"Ma Rong, you previously sued He Bai for forcibly seizing your family's cattle during the trust of the county magistrate, but is there such a thing?"

Su Qian was shocked, and he was very majestic.

It's just that in the eyes of Pei Bao'er in the crowd, this Master Su doesn't seem to be sitting very steadily, and his eyes are still floating out from time to time, as if he is waiting for someone to come, or afraid that someone will appear.

If she knew Su Qian's true thoughts, she would definitely laugh out loud. The dismissal of He Baixin, who was single-handedly led by the "Qi Yushi" last time, had already made this Master Su a frightened bird, but unfortunately, what Su Qian didn't know was that he got the news that the one who had reappeared in Taixing County had left here in a hurry and returned to Beijing after being assassinated.

Thinking that when I got up early yesterday morning and saw the short letterhead that was thrown in under the crack in the window, and a brand-new women's cloak with a hood was neatly folded and placed in a cloth bag, and after I got up, I found that the body size was just right, not long or short, Pei Bao'er had a strange warm current surging in her heart, she could only shake her head, expel this strange idea from her mind, and concentrate on watching the dark-skinned middle-aged man kneeling in the hall answer.

This Ma Rong didn't know if he was wearing less clothes, or if he was frightened by the shocking wood, he trembled when he heard the words, and stammered back: "Yes, yes, there is indeed such a thing." ”

Master Su turned to He Baixin, who was standing proudly on the side, and tried to make an iron-faced and selfless appearance: "Cough, He Baixin, what Ma Rong said on the paper is true?" ”

He Baixin didn't even bother to look at Ma Rong, and stood up with his hands in his hands and said: "This matter is a false accusation by Ma Rong, and there is no such thing." He also told the two families in the court that day of prevarication, and finally concluded: "At that time, as a magistrate, I thought that more things were better than less, so I thought that I would buy the cow out of my own pocket." Unexpectedly, kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and they reversed black and white and cheekily sued here, which is ridiculous! ”

He hurriedly asked for witnesses, and Duan Erlang came on the field.

He honestly told everything he saw and heard that day, and said very sincerely: "The boss didn't lie, I watched from the side that day, and the boss gave him a full two taels." You know, a few days ago, I went to the cattle and sheep market to go shopping, a month of cattle cubs one tael, healthy bulls, cows are two taels, one tael. The cow of the Ma family was brought to the court, and when she saw it, she was sick, and she was afraid that she would sell it for half a tael at most when she put it in the market. The boss can be said to be benevolent and righteous to the Ma family, and he doesn't want the Ma family to take revenge! ”

There was an uproar in the crowd, most of them pointing to the fact that the conscience of the Ma family had been eaten by dogs.

Pei Baoer stood in the crowd and watched silently, although the situation was very good, she always felt that something was wrong.

She stared at Ma Rong who was kneeling underneath, although she couldn't see his expression from this angle, she could also see some clues from his slightly trembling body. This Ma Rong looked quite timid, not like a person who could come up with such a blackmail idea, most of them were picked up by Ma or something.

At this time, Ma Rong suddenly turned his head to look at the crowd, his face was happy, and he suddenly knelt up and straightened his upper body and said, "Tell the adults, the small ones also have witnesses!" ”

"Who's the witness?"

Pei Baoer also looked around left and right when she heard this, and suddenly felt interesting. This Ma family is really bold, and actually found a perjury to slander the former county magistrate. It's just that she is surrounded by ordinary people, and there are some idlers who have nothing to do. Suddenly, her pupils shrank.

A thin man with squirrel-eyed eyebrows squeezed out of the crowd, grinning and making a nondescript gesture, it was Hao Er.

He Baixin suddenly had an ominous premonition. Didn't this Ma Jiamo find perjury? He couldn't help but look at the crowd as well, Pei Bao'er met his eyes and nodded slightly, telling him not to worry, he just let go of half of his heart.

Sure enough, as soon as Hao Er opened his mouth, he began to talk nonsense, saying that He Baixin used both soft and hard that day, and forced the Ma family to sell the cattle to him, and the price was thirty percent lower than the market price. He also said that in fact, the Ma family had decided to reconcile with the Yang family at that time, and He Baixin learned in advance that the cow was talented, so he stepped in sideways.

He Baixin was furious when he heard it: "Nonsense! It's nonsense! ”

At this time, a man stumbled out of the crowd, howling and crying: "Dad, my poor father, let's go to He's house to theorize, and I was beaten by their porter~ Please also ask the adults to make the decision for my father~" Saying that, he pulled up Ma Rong's trouser leg again, pointed to a few bruises on it for everyone to see, and cried so much that he burst into tears.

He Baixin's face turned blue.

"I didn't let anyone beat him, and I haven't seen him recently, so who knows where the injury came from? Hum! Now that I have no official position, I am still half an official, and these people dare to falsely accuse the court officials, but the crime is one more degree! ”

When Ma Rong heard the words "sin plus first", his back shook again, but he was secretly pinched by Ma Er.

Ma Er took advantage of He Baixin's generous statement and whispered: "Don't be afraid, he is now without an official, he is a toothless tiger." This Master Su used to be his subordinate, and he must have been dissatisfied with him, you see, he didn't look good at the old man's face, and he called him by his name, which shows that they have a bad relationship, and he didn't kill him when he had such a great opportunity? As long as we bite him to death and don't let go, we can all peel off a layer of his skin! It's time to use money at home, Dad, you can't be a soft-footed shrimp! ”

Ma Rong saw that it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he had to follow his daughter's instructions before she came, and talked about how he was bullied by his family when he went to Hejia Grange to discuss the law a few days ago.

For a while, the onlookers were talking.

One said, "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, this He Baixin turned out to be a smiling tiger who oppressed the people." One person also said, "Maybe there is some misunderstanding, the old man has been an official here for many years, and he has never had any notoriety." Another person said, "It is estimated that the Ma family is responsible for buying cattle, but this injury is always true, and it is said that the prime minister's seven-rank official, how many are the descendants of this seven-rank official?" ”

Seeing the sudden reversal of the trend of public opinion, Master Su, who was sitting on the top, had a little headache.

At this time, a crisp female voice came from the crowd: "On the second day of the ninth lunar month, the slave family also listened outside this public court. In addition," she took a few steps forward, smiled at He Baixin, and said: "Although the slave family is a little woman, they also know that the court must have a document to record the case, and everything will be recorded. Presumably, there must be a record of the situation on that day, and please refer to the file. ”

Ma Er was anxious when he heard it.

He didn't know what files were not files, so he looked up at the court, hey, there was a person with a brush sitting on the right side of the head, so that person did this? Ma Erdian felt that his sister was here to pit him, and he didn't inquire about such an important matter in advance!

Ma Shi was also very anxious when he stood in the crowd, his eyes rolled on Pei Bao'er, and he suddenly became anxious: "Lord Qiyu, what this woman said is not credible!" On that day, the slave family was outside the public court, and they saw her gesturing with her own eyes, it was obvious that the two of them had a plot, they must be in a gang, and they couldn't believe her! ”

Pei Bao'er sighed very calmly: "Since this is the case, then you can only look at the file and make a conclusion." ”

As soon as he talked about the dossier, Su Qian felt empty, and he turned his eyes to He Baixin as if asking for help, and he didn't even sacrifice the "mighty stick" that reprimanded the two little women for speaking out without authorization and disturbing the court. Xindao, my lord, didn't I just tell you that the file was burned the day before yesterday, why aren't you in a hurry, isn't it Alzheimer's forgetting?

He Baixin replied with an unfathomable look, and blinked his left eye by the way.

It seems that something in the dark has been connected, Su Qian Su suddenly opened his mouth, cleared his throat, and said seriously: "This lady is reasonable, go and get the file on the second day of the ninth month. ”

Soon, the clerk who had been instructed in a whisper took a thin roll of paper and handed it to Su Qian, who pretended to read it again, his expression became more serious, and he stared at Ma Rong with jealousy and hatred: "Okay, you Ma Rong, the file is already here, it is clearly recorded in black and white, and it is not recruited from the truth!" ”

As the shocking wood was slapped again, Ma Rong directly shook into a grass in the wind.

He knelt on the ground and said with a crying voice: "The adults spare their lives, but the little ones are also forced to be helpless, and they are really poor at home......

So, Ma Rong snorted and tearfully told his family's unfortunate experience after selling the cattle.

Originally, it was his eldest son who made money and came back to buy a field, so he had to buy an extra cow. Later, the cow was sold to the He family, and Ma Rongzhi was full of money, and even went to the gambling house a few times and spent all the two taels of silver. Unexpectedly, the eldest son went out again but ran into a robber, lost all his money, and was beaten half to death by the robbers, and broke his leg and couldn't work in the field. Ma Rong could only sell the extra land in exchange for money to treat his eldest son. I don't know if it's bad luck, but it didn't take long for his old bull to be sick, unable to eat forage, and couldn't pull it out, so he found a traveling doctor and took two pairs of medicines, and went straight to heaven. Because it was a sick and dead cow, the cattle and sheep were not collected, and no one dared to eat them, so Ma Rong had to report that he had to kill them and marinate them and dry them as rations, and he had to pay out of his own pocket to buy a cow and come back to plow the land.

Everything has to be spent, and the eldest son doesn't know when he will get better, so Ma Rong can't do it. At this moment, the eldest girl of his family, Ma, returned to her parents' house and told him a secret. Said that she gave things to people, and happened to meet the mother-in-law on the He family grange, and learned from his mouth that the black cow that He Baixin bought back from their house was a sacred cow, and the milk was as much as water, and the milk was particularly sweet. Moreover, after the cow arrived at the He family, the Zhuangzi of the He family ushered in a bumper harvest, which can be seen to be a sacred cow!

Ma Rong regretted it when he heard it, and even felt that he was robbed of the sacred cow by He Baixin, and he couldn't say that he had also taken away his own feng shui. Otherwise, why did things not go well in his family after selling the cattle? So he came to sue the official.

Su Qian couldn't cry or laugh when he heard the cause and effect, but he admired that Pei Niangzi's "empty city plan" even more.

He glared and asked, "Since it was created out of nothing, where did the scar on your leg come from?" ”

Ma Rong refused to say it, but it was obvious that his previous statement was also false. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hao Er touched the copper coin in his pocket and was about to slip away.

Su Qian's eyes were quick, and he patted the shocked wood again, and said solemnly: "Take down that witness Hao Er!" Since Ma Rong has confessed, it means that the case of the He family forcibly seizing the Ma family's cow is not established. Hao Er bit indiscriminately, forged witnesses, and was sentenced to ten boards. Ma Rong reversed black and white, falsely accused the court officials, it was really hateful, and he was sentenced to 20 boards, well, according to the law, he needed to be imprisoned for one year, or three months of hard labor. Ma Rong, what should you do? ”

Ma Rong fell to the ground softly when he heard that he was going to be beaten, and he lost all his strength, and he fainted directly when he heard the second half.

Su Qian secretly said that he was unlucky, waved his hand and let people carry him down, and by the way, he also dragged away Hao Er, who shouted, "Ma Er came to him to commit perjury, it's none of my business". He thought about it, the old Ma family is broken, the eldest son is said to be still sick in bed, and if the second child also moves, I am afraid that the Ma family is really going to be ruined. That Hao Er has always been an idle person, and he has heard a trace of half a word from his subordinates, so he just seized this opportunity to treat him!

"Ahem, drag it down and hit the board first, and then talk about it when the others wake up."

He Baixin really put a heart back in his stomach at this time, and decided to go home and tell his wife a thing or two, the cub under his black cow can be kept by Pei Niangzi, and he will give it to her as a thank you gift when the time comes. Well, I don't know if her family has a field, it's really not good, and it's not difficult to send her a few acres of thin fields.

Then, Master Su asked knowingly: "Yo, but it just so happens that the subject of the second case today is also surnamed Ma." The main complainant, Ma, the respondent, such as Yuge. But are they all here? ”

Ma Erru was on the verge of amnesty, and ran out of the court in despair, during which he couldn't help avoiding Ma's eyes, and he didn't even bother to care about his own sister-in-law.

Pei Bao'er and Ma Shi glanced at each other, and each of them stepped forward to bless and knelt down, and the shopkeeper Qin also came.

Pei Baoer said that she was half of the owner of Ruyu Pavilion, and came forward on behalf of another shareholder. Ma, on the other hand, was a non-existent tear, and with infinite sorrow, he untied the cloth towel on his head, revealing a large red rash on his face, indicating that he was the victim.

At this time, Ma's body no longer had the previous courageous spirit, she originally just felt unwilling, it was still her second brother's idea to sue the official, and she wanted to blackmail the He family for a sum of money, but the He family didn't eat it, and they were closed every time they came to the door. This is the end of the court, fortunately her old father did not confess her second brother, otherwise it would be really over.

In this case, she can't let go of the case of Ruyuge. Pei Bao'er said it nicely, but in fact, he used the opportunity of the trial work to treat a few of his people as monkeys, and he spent so much thought on this job, but in the end, it was a bamboo basket for nothing. My rash is real, how can I not let her bleed well?

Ma Shi cried and said: "My lord, such as the Yuge shop, a big bully, sold shoddy gouache to me. I didn't want to go to court, but they just didn't admit it, and said that I was lying and blackmailing them. Look, my face is rotten. What woman doesn't value her face, is that like a fake? ”

Pei Baoer took this opportunity to take a closer look, and sure enough, Ma's rash had not faked, it was really red and swollen, and it looked strange.

Hearing the crowd behind her talking about how Ruyu Pavilion was doing, her heart lifted. It is said that good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and this time it was so troubled by Ma's, even if it was no problem, it would affect the performance of the store.

After Ma finished crying, it was time for Ruyuge's defense.

Pei Baoer asked: "Dare to ask Ma Niangzi, how many days has your rash been up?" What day did it start? ”

Ma Shi hated: "It's been eight or nine days, and it was discovered on the twenty-fifth day of November. At first, it was just a few small red dots, but then it grew bigger and bigger, and it became like this. ”

Pei Baoer asked again: "Since it is so serious, didn't you find a doctor to see the crux of the problem?" ”

Ma raised his eyebrows, and then scolded: "What do you mean by this?" Do you suspect that I am blackmailing you? I just want to lie to me, and I won't take such a big risk and block my face and the rest of my life, right? ”

Su Qian patted the startled wood just right: "Cough, there is no noise above the court." Ma, honestly, why don't you go to the doctor? If there is no reasonable reason, it is not unreasonable for the owner of the Jade Pavilion to suspect it. ”

Onlookers echoed the words.

Ma snorted coldly: "What else can I do, I don't have any money at home." The slave family is a lazy man, and the slave family depends on the slave family to do the work alone. We poor people, where do we get the spare money to see what doctors! ”

Well, that sounds like a point.

The old god Pei Bao'er said in a hurry: "Lord Qiyu, this lady Ma came to Ruyu Pavilion to apply for a female worker before, but unfortunately she was unsuccessful. If I remember correctly, we informed her of the news on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth of last month, and it was only a day or two later that she said that she had a rash with our things, which is unusual! Then he motioned to the shopkeeper Qin to speak.

The latter arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiqi, the little one also has something to say." With that, he took out a thin account book from his bulging bosom.