getting away with it." ”

When Wang Wu heard this, he said proudly: "What are you hiding, my eldest brother is Gao Sheng, how can he arrest me!" My sister is not happy, he can't eat and walks around! ”

When everyone in the hall heard it, they all understood that it was a manslaughter, and there was no one who instructed or masterminded it.

The people sitting next to Chen Xiaoyan also muttered quietly: "I was almost bewitched, it turned out that Lu Caiqing was forced to sell to the Song family when he first came to Chenjia Village, and the Chen family was the first to lend a helping hand when something happened, but now fortunately, Lord Zhou has been aware of everything and returned Lu Caiqing's innocence." ”

When Chen Xiaoyan heard this, she scolded Zhou Ru in her heart for being nosy and coming here to disturb her own good deeds.

I was indignant in my heart, but I couldn't do anything, so I had to endure my evil anger and persist until the verdict was good on the spot and I went home.

Zhou Ru gave the three of them the punishment they deserved in accordance with the law, and at the same time announced in public that Lu Caiqing was innocent.

When everyone thought it was about to end, Zhou Ru said again: "Chen Yang's case is over, but a few days ago, Miss Lu Caiqing from Chenjia Village sued the prefect's yamen, saying that someone deliberately slandered herself, which seriously affected the atmosphere of Chenjia Village and her reputation, and he wanted the official to seek justice for her. ”