Shen Tang was shocked and said he couldn't understand.
But obviously, she was the only one who couldn't understand.
When the people watching heard this, they all looked filled with anger. Looking at their emotional state, if the situation was not right, they would probably drag Widow Zhuo, a poisonous woman, to the streets. They pointed at Widow Zhuo without covering up. of contempt.
"It's so vicious!"
"There is such a poisonous woman in the world!"
"Jun Shen should sentence her to five punishments for each sentence!"
"I have long heard that this woman named Zhuo is a loose woman. She hooks up with a man when she sees her. She probably wants to be a child of this man. But when he doesn't agree, she has evil thoughts? She is a child. She is so If you do it, you won’t be afraid of God’s punishment?”
There are no entertainment activities in this era.
All the spare time is passed by gossip.
The more outrageous and bizarre the content, the more widely it spreads, and anyone can gossip about the gossip about Dong’s head, the Li family.
Those who are reduced to talking points are soft persimmons who are easy to bully.
She and her daughter are the only two people in Widow Zhuo's family. There is no man who can intimidate the outside world to support the door. Naturally, anyone can step on it and pass the boring time. Regardless of whether the content is true or false, even if it is false, this mother and daughter dare Come to your door to ask for an explanation?
To say the least, they are not afraid if they dare to come to the door.
"Yes! Mr. Shen should sentence her!"
"Such a slut, you really deserve to die!"
Widow Zhuo's daughter turned pale, and Widow Zhuo shivered under the public opinion, looking miserable and in a daze.
He kept saying: "I didn't mean it..."
She was just kind enough to help with a knife.
How to be harmful to others?
When she heard someone in the crowd suggested sitting with her daughter, her fear reached its peak. She hugged her daughter's still thin body tightly, trying to use her body to block the accusations and bad words from the outside world. Ning Yan stood in front of her mother and daughter. In front of me, I was about to speak.
The next moment, the whole hall was silent.
The young scribe turned his head to look at Qi Shan in surprise.
Qi Shan looked at his lord with a dark face.
【Suppression of speech】
Shen Tang looked at the common people with indifferent eyes and asked quietly: "Are you the county guard, or am I the county guard? Are you going to judge the case, or should I judge the case? I have never eaten pork and I have seen pigs running away. Don’t you know what the crime of making noise in court is?”
Although the old woman and her family didn't know what was going on, the people who had supported her just now looked anxious and scared, with their mouths open but unable to make a sound. This strange scene made them panic. Shen Tang glanced at the baby in his arms and let him know People carried him away.
He winked at Ning Yan again.
Ning Yan asked Widow Zhuo softly.
"Which blacksmith shop did Madam order the knife from?"
Whether that little woman has lied or not, you will know after a quick investigation.
Widow Zhuo told her the location and signboard of the blacksmith shop, Shen Tang waved her hand, and a clerk went down to invite the master of the blacksmith shop to come over.
When the little woman heard this, she lowered her head with guilt.
The old woman is old and mature, and she knows how to explain it when she opens her mouth: "The old woman's daughter-in-law is young, ignorant, and does not know taboos, but how could a woman named Zhuo who has given birth not know this? This knife can be handed directly to the old woman. The wife and daughter-in-law? If you are really kind, you can take advantage of the old woman or the child, whoever is at home... Mr. Shen, please take pity on the old woman's grandson... He is still young, and he is the only heir of our family. How will a single seedling of several generations survive in this way?"
Besides, her daughter-in-law didn't lie either.
It was indeed Widow Zhuo who delivered the knife to the door.
Widow Zhuo defended herself in a low voice: "I really don't know..."
Shen Tang reluctantly understood the so-called taboos. Simply put, pregnant women should not use sharp scissors or knives, because these objects would destroy the protective barrier of the fetus, and would also cut the fetus's mouth, causing the child to be deformed at birth.
She chuckled in her heart, but said with emotion: "It seems that this old woman really regards your daughter-in-law as her own daughter."
"Of course, when you enter our house, your daughter-in-law is just like your daughter, with her palms and backs covered with flesh." The old woman mentioned the emotional point, and she shed tears and felt sorry for her daughter-in-law. She finally gave birth to a child, but was poisoned by a gangster. The crowd felt sad after hearing this.
Shen Tang asked again: "Oh, so you take care of your daughter-in-law's daily washing and dressing?"
The old woman doesn't know why Shen Tang asked this.
"This, this is not..."
Ning Yan seemed to understand something.
He said funnyly: "After entering the house, only the daughter-in-law serves the mother-in-law in the morning and dusk. How can the mother-in-law stoop down and serve the daughter-in-law?"
Shen Tang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then sent someone to invite several neighbors of the old woman's family to serve as witnesses.
Then we wait for the witnesses to come.
The first person to come was the master of the blacksmith shop.
"Widow Zhuo ordered two knives from you?"
The owner of the blacksmith shop shook his head: "Only a handful."
Shen Tang asked again: "Does this family have a knife?"
The master of the blacksmith shop recognized the old woman's son.
Pointing at him, he said, "This is the person who ordered it."
Shen Tang glanced at the man lightly. The latter raised his shoulders in fear and turned slightly sideways, trying to use the old woman's body to block Shen Tang's sight. After a while, three more people came up. A woman of the same age as the old woman, A young daughter-in-law and a young man. It was the first time that the three of them were brought to the court. They looked timid and timid. It took a while before they relaxed.
"There are some things I want to ask you three about in this case. Just answer them truthfully." Shen Tang first asked the old witness, "You and the plaintiff have been neighbors for many years. Her daughter-in-law is pregnant. Do the mother and son serve tea on weekdays?" Water, are you waiting for me?"
The witness almost laughed at this question.
"No, no, no."
Denied three consecutive times.
Mother-in-law serves her daughter-in-law with tea and water?
Not even in dreams.
"She often says that her daughter-in-law is lazy and lazy at work..."
Shen Tang then asked the witness, the young daughter-in-law: "I heard that you two have a good relationship, who does the laundry and cooking in their house?"
"is her."
The young daughter-in-law pointed at the little woman.
Shen Tang asked: "Is it also her when it's cold?"
The young daughter-in-law smiled and said: "There is no distinction between cold and warm when working. I have to work even if my hands and feet get frostbite..."
Shen Tang: "Do you want to do it even though you're pregnant?"
Young daughter-in-law: "I have to do it even if I'm about to give birth."
"The house is short of firewood, who chopped it?"
Young daughter-in-law: "She."
"She also cooked the meals for the whole family?"
"Yes, but her mother-in-law always thinks she uses too much oil, cuts meat too big, eats vegetables secretly, and says she is a prodigal and a thief..."
The little woman came from a bad background and her natal family was very poor.
After you get married, you can still taste some meat.
When cooking, she couldn't help but dip her fingers in some oil to taste it, and her mother-in-law and husband caught her several times.
The young daughter-in-law also revealed.
Before she found out she was pregnant, her mother-in-law once caught the little woman secretly eating a piece of meat scraps that had been drained of oil, and slapped her several times. The left and right sides of her face were so swollen that she couldn't see. The mother-in-law complained to her son again, and the little woman She was beaten severely by her husband that day, and she screamed in agony. She was kicked out again in the cold weather and froze outside the house for more than an hour. She almost went numb with the cold.
The young daughter-in-law showed sympathy, but also had some self-pity. The old woman beside her suppressed her blush, and said confidently: "I am teaching her how to be a daughter-in-law... She didn't change her habit of being a thief after she got married. Now she is a thief. , a big thief in the future!”
The onlookers nodded in agreement.
They couldn't speak for the time being, but they could still move.
Eating oil secretly is indeed a bad habit!
Her mother-in-law was teaching her, so there was nothing wrong with her?
"Who does the sewing in this family?"
The young daughter-in-law replied simply: "It's her too."
Shen Tang asked the witness man again.
This man is a co-worker with the old woman's son.
It was further confirmed that what the other two witnesses testified was true.
so--
Shen Tang looked playful: "Old woman, your daughter-in-law is young, ignorant, and doesn't know taboos, but you are a woman who has given birth. How could you not know that pregnant women are not allowed to touch knives and needles? You must use an ax to chop firewood at home. ?Do you need a knife to cut vegetables and meat? Do you need needles to sew? A woman is ten months pregnant and comes into contact with these things every day. Was your grandson harmed by Widow Zhuo’s knife, or was it persecuted by you and your family? Can you explain it to me?"