Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 142
In the lobby of Xiling Mansion, Yin Qiao and Xiao Zheng of Xiling Mansion were sitting upright in the main hall, and there was a master's chair next to it. Wei Que was sitting with one hand on the sword hilt and the big horse golden knife, his shallow eyes were expressionless, staring at All the suspects in the hall remained silent.

A yamen servant came over and said a few words in the master's ear, and the master got up and said filially to Qiao Tong: "Master Luo has brought his family here."

Qiao Tongxiao lowered his face: "Biography."

Luo Tiandu walked to the lobby amidst the "mighty" slogans of all the yamen servants.

In the hall, as the official said, a screen was set up, and the female family members turned behind the screen to accept the summons. Even so, the Luo family and his party were still watched by the officers and people in the hall.

Luo Baisu was so angry that his face turned black, he stood in the hall, and said filially to Qiao Tong: "Master Qiao, my family members are here now, how will your lord judge the law, I will listen to you in the hall."

Qiao Tongxiao slapped the gavel and shouted: "This officer is trying the case, and the idlers stay away!"

Luo Baisu said: "They robbed my family members, and I'm one of the sufferers, so let's hear the trial in the hall." After finishing speaking, he ignored Qiao Tongxiao's cold eyes and stood in front of the screen.

Qiao Tongxiao glared at him, and wanted to show his prestige, but was interrupted by Wei Que: "Master Qiao, it's getting late, please!"

Qiao Tongxiao still has some scruples about Wei Que. Wei Que is deeply trusted by the world, and he is the most narrow-minded person. Even though he is the prefect of Xiling, he has the support of the entire Qiao family behind him. people.

Therefore, Qiao Tongxiao had no choice but to clear his cough, straightened his face, and said to the suspects in the hall with incomparable majesty: "The sinner, Niu Er, dared to rob the official's family members in broad daylight, can you plead guilty?!"

That Niu Er's leg was broken by Luo Tiandu, and he was imprisoned for another night. Although the jailer also invited a doctor to fix his bone, the injury was still serious, so he was carried to the hall for trial.

He hated Luo Tiandu deeply, so he raised his head and said in a hateful voice: "The villain is not convinced. Yesterday was the Double Ninth Festival, so the villain went to Shangyuan Temple on Dongping Mountain to pray for his mother. He never wanted to go down the mountain. Behind the villain, followed all the way, the villain was terrified, stopped and asked them why they were following the villain, but they came up and injured the villain indiscriminately. The villain also had an eighty-year-old mother to take care of, now The villain's legs are broken, and the old mother has no one to take care of her at home, the villain refuses to accept it, and sues the Luo family for abusing the daughter."

Luo Baisu was so angry that his face turned red, and he rushed forward and cursed: "Nonsense! What are my family members following you for no reason? It is clear that you wanted to rob them, and my family members resisted desperately."

Qiao Tongxiao stopped Luo Baisu with a loud voice: "Silence! No noise is allowed in the courtroom. Master Luo, step down!"

Qiao Tongxiao asked the confessions of several other people, and what he said was the same as Niu Er.

Luo Tian was furious when she heard it behind the screen, no matter how stupid she was, she could tell that this Qiao Tongxiao was clearly trying to confuse people's attention and tarnish the Luo family's reputation on purpose!Although Luo Baisu is only a small official of the sixth rank, and still works in the Qingshui yamen like the Publications Bureau, he is still a Beijing official. What are his female relatives doing after a few gangsters?Are you full?Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this statement is false. Qiao Tong Xiaobian asked again and again seriously, what does it mean?If it was said that the Qiao family didn't get involved in this matter, even if she was killed, she wouldn't believe it.

After Qiao Tongxiao got the confession, he summoned the three members of the Fang family.

Luo Tian didn't want Fang Shi and Luo Ming to go out and be pointed at by others, so he stepped out of the screen first, and said filially to Qiao Tong: "My lord, I beat the man, and it has nothing to do with my mother and eldest sister. I will report that day. It just happened."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Qiao Tongxiao to say anything else, he recounted yesterday's events verbatim, and finally said: "Master Wei also saw it with his own eyes yesterday. They don't know what will happen to them, who can guarantee that they won't kill us if they rob the money?" She repeatedly emphasized that this is self-defense and should not be punished in the slightest.

Qiao Tongxiao looked at Wei Que with a troubled face and said, "Master Wei, look at this..."

Wei Que turned his head, stared coldly at Qiao Tongxiao with light gray eyes, and said, "Master Qiao really believes it, right?"

"Both sides insist on their own opinions, and there are no other witnesses. It's really hard for the lower officials to make a judgment." Qiao Tongxiao wiped the sweat from his brow, and scolded the Qiao family of the same clan half to death in his heart.What kind of nonsense are you doing? If you want to trouble the Luo family, it’s fine if you do it a little more secretly. But on the day of Chongyang Festival, don’t you know that many royal family members will also come to offer incense?In order to protect the safety of these noble ladies, the palace specially dispatched left and right Shenwuwei to maintain order.Now that's all right, we have attracted Wei Que, the evil spirit, and sent a team of guards to guard the prison, so that he can't do anything to the suspects. If you leave Qiao's house, you will really become the laughing stock of Shangjing.

Hearing this, Wei Que sneered, and said, "Since Mr. Qiao is not easy to make a decision, I will help you." After speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Bring it up."

From the hall, a young general in silver armor presented a pamphlet.

Wei Que threw the booklet at Qiao Tongxiao, and said coldly, "Look at it yourself!"

Qiao Tongxiao opened it and saw that the book recorded the detailed life stories of the gangsters in the hall, from things as small as stealing eggs from the neighbor's house, to bullying men and women, everything was not missed, and his forehead immediately popped up. The sweat was dripping down, he threw the gavel, and shouted at Niu Er and the others angrily: "You dare to slander the women of the official family, come here, and serve you with great punishment!" Several government servants came up, Regardless of their struggles, he gagged their mouths and wanted to drag them down.

After a while, there was the sound of beating boards and wailing one after another from the hall.

Luo Tian heard that Niu Er and his party had been beaten, and he was quite angry, he stood up and said, "Lord Qiao, although Niu Er and the others had made a mistake, they were instigated by others, and the mastermind was someone else. , Now that they have been punished, Mr. Qiao should ask who is behind them, otherwise he dared to buy murder and hurt people in Shangjing, do you really think that there is no kingly law in this world?"

Qiao Tongxiao became irritable when he saw Luo, waved his hand and said impatiently: "I am trying a case, why are you a female family member interfering, it's just nonsense, don't hurry up!"

Luo Tiandu sneered and said, "Am I talking nonsense? My lord, why don't you ask me clearly, 300 taels, if you rob our mother and daughter, you can get 300 taels. Should I be grateful that they think highly of us? "

Niu Er's old lady was standing outside listening to Qiao Tongxiao's trial, and when she heard her son's cry inside, she rushed in regardless, and howled in the hall: "My lord, please forgive me, no matter how messed up Niu Er is, he will always be a fool." My son, his legs have been broken by someone now, if the beating continues, he will be gone, if he has any good or bad, I, the old woman, will not live." After finishing speaking, he was about to hit his head to death in the hall On the stone steps, he was quickly stopped by the yamen servant.

Although that Niu Er is usually inconspicuous, he is a filial man. Seeing that his old mother wanted to die and broke her leg, he will be a useless person in this life. Thinking of the promise that man made when he came to the door, he promised that he would not let him go. He had an accident, but he was about to be beaten to death, and no one came out to say a good word for him. He still has an old lady to take care of, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of, so he ruthlessly shouted out: "My lord, spare my life! The little one was actually instructed by someone that day. Someone was willing to pay 300 taels of silver to let the little one tie up Lord Luo's wife and daughter. The little one is poor and greedy for money for a while, so he agreed against his conscience."

Qiao Tongxiao roared angrily: "Hurry up! Hit hard! This kind of troublemaker should be severely punished." It is best to beat him to death.

Luo Tian gave him a contemptuous glance, and felt wronged for the entire Xiling Mansion's people: "Master Qiao doesn't even let anyone say anything, is it because he intends to cover up the mastermind?"

Niu Er was still yelling: "What I said is true! That person is the third lady of Qiao's family. She said that she wanted to avenge her elder brother. She gave me ten taels of silver in advance, and said that she would give me 300 taels of silver after it was done." , I buried the ten taels of silver under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard of my house, this matter is absolutely true, I dare not lie."

Luo Tiandu sneered, it really was the trick of the Qiao family.

Hearing this, Luo Baisu couldn't bear it any longer, stepped forward and said: "Since the case is clear and there is nothing to do with my family, I will leave. It's just that Mrs. Qiao San ordered people to kidnap my family for no reason, and I hope Master Qiao Give me justice."

Before Qiao Tongxiao said anything, Wei Que turned his head and said to Luo Baisu, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, such a thing happened, Wei will definitely give you justice."

Luo Tian looked at Qiao Tongxiao's ashen face, needless to say, he knew that they might have offended Qiao completely this time.Luo Baihan ruined the eldest son and grandson of the Qiao family, and now Mrs. Qiao San might not be able to please her. No need to think about it, everyone knew that the Qiao family and the Luo family might not be kind this time.

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to think too much, only the soldiers will block it, the water will flood the natives, and they will see the tricks and break the tricks.

The facts of the case were clarified, and Luo Tian didn't have to be responsible for injuring those gangsters, so he followed Luo Baisu back home.

Although Fang and Luo Baisu tried their best to conceal the lawsuit, there were a lot of people onlookers at that time, and Luo Tiandu admitted in person in the lobby that she had injured Niu Er and others, and that the day Luo Tiandu committed the crime, There was also a team of Shenwuwei who saw it clearly, so the result of the lawsuit was spread out. Within two days, everyone in Beijing knew that the little lady in Secretary Shengshuo Lang's family was extremely tough.

For a while, Luo Tian took the name of a fierce girl and left without going.

Among the girls of the generation of the Qiao family, the third lady is the most outstanding. Originally, the Qiao family planned to send the third lady Qiao into the palace. In the name of praying for Mrs. Qiao's blessings, Mrs. Qiao San sent Mrs. Qiao to Fahua Nunnery. After the lawsuit was finally settled, she was quickly married away by Qiao's family.

Since then, the Luo Qiao family has feuded, even if Zuo Qingzhi mediates in the middle, nothing will be resolved.

(End of this chapter)