She quickly straightened her clothes and opened her eyes when she saw Cai Baiwei. Hua Rujin didn't bother to help her and hurriedly walked out first.
Opening the door, thinking about her usually submissive nature, she quickly warned: "My mother will stay in the room to take care of You En and Mu Yang. I'll go out and take a look."
In this way, she could avoid the critical moment, and she cried and begged the old lady Hu Nanxi to make the decision, which would cause trouble for her.
After quickly closing the door, Hua Rujin turned to look at the situation at the east end of the courtyard while walking out of the courtyard. When she saw that the servants of the Shu family were still guarding the door of the thatched cottage, she went to the main room with peace of mind.
As soon as he arrived at the outer courtyard, he saw a group of officials walking in from outside the fence. The door of the thatched cottage was already full of people, all surrounding Hua Junnian. Shu Jinxuan talked about it:
"The Dou family has gone too far to deceive others. They have raised such a person who is ignorant of etiquette and shamelessness, and they still shamelessly detain the young lady to observe the festival for his short-lived son. It is really ridiculous. It is not obvious that it is driving people to the road of death."
"Don't worry, Master Six and Mr. Shu. I am willing to fight in court on behalf of Madam Third to help her get rid of the clutches of the Dou family."
Looking at the clothes of this group of people and their scholarly appearance, Hua Rujin immediately heard their purpose:
It turned out that he had come to take a job.
Since the founding of the Daye Dynasty, there has been a large-scale litigation in order to reduce unjust, false and wrong cases, which has led to unprecedented development of the litigation profession. Many talented scholars or failed scholars have rushed into this profession.
But these days, elementary education has not yet become popular, and there are only a handful of scholars. Even if they all participate, it will be too busy. In addition, in recent years, the imperial court has been troubled internally and externally, and various county offices have insufficient manpower. Magistrates everywhere have to lower their standards again. As long as they have read
Anyone who has written a clear reason can undertake the lawsuit.
For this reason, there are many clever talkers gathering around the county government office every day, and their noses are even smarter than dogs in order to grab jobs.
As soon as Hua Rujin showed up, several people swarmed over and said with a smile: "This must be the third young lady, no, Miss Hua family. I am very sympathetic to Miss Hua's experience, and I would like to help Miss Hua with all my heart."
Win this case."
Looking at the eager faces, Hua Rujinxin said: Can it be free?
Subconsciously, I touched the empty purse. Not to mention that I had no money, even if I had some money to hire someone to file a lawsuit, I wouldn't dare to be careless.
If you encounter an unscrupulous litigator, you will not win the case and will waste money in vain.
"Thank you for your kindness."
Hua Rujin said politely, thinking that these people must have heard the news from the county government officials who were on duty, and while replying, she looked around at the people who came in, but except for the official officials and the lawyers who were taking jobs,
I didn't see the figure of the good man from the Dou family at all.
Even Hua Junxu, Hua Chengan and his son who went to the county government to report the case were nowhere to be found, which was strange.
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a sharp voice coming from outside:
"The world is really going downhill. Now you are all bending your knees and cutting off a corporal for the sake of an immoral woman. It is really an insult to the dignity of a scholar."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of men, women and children dressed in linen clothes and mourning clothes were seen pouring in from outside the fenced courtyard.
There were about ten people who came. As soon as they entered the door, they went straight to Hua Rujin. Without waiting for anyone's reaction, they immediately knelt down on the ground and prayed loudly:
"I respectfully invite the Third Young Madam to rest in peace, and may you ascend to bliss soon."
Facing this sudden group of "filial sons and grandsons", Hua Rujin was so frightened that she frowned slightly and looked stunned:
My aunt was forced to die and be buried when she was sixteen years old. How could she be buried alive?
At best, he would die with his eyes open.
She hesitantly raised her eyes to look at the person who was speaking, and saw a young man who looked elegant and elegant, who walked in accompanied by Hua Junxu, Hua Chengan and his son:
"Gu Langxi, who is in Jiangling City, has been specially entrusted by Mr. Dou to come and handle all the trivial matters at home for his old man. Please don't make things difficult for him."
Hearing Gu Langxi's name, the yard immediately exploded:
"I didn't expect that the Dou family would invite Mr. Gu."
Hearing this, Hua Rujin couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
She had a lot of impressions about Gu Langxi's name. He was one of the four most famous mouthpieces in Jiangling City, and was known as the most profitable young lawyer in Jiangling City. Any case he handled could be described as white or black.
I have never lost a lawsuit.
It seems that the Dou family has spent a lot of money this time.
However, Dou Yuancheng's matter was already a certainty. Even if he invited the current emperor, he would not dare to openly show favoritism.
Unless the Dou family doesn't want this son anymore.
Seeing someone coming from the Dou family, Shu Jinxuan and Hua Junnian quickly came to protect Hua Rujin.
After hearing the commotion outside, the Shu family servants allowed the Dou family to bring Dou Yuancheng out.
Hu Nanxi and Cai Baiwei, mother and son, followed closely behind. Hu Nanxi kept apologizing: "Second Young Master, even if this little scoundrel in my family is at fault, you are indeed the one who was rude first. I hope you will not remember the faults of others.
Don't be jealous when you return to the house, and the uncle and aunt will get along well with each other from now on."
Dou Yuancheng was so angry that he couldn't think of talking to this old woman. He was limped into the crowd by the old ladies, without any trace of shame on his face.
When he saw that the person who came to pick him up was Gu Langxi, he finally felt relieved after feeling aggrieved and depressed all night.
He glared fiercely at Hua Rujin. He wanted to curse but didn't dare to use too much force. If he used a little more strength, he would easily pull his crotch.
He had no choice but to swallow the bad breath and begged Gu Langxi: "Mr. Gu, you came at the right time. This little bitch from the Hua family is so domineering that she will be injured like this. Please hurry up and ask the officials to put her in jail. I want to
Let their whole family go to bury my third brother."
"Second Young Master Dou, you are really a good and evil person. This Jiangling City is not decided by your Dou family."
Shu Jinxuan glared at Dou Yuancheng angrily, looked at Gu Langxi, and said seriously: "You can take her away, but you must take out the divorce contract and apologize to the Hua family."
However, Gu Langxi turned a deaf ear and walked up to the officials who had not spoken a word. He raised his hands to the leader and said:
"Master Dianshi, Mr. Dou was frightened last night and could not come in person. Before leaving, I specifically told you that the second young master ignored etiquette and did such a scandal that violated the law and insulted the family. He did not dare to favor his own interests and asked Dianshi to do so.
Your Excellency will deal with people in prison according to the law."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked:
"Dispose according to law?"
"That's a serious crime that can lead to a one-hundred-thousand-mile trip. Mr. Dou is really fair and strict. He deserves to be a famous person who has been commended by Liu Zhixian."
For a time, the litigants who wanted to take advantage of this matter to make money from the Hua family retreated and began to compliment Mr. Dou.
Hua Rujin sighed as she listened:
What a righteous act of annihilating relatives.
How much hatred is this, that you are willing to abandon your own son and insist on dragging me to bury Dou Sanlang?
Looking back on the past of the two families, it seems that the two families had no disputes.
What conspiracy is this old guy hiding?
Dou Yuancheng was so scared that his legs were weak at this time.
He thought that reinforcements had come, but he never thought that they were here to add insult to injury. He was so angry that he stared straight at Gu Langxi, endured the severe pain in his crotch, and cursed: "Gu Langxi, what on earth do you have in mind? I and I
You have no grievances, why do you want to harm me? How could my father not care about my life or death?"
"Second Young Master, please calm down. I will just tell your father's words truthfully."
Gu Langxi looked solemn and replied calmly.
The kneeling old housekeeper also burst into tears: "Second Young Master, it's not that Mr. Gu refuses to rescue me. The master said that you can't blame others for your big mistake, but the third Young Master's soul has to be appeased. There has been no peace in the house since you left last night.
We all saw the third young master appearing in the house with our own eyes, and I think he was complaining that the master did not comply with his last wish and let the young lady be buried for him."
"Impossible, I have never scared my father."
Dou Yuancheng panicked immediately, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Looking at the strange looks from around me, I felt frightened.
But at this juncture, he had nothing to hide anymore, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth: "I...I did pretend to be a ghost to scare my siblings, but I came to Hua's house last night
I have been trapped here since then, how can I go back and scare my father?"
"What, it was the Second Young Master who was playing tricks on my house last night?"
Hu Nanxi was so angry that she cursed her mother in her heart.
This bitch scared the whole family so hard last night that they didn't even dare to turn off the lights. He is really a pervert.
But after all, he was not from her own family, so she couldn't teach him a lesson in front of Dou's family, so she could only shake her head helplessly: "It's really nonsense."
He glanced at Hua Rujin out of the corner of his eye and saw that this dead girl was as calm as a normal person. She suddenly understood something in her heart: I was afraid that she already knew everything and deliberately lured Dou Erlang to the bait.
This girl has become so sinister and ruthless now that fear gradually appears in her eyes.
At this time, Hua Rujin's thoughts were no longer on Dou Yuancheng:
This pervert was indeed guarded in the yard last night, so how could the Dou family's house be haunted again?