I became the villain's deceased wife

Seeing that Xu Changshou was still hesitating, Zhu Kang increased the bet again.

"I heard that Magistrate Xu's son is only seventeen years old this year and is studying in Lin County. He will soon be dismissed..."

Xu Changshou had already clenched the gavel.

These people are so cruel!

Seeing that he couldn't control the situation, they started with his family.

"Please consider carefully what to do next, Mr. Magistrate!"

Xu Changshou tightened and loosened his grip on the gavel, and finally, he turned his gaze to Xie Yunzhe.

"Your purse was found on the deceased, and Hui ink from a bookstore was found in your cupboard.

Tell me, was it because Qiu Feng caught you stealing that you chose to kill him to silence him?"

Xie Yunzhe's face turned pale. He turned around and glanced at Song Tian outside the hall, and said calmly:

"Your Excellency, I didn't kill anyone.

The reason I asked for leave that day was because I found out that Song Jiao and Xie Yao, who had always been at odds with my wife, were afraid that they would harm my wife again, so I followed them to Xiangming Pavilion.

As for Hui ink, it is even more nonsense.

The cold noodle shop opened by my wife is very popular in the county, with monthly revenue reaching more than 600 taels.

Although Hui ink is expensive, one piece is no more than thirty taels of silver. The total price of a dozen pieces of Hui ink does not exceed five hundred taels.

If the county magistrate had read the books of sages, he would understand the choices made by scholars! "

He spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and the people in the hall and the common people outside heard it.

The crowd couldn't help but whisper:

"Yeah, is he crazy? He killed people just for this silver!"

Xu Changshou didn't move.

Zhu Kang couldn't sit still any longer.

“That’s exactly what I’m asking you!

If you didn't do it, why was Hui ink found in your private cupboard, and why was your purse on Qiu Feng's body!

If you don't confess the truth, you will be severely punished!"

Xie Yunzhe looked at him gloomily:

"Manager Zhu, I don't think I have ever offended you, why do you want to kill me?

Although the cupboard belongs to me, it has always been in the store and is not locked. How do you know that someone else didn't put it there to frame me?

I was not in the store when Qiu Feng had the accident, but where were you?"

Zhu Kang couldn't stand his questioning and turned directly to Xu Changshou:

"Qiu Feng died unjustly, but the criminal refused to admit it. Please, sir, the county magistrate, make a decision for me!"

Xu Changshou swallowed a few times and it was obvious that he was struggling.

Finally, he pinched the token on the table:

"Come on, the prisoner refuses to plead guilty, drag him away and give him fifty lashes!"

The people were suddenly in an uproar.

"County magistrate, you are aiding and abetting the evil!"

"We all know that Master Xie is innocent. It's this Zhu who is up to something. Why don't you handle the case impartially?"

"that is!

Madam Song is right, you are controlled by the powerful and are their accomplice and running dog!"

……

Xu Changshou was very annoyed. Did they think he really wanted to be someone's lackey?

He was also forced into this, okay?

"Who is making noise here?

They are disrupting the order of the government. Someone, come and drive these troublemakers out!"

The gavel in his hand was nearly broken.

At a command, the bailiffs in the hall took up water and fire sticks and went forward to drive the people away.

People only dared to shout a few times to cheer in the crowd, but when the sticks really came, they were so scared that they retreated one after another.

When Song Tian looked over, he saw someone dragging Xie Yunzhe to the hall for execution.

If he was really beaten with fifty sticks, he would be disabled even if he didn't die.

Without thinking too much, he shouted:

"I have something to say!"

Among the yamen runners there was one who had once followed Captain Zhang and knew Song Tian.

Give her some space to pass.

“You keep saying that you found my husband’s purse on Qiu Feng, but that’s a false accusation. My husband’s purse has always been on him and has never left his body.

That purse must have been forged!"

She was still wearing mourning clothes and holding a tablet. Although there was nothing written on the tablet, it still looked creepy.

The yamen runners on both sides stepped back to make some space for her.

Song Tian actually went to the court so easily and stood next to Xie Yunzhe!

"You're talking nonsense! When Captain Zhang went to investigate, Xie Yunzhe personally admitted that it was his money bag!"

Zhu Kang's eyes were bloodshot.

This young woman had caused him a lot of trouble today, forcing him to threaten the county magistrate in public.

Now that this matter is over, he can no longer stay in Fenglin County.

Song Tian looked at him fiercely:

"My husband remembered it wrongly at that time. He just looked a little similar, but it was not his at all."

Zhu Kang blurted out:

"How could it not be his? There are orchid patterns embroidered on it, and there is also the Chinese character 'Zhe' written in seal script. If it's not his, then whose is it?"

Everyone present looked at him in surprise.

Zhu Kang then realized that he seemed to have said too much!

"Excuse me, Shopkeeper Zhu, when have you seen my husband's purse? Why are you so familiar with the embroidery on it?"

"This...this..."

He glanced at Xu Changshou in panic.

"How dare you, a commoner girl, break into the court!

"Mr. Magistrate, if you don't punish them severely, it will undermine your dignity!"

Xu Changshou is in a big trouble!

His dignity had long been lost.

But when he thought about the fact that his and his son's fate was still in the hands of others, he could only pretend to be dignified:

"Come here, Song Tian, ​​a commoner, has trespassed into the court. This crime is unforgivable. I will punish you with fifty lashes of the cane!"

His hands were shaking.

After beating the young couple, his prestige among the people was completely gone.

A bailiff came forward and dragged Song Tian away.

Xie Yunzhe had already been pinned down, and the executioners had already raised their batons.

"My lady, leave me be and go!"

He saw that Song Tian was still struggling and his face could no longer remain calm.

"Mr. Magistrate, Captain Zhang said that you are fair and just, and that you are the best official who cares most about the people that he has ever seen. The people said that although the county is not rich, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and it is all thanks to you...ah!"

Song Tian was pressed to the ground and the tablet in his hand was crushed.

But she was still looking at Xu Changshou, trying to awaken a little bit of his conscience.

"Ok!"

Xie Yunzhe's muffled cry of pain could be heard from behind.

He has been hit by five or six sticks!

"Yun Zhe!"

Suddenly, a person squeezed out from among the people. Song Tian looked closely and found that it was Liu!

What is she doing at this time?

But when he saw the blood letter unfolded in Liu's hand, he knew that his worries were not unnecessary.

The way she was yesterday, she really had the intention to die!

"Heaven is unfair! The treacherous are in power! My son has been wronged but has no place to seek redress. I can only die to show my resolve!"

She held high up a piece of blood-written characters "Heaven's injustice" and walked past the stunned yamen runners and ran headfirst into the pillar of the hall!

"mother!"

Song Tian struggled to break free from the restraints and ran over to stop them, but it was too late.

"Master!"

Cheng Shuangshuang also caught up at this time and squeezed through the crowd.

But Liu had already fallen in the hall with a huge bloody hole on her head!

"It's all my fault. Master said she wanted to drink some sweet soup from the street, so I went to buy some. But when I came back, she was gone!"

Seeing Song Tian testing Liu's breath, Cheng Shuangshuang said self-reproachfully.

"mother!"

Xie Yunzhe was hit with nearly twenty sticks and could no longer stand up.

Crawling towards this side with red eyes.

The executioners were frightened by this scene. They stopped unconsciously and looked at Xu Changshou.

In the chaos, a man in red clothes and with gray hair, escorted by two guards, squeezed through the crowd and walked in.

"Oh my, how pitiful!"

He looked at Xie Yunzhe, who was crawling on the ground with a pale face, with resentment.

Then he said to Xu Changshou who was sitting in the hall:

"If the magistrate continues the trial, it would be like taking human life lightly!"