Chapter 251: Confrontation in court
Zhong Ying and his wife were escorted all the way to the county office, and the neighbors who knew each other around were all looking at them and pointing at them, and Zhong Ying and his wife's faces turned red in an instant.
Liu Man'er sneered all the way, turning a blind eye to the almost murderous gaze of the two couples.
She said everything she should have said, and it was up to them what they did, and it had nothing to do with herself.
When I came to the county office, the pair of mighty stone lions at the entrance of the county government set off the solemn atmosphere of the county government, which made people feel a little frightened inexplicably.
Zhong Ying and his wife seem to have suddenly lost all their courage, and they will bully the soft and fear the weekdays, and they will just be horizontal in the nest, how have they ever seen this posture?
Walking into the court, Zhong Ying and his wife both felt a little weak, Liu Man'er had been to the county government once, and she didn't think there was anything, she had been to the barracks several times, and it was more serious than this place, so this momentum was nothing to her.
"Shopkeeper Ye, don't be complacent, I believe that the county master will definitely return our innocence." Zhong Wang shouted at Liu Man'er.
"Yes, I also think that the county master will definitely punish you and other criminals severely." Liu Man'er arched her hand upward.
"Who is in the hall, and what is the complaint? Present it first! Before the county master appeared, a person who looked like a master walked out and asked Liu Man'er and the others.
"Sue Mr. and Mrs. Zhong Ying for stealing my jade pendant!" Liu Man'er raised the jade pendant in her hand and said, "The physical evidence is here, and several officials and adults arrested them on the spot." ”
"You talk nonsense!" When Zhong Ying heard Liu Man'er say this, he shouted angrily.
"Silence!" The master snorted, looked at the catcher, and said, "What she said, but the truth?" ”
"Back to the master, when I waited to go in, Zhong Ying and his wife were indeed playing with this jade pendant." Catch quickly bowed and replied.
"This jade pendant was just picked up by us!" Zhong Ying defended himself.
The master looked at Liu Man'er, Liu Man'er glanced at Zhong Ying and his wife, and said, "I have a witness!" ”
"Quickly let people come up!" The master said.
"Heirloom card~"
With a shout, Yun Niang Shi Ran walked up, the first time she came to this place, she was also a little trembling legs, she looked up at Liu Man'er, saw Liu Man'er's eyes firm, the few traces of fear in her heart disappeared, she knelt down, raised her head, and said the words that Liu Man'er had discussed with her in the morning in this court word for word.
"Zhong Yunniang, you are spewing blood, I am your brother!" Hearing that Yun Niang really had the courage, Zhong Ying couldn't help but be angry and anxious.
"Yes, Yun Niang, you used to be the most honest and kind, don't lie to your brother and sister-in-law." Zhong Wang also looked at Yun Niang with tears in his eyes.
Looking at their eyes, Yun Niang also had some heart palpitations, but she thought that they would sell her to others as a concubine before, and thought of the care of Liu Man'er's family during this time, her heart was firm, she just looked at Liu Man'er and said, "Please also ask the master mother to be gracious and forgive them this time." ”
"I don't say this or not, it has to be determined according to the law of my dynasty, and more importantly, it depends on whether your brother and sister-in-law are willing to repent!" Liu Man'er said coldly.
"Hmph, what we didn't do, why admit it!" Zhong Ying flatly denied that he did not think that Liu Man'er had the ability to refer to a deer as a horse.
"I don't believe you can turn black and white upside down!" Zhong Wang also said on the side.
Liu Man'er didn't say much to them, just looked at the master on the stage and said, "Please also ask the master to decide!" ”
"According to the law of our dynasty, he shall be guilty of theft and shall be imprisoned for five years." The master glanced at Zhong Ying and said, "But Shopkeeper Ye, your evidence is insufficient, just based on this woman's words, Shopkeeper Zhong and the two handed back the jade pendant, maybe it is not necessarily that it was really picked up, I think this matter will be stopped!" ”
"Master Xie is discerning." Zhong Ying and the others hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank them, and glanced at Liu Man'er defiantly.
Liu Man'er frowned slightly, and didn't understand why things that were clearly said to be good would turn out like this, at this time, Yun Niang whispered in Liu Man'er's ear: "This master's surname is Wang, and he is my sister-in-law's brother." ”
"Oh, I see." Liu Man'er suddenly realized and said: "It seems that I want to be bad, these crooked ways still can't be used in the future, and if you want to defeat them, it seems that you have to come up with real evidence." ”
Yun Niang nodded after hearing this, and said, "Well, I also think it should be so, but I also ask the master mother not to be angry with me, in fact, I already knew, but I didn't tell you." ”
"It's fine." Liu Man'er shook her head, thinking that she was really not well-informed enough, and felt that the acting skills of the two Zhong Ying were really good, but she said: "Because of this, I appreciate you even more, you are a blank sheet of paper, pure and kind people, I shouldn't let you lie." ”
"Can the plaintiff have any objection? If there is no objection, please leave. The master looked at Liu Man'er coldly, he just learned the news, fortunately, the county master didn't care about these little things, otherwise, maybe she really succeeded.
If he, as a master, let his sister and brother-in-law go to prison, it would be funny.
"I have no objection to this." Liu Man'er shook her head, put away the jade pendant, and said: "Master is right, it's just a piece of jade pendant, maybe Yun Niang is very likely to see it badly, but there is still something to sue next!" ”
"What's the complaint?" Master's brow furrowed.
Liu Man'er smiled coldly, took out the prepared form from her sleeve and presented it, and said, "Sue Zhong Ying and his wife for abducting and selling women from good families!" ”
Hearing this, Zhong Ying and his wife were both shocked, turned their heads, and looked at Liu Man'er incredulously, originally thinking that she was just going to sue them for stealing jade pendants, but they didn't expect that after solving this level, this Liu Man'er would still have a backhand!
"His sister Zhong Yunniang, because she couldn't have children and was abandoned by her husband, has been an embroidery girl in my family, it is already a free identity, but these two people are crazy, and they want to sell their sister to Wang Yuanwai as a concubine, and they can't bear to be tortured by others when they spend their years like Yunniang, and they spend two hundred taels of silver to buy it, only to know that Yun Niang is a free body, and he Zhong Ying and his wife have violated my iron law by doing this!"
Liu Man'er said as she held it up with both hands and lifted it above her head!
"Is there such a thing?" The master's eyes narrowed, he walked down, picked up the shape in Liu Man'er's hand, and after looking at it carefully, he held the shape in his hand without speaking, and between his thoughts, he was trying to think of a reason to round this matter, but he saw that the county master stretched his waist and walked out slowly from behind.
When the county master saw the county master coming, he panicked, and he could only meet him, and after he sat down, he whispered in his ear, and the county master looked at the situation, and then looked at Liu Man'er and others under the stand, and said: "Is there any evidence?" ”
"Yes!" Liu Man'er nodded and presented the things signed by the two of them in the morning.
Seeing Liu Man'er's attitude, Zhong Ying and his wife couldn't help but be a little flustered, opened their mouths, and couldn't even say a word.
They don't even know it's a crime, okay, in their opinion, it's their sister, they marry her sister and then collect the bride price, why not?
This is not impossible, in this dynasty, the custom is like this, however, they should not have signed with Liu Man'er, and on this contract, she did not write the two hundred taels of silver as a dowry.
"What kind of thing is this, this Yun Niang was originally my sister, what do we want to do with her, do we care, is it in charge of others?" Zhong Wang pointed at Liu Man'er and scolded: "What kind of thing are you, our family's family affairs can be managed by you." ”
"I can't take care of it." Liu Man'er smiled slightly and said, "However, you abducted and sold women to cheat me out of money, so I have to take care of this matter." ”
"Please also ask the county master to make the decision for me!" Liu Man'er bowed to the county master.
"You're talking nonsense!" Although Zhong Ying said this, his body was already trembling slightly, this unmarried girl was originally from her mother's family, and it was normal for her mother's family to sell her, but what she was most afraid of in this matter was that people were more serious, but at this moment, Liu Man'er was more real.
When he signed the contract before, he had forgotten this at all, and at this moment, he knew that he had fallen into Liu Man'er's trap!
He suddenly understood, what Liu Man'er did before was just to pave the way for this matter, if she was interested, admitted that she stole it, returned the money, and admitted her mistake with Yun Niang, she would let herself go, and she was not to blame for the previous things, but she didn't do it, so she used the last killer move.
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, it depends on the decision of the county master!" Liu Man'er glanced at them and didn't say much to them.
The county magistrate had already read the contract signed by Liu Man'er and the two, and the bright red fingerprints of Zhong Ying and Zhong Wang's family were stamped under their names, which was something that could not be wrong.
"The evidence is conclusive, Zhong Ying, Zhong Wang, what else do you have to say?" The county magistrate put down the paper lightly.
"We ......" Zhong Ying opened his mouth, hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said: "I and other foolish people don't know this law, and I ask the county lord to forgive me, I am willing to return the money, and I will never do such a thing again." ”
"In the future, if you force Yun Niang's marriage again, then what should she do?" Liu Man'er said leisurely.
Zhong Ying said: "Since she has been married a long time ago, she is no longer a member of my Zhong family, she can make full decisions about her marriage, as her brother, when she gets married, as long as she invites me to drink a glass of wine, I will be very happy." ”
Hearing Zhong Ying's words, Yun Niang couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic, and she couldn't help shouting: "Brother, ......"