There was a huge crowd outside the prefect's mansion, and the streets were jam-packed with people.
Mr. Chen sued Miss Qing'er of Yichun Yuan. This incident was even more sensational than the news of the surrender of the Turks the day before yesterday.
More and more people gathered outside, and a railing on the street of Taishou Fukou had just been pushed down by the crowd. Many people fell into the small ditch behind like dumplings.
The incident was too sudden, and the crowd was talking about it, finding it a bit strange.
What happened yesterday was very obvious. According to scholar's death, it had nothing to do with Miss Qing'er.
Mr. Chen has been scolded and beaten, and he is still pestering her, which inevitably seems to be unseemly.
It's just that there are only a few people who can say something bad about Mr. Chen on the street, and more people just want to watch the excitement.
Bai Song squeezed into the crowd and only held Dongxiang's hand. No one could see Dongxiang. He used brute force to reach the gate of the prefect's mansion, but he was already sweating profusely.
More than a dozen officials blocked the door and tried their best to prevent the people from entering.
Bai Song was stopped by an officer and watched from a distance as Miss Mo knelt down in the courtroom and was actually shackled!
Bai Song was anxious, knowing that Miss Mo was alone in Jixian County, and now being bullied by an old man like this, he was really unhappy.
"It's convenient, it's convenient..."
Bai Song took out some broken silver and stuffed it into the head of the official.
The official looked at Bai Song, weighed the money and asked doubtfully, "Who are you?"
"I...I am Ms. Qing'er's lawyer."
The official looked at Bai Song and nodded.
Bai Song hurried in, turned around and said to Dongxiang: "Wait for me here."
There were many people outside the Prefect's Mansion, and there were also many people inside. There were some students and gentlemen from Shangxian Book Club, and some girls from Yichun Academy.
They all watched Mo Jiqing and followed him.
When the old bustard of Yichun Court saw Bai Song, he hurriedly came over and said anxiously: "Mr. Bai, you must save Qing'er."
"what happened?"
"We didn't know that people from the prefect's residence came early in the morning and chained up Miss Qing'er without saying a word. It must be that Miss Qing'er deceived the scholar who jumped into the river. This is to cover up the crime of murder on Qing'er. On the head!"
Bai Song looked at the courtroom and saw that Mr. Chen was standing on one side of the crowd, sitting silently with a cold face.
Next to Mr. Chen, it was Li Zhan, the King of Shu, holding a cup of tea, still smiling, as if he didn't care about the case.
In the hall, the governor Jiang Yu's face was ashen, and he listened seriously to the crying of the two old men in the hall.
Bai Song pointed to the two old men crying in the hall and asked, "Who are those two people?"
"They are the parents of the scholar who jumped into the river."
Bai Song nodded, left the girls and walked towards the court.
As soon as Bai Song approached, the guard at the door immediately stopped him.
Bai Song once again told that he was Ms. Qing'er's lawyer.
After listening, the official went into the court to report, and was immediately summoned by the governor to enter the court.
Bai Song entered and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Mo Jiqing, who was kneeling on the ground, turned around and looked at the man in surprise.
"Mr. Bai..."
She didn't expect this man to appear, thinking that he might be worried about her in the crowd outside, but she never thought that this man would appear in front of her so quickly.
After shouting softly, Bai Song just nodded to him without saying anything, and raised his fist towards the governor in the hall: "Bai Song, a common man, comes to see you, the governor."
An officer next to him hit the ground with a stick and shouted: "You still don't kneel before your lord."
Bai Song didn't panic at all and said calmly: "I am Miss Qing'er's lawyer. I am not allowed to kneel in court."
"Lawyer?" Jiang Yu looked at the young man thoughtfully, "But I have never heard that this prisoner has a lawyer. Defendant, can you admit this?"
Mo Jiqing frowned. She didn't want Young Master Bai to be involved, so she turned around and whispered: "Young Master Bai, please leave quickly. This matter has nothing to do with you."
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will never let them convict you! Trust me!"
Although Bai Song's voice was soft, it was unusually firm. After hearing Bai Song's words, Mo Jiqing suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of security and an unprecedented sense of warmth in his heart...
In a daze, Mo Jiqing's heart was shaken. She looked back at the officials in the hall and nodded solemnly.
With his identity, Bai Song looked around. In addition to the people before him, there was also a young man beside the scholar's parents. He was dressed as a scholar, holding a fan, and looked contented.
Judging from his location, he must be the lawyer representing the plaintiff.
At the same time, this person's face looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
Bai Song looked at the other person, and the man also looked at Bai Song, but his eyes looked at Bai Song with a hint of hatred, and he was obviously not on the right track with Bai Song.
Seeing the look in the other person's eyes, Bai Song suddenly realized that this person was none other than Su Ming, the most talented man who was beaten to death by him while playing chess on the flower boat yesterday.
It turns out that this talented man also handles complaints.
He was a chess player before and is now a lawyer. When the two of them looked at each other, they instantly felt like they were at war with each other.
Although there was hatred in Su Ming's eyes, it soon turned into a smile. He seemed to be happy that he finally had a chance to regain his face. He handed over to Bai Songyi: "Mr. Bai, we meet again."
Bai Songli ignored him and turned to ask the governor in the hall: "What crime did the defendant commit? Does he need to be shackled first?"
Su Ming immediately answered: "In serious cases where human life is at stake, according to law, you can be sentenced first."
"So, the governor has concluded the case and determined that Miss Qing'er is the murderer? In that case, why should there be a trial? Just drag the defendant out and behead him!"
"There are still doubts about the case, and I am..."
"I have doubts. Since I have doubts, it means there is no irrefutable evidence that this case is related to Miss Qing'er. In this case, I wonder if the governor thinks it is reasonable at this time?!"
"This..." The governor seemed serious, but in fact he was a little indecisive. Today, he was under the double pressure of King Shu and Mr. Chen, who wanted to handle the case as quickly as possible.
But he didn't expect that in just two quarters of an hour, so many people would come outside.
What's more, I didn't expect that a lawyer would come out halfway.
Bai Song didn't know much, but a discerning person would know at a glance that this case was a case of bullying. Since the case was decided based on the situation, let the officials see what the general trend is? !
After questioning, Bai Song turned around and shouted outside: "Let the people of Jixian also take a look, is it reasonable now?!"
Bai Song roared, and the girls from Yichun Court outside the court were the first to shout: "Unreasonable! Unreasonable..."
The voice quickly affected the crowd outside the prefect's mansion. No one dared to talk about Mr. Chen, but what's so scary about shouting "unreasonable"?
Suddenly, earth-shattering shouts rang out outside.
When the governor saw this, there was a small amount of sweat on his forehead.
Bai Song waved his hands to Mr. Jiang: "Sir, have you seen this? This is what the people want."
The governor hesitated for a moment, then pointed at someone and said, "Hurry up and get the things down."
Bai Song smiled proudly and gave Mo Jiqing a firm look. Mo Jiqing didn't say anything, his eyes were filled with emotion.
"The shackles are off, but they are only temporary. Don't be too happy too soon." Su Ming whispered, "Mr. Chen is my classmate. Although his death was not directly caused by the defendant, it is inseparable from the defendant. . As early as half a month ago, Mr. Chen had been writing to the girl every day. From the letters found in the Chen family, it is easy to see that Mr. Chen was obsessed with the defendant and squandered no less than a thousand taels of silver for him. Not only did he scatter all the family wealth, He also mortgaged the title of his house, leaving the two elders homeless. Everyone knows that Mr. Chen was completely desperate for the defendant and had thoughts of committing suicide. If it were not for the temptation of the defendant, Mr. Chen would never have thought of committing suicide. "
After saying that, the two elders who were kneeling on the ground began to cry cooperatively, telling how their children were well-behaved and obedient and studied hard.
Everything changed only after getting to know Qing'er, and he insisted that Qing'er was a witch and asked the governor to give him justice.
Bai Song listened on the side, and the matter was no different from what the outside world had reported, except that in addition to the accusations of the two old people, it was said that there were also letters between Mr. Chen and Miss Qing'er.
This letter is key evidence.
Because judging from the dates of these letters, it can be clearly seen that at the beginning of the two people's acquaintance, the letters of the so-called "Qing'er" girl contained many lingering love words.
If someone who doesn't know the reason reads it, they will definitely think that this letter is a communication between lovers.
And silver coins are often mentioned in letters. There are always various things in the writings of the girl "Qing'er" that require money.
For example, what kind of jewelry do you like?
For example, if you want to give porridge to poor people.
He even directly mentioned how much it would take to redeem himself.
In the recent letters exchanged, the girl "Qing'er" has obviously lost interest in Mr. Chen, and her writing has gradually become colder. Except for still mentioning money, there will be no love words between you and me.
Judging from the contents of Mr. Chen’s letters, there were early signs of suicide, but Miss Qing’er was unmoved.
If the letters between the two parties are combined into the entire case, Miss Qing'er does have a great responsibility.
Bai Song read a manuscript and went through the whole story in his mind, but he didn't believe it at all. This was obviously someone forging evidence. Based on Bai Song's understanding of Mo Jiqing, even if she had feelings for someone, she wouldn't Say a lot of disgusting things in the letter.
Mo Jiqing also denied all the letters and said she was willing to check the writing immediately. The words in the letters were not written by her at all.
Bai Song was very calm and signaled to Mo Jiqing to be calm and calm. The matter had not yet reached the point where word verification was needed.
Bai Song held up a few manuscripts and questioned Su Ming: "It's just a few letters, how can they be convicted of murder? Do men and women in this world have to accept love from others as long as they receive love letters? Is there anyone in the world who refuses the courtship of the opposite sex? Everyone is responsible for the person who died in love? The love between a man and a woman is divided into two parts: Mr. Su, if a pig says it loves you now, but you don't accept it, and the pig turns around and hits a tree and dies, you Are you responsible?"
"You...you are using strong words, and the content in the letter is obviously seductive."
"The pig said that you took another look in the crowd, and it also meant to seduce you. Seduction is just your feeling! How can you rely on your feeling to decide the case? Then I feel that you want to kill me now. Out of self-protection, I If I kill you first, am I not breaking the law?"
