Great Lawyer

Chapter 192 Life Choices ([-])

"Okay, okay, I'm going to find my classmate right now." Yao Qixin ran out as he said that, and went all the way to the county government to invite Miao scribes.

Yao Qixin's family was a little better, but Miao Shuli had no choice but to devote himself to handyman and gave up the scientific examination to support his family.

"...You hired a litigator? But the case has already been sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. If you ask to reverse the case for a review, it is almost hopeless." Miao scribe said.

Yao Qixin nodded, and said: "my wife and aunt have been crying all day long, complaining about mother's injustice, now there is a lawyer willing to take the case, we have to give it a try anyway."

The scribe Miao asked curiously: "Where did you invite the litigator? Could it be that he cheated you of money?"

"Du Jiuyan!" Yao Qixin said.

Clerk Miao looked surprised, "Is that Du Jiuyan who just defended Yan Changtian's case of killing Hua Niang?" He said a little excitedly, "We have seen all the lawsuits she has fought, and each case is very exciting."

Yao Qixin also felt lucky to have Du Jiuyan.Clerk Miao thought for a while, and then said discouragedly: "But it's useless for her to come, even if she pleads guilty, it can't reduce the punishment."

"The nature is too bad. If you haven't seen He Cheng's verdict, you will understand how difficult it is to overturn the verdict." Miao scribe sighed.

On the day of the trial, Yao Qixin went to listen, so he could more or less guess something, and said: "No matter what, I have to help Brother Miao to inform and recommend it."

There are people in the yamen who are good at handling things. Even if it is a normal business, you may not be able to do it immediately after stuffing the money. Even for a litigator like Du Jiuyan, the same is true for unfamiliar places.

"Okay, when you come in a while, go in and find me, and I will say hello to the concierge."

The two talked, and Yao Qixin went home, but his family had already left, so he hurried to Li's mansion again.

"Okay, I'll just send the pleadings over in a while." Yao Qixin looked at Du Jiuyan and said, "He...he said that He Cheng's judgment was written very sharply, which shows that he is very disgusted with this case. To reverse the case, Mr. Du, you... I'm afraid you need to make more preparations."

"Okay!" Du Jiuyan said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yao Qixin waved his hands and said no.He was a little nervous, but when he turned around and thought about it, he felt that he shouldn't be like this. He was several years older than Du Jiuyan, so why was he nervous.

Thinking of this, he secretly looked at Du Jiuyan again, and vaguely understood that although the young man was young, his calmness and demeanor were by no means comparable to ordinary people.

"Nine words." Dou Rongxing said, "Going to the room where the crime happened?"

Du Jiuyan nodded, and Li Mingzhu led the way into the inner courtyard.

The Li Mansion is the house that Ma Yuniang bought when she came here six years ago. It is a yard with two entrances. The backyard has broken the original layout, and several yards have been added.

So the whole backyard seemed very crowded, not to mention rockery and flowing water, not even a few bushes of flowers and trees were planted.

When they went in, they saw five women in sackcloth and filial piety standing under the porch of the main courtyard. They greeted them with a blank expression, and saluted Li Mingzhu and the others.

"The four maids around my mother-in-law are Jin Xiu, Jin Yin, Jin Yi, and Jin Rong. Jin Yi died last year, so there are only three of them left." Li Mingzhu introduced to Du Jiuyan, "These two are Aunt Tao, and Aunt Jiang."

Du Jiuyan looked at the five people, and the three maids said they were maids, but they looked not too young, and they should be planning to comb their hair and not marry. The two aunts looked about 25 six, and Aunt Tao had one eye Blind, Aunt Jiang looks okay, and she looks pretty.

"There is also Aunt Fang, who went back to Caixiang Pavilion after the accident. Father died...in her room that night." Li Mingzhu said.

Du Jiuyan greeted everyone, "Take me to Aunt Fang's room."

"Here." Li Mingzhu pointed to Zhengyuan, "She lives here."

Du Jiuyan frowned, "Then where does your mother live?"

"Over there." Li Mingzhu pointed to a low room like a woodshed on the left and right, "That's her yard. The rest are the rooms of other concubines in the family."

This Li Zhi is really good enough. In the courtyard bought by his wife, he drove his wife to live in a low house, while he lived in the courtyard with his beloved concubine.

It has to be said that Master Li is worse than Yan Changtian.

At any rate, in the Yan Mansion, the Liu family still looks like the mistress. Although the Liu family was angry, she was never injured or disabled!

However, Ma Yuniang is really... Du Jiuyan can't say enough.

"Let's go." He entered the main courtyard, and everyone followed her. Aunt Fang's room had already been tidied up. The bed was covered with a pure white cloth, and there was a breath of death everywhere. Du Jiuyan lifted the white cloth Come on, there's nothing on the bed.

"Jin Xiu, Mr. Du is here to defend my mother. Please tell Mr. Du what happened that night from beginning to end." Li Mingzhu said.

As soon as Li Mingzhu said that, the five people who had been following him were startled. When they saw Du Jiuyan, Aunt Jiang said in disbelief, "A litigator, defending your wife?"

"Well." Li Mingzhu said: "Don't ask too much. Let Jin Xiu go over what happened that night."

Jin Xiu looked at Du Jiuyan excitedly, knelt down, and said, "Mr. Du, our wife is suffering, please save her."

"Jinxiu!" Mrs. Guo said, "It's no use crying when talking about business."

Jin Xiu nodded, looked up at Du Jiuyan, recalling what happened that night.

"That day the master came back as soon as he left the office. At that time, my wife and I were really turning cotton in front of the yard. When we heard footsteps, we took the cotton into the room."

"Aunt Fang came out to greet the master. The two of them talked in the yard for a while, and the master still said something about the Hu family and the money they brought... let Aunt Fang keep it."

"Then for dinner at night, the master asked us to serve him and Aunt Fang for dinner. Seven of us served the two of them. Because Aunt Fang said she was not feeling well, Aunt Jiang stewed a pot of chicken soup that day, and the seven of us served the meals. , Kneeling on the ground to serve the meal."

"It's like this every day, kneeling on the ground?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Jin Xiu shook her head, "It's not every day. The master eats out for about ten days a month. We just need to take care of Aunt Fang when he's not at home. When the master comes back, we can go to take care of the wash and we'll be fine."

"Yes. You continue." Du Jiuyan said.

Jin Xiudao: "When Aunt Fang was eating, one of her sisters was taken out by a wealthy businessman to be a concubine. She must go to the wedding banquet, so she begged the master to give her 500 taels, and she wanted to buy gold bracelets and gold noodles."

"The master just said that the bank note of the Hu family was given to you, and you just take it and use it."

"Aunt Fang is very happy. At this time, Madam reminded me that the silver building came to ask for money, and there is still a debt of 400 taels. It is best to pay it off, otherwise it will affect the reputation of the master."

"The master said to ask the wife to pay it back. The wife said that she has no money, the family's expenses are high, and all her savings are gone. The master was very angry and scolded the wife for prodigal. She lost all the money of the family."

"Actually, except for the two young ladies who came out of the cabinet and the wife put down 2 taels at the bottom of the box, the rest of the 3 taels were bought by the master today to buy calligraphy and painting, and tomorrow to buy a concubine. The lady even bought a new No clothes."

"Master was angry at the time, and he picked up a pot of chicken soup that was just off the stove and poured it on Mrs. Qiao's mother hugged Mrs. Qiao, and the pot of chicken soup fell from Qiao's mother's head..." Jin Xiu broke down in tears, lying on the ground, unable to speak up.

Jin Yin knelt beside Jin Xiu, "Mother Qiao's hair and face were peeled off, and Madam woke up from the heat. Madam wanted to go to the doctor, but the master said no, if a woman died, just bury it."

"The six of us helped Qiao's mother out, and collected some money to ask the doctor to come back."

"But it's useless. Mother Qiao died of pain after only an hour. The upper body is like..." Jin Yin said: "Mother Qiao is the nanny of Madam. Madam Qiao's biological mother passed away after she was born. Mama Qiao raised her big."

"Madam couldn't take it anymore, she sat in the room for two full hours holding Mother Qiao's body." Jin Yin wiped his eyes and knelt straight, "The five of us were with us, and we were crying by the side. Can't do it!"

Du Jiuyan walked in the room, leaning on the edge of the bed, and opened the door of the cabinet. There were only seven or eight pieces of men's robes in it. It was probably that Aunt Fang took her own things and left after the accident.

She closed the cabinet door, and another voice came from behind her, accompanied by the woman's low sobs, and said, "Madam Qiao took off Mother Qiao's belt and asked us to wait in the room. She is going to kill the master, and He died together."

"We are afraid." Aunt Jiang said: "Madam said, if it is not his death tonight, then we will die. Let us pretend that we don't know anything, and she will go by herself."

"I'm going." Jin Xiu said: "Madam can't kill Master alone, I have to help her."

"Then I followed." Aunt Tao said, "I've been a living dead for a long time, so I'm willing to go with Madam."

"The six of us waited at the door. When Aunt Fang got up to go to the latrine at night, we entered the room. Madam personally put the noose around the master's neck. The master woke up... broke free, and we joined forces to hold on tightly. .”

"Master scolded us. My heart was about to jump out. I've never been so scared. I couldn't think of anything. I could only follow Madam, holding on tightly to the rope."

"The master didn't move. We dragged him for a while before he collapsed on the ground. Aunt Fang fainted from fright when she came back, so she collapsed at the door. We didn't care about him."

"Madam asked the five of us to go back to sleep. We will report to the official tomorrow morning. When the official asked, he said that he didn't see anything."

"We... we stayed in the room until dawn. I don't know what Madam told Aunt Fang, but she insisted that Madam killed the master, and didn't mention us... We are sorry Madam, we... We are waiting to send Madam to the end For a while, I will go with my wife."

While talking, the five women knelt down together, bowed their heads and said, "Mr. Du, we killed him together. If we plead guilty, will Madam give a lighter sentence?"

"No!" Du Jiuyan walked back and looked at them, "She is the principal offender and will be punished severely, and you will be executed as accomplices."

"Mr. Du!" Aunt Tao pointed to one of her eyes, "My eye is the third year I have been in the door. On the night he brought Aunt Jiang back, he thought I was blocking his way and used my hairpin to Tie it!"

"I'm sorry." Aunt Jiang held Aunt Tao's hand, "It would be fine if I didn't come."

The two looked at each other and smiled with tears in their eyes. Aunt Tao said: "What does it have to do with you, someone else will come if you don't come."

"Are there any other wounds?" Du Jiuyan asked.

(End of this chapter)