My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 611 Is This Fair?

Ji Bu almost fainted.

This young man, why does he only speak the truth?

Ji Bu now likes Chen Ping a little.

"Those people said you committed adultery with your sister-in-law. Is this true?"

Now it was Chen Ping's turn to be stunned.

Is there something wrong with this Qin official's brain? Can he solve the case?

Ask yourself right away if you have ever done this before.

Chen Ping thought for a moment, "My younger brother stole my sister-in-law. This is something that everyone in the world would like to hear. When something spreads widely, the truth of the matter is no longer that important."

"What nonsense! Just tell me the truth when I ask you a question. Did you sleep with your sister-in-law?"

Chen Ping was extremely angry.

Hasn't he made it very clear?

What kind of idiot is this person in the classroom?

"Excuse me, General, since you are investigating a case, why don't you ask someone to take a statement?"

"This kind of case will be tried jointly by the current Fifth Doctor Zhang Cang and the Middle Doctor Meng Yi. There is no need to take notes." Liu Ji hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over.

Meng Yi said, "Since he asked, someone come and take his statement."

Everyone was surprised again. They didn't expect that the young men who came today were all high-ranking officials of the court.

Ji Bu was shocked, "I'll ask you again. Answer yes or no. You didn't sleep with your former sister-in-law, the one kneeling with you in front of the hall now."

Chen Ping was not a stubborn person, so he quickly said, "Of course I didn't. She framed me."

"I've already told you. I asked you to say yes or no. Whether she framed you or not is not your answer."

Then Ji Bu looked at Chen Ping's former sister-in-law and asked, "Auntie, has Chen Ping ever slept with you?"

"Yes." The sister-in-law called out to the eldest brother. "In the past, I was very pretty. I married into the Chen family at a young age. Everyone in the surrounding area said I was pretty. But the two brothers of the Chen family bullied me together, and that's why I'm like this today."

As soon as Chen Ping's ex-sister-in-law spoke, she immediately won countless people's sympathetic glances at her, and even the onlookers began to speak up for Chen Ping's ex-sister-in-law.

But at this time, Chen Ping was still surprisingly calm.

He did not argue loudly.

She was just Chen Ping's ex-sister-in-law, and she smiled at Chen Ping strangely. "You want to run away, you Chen brothers want to use me and live a good life with the daughter of the rich Zhang family. I won't let you do what you want."

Ji Bu's eyelids twitched violently. He felt that Chen Ping's sister-in-law was a very resentful woman.

At this time, Meng Yi actually saw that Chen Ping was not a good person. The Chen brothers had treated their sister-in-law badly in the past, and this sister-in-law was not a good person either.

The story of stealing the sister-in-law was actually false, but Chen Ping's ex-sister-in-law's revenge on him seemed justified.

It is said that it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs.

However, Ji Bu was confident and reasonable and traveled all over the world.

This little thing is nothing.

Ji Bu then hit the thing that was later called "jingtangmu" hard, and everyone in the hall came back to their senses.

"Auntie, may I ask if the Chen Ping family has been inconsiderate to you in the past?"

When Chen Ping's ex-sister-in-law heard this, she burst into tears.

In this thatched cottage where the Kitchen God is enshrined, mournful cries and wails can be heard one after another.

Although Ji Bu was a man, he quickly asked the soldiers beside him to give a handkerchief to the woman with rough hands.

The woman was stunned for a moment when she saw the handkerchief. She opened her blurry tearful eyes, then looked at the five or six well-dressed, handsome, young Qin officials in front of the hall, and couldn't help crying again.

She just kept crying and crying for about half an incense stick of time.

She finally stopped.

During this time, Meng Yi wanted to intervene and ask the woman to stop crying. After all, they were pressed for time and had no time to listen to the wailing of this abandoned woman.

But Ji Bu insisted, "Don't disturb her, just let her cry."

Meng Yi was angry and was about to reprimand Ji Bu, but was stopped by Cao Shen.

"Doctor Meng, since that person said that he wanted Ji Bu to try this case, there must be a reason. You and I are both Qin officials. If we really follow the trial process stipulated by Qin law, it may not be possible to get a result in a short time."

Meng Yi thought about the prince and decided to let this matter go for the time being.

After calming down, Meng Yi suddenly remembered that he was a minister of the king, and Ji Bu was a minister of the prince, so he let the matter go.

By the time Chen Ping's sister-in-law calmed down, the sun was no longer as strong as it used to be.

Chen Ping's sister-in-law then spoke slowly.

"Not long after I was born, my father died on the battlefield. My mother remarried soon after. I lived on the support of my aunt. When I was a little older, my uncles sold me to a noble family as a maid. At the age of eight, I started feeding pigs, cooking and washing clothes for the noble family."

"When I was sixteen, Chen's elder brother asked me if I was willing to live with him. I thought the hard times were finally over. So I used my savings of many years to redeem myself and married into the Chen family."

"I didn't despise the Chen family's poverty, and I worked for them wholeheartedly. But Uncle Chen didn't treat me as a human being at all. He only cared about the future fame, status, wealth and his younger brother. I was just a tool for the two brothers."

"The Chen brothers don't treat people as human beings at all. Everyone is just a tool for them to achieve their own interests. Chen Ping married the granddaughter of Zhang Fu, the husband-killing star, only because he was attracted by the Zhang family's money and connections."

Chen Ping's wife could only blame herself for not being able to judge people and marrying Uncle Chen by mistake. But she did have a clear understanding of the characters of the Chen brothers.

Seeing this, some villagers began to sympathize with this poor abandoned woman.

They all expressed their willingness to come forward and testify for this poor abandoned woman.

"The Chen family was indeed very poor in the past. Especially when Chen Ping was young, his family was poor, but he loved reading very much. You see, a farmer is born to farm. But he was ambitious and always wanted to study to change his fate. When we were farming, Chen Ping was reciting books on the ridges of the fields."

"My dear friends, don't you think this is infuriating?"

These villagers were just following the wishes of those arrogant officials. However, they did not know that the members of this new group created by Fusu were all young people born like Chen Ping.

So as soon as these villagers opened their mouths, they were disliked by Liu Ji, Xiahou Ying, Ji Bu and others.

"The Chen family has 30 mu of land. Chen Ping is old, but he still refuses to leave the family. He insists on living with his brother, Uncle Chen."

"My elder brother Chen Boping worked in the fields and allowed Chen Ping to go out to study. My dear, you can see that Chen Ping is tall and handsome. But he doesn't work in the fields."

"Someone once asked Chen Ping, 'Your family is so poor, what did you eat to become so fat?'"

"My dears, we are not exaggerating. These are all facts."

In fact, this is the source of the conflict between Chen Ping and his sister-in-law.

To this day, Chen Ping's sister-in-law still feels bad about Chen Ping's neglect of his family and his lack of work. She put her hands on her waist and said again in public: "Chen Ping is just eating some coarse crumbs from the bran. It's better not to have such a brother-in-law."

At this time, Uncle Chen, who was worried about his brother, just rushed over. When he heard what the abandoned woman said, he immediately shouted, "You bitch, how dare you say such a thing? It was because of what you said that I kicked you out of the house and divorced you. Now it seems that the best thing I, Uncle Chen, have ever done in my life is to divorce you!"

When a divorced couple meets, all new and old grudges come to their mind.

Both sides ignored each other and started fighting wildly, both sides yelling that the other side wanted to die.

Chen Ping had no choice but to mediate. He wanted to pull his former sister-in-law away, but the abandoned woman cut a deep cut on his hand.

Chen Ping sat on the ground in a daze.

He suddenly realized that she was no longer his sister-in-law.

But blood was flowing from Chen Ping's hand. When Chen Bo saw it, it seemed as if his hand was injured. Chen Ping immediately took off his shoes and was about to hit her.

"What's the point of fighting in the court? You don't take me seriously, do you?!" Ji Bu saw the three people fighting and venting their old hatred, so he stood up and spoke. Then the three were subdued by Qin soldiers, shackled, and knelt on the ground again.

Chen Ping looked pale and disheartened.

He thought that he might not be able to go home today and have dinner.

"Stop yelling. The case I'm here to hear today is whether Chen Ping stole my sister-in-law."

Ji Bu, his life has always been a straight one!

"Now, I want the three of you to sign your confessions and then go to the Nuwa Temple to swear an oath. I want you to swear to the Mother Goddess who gave birth to us. Who of you dares to go?"

Chen Ping was frank. He really had never slept with his sister-in-law. On the contrary, he hated her very much. "I'm willing to go."

Uncle Chen also said, "I want to die with my brother."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bo's ex-wife's eyes suddenly blurred with tears, "Until now, you still only have your brother in your heart, and you don't treat me as a human being."

Uncle Chen and Chen Ping ignored her.

"Aunt Qi, you just need to tell me whether you dare to go to the Nuwa Temple and swear an oath."

The abandoned woman looked at Ji Bu, who was standing in the hall with great momentum, and then at the Chen brothers, who were huddled together, and she said sadly.

"No such thing happened. I just didn't want to see that after the Chen family divorced me, they lived a prosperous life while I became a person no one wanted. After divorcing me, they immediately married a new wife. My children were beaten and scolded by Uncle Chen, who used them as tools and forced them to work all day long. The children of the second wife stayed at home all day without working."

After saying this, Chen Bo’s ex-wife burst into tears.

"Nuwa, if you really have a spirit in heaven, why did you create humans and then ignore them, allowing them to suffer so much pain and so much injustice? Why?"

"Chen Ping said every day that he would divide the sacrificial meat fairly, and that he would one day become a high official and divide everything fairly. But are you fair to me, Chen brothers? Are you fair to my children?"

"Is God fair to me? Why does he let me suffer such hardships throughout my life?"

The abandoned woman pounded the ground and asked heartbreakingly.

After hearing this, Uncle Chen was furious and pointed at her, cursing, "You bitch, you deserve it. You almost ruined my brother's reputation. If it weren't for the high officials from the Qin State coming to inspect today, my brother's reputation would never be cleared up for the rest of his life. If I were to say, I shouldn't have married you in the first place. I've been in trouble for more than ten years."

Chen Ping listened to his sister-in-law's crying and immediately realized that what they had done in the past was wrong. Especially the sentence that Chen Ping wanted to give fairness to everyone in the world, but she was so harsh on her, was a real blow to Chen Ping.

In fact, when Chen Ping was young, he knew that he was ashamed of his sister-in-law and wanted to make it up to her. But his sister-in-law was always mean and would often gossip about other people with the neighbor women under the tree, causing chaos in other people's homes. Later, his sister-in-law insulted him, so Chen Ping had a deep grudge against her.

When Chen Bo's ex-wife heard what Chen Bo said, she started to curse and listed all the ancestors of the Chen family for eighteen generations.

This forced Uncle Chen to the point that he wanted to beat her to death.

After hearing these stories, the villagers were filled with mixed feelings. They couldn't tell who was right or wrong. Chen Ping's sister-in-law did slander Chen Ping, but was Chen Ping innocent?

The abandoned woman then said to everyone in the hall, "The Chen family does not respect women and treats them as tools. Such a family will sooner or later fall into ruin. Chen Ping married a wife only for the money of her family."

"In his early years, the Chen family was extremely poor, with only a few dozen acres of land. They had no extra money, and when Chen Ping grew up and could marry, no wealthy family was willing to marry their daughter to him, and Chen Ping felt ashamed to marry the daughter of a poor family."

"After a long time, there was a rich man named Zhang Fu in Huyou Township. His granddaughter had been married five times, but each husband died, and no one dared to marry her anymore."

"Chen Ping is a proud and arrogant boy. He is not afraid of being killed by Zhang Fu's granddaughter. He has always wanted to marry her. So he tried every means to get close to the Zhang family."

"There was a funeral in the village. Chen Ping was from a poor family, so when he helped people with the funeral, he would always go early and come back late."

"The rich man Zhang Fu saw Chen Ping at the funeral and immediately took a liking to him. Zhang Fu followed Chen Ping to his home. The Chen family lived in a remote alley next to the outer city wall and used a tattered mat as a door."

"But relying on his face, Chen Ping actually married the daughter of a rich family. God is unfair!"

The abandoned woman cursed loudly.

But at this time, the sky was very clear, with a few white clouds floating leisurely.

God? Where is God?

At this time, a calm female voice sounded, "I am Chen Ping's wife, the widow you mentioned."

Then, a young, plain-looking woman walked in.

"My grandfather really liked Chen Ping. After he went to Chen's house, he saw that it was very run-down. But my grandfather saw many tracks left by noble carriages. At that time, my grandfather knew that it was because my husband knew how to behave in society, so there were wealthy people willing to make friends with him. It was only a matter of time before he became rich and powerful."

"After my grandfather returned, he told my father Zhang Zhong that he wanted to marry me to Chen Ping."

"My father was strongly opposed to it. He also thought that my husband was very poor and did not engage in productive activities. He also said that people in the whole county laughed at what he did. My father did not understand why my grandfather insisted on marrying me to Chen Ping?"

"My grandfather believed that a handsome man like my husband would never remain poor and humble."

"That's how I married Chen Ping. I told you all this so that everyone can understand that my grandfather didn't like Chen Ping's looks, nor did he like how well he flattered others. It was just that my husband had extraordinary talent, and only my grandfather discovered that."

After hearing these things, Chen Ping didn't dare to look at his wife whom he had always hated.

But suddenly, it felt like sand fell into my eyes.

At that time, Chen Ping's family was poor, and Zhang Fu even lent him money for the betrothal gift and gave him money to buy wine and meat so that he could bring his wife home.

Chen Ping was worried that he would never have the chance to repay the Zhang family for their kindness to the Chen family in this lifetime.

The abandoned woman was stunned when she heard this, and she stared at Chen Ping blankly. In fact, what she had always resented was that after he left the Chen family, the lives of the Chen brothers suddenly improved, but she was not the one who enjoyed it.

The abandoned woman burst into tears, "You were just deceived by Chen Ping's beauty, and he just used you as a tool. Do you think Chen Ping treated you well? He just wanted to use you."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Meiji asked back, "In this world, everyone uses each other. You are angry because you did not benefit from the Chen family."

"Although you are poor, you are more hateful than the poor because you hate poverty and look down on the poor. You hate Uncle Chen's poverty, so you often quarrel with Uncle Chen in your marriage."

"Chen Bo divorced you not because you insulted Chen Ping, but because you have done bad things in the past and are not a good wife."

"You are against Chen Ping's education. Because in your mind, the poor will always be poor all their lives."

"You are dissatisfied with Chen Ping's study, not because he is not productive, but because someone is willing to help him achieve success and give him a better future. But you think you will not be the one who benefits from it in the future."

Zhang Meiji's words immediately made all the villagers present today blush.

"Although I am the daughter of a wealthy family, my grandfather taught me not to look down on a person just because he is of humble origin or poor family background."

"Don't assume that a person is capable and trustworthy just because he is born into a noble family and has money."

"My husband really treats me well, because I always remembered the teachings of my family before I got married."

"My grandfather once told me not to be disrespectful to Chen Ping just because his family was poor. He also told me to serve my husband's elder brother, Chen Bo, as I served my father, and to serve my sister-in-law as I served my mother."

"Because I am the daughter of a wealthy family, after I came to the Chen family, I respected my brothers and sisters-in-law and loved my husband, so I was respected and loved by my family."

"I am doing exactly what you did, Madam. But I don't complain, so I get my husband's approval."

After hearing this, the abandoned woman found it even more difficult to face the facts.

In fact, since Chen Ping married the daughter of the Zhang family, his life has become increasingly affluent and his circle of friends has become increasingly wide.

The Chen family quickly built a new house, and the three-story house on the hillside was theirs.

The reason why Uncle Chen’s ex-wife was angry was that after she was driven away, she realized that if she had just endured a little longer, she would have met such a good sister-in-law.

But there are no ifs in life.

The abandoned woman fell to the ground, tossing and turning, crying. Her hands were shackled, so she could only cry with her face up.

There has always been someone behind the thatched cottage.

Fusu felt mixed emotions as he listened to this family dispute which was very common in the world.

"Get pen and ink."

Soon, a verdict was handed out.

(End of this chapter)