Chapter 18 Murder in Court?
Because of the promotion of the new songbook last night, today's trial was extremely popular, and more than half of the people in Jiuqu County came to hear the trial outside the hall.

Hua Yaoting, as a well-known Yuanwailang in Peach Blossom Town, has always been used to being sought after in front of others. Now not only is he going to be tried in public, but it also involves the matter of his daughter's private meeting with a man who humiliated him. On the ground, raised his head and cursed.

"Liu Qinglan, you stupid official who avenges your own personal revenge, you want to use the Hua family's private affairs to frame this old man, be careful not to protect the black hat on your head."

Liu Qinglan was dressed in an official uniform and sat in front of the case without being annoyed by Hua Yaoting's scolding in public, so she threw a token and ordered in a cold voice in the hall.

"Hua Yaoting insulted the court officials in front of the court, and punished him twenty times to make an example."

"Despicable boy, isn't it because I blocked your way to get promoted and get rich? Hmph, you are only worthy of being a sesame official, and you deserve to live here for the rest of your life...ah!"

The board rained down on his body, Hua Yaoting screamed out.

After the twenty boards were played, Liu Qinglan put one hand on the case and asked Hua Yaoting.

"Is there anything else you want to say besides the flower staff?"

Hua Yaoting grinned in pain, lay on the ground and hummed, Liu Qinglan snorted coldly and said.

"Prisoner Hua Yaoting, someone accused you of using a lynching stick to kill Hua Ting, the daughter of the Hua family, can you plead guilty?"

"I don't admit it..." Hua Yaoting gritted his teeth, "Hua Ting already has a fiancé but has had more than one private meeting with a foreigner, so if she is immoral, she will die."

As his own father, he accused the daughter of the Hua family of having met outsiders in private more than once, and there was a lot of discussion among the people during the trial. If this was true, then the daughter of the Hua family being beaten to death would not be considered innocent.

"Is there any evidence?" Liu Qinglan asked Hua Yaoting in a deep voice.

Maybe it was because he was afraid that Liu Qinglan would find an excuse to hit the board again, but Hua Yaoting was honest, said.

"Yes, three days before the incident, in the pond behind Hua's house, Hua Ting and her personal maid were paddling in the pond to play. They chatted with a man for a long time and happened to be seen by the old man."

Liu Qinglan said, "You mean that three days later, you bumped into Hua Ting's boyfriend again, and recognized the same person as Hua Ting's private meeting twice?"

"Exactly."

At this time, a yamen servant brought up a corpse covered with a white cloth, and lifted a corner of the covering to reveal the face of the male corpse inside.

Liu Qinglan pointed to the male corpse under the hall and asked Hua Yaoting.

"Hua Yaoting, please see clearly, is this person the person who met Hua Ting twice?"

Hua Yaoting glanced fiercely at the face of the male corpse, and pointed out, "It's this person."

Before she finished speaking, Liu Qinglan slapped the gavel abruptly.

"This person is a well-known idiot in Jiuqu County. Hua Yaoting, tell me how a mentally retarded person can have an affair with others."

"What?" Hua Yaoting asked Liu Qinglan with his old eyes wide open in disbelief, "Are you sure he is a fool?"

The people who heard the trial in the hall said in unison, "We all recognize it, and the stupid ones can't be any more stupid."

With everyone testifying, no matter how suspicious Hua Yaoting was, Liu Qinglan knew he hadn't lied to him, and said in a hoarse voice after being stunned for a while.

"At that time, I was just looking at Hua Ting talking to this person from a distance, but I didn't know what they were talking about. Later, Hua Ting hugged his cousin in front of his in-laws. I was so angry that I ordered someone to beat them to death. Hua Ting The personal maid who listened then committed suicide..."

Because Hua Yaoting identified a dead person and could not prove that Hua Yaoting was lying, the interrogation entered into a stalemate for a moment. Liu Qinglan frowned and sat in the hall, while the master whispered that the client Hua Ting should be interrogated to confront in class, but Liu Qinglan shook her head and rejected it.

Hua Yaoting was delighted to see Liu Qinglan helpless, and said loudly, "Could it be that idiots don't know how to have sex with others, so it makes no sense."

Xue Ziwen was born tall, and his appearance is no different from that of an adult man, not to mention that foolish people marry wives and have children since ancient times, so Hua Yaoting's confession is also reasonable.

Seeing that Liu Qinglan hadn't followed up for a long time, everyone couldn't help discussing. Three children were caught in the crowd and heard this, and one of them, who was combing crooked peaches, ran out immediately.

Running to the carriage parked outside the yamen, the child informed Hua Ting of the interrogation in the hall, and Hua Ting reached out and patted the child's head.

"Very good, you go back and listen, and when the trial is over, sister will give you five copper coins."

When the child heard that there was another copper coin, he cheerfully agreed, turned around and ran back to the trial site.

The coachman sitting in the driver's seat listened to what the child said.

"Then how can the flower staff be sure that the man in the private meeting is Xue Er fool? Regardless of whether it is true or not, let's just say that Jiuqu County is a hundred miles away from Taohua Town. Master Xue takes care of the fool closely. How could he let him run so far alone? .

Besides, not to mention Taohua Town, even in Jiuqu County, you can find a few people who look similar to Xue Er fool in appearance. Don't you think that the flower staff who are old-eyed outsiders will not recognize the wrong person? "

Hearing this, Hua Ting asked.

"How many people in Jiuqu County look like Xue Ziwen?"

The coachman said, "There are only two I know..."

……

In the hall, Hua Yaoting asked Liu Qinglan to give him an explanation, otherwise he would sue Liu Qinglan to avenge his personal revenge. Many people in the hall also supported Hua Yaoting. Husbands and prostitutes can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people, so there is no need for the government to intervene.

When the hall was having a good time, Hua Yaoting suddenly caught a glimpse of a man turning around from behind Liu Qinglan. He was tall and slender, dressed in a lake-blue Taoist robe, walking towards him, and his face looked very similar to the male corpse.

Hua Yaoting watched the person walk up to her and squat low, but no one around noticed that this person panicked and turned to look at the audience, but they were just whispering to each other and didn't notice anything strange in the hall.

"You... who are you?" Hua Yaoting turned around and asked the visitor, his voice trembling in a different tone.

The visitor raised his finger and pointed at himself, then pointed at the male corpse covered in white cloth, and asked Hua Yaoting back.

"Who do you say I am?"

Hua Yaoting stretched his neck and swallowed his saliva, and spoke with difficulty.

"Aren't you a ghost?"

The visitor smiled coldly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Since there is no one to avenge the person who died in vain, a certain one has to take your dog's life by himself."

As he spoke, someone reached out and pinched Hua Yaoting's neck hard, causing Hua Yaoting to have difficulty breathing.

"Help, help, ghosts are killing people!"

In the hall, Liu Qinglan slapped the gavel and shouted.

"Bold criminals, dare to talk nonsense in front of the court, and they will be punished twenty times."

You agreed on twenty, right?Hua Yaoting cursed secretly, broke the shackles around his neck and hissed.

"it is true……"

With that said, Hua Yaoting pointed to Xue Ziwen's corpse and said.

"It's him, it's his ghost who wants to strangle me."

"Are you sure?" Liu Qinglan said seriously.

"I'm sure it's his ghost."

"Hahaha!" Liu Qinglan laughed loudly, "Well, you Hua Yaoting, you were a superstitious idiot who believed in ghosts and gods when you deceived me back then, just take care..."

Liu Qinglan pointed to the man standing beside Hua Yaoting.

"This person is Liu Fangqi, a scholar from Jiuqu County, not the ghost of Xue Ziwen you mentioned. You admitted the wrong person and caused your daughter to die in vain. Hua Yaoting, are you guilty?"

(End of this chapter)

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