Chapter 154: Cheng Daren Settles the Case
Zhou Dalang collapsed to the ground, a lie was exposed, and he had to tell more lies to make up for it, but now it is useless to make up for it.
Seeing that Cheng Hong was slightly aggressive, although he could not prove Liu's innocence, the testimony of the Zhou family was full of flaws, and it was no longer credible.
Mr. Li frowned, looked at Jiang Du faintly, and then glanced at Lin Zhengyang, and the two of them actually bowed their heads to Mr. Li quite tacitly.
The corners of Jiang Dui's mouth rose, and the old god stood up with a deep salute to Cheng Hong, and said, "Lord Cheng, if it is a sin to have more than twenty taels of silver in the family, then the Liu family will not be able to avoid its responsibility." This Liu's family, for Xiaocui to redeem himself in Yixiangyuan used seventy taels of silver, bought a new house with ten taels of silver, daily expenses are lavish, Xiangyang villagers are obvious to all, these six months have spent more than 100 taels of silver, these silver, if it is said to be from the Han family father and son, for this more than 100 taels of silver, Liu also has to be grateful, will marry to the Han family to be a cow and a horse; If it weren't for the father and son of the Han family, then Liu, a widow with several babies, couldn't pick her shoulders and couldn't lift her hands, where did she get these more than 100 taels of silver? β
Twenty taels and more than one hundred taels, this crime of unknown source of huge wealth, the Liu family is even worse than the Zhou family, after Jiang Duan said this, he was simply speechless, admitting that he got it from the Han family, not to mention letting him be a concubine, it is also appropriate to let him be a cow as a horse, after all, it is enough to buy a yellow flower girl for one or twenty taels now, not to mention a widow of a?
If it wasn't obtained by the Han family, then the origin of this silver is self-evident, it must be that the Liu family fooled around with which man, after all, now a sturdy man, half a year of exhaustion and hard work can only earn three or four taels of silver.
Mingyue's eyes flashed with anger, this Jiang Dusk, with a thousand points of mercy and good buying, left and right and mud, three sentences did not forget to smear Liu's reputation, but he seemed to be merciful, he didn't want to put Liu to death, and wanted Liu to marry as a concubine of the Han family.
Mingyue's face was gloomy, and she said to Jiang Du coldly: "Mr. Jiang, the reputation of a person is like the wings of a bird and the eyes of a beast, and you dare not damage it." Even though everyone is suspicious, and they have been gossiping, saying that my Yin Mingyue spends the Han family's silver just like the flower family, and that the Han family married my mother, the mother-in-law of the loser. Today, everyone is here, I will solemnly declare once: The silver spent by my Yin Mingyue has nothing to do with the Han family, and it has nothing to do with my mother, any foul language will be deducted from my Yin Mingyue, I Yin Mingyue will bear it, whether it is a pig cage or a sky lantern, I will bear it, don't splash dirty water on my mother at every turn! What kind of hero is bullying an honest man!! β
After speaking, Mingyue turned to Jiang Du with deep eyes and said: "Mr. Jiang, a person who reads, if you can't realize Mr. Tao's ambition, don't laugh at Mr. Tao's chrysanthemum picking fence, and finally play in the brothel market, which makes people laugh and be generous for no reason!" β
Mingyue only guessed the identities of the two people who had crossed over from the two poems Jiang Dui had read at the beginning, so she tentatively threatened Jiang Dui.
A trace of surprise flashed in Jiang Duan's eyes, he didn't make a sound for a long time, others couldn't understand this "Mr. Tao", how could he not know? This Yin Mingyue is obviously threatening him, if she deceives people too much, she will not be able to break the net, and try her best to destroy his image of "poet", after all, his poems are all "stolen", and Mingyue, who is also a "person who has come over", wants to catch the flaws, or damage his reputation, I am afraid it is not a big difficulty.
Jiang Du didn't dare to make a sound, not only was he afraid that Mingyue would really "talk nonsense" and his reputation would be damaged; I was even more surprised that I met Yin Mingyue, who was also a "person who came over" here.
Jiang Duan gave up arguing, but Lin Zhengyang didn't do it, his beard was so angry that he pointed at Mingyue and said, "How can this be reasonable!! Such a barbarian woman and village girl, rude to the law, corrupt the township, make a lot of nonsense, and take ......"
"What should you be? Mingyue's eyes approached Lin Zhengyang: "Mr. Lin, the old and the old, the young and the young." If you insist that a woman with a damaged reputation does not live in the world, who will support her parents? Who will take care of her children? Although the reputation is great, it is not as good as human life. What's the difference between you and those fanatics who disregard people's lives? You read the books of the sages in vain, and you became a protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven in vain, and it is because of my emperor and sage that you were expelled from your career....... My Emperor Shengming! Long live the Emperor!! β
"You, you, nonsense......"
"What nonsense, are you saying that I am talking nonsense about the emperor Shengming? Can't the emperor live long live?! β
Lin Zhengyang rolled his eyes angrily, and fainted directly, the bright-eyed people present were not sure, even if Lin Zhengyang did not have a halo, he would pretend to be stunned, and he was well labeled as disrespectful to the emperor, and if he didn't die, he had to peel off the skin, so it was better to faint directly, which was regarded as saving himself.
Cheng Hong secretly picked his big finger, looked at Jiang Du with a solemn expression, and said: "First, this official has the virtue of a good life, and secondly, he values Lin Jinshi's upright statement and Jiang Gongzi's talent, but he didn't expect to disrupt the court, Lin Jinshi can no longer argue, Jiang Gongzi still has something to say?" β
Jiang Du shook his head, looking at Mingyue with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
Cheng Hongluo turned to Zhou Dalang and said: "This official has the virtue of a good life, but he is not deceived by the little people at will, you lie one lie after another, are you deceiving the official for the first time?" Come! Hit the 20th board first and then interrogate!! β
Zhou Dalang was dragged down, and Cheng Hong slightly asked Zhou Dalang's eldest son to be brought up from outside, and said in a gentle tone: "Your father just lied, and he was punished with twenty boards." Now it's your turn, think it through. Your aunt Zhou has been living in your house for half a year? Are you staying in the East or West Houses? Do you eat noodles or rice on weekdays? Do you eat one bowl or two bowls per meal? What time do you wake up each day? How many times a day do you go to the hut? Who does the laundry? Is it the left or right leg that hurts? When will you be unable to stay with a leg injury? When did you get rid of your leg injury and get off the bed? Someday......"
The sturdy young man immediately sweated when he heard this, what the hell is this? Peeping at his wife in a panic, his wife also looked at her son nervously, wanting to speak but didn't dare, and she was so anxious that she was sweating.
The young man nervously answered the first two questions, and the back questions were answered so that the donkey's lips were not in the horse's mouth, and he was dragged down to play the board by Cheng Hongluo.
Zhou Dalang's family also has a daughter, who is honest and tight on weekdays, seeing that his father and brother were pulled down to hit the board, he regained it all at once, and screamed so much that he was so afraid that he couldn't bury his head in the cracks in the ground.
Cheng Hong looked at Zhou Xiaomei coldly, but his eyes were staring at Zhou Dalang's daughter-in-law who was kneeling on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Xiaomei, this official is not a person who tortures unreasonably, just because your father and brother lied and deceived this official, although this is only the ancestral hall of Xiangyang Village, it is as bright as the county government hall, and you are the same, if you lie, you will be punished for theft, and you will still be punished, do you know?!" β
Zhou Xiaomei is fifteen years old, and she knows the seriousness of the situation, this crime of theft, for men, it is nothing to hit the 20th board, but she treats women equally, and she takes off her skirt and hits the board, what it means to a woman who has not left the cabinet, everyone knows it.
When Zhou Xiaomei was talking about kissing, two matchmakers had already come to the door, and she was beaten at this time, and she had only one way to die.
Zhou Xiaomei looked at her mother with a pale face, tears fell down, she didn't need to answer she knew what her fate was, no matter what she said, how could she be worthy of these small things that were as fine as the needle's nose? Don't say that Zhou doesn't live at home, even if he lives at home, he can't remember everything clearly, right?!
Zhou Dalang's daughter-in-law smiled desperately, ruthlessly, crawled in front of Zhou Xiaomei, protected her daughter in front of her, and bowed to Cheng Hongluo: "Master Cheng, don't ask my daughter, she doesn't know anything, I'll say, if you say something wrong, you will beat me!" β
Cheng Hongluo's face softened, and he was like the two of them from the previous cold and cold, and said kindly: "Zhou family lady, really, can't be fake, fake, can't be true, you said it wrong, the official still has to ask your daughter!" Your daughter is not right, and your brother-in-law, brother-in-law is not right, and your sister-in-law and niece...... The most unfortunate, the official will ask the whole village, there is always something that can be matched, the truth, the truth is the truth, the official only wants a truth, and the Zhou family has not died, no matter how big the crime is, it is just a matter of playing a few boards, can it be more serious than deceiving the official? You guys are so confused! β
Zhou Dalang's daughter-in-law had a thought, and the whole family bit Liu to death and pushed Zhou down the river, the ultimate goal was just to let Zhou return to Han's house, and his family would lose some more money, and Zhou didn't really die, so what if she admitted that she committed suicide? Even if the matter is all revealed, the party concerned is Zhou, and it is her husband Zhou Dalang who made the idea, and he and his children will not be implicated at all!! It's no wonder that this Zhou Dalang only spent half of the money he got from selling his sister, and the other half was given to the goblin of the same village, pink silk? The same hairpin? The daughter-in-law of the cousin Zhou Xiaowu seems to have it, if it is true, her husband is too inhuman, and the eldest uncle drilled into the bed of his brother-in-law......
The woman hugged the girl who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, cleared her throat and said: "Back to my lord, my sister-in-law did not live in my house, only lived for ten days, there is an old widower who hunts in our village lives in the middle of the mountain, and when I went up the mountain to dig vegetables, the two of them hooked up somehow, I was afraid that my husband would not agree, and the old widower gave me twenty taels of silver." The sister-in-law had a bad time in the middle and wanted to run away, and was discounted by the old widower, so she stayed on the couch for three or four months, but the old widower died of illness a few days ago, and she went down the mountain to go back to my home, and later heard from the villagers that Han Lin of Xiangyang Village had the ability to hunt tigers, earned a lot of silver, and was engaged to Liu, so he wanted to go back to Han's house......"