Brocade clothing

Chapter 362
The woman kneeling under the hall had tears in her eyes and her face was haggard: "My lord, the daughter of the people wants to sue Zheng Liupin Temple Chancellor, Mr. Zheng, for breaking the contract and breaking his promise, forcing people to commit suicide. He is not worthy of being an official! I also hope that your lord will make decisions for the daughter of the people." ah!"

As soon as the woman said these words, the lobby exploded. The yamen servants heard that she was a sixth-rank official, and this woman wanted to sue the officials. She was quite courageous, but my lord and Mr. Zheng were officials in the same dynasty, how to deal with this ?But thinking about the upright temperament of adults, I am afraid that he will really pick it up.

But this kind of thing is too offensive, and the servants don't want Chu Qing to get involved in this muddy water.

When Chu Qing heard the woman's words, she was stunned for a while, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, is she the prime minister of Liupin Temple?Master Zheng?Jung Yong Man?

Xiaoman...

She was stunned, this woman wants to sue Xiao Man?

"You..." Chu Qing spoke out, only to feel that his voice was a little hoarse, "Do you have evidence? Mr. Zheng broke the contract and broke his promise? How do you force people to die? How can you ignore human life?"

The woman heard Chu Qingfang's soft voice, and tears fell down: "My lord... the daughter of the people was also forced to do nothing, and there was really no other way, so I came here. I hope that my lord will not be like other adults. Protecting each other, I don’t care about the daughters of the people at all..."

The other party's hat was pressed down, although Chu Qing felt that women might not have the courage to fool her, but she almost grew up with Zheng Rongman, and she didn't believe that the other party would do such a thing.

She glanced at the woman, and hummed: "Come on, you go and invite Mr. Zheng."

The woman looked up, her eyes flashed with surprise: "Sir, are you willing to take the case of the civilian girl?"

Chu Qing said: "Yes. Since you are the plaintiff, the defendant should also be present." After finishing speaking, he looked towards the head of the yamen servant, and the other party immediately bowed his hands and saluted, and led the people out of the yamen, not long after, with a haggard face The man was taken to the lobby.

However, after a few days, when Chu Qing looked at Zheng Rongman, she felt almost unrecognizable, she was in a trance for a while, but she soon came back to her senses.

Zheng Rongman didn't know exactly what happened at first, but when he stepped into the lobby, the woman on the other side looked resentfully and fiercely, and immediately understood what was going on.He arched his hands and saluted Chu Qing in the hall: "Master Yu."

"Master Zheng, this girl sued you for breach of contract and breach of trust, forcing people to commit suicide, disregarding human life, do you have anything to say?" Chu Qing said slowly.

"My lord, what this woman said, breaking the contract and breaking the letter, the lower officials confessed, but she just forced people to commit suicide, and the lower officials didn't admit it." Zheng Rongman lowered his eyes, and his whole body was shrouded in a layer of darkness.

"You're talking nonsense!" the woman roared, and almost rushed over, but was stopped by the yamen servant.

Chu Qing patted the gavel: "Don't disturb the court! Now, let me ask the reason first."

The woman gritted her teeth, and finally knelt down obediently: "Minutes are up to adults to decide."

Chu Qing asked the woman: "Who are you? What is your surname? Who is the sue? Who is the deceased? What is the reason? Let's talk about it one by one. Don't hide a word, otherwise, if you deceive officials, you will be convicted of contempt of court. "The woman trembled all over, and Chu Qing's voice softened, "Just tell me, if it's true, I will definitely give you justice."

She took a deep breath and suppressed the doubts in her heart. She couldn't let herself lose her sense of proportion first, homicide case, homicide case... wouldn't that be one of the three cases?
Zhao Yong's matter was just a pretense before, not counting as the second one, but now...

The woman was startled when she heard the first half of the sentence, and finally relaxed when she heard the second half, sobbing softly, knelt there and said, "Minister Xu Feng is from the capital, and her family sells tofu. , there is also a younger sister, Xu Yue, who has reached the age where she can discuss marriage. Years ago, my mother asked someone to visit the sons of each family... But we are small, and we have always been looking at the surrounding neighbors , or close relatives, but suddenly more than two months ago, someone came to talk about relatives, and he wanted to tell my little sister that he is the prime minister of Liupin Temple..."

When Chu Qing heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Zheng Rongman. The latter lowered his eyes and didn't make a sound. It should be true.

She thought of the previous drunkenness and Zheng Rongman's talk about being urged to marry. She thought she was just urging him to marry a wife, but she didn't expect Mrs. Zheng to help him find women.

Xu Feng continued: "Originally my father was unwilling, because he was a high-ranking official of the sixth rank, not to mention being a wife, even a concubine, and we were also promoted, but my mother was moved, thinking... This opportunity is rare, They also specially sent someone to inquire if Mr. Zheng had any hidden diseases, but after inquiring, they did not expect that the other party was not only young and promising, but also a talented person, and he was also a Tanhualang. This made my mother overjoyed, so she ordered It's just that I didn't expect that this person is a villain who betrayed his promise! It's really hateful to have Yue'er die tragically!" Xu Feng sobbed and cried out loudly when he said this.

Chu Qing frowned more and more tightly, "Master Zheng, is this serious?"

Zheng Rongman's face was full of disappointment: "...Yes, it was just a matter of discussing marriage. The official didn't know about it at the time. It was decided by his mother in private. But it was redeemable, so I brought a generous gift and went to the door to apologize in person. Because I hadn't been hired at the time, it was considered not engaged, and it didn't count as a marriage contract, and it didn't matter to both parties. At that time, Miss Xu also agreed, but I didn't expect ...Miss Xu committed suicide suddenly yesterday." He also felt uncomfortable, if the other party really couldn't think about it because of what happened back then, then he might not be able to feel at ease for the rest of his life.

He didn't intend to, but if he indirectly killed someone...

Chu Qing looked at Xu Feng: "What happened next?"

Xu Feng kept staring at Zheng Rongman when he was talking: "You still want to quibble, why did Yue Er agree? You have come to the door to withdraw the marriage in person, is she still willing to do it?"

Zheng Rongman lowered his eyes: "Miss Xu, I just went to apologize that day, because I am not engaged to Miss Xu, so it is not considered a fiancée relationship, so how can I talk about retiring? Of course, I did it too sensibly. Out of proportion, but the people of Cangshu are not so polite, there are many such things." The only thing he felt guilty about was that he didn't know that little girl Xu would commit suicide, but at that time she looked like she was not very willing to marry him Yes, after explaining his purpose, he rushed out and agreed.

But he said this, but the Xu family didn't believe it. He insisted on saying that he had killed Miss Xu. Yesterday he even carried the coffin outside Zheng's house. Having said that, it would be better to let the mother go.

But at that time, my mother forced the marriage, so I didn't want to talk about it at all.

If he had known about it later and had already offered the job, perhaps for the sake of the girl's family's reputation, he would never have quit, but at that time...the job was not offered.

But now people are dead...

Xu Feng roared: "You say you are beautiful now, but you didn't give an appointment, but when you came to kiss, the neighbors in the neighborhood knew it very well. You made our entire Xu family a laughing stock. How many gossips have you received for more than half a month? She is forced to death now, but you can get rid of the responsibility without a word of employment? My lord—please be the master for the daughter of the people!"

Chu Qing has a headache, how to judge this?If this were placed in modern times, at most it would be morally condemned, but to be honest, since he has not been hired, it is not considered a formal marriage negotiation. He just mentioned it earlier, and he can say he is unwilling, but it just happened. People die... and that's a big problem.

Chu Qing looked at Zheng Rongman, probably Xu Feng went to other places to make a fuss yesterday, but the result of the judgment might have nothing to do with Zheng Rongman, otherwise, she would not have come here to continue suing.

Chu Qing waved his hand with a headache: "I will investigate this matter in detail before making a conclusion. Come here, and take Mr. Zheng into custody first, and discuss it after the matter is clarified."

Xu Feng's eyes lit up, he probably didn't expect that he would actually agree, thank you so much, and ran out.

At this time, someone stepped forward and whispered, "My lord, the Xu family carried a coffin outside the government office, and dozens of people came. I'm afraid that if my lord hadn't taken Mr. Zheng into custody, they would have carried the coffin in." .”

Although I sympathize with them, it is too much to do so...

Chu Qing shook his head, expressing that he knew, "Since it has been carried, it would be too troublesome to carry it back. You go there and have someone carry the coffin in."

"Huh?" The other party was dumbfounded.

Chu lightly raised her eyebrows, "Why, is there a problem?" She always felt that something was weird, a Cangshu national style was open, since she hadn't been hired, why did she commit suicide?Second, Zheng Rongman mentioned that the little girl Xu was unwilling, she knew Zheng Rongman, he would not easily assert, he was afraid that the behavior of the little girl Xu at that time made him feel like this, that's why he was like this, otherwise, He was afraid that he would do something even more speechless.

Since there were so many doubts, the coffin man brought it over himself, and she couldn't see the dead.

But before that, Chu Qing took a step to the back office, and went to see Zheng Rongman first.

It is said that Zheng Rongman is an adult, and he is not arranged in a prison, but in a side room, but there are government servants guarding the door.The yamen servant saw Chu Qing, saluted, opened the door, and let Chu Qing in.

When Chu Qing went in, she saw Zheng Rongman sitting there with downcast eyes, dejected and lonely, without a trace of high spirits.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Zheng Rongman lowered his drooping head and did not lift it up.Chu Qing sat down beside him, "What do you think about this matter, Master Zheng?"

Zheng Rongman froze, shook his head, and nodded again, "I...don't know."

He really didn't know, he had never encountered such a thing before, at the beginning he knew that his mother had started to marry him without his consent, whether he was angry or desperate, the pleading in his heart He didn't want to think about it, and he suspected that he might have a habit of cutting off his sleeves, how could he harm other girls, so he brought a generous gift to explain it before he was hired, but he never thought that the little girl Xu She had such a strong temper, and just like that, she just... committed suicide.

But obviously at that time... Her performance was obviously relieved to hear her intention of coming.

(End of this chapter)