After a while, Luo Youde was brought up. He happened to see Zheng Luoshi being taken down. He couldn't help but kowtow and said loudly: "My lords, my daughter is weak and cannot withstand torture." Then he turned to Zheng Ping and shouted: : "Master Zheng, this daughter of mine treats you with all her heart. Why did you let her enter the Yamen and be beaten like this?"
Guo Langzhong drank: "In the roaring court, according to the law, you should be beaten with ten sticks. Considering that you are old, I will give you five sticks first."
Luo Youde cried and cried. Although he was nearly 60 years old, his strength was astonishing. He was able to throw away two government officials, and finally he was successfully tortured by four government officials who held him down. Seeing how hard the old man was exerting himself, and the five sticks being beaten by the Yamen servant really hard, Na Luo Youde stopped.
"Luo Youde, I have something to ask you, please answer me honestly." Guo Langzhong was stunned, frightening Luo Youde, and he nodded repeatedly.
"Just now Zheng Luoshi has confessed that eighteen years ago, the Zheng family took away twelve tea trees from the Luo family, causing your family to make ends meet. Later, your father became seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment, so he sold her sister. Zheng Luoshi held a grudge for this. Heart, so he poisoned the Zheng family’s tea cake mold. Do you know about this? "
"Your Excellency, it is clear that the Zheng family did collude with County Magistrate He and took away the twelve tea trees from my family. This caused my family's livelihood to be cut off. My father was so angry that he suddenly fell ill. In order to treat my father's illness, I had to sell I married my poor little daughter. But all these things have passed. Later, life at home got better, and we never mentioned it. Official Zheng took a liking to my eldest daughter and came to my house to propose marriage. My eldest daughter was also very happy at that time. , you didn’t say you wanted revenge. Your Excellency Mingjian, we really don’t know anything about this revenge.” Luo Youde cried and said: “It’s not our Luo family’s fault, right? They’ve all married into the Zheng family. He is already a member of the Zheng family."
Mr. Guo sneered and said: "You are so generous. According to you, the Zheng family almost killed your father, which can be regarded as revenge for killing his father. But you happily married your daughter? What is the truth? You Do you want to eat five more sticks before you are willing to tell the truth?"
"I said, I said. I'm old and can't stand the beating. My father's serious illness has nothing to do with the Zheng family." After saying this, Luo Youde glanced at Zheng Ping guiltily, and Zheng Ping looked disdainful. , sneered at him. Luo Youde immediately straightened up and said: "But the tea tree was indeed stolen from us by the Zheng family. The Zheng family is very wealthy, but our family has to think about what to do with the next meal after having one meal. Besides, I I still remember that County Magistrate He said that the tea tree was not originally from our family. The wild tea tree was also owned by the government. The tea tree belonged to the government camp. Within a few days, the Zheng family said that the tea tree belonged to his family. My father happened to be ill, so we said it was because of the incident involving the Zheng family that we were angry. In fact, my father had always been in poor health and his family was poor. In order to save money, he made his own medicine. Later, he became seriously ill and asked for help from the town. The doctor who went to the hospital came to see the medicine and found that it was medicine from the Shen family's pharmacy. The medicine was very expensive. So I had no choice but to sell the youngest of the family. My eldest daughter refused to die, so I locked her up. In the firewood shed, Ping Niang was sold. Later, life at home got better, and Mr. Zheng took good care of our tofu shop, so we got married. Besides, Mr. Zheng was still young at that time, and they were all in the same family. It's our senior's business." Luo Youde wiped his sweat as he spoke and glanced at Su Huangzhe who was listening to the trial in the hall.
Zheng Ping's eyes were wide open and bloodshot, but he still saluted and gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Guo, please check this tea tree matter. The evidence is there. Oh, Master Taishan, I really I didn’t know you were so considerate, but I’ve never heard your family say a single word about such a big thing. Back then, you specially arranged for me to come to your tofu shop, wasn’t it just to let me meet Qiao Niang? Your family is so thoughtful I thought the arrangement was to catch up with our Zheng family, but now it seems that the whole family is out for revenge."
Luo Youde hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no. Mr. Guo, that Mr. Zheng, don't say that. We really have never thought about revenge. This Qiao Niang is out of her mind. She can't live a good life just for Ping. My mother has brought such a big mistake." Luo Youde turned around and kowtowed to Mr. Guo in the hall, crying: "Master Qingtian, this beautiful mother is a married woman, and she has nothing to do with our Luo family. She was When I got married, I was overjoyed and not unhappy at all. Who knows if life was not going well for me later on, so I had these messy thoughts."
Guo Langzhong nodded to Su Huangzhe and Dai Chang next to him, and asked people to take Luo Youde and Zheng Ping down, and Luo Youcai up.
Guo Langzhong asked while flipping through the case file: "Your eldest brother Luo Youde and you Zheng Ping have just explained clearly. You can add some more. Mainly about the twelve wild tea trees, and what is your relationship with the Zheng family?"
Luo Youcai was ten years younger than Luo Youde. Different from Luo Youde's stocky appearance as a farmer, Luo Youcai had a big belly and weak legs. He wore a dark red silk robe and had the look of a wealthy country gentleman. Luo Youcai was dripping with sweat when he came in. As he wiped his sweat, he said: "What are the twelve wild tea trees? This, I really don't know about this. The relationship between the Zheng family, the Zheng family is our in-laws, what's there to say? Mr. Zheng is the son-in-law of our Luo family. He comes to our house every year and festival, and walks around normally on weekdays. Mr. Zheng was attracted by my Qiao Niang. My brother and the others thought he arranged for the two of them to meet, but in fact I know that Mr. Zheng has been hanging around my house for a long time just to meet Qiao Niang. He really likes our Qiao Niang."
Luo Youcai's speech was not very clear, and he always seemed to be slobbering when he spoke. He kept repeating that the Luo family and the Zheng family were related by marriage, and he didn't know anything about the twelve tea trees.
Several people returned to the back hall and were exhausted after interrogating for a whole day. Mr. Guo picked up the tea bowl beside him and drank heavily. Although his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was very relaxed. After drinking enough tea, he hummed a tuneless tune and swayed his legs.
"Hey, Mr. Su, you, Mr. Su, have almost finished the trial, and you are still holding your case file and staring at it." As he spoke, Mr. Guo lowered his head and saw his tattered black cloth shoes, and couldn't help but say: "This Remember to include my shoes in the official subsidy for this time, running back and forth is really expensive. By the way, do you want the girl from the An family to be written in the closing file? However, this Zheng Luoshi is really acting like it, it is not the girl from the An family who has already I saw the flaw, it’s really hard for me to interrogate this Zheng Luoshi.”
"This case cannot be closed yet." Su Huangzhe closed the case file and threw it aside. He took the tea bowl and took a sip. He turned back and said to Xiao Yi: "Go and invite Miss An's family here and say that there is progress in my case. She will definitely come."
After Xiao Yi left, Langzhong Guo took off his official hat, rubbed his head and said, "Brother Su, do you have a crush on someone else's girl or something? Why did you call this An family girl here for this case? Isn't that all? Are you clear?" Dai Chang frowned and said, "Mr. Su, it's not that I'm in a hurry. This case has already been registered in front of the Holy Master. If it drags on for a long time, I can't afford it. Now it's poisonous. The person and the poison have been identified, and the testimonials and witnesses are complete, so why add extraneous details?"
Su Huangzhe said sternly: "This is a serious case, and it must be done in detail. Now the confessions and witnesses are complete, but the details cannot withstand scrutiny. This case needs to be dug deeper. Dai Chang, your concerns are mine. I know, now the most important thing is to settle the case with peace of mind."
Dai Chang sighed and stopped talking.
