I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 125 Very Small

The prefect shook the complaint on the case and said, "But the complaint sent by Geng Shiyong says that you stabbed him and then kicked him off the carriage, and Zhang, who was sitting on the shaft, also pushed him.

It also states that the coachman who was leading the horse was frightened at the time, and after the horse broke free, he and Zhang just ran after the carriage, and no one tried to rescue him who fell down, so he had no one to call for help, and he had to crawl back home by himself.

Zhu, did you kick him?

"I..." Zhu's body froze, she didn't know what to say.

After waiting for a long time, the prefect said, "Mr. Zhu, the indictment and testimony all point to you as the murderer.

If you choose to remain silent again, this government will still have no choice but to temporarily imprison you."

When Shen Xiaoye heard this, she realized that Mr. Geng had appealed. She pushed the kid Zhou Wenchen beside her. She didn't think that Mrs. Zhu should not be punished for injuring someone, but it was too unfair for a crappy wife to pay with her life for injuring her husband.

"Aunt, please tell us so we can check it out.

Did Uncle Geng fall off the car by himself? Where is the witness that Aunt Zhang said he let the snake bite you? "The kid is very smart.

A woman outside the hall shouted from behind the crowd, "Big sister, your boss jumped out of the car on purpose, didn't he?"

"Oh, that's bad enough. If the snake bite doesn't kill him, try another method. He knows that if a woman kills a doctor, she will die."

"Tsk tsk tsk, most unfaithful people are scholars."

"..."

"Silence!" Several yamen runners received orders to maintain order outside the venue.

Zhu shook her head: "I don't know, I can't explain it clearly. I was so scared when I saw the blood that I just backed away from the car. He drew his knife and rushed forward, and I kicked him.

But I didn’t have the strength to kick him out of the carriage.” So after the carriage was stopped, she was so scared that she kept asking herself: Did I kill him?

At this moment, she came to her senses and realized that if she sued her husband in court, she would be sentenced to two years in prison regardless of whether she won or lost.

After the prefect waited a moment, he asked the coachman in the hall whether he had heard Zhu's cry for help.

The driver lay on his stomach, shaking, and said, "No, the master and mistress quarreled in a very low voice, and I didn't dare to sit on the shaft like Mama Zhang and listen, so I came down to lead the horse."

When Nanny Zhang was summoned to the classroom again, she was still very much the same as described before.

In short, Zhu could not prove that he accidentally injured Mr. Geng, and even if it was an accidental injury, he would still be severely sentenced under the current law.

The court asked Mrs. Zhu's servants, and they all said that they saw the master anxiously looking for who released the snake to bite people, but they did not see him release the snake.

Nanny Zhang cried, "Master, my son-in-law has bribed all these people a long time ago.

The son-in-law's servant was clearly lying. My wife and I found out that it was his parents who bought the golden snake. "

"No, no, no, I didn't buy it, I really didn't buy it!" The servant's mother also cried.

The hall was filled with the sound of two old ladies crying to each other.

Shen Xiaoye listened anxiously, thinking that buying a snake to kill people might be a trap. She pulled Zhou Wenchen, motioning them to lie down together, and whispered, "Let Xuan Geng come."

"Uncle Geng was injured! That's why he didn't go to class." The child listened to the first half.

Shen Xiaoye said again: "Uncle? You said you would pay for five of the best doctors to protect him.

Otherwise, please ask the prefect to move them home for trial.

If we delay until today, the government office will be closed tomorrow, and there will be no evidence after he recovers from his injury." She believed that her little black cat would not have heard wrongly, and Mr. Geng's injury was just scary to look at.

But Zhou Wenchen said, "We don't have a holiday until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, but during the reign of Emperor Taizu, we had a holiday on the 30th."

"What if Mr. Geng stays in bed until he is twenty-eight? Your aunt will have to be imprisoned during this period.

Let’s interrogate him now and go to his bedside to see how badly he’s injured.”

"The judge said it was very serious."

"He's not a doctor."

"I'm going to ask my father to get my aunt out of prison pending trial."

"Haha... you can't get out." In ancient times, the government would not allow bail for crimes that were considered to be the ten worst crimes.

The two men's whispers did not escape the prefect's keen eyes, but at present the defendant Zhu had no new evidence, so he could only announce a retrial at another date.

What I fear most is encountering such cases. If I follow the law, it will be considered unkind, and if I try to be sentimental, I will be criticized for not following the law.

But after the prefect ordered Zhang and others to shut up, before he could say "adjourn the court for further investigation", little Zhou Wenchen shouted again: "Your Excellency, why don't you summon the Geng family...the scholar to the court?

I would like to ask three or five doctors to look after him, or bring a doctor to his bedside to question him."

"Zhou Wenchen, children, please don't make noise in the hall. The court is adjourned today and will resume in two days." The prefect would never ask questions endlessly in the court. The two children didn't understand, and what was key was what was happening outside the court.

He left the room with a wave of his sleeves and left, and the assistant officers also went to the back hall one after another.

"Chen'er, go home. Auntie is fine." Before Zhu was taken away, she did not forget to give instructions.

Nanny Zhang also begged: "My dear cousin, my dear cousin, the lady is wronged.

And that young woman is wearing the jade bracelet that came with my wife's dowry. You must take it back."

"Auntie, I will save you." The child ran over, but the bailiff would not let him come near.

The people outside the hall saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, so they left one after another under the supervision of the yamen runners.

In less than a moment, the only witnesses kneeling in the court were Shen Xiaoye and a few others, as well as the "plaintiff" Zhou Wenchen and his servant.

"Uncle, are we not going to hold the trial now?" Shen Xiaoye asked. She had decided to let Xiao Xuanmao monitor Mr. Geng.

Apart from anything else, the fact that he gave his wife's jewelry to his mistress was something a decent person would not do.

Shen Changsui listened to her and patted her head lightly, "There is nothing to be found out from the investigation. It's not that the prefect is worried about something. I would have beaten you a long time ago."

"Oh no! That's terrible." Upon hearing this, the little boy Zhou Wenchen quickly ran to the back of the hall to see, but there was no one there.

He ran back and whispered, "Brother Shen, Sister Xiaoye, Dad has left with His Majesty. I will ask him to protect my aunt first, and then I will come to your house later."

After saying this, he led the people around him and ran away through the back hall.

The cook and Mr. Bai, who had just stood up, almost knelt down again after hearing this.

"Did you hear that?" Shen Changsui stretched out his arm and Shen Xiaoye supported her, "No wonder." The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was so restrained when trying a case that he could even allow himself to "roar in the court."

"Master, Miss, let's go home quickly." The cook was really scared. There were yamen runners watching her on both sides. Could she quit her job after the Kitchen God Festival?

Mr. Bai didn't say anything, but he was also very nervous.

Shen Xiaoye led them away quickly, but the government office was larger and deeper than the county office. It was already a cup of tea after they passed through the ceremonial gate and out of the main gate.

Fortunately, Cheyuan Hutong was not far away. After returning home, she hurriedly looked for the little black cat everywhere, but couldn't find it.

"It's snowing. It's rare that this kitten is not afraid of the cold." Shen Xiaoye reached out to take the snowflakes. They were very small and melted as soon as they touched his hand.

The kitten seemed to have a tacit understanding with her, and when everyone was testifying in class, it ran to the next room.

He found an opportunity to sneak into Mr. Geng's room and hid there, and happened to overhear the conversation between the doctor and him.

"Don't press too hard on your wound, otherwise it will open and bleed again, and it will be difficult to recover."

"Thank you, Doctor Ding. I didn't apply pressure and the blood flowed even more."