Leng Yi said: "The eldest young master of the Su family raped Song Cai's wife, is it true?"

Li Yougui said: "Of course! Song Cai saw it with his own eyes. Two servants of the eldest young master of the Su family held down Mrs. Song Cai's hands and feet and asked him to do it. Mrs. Song Cai resisted with all her strength and even scratched his face!"

"Why doesn't Song Cai report to the official?"

"Don't you dare go! The Su family is not someone to be trifled with."

"Then what happened to your legs?"

Li Yougui said: "Let the Su family beat him! After that beastly young master was stoned to death, they suspected that it was me who did it. They arrested me and hung me up, beat me up and interrogated me. I said I was farming, but they didn't listen.

, if they forced me to admit it, I would fight to the death and refuse to admit it, so they beat my legs like this!"

Leng Yi said: "Don't you have several witnesses proving that you were doing farm work in the fields ten miles away that day?"

"Originally! But they said I must have hired someone to do it. How can I not! Although I hate the Su family for bullying others and seizing my cattle, I wouldn't hire someone to kill him! Besides, I

My family is so poor, how can I have the money to hire someone to kill people? My ancestors all farmed the land honestly, and I don’t know any of those killers!"

"Besides arresting you, who else did they arrest?"

"Song Cai and Gao Fu were both arrested, but I was beaten the worst. After the Su family beat us, they tied us up and sent us to the Yamen. The Yamen locked us up for a few days and then released us. However, Su

But the family did not let us go and often made trouble for us. My wife was very scared. After discussing with me, she took the children back to her parents' house to hide. She will come back when the situation calms down."

Leng Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I will do my best to help you get justice!"

Li Yougui said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you so much, sir!"

Leng Yi and Magistrate Liao came to Song Cai's house. When they got to the door, they knocked on the door, but no one came out to open the door. Chang Lichang called the neighbor next door and asked, saying that there was someone at home and they didn't know why they didn't open the door.

Chang Lichang got angry and kicked and shouted loudly. After a long time, someone finally came out and opened the door, but it was a child.

Chang Li asked: "Where is your father?"

The child looked at them warily but did not answer. But he was about to close the door again. Chang Li Chang pushed the door open and stepped into the yard. He said loudly: "Song Cai! I know you are at home! Come out quickly! Magistrate

The master is here to investigate the case!" He walked straight to the door of the main room and knocked on the door, but the door was not closed, just closed. Chang Lichang pushed open the door and walked in. There was a smell of urine inside.

The smell turned out to be from a toilet in the corner of the house, with the lid uncovered.

Leng Yi followed him in and saw a man lying on a wooden bed in the inner room with a sick face. There was a curtain hanging on the bed, and something was moving behind the curtain.

Chang Lichang said angrily to the man on the bed: "Song Cai! What are you doing? I told you that the great master is coming to investigate the case. Why don't you get up to greet him? What are you doing lying on the bed? What time has it been and you are still here?

There is a corpse on the bed. Did he never get up, or was he just going to sleep? Where is your wife?"

As soon as I finished saying this, I heard a scream from behind the wooden bed. It was a woman's voice, as if something was crawling under the bed.

Leng Yi knelt down and looked under the bed. He saw a thin woman crawling and hiding under the bed. Her face was full of fear. When she saw Leng Yi, she shrank into the corner under the bed, holding a hand tightly in her hands.

One of the sharp tips of the scissors has broken off.

Chang Lichang briefly introduced several officials. When Song Cai was on the bed, he panicked and struggled to get up, lifting the quilt to get out of bed. Leng Yi had already stood up and saw that he was shaking and unsteady.

, his whole body was trembling, but his cheeks were burning red. He hurried over to support him. Feeling that his hands were hot, he hurriedly said: "Are you sick? Don't get up, lie down quickly!"

Song Cai was helped by Leng Yi to lie down and kept saying thank you.

Chang Lichang knelt down and saw the woman under the bed. He couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "Song Cai's wife, what are you hiding under the bed? Come out quickly! It's the eldest master! Here to investigate the case!" He stood up and said to Magistrate Liao

Leng Yi and others said: "Masters, please don't take offense. His wife has been a little crazy since the last incident."

Leng Yi turned to Magistrate Liao and the others and said, "Sir, we have too many people coming in. Why don't the others please wait outside in the courtyard, and I can just check with them alone."

Magistrate Liao said: "That's fine." He took the lead and walked out, followed by Tongzhi and others.

Leng Yi closed the door and said to Song Cai who was on the bed: "Please ask your wife to come out. Don't be nervous."

Song Cai said with a weak smile: "I'm really sorry, my wife is sick. Once she is frightened, it will take a long time to recover. Sometimes, she has to hide under the bed and not come out for a whole day. It's useless for anyone to call her, including me."

"Is this what happened after the eldest young master of the Su family raped her?"

Before Song Cai could answer, Song Cai's daughter-in-law let out a pitiful whimper under the bed. It was unclear whether the sound was crying or wailing, which made people feel sad.

Just then Chang Li Chang introduced them. Song Cai was seriously ill and comatose. He was also timid about meeting officials and did not dare to ask more questions. Therefore, he actually did not hear clearly about Leng Yi's official position. He only knew that he was an official. Now he heard him say Su directly.

The eldest young man of the family raped his wife, which is different from the Su family's claim that his wife seduced the eldest young master of the Su family. She was obviously on his side. She suddenly felt grateful and even her eyes turned red. She said: "Master Qingtian! My family

Madam... is the root cause of the disease after she was raped by the eldest young master of the Su family...!"

"What's going on? Can you tell me?"

"I was working in the fields that day, and it was already afternoon, and I didn't see my son bringing me any food. I was hungry, so I went home to see what was going on and why my wife didn't prepare food for my son to bring. I

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw my son sitting on the steps of the courtyard door crying. I quickly asked what was going on. He said that a few people had come to the house, and they forced his mother into the house and refused to let him in. I was scared.

I jumped and rushed in. I could faintly hear my wife calling for help inside. The voice was muffled, as if it was blocked by something. The door was fastened from the inside, and I couldn't push it open, so I kicked it open.

When I got there, I saw the eldest young master of the Su family was naked, getting up from my wife. My wife’s pants were taken off, and her hands and feet were pressed on the bed by two servants. My wife had a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth, sobbing and crying...

…”

At this point, Song Cai sobbed and started to cry. He continued: "I was holding a hoe and rushed towards him to fight him, but his servants stopped me and beat me up instead. Then they left. I

I was so angry that I took my daughter-in-law to go to the district chief. The district chief said that this could only be reported to the official, and he couldn't control it. I took my wife and ran to Bazhou to report to the official. But, for some reason, the yamen officer only said that the boss

The master was not here, so I knelt at the yamen gate for two days and two nights before someone came out to accept the case. A few days later, people from the yamen called me and said that they had investigated and it was my wife who seduced the eldest young master of the Su family.

Rape. I was so angry that I almost went crazy. But where could I go to make excuses? Alas! Poor my wife, from that day on, she became like this again. Whenever she heard any noise, she would crawl under the bed...

…”

Leng Yi said: "After the death of the eldest young master of the Su family, did the Su family give you any trouble?"

"Of course they did! They arrested me, Li Yougui, Gao Fu and I, hung them up and beat them, saying that we were the ones who did it. Later, thanks to the intercession of Chang Lichang, he said that it couldn't be like this, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to them if they beat people to death.

I was bundled up and sent to the Bazhou Yamen. We were imprisoned for a few days, and we were beaten many times and almost died. Later, the Yamen people said that there was evidence to prove that we could not kill anyone, so they released us.

.However, the Su family said that we paid for the murder. Oh my god, sir, do you think people like us can afford to hire a killer to kill someone? But the Su family doesn’t think so, and it must be said that it was us who did it. Su

The eldest boss and the third boss came with their servants every now and then to beat us up. They tried every means to torture us and pulled out all the seedlings in my house. A few days ago, they tied me up and threw me in the ditch at the door.

It froze me all night! That’s how I fell ill. Alas! I can’t survive this life. I will be beaten to death by him sooner or later! Even if I am not beaten to death by them, the crops in the field will be pulled up by them.

, we have missed the farming season, there will be no harvest this year, and I’m afraid I won’t survive.”

Leng Yi said: "There must be a way to reach the mountain. Don't be anxious. I will help you handle this matter."

"Thank you sir!"

Leng Yi knelt down again and comforted Song Cai's wife under the bed. His wife just hid under the bed, holding her head in one hand, and holding tightly the scissors with a broken tip in her other hand, facing Leng Yi.

Yi, shuddering and trembling.

Leng Yi said goodbye and came out without saying anything to Magistrate Liao and others. He asked Chang Li to lead him and went straight to Gao Fu's house.

Although this rich man had a name with the word "rich" in his name, his family was not rich at all. Not only was his family poor, he didn't even have a wife. Chief Chang had made preparations in advance and sent someone to find him and wait at home.

Otherwise, not even a human figure can be found.

When Leng Yi and others entered, he was squatting under the eaves of the house, with his sleeves folded in his hands, looking at them coldly.

After listening to Chang Lichang's introduction, he seemed indifferent, even though he was facing so many high-ranking officials. Leng Yi saw a kind of indifference in his eyes, which was hard to see among ancient people.

Just like last time, Leng Yi was alone in the room talking with Gao Fu.

Even though this is a room, there is air leakage from all sides, and people outside can even be seen through the gaps.

There was no stool in the room to sit on, because Leng Yi was worried that it would collapse if he sat on it. So he simply stood, looked at him, and said, "I heard that you like gambling?"

After Gao Fu entered the room, he squatted in the corner with his head lowered. After hearing this, he looked up at him and said, "Did someone from the Su family tell you?"!~!
Chapter completed!