The plaintiffs were Chen Guanglu and Chen Changping. Shortly after they were called into court, the government officials brought Jiang Sanlang.
Chun Niang hugged her daughter and hurriedly followed.
Song Wenyu had already submitted a complaint to the county clerk and followed him in now, carried by his father on a bamboo chair.
Ying Bao looked at her father and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not being tortured.
Looking at the court table again, I saw the county captain Cao Shen sitting there, and my heart started to rise again.
The county captain is Chen Guanglu's boss, and he regards Chen Guanglu as his confidant. Yingbao doesn't believe that he can not favor his subordinates.
The county lieutenant slapped the hall in shock and shouted: "Please name the defendant!"
"Jiang Sanlang, a humble citizen, has met the official." Jiang Sanlang cupped his fists.
"Chen Changping and his wife, Chen Guanglu, and his wife are suing you for deliberately committing murder and injuring them. Can you plead guilty?"
"The people don't recognize it!"
"Hey! The evidence is there, but you still don't plead guilty. Do you want me to punish you?" Cao Shen shouted.
Jiang Sanlang: "Xiaomin has never done anything, how can he plead guilty?"
Chen Guanglu sneered: "You haven't done it? Well, I remember stabbing you in the shoulder. You might as well let the officials see if there is any stab wound in your shoulder."
Jiang Sanlang turned to look at him: "Didn't you see it last night? Chen Dutou, you also asked someone to poke me in the shoulder with a wooden thorn. Only now do I know that you wanted to create a false witness."
The scar on his shoulder has long since disappeared. It was rubbed away with the scraps of our own high-quality golden ear. There is only a faint red mark left, which cannot be seen even if you are not careful.
He once heard his daughter say that the birthmark on her wrist was gone by rubbing it with golden ear, so he tried it, but to his surprise, the scar was really gone by rubbing it.
But last night, Chen Guanglu and two men forcibly took off his shirt to check. When they saw that there were no scars, Chen Guanglu actually had someone poke his shoulder with a wooden thorn, causing a wound that turned out.
"Nonsense!" Chen Guanglu shouted loudly, "How dare you slander the government in court!"
"We'll know if it's slander or not." Song Wenyu said from the sidelines: "Jiang Sanlang, you might as well show your shoulders to the officials."
Song Wenyu hadn't had time to communicate with Jiang Sanlang and didn't know about his shoulder injury, but he believed that this calm-looking man would never lie.
Jiang Sanlang didn't care about the other women in the hall and directly took off his shirt, revealing his bloody shoulders.
Chun Niang exclaimed when she saw this, and tears fell down.
Yingbao was very angry and felt sorry for her father. She wanted to use Wudingzhi to treat him, but she knew it was not possible now.
Song Wenyu stepped forward to check the injury and tsked: "This is obviously a fresh injury, Chen Dutou, Jiang Sanlang, this injury was really caused by you and others."
"Fart!" Chen Guanglu became angry: "Who are you? How dare you slander the capital in court."
Song Wenyu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and shook it, "I was entrusted by the Jiang family to clarify the facts for Jiang Sanlang and give him justice. My complaint has been submitted, and this is my letter of authorization. Since Chen Dutou thinks it is
Slander, you might as well let Wu Zuo check whether Jiang Sanlang's wound is a fresh one stabbed with a wooden thorn, or an old wound from more than a month ago."
Chen Guanglu's face looked ugly.
Last night, he did have someone poke Jiang Sanlang. On the one hand, he wanted to vent his anger, and more importantly, he wanted to create evidence so that the county lieutenant could support him. Unexpectedly, the Jiang family, who was a fool, actually hired a lawyer.
When the lawyer comes, many things must be put on the table. Otherwise, the newly appointed county magistrate will not be just a decoration. He will eventually review the entire case. If there are any mistakes or omissions, the county magistrate will not suffer.
County Lieutenant Cao Shen did not expect that Chen Guanglu would do such a trick. At this moment, he did not dare to show his favoritism too clearly.
He was shocked and said, "Bring me here to check for injuries!"
After a while, Wu Zuo went to the court to examine Jiang Sanlang's injuries.
After the examination, he said: "For Officer Cao, this person's injury is a new one. The wound was stabbed by a blunt object. The skin and flesh are turned out and no bones are injured. It seems to be a wound left by a bamboo arrow or a wooden thorn."
Cao Shen frowned when he heard this, waved his hand away, turned to ask Chen Guanglu, "What did you say?" He was just superfluous and talking about this stupid thing.
Chen Guanglu denied it flat out, "I haven't done it."
Song Wenyu immediately stepped forward and said: "Guan Cao might as well call the cell leader who was on duty last night for questioning. We will know if Chen Dutou has gone to the county jail. Besides, there are probably other prisoners in that cell. If that doesn't work,
Just ask them."
If Chen Guanglu wanted to be unknown to others, he would have to bribe all the cell leaders in the county jail and all the prisoners in the cells.
If he couldn't do it, the things he did in private couldn't be hidden at all, and not everyone would blame Chen Guanglu.
Cao Shen did not want to involve too many people in this case, so he avoided Song Wenyu's question and asked Jiang Sanlang instead: "Defendant Jiang Sanlang, since you think you are innocent, do you have any witnesses?"
Jiang Sanlang: "What kind of witness does the official want?"
"Witness evidence that can prove your absence that day."
"Yes. After the court concluded the case that day, I took my family out of the county and returned to the river construction site that night. My family can testify, and so can my co-workers."
He had anticipated that this day would come and had greeted several workers in the village early, so he was naturally not afraid of official inquiries.
Han stepped forward and said, "You're lying. Although the criminal who sneaked into Chen's house that day was masked, his figure is unmistakable. It's you Jiang Sanlang, officer. You have to make the decision for us."
Song Wenyu said: "This is just your one-sided statement, it's all just speculation. And since you think it was Jiang Sanlang who did it, why didn't you catch him on the spot? There are several people in your Chen family, and Jiang Sanlang is not a master of martial arts.
, can I beat four or five of you on my own?"
"We were not together at the time. My husband and I were fine at home, but suddenly someone came in and beat us violently..." Han said aggrievedly: "My husband and I didn't react at all."
Chen Guanglu: "Indeed, he is extremely powerful, and ordinary people are no match for him."
"Yes, he kept hitting me on the head and face, and we had no power to fight back," Chen Changping said.
Song Wenyu smiled and turned to ask Chen Guanglu: "It's okay to say that Chen Changping can't beat him. He is a weak scholar and has never fought with anyone. But Chen Dutou, you are one of the top experts in the county government. Why can't you beat him?"
A farmer? Or does Jiang Sanlang have martial arts skills or other helpers? "
Chen Guanglu looked unhappy.
He really couldn't beat him. Even if he drew his dagger, he couldn't resist the man's fist.
He clearly stabbed him with a dagger, but the man kicked his calf bone as if he didn't know the pain.
Now that one of his legs is considered useless, he is probably going to lose his position as head of the army. How could he not be frightened and angry?
Without the Dutou position, who will be afraid of him in the future?
In the past years, I had done many things for Lieutenant Cao to offend others. Once I was abandoned by Lieutenant Cao, I believed that my life would not be easy in the future.
"Of course he has helpers!" Chen Guanglu shouted in confusion: "It was his three brothers who committed the murder together that day!"
Who doesn't know that there are three brothers in the Jiang family, so it is not impossible for them to commit crimes together.
After all, I was wrapped in a sack at the time, so it made sense that I didn't see anyone else.
