Song Yi

Chapter 76
On the way, Xue Fei'er had already told Catcher Liu the whole story.

Captain Liu had just recovered from a serious injury and was very weak. After hearing Xue Feier say that his wife and father went to the lobby to sue the savior Du Wenhao, he was so angry that he trembled all over and almost passed out again.

A series of voices urged the slaves to carry them faster, wishing to fly to the Yamen to stop this matter.

Finally came to the lobby, many people recognized Detective Liu, they all knew that his family had prepared a mourning hall for him, and unexpectedly he came back to life.

Now that he saw a real person, all previous speculations disappeared, and the crowd burst into warm applause again.

The slaves carried him to the lobby. Old man Liu had just woken up and was lying on the ground with a pale face and gasping for breath.

Mrs. Wu prostrated herself on the ground, sobbing in a low voice.

Hearing the noise, he turned his head and found that it was her husband who had been brought up. Feeling sad, happy and ashamed, she crawled to the bedside tremblingly, calling out:

"Husband..."

Snapped!
Detective Liu quickly raised his hand and slapped her, shouting:
"Bring..., give me a pen and paper..., I want..., I want to quit this wicked woman who will avenge her kindness!"

There was a burst of uproar and applause from the crowd:

"Yes! Divorce her!"

"No, sell her to a brothel!"

"Fart, do you want this kind of kiln sister too?"

"Yes! Come and spit on her!"

"Hahaha……"

Embarrassed, Wu stood up staggeringly, glanced at her husband, turned her head, and slammed headlong towards the pillars and stone piers beside the lobby.

Lin Qingdai happened to be standing next to the chair that was offered but not accepted. Unexpectedly, Wu's personality was so strong that she would die at any time. She couldn't stop her, so she flew up and kicked the chair, and with a bang, the chair quickly slid out , and hit Wu Shi in a diagonal stab.

Wu's head was also missed, missing his forehead, and his temple brushed against the side of the stone pier, leaving a bloody opening, dripping with blood.

Wu threw herself on the ground, and burst into tears.

This thrilling scene shocked everyone, and they secretly rejoiced that Lin Qingdai acted in time to save the woman's life.

Pang Yuqin hurriedly ran over to hug her:

"Sister-in-law, don't be like this! We have something to discuss!"

Du Wenhao walked to the bed and quickly said to Catcher Liu:
"Brother Liu, my sister-in-law didn't do it on purpose either. He and your father were both deceived by Xu Sihai. My sister-in-law still loves you very much and begged for you. For the sake of your children, don't divorce your wife." .”

Detective Liu and Mrs. Wu have always been very affectionate, but just now they were out of breath, seeing his wife wanting to die, his heart softened.mournfully said:

"Dr. Du..., we..., we're sorry for you! Since your benefactor said so..., what I heard from you is...,"

Turning his head to shout to Wu Shi who was crying on the ground,
"Bitch, you...haven't come here to kowtow to...benefactor...to make amends!"

Crying, Mrs. Wu crawled over and wanted to kowtow to Du Wenhao, but Du Wenhao hurriedly said no.

Pang Yuqin was asked to check the wound on her forehead, but it was only a scratch on the skin, not a bone.

During this period, Master Hou murmured with the clerk in charge of recording for a while, and the clerk nodded repeatedly, and Master Hou murmured with Zhuang Zhixian for a while, Zhuang County also nodded, saying:
"Catcher Liu has arrived quickly, and he will be promoted again to question the case!"

The scribe said loudly:

"The idlers quit! Sheng-tang--"

When the tide ebbs, the onlookers usually retreat to the platform outside the lobby.

The Zaolis beat the water and fire sticks again and shouted mighty, Zhuang Zhixian sat down firmly behind the upper table in the Nuan Pavilion, the gavel sounded, and he was promoted to the hall again.

First, I asked Captain Liu what happened, especially the injuries at that time.

Detective Liu was just recovering from a serious injury, impatient with fatigue, so he spoke briefly intermittently.

The magistrate of Zhuang asked Qian Bushou and Xu Sihai, the genius doctors, to take the pulse of Catcher Liu quickly to see if he could survive.

The miracle doctor Qian Bushuo stroked his beard to check the pulse first, and after a while, he said loudly:

"Although Detective Liu's pulse condition is still critical, it is better than that of the old man in the morning. It can be seen that the injury is steadily recovering."

Xu Sihai came in with his head down, and after taking the pulse of Detective Liu quickly, he didn't dare to talk nonsense when faced with the miracle doctor who refused to accept the money. He blushed and said in a low voice:

"Yes..., Captain Liu, judging from the pulse, it is true... that there is no danger of life!"

Although these words were said in a relatively low voice, the people watching outside the hall had heard them clearly, and there was a burst of cheers and thunderous applause.Old man Liu and Mrs. Wu were so happy that they couldn't stop crying.

After Zhuang Zhixian and others stopped cheering outside the hall, he gave a slap on the gavel:
"The truth of this case has come to light, and the two parties will hear the verdict!"

Du Wenhao and Xu Sihai both bowed and listened.

Zhuangzhi County first said to Zhao and Xi:

"You two openly framed others in the courtroom and started rumors to cause trouble. Although the frame-up has not yet succeeded, this trend will not last long. This county will punish you two for eighty slaps!"

The second woman trembled in fright and almost collapsed on the ground.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Zhixian gasped for breath, paused, and continued:

"But I think both of you and your husband are famous doctors. They treat people's wounds and diseases. For their sake, I will keep this account for now. If I hear you slandering Mr. Du again, I will have to settle the new account and the old account together! Withdraw! Bar!"

The two hurriedly swore that they would never dare again, kowtowed their heads in thanks, and amidst the roar of laughter from the audience, bowed their heads and retreated out of the crowd in desperation.

Zhuang Zhixian looked at Cai Tou, a armored soldier who was kneeling and trembling aside:

"And you, why did you fabricate lies to deceive the county?"

Caitou kowtowed again and again: "Damn the young one, it was Dr. Xu who gave the young one ten taels of silver, and asked the young one to say so. I beg the elder to forgive me!"

"Greed of money, desertion of righteousness, and framing others, how can this crime be forgiven?! Come on, drag it down and hit it hard! The shackles are displayed to the public for a month!"

Several Zaolis agreed in unison, stepped forward and dragged Caitou to the platform in the lobby and knocked him down. Perak Bala beat him so hard that his skin was torn to pieces, crying for his father and mother.

After the beating, a fifty-jin wooden shackle was tied around his neck, and he was led to the flagpole outside the yamen for public display for a month.

Zhuangzhi County looked at Old Man Liu and Mrs. Wu:
"Are you two continuing to sue your benefactor?"

Old man Liu had already knelt on the ground with the support of his grandson, and immediately kowtowed to Mrs. Wu:

"Don't sue! Earlier, I misunderstood Xu Sihai's words and falsely accused my benefactor. The grassroots were wrong. The grassroots made a false accusation, and I am willing to be punished by my lord."

Zhuang Zhixian nodded:

"Well, it was not the original intention of the two of you to make a false accusation. Old man Liu, you are sick again. Mrs. Wu also knew her mistake just now and died to show her ambition. She has received thirty slaps before, which is enough to teach you a lesson. You will be punished, so let's go down now. Bar!"

Old man Liu and Mrs. Wu hastily kowtowed to thank them, and with the support of their grandson, they retreated outside the hall.

Zhuang Zhixian looked at Xu Sihai with stern eyes:

"Plaintiff, all your witness testimony has been retracted, and the physical evidence has been proven wrong. The other two plaintiffs have also withdrawn the lawsuit. How about you?"

Xu Sihai laughed and said: "The student withdrew the lawsuit! I will not sue again. The student didn't investigate carefully at the time, and mistakenly thought that the tear on the spleen was cut by a knife. He also believed some rumors, so he misunderstood Mr. Du. It really shouldn't be. "

Turning around, he bowed deeply to Du Wenhao: "Mr. Du, I apologize to you here!..., haha"

Snapped!
Zhuangzhi County Gavel slapped heavily, and shouted:

"The original lawsuit can be withdrawn, but what about your false accusation?"

Xu Sihai's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and he said tremblingly:
"Student..., the student is willing to compensate the defendant for the loss! To make up for the student's fault."

The magistrate of Zhuang County originally intended to be friendly, and nodded upon hearing the words, and said to Du Wenhao with a pleasant face:

"Mr. Du, the plaintiff has admitted his mistake and is willing to compensate for understanding the case. What do you mean...?"

Du Wenhao put his hands behind his back and said in a cold voice: "My lord, I heard people say that 'false accusation against sitting' is not just about losing money, right? If false accusers can lose money, wouldn't rich people be able to falsely accuse others at will? Don't you have to worry about any punishment?"

"This..." Zhuang Zhixian stroked his beard and smiled awkwardly.

Du Wenhao squinted at Xu Sihai, and said brazenly:

"Since he falsely accuses me of homicide by being a quack doctor, and falsely accuses me of murder, then he should be punished according to this crime, which is only fair! Although I don't understand criminal laws, it seems that criminals who kill intentionally should be shot..., should be chopped headed or hanged, right?"

False accusation is to punish the false accuser with the crime of false accusation.

Xu Sihai falsely accused Du Wenhao of homicide by a quack doctor. According to the Song Xingtong, the criminal law of the Song Dynasty:

"All doctors are not as good as our own prescriptions. Those who kill or injure people are regarded as killing or wounding according to the reason." , which is punishable by the death penalty.

There have been regulations on false accusation and anti-sitting in all dynasties, and ordinary people know it.Of course Xu Sihai knew it too.

So upon hearing this, Xu Sihai was so frightened that his body went limp, his head buzzed, and he almost collapsed on the ground.

(End of this chapter)