The old man knelt on his knees and faced the court and said: "The grassroots people saw with their own eyes that Meng Xibao insulted a woman on the Xianque Bridge. The grassroots people remember it very clearly. At that time, the grassroots people were selling eggs under the bridge, and suddenly they heard something coming from the bridge.
There was a quarrel, and when I looked up, I saw him pushing the woman to the ground.
The woman was unwilling and resisted fiercely. Later, after he slapped her, the woman fainted and passed away, which made him do whatever he wanted. These were all witnessed by ordinary people. If there is even a lie,
The sky was struck by lightning."
The county magistrate looked in the direction of Meng Xibao: "Do you have any questions to ask?"
"Yes." Bai Kaiyan stood up, staring at the old man, "You said you saw it with your own eyes, but do you still remember the specific situation at that time, and what color were the clothes they were wearing? And the people next to them at that time?
Is there anyone else who still has an impression of the specific time?"
The old man: "I remember that the young man was wearing a dark green hanging coat, and the woman was wearing a blue long skirt. There were two entourages with the young master next to him. As for the specific time... I don't know
remembered."
Bai Kaiyan sneered: "Since you can remember this incident, but cannot remember the specific time, who can be sure that what you said is not a lie? Sir, what he said must be a lie, and I hope you will not believe it easily.
his words."
"I object." Lin Zhongchun stood up with his hands raised, "It's not surprising that he can't remember the specific time. He is an old man, and his memory must be a little fuzzy as he gets older, but he can remember the specific situation that happened at that time, and he can still remember it.
Remembering the specific colors of the clothes they were wearing is enough to prove that what he said was true."
"grown ups--"
Bai Kaiyan still had something to say, but the county magistrate took a photo of the prisoner and interrupted what he was going to say next.
The county magistrate said: "Are you the county magistrate or am I the county magistrate? Before I asked the question, you started arguing."
He looked at the old man kneeling below: "Wang Li, did you tell anyone else about this that day?"
The old man, that is, Wang Li, paused and carefully recalled the specific events of that day.
After about a few seconds, Wang Li said: "Caomin remembered that he had discussed this matter with his wife after returning home. Caomin's son and daughter also heard about it, and Caomin also taught them not to go out late at night."
This plot is also one of Lin Zhongchun's plans.
Since Meng Xibao dared to lock up Wang Li's wife and children and use them as threats, Lin Zhongchun could also use his official power to rescue them.
After Meng Xibao heard what he said, he felt even more proud.
Wang Li's wife and children have been imprisoned by him. How could anyone come out to prove that what he said is true?
Since no one can prove it, it can be concluded that what he said is a lie.
Sure enough, the county magistrate asked again: "Where are your wife and children?"
"Go back to my lord, in the west courtyard of Meng Mansion."
Damn it! Meng Xibao’s eyes widened. How did he know that he had locked everyone up in the West Courtyard?
He went out deliberately these past few days in order to make them suspect that he was keeping people outside. Then when they went to investigate, they could catch turtles in an urn.
Who would have thought that there had been no movement at all in the past few days? He thought it was because he had too much power, or the other party was too stupid to think of this aspect, but they had already stolen his house!
"Meng's Mansion?" The county magistrate looked at Meng Xibao. He had long felt that there was something fishy in Meng's Mansion, and now he just happened to go to see how much filth and shameful things were hidden in Meng's Mansion.
"Pa-" After taking the gavel, the county magistrate said, "Come here, take a small team to the Meng Mansion and invite Wang Li's wife and children out."
Meng Xibao's eyes widened, "Sir, the common people are against it! Meng's Mansion is the private residence of the common people, we can't..."
"Pa—" Another shock came, and the county magistrate calmed down and said, "Didn't I make it clear? I said please, not just casually sending people to search your house.
"
Meng Xibao lowered his head. His parents were still in the house and they would definitely find a way to stop him.
He was thinking wonderful things, but he didn't notice at all that there were a few people missing from the crowd of onlookers.
Within a few minutes, the people sent by the county magistrate arrived at the Meng Mansion and participated in a major fire-fighting event. When the fire was extinguished, all the people inside came out.
In this way, they easily brought Wang Li's wife and children to the court.
Not only that, there were more than a dozen people following the Yamen and the others back.
All of them were starved to the point of becoming emaciated and shabby, and their bodies were in tatters. Although their spirits looked sluggish, their eyes were full of anger.
They have been locked up for too long.
It was so long that even their relatives around them almost forgot their existence, and several of them even starved to death during those long days of being locked up.
Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the direction of the door, Lin Zhongchun turned his head to look. When he saw Gu Chen in the crowd nodding towards her, he felt relieved.
This is her trump card.
That day she climbed over the wall and entered, and the scene she saw after entering was like a purgatory on earth.
When she first climbed over the wall, someone had starved to death a moment ago.
She was a young woman, but due to being tortured by hunger, only a layer of skin was left on her body to wrap her bones. She looked like a woman in her thirties or forties, with a little bit of the liveliness that a girl should have.
Can't even see it.
She just lay quietly like this, with no expression on her face. Compared with the sorrow on the faces of the people around her, her death seemed to be a relief in a certain sense.
Lin Zhongchun could not use words to describe what she saw at that time, and she only had one thought in her mind.
She must defeat them!
If the Meng family does not collapse, how many people will be locked up forever like the people in the yard?
The truth they know will be buried forever. No one can know their pain, and no one can help them seek justice.
These are not what she wants, so the Meng family must fall.
It's just a prison sentence, Meng Xibao must spend his whole life to atone for his sins.
Prison sentence is just the drizzle before Meng Xibao’s atonement!
Meng Xibao's heartbeat was pounding. What was going on with his father and mother? Even a few officers and soldiers couldn't stop him. Are they going to abandon him?
As the first man with a sallow complexion stepped into the Yamen, the wailing sound continued for a long time.
"Sir, Meng Xibao insulted my sister and even locked up a common man to threaten him. Please uphold justice for the common man!"
"Sir, Meng Xibao killed my mother and forced my sister to be his concubine. If my sister didn't want to, he beat her to death. You must make the decision for them!"
"grown ups……"
…
There were a lot of people talking, and they all had different demands, but there was only one subject of the complaint, that is - Meng Xibao!
