When everyone heard Chu Yao say "no need", they thought she didn't want to report to the official, and the eyes they looked at her suddenly became subtle. They probably thought that she didn't dare to report to the official because of a guilty conscience, so they started whispering.
Jiang Qingci was also very surprised and asked her in a low voice: "Are you really not going to report to the official?"
"Well, there's no need to go." She was unusually calm.
Seeing that Chu Yao refused to report to the official, the woman cursed more and more wildly: "Look, she has done such a shameful thing, how can she dare to report to the official? Such an unruly woman, at such a young age I just learned how to steal from men. My uncle, such an honest man, fell into the trap of this snake, scorpion and poisonous woman..."
At this time, someone had already entered, removed the bed board and lifted the man out: "Quickly let me..."
Jiang Qingci turned around and covered Chu Yao's eyes: "There is blood, don't look at it!"
He was very close to her, and the fresh and refreshing fragrance of cypress came from his body, which calmed her slightly.
Everyone went to look at the man lying on the door panel...
"Oh my god, how much hatred is there to harm people like this?"
"Both legs are broken, so cruel..."
"Did this little lady really interrupt? She doesn't look like she has so much strength..."
There was a lot of talk and opinions all of a sudden. Jiang Qingci listened to it. Although he was not the one being talked about, he still felt uncomfortable. What's more, Chu Yao was just a woman, and he didn't know if she could keep it.
He lowered his head to look at the woman in front of him. She was much thinner than the last time they met. He didn't know if she had experienced anything bad during this period. He just took a look at her from a distance in front of the wedding hall. Her face was haggard. His expression was light, as if there was a trace of sadness wrapped around him.
Now she stood here quietly, listening to the discussions around her, without speaking or defending, as if her body was only here, but her mind had wandered far away.
She was probably frightened, encountering such an unexplainable thing.
The woman accompanied her son to the hospital for the time being. Before leaving, she left a few harsh words: "I will settle the score with you when I come back! If my son becomes paralyzed, you will have to serve me like a cow for the rest of your life." son!"
Chu Yao snorted coldly.
The aunt and the third aunt and his wife thought that Chu Yao would not apply for office, so they were not so nervous. The third uncle even invited relatives and friends to go back and continue to have wine. Aunt Qiqi Ai Ai and Chu Yao said: "My sister-in-law has a fierce temper. What do you think? No matter what, you can't beat someone like that? His family will definitely not let it go in the future..."
Chu Yao's mother, Mrs. Zhou, had never seen such a thing before. She was angry and anxious: "What is going on? Why are you with that man, A Yao? Did you really break his legs?"
"Don't be afraid, mother," Chu Yao comforted her mother while looking at her aunt coldly, "He deserves it! Those who want to harm me will all deserve it!"
Her aunt's eyes dodge and she doesn't dare to stay in front of her for a long time: "Your clothes are all torn, go home and change quickly. Your third aunt is too busy, so I'm going to help..."
Zhou didn't want to stay here anymore, so she pulled Chu Yao and said, "Let's go home first."
But Chu Yao didn't move: "I won't leave."
"You kid," the people drinking in the courtyard frequently looked over. Being stared at by so many people, Ms. Zhou felt her face was burning. "Why are you staying here? Being a monkey for others." See?" She wanted to pull Chu Yao away, but Chu Yao seemed to have her feet nailed to the ground and wouldn't move no matter how hard she pulled her.
Half an hour later, when the guests at the wedding banquet were full of wine and food, a group of government servants suddenly rushed in, surrounded everyone, and asked everyone to cooperate in the investigation and go to the government office.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Chu Yao's third uncle boldly asked: "No one here reported the crime?"
The leading yamen servant was tall and strong, with a loud voice: "No one reported the case. We are so full that we can survive here? All follow me to the yamen, hurry up!"
There were many government officials, about thirty or forty people. Everyone was shocked and frightened. They did not dare to say anything and walked out honestly under their burning eyes. Even the bride in the backyard who had not yet taken off her hijab. , was also called out by the yamen servant, Qiu He led the way by holding hands, and walked out with a mandarin duck hijab on his head.
On the other side, Chu Yao and her mother Zhou had already boarded Jiang Qingci's carriage.
Zhou had never seen so many official servants, and she was almost scared out of her mind just now. Now she was sitting on the carriage going to the Yamen, her heart was still beating hard, and she asked Chu Yao fearfully: "Are they coming for us? Yes. Who reported it to the official?"
"I was the one who asked someone to report it." Chu Yao then told her mother the whole story so that she could prepare for the confrontation in the court later. "My aunt asked me to go to the yard next door. They said they wanted to marry me, and the person was the woman's son. I didn't want to, so they locked me in the yard. The man was unruly to me. Fortunately, someone came to help and broke his legs, and the man confided. To be honest, say it is... say it is..."
Chu Yao couldn't really say those dirty words, so she could only compromise and said, "It is said that my aunt asked him to do this in order to gain my money and shop..."
Zhou was shocked and angry: "Did your aunt really instigate him? Could it be that he was telling nonsense and deliberately framed your aunt? Your aunt...how could she harm you?"
Seeing that her mother wanted to excuse her aunt, Chu Yao immediately felt aggrieved: "Don't you believe me, mother?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just..." Ms. Zhou wavered and panicked for a moment, "She is a relative after all. She can't really want to harm you? As a reporter, you will definitely no longer be a relative in the future. Besides, it’s hard to explain this kind of thing. If word spreads and everyone knows that you are in the same room with another man, will you want to get married in the future? "
Chu Yao has been able to survive until now. She didn't care what others said before, but she didn't expect her mother to say the same thing, and even her mother didn't stand on her side.
"If I hadn't been deceived by my aunt, how could I have been in the same room with a strange man? Besides, he didn't succeed. If I want to get married in the future, what does it have to do with this matter?"
Mrs. Zhou was so anxious that she rubbed her hands and murmured: "Since he didn't succeed, you shouldn't have reported it to the official. Moreover, you hurt someone like that. We won't be held accountable in court..."
Chu Yao suddenly couldn't hold herself any longer. All her pretended calmness and strength collapsed at this moment. Tears of grievance and shame welled up. Her whole body felt hot and her shoulders were trembling: "They just expected that I would not dare to report to the official. He didn't dare to make this kind of thing public, so he dared to insult me like this! But why? Why did I have to swallow it even after being insulted? And why did he think that if he got his hands on my body, he would expect me to succumb to him? I prefer We need to make this matter bigger, so that those with evil intentions and dirty thoughts will all be punished!"
Mrs. Zhou did not expect her daughter to suddenly collapse, and was stunned for a moment: "I..."
Chu Yao lowered her head and sobbed, biting her lip and trying to calm down again, but once the accumulated emotions opened the gate, it was difficult to regain them. Her throat was choked and sore. The more she tried to endure it, the more her body shivered...
A neat blue brocade handkerchief was handed to her.
"Don't be afraid, Mrs. Chu, I support you." The clear voice had a soothing tone, and he looked up at the hand holding the brocade handkerchief. Jiang Qingci was sitting opposite her, dressed in brocade, like the shining white snow on the mountain. He calmly and gently dispelled the resentment in her heart, "I will accompany you to court. I believe you are innocent. You only hurt others to protect yourself. You are not afraid..."
"Thank you..." she choked.
"Stop crying..." His eyes reflected her long eyelashes that were wet from crying, the red corners of her eyes and nose, and her bitten lip. He felt something strange in his heart for no apparent reason, it seemed like pity, or perhaps no.
They took a carriage and arrived at the court first. Jiang Qingci accompanied Chu Yao to the court and reported the matter to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate's surname was Chen. He knew Jiang Qingci, and when he saw him standing with this young lady, he became more and more surprised, and he was very curious about the background of this young lady.
The person who came to report to the official before showed him a token and scared him. That person was actually from King Jinyang. Now King Jinyang has been enthroned as emperor in Kyoto. Unexpectedly, in this small county of Suizhou There are still old troops here.
The man reported to the official that someone was bullying the daughter of the people. County Magistrate Chen took the matter very seriously and dispatched almost all the officials in the government office to bring the person involved.
The dispatched government officials lived up to their expectations and brought back dozens of people, including a bride and groom in wedding clothes...
After a while, another cursing woman and an injured man lying on the wooden board were brought in - today's main perpetrator.
It is not a difficult case to judge. As long as there are witnesses and no small changes in punishment, the case can basically be solved.
County Magistrate Chen slapped the scarecrow to stop the woman who was scolding vigorously, and first slapped her ten times for disturbing the court. This immediately intimidated everyone, and they all fell into silence, asking and answering questions.
When asked who saw Chu Yao being taken to the yard next door, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and everyone shook their head and said they didn't see it.
In the end, the only ones who stood up were Qiu He, the daughter of the third aunt, and Su, the second daughter-in-law of the aunt.
Qiu He testified that it was her aunt who took Chu Yao away, and Su even more testified that she had heard her mother-in-law discussing with her second aunt, third aunt and others about marrying Chu Yao, and even discussing what to do after the matter was completed. Divide Chu Yao's property: mother-in-law wants Chu Yao to buy a new house, second aunt wants Chu Yao's shop, third aunt and the woman want to share Chu Yao's thousand taels of silver...
Su said: "I originally wanted to find an opportunity to remind cousin A-Yao, but I never found the opportunity today, and I never thought that my mother-in-law and others would choose to attack cousin A-Yao today..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was horrified. My aunt and two aunts knelt on the ground and said they were wronged. Su's husband, Chu Yao's second cousin, even grabbed Su's hand and wanted to hit her. After being restrained by the government officials, he broke Cursing: "You bitch, spitting blood, don't you think I'll take care of you when I turn around?"
Su Ming Nian, a delicate and delicate talented woman, straightened her back and said calmly: "Sir, what I just said is true. The reason why my mother-in-law wants cousin A Yao's house is because my husband raises her outside. The second aunt wanted a shop for business, and the third aunt wanted money because her cousin was addicted to gambling and was in debt, so she wanted to hold a wedding banquet today. I borrowed all the money from my mother-in-law..."
When the bride who got married today heard this, she immediately lifted her hijab and regretted not getting married.
The court suddenly became a mess again, with beatings, scoldings, crying, and quarrels, and there was a lot of turmoil.
It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs, let alone the affairs of so many families. County Magistrate Chen almost broke the alarm and could not stop him for a while. In the end, he could not ask the Yamen to separate everyone, and interrogated each household. After hearing Chu Yao's case, they also tried two marital disputes.
One is today's bride and groom. The bride claims that the marriage is invalid because they did not drink the wine and did not get married. She is willing to return all the betrothal gifts, and the county magistrate approves.
Another case was between Su Nian and Chu Yao's second cousin. The second cousin wanted to divorce his wife, and Su Nian wanted to reconcile. The county magistrate said that Su Nian had not committed the crime of seven outings, so he could only reconcile, but not divorce his wife.
As for Chu Yao, because she was not the one who hit him, she does not need to bear any responsibility. The man could not tell who the person who hit him was, but it was true that he insulted Chu Yao, and he was included in the list with his mother. In prison. Chu Yao's aunt, aunt, and others also have to go to jail for a period of reflection because they deliberately instigated and abetted others to commit crimes...
