Xiuse Farmhouse

Chapter 246 Accident

And it was Xie Da who handed over the paper.The magistrate of the county asked as usual, and Xie Dao recounted the ins and outs of the original incident: "...At the beginning, there was a mine as a guarantee, so I didn't pursue this matter for the time being. I just let it go, but I didn’t see anyone looking for me after waiting for several months, and it was later found out that the person who stole the money was indeed Wang Yuansheng, and I was so angry that I handed over the pleadings.”

The magistrate touched his beard when he heard the words, and nodded: "Well, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. It's really rare for you to give the thief a chance, but this thief who stole money doesn't know what to do. This must be unforgivable." .”

The magistrate of the county took the xingtang wood and slapped it majesticly: "According to the laws of my celestial dynasty, the punishment for this kind of stealing is different depending on whether the circumstances are serious or not. Those who commit serious crimes will be sent to the frontiers, and even worse, they will be sent to the frontiers." brain..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Yuansheng was so frightened that he began to cry. It turned out that the crime of stealing was so serious, but he didn't steal it.Immediately shouted towards Wanwan and Baishou outside the hall: "Second sister, brother-in-law, save me, it's not me, it's really not me..."

Wanwan's father also had a pale face, but Wanwan's mother was so frightened that she fainted. Everyone was in a hurry, and finally rescued her mother from pinching someone. Raising his eyebrows, he saw a tall man in common clothes with thick eyebrows and big eyes standing outside the hall, stepped forward, cupped his hands and said to him: "Master, I have something to say."

Baishou was dressed in commoner clothes, and was dressed like a countryman, but his temperament was somewhat extraordinary. The county magistrate was kind for the first time, and asked outside the hall: "Who are you?"

Bai Shou looked at the county magistrate with a serious face and said, "Caomin is Wang Yuansheng's second brother-in-law. Master, catching thieves and taking stolen goods is all nonsense of Xie Da. We must pay attention to witnesses and physical evidence in everything."

"Yes." Wanwan on the side also agreed with a straight face: "Besides, it has been several months since this incident, Xie Da only came to report to the official at this time, we have reason to suspect that he has ulterior motives, and, master, what you said just now It is really intimidating, we have the right to reserve the right to appeal, and the government cannot torture us."

The magistrate was startled, and lowered his eyes slightly, hey, these two people are really eloquent.

Looked outside and nodded slightly: "You two are right." Turning to look at Xie Da: "Do you have any evidence?"

"Physical evidence, no. Human witness..." Xie Da paused: "The man is not in the mine today, and he will be found tomorrow."

"Bastard!" The county magistrate yelled violently, "That is to say, no one can witness the pleadings you handed over, so you can play with the magistrate of the county?"

"No, the magistrate of the county, that person will definitely come tomorrow. I handed in the paper today because I was afraid that Wang Yuansheng would hear Fengsheng fleeing, so I had to do it." Xie Da said it seemed true.

The county magistrate sullenly took another slap with the Xingtang wood, stood up and shouted: "Since there is no witness today, the case will be tried again tomorrow and we will withdraw." He hesitated for a while: "To prevent the suspect from escaping, Wang Yuansheng is temporarily in custody."

"I am wronged, I am wronged... Father, mother, second sister, brother-in-law... help me!"

Wang Yuansheng yelled like a slaughtered pig, and Wanwanniang's legs were already weak, she pulled Wanwan and begged: "Second sister, why are you locked up here, go and ask the county magistrate to let him release Yuansheng first , it’s not a good reputation to go into the prison, huh... what if they beat your brother?"

Wanwan and Baishou were also worried about this. It stands to reason that the magistrate could let Wang Yuansheng go back, but Xie Da had taken him into custody before he asked, and he was not a murderer.There are indeed some tricks in it, and the two are also worried that Wang Yuansheng will be forced to beat him when he goes in.

A group of people stood outside the yamen, worrying about how to let the yamen put the person back first, when they saw Xie Tian coming out from inside, they were overjoyed and rushed forward: "Brother Xie."

Xie Tian came over and said apologetically, "You haven't left yet. I'm so sorry, Brother Yang. I didn't expect that Wang Yuansheng is your relative. Otherwise, I should have dragged someone to bring you a letter earlier, so that you can do better." Get ready." He and Ma Yan left the yamen for something, and before leaving, they heard someone beating a drum, but they didn't expect that the defendant was Wanwan's family.

Wanwanniang heard that this person belonged to the yamen, and immediately stepped forward and begged: "This brother, please help us Yuansheng, he must not have done this, he is still a child!"

Xie Tian comforted her with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am, this case is not big, it's not as terrible as you imagined."

"Brother Xie, I heard that Xie Da still has a witness?" Wan Wan is now concerned about this.

Xie Tian nodded: "I'm not too sure about this. I only know that Xie Da handed over the pleadings, and the county magistrate sent someone to arrest your brother. But just now I have inquired for you in the back hall, and I seem to have heard that this witness It was discovered by your help in the mine, don’t you know?”

Wanwan and Baishou were startled at the same time.

It was found in the mine, so why didn't Baishou hear anything?
The hearts of the two suddenly sank again. They could find out, but they kept Baishou from knowing that there were only two of them, one was Guanshi Liu, and the other was Xie Xian. I'm free, but why did Xie Xian do this?Is it because you didn't agree to cooperate, so now you take the opportunity to retaliate?
After discussing for a while, they finally came up with a solution. First, they used some money to visit the prison, asked Wang Yuansheng, and took care of things so that Wang Yuansheng would not suffer. Then Wanwan went to the restaurant to find shopkeeper Yu, and Baishou went back to the mine.

So Xie Tian took some silver to the jailer and went to see Wang Yuansheng. When they entered, an old man was coming out with a small box. When they saw Wang Yuansheng, they were shocked. There was still blood on Wang Yuansheng's face. Dry, with a cloth wrapped around his forehead, obviously injured.

The action was so fast, and they were beaten just after coming in. Wanwan and Baishou's faces turned black, and Wanwan's mother was so frightened that she howled and cried: "My son, my son..."

Wanwan's father's face was also so cold that a layer of frost could be scraped off.

Xie Tian sullenly called the jailer: "What's going on? Who allowed you to use lynching?"

Xie Tian is the head catcher in the yamen, so naturally he has a higher status than the jailer. Seeing him shouting and asking questions, the jailer felt depressed for a while, and explained: "No one is lynching, he fell by himself."

It turned out that Wang Yuansheng saw himself being dragged into the prison, and his legs and feet were so frightened. When he entered, he accidentally fell and hit his forehead on a stone. The jailer didn't wait for him, and immediately invited the doctor over.

After hearing this, Wanwan just felt dumbfounded!I secretly scolded Wang Yuansheng for being worthless, and felt that he was quite pitiful.

Wang Yuansheng didn't know what was going on, anyway, after he was arrested, no one asked him a word except what he said in class.

After seeing Wang Yuansheng, he gave the jailer two taels of silver to take care of him.At first the jailer shied away, saying that he had to listen to the magistrate for everything.Later, Xie Tian stuffed the money into his hands: "If the county magistrate asks questions, you can just take care of it. If someone wants to use lynching, you can help pass the message."

It was simple, and the jailer quickly agreed.

After leaving the Yamen, Wanwan went to Fusheng Restaurant, Baishou went back to the mine, Wanwan's parents broke up with Baishou at the crossroads, and went back to Wangjiacun.

When I arrived at Fusheng Restaurant, I happened to see the boy from Yangjia Village who had been here a few times, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Brother, is shopkeeper Yu there? Can you pass me a message, please?" Then he stuffed a tael of silver past.

The servant pushed the money back: "If you have something to do with the Baishou family, just say so, don't be so polite."

Wan Wan pushed the silver over again, and said with a smile: "On weekdays, Brother Duo Meng takes care of it, so take this little money to eat at the bar."

The servant smiled and accepted the money, and asked her to sit and wait in the lobby, and shook his head to say no, then the servant quickly went to the backyard, and shopkeeper Yu came out after a while.

Wanwan told him the matter worriedly, and finally begged: "...my younger brother is definitely not such a person, and I don't know what's going on in this yamen. He was detained before the trial even started. The family is also worried that he will be framed by someone, and his body is weak, and they are afraid that if he is tortured in prison..."

Shopkeeper Yu frowned and asked, "You said this was found out in the mine?"

Wan Wan nodded: "Xie Da said so."

"Who is in charge of the investigation?"

"I don't know yet, Baishou has already returned to the mine."

After thinking about it, shopkeeper Yu said, "Well, you go back first, and I'll go to the Yamen right away."

Wanwan thanked him again and again, and then left with her parents.

When Wanwan's father and mother returned to the village, everyone pointed and pointed, and some who had a good relationship on weekdays came up to ask a few words of concern.Wanwanniang forced a smile and said: "...someone in the mine refused to accept our Yuansheng, so he framed... people will be fine soon."

After the two of them got home for a while, Wang Yuansheng really came back.

Wanwanniang hugged him and started crying sadly. Wang Yuansheng's face was still pale at this moment, and he was terrified of fright, tears streaming down his face.

His father also stood aside and wiped his tears. Usually, he always thinks that Wang Yuansheng is worthless, and beats and scolds him whenever something happens. Promise more, just hope that it will be safe and sound.

After thinking about it, he must have gone to ask the shopkeeper of the restaurant to be effective, so he asked Wang Yuansheng how he got out.

Only then did Wang Yuansheng wipe away his tears, and told the two of them: "...it seems that the shopkeeper of the restaurant where the second sister works is the one who helped to talk. I didn't see him. When I came out, a little brother was waiting for me and sent me He went back outside the village, saying that he wanted me to come back tonight and go to the yamen for interrogation in the morning."

The two elders saw the dawn at once, and Wang Yuansheng, the shopkeeper, came out with a word of ease. Maybe he could ask him to help out tomorrow.

On the other side, Baishou hurried back to Yangjia Village, he was stunned when he arrived at the village, the vehicles that should have come to transport coal tomorrow had already lined up in the village at this time.I found someone I knew and asked, and the driver told Baishou: "The notice I received has been here for a while."

(End of this chapter)