Idle courtiers

Chapter 85 The Truth
Hearing the words of the spoon, the people listening outside, and the yamen servants in the lobby all took a breath at the same time.

I secretly shouted in my heart: holding grass mud spicy next door, two dragons and one phoenix, so explosive.This week, the master judged the case and found out such a thing, talent, talent!

Immediately, the face of Widow Huo who was kneeling on the ground lost all color, and Huo Lichun even collapsed on the ground.

Shi Jieren had no interest in this case at all, he was already impatient sitting in the courtroom, and just wanted Zhou Nan to quickly record his statement and leave the court.At this moment, he suddenly sat up straight and shouted: "What's going on, Zhou Nan, you should carefully examine it!"

Zhou Nan looked at Widow Huo with a smile, and said, "Mr. Huo, should you explain how your maid knew that Niu Er had a scar on his buttocks? Also, you still have Huo Lichun and Niu Er who fell naked." Give me something?"

He had long been skeptical about this case. During the autopsy by Painter Li last night, he found a big scar on Niu Er's buttocks.Zhou Nan was also moved in his heart just now, so he tried to say something with a spoon, and sure enough, he asked what was wrong.

The audience outside couldn't help bursting into laughter, but the yamen servants wanted to laugh but couldn't hold it back.

Huo Shi was calmer than Huo Lichun, and immediately yelled loudly: "My lord, Mr. Zhou, the woman is wronged! Spoon is a silly girl, how can she be accurate in what she says?"

"Shut up!" Zhou Nan changed his previous gentle words and shouted sharply: "Huo Shi, you said that Niu Er broke in through the wall in the middle of the night to defile your body, and then was beaten by Huo Lichun who came after hearing the news. Die. Then let me ask you, when Niu Er climbed over the wall, why didn't there be any traces on the top of the wall. The snow was so heavy last night, how many footprints were left behind, right?"

"Also, Niu Er was killed by a hoe in the back of the head, but there was no blood on the ground. Obviously, Niu Er was murdered and moved into the courtyard from another place to fake the scene."

"Also, you said that you are a virtuous woman. If you want to guard your husband for the rest of your life, you can only deceive others, but you cannot deceive me. I saw you wearing a red shirt last night. You look like a bride. Do you have the slightest appearance of a virtuous woman?"

"Haha, Mrs. Huo, do you know how this clerk found out that something was wrong?" Zhou Nan continued to ask.

Widow Huo asked subconsciously: "How did you find out...?"

Zhou Nan: "When I explained to you yesterday the provisions in the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty" that catching an adulterer and killing an adulterer is not a crime, you secretly breathed a sigh of relief. You must not hide it from my eyes. Hehe, judging from the scene, it is clearly a bully The second intention was to misbehave you, and then you were beaten to death. If you really want to close the case, that is, a rape case, it has nothing to do with adultery and arrest. When the clerk said this, you did not correct it. It seems , in your mind, you already subconsciously know that you are committing adultery, and Niu Er is the adulterer."

After speaking, he clapped his hands.An old woman in her fifties came in and knelt on the ground: "If Hui County Master and Hui Zhou Master say, the women are the queens of Tianshui Hutong, and they usually use it to match people and protect matchmakers. Four years ago, when Widow Huo's filial piety expired, she even approached the women and asked the old man to tell her a good family so that she can rely on her for the rest of her life. She said it many times, but she never mentioned it again."

"A woman who hates marriage but wants to learn from others to be a chaste woman, is she reluctant to bear Huo Lichun? Or maybe there is something to catch your family's slave, Huo, don't take it seriously." Zhou Nan asked sharply.

No matter how willing Huo was to recruit, he couldn't help crying for injustice.

Zhou Nan wanted to continue asking, but Shi Zhixian on the other end was impatient and threw down a stick: "Punishment, severe punishment!"

A group of yamen servants like wolves and tigers rushed forward, and catching Widow Huo and Huo Lichun was torture like a full Qing.It's a wrench and a hoop.

Poor Widow Huo's finger bones were pinched, and she fainted after screaming.

I wanted to escape the severe punishment of the law through a coma, but there was no way, so I woke up with cold water and continued.

The breakthrough came from Huo Lichun. He was only a boy in his teens, and his body was weak, so he couldn't stand it, so he was the first to attack.

It turned out that this is the case.

Huo Lichun was originally a servant of the Huo family. Four years ago, Huo's widow's mourning period expired.When I thought that I had no children and no one to rely on for my lower body, I wanted to talk to Wang Po about a matchmaker.Wang Po is very capable in business, and she is rich and handsome.With her recommendation, Widow Huo quickly found someone she liked and planned to find a good day to marry.

But at this time, Huo Lichun was not happy.

After the master's death, the Huo family's dyeing house was in charge of Huo Widow.But it's inconvenient for a woman to show her face outside, so Huo Lichun is in charge of all business.

Absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption. When Huo Lichun was a servant of the Huo family, he only had a hundred letters per month.Now he is in charge of the dyeing workshop, with a lot of money in hand, how can he not be tempted, especially without supervision.

In this way, he secretly accumulated more than 60 taels of silver in three years.If life continues like this, buying a house and a car... No, buying him a wife will not be a problem.

However, the marriage of Widow Huo broke his dream of getting rich.As soon as the new male master arrives, won't he have to live a hard life of one hundred Wen a month?Not reconciled!

On this day, Huo Lichun went to Niu Er's restaurant to eat, and he drank too much, feeling sad, and couldn't help confiding his heart to this drinking buddy.

Huo Lichun often went to Niu Er's to buy vegetables for Widow Huo. Every time he came here, he would have a few drinks, and Niu Er would usually accompany Er Liang.

Niu Er also drank a little that day, and said with a smile: "Lichun, you baby, you don't know anything about adults. Your mistress is thinking of a man. Think about it, thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger. She You are strong and strong, it is the year of the tiger and wolf, how can you keep it for a lifetime. Speaking of it, your doll is actually quite handsome, but a little thinner and weaker. If you accept your mistress, it will be the same as turning over and becoming the master .”

Huo Lichun refused: "It doesn't matter if I'm thin, I'm not inferior in that matter."

"Yo yo yo, a guy with fresh lanugo hair and unchanging breast hair, do you know what a woman looks like?" Niu Er was drunk, and pointed out: "Teach you to be a good boy, and your mistress will definitely like it."

After speaking, he whispered something in Huo Lichun's ear.

It was summer at that time, and there were fabrics in the dyeing room, so it was necessary to guard against being stolen.Coupled with the sweltering heat in the house, Huo Lichun slept in the courtyard to get some coolness.

After returning home, Huo Lichun was overwhelmed with alcohol, and he didn't care about that much, so he took off his clothes and lay down on the mat, sleeping soundly.

When he sobered up the next day, he broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and regretted his Meng Lang last night.However, taking a peek at Widow Huo, the mistress seemed to be fine.Immediately, my heart moved, and I knew there was a door.

So, on the second day and the third night, it was still the same.

On the fourth night, Widow Huo was a long-standing person. Seeing that her servant was so shameless every night, her whole body burned immediately, and she couldn't hold back anymore, and rushed out of the house. good thing.

The servant of the family tried to feel at ease, and after Widow Huo was greatly satisfied physically and mentally, she never thought of remarrying.After all, Huo Lichun was just a teenager, and if he remarried, he would probably marry a poor old man. How could he compare, so he closed the door and lived a small life with Huo Lichun.

To the outside world, he said that he would guard his husband for the rest of his life.

As for the spoon at home, she is a fool who doesn't know anything, just treat her as invisible and don't avoid him.

Time flies, unknowingly four years have passed.The so-called spring flowers and autumn fruits, Widow Huo suddenly found out that she was pregnant, she panicked and asked Huo Lichun to think of a solution.

After all, Huo Lichun was a teenager, and he didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing.Immediately, he thought of Niu Er, a drinking buddy, and asked him for help after drinking once.

Niu Er had met Widow Huo a few times before, and coveted her body, so he got thinking, went to Widow Huo's place, threatened her, and finally took her body.

From then on, Niu Er went to Huo's house whenever he had time.Gradually, Widow Huo and Huo Lichun also accepted this third party.

Seeing the movement in the stomach gradually, it will be noticed by others after a while.Widow Huo urged Niu Er to find a solution as soon as possible, but at this time Niu Er asked Widow Huo for money.

It turned out that Niu Er likes to play with money, and he is the kind who always loses in every bet.

Being caught by Niu Er, Widow Huo had no choice but to keep giving him money.In mid-January, Niu Er took away hundreds of taels, but he didn't even see a pair of the spraying medicine he was ordered to buy.

Niu Er got annoyed when he was rushed, and scolded: "Daoyao, Dayao, is it easy to find? This is only a big place in Andong County. If you go to the street, who doesn't know? I went to buy the medicine. Others will know about it, and it will be troublesome for the yellow-faced woman at home to know about it. You can figure it out yourself, I am impatient to take care of you."

The two quarreled and broke up unhappy.

One day passed, Niu Eryou came to ask for money as usual, but Widow Huo naturally refused, so Niu Er beat her on the ground and robbed the jewelry from her head.

At this time, Widow Huo knew that she had encountered a bad wolf, so she discussed with Huo Lichun whether to let this difficult rogue disappear.

Niu Er asked Widow Huo for money all day long, which made Huo Lichun hate him to the bone.In Huo Lichun's mind, the Huo family's money is his own.The mistress can share it with others, but anyone who dares to touch my family's money will be bloodied.

The two discussed it for a long time, and felt that Niu Er was too strong, and they really couldn't fight recklessly.Let's use medicine to poison him, and he is afraid of being found out by the government.

At this time, Widow Huo suddenly remembered that her husband got an aphrodisiac from someone else in the early years. Although he was very powerful when he took it, he had serious troubles after taking it for a long time. He also died of weakness from taking this medicine.

Thinking of this, every time Niu Er came to Widow Huo, Widow Huo would use the medicine to cheer her up.

It can be clearly seen that Niu Er's spirit is gradually weakening, and maybe he will lie on the bed with his eyes closed and wait to die in a month or two.

Just last night, Niu Er lost money and ran to Widow Huo to make trouble.It happened that the dyeing house was tight these days, so Widow Huo only gave him two dollars.

Niu Er was annoyed, and started to attack Widow Huo.

Huo Lichun finally couldn't bear to fight with Niu Er. Niu Er had taken the medicine for a while, and his body was so bad that he was no match for him. He was punched in the heart and died instantly.

Seeing the dead man, Widow Huo and Huo Lichun hurriedly moved Niu Er to the yard, smashed his head with a hoe, and shouted for help, arranged for Niu Er to jump over the wall to attack Widow Huo for wanting to do something wrong, and was beaten The illusion of death.

(End of this chapter)