Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 126
Above the public hall, hearing the wind and standing tall, the yamen servants stood in a row without anger and prestige, the people quietly listened to the case, and the county magistrate examined the reporter's every move, all under his nose.

Zhou Jiakun continued to tell the reason for the report: "This is not Xiaomin. Hearing Mr. Huang's bravery yesterday, he wiped out the Huchang village and captured a bunch of bandits inside. He was very happy, but he was afraid that the bandits would file a complaint first and push the matter to Xiaomin. , to clarify the facts early this morning."

After listening to Zhou Jiakun's case statement, Huang Zhi and the master discussed it quietly, and Fang asked: "Zhou Jiakun, you have nothing to prove, why should I trust you?"

Moreover, Huang Zhi didn't believe what Zhou Jiakun said in his heart. Zhou Jiakun was not in a hurry when he saw this. He knew that Huang Zhi would not believe him so easily, so he asked his servant Zhao Er to come forward and speak.

The first time Zhao Er went to the court, the yamen servant froze with fright when he shook his stick, but he still managed to calm down and said, "Reporting to Mr. Huang, this slave is a person who was taken hostage by Huchangzhai in the Zhou family. As a witness, as for the physical evidence, I will submit it to the adults one by one for my review."

After the words were finished, someone brought a box and put it in front of Huang Zhi. When he opened it, there was a box of gold and silver jewelry and other items.

Zhou Jiakun explained: "I don't know if Mr. Huang recognizes this box? This is the cooperation deposit given to me by the bandits that day. I never used it because I didn't dare to offend me. If there is no accident, such a box and jewelry There must still be jewelry in the bandits' lair."

Huang Zhi looked at it, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the only box of valuables found in Huchangzhai, and most of the jewelry inside was also the same.

Pointing to the servant Zhao Er, he said: "This servant is my servant who has served me since I was a child in the Zhou family. Everyone in the city knows him. He has never been out of the city except for activities in the Zhou residence. But because he was kidnapped by bandits and went up the mountain, And remembering the layout and specific location of Huchangzhai is also a proof, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Zhao Er to describe or draw a simple map of Huchangzhai.”

Speaking of which, there was some truth to it, Huang Zhi didn't refute it, and allowed Zhou Jiakun to continue to present evidence.

Finally, he took out an iron plate and said: "Zhao Er sneaked down the mountain that day and heard the bandits talking about hiring a killer, so he followed and stole the contract between Huchangzhai and the killer organization. Can this iron plate master remember that it was that day?" Did the killer wear it?"

Ask someone to take it up and examine it carefully, and at first sight, it is exactly the same as the iron plate found among the killers who committed suicide that day.

Seeing Zhou Jiakun's thorough preparations and the presentation of the certified evidence, Rong Shui realized the strong smell of conspiracy, afraid that Huang Zhi would only listen to Zhou Jiakun's fooling around in the hall, even if he didn't know the truth at the moment, he couldn't just sit still up.

Anyway, Zhou Jiakun's words today are definitely framed and did not run away. Shanhu has already confirmed that someone bought and kidnapped. Why is it now a play directed and acted by Huchangzhai?

Then he yelled directly in the hall: "Master Huang! Master Huang! This case is about the women of the people! The women of the people apply to appear in the hall for confrontation!"

Huang Zhisuo looked at Rongshui, and was extremely dissatisfied with Rong girl's disobedience and disrupted the order of the court, but the two had a cooperative relationship after all, so it's inconvenient to talk about it.

He only gave him some face, and said: "I agree, pass on the water to the church."

Zhou Jiakun was extremely upset to see Cheng Yaojin popping up on the way, and cursed: "Master Huang, why did you let a little girl go to court? We are talking about the crimes of Huchangzhai, and this girl has nothing to do with it!"

Huang Zhi responded with a startling sound, which made Zhou Jiakun tremble in fright, and dared not complain.

Rong Shui stepped forward to deal with Zhou Jiakun: "As you said, my kidnapping and hijacking were all done by Huchangzhai artists, and have nothing to do with you? In this case, when Huchangzhai came to you to discuss cooperation Then you can report to the officials, even if you are afraid of retaliation, you can come and tell me? As a result, you did not report when you came here, can you admit the crime of covering up bandits?"

He came to Zhao Er again, looked at the servant who looked like a sharp-mouthed monkey with a cunning face, and said: "Your witness is too unreliable, isn't it? Let's not say that he is the servant of the Zhou family. How can he not listen to you? Come to Jiangcheng again With so many people, who would know if you, Zhao Er, have been to Huchangzhai secretly? There is nothing to prove!"

Then he looked directly at Dao Zhou Jiakun's guilty eyes and said: "In the end, you can't believe it based on your one-sided words. At least let Shanhu confront you in court! Mr. Huang, you should tell Shanhu to come up!"

Zhou Jiakun suddenly looked like an old wolf whose tail had been trampled on. He jumped up and pointed at Rong Shui and said, "Young girl of the Rong family, don't be ignorant! I'm here to help you catch the person who wants to kill you, and you still bite Lu Dongbin like a dog!" You don't know good people!"

Huang Zhi was in a hurry, so he just slapped it with his hand!
Loudly said: "You two are bold! Despise the court, and kneel down quickly!"

Then he said to Rong Shui: "The trial period of the mountain tiger is set in the day after tomorrow. Could it be that you, Rong Shui, changed the word and passed it on when you said it? Today you two immediately retreat from me. Wait until the day after tomorrow to go up the mountain." Hu and related people will go to the court to be tried one by one! Withdraw from the court!"

"mighty--!"

After talking about Huang Zhi and leaving, Zhou Jiakun's teeth itched with hatred, and he stared at Rong Shui with an expression of wanting to drink blood. Even if this stinky girl had a grudge because of the mine, but today he came to report on Shan Hu, Rong Shui and He should even say that he has a grudge because he is not a relative, so why should he help him speak, and expose his lover's words one by one, it is really hateful!
Could it be because she already knew that she was paid to kidnap her?Impossible... The bandits promised to keep his name secret, so it's impossible to tell Rongshui, right?

Zhou Jiakun was thinking, staring at Rongshui with unfathomable eyes.

Rong Shui echoed and choked: "What are you looking at! Hurry up and leave!"

Zhou Jiakun smirked earnestly and said: "I'm just thinking about why Miss Rongshui wants to speak for a bandit, and I'm sad that Miss Rong doesn't believe what I say."

Feeling Zhou Jiakun's suspicious eyes and gaze, Rong Shui felt uncomfortable all over and let out a pee in his heart, not wanting to get entangled with him for a moment, and walked out of the county office quickly.

Looking back at the domineering and mighty plaque, I sighed in my heart: Thinking of me, Rongshui was a law-abiding good citizen who never got involved in any lawsuits in modern times. How come in this era, I have been involved with this place that is equivalent to a court? Inextricably linked?
Hey... I just hope that I won't come to this place again after the Shanhu issue is settled in the future. Be serious and keep quiet. If you don't pay attention, you will be charged with contempt of court.

I wanted to go home first, but Rong Shui changed his mind. At this time, Huang Zhi was also in the county government, so why not check his mouth and see if he can enter the prison?
So he turned around and entered the county government's mansion, but bumped into Zhou Jiakun again, and Rong Shuili ignored him and walked straight away, completely ignoring him.

Zhou Jiakun said "Huh--", Zhao Er saw something different, so he said to Zhou Jiakun: "Master, where is this Rongshui acting? Why is she going to the county government again? Want to talk to Huang Zhi?" Collusion? Otherwise, the little ones will go in and listen."

Zhou Jiakun praised the witty Zhao Er: "Since you know, why are you still standing there? Hurry up!"

So Rong Shui didn't know that when he entered the county government office to look for Huang Zhi and Liu's couple, he was followed by a small tail. Zhao Er was used to these sneaky things, and the way he followed him was called a supernatural power.

Rong Shui thought about Huang Zhi's dissatisfied attitude towards him in the court just now, so he didn't want to go to see him first, but just entrusted the little girl to take him to see Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was paying respects to the Buddha in the Buddhist hall, with a string of bodhi beads in her hand, and she was chanting words, and she was extremely devout. Rongshui knew that Mrs. Liu's belief in Buddhism would not disturb her, so she waited patiently for a long time.

When she was leaning against the door frame and couldn't help dozing off, Mrs. Liu finally finished reading the scriptures, turned around and found Rong Shui who had neglected her, and felt distressed: "Why didn't girl Rong say a word when she came? Why did she wait here for so long? Are you cold and hungry?"

Although it was said in the words, but Rong Shui's understanding and sensibility moved Liu Shi, and he loved this girl even more. Rong Shui also knew this way well. Count Liu.

She smiled, and the sweet dimples appeared on her cheeks, which was naturally pleasing, and she said, "What does it matter just for a short while? Madam Huang sees me too fragile again, doesn't she?! In fact, I am here this time. I have something to ask Madam Huang."

Mrs. Liu replied, "Tell me, what reminds me of me?"

Rongshui also knew that Mrs. Liu usually didn't care much about Huang Zhi's official affairs, even though she was a bit reluctant, Mrs. Liu couldn't care less about it, and said, "Ma'am, the Huchangzhai group will be tried in the future. But today Zhou Jiakun sued Shanhu and others to force him to conspire to kidnap me, I doubt there is fraud, so I want to go to the prison and ask Shanhu."

Everyone knows that Zhou Jiakun caused an uproar in the courtroom today, and Mrs. Liu has also heard about it, but she didn't expect her niece Rongshui, whom she has always liked, to make such a rude request.

She hesitated to speak, and then asked for a long time: "Why is Shui'er like this? The trial will start tomorrow, can't you...can't you wait until the next day to ask clearly in court? If you must go to the prison now, you will be arrested." If people know about it, it must be nothing but a joke."

Rong Shui understands these principles, and knows that when she asks Huang Zhi, she must respond with these words, but time waits for no one, and the time on the mountain was limited that day, so she didn't ask Ming Shanhu about the incident in detail, so how could she save him?
Rong Shui's eyes were full of disappointment, Liu Shi also really loved this little girl, but she was very sensible and sensible, no matter how much she liked her, she couldn't leave a word for her husband.

A bandit who is about to be tried is not allowed to be visited due to emotion and law.

Rong Shui didn't achieve his goal, he didn't want to give up, and said: "Madam let me go quietly, so as not to lose my tongue, okay? Rong Shui also has the difficulty of knowing the whole story, fearing that Zhou Jiakun will turn him upside down in the hall the next day Right and wrong are black and white, it's hard to argue, and the villain continues to live with it."

A moment of hesitation finally flashed in Liu's eyes, Shui'er's eagerness to find out the murderer behind it is indeed understandable, even if she wants to go in like this, why not just follow her will.

Said: "Okay, Shui'er...you wait at the back gate of the county government office this afternoon, and I will take you to see Shanhu. No one should know about this."

Rong Shui nodded gratefully.

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The sun was shining in the afternoon, and ordinary people were only greedy to enjoy the time of sleepiness, so the city was quite quiet at this hour.

But there were also some places that were not very quiet. When Rong Shui arrived at the county government office on time, Mrs. Liu, in order to avoid suspicion and inconvenience, just called a young man to explain the good news and asked him to take someone there.

Rong Shui could understand, anyway, as long as she could enter the prison, she would be content, so without further ado, she followed the boy into the heavily guarded county government prison.

When the guard saw the person coming from a distance, he waved his knife and became serious: "Who is it? The prison is heavy, and no one else is allowed to approach."

The servant stepped forward quickly, whispered in the yamen servant's ear for a long time, then took out the token from Mrs. Liu, and reluctantly opened the door of the cell.

Seeing this, Rong Shui quickly opened his purse, and took out two heavy gold ingots. The eyes of the two guards were brightened by such a large handwriting, and after accepting it, their complexions improved a lot, and they smiled politely.

Rong Shui loves to make money, but he also knows that he can't be stingy in these things, so he spends generously so that he won't be disadvantaged in doing things.

Honestly took out the key, opened the door neatly, and reminded: "Girl, hurry up, there is no one at this stall, but it is not guaranteed."

Rong Shui nodded and thanked: "Thank you two big brothers, I understand, if someone comes, please come and remind the two big brothers."

The two naturally agreed, and Rong Shui entered the cell where Shanhu was. The inside was dilapidated and shabby, and there was no way to get out of it. From time to time, a few rats appeared.

What is even more worrying is that Shanhu's body is not covered with clothes, and there are marks of being whipped. His skin is torn apart, and his hair is messy. If the little girl sees her sweetheart in such a state How many tears were shed, so I made up my mind not to let my younger sister come to the county government to watch and make trouble on the day of the trial.

Shan Hu was lying on the head of the simple bed with his head lying on his back. His tall and strong figure had been tortured to look a little thinner in just one day. In fact, it was not that Huang Zhi intentionally abused him, but that this is Jiangcheng Prison since ancient times. According to the rules, all new prisoners will be beaten a few times first, and when they are well behaved, they will be disciplined and they will not dare to think about breaking out of the prison.

Rong Shui stepped forward cautiously, and called softly: "Shanhu, Shanhu? How are you? Is there anything wrong?"

Shanhu moved his fingers slightly, opened his eyes, looked up and saw Rongshui, smiled weakly, and his voice was not as confident as before: "It's Miss Rongshui? Little sister, can she get home safely?"

When Rong Shui heard her concern, he was a little moved. This man didn't worry about whether his matter could be resolved when he saw her. Instead, he cared about the safety of his little sister immediately. It seemed that he was sincere .

So he calmed down and told the truth: "Little sister was sent to the Rong family safely by the second strong son yesterday, and the second strong son I also temporarily settled in a farmer's house outside the city. They are all fine, don't waste time now. Now I ask you a question, you answer me honestly, don't worry about the morals of the world, and refuse to tell me the truth."

He was also afraid that Shan Hu would not listen to his advice, so he explained to Shan Hu that Zhou Jiakun had identified Hu Changzhai in court today and forced him to cooperate in killing him.

When Shanhu heard this, he was furious. He stood up from the bed and held back the pain, puffed up his chest, and scolded fiercely: "This beast! I want to put all the responsibility on our Huchang village, and clean it up by myself!"

Looking at Zhou Jiakun's convincing words in class today, Rong Shui almost understood that the mastermind behind the scenes must have something to do with him, but he didn't understand what happened, and he couldn't directly expose it.

Then he asked Shan Hu: "Don't scold me now, but I can ask you that Zhou Jiakun was the person who entrusted you to kidnap me? Do you have any evidence to prove it? Zhou Jiakun also pointed out that you sent killers to kill two people who were caught in prison. brother."

Shan Hu was still angry, thinking that he had estimated the rules of the world at the beginning, and did not reveal the names of his employers. As a result, Zhou Jiakun actually wanted to push all the responsibilities to Huchangzhai when the disaster was imminent, and let them bear undeserved charges With infamy, no matter what the moral rules are, just tell Rongshui directly.

Said: "Miss Rongshui, let me tell you the truth! We were hired by Zhou Jiakun. That day he sent his servants to negotiate and gave us a deposit. What killer? How long has it been since we sent killers to kill brothers?" ? We went to rescue the brothers who were imprisoned by ourselves. Although one of them died in the end, the two returned to the village safely with us!"

Rong Shui clapped his hands!OK!Such a good Zhou Jiakun and a good Zhao Er, now all the evidence they listed has been exposed.

Why did Zhao Er know the map of Huchangzhai, because he went up the mountain to negotiate with Shanhu on behalf of Zhou Jiakun many times, why a box of the same style as Zhou Jiakun and the jewelry inside was found in Huchangzhai?
What kind of killer is there to assassinate the brother, I'm afraid it was Zhou Jiakun who did it, afraid that the two people in prison would confess him, and they acted first, but they met Shanhu's gang, which caused the killer mission to fail and committed suicide by biting his tongue .

And the contract and iron plate between the killer and Huchangzhai must have been forged!
She should have thought of it long ago!Now she can go find evidence and unravel his lies one by one.

So he said nervously to Shan Hu: "Think carefully again, what evidence can prove that what you just said is true?"

Shan Hu was distressed: "How can you prove it? There is nothing else but the brothers who are present can prove it?"

After finishing speaking, the two fell into deep thought together, Rong Shui thought fiercely, obviously the truth was right in front of him, but he couldn't provide Huang Zhi with evidence to make him believe in Shanhu, on the contrary, Zhou Jiakun had someone with something, and his persuasive power was stronger , What should I do when I am tried the next day?Watching Zhou Jiakun get away with it, Shan Hu was wronged and imprisoned?
Not only I am sorry for my little sister, but also for the people in Huchangzhai who did not intend to do evil and the people who were rescued by them.

Rong Shui worriedly analyzed Shan Hu: "In fact, Zhou Jiakun's lies in class today are full of loopholes and cannot withstand scrutiny, but the bad thing is that he forged some false evidence, which seems to be somewhat As he said, ordinary people and Huang Zhi could easily be led into the trap he dug by his lies."

Shanhu also gritted his teeth with hatred, and asked through gritted teeth: "Is there no way to expose that bastard? Are we going to see him harm my Huchangzhai forever?"

Rongshui is of course unwilling to do this, but...the matter is much more difficult than she imagined, Shanhu and the others are honest and careless, and people with ulterior motives can easily take advantage of it and make it up at will.

But Rong Shui always believes that there are no perfect lies in the world. As a modern brain neurologist, no matter how perfect the stories woven by human beings are, there will always be loopholes in the laws of reality!
With one more day, she will definitely be able to find evidence to overthrow Zhou Jiakun's lie.

Although Shan Hu was a little confused, he suddenly thought of Zhao Yu, who was known as the "Smart Star" in the village. Zhao Yu used to be a teacher and was framed for stealing money. He was driven out of the village and went to Huchang Village. He became the only person in the village who could read and write. Most of the affairs here will go through his guidance.

So Shanhu said: "Miss Rong, if you want to find out about Zhou Jiakun, you can find Mr. Zhao Yu, our military adviser in Huchangzhai! He can read a lot of words and ideas, and has been negotiating with the Zhou family on my behalf. Maybe he can help Miss Rong. .”

Rong Shui thought that it would be good if someone could help, at least he could learn more about the situation, so he asked, "Then where is Zhao Yu?"

Shanhu frowned, and said: "On the day of the war, Mr. Zhao led our troops to raid the officers and soldiers. After the officers and soldiers found out, they arrested everyone. But the strange thing is that I didn't see Mr. Zhao when I entered the prison. I doubted that he Mo Shi took advantage of the chaos and fled."

When Rong Shui heard this, he was discouraged again. This... in the prison, he can see the location anyway, but how can he find it outside?

Seeing that Rongshui was depressed, Shanhu said confidently, "Miss Rongshui is fine, Mr. Zhao is concerned about the cottage, and he will definitely not run for his life and abandon us alone."

Rong Shui lamented, and she didn't know where this stupid bull got the confidence to trust that scholar Mr. Zhao so much. According to her, since he was a smart man and ran away, why not flee Jiangcheng as soon as possible?

Besides, even a smart scholar can rescue the cottage?Hey... I don't know if this road will work or not.

Time was running out, and it was inconvenient for Rong Shui to stay longer, so he said goodbye: "Okay, I should go too, I will definitely find evidence to save you and the brothers from Huchangzhai when the trial starts tomorrow, you... Take good care of yourself in prison! Keep a good body and go out to rebuild the cottage!"

Shanhu smiled wryly, but he didn't want to actively show his lovelessness in front of Rongshui, so he solemnly made a promise: "Don't worry! Miss Rongshui, I know the responsibility on my shoulders, if I am lucky enough to go out, I will definitely Rebuild the cottage well so that the brothers don’t make a living with their heads on their waistbands.”

Rong Shui yelled in his heart that this is good!It seems that this mountain tiger has lost his way and realized that it is hard to live for a bandit. This is also the return of a prodigal son!Now if the younger sister really can form this marriage with him in the future, it will not make Li Rongzheng worry.

Rong Shui praised: "It's great that you can repent, then I'll leave."

Shan Hu didn't finish talking, so he stopped Rong Shui and said, "Miss Rong Shui, it's hard for you... Please help me to tell Miss Rong not to worry."

Rong Shui hid the complaints from the bottom of his heart, and replied: "Okay... I will tell her that you are fine."

Fool, if you tell others not to worry about me like this, even Younger Sister Rong won't believe it!
Seeing that the guards had come, Rong Shui exited the cell. Before leaving, he looked at Shan Hu, and saw that although the man had been whipped, his face was still lifelike, revealing his firm belief in the future and unspeakable perseverance. He really looks like a good man who stands upright.

I hope my sister's vision is not wrong, as long as this person knows how to go astray, why can't she give her a stable and happy future?
When the guards sent Rong Shui out of the cell, Rong Shui stuffed a lot of scattered silver into the pockets of the two men, and said: "You two officials, please don't let the man in there suffer needlessly. If you are in good spirits, I will not treat the two of you badly."

When they heard this, they hurriedly responded, nodded and agreed.

(End of this chapter)