Nongmen Jinfeng: Cold-noodled husband and little daughter-in-law

Chapter 198 Litigation Process
Above the courtroom, the county magistrate, dressed in an official uniform, was already sitting behind the tall case, and the side case was a document. Mr. Wu and Fang Ziyuan were standing at the bottom of the hall.

The yamen servants on duty lined up on both sides, and when they saw a thousand people waiting to go to the court, they shouted "mighty".

This is the first time Fang Xiaofu has seen a plot similar to that on TV, so he couldn't help being a little curious.However, although the county magistrate's office is not a large department, the area is still quite large. With so many people coming in, it doesn't seem crowded.

However, the spectators didn't dare to go any further, they just squeezed at the door and stopped.They walked through the aisle to the hall, put down the narrow couch, and except Tongsheng and Xiucai, everyone else knelt down and saluted in the hall.

Fang Xiaofu had no choice but to kneel down and salute, feeling a little depressed.Fortunately, they only need to salute, instead of kneeling in the hall and waiting to speak.

She stood up and returned to Fang Zizhan's side, looking at his pale and haggard face, the anger in her heart required a lot of patience to control it.

In the hall, Mr. Wu first submitted a complaint and reported the case. He is a scholar who will be admitted this autumn. The county magistrate dared not neglect it. Later, he was even more surprised when he heard that the nephew of Fang Zhiyi's family had an accident.

But this thing is really tricky.He can only wait for the lawsuit that Mr. Wu mentioned, that is, a complete case, someone to report the case, that is, the plaintiff, and someone to follow up and fight the lawsuit, that is, the lawyer.

However, the litigation process in this era is not so perfect. Both the plaintiff and the defendant can defend themselves, and they can also invite scholars to take charge, but the rules of judging cases are mainly in the hands of adults.

So that day in the case of the Lin family, when the four brothers went to court, they acted as both the plaintiff and the lawyer. The defendant was speechless when questioned in court, and finally told the truth under the big board.

The youthful demeanor of the four brothers had already spread throughout Wenjiaji Town and nearby villages.But today, only three of the four brothers went to court to appeal, and one of them was lying on the narrow couch with no knowledge of personnel.

The county magistrate couldn't help sighing when he saw it, and the balance in his heart tilted a bit towards the Fang family.

Only then did the spectators realize that the one who filed the complaint today was actually the four brothers that day, and that the one who was injured was one of them. They immediately discussed and paid more attention.

However, before going through the litigation process between the two parties, Wang Langzhong first approached the county magistrate to request that he need a quiet place to treat the wounded with acupuncture immediately, so as not to delay the injury.

After hearing this, the county magistrate immediately agreed to let them go to the back yamen wing, and sent another yamen servant to follow them, telling them to order anything they needed.

So Wang Langzhong asked Fang Zhizhen and Fang Zhixin to quickly lift up the narrow couch, and followed the yamen servant to the back.Langzhong Wang is now carrying his son's medicine box, so he can see a doctor urgently.

Fang Xiaofu also wanted to go with him, but Wang Langzhong said that the injection time would be a bit long, and Sanlang would not wake up for the time being, so she didn't need to guard him, and she could still protect Sanlang in court.

Fang Xiaofu is capable, and he has heard a lot about it along the way.

But Fang Xiaofu was still a little worried, so he asked Yuling and Mengxuan to follow him, so that he could run errands if he had anything to do.Wang Langzhong agreed, and took the two sisters to Houya.

Here, under the reports of Fang Zijian and Fang Ziyuan, a large group of people from the Fang family nodded one after another, explaining their relationship with the victim.Fang Xiaofu, as Fang Zizhan's wife, naturally also went up to meet Li, but now is not the time to appeal, so there is no need to say more.

After the county magistrate had seen all of them, as well as the four members of the Sun family and the maid involved, Fang Xiaofu stepped forward again and asked the county magistrate to allow the younger brothers to leave the hall. Go to school and need a break.

The county magistrate nodded approvingly when he heard it. This little girl is indeed a virtuous person as Mr. Wu said.He readily agreed.It's just that the little brothers are in a hurry and don't want to leave at all.

"Zituo, Ziang, Zichun, Zihong, Zisheng, Zixu." Fang Zhiyi walked over, "Go to sleep at the third uncle's house. In the morning, the third uncle will arrange a carriage to take you to the village school."

"Go, you have worked hard tonight, rest early, and I will tell you the case when we come back." Fang Xiaofu quickly comforted.

"Then when will you come back? When will third brother come back?" Zisheng asked immediately with his lips pouted.

Several little brothers surrounded Fang Xiaofu, only 13-year-old Zi Tuo stood farther away, but his eyes also had the same trust and admiration as the other brothers.

"If you get up early tomorrow, you will definitely see us and your third brother." Fang Xiaofu said seriously, "Perhaps your third brother has already woken up by then."

Everyone felt relieved when they heard it, so they left with Aunt Ertang in peace.Zixu was too young, so Fang Xiaofu arranged for Aunt Ertang to take it with her personally, not to mention that these little brothers also need an adult to follow them to make people feel at ease.

Afterwards, because two groups of people left, the hall became a little empty and divided into three camps.The Sun family is in one camp, the Fang family is in one camp, and Fang Zhicheng is in one camp.

When this matter was brought up in court, Fang Zhicheng felt that it was difficult to be a man in the middle.

On the one hand, it was his son who committed the crime. In his view, he must bear the responsibility if he made a mistake, and his son is a person who has the courage to take responsibility, so he feels that this matter can be controlled.

On the one hand, he felt a little ashamed of Xiao Qi'er, and he also felt a little ashamed of the Sun family.Therefore, he does not want the matter to be brought to court, and everyone can negotiate in private.

On the one hand, the Sun family who was angry with him was unwilling to talk to him at this time, and the Fang family was also full of resentment towards him and refused to talk to him.But which side he tried to persuade, it was useless.

Fang Zhiyi had already stood beside his elder brother.When the eldest brother is not here, the second brother is big, the eldest brother is here, of course the eldest brother has the final say.

What's more, with so many people in the Fang family standing in the same camp, he is not stupid for holding different opinions.

Brother Fang Zijian appealed the facts of the case one by one, combining Fang Xiaofu's previous guesses and Sun's unanswered questions, and presented them in detail before the hall. The county magistrate nodded after hearing this, thinking it made sense.

However, as mentioned before, women's prestige in court is limited, so the brothers will naturally not expressly say that they all mean Fang Xiaofu, but only represent themselves.

Therefore, when he came to this court, Fang Xiaofu has changed from a protagonist to a soy sauce maker. He just stays with the female relatives and listens. He doesn't ask you to talk, so he can't talk too much.

For talkative people and those who rant in court, the punishment is still very heavy.Otherwise, including the crowd watching the excitement, so many people can turn into a bustling city even if they say a word, how can they try the case?

After the Fang family finished speaking, it was the Sun family's turn.

For the Sun family, Mr. Sun stepped forward to act as the principal defendant, that is, the defendant's statement.What Master Sun said was also what he said to the Fang family before, but he still couldn't restore the frivolity.

(End of this chapter)