Chen Xiaomu was not angry after hearing this. He looked at him and said with a smile, "Oh, so to put it this way, Huang Yuanwai has read a lot of sages' books over the years?"
Huang Qide said proudly: "I dare not. Although I cannot say that I have read all the books of sages throughout the ages, I have read sixty-seven out of ten of them."
Chen Xiaomu pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, Huang Yuanwai has read so many books about sages, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that he is half a sage! But why do he do such sneaky things?"
"What do you mean?" Huang Qide thought he heard wrongly and couldn't help but ask.
Chen Xiaomu said word by word: "I mean, since Huang Yuanwai has read so many books by sages, why do he still do such despicable things as slandering people's innocence?"
Huang Qide heard it clearly this time. His old face turned the color of pig liver in an instant. He jumped on his feet and shouted loudly: "Master Tongxuan, I don't know what basis you have for saying that I am innocent. I think you are doing this." Are you the one who accuses the innocent? Don’t think that you can cover the sky with one hand in this new capital city. If you don’t tell me clearly today, I will go to Mr. Dai and Mr. Jia to sue you! They were both of whom I participated in back then. Friends who were in the same year as the imperial examination!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded with a smile but not a smile: "Okay! Don't you want me to speak clearly? Then I will give you another chance now. If you are willing to truthfully accuse Yao Sanniang of stealing food, I will consider giving you a lighter sentence. !”
"What?" When Huang Qide heard this, he immediately exploded, waving his hands and roaring: "I, Huang Qide, am familiar with the books of sages, how could I do such a despicable and despicable thing? You framed me with no basis and deliberately covered up this You're a military householder who stole food! I'm going to report you in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
"It's such a disgrace to the court. I didn't expect that our Zheng State would have such a cowardly official!" In the courtroom, Zhuge Cheng couldn't help but muttered softly after seeing what had just happened.
Wei Wen did not follow the advice this time. He sighed slightly and then fell silent. Looking at Su Xingran biting her lips tightly, with fire coming out of her eyes, Wei Yushang saw that something was not going well and hurriedly pressed her ears against Su Xingran's. He whispered: "Your Majesty, how about I step in to stop the teacher from trying the case like this again?"
Su Xingran was about to open her mouth when she heard Chen Xiaomu in the hall say slowly: "Executive Officer Huang, you said that I framed you without any basis or evidence. When I present the evidence, are you willing to plead guilty and serve the law?"
Huang Qide was startled when he heard this, and his mind immediately started racing. After thinking about it, he felt that he had not fallen into any trouble. The dog officer asked this question just to blackmail him so that he would not expose himself. Thinking of this, Huang Qide couldn't help but scorned in his heart: "It's too damn young for someone who doesn't even have full hair to play these old tricks in front of me!
Without much hesitation, Huang Qide said confidently and sarcastically: "Master Tongpan, I have always acted upright and sat upright. I think I have never done anything harmful to nature, so why should I be afraid of some evil and charming people who will bring the stolen goods to me?" !”
Chen Xiaomu said coldly: "Executive Huang, you don't need to carry a gun or a stick when you speak. Let me ask you? Is the bag of things you asked your servant to carry on your back in court to be the stolen goods you said?"
Huang Qide nodded quickly and said: "Exactly."
"Then can you tell me where this stolen property came from?" Chen Xiaomu then asked.
Huang Qide heard this and immediately said: "Master Tongpan, since it is stolen property, of course it was copied from Yao Sanniang's house!"
Chen Xiaomu immediately darkened his face and scolded: "What right do you people have to search someone's home without permission?"
"Hehe" Huang Qide laughed dryly at first, and then said arrogantly: "Master Tongpan, there is a rule in Dazheng Law that stipulates that if the master's family property is stolen, he has the right to search the suspected servant's house, and he can also search the house of the suspected servant. The captured thieves and stolen goods will be handed over to the government for disposal!"
"What! Zheng State actually has such legal provisions?" When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he couldn't help but raise a question mark in his heart! "
At this time, Ye Duzheng, who was next to him, was afraid that he would make another joke in the court, so he coughed lightly and reminded him in a low voice: "Master Chen, Huang Qide is right, there is indeed this article in the laws of Zheng State."
Huang Qide seemed to have heard Ye Duzheng's words. He reached out and took out a thread-bound book called "The Laws of Zheng" from his arms. He held it in his hand and said more and more arrogantly: "Master Tongxuan, I happen to be carrying a copy of the Laws of Zheng on my lower body right now. How about I find out what I just said and let you see it as truth!"
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and said, "There's no need to read this. Bring that bag of stolen goods in front of me and let me see it!"
Huang Qide winked at the servant when he heard the sound, and the servant hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the bag. Seeing this, Chen Xiaomu picked up the gavel table on the public case table, slapped it on the ground, and said sternly to the servant: "My officer Ask Officer Huang to get that bag over, what are you going to do?"
The servant was startled, and stood tremblingly in front of the bag. He was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do. At this time, Huang Qide had no choice but to come over and wave to the servant, asking him to step aside, and then he went to pick up the linen bag. I don't know whether it was because he had been pampered for many years or because the bag was really too heavy. In short, Huang Qide not only failed to lift the bag at once, but also stumbled.
In front of everyone, Huang Qide rolled up his sleeves with an embarrassed look on his face, stretched out his hands again to grasp the mouth of the bag, grinning as if using all his strength, then lifted the heavy bag off the ground, and staggered to Chen Xiaomu's case table. Putting it down in front, I only walked seven or eight steps in the middle, and I was already out of breath from exhaustion!
Then he was about to untie the rope that tied the mouth of the bag, but Chen Xiaomu waved his hand at him and said: "Huang Yuanwai, you don't have to bother to untie it and show it to me. I know that it contains grain. Now I want you to put it away." Bring this bag back to its original place!"
"Ah!" Huang Qide was surprised when he heard this, and immediately froze on the spot. At this time, even the people in the hall who were eating melons and watching the excitement couldn't bear to look at it. They all accused Chen Xiaomu of obviously favoring the military household Yao Sanniang and embarrassing Huang Qide.
These comments and accusations reached Chen Xiaomu Erza, but he turned a deaf ear to it. Instead, he kept urging Huang Qide, who was stunned on the spot: "Huang Yuanwai, didn't you hear what I said? Hurry and move this bag of grain back to where it was!" "
Huang Qide gritted his teeth and replied in a muffled voice: "Just follow my orders!" After saying that, he grinned again, blushed and moved the grain bag back to where it was before! Unexpectedly, before he could stop to take a breath, Chen Xiaomu waved to him and ordered him to move the grain bag back to his case table.
At this time, Huang Qide could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He stared at Chen Xiaomu with wide eyes and said hatefully: "Master Tong San, I think I have never offended you in any way, right? Could it be because of this girl's handsome appearance? The Lord Judge has repeatedly favored her and made things difficult for me?"
"I think the man surnamed Huang is right. Chen Tong probably has a crush on this woman. Otherwise, this case is like lice on a monk's head. It's obvious that this woman stole food from the master's family and was taken away by the master's family. I think Chen Tongpuan should be aware of this, but he insists on openly protecting this woman. I think the reason is self-evident!" Zhuge Cheng, who was disguised in the crowd, caught him Take every opportunity to drive a wedge between her and Chen Xiaomu in front of Su Xingran.
Su Xingran snorted coldly, and the dissatisfaction in his heart had reached the extreme. At this moment, he suddenly heard a "pop" in the hall, and then Chen Xiaomu shouted sternly: "Since you said it is difficult for you, then tell me, you A grown man struggled to carry this bag of grain, so how did a thin woman like her steal this bag of grain home? Besides, there are more than ten miles between your two families!"
"Ah! This..." After hearing Chen Xiaomu's question, Huang Qide was speechless for a moment. He was stunned and his heart sank! The courtroom suddenly became silent.
Chen Xiaomu simply leaned back on the chair, adjusted his body to a more comfortable sitting position, and then said disdainfully to Huang Qide: "Exceptor Huang, I happen to be idle and bored at the moment. I'll give you time to make up a new reason. Let's see. See if you can convince me!"
Huang Qide seemed to be standing there blankly, but in fact his mind was moving very fast. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of a good reason for feeling good. He immediately raised his hands and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Master Tongpan, I know how this Yao Sanniang smuggled goods." Get rid of this bag of grain!"
Chen Xiaomu raised his eyelids: "Well, let's talk about it."
Huang Qide said with full confidence: "Master Tongpan, this Yao Sanniang must have hired a car outside before she prepared to steal food, and took advantage of the opportunity of delivering food to steal the house water and wine to get the night servant drunk, and then she and the car driver Move this bag of grain away.”
"Pfft" Chen Xiaomu almost laughed out loud at the bizarre story compiled by Huang Qide. He raised his eyes and looked at Huang Qide's serious look. Chen Xiaomu said to him dumbfounded: "Huang Qide, Huang Qide, I thought you were the owner of the invoice account." Maybe he is so smart! But in the end, even if he made up a story for me, it would be full of loopholes!"
When Huang Qide heard this, his heart tightened, and he quickly thought about the story he had just made up. He couldn't think of any loopholes for a while, so he had to bite the bullet and pretend to be dumbfounded: "Master Tongpan, why can't I understand what you said? if?"
Chen Xiaomu sneered and said: "I want to ask you, if you were a coachman and Yao Sanniang hired you to steal grain from a heavily guarded ticket office in the middle of the night, would you dare to go? Even if you dared to go, how much freight would you have to charge her? Is it worth taking such a risk? I estimate that the shipping fee alone is more than the price of this bag of grain. If Yao Sanniang had this money, why not go to the grain store to buy grain openly, instead of spending a lot of money to hire someone to risk stealing grain? Could it be that eating the food in your account can make people immortal?"
As soon as Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, the crowd watching the excitement in the hall burst into laughter. Su Xingran's anger flew to the sky in an instant, and he smiled and said to Wei Yushang beside him: "This guy is getting more and more cunning, wait a minute If you want to withdraw from the palace, go to him and convey my instructions, and call him back to the palace to have dinner with me in the evening."
"This...!" Huang Qide asked again, his eyes rolling around in his sockets, hesitating but unable to explain.
Chen Xiaomu didn't press any questions, and simply leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and let Huang Qide rack his brains to make up excuses in the audience.
After a long pause, Huang Qide suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted: "Master Tongpan, I know how Yao Sanniang stole this bag of grain!"
This time Chen Xiaomu didn't even bother to raise his eyelids and just said: "Well, tell me."
Huang Qide first winked at the servant Wang Chuang, then pointed at him and said angrily: "I guess it was Wang Chuang, this slave, who colluded with Yao Sanniang to smuggle the grain out of the ticket office and deliver it to Yao Sanniang's house. He was afraid that I would find out and hold him responsible. , so he lied to me and claimed that he had been drunk and slept all night. Now that I think about it, this Wang Chuang usually drinks a lot, how could he get drunk with just a bottle of wine!"
Huang Qide's remarks shocked both Wang Chuang and Yao Sanniang. Wang Chuang hurriedly defended: "Master, I didn't help Yao Sanniang steal...!"
Before he could finish speaking, Huang Qide winked at him again and interrupted him: "You still dare to quibble. Do you think you and Yao Sanniang have been flirting with each other in the past two days, and you pretend I didn't see it?"
Wang Chuang originally wanted to defend himself, but when he saw Huang Qide's eyes, he didn't dare anymore. You must know that at this time, all the servants had signed a contract of sale with the master, and their property and life were in the hands of the master, so he could only swallow his anger. , the default is settled!
Yao Sanniang didn't agree here. In ancient times, a woman's lack of integrity was more important than her life. Besides, she had never signed a contract of sale with her master. The most she could do was resign. She stood up from the chair in a hurry. , Ji Chi said with a white face: "Mr. Huang, you can't throw dirty water on people at will. Wang Chuang and I only met twice when he went to the kitchen to eat, and we didn't even talk to him. Then There is such a thing as what you said!”
