It is a routine matter for the official to come to the door this time. After all, there is a conflict between the village head's family and the Hua family, and the possibility of vendetta cannot be ruled out.
"Since there is a murder case, we should cooperate."
Li Haitang was reasonable, she asked the official post about the blockage on the official road, and the smooth flow would not be restored until evening at the earliest.
Since I can't go, I have to stop in Yangshu Village for a day, so as not to delay going to the Yamen.
"Nurse Yu, Bai Guo, you stay with the bean buns."
The yamen is not a good place, she doesn't want to bring her son to see the world, and there is a lot of evil spirit there, which is not good for Xiaowa.
The suspects were her, Wu Fu, and three members of the Hua family. Seeing this, the village chief felt that the weight was not enough, either disabled or female dependents, and finally made up nonsense and added Xiao Lingchuan as a supplement.
"Husband, I want to interview you. How does it feel to be regarded as a murderer?"
Li Haitang didn't forget to tease her savage husband, it was completely out of the mentality of watching the fun and not being afraid of big troubles.
"Perhaps, you can consider it true."
Xiao Lingchuan looked at the village chief's family, even if he killed someone, it would be no big deal, anyway, it wasn't the first time he did such a thing.
He was not a kind person in the first place, but after having the bean buns, his temper changed a little. He used to just want to smash the village chief, but now it seems that he should be punished more severely.
Li Haitang curled his lips, knowing that the savage husband said so.
The people in the yamen didn't make any trouble, so Li Haitang got into his own carriage, let Wufu drive by the way, and took the three members of the Hua family into the carriage.
This behavior turned the nose of the village chief's family, they are the ones who suffer, why can the murderer still sit comfortably in a carriage?
"That's the carriage brought by others, what can I do?"
Seeming to feel the resentment of the village chief's family, the official got on his horse, looked down from above, and said something with a frown.
They all came on horseback, so they couldn't bring people to the Yamen.
The conditions of the village head's family are considered acceptable in Yangshu Village. The family has an ox cart, and the village head can only drive the cattle slowly with a whip, leaving him far behind.
Fortunately, the county government office was not far from Yangliu Village, and within an hour, the group finally arrived at their destination.
Li Haitang's face didn't change. It wasn't the first time he came to the yamen. Let alone a small yamen, people who have lived in death row, are they afraid of such a posture?
The stupid son of the village chief's family died, and his death was miserable. This is a big event in Yangliu Village. Some villagers rely on ox carts, and some just rely on two legs, and they all follow over to watch the fun.
"You said, it was really the hands of the Hua family?"
"I don't think so. The Hua family are honest people. Hua Ni's father has bad legs and feet, so it's impossible to go out on a rainy day."
How is the village chief's family? The villagers who have been dealing with them for many years have a sense of scale, but they are not easy to offend, but it's not that they can't tell the truth.
As for the passer-by killing Fatty, it is even more nonsense, who has nothing to argue with a fool? Are you full?
"Whose house is that, it must belong to our village."
The two villagers glanced at each other, and then gathered together to whisper together. I don't know if I don't know it, but I was shocked when I said it. It turns out that the fool has done so many strange things, which really refreshed the three views!
In the courtroom, Li Haitang and others stood in the corner, leaving the front row to the village chief's family.
The village head's wife just entered the hall, she knelt down with a plop, crying miserably, "I beg Master Qingtian to be the master of the son of the peasant woman!"
The magistrate is an old man with a gray beard. He looks old, and looks kind and kind, like an old birthday star.
Seeing someone kneel down and cry, they did so calmly, without any sense of majesty at all.
Li Haitang sighed, it was the first time he saw such a magistrate who was not like an official, but he should not be judged by his appearance, who knows if he is a black-hearted ghost who secretly seeks people's fat.
"Husband, looking at the magistrate's appearance, there must be no one behind him."
Li Haitang stood in the back row, gossiping with great interest. If the idiot died, he must have offended someone, maybe it's her own fault, what's the matter with her?
Even if she passed by for a soy sauce, she could still be falsely accused as a suspect, which would be wronged.
"Oh? Lady, how did you see that?"
Xiao Lingchuan stared straight ahead, staring at the front, but his mind was all on his wife, and the husband and wife talked in a low voice.
"Isn't that obvious? If someone is above you, why are you still a county magistrate at this age?"
Li Haitang twitched the corners of his mouth, suddenly realizing that the topic was a bit boring.
The so-called noble son from a poor family has almost no possibility in Daqi. No money means no money to study, not to mention other things, the money to go to Beijing to catch the exam can't afford it.
If you are really talented, if you are lucky, you will get a Jinshi, and no one in the court will talk, so you can only be a county magistrate in a remote village, and you will not be able to move a position for decades.
Therefore, it is not without reason that scholars are unlucky. After passing the exam, in order to get a good place, most of them have already lost their conscience, just like Chen Shimei, abandoning their wives and accepting unspoken rules.
"Who is under the court, why are you going to court?"
The magistrate knocked on the hall wood and asked slowly.
"My lord, the Liu family of Yangshu Village, a peasant woman, because my son died tragically yesterday and was found by the river this morning, I am here to..."
Mrs. Liu is a village woman who has no ink in her stomach. What she said in the courtroom was all about seeing a troupe perform before, and there was a section about asking questions. She used it to explain things clearly.
"Last year, a man from the Hua family lost his leg when he was crushed by a fallen tree in the mountains. He lost too much blood and fell into a coma. If my family didn't take the initiative to send ginseng, the man from the Hua family would have died!"
Liu's eloquence is eloquent, fictitious concepts, vaguely refer to ginseng whiskers as ginseng, and said that the ginseng was bought by himself, and the two families are not relatives, but they just lent it to the Hua family for emergency, and the Hua family agreed .
Her family is not the kind of unreasonable family, so they made an agreement with Hua Niang to pay back the money within one year.
The magistrate nodded frequently, showing that he understood, but what does a dead person have to do with debt?
"Mr. Zhou, is what Mr. Liu said true?"
For a period of one year, Hua Ni was sent to be a child bride without paying back the money. The conditions were a bit harsh, but who didn't think carefully? The magistrate said he could understand.
Although it is intended to be a child bride for a fool, but if it is a normal person, I am afraid that parents don't need to be so calculating, it is really pitiful for the parents of the world!
Li Haitang opened her mouth, and couldn't believe what she heard. The selfish behavior of the village chief's family was actually described by the county magistrate as well-intentioned. She should let Xiangli listen, and finally met a more holy existence, no , is the Holy Father.
Mrs. Liu agreed with the magistrate's words, knelt down and kowtowed, thinking that there was nothing wrong with what she did.
This scene was too eye-catching, and Li Haitang didn't want to watch it anymore. If she had nothing to do with her, she would definitely turn around and leave. According to the magistrate's logic, if the family has no money, it is justifiable to go out to rob and kill people. They are all poor. Who wants to be poor?