Ji Hao was fighting for his life in the hands of four doctors. Magistrate Tang didn't just watch and do nothing. He found the girl from Chunfenglou who had ransomed her body and put her in jail.
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Combined with the confessions of Wei Ting, Jiao Yong and others who were traveling with him at the time, combined with the confessions of Man Bao and others, a complete chain of evidence can be assembled.
It proves that Ying Wenhai was the one who started the original dispute.
Man Bao and Bai Shan Bai Erlang stood in a corner of the lobby. Because the court hearing took too long, the three of them were tired of standing. They quietly sat cross-legged on the ground, just under the window close to the lobby. No one noticed it.
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Although it was Magistrate Tang's duty to discover the truth, Man Bao felt something was wrong as he listened to his trial.
Bai Shan didn't think there was anything wrong and just said: "Magistrate Tang is really powerful. He is very thorough and has found out everything. But from this point of view, the fault still lies with Ying Wenhai. I don't see how he is innocent.
Why did he say that in our house?"
Man Bao shook his head and whispered: "But I always feel that he has bad intentions... Well, no, he has bad intentions towards them, not us."
As soon as he finished speaking, Magistrate Tang had already asked: "Ying Wenhai said that the reason why he came up with the idea of smearing something on the silver hairpin was because a little girl in his courtyard accidentally injured her hand with the hairpin, and the injury did not heal for a long time. But
My officer checked and found out that the girl was sold not long ago because she accidentally broke something."
Ying Wei's eyes widened.
Magistrate Tang continued: "When Ying Wenhai and Ji Hao went to Chunfeng Tower for the first time, they squandered all their savings for many years, and buying and redeeming people requires a lot of money. Mrs. Ying, Ying Wenhai suddenly withdrew such money from the account.
How much does it cost, don’t you even ask?”
Mrs. Ying clenched the handkerchief in her hand and explained quickly: "I asked, and Wen Hai said that he was interested in an ancient painting. I thought that buying a painting was a serious matter, so I agreed."
The magistrate of Tang County asked Ying Wenhai, "Ying Wenhai, do you always like to collect ancient paintings?"
"I don't like it, but that's what I told my mother."
Magistrate Tang smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "As soon as you said that, Mrs. Ying believed it. You two really have a deep love for mother and son."
Ying Wenhai wasn't that stupid. If he hadn't heard it before, now he had a hint of it.
Ying Wei's face turned dark. He glanced at Mrs. Ying cryptically and asked Magistrate Tang unhappily: "Master Tang, what do you mean?"
Magistrate Tang smiled slightly, took a cup of tea from his master and moistened his throat before saying: "The little girl who was sold out is not difficult to find..."
Seeing Mrs. Ying's face turn pale, Magistrate Tang changed the subject and said, "However, it will take some time for her to come back, but I still have a personal ID here. Someone, please bring Miss Hongzhi up."
The officer immediately pulled up a chained woman and asked her to kneel beside Ying Wenhai.
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "This is the Chunfenglou girl who Ying Wenhai bribed to scratch Ji Hao. What I am curious about is that Ying Wenhai only said that he wanted to teach Ji Hao a lesson and poke him to hurt his wound.
It's okay if it doesn't heal easily, but this Hongzhi girl hit Ji Hao's chest hard."
County Magistrate Tang picked up Man Bao's confession and said: "I have a confession from a young doctor here. She treated Ji Hao's wound at that time. Although the wound was small, it was deep, and it was in a dangerous place like the chest, and
Ying Wenhai also said that it was because they were shocked by the injury that they made noise in the side room and were discovered by Ji Hao."
"Hongzhi, why did you hit Ji Hao so hard instead of just following Ying Wenhai's instructions and just poke Ji Hao?"
Hongzhi lowered her head and bit her lips without speaking.
Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "If you don't tell me, do you know what will happen to someone who murders an aristocratic son?"
Hongzhi raised her head and said: "Sir, I have resigned from my nationality. I am no longer a humble nationality."
"Really, but I see that you have not gone to the government office to cancel your registration. The county government office only recognizes the red seal, not the white paper."
Hongzhi's face instantly turned pale.
She was panicked at the time, fearing that the Ji family would come to her door, so she took the deed of betrayal and hid. She originally wanted to wait until the news passed before she came out to leave her country, but...
Magistrate Tang waited for her to make a decision. He didn't like beating people. That was the most brutal way of asking questions.
Hong Zhi couldn't help but raise her head and glance in Mrs. Ying's direction.
Mrs. Ying lowered her head, but Ying Wei kept staring. When he saw this look, what else didn't he understand?
So before Hong Zhi spoke, Ying Wei suddenly slapped his palm on the table, stood up and said, "Master Tang, this woman's frame-up of my son is a family matter, so I won't bother Master Tang."
Mr. Tang smiled slightly and looked at Ji Xiang.
Ji Xiang also slapped the table and said angrily: "Ying Wei, your Ying family is not at peace, but you use my son to attack me. Is this your Ying family's family matter? I have to ask clearly today."
Mrs. Ji also said: "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. I think your Ying family really needs Mr. Tang to help you straighten it out. Your mother is getting old, so you don't want her to worry about these things anymore, right?"
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Magistrate Tang then said: "Sir Ying, this is no longer your family's business."
He looked at the clerk who was taking notes. The clerk stood up and said, "Sir, the facts of the case have been recorded one by one. I will review it again afterwards to make sure there are no mistakes or omissions."
Mrs. Ying's face was pale, and Mr. Ying reached out to hold the back of the chair tightly, with veins popping out on his arms.
The teachers and students from Fu Xue and Dacheng College who came to testify were all shocked. They only came to testify about the conflict in Qixia Mountain. Why did they suddenly know such explosive content?
Magistrate Tang patted the gavel and said: "I'm hungry, so let's stop the trial here today and continue tomorrow."
These words were very abrupt, but everyone quickly came to their senses and nodded in agreement. It was better to leave as soon as possible. They had better not listen to this kind of thing.
Man Bao and Bai Shan Bai Erlang looked at each other, both of them still had some unfinished thoughts. However, when they saw that Wei Ting and the others were already retreating out and winking at them as if they were killing chickens and wiping their necks, the three of them regretfully followed them out.
Man Bao turned around and glanced at Magistrate Tang. When he saw him looking over, they looked at each other, so he smiled at her and nodded.
Man Bao hurriedly went out with Bai Shan, and after leaving the county office, he whispered: "You see, I am right, he just has bad intentions."
Bai Shan also noticed it, but still said: "But he didn't do anything wrong. As a county magistrate, isn't it his duty to find out the truth?"
Bai Erlang asked: "If Magistrate Tang is suddenly so aggressive, will the Ying family deal with him? Isn't it said that all officials like to fight?"
Bai Shandao: "The Tang County magistrate was so strong before, I'm afraid he has already angered the Ying family and the Yizhou Palace."
Man Bao looked around and said: "Forget it, we are still young and can't care. We happen to be free today, so why don't we go shopping."
Wei Ting came to them, "We are going to Ji's house to visit Ji Hao, will you come with us?"