Before Chu Nanzhi could react, Liu Yun quickly came over to help:
"Er Niang, what are you doing? If you have anything to say, just say it."
The woman's legs seemed to have roots attached to the ground, and Liu Yun couldn't pull them up no matter how hard she tried.
Sisters Chu Nanxiang and Chu Nanzhu rushed over to help when they saw this.
The young woman was forced to bend up by the mother and daughter, but suddenly she burst into tears and tugged on Chu Nanzhi's clothes and refused to let go:
"Sister Zhi, please, please save my brother, I beg you, please save my brother."
Listening to these words, some vague memories suddenly flashed through Chu Nanzhi's mind.
She probably remembered that this little girl belonged to a family named Wei at the east end of the village. She had not met the original owner a few times, so she couldn't even remember her name clearly.
Just listen to Liu Yun explain:
"This is Nianyi, Da Zhi, the second girl from your Uncle Wei's family at the east end of the village. Do you remember it?"
"Oh, it's Nian Yi."
Chu Nanzhi exclaimed, pretending to be very familiar.
Chu Wenbi looked at her suspiciously: "When you got married, her brother brought her to the house several times and helped write wedding invitations and dowry orders."
"I see."
Chu Nanzhi finally had memories.
She remembered that there used to be an old teacher in this village named Wei Lichuan, who once taught the three sisters of the original owner to read and read. When he was nearly fifty years old, he married a young widow in the village and gave birth to a pair of children. His son was named Wei Ziqing and his daughter.
Wei Nianyi.
As for Wei Ziqing, Chu Nanzhi still remembered that he was the man with whom the original owner first had an unrequited love. It was Liu Yun who thought he was the child of a widow and thought it was unlucky, so she did not agree to discuss the marriage.
Chu Wenbi looked at Wei Nianyi who was crying sadly, slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks, coughed lightly and said:
"Your Uncle Wei and Aunt Qin have passed away many years ago. This girl Nianyi relies entirely on her brother for support. I never thought that Ziqing would do such a mess this time."
"That's not the case, Uncle Chu. My brother was wrongly accused. He really was wronged."
Wei Nian choked with sobs and cried more and more sadly.
Chu Nanzhi quickly comforted her: "It's okay, sister Nian Yi, please tell me what's wrong. You can't solve the problem just by crying."
Liu Yun listened, frowning and shaking her head.
Liu Shuyang had a grimace on his face, but after listening to the conversation between several people, he suddenly sighed in surprise: "Sister, you don't know about such a big thing. It's been several days, and all the criminals have been jailed and convicted."
"What on earth is going on?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at her new son-in-law with disgust, a little impatiently.
Liu Shuyang instantly felt superior and said with a proud face:
"Xiao Nianyi and her brother Wei Ziqing committed adultery with Shen Yang, the concubine of the Shen family in our village, and conspired to poison Mr. Shen. A few days ago, Li Sanlang from your village was not the one who came with the county government to arrest someone.
You don’t know.”
Why is it adultery again?
Hearing this word, Chu Nan's head got bigger.
What's going on recently? From time to time until now, I've always been involved in this kind of thing.
Could it be that it has something to do with this matter?
She looked at Lin Jinxiao in confusion.
Lin Jinxiao looked at her strange eyes and was so frightened that he quickly replied: "I did hear Sanlang mention a murder in Tong'an Village a few days ago, but I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
When he said this, Chu Nanzhi suddenly remembered that Nie Laotong himself had mentioned the matter of Tong'an Village in the county seat a few days ago.
I just asked Mr. Nie at that time, and the evidence in the case was conclusive and there was no doubt about it.
She didn't bother to ask in detail, so she had to confirm to Liu Yun and Chu Wenbi: "Father, mother, have there been any other murders in the village in the past few days?"
Before the couple had time to reply, Liu Shuyang complained and scolded: "Sister, what kind of heart do you have? Why do you still expect people to die every day in the village?"
"Shut up."
Chu Nanzhi glared at him fiercely before the little son-in-law was willing to stay down.
Liu Yun and Chu Wenbi looked at each other for a moment, and then answered together: "Recently, the village has been in a fuss about this case, and everyone knows about it."
After listening to what the couple said, Chu Nanzhi nodded confidently.
But looking at the little girl in front of her who was crying bitterly, she began to feel a little confused.
Magistrate Hu has chosen to close the case, and Mr. Nie has gone to check, so there must be no omissions.
Looking at Chu Wenbi and Liu Yun calmly, she confirmed again: "Father, mother, the old man of the Shen family was really poisoned to death? Is it true that brother Nian Yi had an affair with the Shen Yang family?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Shuyang couldn't help but started to answer again: "It's hard to say whether he was infected or not, but it is true that Mr. Shen died of poisoning. The county government's widower did an autopsy. , there is no fraud at all, my cousin, my wife, and my mother have all gone to see it."
Chu Nanzhu glanced at him angrily, and quickly softened when looking at Chu Nanzhi:
"Sister, this is indeed the case. My mother and I went to join in the fun and saw with our own eyes the autopsy of the county government's widow. As for whether the brother of the Wei family had anything to do with the Shen Yang family, we don't know. Anyway, That’s what everyone in their house said.”
"Look, eldest sister, I didn't lie to you."
Liu Shuyang pursed his lips and spread his hands leisurely.
Chu Nanzhu held onto the sobbing Wei Nianyi distressedly and comforted him in a warm voice:
"Sister Nianyi, don't be too sad. It's hard for anyone to accept such a thing happening in the family, but you are still young, so you have to live strong. We will all help you in the future. If you encounter any difficulties, come here Find me and mother."
When Wei Nian heard this, he became even more sad. He put the egg on the ground and went to beg Chu Nanzhi again regardless of it:
"Sister Zhi, believe me, my brother was really wronged. He has always been a kind-hearted person. Everyday when he encounters a homeless stray dog, he will save some food to feed him even if he is hungry. They will find ways to heal injured birds when they encounter them. How can such people think of harming others?"
Hearing what she said, Chu Nanzhi probably felt that Wei Ziqing was indeed a kind person.
But a case is a case and cannot be judged based on the simple goodness and evil of people's hearts.
Although she had only known Magistrate Hu for a short time, she had a general understanding of him, and he was not a faint-hearted official who regarded human life as nothing.
Furthermore, with such a famous name as Mr. Nie standing there, Magistrate Hu did not dare to muddle through the matter.
At this time, if she rashly went to reverse the case, wiped out their faces, and couldn't find any reason, wouldn't she be putting herself in an even more embarrassing situation?
Just as she was thinking about how to persuade the second mother of the Wei family, the little girl suddenly burst into tears with grief:
"Sure enough, you are all protected by officials. It's me who is stupid. Sister Zhi is now a popular person in front of the county magistrate. How could you offend them for a poor scholar like my brother? My brother is right. You are in such trouble. If you are facing a lawsuit, you have to accept your fate, and there will be no one to redress the injustice of poor people like us."
Chu Nanzhi was annoyed by her irrelevant and sour words.
She is not a person who is afraid of trouble, but there must be a plan for everything, and she cannot question the facts recognized by everyone around her based on a few unfounded words from a little girl's movie.
It was just that Wei Nian cried so hard that her heart broke out, and the family could not persuade her no matter how hard they tried. They were all helpless, and Chu Nanzhi subsequently fell into a dilemma.
Suddenly, Wei Nian looked like he was possessed by an evil spirit and muttered to himself: "Brother, I can't avenge you. I feel guilty. I can't bear to watch you being wronged and die. I'll do it first."
I’m going down to accompany you.”
After that, he stood up and bumped against the pillar behind him.
The mother and daughter hurried over to stop her in a panic.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and stopped her when she hit the pillar. She only scratched a layer of skin on her forehead.
When Liu Shuyang saw that the person was not dead, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was both happy and angry at the same time. He stroked his chest in shock and complained loudly with a grimace on his face:
"I'm telling you, Xiao Nianyi, you stinky girl, even if you want to die and find a living, you should find a feng shui treasured place. What if you die in my house? The only house in our family that's worth a lot of money now."
"Say less."
Seeing his cold-blooded way of gloating over his misfortune, Chu Nanzhi wanted to go up and beat him up.
At this time, Sibaolin Ruijia came over with a squeak, got in front of Wei Nian and took a look, then ran to Chu Nanzhi and begged pitifully: "Auntie, this sister is so pitiful, how about that?"