When it comes to ancient courts, most people first think of the gavel, Bao Qingtian, and the yamen runners holding a stick on both sides and shouting mighty.

Although Bai Qi expected this moment, she actually didn't want to go to court if she could.

It’s not that the people do not fight with officials, but that although in most historical dynasties, they are actually different from film, television and opera, the plaintiff and defendant do not need to kneel down to the trial.

But Bai Qi was a little confused about the background here, but fortunately, Jiao Sheng would occasionally talk to the original owner about some interesting stories, and after reading through the memories, he felt at ease.

However, given the ancient illiteracy and ignorance of the yamen, many ordinary people just knelt down as soon as they entered.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, grassroots courts in many townships held courts, no one knelt at the judge and shouted at Master Qingtian.

The Bai family has money to enlighten the Tao. Although Jiao Sheng is considered the "personal person" of the government, it is absolutely impossible to get help from others.

However, because of the rumor that was circulating in the town a few days ago, Jiao’s mother’s situation and Bai Qi’s story attracted attention from all parties.

On the day of court opening, the yamen was gambling. If it weren't for the solemn attitude in the court, these people would probably have moved to a small stool and started eating melon seeds.

Bai Qi was accompanied by her cheap parents. On the way, the couple kept comforting her: "Don't be afraid of Qi Niang. We are straightforward and do things right. I don't believe that there is no law to be accused by the old woman."

"I'm sorry, my wife, I'll be honest and gentle all my life. When will I spread rumors and make trouble? That old woman caused you to divorce and wanted to ruin your reputation, I'll bah!"

Bai Qi really wanted to say that she was really not unfair about this matter, otherwise why did she break the window paper in front of Miss Wei?

He also sent a servant who loved to inquire about gossip and the biggest mouth to send him back. It was the most considered to be a carriage. The roads of the official roads are twenty or thirty miles together. It took such a long time, so it was impossible for a few people not to chat.

When I arrived in Weijia Village, I saw the good things in the car, and everyone in the village came to watch the fun.

When the time comes, it will only be a matter of time before rumors spread.

When they entered the hall, they happened to meet the Jiao family's mother and son. Jiao's mother looked at Bai Qi with poison.

Bai Qi looked scared, and there was a familiarity around them, so she had already begun to focus on her mother's fingers—

"Oh, this old woman is still so vicious. She usually acts like a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law. What does it scare her?"

"How do you know that this woman is not guilty?"

"But let it go. Go to the Bai family and ask the Jiao family neighbors. This beautiful lady is virtuous, gentle and kind, the most kind, kind, but when did she hear someone gossip about her over the years?"

"I know this. In the past, people didn't say anything about her. It's a pity that she was not strong enough and had nowhere to be seen for three years, so old lady Jiao turned a blind eye to her. "

"Yes, this woman, she can't straighten her back without a son, let alone Qi Niang never gave birth to a daughter."

"Who thinks it's not that people can't have children? It turns out that it was the old woman who was shameless and she was embarrassed to divorce her wife? How unlucky is this beautiful lady who became her daughter-in-law."

"Is this a cheating marriage? Is that kind of pickled land, Mr. Bai, a local big family, and his daughter is beautiful, so he rarely marrys him to Jiao's family?"

Thanks to Qi Niang's good reputation, the wind direction was almost one-sided before the court was held.

This is also the reason why Jiao's mother insisted on suing her, because if she put her and Bai Qi together, no one believed her. At most, each of them hit 50 slaps and said something like that.

Jiao's mother listened to the whispers around her and was about to turn around and scold her, but Jiao Sheng held it down: "Mom, you must not be rude in the court."

At this time, the county magistrate had already taken his seat. When the auspicious tree was knocked, it had a very good opera charm: "Who is in the hall, what's the matter?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiao's mother knelt on the ground. I don't know if she was shocked by the county magistrate's dignity. No matter how hard her son was, she couldn't do anything.

He knelt on the ground, patted his thighs, and cried and said, "Master Qingtian, I'm wronged~~"

"I am a widow at a young age, but this son is the only one left. I teach you to be tired and never dare to complain. I finally grew up and started a family and started a career, so I can enjoy the happiness of my son."

"Who would have thought that the family was unfortunate. He married such a sarcastic woman, who was mean and tricky, sharp-tongued, and he was angry every day, and he couldn't even make a sprinkle for my Jiao family."

"I'm the only one who seedlings under my knees. This poisonous woman wants to make my family lose her best. She has never given her a chance, but she has not had a son or a half of her daughters for three years. The old woman finally couldn't help but have an attack."

"But I don't want this woman to hold a grudge against my son and give up. She spread rumors everywhere. This is killing people and heartbroken. My son is of a low-ranking rank, and he is a court official at least. How can she allow a business woman to slander her?"

How could the county magistrate not knowing the gossip that has been circulating these days? Now it’s just a procedure.

The old woman frowned as soon as she spoke. The county magistrate disliked dealings the most was such a rude and shrew who said things in the court and were playing tricks.

Whenever he handles a case of such a person, he, as a county magistrate, becomes a trivial matter. Wouldn't he lose his share?

The Bai family, as the defendant, was much more pleasant. They did not let them interrupt when talking, and stood there without being polite. Everyone who wanted to go to court did not have to be so physically and mentally exhausted.

But the one who should ask has to ask, and the county magistrate said, "Oh? What is the rumor?"

Jiao's mother was immediately like she was strangled, and she couldn't say anything. This was rare for a shrew who was not afraid of meat and vegetables.

In the end, Jiao Shengchong County Magistrate bowed and said, "My Lord, Bai slandered me for having an affair with my biological mother and having an incompetent relationship. If such rumors are not clarified, there will be no place for me and my mother to stand in a position. Besides, as a court official, I naturally cannot be so insulted."

The county magistrate nodded and looked at Bai Qi again: "Bai, what do you say?"

Bai Qi replied: "Sir, first of all, I need to correct two points."

"First, I am in a relationship with Jiao Sheng. The premise of giving up is that the woman has committed seven rules, but Jiao Sheng and I have agreed to divorce. The government recorded this a few days ago. I don't think there is any need to explain it."

"Old Mrs. Jiao was slandered by me when she kept her mouth shut. The details of this will be left to be clearly distinguished. However, in the court, she opened her mouth to confuse Li as a resignation, and slandered me in front of the adults. The little woman expressed dissatisfaction with this."

Jiao's mother cried just now, and it was not that no one around was moved. After all, it was a fact that widows were raising children. If Bai Qi held a grudge after being retired and did something unusual from the past, it would be impossible.

But the person said openly in front of the county magistrate that the two of them were divorced. Although the premise of separation may not be so good, it is at least that the two parties reached an agreement no matter what they say.

Although Heli's woman was also given instructions, it was different from being abandoned. If she was abandoned, she had a problem with her character stamped. Heli might be straight and told someone that it was just a couple who couldn't live.

Besides, it is not impossible to find a better one after the Bai family is separated. I heard that Mrs. Bai has been seeing each other in the past two days.

The key is that Old Woman Jiao dared to refute right and wrong in front of the county magistrate, and what she said was even more unreliable.

When the county magistrate heard this, he knew that the little woman Bai's thinking was clear and logical, and she felt comfortable not to yell or shout. Moreover, every sentence was right, and nodded: "Indeed, Jiao Wei pays attention to the wording."

He warned: "In the court, people who speak with facts should pay attention to the facts, and they cannot tolerate the usual style of spreading right and wrong and distorting the black and white. If the facts are distorted, I will directly put the board."

As he said that, the yamen runners on both sides knocked on the killing sticks, which scared Jiao's mother to the point of being pale.

Bai Qi was completely unfair and her open-minded look made people believe that she was open and honest when she saw it.

She continued: "The second point that the little woman wants to protest is that she will not distinguish between me and my argument."

"Jiao Wei said that the reason why she instigated her son to divorce her wife was that I had no children for three years. I would like to ask the adults, if the woman had never performed a complete Zhou Gong ceremony with her husband, should the crime of having no children be borne by the woman?"

As soon as these words came out, I thought that the old woman was interfering with it, which made the couple not have much intimacy. Now it seems that they have not finished their rituals of Zhou Gong in three years of marriage.

This was the first time Mrs. Bai heard about it. When she heard this, she was crazy about to tear out the old lady: "You thief, let my daughter be a widow, I will tear you."

Fortunately, Mr. Bai stopped him, and the people around him couldn't help but spit at the old lady Jiao: "I heard that the house where Bai's dowry is also grand, and it is not a dilapidated house where the whole family can tell the movements when they are crowded together with the bedroom and the kitchen."

"This old woman is always staring at the couple's room."

"Oh, shameless. The mother-in-law put her hand into her son's wife's room, and at most she gave her two maids and concubines. This is a good thing. When the couple was on the string, they called their son away."

"What are you doing in the room? Could it be that my daughter-in-law has to go to the room myself if she is not good enough?"

"Then Jiao Sheng can tolerate it. He has been following me for so many years. Men were unreasonable at that time. Could it be that I really had a mother to relieve him?"

"That's not necessarily the case. What if Jiao Sheng couldn't do it at first, he just used my mother to cover up."

The whispers around reached the ears of the Jiao family and his son. Although they were ready to listen to a lot of unpleasant words today, they still felt like their hearts were shattered, as if they were thrown into the crowd.

Old Mrs. Jiao quickly howled loudly: "Sir, I'm wronged. Look at this poisonous woman, I'm just spreading rumors in court. After they get married, they always sleep in the same room. Even if my old woman occasionally bothered her husband and wife, how many times in total? This poisonous woman can't lay eggs by herself, so she framed her mother-in-law."

It would be fine to play verbal tricks at home, but Bai Qi, who has the reputation of the original owner, will naturally not give up and will not have meaningless quarrels.

He directly said to the county magistrate: "Sir, I sincerely summon witnesses."

The county magistrate nodded: "Accurate!"

Soon after, the yamen runners brought two witnesses up, none other than others, one was one of the four maids who served Jiao’s mother before, and the other was serving the maids in Bai Qi’s room.

Like Jiao’s mother, the two of them were very nervous when they went to court and knelt directly. After the county magistrate asked, they said their testimony one by one.

The maid who served Jiao’s mother said, “I came here with the lady’s dowry. On the night of the wedding, my husband Jiao Wei called my son-in-law over the grounds of a headache. It was not until the second half of the night. The lady and son-in-law did not complete the house on the wedding night.”

"The next day, to show respect for my mother-in-law, the lady left only one maid who came to dowry, and the rest, including the slaves, were sent to Jiao Wei, and repeatedly told us that in the future, we will focus on Jiao Wei's family and will not neglect."

When the surroundings heard this, they sighed. They brought such a large dowry and gave all the benefits to their mother-in-law the next day. Even the mother-in-law, even the tricky mother-in-law, could not help but admit that the daughter-in-law was filial and respectful, and it was hard to find her lanterns.

"Then Jiao Wei ordered his servants to pay attention to the bedrooms of the lady and his son-in-law at all times. If they have any and have any plans, they will inform you immediately."

"At the beginning, I didn't want to do it. Jiao Wei's excuse was that his son-in-law had just finished the imperial examination and his bad exam conditions hurt his body. It's not good that he is greedy at this time. It will take a few months to keep him in the long run."

"At that time, I just thought Jiao Wei didn't want the lady to worry, so I didn't tell her truthfully, and she was the evil man, so I agreed."

"However, a few months later, Jiao Wei found out the details of the lady. Seeing that she was gentle and humble and did not dare to resist, she became more and more aggressive. I have done many times for her. The lady often told us not to disobey Jiao Wei, and I am hard to speak!"

Of course, this statement is to win over oneself. It is true that he was tied up on a pirate ship, but more often he saw it in just a few months. All his voice had fallen into the hands of Old Woman Jiao. The original Qi Niang could not stand up by herself, so the maid naturally did not want to do things that were not pleasing to both sides.

As soon as the maid finished her testimony, Old Woman Jiao retorted sharply: "You fart, you are heartless, you have no assholes. Sir, I have never said such a thing to this girl."

As he said that, he glared at the maid with a vicious look on his face: "You try saying it again?"

After all, after serving for three years, Old Wives Jiao still has the power, and the maid is trembling.

Bai Qi said carelessly: "Sir, I protest against Jiao Wei's intimidation of witnesses."

But in the eyes of Mrs. Jiao, a servant dared to talk nonsense about family affairs, which was a rebellious thing. Before she could beat and scold her, she glared at her. What a big deal?

But the county magistrate expressed his support and said, "Jiao Wei, the second offense is wrong. I think you are an official's family member, but you will only have three things."

At this time, the little maid who served Bai Qi came out and continued, "What Sister Yuping said is true. The lady and the son-in-law are preparing--they would call water in advance before, but they have never used it every time."

"I am serving outside the lady's room. I know best whether the lady and my son-in-law have finished the house. I originally wanted to tell my wife many times, but the lady stopped me. I said that I was making a big deal. If I said this, it would make the two families become enemies."

"Sir, every word that the maid says is true. If there is a lie, I will be struck by lightning. Please make the decision for our lady."
To be continued...