Chapter 224, Correcting Mistakes
"Wow? The wild breeder in Mu Qingniu's mouth is himself!?"
"I'm calling myself a bastard, there are so many strange things every year!"
"Yes, yes, Mu Zhenzhu was forced by a villain eighteen years ago. She gave birth to a child for ten months, which was just the same age as Mu Qingniu!"
"Mom, I thought it was after the death of Pearl. God mercied him. The old lady, Lao Bengshengzhu, was pregnant with a young son, but she didn't expect... she actually regarded her grandson as her son to raise her!"
"It's a pity that Pearl was harmed by evil people and wanted to breastfeed her a child. She must be unwilling to do so. No wonder she chose to jump off the cliff and ended up doing all the time."
"Dad, mom, this is not true! Is it? I am your son, elder sister... you said this on purpose to protect that wild woman... elder sister's child, right?"
Mu Qingniu climbed up, holding his father with one hand and his mother with the other, tears in his eyes.
The old couple looked at each other, one nodded and the other shook their heads.
Among the people watching, someone cheered, "Mu Qingniu, do you want to exempt labor taxes or do you want to save face?"
As soon as this man was furious, no matter how the old couple answered, Mu Qingniu was in an embarrassing situation of being unable to get up or down.
Mu Qingniu also reacted.
He was just knocked out by the truth, and he didn't expect his father to say that, he was the bastard in his mouth, and he even called his mother shameless and unpretentious...
After coming to his senses, Mu Qingniu is also an adult. No matter how he answers, the Mu family will be embarrassed.
"Grandpa and grandma, tell me the truth."
He changed his words, and there was nothing else that the two old men didn't understand.
In a poor family, there is no way to take care of the face. The benefits that can be obtained are the most practical.
Old Man Mu comforted the old woman who was wiping tears, "Mu Zhenzhu is Mu Qingniu's mother, and my wife and I are Mu Qingniu's grandparents."
In fact, this answer is obvious, but the parties involved personally admit that it can provide additional guarantees.
"The old man and I had a daughter in our later years. When we gave birth to Pearl, I was 33 years old and had difficulty giving birth again and could not have children. I was 47 years old when Pearl passed away. If I could still have children, I would have had many children a long time ago. Where can I get pregnant with the old man's baby after Pearl dies?"
It is difficult to take advantage of the yamen. Anyway, they are already embarrassed. They have to get the benefits of sending their daughter's bones to test them.
To increase credibility, the old woman added, "When I gave birth to Pearl, the midwife was Fang Liujie in the village. When Pearl gave birth to a child, the midwife was also her. If you don't believe it, just ask her to ask! The old woman has no false words."
The Wei County Magistrate was already surrounded by the magistrate and Chen Yuan's ability, and he was forced to eat something, choking that he didn't want to speak at all.
I'm afraid of cursing my mother.
But this topic was caused by him, and no one spoke. The embarrassing thing was himself. County Magistrate Wei could only grit his teeth and said, "Sister Fang Liu, I will send someone to search, but your village is really remote, and you have to wait until tomorrow when you go back and forth. I have also read the "Record of the Relic of the Rebellion" written by Mr. Guo, the Minister of Justice. Volume 3 contains the method of checking the bones and testing the relatives, which can solve the problem at this moment. Which coroner can tell you about this method!"
The coroners from the two counties next door dared not to overestimate the main characters. The two just nodded, but looked at Zeng Chi, who had the most experienced ones.
Zeng Zi was nominally Chen Yuan’s master. Chen Yuan looked at Zeng Chi with a frown and shook his head slightly.
The method of cerebral test of bones and blood-recognizing relatives were both wrong cognitions of the ancients and were not scientific, but provided useful reference for future generations on the identification of parental rights.
Zeng Chi saw Chen Yuan’s embarrassment and followed the instructions. “The bone-drop-detecting method recorded in the “Xiwen Lu” means to squeeze out a few drops of Mu Qingniu’s blood on Mu Zhenzhu’s bones. If the blood can penetrate into the bones, it will prove that the two are related to blood. If they cannot penetrate into the bones, the two will have no blood relationship.”
The other two coroners also nodded in agreement for Zeng Chi's commentator.
After gaining the recognition of the three coroners, Wei County Magistrate felt that he had regained some face. "Since this method is available, why don't we just try it out now?"
The people also think that this method is very good. Since it is a book written by the Minister of Justice, it must be correct.
However, Zeng Chi, who had just explained it, spoke again, "Mr. Wei, this law has not been used by the people, so..."
"Bold, can you say that the book written by Lord Guo still needs to be verified by you personally to prove that what is said is true?" After finding a leak, Wei County Chief finally couldn't help but burst out.
The books of the predecessors have fallacies in the limitations of technology and the times, which is very common. Just correct mistakes, and only by continuous improvement can we make progress.
There is really no need to regard the books written by predecessors as holy scriptures. If someone finds that they do not conform to the actual situation, they should be verified again instead of refuting and criticizing.
Chen Yuan did not say these words in front of everyone, and she changed to a tactful statement, "Mr. County Magistrate, you misunderstood the master's meaning. He should have looked at the many bones today, and he was like an old naughty boy, and he wanted to try it out if he dripped blood. If Mu Qingniu's blood drops could only penetrate into Mu Zhenzhu's bones, but not into other bones, wouldn't this better show how trustworthy the book written by Lord Guo is?"
Chen Yuan, who was waiting for the Wei County Magistrate to speak, failed to wait for the Wei County Magistrate to speak, but Mu Qingniu took the lead in opposing it.
"I'm going to have fifty-four corpses, wouldn't I have to hurt fifty-four times? How much blood will it take? Chen Corpse, I only need to verify it once. I don't want to get involved with the corpses of others..."
Chen Yuan is not a supporter of the theory of bloodline, but at this moment he doubts that Mu Qingniu is either bad or stupid, and he is definitely not like Mu Zhenzhu who committed suicide by shame and anger.
It is useless to reason with such people.
"Mu Qingniu, why don't I make a bet with me?"
"What bet?"
"If you win, I will give you five taels of silver. If you lose, I don't want you to give me any compensation. Instead, I will give you one tael of silver so that you can buy some delicious food and go home to replenish your blood."
Chen Yuan took out a piece of silver in public.
"One tael of silver, my man is busy for a year, and he can't save enough silver at the end of the year!"
"Chen Junzu is so proud. What is she thinking about when she is suffering such a loss?"
"Is the monthly salary of a coroner so high? I knew I should have been a coroner."
"Bah, do you have the good looks of Apprentice Liu and the ability of Coroner Chen? It's like you can compete for these two people to become coroner by participating in the coroner selection."
One tael of silver is also Chen Yuan’s monthly silver for two months.
If she had not even obtained the reward for solving the major case, she would not have been able to use the bet to lure Mu Qingniu to get into a trap.
She didn't have much money and had nowhere to spend it, so she took it out to help the poor.
It is the wrong autopsy method and parental identification method. Because of authoritative certification and the promulgation of the court, it will make the wronged person unable to obtain the truth.
The wrong methods should be corrected, and sooner or later she will deal with these wrong methods.
Instead of asking the people to come and verify the bones when encountering problems, it is better to take advantage of the county government's eastward trend that there are so many female bones, which is the best time to break the "Bone Drop" method.
If Chen Yuan calls on the people to send corpses to verify the situation in the future, the amount of money he will spend is more than one tael of money?
Chapter completed!