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Chapter 8 The Plaintiff Becomes the Defendant (3)(1/2)

It was not until the evening that Zhu Yeqing regained her vitality and shouted: "I will bite the bad eagle to death sooner or later!"

Lei Heng quickly followed her words and said, "I have a way to make you stronger and then avenge you. But... you have to do something for me first."

"Who are you biting?" Miss Zhuyeqing happily revealed two small poisonous fangs. The excitement made Lei Heng's heart tighten again, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Not planted!" Zhu Yeqing looked at Lei Heng with contempt, "Everyone said that this girl won't bite you anymore, she is still so afraid of Xixi."

"Are you afraid of being injured by accident... I'm afraid of being a girl and taking a sip..." Lei Heng explained embarrassedly, "I want you to bite another person, girl..."

"Hey, I haven't bitten anyone yet? Male or female? Old or young?"

"It's considered a male, old!" Lei Heng continued hesitantly, "but...uh...he's no longer moving now...that's asleep...it's going to sleep for a long time..."

"So much nonsense is just to bite an old male hibernating animal."

Hibernation? Well, you can understand this way. Lei Heng quickly explained some details and asked the big white goose to lead her...

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The next day, the Zhang family's old and young family, neighbors and Lei Heng, and Yan Shu were taken to the lobby again.

When Yan Jie was taken to the court, Lei Su slapped the auspicious tree and said kindly to the two sons of the Zhang family: "Zhang Dazhang Er, yesterday, the Japanese official found the pearls of the Yan family from your father. The old shopkeeper Zhang was determined to see the money and was greedy for other people's pearls. Do you both have any objections to this matter?"

"This..." Zhang Dazhang Er looked at each other, not knowing what the county master Zun sold. The two brothers gave each other a wink and replied: "Sir, my father was not around when he had a dispute with Yan Jie. I don't know whether my father was forgetting his righteousness when he saw profit or Yan Jie deliberately framed him. "

Yan Jie knelt in the hall and said angrily: "Fuck, can you be wronged by me? The old guy took my sister's pearl and denied it, deliberately defrauding my property..." He turned to Lei Su and said: "Sir, the pearl has the word Yan Shu engraved on it. It was the birthday gift given to my sister by my father before the New Year. If he didn't deliberately deceive me, how could it be put on this irrelevant person?"

"That must be because you put it into my father's arms when the person is not prepared." The Zhang brothers also argued accordingly.

Bang... Lei Su slapped the gavel and ordered:

"Sujing! Zhang Long, give the pearls to the Zhang brothers, Yan Jie, and the neighbors present to see them."

"No!" Zhang Long agreed, stepped forward and took out the pearls from the wooden plate that specially stored evidence, walked to the Zhang brothers and raised them a few times, and shouted, "Is it your family's belonging?"

Zhang Da and Zhang Er looked at each other and did not dare to respond.

"Don't hesitate when inquiring in the court! Answer quickly, is this pearl a thing of your Zhang family?" Zhang Long was unhappy and urged him again.

Zhang Dayi thought that Yan Jie was confident and someone’s name was engraved on the pearl, and there was no evidence to rely on the Zhang family. It would be better to admit it generously and insist that he was framed for the sake of escape.

"Go back to Master, it's not my Zhang family's belonging. It must be this guy who framed my father to clear the charge of murder. Please ask Master to understand!"

Zhang Long nodded and gave the pearl to Yan Jie to identify.

Yan Jie searched over and over for a while before he found the engravings of the girl last night - "Yan Shu 14". He quickly presented the pearl to Zhang Long: "Sir, please see, the pearl is engraved with the name of the little sister and her age."

Zhang Long took the pearl and looked at it as if he was decent, then exclaimed: "Well, there are indeed words in this moment. Look at the mark for more than a month..." After saying that, he walked to the door of the lobby with his hands in his hands, "Please witness it together..."

"What a beautiful pearl, it's very valuable at first glance!"

"Yes, it's like there are a few words. What fourteen..."

"It should be this little girl's thing, 80%...haha..."

After commenting on Zhang Long and others, they put away the pearl, turned around and walked to the center of the court, and bowed and said, "You have already seen the relevant people. Everyone agrees that this pearl is not a property of the Zhang family, but is actually owned by Miss Yan's family."

"My dear Master County Master, it is very likely that they did it on purpose just to escape the suspicion of murder..." Zhang Er argued urgently.

Lei Su slapped the arbor and shouted: "I have never asked you. If you dare to interrupt randomly, I will hold your mouth!"

Zhang Er snorted and stopped talking angrily.

"Where is the coroner?" Lei Su asked loudly again, "What is the conclusion when you carefully examine Old Man Zhang's body?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged clerk came from the hall. He sang a promise and then called several apprentices to carry Old Man Zhang's body to the center of the court.

"Sir, please see, Old Man Zhang has no trauma and bruises on his body, so it cannot be determined that he died of beating." The coroner pointed at the body and explained to the people present, "Anyone who was beaten should have scars on his body, but the old man Zhang has no scars on his body, and obviously he has not been beaten. However..."

"However... please see, Old Man Zhang has two tooth marks on his ankle. With my years of inspection experience, it was caused by a poisonous snake. It was just that his subordinates were incompetent and I don't know which poisonous snake bites..."

Lei Su nodded and signaled the coroner to do this. He slapped the agglomeration tree and shouted to the neighbors outside the hall, "But some people know what kind of poisonous snake bites this. Those who know it can say it quickly. If it makes sense, the county will reward two hundred coins."

The reward of 200 yuan is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for more than a month. When the people outside the hall heard this, they rushed to come up and look at the wound.

Zhang Long winked and said that a yamen runner had already stepped forward to stop him: "The important place of the court, the idle people are not allowed to enter!"

Everyone could only look at the wound from a distance and guess which kind of poisonous snake was bitten, but no one dared to answer.

"Mr. The people of the county can recognize it."

Half a quarter of an hour later, an old man finally shouted loudly. He looked like he was dressed as a doctor in the Youfang and his kind eyes were very amiable.

"The old man's surname is Wu, and he is a wandering doctor. He has seen many poisonous insects in this land of Bashu, and naturally he knows the differences in the scars bit by different poisonous snakes." After introducing himself, Old Man Wu walked into the court. He carefully checked Old Man Zhang's wound, and then took a silver needle into his ankle.

"Please look, the silver needle is black, and the deceased should die of poisoning." Old man Wu took the silver needle that turned black at the front to everyone present, and explained, "There are several species of snakes in the local area, one is the black-eyed brocade snake, commonly known as the cauliflower snake. Although this snake is fierce but not poisonous, it should not be. It is also called the green green snake, or the green bamboo label, and it is also a non-toxic snake with a very gentle temper. It is also called the black-skinned snake, which is also non-toxic... In addition, there is only one snake, named Zhuyeqing, which is a highly poisonous snake.

The shape of bamboo leaf green is quite similar to that of green snakes, and there are two differences. The first thing to look at is the head. The one with big black eyes is the green snake, the one with yellow eyes is the green snake; the one with round head is the green snake, and the one with triangular head is the bamboo leaf green. The second thing to look at the side of the body. The one with no white lines is the green snake, and the one with white lines is the bamboo leaf green snake.

Old Man Zhang was bitten by this bamboo leaf green!"

"I remembered that later I saw a snake crawling out of the Zhang family jade shop. That way, it was exactly the same as what Doctor Wu said about Zhuyeqing!"

"Yeah, I saw it too. When I passed by, a small green snake slipped away from the Zhang family's door, and it was probably bitten by the snake!"

...

For a moment, everyone outside the hall rushed to say that they had seen it, and some even said it was assured, saying that they had also seen the scene of the snake biting Old Man Zhang with their own eyes, which made the initiator Lei Heng smiled bitterly.

Seeing that Lei Su was effective, he shot the gavel again.

"Since Old Man Zhang was poisoned and killed by a poisonous snake, it is nonsense that Yan Jie beat Old Man Zhang to death. The county decided that Yan Jie was released without guilt. As for the matter of taking away pearls, whether it was a deliberate invasion and insufficient evidence at present; furthermore, Old Man Zhang was deceased, it is not advisable to pursue it again..."

"My dear county lord, there are rules and regulations, and those who falsely accused him will sit back. Please punish the Zhang brothers..." Yan Jie was so angry that he was too angry for a night in the prison. He ignored Yan Shu's insistence on dissuading him and asked Lei Su to punish the Zhang brothers.

Yan Jie is so angry that Lei Heng feels a little uncomfortable. It is enough to help you clear the suspicion. There is no need to turn your back and forth to destroy others.

Lei Heng slowly moved to Yan Jie and muttered in a low voice: "Stop when you can, too much is not enough!"

Yan Shu continued to persuade, "Brother, I have to rely on Young Master Lei's help to be safe. Don't make trouble again!"

"If you don't die when you beat a snake, there will be endless troubles." Yan Jie replied in a deep voice, "I don't want them to fight their lives. However, since they are hostile, you must not be soft-hearted! At least you must not let the Zhang family stay in Linjiang again!"

The kindness to the enemy is the cruelty to himself. Lei Heng also agreed. He gritted his teeth and nodded to Zhao Hu who was standing not far away. Zhao Hu understood and winked outside the hall...

A woman in her thirties pushed the crowd away and rushed to Old Man Zhang's body and began to cry loudly.

"Why are you doing this... I lost my life to give me a pearl... How can you live alone..."

Seeing this, Lei Su was furious: "Who in the hall dares to disturb the court! Take it down with me!"

Two yamen runners quickly stepped forward and carried the woman to the center of the court, asking her to bow and complain to Lei Su.

"The woman's original surname is Ding, and she has something to do with this old man Zhang..."

Some of the relationships, the words that were about to stop and still made the neighbors outside the hall suddenly talk.

"I didn't see that this old man Zhang still has such an experience."

"The man in his family has been dead for more than ten years, and the family has some money, so naturally he has some ideas."

...

The Zhang brothers couldn't stand being pointed at by others so they jumped up and argued: "You're nonsense, our brothers have never seen you before. The crazy woman who came out of somewhere actually came to slander my Zhang family!"

"He hid me tightly, so you naturally don't know me." The woman said aggrievedly, "He has a mole on his left abdomen and a scar on his right leg. It was left by him naughty when he was a child..."

Ms. Ding talked about several physical characteristics of Old Man Zhang’s private parts in a row, and people who were not related to certain relationships would definitely not know.

Without waiting for everyone to react, Zhang Long went straight up and took off Old Man Zhang's remaining clothes, verifying one by one.

"Sir, every word this person said is true!"

Lei Su nodded and said, "Since that's the case, you can quickly explain the reasons for everything, and don't hide it at all."

"Half a year ago, I fled to Linjiang and met him. He placed me in a secluded place and came to meet him from time to time. I once joked that I wanted to have a top-grade pearl, but he agreed at that time. Unexpectedly, I was greedy for other people's money and finally suffered this retribution..."

After Ding's words ended, the whole house was shocked.

"I didn't expect that Old Man Zhang is such a person, hey..."

"There is a father like his son. The Zhang brothers shouted to report to the officials, and most of them wanted to blackmail..."

"Far away from the Zhang family in the future!"

...

The Zhang family lowered their heads and pulled their heads up and down, so ashamed that they couldn't raise their heads.

Seeing that the fire had arrived, Lei Su slapped the agglomeration again and said sternly: "The Zhang family's fraud was first and false accusations were later, which is a crime. This county is based on the laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty..."

"Mr. County Master, wait." Yan Jie stood up and called Lei Su, and gave several gifts to everyone inside and outside the hall. He continued, "My Yan family is from Linjiang. This time I returned to worship the graves of my ancestors. I don't want to cause trouble for this, so I am willing to plead for the Zhang family and ask the County Master to be sentenced lightly!"

In the Han Dynasty, those who falsely accused were sentenced to the point that the false accusation was committed, and the party who falsely accused had to bear the same punishment. The murderer also had to pay his life. In this way, the Zhang family would have to pay his life for his life.

At first, everyone outside the hall felt a little sorry for the Zhang family, thinking that such a sternness was too cruel. After all, the neighboring friendship in the countryside had been decades. Seeing Yan Jie so generous and pleaded for the Zhang family without grudges, the two families immediately made a judgment. They suddenly felt less sympathy for the Zhang family and more contempt and fear.

Lei Su nodded with satisfaction and asked, "You are the victim, how should you 'light sentence' according to your opinion?"

"It's better to expel the Zhang family from the county and never step into Linjiang again!"

"Brother Zhang family, are you convinced?" Lei Su turned around and asked the Zhang family.

"I'm convinced! We wish our whole family would move out and never return in this life!"
To be continued...
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