delicious little cook

Chapter 519
After talking with Uncle Li, Gu Yun and Bai Kou bid farewell and returned. On the way home, they went to visit Bai Rui. She was still awake and immersed in the excitement of the day's lawsuit. The embarrassment of the Zhou family today gave her revenge. Feeling the pleasure, exhaling the depression of the past few years, I feel happy, and I keep smiling on my face.

The three gossiped for a while, Gu Yun and the two got up to say goodbye, and went back home to rest hand in hand.

At the same time, Wang Chenan was receiving an unexpected guest in his own study.

In the cold winter, the guest was dressed in nocturnal clothes, with his face covered and only his eyes exposed, quietly climbed over the wall and entered the study directly.

"Wang Chen'an, since you took the position of the tester, you have been diligent and diligent over the years. You have helped the superiors to send many people to the right seats. At the same time, you have made a lot of money, which is enough for your future generations to lie down." For a lifetime."

Wang Chenan wiped his sweat, bowed his head and cupped his hands, the other party was too imposing, he didn't dare to raise his head, it's a pity that he is a fifth-rank official like a shrimp.

"It's just that I didn't expect you to marry Bai Rui, and you would cause such a big mess."

"I didn't know that Zhou Hongshou would screw up."

"It's too late to quibble. Duke Ye is behind this lawsuit. Zhou Hongshou's dismissal and investigation are already a certainty. Think about how you can get away with it."

"Mr. Ye intervened? No wonder Bai Rui produced so much evidence in such a short period of time. But don't worry, there is no direct contact between me and Zhou Hongshou. Even if Mr. Ye intervened, who knows if the Zhou family wanted to get rid of it?" Sin is free to bite and frame, and now is the time for merit assessment."

"Are you sure there is no evidence of your connection with Zhou Hongshou?"

"No, I only contacted him once, and told him not to ruin his future, so he sent Bai Rui to my house. I didn't contact him again, and Bai Rui never sent it during this time. , I thought they had been trying to figure out how to take Bai Rui away from Tianshuifang, and I was busy with the examination and evaluation, so I didn't have the energy to pay too much attention to Zhou Hongshou's movements."

"That's good. If there is no physical evidence, you can just deny it in the hall tomorrow. Bai Rui's complaint is only to sue the Zhou family for bullying and destroying people's reputation. The complaint only mentions that the Zhou family will force her to remarry, but who will marry?" I don’t know, as long as it can’t be proved that you are behind the scenes, you will be fine, and the higher-ups will continue to use you, but if they have evidence, you know..."

"I know I know!"

"You only have one chance, so do it for yourself." The masked man in black put those words aside, got up and left, stepped out of the room and ran up the roof, and his figure disappeared.

Wang Chenan wiped off the cold sweat on his face, sat in the study and thought about it, and confirmed that he should have no physical evidence in Ye Guogong's hands, but there was an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and he always felt that something bad would happen in the hall tomorrow .

The night passed with anxiety, and the next morning the plaintiffs and defendants gathered in Yingtian Mansion Court. Except for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had been hit by the board yesterday, who were recuperating at home, the other four members of the Zhou family were still present. This time they unanimously identified Wang Chenan as the instigator .

When Wang Chen'an came to court, he was sure that there was no evidence of the private transaction between the two parties, so he naturally denied the Zhou family's identification.

Li Bo was waiting for this moment. He suddenly nodded in agreement with Zhou's family's identification, and took out the key physical evidence letter from his body. Zhou Hongshou's personal letter to Wang Chen'an asked him to give him a little time. The core was delivered to the house in its entirety.

As soon as this letter was presented, everyone in the hall was shocked, even the crowd watching the excitement at Yimen was in an uproar, even ordinary people who could not read a few Chinese knew that this was conclusive evidence.

Zhou Hongshou naturally recognized his own handwriting. The four members of their family no longer knew whether it was joy or surprise in their hearts. The surprise was that they never dreamed that the letter would not be delivered to Wang Chenan, but to Lord Ye. In his hand, he was happy to have this letter again, which proved that the Zhou family did not lie. Wang Chenan was indeed behind the scenes. The cause of today's lawsuit can be traced back to the source of Wang Chenan.

Wang Chenan's complexion was also instantly pale, he didn't even know the existence of this letter, and his bad premonition last night became a reality.

In order to strengthen the credibility of this evidence, Uncle Li also brought in a new witness, that is, the poor coachman who picked up the business that day and lost the letter because he had a fight with gangsters on the way. servant of the family.

The coachman admitted in the hall that after losing the letter, he didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't even dare to appear near Zhou's house for a few days, for fear that they would know that the letter had not been delivered.

The witnesses and material evidences were all available, and Zhou Wang and Wang could no longer deny it. Fu Yin slapped the gavel forcefully, announced his withdrawal from the court, and asked the plaintiff and defendant to come back to hear the sentence in the afternoon.

Bai Rui walked out of the yamen with a relaxed mood, chatting and laughing with Uncle Li. The two first went to the nearby teahouse to sit until the meal time, and then went to the restaurant next door to eat, and then went back to the teahouse to sit when they were full. , the yamen guard at the gate will give them a secret signal, and they will go there when the governor is ready to be promoted.

There were even more onlookers who came to hear the final verdict, filling up the empty space in front of the courtroom.

After being promoted, besides the original defendant, Wang Chen'an actually stood beside him, but his face was ashen, as if he had already seen his own future.

The master stood up and re-argued the whole case, and then began to read the verdict.

Bairui won the lawsuit and supported the compensation she requested. Zhou Hongshou's family must return her dowry in full, and convert it into equivalent cash if it has not been paid in kind.

In addition, the Zhou family should also pay all the expenses for Bai Rui’s independent raising of her daughter in the past few years, as well as the additional medical expenses incurred by the mother and daughter due to the hardships of life and damage to their bodies. The debt of more than two silvers should also be borne by the Zhou family.

When the former creditors came out to testify in the hall yesterday, they all said that Bai Kou borrowed the money from Gu Shizi to repay Bai Rui's debts. After taking the money, the old creditors settled their debts. It turned out that Bai Rui owed Bai Kou, and Bai Kou owed Gu Yun more than 100 taels of silver, and the prefect judged that the money and the interest on the loan should be borne by the Zhou family.

In addition, the Zhou family has to pay compensation for their bad behavior of ruining her reputation in order to retrieve Bai Rui and force her to remarry. Naturally, he was not worth as much as ordinary people, so the Zhou family was sentenced to double the dowry, half of which was used as compensation for destroying people's reputation.

The left sum and the right sum of money, added up to almost a thousand taels, Bai Rui wept with joy, and kowtowed to Master Qingtian.

(End of this chapter)