People always think I'm a broken sleeve

The shopkeeper and the waiter's heart trembled, and a chill ran down their spines.

The shopkeeper stammered: "Lord county magistrate... The magistrate didn't ask anything that day, but asked if I was there when the incident happened, and then I asked my family to describe the process truthfully.

That's all..."

The waiter at the side also hurriedly said: "The county magistrate also asked the same question, I didn't ask anything else—"

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper suddenly remembered something again, and said: "By the way, the county magistrate also asked Mr. Huo to knock the child's head against the stone pillar that day. Is it true at this time..."

The lawyer raised his eyebrows, "...a stone pillar? Where's the stone pillar?"

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand nervously, and pointed in the direction of the stone pillar in front of the store, "This is the stone pillar..."

The lawyer glanced at the direction of the shopkeeper's finger, looked away clearly, and then asked: "Repeat here verbatim what I said to the county magistrate in the hall that day.

. "

The shopkeeper tremblingly answered yes.

The shopkeeper stammered: "Then... that morning, Mr. Huo and Mr. Gao came to the store for a drink together. The two Mr. ordered eight jars of wine, but within less than one morning, they were all drunk.

Drank it all.Probably around Weishi, the two young masters went downstairs drunk, still slurring their mouths about where to have fun.The slave's family saw that the two young masters were drunk, and they walked upside down

Fourth, the slave family was afraid that something would happen... So, they asked a junior to inform Gao's mansion, and let Gao's mansion come to pick him up.Then ask another junior to greet the young master, don't let the two young masters knock

Where did you bump into... After all, the two young masters are worth a thousand dollars, if they bump into each other, the shop simply can't afford it..."

The lawyer cut her off impatiently, "You don't need to talk about this kind of nonsense."

The shopkeeper's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he answered yes weakly, and continued: "...After Xiao Er went out, the servant stayed in the shop and continued to greet customers. Who knows that Xiao suddenly fell down after waiting for a while.

He stumbled into the store, shouting "Killer, Killer, Killer..." After hearing this, all the customers in the store ran away.There are no customers in the store, and the servants don't have to continue recruiting in the store.

Phew, so I thought about going to see what was going on outside... Then, then I saw... I saw Mr. Huo and Mr. Gao left drunk together with his hands covered in blood. That child

Lying on the ground, being held in his mother's arms...he's out of breath..."

Being held in my arms, breathless...

The lawyer narrowed his eyes.

The lawyer said: "When did the woman leave the restaurant? Was it in front of Mr. Huo or after Mr. Huo?"

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, "It seems...it was behind Mr. Huo. She was still singing to the customers, but for some reason, she suddenly rushed out of the store, even ignoring the customers.

…At that time, my family was going to catch up with her and scold her severely, but the store was too busy at that time, so my family didn’t go..."

The lawyer realized something.

The lawyer glanced at him, turned his gaze to the waiter at the side, and said, "It's your turn."

The waiter in the shop swallowed his saliva in fear, and said in a low voice: "The shopkeeper is worried, so I asked the little one to look at the two young masters. After the two young masters left the shop, the child outside the shop seemed to want to give him a gift.

My mother vented her anger for revenge..."

Hearing this, the lawyer subconsciously asked, "Revenge?"

When the lawyer asked, the waiter in the shop realized belatedly, "Ah, yes. The county magistrate also asked the question that day. When the two young masters went upstairs that day, the singing girl didn't know what to do.

He bumped into Mr. Huo accidentally, and Mr. Huo got angry, so he raised his leg viciously and kicked her.When the child saw it, he ran in and begged his mother..."

As he spoke, the waiter's voice became weaker and weaker.

The lawyer frowned and said, "Continue."

The waiter shuddered, "My lord, the rest... you also know... Mr. Huo was angry... so he killed that child..."

The lawyer asked again, "When Mr. Huo started doing it, how many people around saw it?"

The waiter thought about it for a while, "My lord, it was Weishi, it was a sunny day, and there were not many people on the street. Those who saw the young master doing something, there were not only a few people."

The lawyer raised his eyebrows, "Do you still remember the appearance of those people?"

The waiter in the shop hesitated and said: "At that time...the little one was blinded at that time, so I didn't pay much attention..."

Hearing this, the lawyer bent down, and the paper fan in his hand slowly brushed across the waiter's neck.The lawyer smiled slightly and said: "...I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again."

The lawyer's ending is infinitely elongated, full of infinite threats.The shop waiter was terrified by the lawyer's gloomy tone, and was so frightened that he wet his crotch.

The shop waiter kowtowed without even thinking about it: "Young one remembers! Little one remembers!"

The lawyer snorted coldly and straightened up.

The lawyer said coldly: "Get a pen and paper, and draw the faces of those people for me."

The waiter in the shop obediently replied yes, then got up quickly, and was so frightened that he went to find a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

As soon as the waiter left, there was only one shopkeeper left in place.

The shopkeeper knelt on the ground tremblingly. Although Huo Chengyao, who was sitting in front of him, clearly didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, he still frightened the shopkeeper.

Huo Chengyao, who was at the side, watched the lawyer only interrogated for a moment, and then he could not help but admire the frightening scene of the two people interrogating in front of him: "You are worthy of being the number one lawyer in Huaizhou.

A well-deserved reputation. "

The lawyer cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, I'm too proud."

After finishing speaking, the lawyer's eyes turned to the shopkeeper kneeling in front of him again, and asked slowly: "Where is the origin of this singing girl?"

The shopkeeper timidly said: "I don't know where that girl came from, but seeing her as a girl who is willing to bend down to sing in a small shop, she must be from a poor family... Ah! My family used to listen to her

As I said, the dead child was not actually born to her, she was the one who saw the child wandering outside and felt sorry for the moment, so she took it with her and raised it..."

The child was picked up...

The lawyer's heart moved, and he asked again, "How does she usually treat that child?"

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, and said hesitantly: "On weekdays, I only see her singing ditties to the customers in the store, and I don't often see her staying with that child.

My mother, I think she should be very nice to you..."

The shopkeeper's words fell, and he already had an idea.

At this time, the waiter with a vague impression drew the portraits of several passers-by who witnessed the whole scene.He carefully took the paper, came to the lawyer, and said: "

My lord, I have finished drawing..."

After the lawyer took it, he didn't look at it, but handed it over to Huo Chengyao who was beside him.

The lawyer respectfully said: "My lord, the people in this portrait, I will trouble you to bow down and 'deal with' them."

Huo Chengyao didn't even look at it, and handed the portrait to the servants waiting beside him without hesitation.

Huo Chengyao said coldly: "Go and bet on these people's mouths with money. If you can't bet, then let him never speak again."

The servant responded, "Yes."

Before the servant left, Huo Chengyao warned: "Remember to clean up your hands and feet, don't let that troublesome Zhuang Duxin get caught."

The servant once again respectfully replied yes.

After finishing all this, the lawyer's eyes returned to the shopkeeper and the waiter in front of him, "In the hall that day, besides the two of you, who else was interrogated?"

The shopkeeper replied in a low voice: "Apart from the two of us, there are only Mr. Gao and the singing girl."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Gao An just happened to arrive at Chunfeng Restaurant together with the servants who had passed on the message.

Gao An stepped into the store, raised his eyes and saw Huo Chengyao sitting in the store calmly, and immediately prepared to kneel down to Huo Chengyao without thinking, "Caomin Gao An pays homage to the magistrate..."

Before the knees were bent, Huo Chengyao stopped him, "Get up, don't kneel. I heard that you and Zun'er are best friends. Since you are best friends with Zun'er, then these useless etiquettes will be ignored."

It can be avoided. "

Hearing this, Gao An happily stood up, "Thank you, my lord!"

Then, Huo Chengyao continued: "I think Mr. Gao already knows a thing or two about why I invited Mr. Gao here."

Gao An glanced at the shopkeeper and the waiter who were kneeling beside him, then at the lawyer beside Huo Chengyao, and said without hesitation: "Whatever your lord wants to ask, Cao Min should know everything.

There are endless words.As long as Brother Huo can be rescued from prison, even if the grassroots are willing to go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire! "

After hearing this, Huo Chengyao laughed in relief, "It's really worth it for Zun'er to make Mr. Gao a close friend! But Mr. Gao, don't be nervous.

It's just a question, and I won't let Mr. Gao go up the mountain of swords and into the sea of ​​flames. "

Gao An scratched his head and smiled.

Hearing that Gao An and Huo Zun were close friends, the lawyer's tone was much more relaxed than when he was interrogating the shopkeeper and the waiter just now.

The lawyer asked: "That day in the hall, what did the county magistrate ask Mr. Gao?"

Gao An thought for a while, and said: "After calling the grass over that day, Mr. Zhuang Du...Master Zhuang only asked the grass people two questions."

The lawyer asked back, "Oh? Which two questions are they?"

Gao An replied: "He first asked Caomin how many jars of wine he ordered that day, and then asked Caomin when he left the restaurant with Brother Huo."

The lawyer pondered for a while, then asked: "Then what did Mr. Gao answer?"

Gao An said: "The Cao people returned Batanzi and Weishi."

Immediately afterwards, the lawyer's heart moved, as if thinking of something, "How much wine did Mr. Gao and Mr. Huo drink?"

Gao An was inexplicable, although he didn't understand why the lawyer would ask this strange question, but he still answered obediently: "Caomin is too strong to drink, he only drank half a jar, the rest is Huo

Brother drank it. "

The lawyer understands.

The lawyer asked again, "How much does Mr. Gao remember about that day?"

Gao An frowned, and said slowly while thinking back: "Except for the things before getting drunk, I only remember Brother Huo after getting drunk... Brother Huo is carrying a child.

The head... uh..."

The rest of Gao An couldn't say anything.

But needless to say, the rest is already known to everyone.

The lawyer didn't ask any more questions, but Gao An on the side hurriedly asked a little anxiously: "I've already told you everything I said in class that day, can we go to the Yamen to rescue Brother Huo now?

These three days have already passed almost two days, and tomorrow is the last day, Brother Huo will really be escorted to the capital to be executed the day after tomorrow! "

Faced with Gao An's impatience, on the other hand, the lawyer was not in a hurry, as if he was not in a hurry at all.

Seeing the lawyer so calm and composed, Gao An became even more anxious all of a sudden.

Huo Chengyao at the side spoke casually and comforted him: "Young Master Gao, there is no need to panic. This is my No. [-] lawyer in Huaizhou. As long as he is here, Zun'er will be safe and sound."

After Gao An listened, he slowly relaxed.

Gao comforted his chest and said, "Then I can rest assured..."

The lawyer at the side suddenly laughed slowly, and said: "As long as Mr. Gao cooperates in the hall tomorrow, it should be a breeze to rescue Mr. Huo."

Immediately feeling an ominous premonition, Gao An hesitated, "...how to cooperate?"

Seeing this, the lawyer said slowly: "Master Gao, don't worry, I just need Mr. Gao to tell a small lie."

Hearing that it was just a lie, Gao An breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao An asked curiously, "Which two lies?"

The lawyer laughed: "Tomorrow in the hall, I just need to tell the county magistrate that Mr. Huo has never done anything to the dead child from the beginning to the end."

Gao An heard this, and immediately asked subconsciously: "If you want to be 'not' Brother Huo, then... then who did it?"

The lawyer smiled slightly and asked, "Master Gao is unwilling to lie for Mr. Huo?"

Gao An was startled, and repeatedly denied: "I... I didn't mean that... I was just curious..."

The lawyer said slowly: "Mr. Gao only needs to know that Mr. Huo can be rescued by telling a lie. You don't need to know anything about the rest."

Gao An was silent for two seconds.

Although Gao An used to be playful and uninhibited, he also has a bottom line.

He never lied, let alone in court.

Gao An didn't even dare to think about this kind of thing before.

Gao An stood where he was, struggling very much.

A few seconds later, the word "saving people" finally crossed the bottom line, Gao An resolutely said: "I know."

The lawyer smiled with satisfaction.

The lawyer said: "Whether Mr. Huo can be rescued from prison at that time depends on Mr. Gao."

Gao An nodded, expressing his understanding.

Seeing that the question was finally finished, Huo Chengyao said: "Since the question has been finished, let's not bother Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao can step back, and just wait in the mansion for the county magistrate to summon him to court tomorrow."

Gao An said in a low voice: "Then...the grassroots will retreat first..."

Huo Chengyao waved his hand.

Gao An backed away slowly, after exiting the restaurant, Gao An comforted himself.

All this is just to save lives.

Hmm - understandable.

As soon as Gao An left, the lawyer's eyes returned to the shopkeeper and the waiter at the side.

The lawyer said indifferently: "I just asked about it, and I understand it. The vicious singer, seeing Mr. Huo's well-dressed clothes, tried to blackmail Mr. Huo by accidentally bumping into him.

Zifan.Who would have thought that Mr. Huo had a hot temper and failed to blackmail people, but was kicked viciously instead.After that, the vicious singing girl still didn't give up, and later saw Mr. Huo drunk

As soon as he left the restaurant, he thought he finally had a chance, so he left the guest behind and ran out.In the end, he brutally crushed the picked-up child to death by pressing his head against the stone pillar.

The purpose is to rely on Mr. Huo. "

The waiter was dumbfounded when he heard this, and retorted subconsciously: "That's not what the little guy said just now...The one who really killed was..."

Seeing that the shopkeeper was foolishly trying to correct the other party, and the shopkeeper at the side was careful and agile, she quickly stopped the shopkeeper and said: "This lord is really serious.

He is wise and mighty, and he immediately discovered the vicious girl's tricks... But my family still has doubts about one thing... The child is already seven years old, and the singing girl is just a weak person...

How did a girl who was a girl hit a seven-year-old child with her head on a stone pillar? "

The lawyer sneered and asked back, "So what do you mean? That Mr. Huo who drank seven jars of wine and couldn't walk steadily did it?"

The shopkeeper felt apprehensive, "Nujia...Nujia doesn't mean that..."

The lawyer glanced at the shopkeeper, and suddenly said coldly: "Your Excellency and Your Excellency have been in the store for almost an hour, but during this hour, not even a single customer came in."

Pass.It seems... after this incident, no one in your Spring Breeze Restaurant dares to patronize you anymore. "

Hearing this, the shopkeeper choked his throat.

In one day, Chunfeng Restaurant changed from the most prosperous restaurant to the worst restaurant.

Although the reality is clearly here, she still refuses to accept her fate, as before, she opens the store and waits for the business to come.

But the reality is... Even if she keeps the store door open for a whole day and night, no one dares to enter the store.

This way of losing money every day, within half a year, I am afraid that in the end, I may not even be able to pay for the few small February money in the store.

There is no longer any business in the store, the only way is to transfer this restaurant out.

But here comes the problem again, who would want to go to a restaurant where someone died in front of the store, which is unlucky?

The shopkeeper's head was muffled and he didn't say a word. Then, he only heard the lawyer chuckle and said, "My lord is not unreasonable. As long as the two of you tell a few small lies in court tomorrow, your lord will be fine."

Just take over this restaurant, and give back 20 taels of silver to each of the waiters in the store.What do you think of the shopkeeper? "

After the lawyer finished speaking, the servant waiting on Huo Chengyao's left side took out 2000 taels of silver note from his pocket and handed it to the lawyer without saying a word.

The latter reached out to take it, and then lightly handed the two thousand taels of silver bills in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked up at the bank note in the lawyer's hand, with a hesitant expression.

Although she didn't have a good impression of the singing girl, she had heard of Huo Zun's dandyism and disregard for human life.Therefore, the shopkeeper disliked Huo Zun even more than the singing girl.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was hesitant, the lawyer said casually: "I'm afraid only our benevolent magistrate would want to buy this restaurant where someone died in front of the store..."

After the lawyer finished speaking, the shopkeeper who was hesitant just now seemed to have made up his mind in an instant, took the bank note from the lawyer's hand, and then kowtowed: "Thank you, Mr. Zhifu, for your kindness,

The slave family is grateful! "

The lawyer smiled with satisfaction.

The shopkeeper slowly closed his eyes, and apologized to the singer in his heart.

Sorry.

Who told you...to have a bad life, and to offend Huo Zun.