Zhu Yuanyu was a suspect and was originally going to be escorted to the Yamen by the Yamen. However, because of Zhu Dafu's strength, the Yamen did not dare to offend him deeply, so Zhu Yuanyu was carried there in a sedan.
The village chief and several villagers walked behind the sedan with unwavering expressions on their faces. I originally thought that the government official would treat him fairly, but the government officials were still afraid of Zhu Dafu's power and did not dare to offend him at all. Zhu Yuanyu looked like he was being detained for interrogation and punishment. He was simply invited to participate. It's like a banquet.
Fortunately, Zhu's residence is not far from the Yamen, otherwise the Yamen would not come here on foot.
The officer looked at Zhu Dafu and Zhu Yuanyu riding in the sedan, and they were walking by themselves, feeling uncomfortable.
Along the way, Zhu Dafu kept comforting Zhu Yuanyu, telling him not to worry. No one in this place dared to bully their Zhu family. Don't say that Zhu Yuanyu didn't kill anyone. Even if he killed someone, it wasn't his fault.
Zhu Dafu scolded the village chief fiercely: "You stupid thing! If you dare to wrongly accuse my son, Zhu Dafu, I will deal with you!"
When the village chief and several villagers heard this, they shuddered and couldn't help but feel worried. This Zhu Dafu was not a good person! Even if it is confirmed that Zhu Yuanyu killed someone, Zhu Dafu might be able to pressure the county officials to release him, and then they will be the ones to deal with it. It would be even worse if Zhu Yuanyu was really wronged.
So the village chief and several villagers began to feel uneasy, hoping that the county magistrate would show his power and deal with Zhu Dafu and Zhu Yuanyu at once.
Even though everyone has different thoughts, they are all men, and they can walk quickly and reach the Yamen in the blink of an eye.
In front of the Yamen, a circle of people had gathered around me. Judging by their clothes, they were clearly ordinary people watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.
Some of Zhu Yuanyu thought they looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, they turned out to be the villagers who held torches and said they wanted to burn him to death yesterday.
Judging from the strong hatred towards Zhu Yuanyu on their faces, they were probably relatives of the deceased.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't care what they thought of him. Anyway, he knew that he had never killed anyone, neither he nor the original person.
As for the so-called evidence that he committed murder, he will expose it in court.
There was no murder, so where is the evidence? If it's not a misunderstanding, it's a forgery.
To be honest, with Zhu Yuanyu's ability, he can solve all problems in minutes. If it weren't for the reputation of the Zhu family, and to repay Zhu Dafu and Wang Chunmei for loving him so much, he wouldn't be so boring and stupid to go to court!
They want a murderer, okay! Give them a murderer later!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanyu raised his chin, and the sturdy servant immediately stepped forward to push through the crowd and clear the way for Zhu Yuanyu.
Zhu Yuanyu shook the fan, which he had brought from Zhu's house. At that time, Wang Chunmei saw that he liked it and said that she would buy him more and let him take turns to change it every day.
Zhu Yuanyu refused very sincerely. He only wanted this one because it suited his taste. The fan had the words he personally inscribed on it - high-end, classy, cool and awesome!
Although Wang Chunmei didn't understand what it meant, she couldn't resist her doting on her son. Everything his son wrote was beautiful and everything he wrote was correct!
Zhu Dafu has read books. Although he can't speak clearly, he still has the ability to appreciate. Although the words written by my son are not far away from a dog crawling, for some reason, he just feels domineering! I plan to have my son write an inscription on a plaque in his study as soon as I get back home! He also needs to be full of domineering attitude!
Zhu Yuanyu stepped into the court hall, and there was a plaque hanging above the front, with the inscription from right to left - The mirror hangs high.
The magistrate in official uniform was already seated, and next to him stood a figure like a master.
On both sides below the Lord of Gongtang County, there were Yamen servants standing with sticks in their hands.
The county magistrate was about forty or fifty years old, with a mustache and twinkling eyes, hesitant and unsteady. He did not look like an upright and upright official.
From his constant winks to Zhu Dafu, the master knew that if he was not Zhu Dafu's person, he was bribed by Zhu Dafu.
Zhu Yuanyu turned his eyes to the kneeling person. It seemed that this was the accuser.
Snapped!
"No noise in the courtroom!"
The county lord patted the gavel.
The noisy common people behind Zhu Yuanyu who were allowed to come in and watch fell silent instantly.
The county master pointed at Zhu Yuanyu, "Are you Zhu Yuanyu?"
Zhu Yuanyu put away his fan, "Exactly."
"Bold! Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Zhu Yuanyu was about to answer when he saw the master whispering a few words in the ear of the county master.
The county master nodded, turned to Zhu Yuanyu and said, "Since you have a great reputation, you don't need to kneel down. You can just answer standing up."
"yes."
The county magistrate cleared his voice and said, "According to the paper submitted by the accuser Zhu Daniu, it says that you committed murder and the victim was Zhu Daniu's wife. Can you plead guilty?"
"I didn't kill the person."
The county man nodded, "Yes. Zhu Daniu, you said that Zhu Yuanyu killed your wife, do you have any evidence?"
Zhu Daniu looked excited, "I do! My brother Zhu Erniu saw Zhu Yuanyu running out of my house with his own eyes, and his jade pendant fell next to my wife. He must have killed my wife! Sir! It must be him! You murderer Murderer! I'm going to kill you!" He said and pounced on Zhu Yuanyu.
Zhu Yuanyu dodged and avoided it. When the officer pressed Zhu Daniu down and knelt down again, he muttered: "Stupid human beings."
"Bold! How can you be so arrogant in the court? Come here! Use the stick to hit the five big boards as a punishment!"
The county master took a hard photo of the gavel.
Upon hearing this, the Yamen stepped forward to suppress Zhu Daniu and waved his imperial staff high.
After completing the five sticks, Zhu Daniu behaved himself and did not dare to make any mistakes.
Zhu Yuanyu quickly opened the fan and shook it, "Sir, since Zhu Daniu said that Zhu Erniu saw me coming out of his house, and his wife, the deceased, had my jade pendant next to him, why didn't he invite Zhu Erniu to come to court and face me face to face? Confrontation?"
"Come here! Pass to Zhu Erniu!"
Zhu Erniu was brought up.
Zhu Yuanyu took a look and saw that this Zhu Erniu was not as strong as Zhu Daniu, but the hatred in his eyes was the same.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't know that Zhu Daniu's wife, Li, treated Zhu Erniu very well. Because his mother died young, Zhu Erniu treated Li, who loved him very much, as his own mother and respected her very much.
His sister-in-law was killed, how could Zhu Erniu not hate him!
Zhu Erniu knelt down, with wet eyes and red eyes, "Sir, Zhu Yuanyu is indeed the murderer, I saw it with my own eyes! Please take a closer look!"
The county man touched his beard and pondered, "Where is the jade pendant?"
When Zhu Daniu heard this, he said, "It's here with me!" He quickly took out a purse made of coarse cloth. The purse was very crudely made, with what appeared to be a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it. He caressed his purse, then opened it and poured out a jade pendant. With the quality of the jade pendant, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that it was not something that a person of Zhu Daniu's status could possess.
An official presented it to the county magistrate. The county magistrate picked it up and saw that the jade pendant had the word "jade" engraved on the front.
"Zhu Yuanyu, is this jade pendant yours?" The county man asked Zhu Yuanyu to step forward to confirm.
Zhu Yuanyu responded readily, "Yes, it's mine."
Zhu Yuanyu's answer surprised the county master and the master, and they looked at each other.
Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu were also surprised. They didn't expect Zhu Yuanyu to admit it. They thought Zhu Yuanyu would deny that the jade pendant was not his. When they came to their senses, the two shouted "You are the murderer" and wanted to rush towards Zhu Yuanyu, but they were stopped by the officer.
Zhu Dafu was a little anxious. He didn't know why his son wanted to admit it. Wouldn't this be detrimental to him? When he took out the jade pendant, Zhu Dafu recognized that the jade pendant indeed belonged to his son, and he had given it to his son himself!
The courtroom was in an uproar, with people talking and pointing fingers.
"It's indeed him!"
"It's unkind to be rich!"
"The murderer must be severely punished! He cannot be allowed to escape justice!"
"Please, your lord, rule!"
Zhu Yuanyu saw that Zhu Dafu looked ugly, so he didn't want to delay it anymore. Let's fight it out. After that, he would go home for dinner. He was also hungry.
"Sir, the jade pendant belongs to me, but it has been lost for a long time."
The county magistrate suddenly realized what was going on and said, "Since it has been lost, it cannot be used as evidence."
Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu were shocked. The county master clearly favored Zhu Yuanyu by saying this.
The people watching also booed.
The county man was angry, "Quiet! Quiet!" The gavel slapped hard.
Everyone fell silent, but Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu couldn't.
"Sir! How can we conclude that he has lost this jade pendant based on his words! He must be talking nonsense!"
The county master waved his hand to stop the two people from talking.
"Whether it is true or not, I will let others find out."
"That's right." Zhu Yuanyu smiled, "My lord will let others find out whether the jade pendant was lost by me, but now I have to defend myself."
Zhu Yuanyu put away his fan, stared at Zhu Erniu and said, "Zhu Erniu, are you sure it's me you see?"
"Yes, it's you!" Zhu Erniu refused to be outdone.
"Then do you see my front side?" Zhu Yuanyu asked again.
"This... doesn't happen." Zhu Erniu hesitated.
"Then how did you know it was me?"
Zhu Erniu said contemptuously: "Don't deny it! It was clearly you! I saw you wearing those clothes that morning! It wasn't you or who else!"
"It's not me. What you saw was a murderer wearing my clothes."
After Zhu Yuanyu finished speaking calmly, he ignored Zhu Erniu and said to the county magistrate: "I know who the murderer is."
Zhu Yuanyu continued, "The murderer is Zhu Hui, the village chief's son."
What?
The people in the court couldn't react.
"You're talking nonsense!" The village chief was anxious, because it was so easy to involve his son.
"Okay, so it's you, you idiot!"
Zhu Dafu, who believed deeply in his son's words, crossed the crowd and crowded in front of Zhu Hui to yell angrily.
"No, it's not me! He's talking nonsense! He's unjust!" Zhu Hui was dripping with sweat and quickly waved his hands to deny it.
The county magistrate narrowed his eyes and said, "Bring us up!"
Zhu Hui's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground trembling all over. He cried mournfully: "My lord, I was wronged! Zhu Yuanyu had bad intentions. He killed him! Not me!"
Lord Zhu Yuanyu spoke up: "How dare you deny it! It was you who coveted Li's beauty. When Zhu Daniu was not around, you broke into his house and wanted to slay Li. When Li struggled to resist, you took evil from your heart and strangled him to death. Li! I’m right!”
Zhu Hui sweated even more and denied it.
Seeing that he didn't recognize him, Zhu Yuanyu winked at Li Zhuangzhuang. Li Zhuangzhuang nodded, turned around and escorted a woman in from outside the crowd.
Zhu Yuanyu had already arranged it, and before coming to the court, he had ordered Li Zhuangzhuang to escort Zhou Lijuan over.
"Sir, this woman is Zhu Hui's accomplice Zhou Lijuan. The two have been in an affair for a long time. Zhou Lijuan was behind all the arrangements and cover-ups after Zhu Hui killed this time. My jade pendant was lost and was picked up by Zhou Lijuan. Of course. After Zhu Hui committed the murder, he went to Zhou Lijuan for help, and Zhou Lijuan suggested that Zhu Hui pretend to be me and put the blame on me. Of course, the jade pendant was given to Zhu Hui by Zhou Lijuan. As for my clothes, they were stolen from the maid who served me."
Zhu Yuanyu paused and then continued: "Who in the whole Zhu family doesn't know that Xia Tian changes into two sets of clothes every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Zhou Lijuan must have taken away the clothes I wore in the morning while the maid was not paying attention. Zhu Hui and Zhu Daniu live in the same village. Of course they knew when he would come home, but at that time I didn't expect that it was Zhu Erniu who would come back. But it didn't matter who it was. What was important was that someone saw me coming out of Zhu Daniu's house and accidentally left me behind. Jade pendant, this can explain why Zhu Erniu only saw my back and judged that I was the murderer based on my clothes and jade pendant!"
Zhu Yuanyu finished the analysis and had a plan in mind.
Everyone in the court was in an uproar again.
"W-what's going on?"
"Yeah, I'm confused too..."
"Who is the murderer?"
"Could it really be Zhu Hui as he said? But we also need evidence..."
Zhu Dafu also looked excited, "What my son said is so good! The murderer must be Zhu Hui!"
Zhu Yuanyu raised the corners of his mouth, "If you want to confirm whether what I said is right, just ask."
As soon as they finished speaking, Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu looked at Zhu Hui and Zhou Lijuan with expressions of disbelief.
Snapped!
The county master knocked on the gavel and said, "Hurry up and get real!"
