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In the end, Zhou An didn't take it seriously: "Why are you panicking? What are those people doing here?"

"They said that the young master committed a crime, and the county magistrate ordered them to come and bring the young master to court."

"Isn't it just a formality? What's all the fuss about?"

Zhou An calmly got up and put on his clothes...

In the end, before he could wash up, he was forcibly twisted and taken away from the Zhou residence by two yamen servants.

"Hey, my young master warns you, our Zhou family is not easy to mess with..."

Up to this moment, this kid is still showing off his prestige as a young master.

If it were the same as before, these yamen servants might buy him some face.

But now, they had known for a long time that the county magistrate was determined to deal with Chu Huairen and Zhou An, otherwise he would not reopen the case with great fanfare.

So, naturally, he kicked him mercilessly and said, "Be honest!"

In line with the mentality of a good man not to suffer immediate losses, Zhou An stopped making trouble for the time being, thinking that he will deal with you short-sighted guys after he gets down.

When he arrived at the court, the guy cupped his hands at the magistrate with a playful smile and said, "My nephew has met the lord, my father said for a long time..."

But before he could finish speaking, the county magistrate slapped the gavel heavily and shouted, "Kneel down!"

"mighty!"

A group of yamen servants roared in unison.

Now, Zhou An finally knew that things were not that simple.

But this kid still doesn't want to kneel...

"boom!"

"Let you kneel down!"

A yamen servant stepped forward and kicked Zhou An, forcing Zhou An to kneel down.

"Zhou An, now Zhao Deshui and his wife are suing you and your cousin Chu Huairen for committing a crime in the street, causing Zhao Deshui's right leg to be disabled, can you plead guilty?"

How could Zhou An obediently plead guilty?Immediately began to cry: "My lord, I am wronged. At that time, my cousin and I just had a few words with Zhao Deshui's wife.

In the end, Zhao Deshui insisted that we were molesting his wife, and punched him without saying a word.

We were forced to fight back..."

This guy turned black and white in court and bit Zhao Deshui back.

"Bold, there are so many people at the scene who saw it with their own eyes. It was obviously the two of you who did it first. This is a testimony. You need to keep your eyes open to see clearly."

The master will immediately take down the testimony for Zhou An to read...

Chapter 18 Ten-year-old talent

After the interrogation by the county magistrate was over, Gu Ming also started to act as a lawyer, interrogating Zhou Anlai in court.

"Zhou An, let me ask you, did you and your cousin Chu Renhuai know the plaintiff Zhao Wu before?"

"This...recognizes...recognizes..."

"Know? Really? Then tell me how you met Zhao Wu?"

"This... this..."

"boom!"

In the courtroom, the county magistrate patted the gavel at the right time: "Zhou An, I advise you to answer the questions honestly. If you dare to make up things, I will impose an additional crime on you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou An was taken aback, and changed his words: "No... I don't know..."

"Hehe," Gu Ming smiled and said, "I don't know each other, what are you two big men talking to Mrs. Zhao Wu for no reason?

It's clear that she saw that she looks juicy, so she took the opportunity to strike up a conversation and flirt with her..."

"You...you spitting blood, I didn't, I really didn't..."

"No? Then the question comes back again, why did you strike up a conversation with Mrs. Zhao Wu?"

"This..." Zhou An was in a cold sweat, his eyes rolled around, trying to find an excuse.

"My lord~" Gu Ming turned around and saluted the county magistrate, "The situation at that time was like this, the plaintiff Zhao Deshui went to the street with his wife to buy some cloth for making shoes.

Mrs. Zhao Wu took a fancy to a few pairs of shoe soles at Aunt Qian's booth, negotiated the price, and found that she didn't have enough money with her, so she was going to ask her husband to get the money.

At this time, Zhao Deshui was talking to Chen Tiejiang from Chen's Iron Shop.

At the same time, defendant Zhou An and his cousin Chu Huairen approached Zhao Wu's family, frivolously blocked his way, and said some obscene and shameless words.

Shy and anxious, Zhao Wushi turned around to avoid the entanglement of the two.

In the end, Zhou An and the two even held her hand with a playful smile, saying that they wanted to invite her to drink tea...

Aunt Qian has seen all of this, she has recorded the testimony, adults can take a look at it.

Just based on this point, it can be fully explained that Zhou An and the two clearly have evil intentions, intending to molest good women in broad daylight..."

"The adults are wronged, the villain... the villain confessed...

That's right, at that time, the villain and his cousin did see Zhao Wu's good looks, and they were dizzy for a while, so they stepped forward...to strike up a conversation.

Afterwards, Zhao Deshui ran over, and made a move without saying a word..."

This guy finally confessed some, but he still avoided the most important thing and wanted to get rid of the crime.

It's a pity that he was completely at a disadvantage, so how could he just say it?

Firstly, several witnesses came forward to testify; secondly, Mr. Li had greeted him, so the county magistrate could not favor him; thirdly, he had the misfortune to meet Gu Ming...

After repeated questioning and questioning by Gu Ming, the guy finally had a mental breakdown and pleaded guilty in tears.

In this way, the case finally has a clue.

Next, it depends on whether the government servants sent to Taizhou can bring Chu Huairen back smoothly.

……

Let's say that after the government servants sent to Taizhou arrived in Taizhou, they immediately went to the government office to hand over the official document, requesting the government government to cooperate in the arrest of Chu Huairen.

As a result, the person in charge agreed readily, but dragged his feet in delaying his actions.

In fact, at this time, someone in the yamen had already gone to inform the Chu family.

For government officials, this is another opportunity to make a fortune...

When something like this happened, how could the Chu family not settle it with some money?

Sure enough, as soon as Master Chu heard that Tiantai County sent people to arrest his favorite youngest son, he immediately became anxious like an ant on a hot nest. He ordered his youngest son to find a place to hide quickly, and at the same time prepared generous gifts and ran to the Yamen to find someone. , wanting to settle this matter.

On the other side, the government officials from Tiantai County were waiting for news at the inn.

Suddenly, someone threw a note in from outside, opened it, and the two yamen servants couldn't help but look at each other.

Because the note said that someone had already notified Chu Huairen that the kid was going to flee Taizhou to hide.But as soon as he left the city, he was tied up, and now he is in a forest in the north of the city...

The two yamen servants were dubious and didn't go to inform the government office, but immediately followed the address on the note to find it.

In the end, Chu Huairen was found tied to a tree in a small forest.

This guy is freaking out...

He thought he was being kidnapped, his mouth was gagged and he couldn't speak, and as a result, his pants were all wet.

When the yamen servant came to him, he yelled "uuuuuuu" as if he had seen a great savior.

The yamen servant stepped forward and tore the rag out of his mouth, Chu Huairen took a few deep breaths, and then said anxiously: "Quick, untie me quickly, take me away quickly, someone kidnapped Master Ben .”

"who are you?"

In fact, the two yamen servants had already confirmed that the other party was Chu Huairen. After all, they were carrying a portrait of Chu Huairen on this trip. This guy was quite recognizable. His eyebrows were almost connected together, which is what people often call a one-word eyebrow.

"This young master is Chu Huairen, which yamen are you from? Don't you know this young master?"

At this time, this guy is still showing off his prestige.

"We are from the Tiantai County Yamen. This time, under the order of the county magistrate, we are here to arrest you and bring you back to the Tiantai County Yamen for interrogation. This is an official document..."

"What? How dare you arrest me? I'm going to sue you, I'm going to the government office to sue you..."

"Noisy!"

One of the yamen servants simply picked up the rag and stuffed it back...

……

As expected, after learning that Chu Renhuai had been arrested in the Tiantai county government, the Taizhou government not only came to pressure with official documents, but even came to directly pressure the county magistrate with a six-rank general judgment.

Of course, it is impossible to release him directly, after all, the case has almost been finalized, and we only need to wait for Chu Huairen to plead guilty.

If the county magistrate is forced to release him, he will lose his grip.

Therefore, the Taizhou government made an excuse, saying that the Chu family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Taizhou, so they asked Tiantai County to hand over the case for a new trial by the government.

Without the secret support of Mr. Li, how could the county magistrate dare to say no?

But now, his attitude is unprecedentedly tough, and he is determined not to let him go, saying that the case has attracted the attention of the people of the whole county, and the county government has also posted a notice that a public trial will be held in front of the people.

Now, the magistrate of Taizhou was furious, and he asked someone to bring a letter to the magistrate of Tiantai to say something threatening.

It means that if the county magistrate is still disobedient, it will be difficult to protect the black hat.

Such threatening words really made the county magistrate a little scared, so he had to run to find Master Li.

Master Li comforted him a bit, saying how can a mere magistrate have the right to remove a county magistrate?The big deal is to report to the Ministry of Officials for a black case.

As for the Ministry of Officials, he has personally sent a letter to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he will definitely keep the county magistrate, so that he can rest assured that he will try the case boldly.

Now, the county magistrate finally settled down and started handling the case with great fanfare.

Under the publicity of people with good intentions, this case not only caused a sensation in Tiantai County, but soon spread throughout the entire Taizhou Prefecture.

Now, many people in Taizhou Prefecture who had been oppressed came together one after another, and finally formed a [-]-member suing group and went to Tiantai County to sue...

This is exactly what Gu Ming wanted.

After all, based on the case of Zhao Deshui and his wife alone, it is difficult to convict Chu Huairen of a felony. At worst, he will be imprisoned for a year or so, and then pay some money or something.

At that time, that guy will still be at large.

However, it is different when the people of Taizhou Prefecture come to complain. After all, Chu Huairen has been responsible for several murders... Once convicted, beheading is inevitable.

But at this time, the whole Chu family panicked, desperately spending money and looking for relationships.

And Taizhou Mansion saw that things were getting worse and worse, and began to feel that something was wrong...

At this time, the higher-ups also began to exert pressure.

Only then did the Taizhou magistrate realize that behind this case, there must be someone big and powerful backing him.

In this way, this guy took advantage of the opportunity, and his attitude changed a lot. He sent government officials to Tiantai County to assist in the trial, saying that it must be handled impartially, and give an explanation to the victims.

The Chu family was completely dumbfounded.

Their relationship depends entirely on the government office, and now even the magistrate doesn't help them, who else can they turn to?

No matter how much money is spent, it must be able to find the temple gate to burn incense.

Under the attack of rage, Master Chu didn't slow down...hiccup.

Without resistance, the case would be easier to handle.

The common people from Taizhou Mansion jointly signed a letter to sue, and wrote out the crimes committed by Chu Huairen one by one, which can be described as bloody and tear-stained, too numerous to write.

Within a few days, the case was finally settled. Zhou An was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 1000 taels of silver to compensate the victim.

As for Chu Huairen... because of his heinous crimes, after consulting the government office, he was finally sentenced to death!

In other words, there is no need to wait for the autumn queen to ask about beheading, the sentence will be issued, and the beheading will be pushed to Caishikou in court to show the public.

Chu Huairen suffered bad retribution, and his death was like a lamp being extinguished, so the previous talk about redeeming Dongxiang would naturally be forlorn.

At this time, Gu Ming came forward at the right time and came to Yingxiangyuan and said that he wanted to redeem Miss Dongxiang's body.

The old lady didn't make things difficult, and ransom her body according to Chu Huairen's previous ransom of 3000 taels of silver.

Of the 3000 taels, Gu Ming gave out 500 taels, and the remaining 500 taels were Dongxiang's savings.