Shen Tang was shocked and couldn't understand.
But obviously, she was the only one who couldn't understand.
When the people watching heard this, they all looked filled with anger. Judging from their emotional state, if the situation was not right, they would probably drag Widow Zhuo, a poisonous woman, to the street for parade. Pointing at Widow Zhuo, not hiding his disdain.
“It’s so vicious”
"There are such poisonous women in the world"
"Mr. Shen should sentence her to five sentences each."
"I have long heard that this woman named Zhuo is a loose woman. She hooks up with a man when she sees her. She probably wants to be a child of this man. But when he doesn't agree, she has evil thoughts. She is just a child. She does this. Don’t be afraid of God’s punishment.”
There is not much entertainment in this era.
All the spare time is passed by gossip.
The more outrageous and bizarre the content, the more widely it spreads. Anyone can gossip about the gossip about Dong’s head, the Li family.
Those who are reduced to talking points are all soft persimmons who are easy to bully.
She and her daughter were the only two people in Widow Zhuo's family. There was no man who could intimidate the outside world to support the family. Naturally, anyone could step on her and pass the boring time. Regardless of whether the content is true or false, even if it is false, this mother and daughter dare to come to ask for an explanation
To say the least, they are not afraid if they dare to come to the door.
"Jun Shen should be sentenced to death."
"Such a slut, you really deserve to die"
Widow Zhuo's daughter was already pale, and Widow Zhuo was trembling under the public opinion, looking miserable and in a daze.
He kept saying "I didn't mean it"
She was just kind enough to help with a knife.
How to be harmful to others
Hearing someone in the crowd suggest sitting with her daughter, her fear reached its peak. She hugged her daughter's still thin body tightly, trying to use her body to block the accusations and bad words from the outside world. Ning Yan stood in front of her mother and daughter and was about to speak.
The next moment, the whole hall was silent.
The young scribe turned his head to look at Qi Shan in surprise.
Qishan looked at his lord with a dark face.
silence
Shen Tang looked at the common people with indifferent eyes and asked quietly, "Are you the county guard, or am I the county guard and you are here to judge the case, or am I here to judge the case? I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs running around. I don't know about the noise." What is the crime in court?”
Although the old woman and her family didn't know what was going on, the people who had been supporting them just now looked anxious and scared, with their mouths open but unable to make a sound. This strange scene made them panic. Shen Tang glanced at the baby in his arms and asked someone to take him away.
He winked at Ning Yan again.
Ning Yan asked Widow Zhuo softly.
"Which blacksmith shop did the lady order the knife from?"
Whether that little woman is lying or not, you will know immediately after checking.
Widow Zhuo told her the location and signboard of the blacksmith shop. Shen Tang waved her hand, and a clerk went down to invite the master of the blacksmith shop.
When the little woman heard this, she lowered her head with guilt.
The old woman is mature and knows how to make things right when she opens her mouth. "The old woman and her daughter-in-law are young, ignorant, and don't know taboos. But how could a woman named Zhuo who has given birth not know that these knives can be handed directly to the old woman?" Daughter-in-law? If you are really kind-hearted, you can take advantage of the old woman or the child, whoever is at home. Mr. Shen, please pity the old woman's grandson. He is still young and the only child in our family for several generations. He was killed. How will we live like this in the future?"
Besides, her daughter-in-law didn’t lie either.
It was indeed Widow Zhuo who delivered the knife to the door.
Widow Zhuo defended in a low voice, "I really don't know."
Shen Tang reluctantly understood the so-called taboos. Simply put, pregnant women should not use sharp scissors or knives, because these objects would destroy the barrier that protects the fetus, and would also cut the fetus's mouth, causing the child to be deformed at birth.
She smiled inwardly, but said with emotion, "It seems like this old woman really regards your daughter-in-law as her own daughter."
"Of course, when you enter our house, your daughter-in-law is just like your daughter, with the palms and backs of her hands full of flesh." When the old woman got to the emotional point, she shed tears and felt sorry for her daughter-in-law. She finally gave birth to a child, but was poisoned by a gangster. The crowd felt sad after hearing this.
Shen Tang asked again, "Oh, so you take care of your daughter-in-law's daily washing and dressing."
The old woman didn't know why Shen Tang asked this.
"This, this is not the case"
Ning Yan seemed to understand something.
He said funnyly, "After entering the house, only the daughter-in-law serves the mother-in-law in the morning and dusk. How can the mother-in-law stoop down and serve the daughter-in-law?"
Shen Tang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then sent someone to invite several neighbors of the old lady's family to serve as witnesses.
Then it was time to wait for the witnesses to come over.
The first person to come was the head of the blacksmith shop.
"Widow Zhuo ordered two knives from you."
The owner of the blacksmith shop shook his head, "Just a handful."
Shen Tang asked again, "Does this family have a knife?"
The master of the blacksmith shop recognized the old woman's son.
Pointing at him, he said, "This is the person who ordered it."
Shen Tang glanced at the man lightly. The latter raised his shoulders in fear and turned slightly sideways, trying to use the old woman's body to block Shen Tang's sight. After a while, three more people came up. A woman of the same age as the old woman, a young daughter-in-law, and a young man. This was the first time for the three of them to be brought into the hall. They looked timid and timid. It took a while before they relaxed.
"There are some things I want to ask you three about in this case. Just answer them truthfully." Shen Tang asked the old witness first, "You and the plaintiff have been neighbors for many years. Her daughter-in-law is pregnant. Do the mother and son serve tea on weekdays?" Pour water, Haosheng is waiting for you."
The witness almost laughed at this question.
"No, no, no."
Denied three times.
Mother-in-law serves her daughter-in-law with tea and water
Not even in the dream.
"She often says that her daughter-in-law is lazy and slacks off at work."
Shen Tang then asked the witness, the young daughter-in-law, "I heard that you have a good relationship on weekdays. Who will do the laundry and cooking in their house?"
"is her."
The young daughter-in-law pointed at the little woman.
Shen Tang asked, "It's also her when it's cold."
The young daughter-in-law smiled and said, "There is no difference between cold and warm when working. I have to work even if my hands and feet get frostbite."
Shen Tang "does it even when pregnant"
The young daughter-in-law "has to do it even if she is about to give birth."
"The house is short of firewood, who chopped it?"
The young daughter-in-law said, "She."
"She also cooked the meals for the whole family."
"Yes, but her mother-in-law always thinks that she uses too much oil, cuts the meat too big, eats vegetables secretly, and calls her a prodigal and a thief."
The little woman came from a bad background and her natal family was very poor.
After getting married, you can still taste some meat.
When cooking, she couldn't help but dip her fingers in some oil to taste it, and her mother-in-law and husband caught her several times.
The young daughter-in-law also revealed.
Before her mother-in-law discovered she was pregnant, her mother-in-law once caught the young woman secretly eating a piece of meat scraps that had been drained of oil and slapped her several times. The left and right sides of her face were so swollen that she could no longer see. The mother-in-law complained to her son again, and the young woman was severely beaten by her husband that day, and she screamed miserably. He was kicked out again in the cold weather and froze outside the house for more than an hour, almost freezing to death.
The young daughter-in-law showed sympathy, but also had some self-pity. The old woman on the side suppressed her blush and said confidently, "I am teaching her how to be a daughter-in-law and not change her habit of being a thief after she is married. If she is a thief now, she will be a big thief in the future."
The onlookers nodded their heads.
They were temporarily unable to speak, but they could still move.
Eating oil secretly is indeed a bad habit
Her mother-in-law was teaching her, so there was nothing wrong with her.
“Who does the sewing work in this family?”
The young daughter-in-law simply replied, "It's her too."
Shen Tang asked the witness man again.
This man is a co-worker with the old woman’s son.
It was further confirmed that the testimony of the other two witnesses was true.
so
Shen Tang looked playful, "Old woman, your daughter-in-law is young, ignorant, and doesn't know taboos, but you are a woman who has given birth. How could you not know that pregnant women cannot touch knives and needles? You need an ax to chop wood at home, right? You need a knife to cut vegetables and meat. You need needles for sewing. The woman was ten months pregnant and was exposed to these things every day. Was your grandson harmed by Widow Zhuo’s knife, or was it persecuted by the two of you? Please explain."
