Splendid Pastoral: Space farmers are good for farming

Chapter 237
When Ma Xingren wanted to try the case, the first thing she wanted to ask was Platycodon grandiflora, because she was the first to discover that the water was abnormal, and she was also the first to see the people at the scene of the poisoning.

It's just that the trial is the trial, Ma Xingren didn't dare to ask Ji Jiao to kneel down to answer, and specially set up a seat for her beside the temporary public case, let her sit and talk, and the people who watched the excitement and the witnesses who needed to be subpoenaed stood around the yamen servants. After the circle, if you need to ask someone, you will pass it on.

After Ma Xingren asked, Ji Jiao sat next to Ma Xingren and said, "My lord, it was accidental that the girl discovered that the water was poisonous. It was because when she put the fruit plate on the table, she knocked over the water bowl on the table, and the water in the bowl The water splashed on the cut melon, and the melon immediately turned gray. Minnv suspected that the water was poisonous, so she asked where the water came from. The grandmother of the minnv said that it was the uncle Chen who washed it for the little nephew Shuanzi. The sugar water, because the child didn’t drink it, put it there. The water is my own water, so I asked my elder sister again. The elder sister said that the water was boiled by the elder brother-in-law and had been taken away to make tea. My brother-in-law was at my mother’s house in the backyard to visit, only to see my eldest brother-in-law and several other people fell to the ground after being poisoned.”

Everyone in the village knows that Xiao Laiwang and others were poisoned by drinking the water from Jikyo's house, but few people know the details. This is why the victim's family thought that Jikyo poisoned them. Speak out in vain, and let these people understand what's going on.

Ma Xingren thought for a while and said, "So the first person who came into contact with the poisonous water should be the aunt Chen you mentioned?"

Kikyo said: "I'm not sure about this, but I found out that the poisonous water is because of the bowl of sugar water she washed."

Ma Xingren said: "Chen Butou, pass the witness to Chen Shi immediately."

Mrs. Chen was also among the spectators. She didn't know the details before, but now she heard that the bowl of water she used to prepare Shuanzi's grain and water was poisonous. The daughter-in-law arrived in time and took the child away, otherwise her little grandson would have died!
Just as she was thinking, she heard Chen Tiecheng shouting from the side of the crowd: "Mr. Qiao Chen, is Mrs. Qiao Chen here?"

Without Chen's own answer, the people around stepped aside to let her out.Chen quickly responded: "I'm here, I'm here!"

Said and walked out.

What the common people are most afraid of is seeing an official, and Mrs. Chen is no exception. She never approached her, her legs were already trembling with fright, and she knelt down on her knees with a plop, ignoring that Kikyo was watching from the side.

Ma Xingren looked at her and asked, "You are Qiao Chen?"

Mrs. Chen replied honestly: "Yes, I am the eldest aunt of Ji Jiao."

"Well, you poured the poisonous water that day?"

Mrs. Chen was terrified, and quickly waved her hands and said: "Master Mingjian, it's not me! I just poured some water from that pot, and did nothing else. There were several people in the kitchen, and they all watched! "

"Who's in the kitchen?"

"Fennel, the daughter-in-law of Zhao Erliang next door to my house, the daughter-in-law of Qi Da in the back street, the daughter-in-law of Li's family, the daughter-in-law of Wang Da, oh, it seems that my nephew and daughter-in-law Zhao are also there, they all saw it, I just poured some water and left , the water was put there, it was boiled, and it has nothing to do with me!"

After all, Ma Xingren has been the county magistrate for so many years, and when he tried the case seriously, he still had some tricks. He didn't blindly believe that Mrs. Chen was suspected, and asked, "Oh, tell these people again, and let them come out and testify."

Kneeling on the ground, Mrs. Chen immediately turned her head and yelled: "Fennel, Fennel, hurry up! Get them all! I asked you for water. My grandson almost died without medicine. You have to testify to me! "

Fenix ​​was not among the crowd, and was still guarding Xiao Laiwang in the backyard, but when she yelled, someone rushed into Wangniang's room and called her out.

When Fennel came, Chen Tiecheng also called out several other women who were in the kitchen at that time.

When asked about Mrs. Chen pouring water, Fennel and these few people said in unison, that Mrs. Chen really just poured some water and left, and did not do anything else.

Chen's suspicion was ruled out temporarily, so Ma Xingren let her go down, and then asked these women again.

These people have been cooking in the kitchen, testifying to each other, without making any moves, and finally asked around, and they asked Xiao Laiwang.

Ma Xingren said: "Since all of you can prove that you and him are innocent, then you have to investigate where the water comes from. Who else touched the water before it entered the tank?"

Li Sanxi's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, blinked at Fenix ​​and said in a low voice, "Xiao Laiwang, Fenix's man, made the poisonous water. The water before was good. I drank it and nothing happened."

Ma Xingren cast his eyes on Fennel and said, "What about Xiao Laiwang? Let him come to the county."

Before Fennel could speak, Kikyo said, "My lord, as I said before, my elder brother-in-law was also poisoned by the water, and he just woke up now."

Ma Xingren turned his face, his voice became very polite, and said: "Oh, since you have woken up, could you please come over and ask the county to ask a few words? Otherwise, the county can go to the house and ask him, but Don’t let everyone hear it, I’m afraid they think the county is partial.”

Kikyo looked at Fennel and said, "Sister, how is brother-in-law doing? Can you come here and talk back?"

Fennel thought for a while and said, "I'll go back and have a look. He seems to have a little strength now. If he can come over, let him come here as much as possible. I don't understand why. Everyone really thinks he did the poison."

After speaking, he turned and went back. After a while, with the help of Li Sanxi and others, Xiao Laiwang was carried out on a chair.

Coming in front of Ma Xingren, Ma Xingren carefully looked at Xiao Laiwang's face, he looked really haggard, his eyes were extremely dull, and even the tips of his fingers were faintly blue and black, it seemed that he was seriously poisoned.

He asked: "Are you Xiao Laiwang? Let me ask you, you brought the water in Qiao's kitchen? Why is there poison in the water?"

Xiao Laiwang raised his eyelids reluctantly, and said, "Yes, I beat it, but I don't know why it was poisonous. If I knew it was poisonous, I, I wouldn't give it to them..."

Ma Xingren pursed his lips, blinked his small eyes, and said, "Since that's the case, tell me about the process of fetching water and the incident of poisoning afterward, and I will make my own judgment."

Xiao Laiwang said: "I, I was staying in the backyard to accompany some of my friends, and then everyone was thirsty. I wanted to boil some water for them, but the two pots and stoves in the backyard were all occupied, so I went to the front. I came to the hospital and asked my daughter-in-law Fennel to boil water. She, she was too busy, so I asked me to cook it myself. I saw that there was no water in their tanks, so I wanted to help them, so I first fetched water and boiled it. Then I went to fetch water again, and kept filling the tank with water. Then I carried the boiled water in the pot back to the backyard, made tea and poured it for them. They were drinking. They drank together, and then, they were all poisoned..."

(End of this chapter)