After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 462: scuffle in court
Early the next morning, Hai Jiao went next door to talk to Jin Jiashu.

Haitang didn't know how they talked, but soon they came to Hai's house as brothers, with smiles on their faces, and they seemed to have no grudges.

Ma specially prepared a sumptuous breakfast and advised Jin Jiashu to eat more.

Today is the day of trial for the case of the second wife of the Jin family. The trial may last a whole day. If you don't eat enough, you may starve in the middle of the trial.

The Hai family are outsiders and cannot attend the court in person. Ma can only help Jin Jiashu with small things like food and clothing. She specially asked her grandson to call Jin Jiashu home for breakfast, and also prepared a thick cloak for him to prevent him from getting cold in the wind in the courtroom.

Jin Jiashu was very grateful for this. He was actually very calm about today's trial, and he knew the outcome in his mind. However, seeing Ma's worry about him made him feel very calm, and he also showed a bit of uneasiness and said something about worrying about the outcome. Seeing Ma's affection for him, he comforted him for a long time. Not only did he order his second son Hai Chang'an to go to the School of Health to take leave for his grandson Hai Jiao, so that the latter could accompany Jin Jiashu to the magistrate's Yamen for the hearing, he also ordered Ma Changnian to drive away the best member of the family. Get a carriage and escort the two brothers to the government office.

After sending Hai Jiao and Jin Jiashu away, Mrs. Ma worriedly muttered to her granddaughter Haitang: "There won't be any surprises in the meeting today, right? The evil woman and the evil gambler in the second room of the Jin family shouldn't be able to escape their guilt, right?"

Haitang paused for a moment and then said: "There should be no problem. Magistrate Huang understands in his heart, how can he still let the mother and son be fooled?"

Ma thought about it and sighed: "Who told the second brother of the Jin family to be so cunning? They caused a lot of harm to the Jin family. Even if the old woman and the gambler were convicted this time, the boss of the Jin family and his wife would still be guilty. It's scary to think about being able to get away with it and continue to stare at Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin has suffered a lot since he was a child. Now that his parents are gone, he only has one aunt left and he is so far away. It would be so difficult for him to support the family alone. How can we live with such vicious relatives? Even outsiders like us can't help but worry about him."

Haitang secretly thought, "Don't worry about him." He is not as fragile and helpless as you think. See how skillfully you have used tea talk in the past two days? He easily gained the pity of all the elders in the alley, and took the initiative to expel for him those who guarded the second room of the Jin family.

He truly deserves to be the son of Concubine Xu Xian... His own mother was able to overwhelm the emperor's favorite concubine and give birth to the only prince in the palace. The future new king will not be a fuel-efficient son!

Hai Jiao and Jin Jiashu did not return from the government office until evening. The case was tried for a day. Although it was not open to the public, there were many government officials and officials present, and everyone watched a wonderful drama. Hai Jiao couldn't help but talk about it as soon as he got home.

Old Mrs. Jin Er and Jin Miao conspired with Zunhua Prefecture government officials to seize the Jin family's house and property. There was evidence sent by Zunhua Xinzhizhou, as well as the confession of the Zunhua Prefecture government office clerk, plus the victim The testimony of family member Jin Jiashu was enough to convict the Jin mother and son. Magistrate Huang didn't care at all how the Jin family's mother and son defended themselves, and didn't leave any chance for them to shirk their responsibilities.

Although Mrs. Jin Er was unwilling to give in, she was old and treacherous. After seeing the situation clearly, she stopped talking. Anyway, since she was getting older, the government would never sentence her to do hard labor. If the eldest son spent some time to buy it for her, she would probably be able to go home. As for her younger son, she was unable to help. Anyway, he has caused a lot of trouble for his family over the years, and this legal dispute was also caused by him. It's up to him to protect the whole family from the trouble. He deserves it.

But Jin Miao was unwilling to submit to the law. After he found that he could not shirk responsibility from his mother, he began to drag his brother into trouble, claiming that many things were planned by Jin Xin or instigated his mother. Here we go. If you want to question his guilt, his brother Jin Xin cannot escape.

As soon as he said these words, the court immediately became lively.

Mr. and Mrs. Jin Xin and Jin Liu yelled and cursed in unison, and the old lady Jin Er also angrily pointed at her youngest son's nose and scolded him very unpleasantly. Jin Miao desperately defended herself and blamed her mother for favoring her brother. His wife also jumped out to speak for her husband, scolding her mother-in-law, uncle-in-law, and sister-in-law, all very unpleasantly. Although she is not as prominent as Jin Liushi, because she is the daughter of a butcher, she is far more aggressive than Jin Liushi. Not only can she curse people, but she can also jump on Jin Liushi and beat her in front of everyone. It took four official officers to step forward and separate them. She also called on her daughters to help her beat people, but asked her frail younger son to stay away. However, although her younger son did not dare to step forward and hit his elder, he dared to turn around and hit his cousin Jin Wu, and even bit Jin Wu's wrist. Jin Wu was in so much pain that he wanted to throw away his cousin, but he was worried that he was too strong and would damage his cousin's small body. He didn't dare to put in any effort, so he was bitten by his cousin and his hands were covered with blood. Aunt Jin couldn't stand it anymore, so she rushed forward and pulled her nephew away. But because of her pull, Jin Miao's son was in pain and cried loudly. Jin Miao's wife was so angry that she threw away her official duties and jumped on her to tear her sister-in-law apart.

The courtroom was in a commotion. Magistrate Huang almost fainted from anger and almost broke the gavel before everyone calmed down.

Hai Jiao was standing in the corner with Jin Jiashu, dumbfounded. Jin Jiashu was much calmer than him. He had seen this kind of scene involving sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law fighting many times before in his hometown, and it was not unusual at all. But when the second room of the Jin family got into a scuffle, it almost affected Jin Jiashu and Haijiao in the corner. In order to protect his friend, Hai Jiao spent a lot of effort dragging him around. Fortunately, he is agile and Jin Jiashu's leg injury has healed. He has been practicing boxing and kicking recently, and his movements have become much more agile. Otherwise, even if he is not injured, his clothes will be stained and torn.

When Hai Jiao described the scene at that time, he was very excited. Ma and her two confidants listened with rapt attention. Haitang also widened her eyes and complimented her very cooperatively: "What happens next?"

Then the melee was temporarily suspended due to the forcible intervention of Magistrate Huang and the officials.

However, after this incident, the relationship between the second room of the Jin family was shattered. Even if they had any tacit understanding before, it no longer exists now.

Jin Miao, his wife, and their children divided themselves into one camp, and Jin Xin, his wife, and their son Jin Wu were included in the hostile camp. Old Mrs. Jin Er and Aunt Jin were supposed to be neutral persons, but because they favored Jin Xin and his wife, they were regarded as enemies by Jin Miao and his wife, and they were also targeted.

As for the Hu brothers and sisters, they are still half-grown children and have not been involved in the case. They did not come to the hearing today. Instead, they stayed in the second room of the Jin family to guard their luggage.

The second brother-in-law of the Jin family was divided internally and began to attack each other and expose their shortcomings.

Jin Miao scolded Jin Xin for colluding with outsiders and setting a trap to lure the Liu family's brother-in-law into the game, causing the latter to owe gambling debts and taking away most of the money the Hu family paid to the Liu family.

Jin Xin scolded Jin Miao because he thought his wife had not been able to give birth to a son for a long time and had an affair with a widow from a nearby village. After the birth of his younger son, he wanted to end the relationship with her, but the other party extorted a large sum of money from her as an excuse to be his elder brother. What was given to him has not yet been returned.

At this time, both Jin Liu and Jin Miao's wives were furious and turned around to quarrel with their husbands.

If it hadn't been for Magistrate Huang, Capt. Huang and the others trying their best to keep everyone in the second room of the Jin family away, they probably wouldn't know how long the fight would last. Today's case would not have been tried again.

But even so, time was delayed. In the evening, seeing the sky turning dark, Magistrate Huang had to announce his withdrawal and wait for another trial tomorrow.

I just don’t know, after a night’s rest, will the second room of the Jin family start fighting again tomorrow?
(End of this chapter)