The county lieutenant rolled his eyes, picked up a green stick and threw it down. "Go and bring the Jiang brothers over!"
"Yes!" The captain of police responded, picked up the green arrest warrant and left the court, called a few yamen runners, and rushed to Chuanhe Town.
Song Wenyu was not in a hurry and even asked the county lieutenant to bail Jiang Sanlang out for medical treatment.
It would take a day or two to arrest someone, and he couldn't let Jiang Sanlang stay in the cell.
The county lieutenant was reluctant at first, but when he looked up, he saw the Ming Mansion standing beside a pillar and watching coldly. His scalp tingled and he quickly agreed.
Jiang Sanlang has not been convicted yet, and he was not convicted today. He also has a shoulder injury. It is unreasonable not to grant him medical parole.
Besides, Song Wenyu also mentioned that Jiang Sanlang was injured in the cell, so he couldn't keep him.
To put it bluntly, even if the Chen family won the lawsuit, Jiang Sanlang would not be sentenced to death or exile. At most, it would be considered a fight caused by a dispute between the two families, and he might even have to pay some money to settle the matter.
Originally, the county lieutenant did not want to handle the case, but Chen Guanglu was his confidant and his leg was broken. If he did not take care of it, it would discourage his subordinates.
Since there was no possibility for Chen Guanglu to overturn the verdict, County Magistrate Cao simply tried the case according to the rules and ignored him.
So, Chunniang paid two taels of silver as bail and took her husband back to Gao's Inn.
Yingbao wanted to apply medicine to her father, but was rejected by Jiang Sanlang. The trial would be held in two days. If the wound healed during this period, Chen Guanglu would be acquitted.
The next afternoon, the constable brought Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang to the county town, followed by dozens of villagers.
They were all very excited and clamored for Chen Guanglu and Chen Changping to be punished.
Seeing that the matter had become too serious, the county magistrate Wu Shi finally stepped forward, took over the case from the county lieutenant, and tried the case personally.
Moreover, this case of civilian fighting was tried in public.
That’s right, County Magistrate Wu readjusted the files and classified them as civil dispute cases.
The incident in which Jiang Sanlang was maliciously stabbed in prison will be handled separately.
Seeing this, Song Wenyu quickly took advantage of the situation and wrote another petition to submit.
This time, he counter-accused Chen Guanglu of disregarding the court laws, secretly bribing the jailer to torture Jiang Sanlang, and attempting to confuse the public and disrupt the court, breaking the law knowingly.
Chen Guanglu was dumbfounded. He watched helplessly as the county magistrate began to make drastic changes to the prison and the yamen runners, and arrested several constables and yamen runners who had exploited the people.
Among them were Chen Guanglu and several of his good brothers.
Only then did Yingbao understand why Wu Daozi did not meet with her and did not speak for her during the first trial.
It seems that he wants to find a reason to clean out the bad elements in the government office.
As the saying goes, a new official starts with three things. Wu Daozi's three things were quite timely.
After the verdict was announced, County Lieutenant Cao Shen did not dare to show up for several days, let alone support Xiao Han and his wife.
As soon as the county magistrate took action, all the evildoers stopped and no one dared to bring bad luck upon him.
In the end, Chen Guanglu was dismissed from his post and sentenced to five years in prison, and several yamen runners and prison bosses who helped him were also sentenced one after another.
The petitions filed by Chen Changping and Han were also dismissed without much effect.
However, Chen Changping had made a big fool of himself in front of the county magistrate this time, and it would probably be more difficult for him to pass the examination to become a scholar in the future.
Next, Wu Daozi began to re-examine the case of the Han sisters hiring a killer to kidnap.
This case is simple. As long as Chen Ergou is brought in for a retrial, he will confess everything once the clamps are put on.
This time, the Han sisters suddenly turned from plaintiffs to defendants and were directly taken to prison.
Considering that Han's hiring of assassins did not cause any casualties, the two of them were only sentenced to three years in prison and 40 strokes of the cane.
Chen Changping was not involved, so he was not punished.
After the trial, the Jiang family was so happy that they immediately paid Song Wenyu twenty taels of silver in litigation fees.
In a blink of an eye, the first month of the year has passed and it is February.
Jiang Sanlang invited a farmer who was good at growing fruit trees to help them prune the branches of the fruit trees.
The two apple trees in the old house were also moved to the south slope and planted in the family yard.
That day, Yingbao was boiling medicine at home, and Erni came in pinching her nose, "Yingbao, let me tell you something interesting."
"What's interesting?"
"Many people from the Chen family in Xicun came today. Xiao Han's three children were sent to Chen Changping's house by Chen Guanglu's elder brother and his wife."
Erni looked very excited: "Then Chen Da also said that it was Han and Chen Changping who killed his brothers, so the three children of Xiao Han must be raised by Chen Changping's family."
Yingbao raised her head and said, "Three children?" Didn't Xiao Han have four children
"Yes, there are three of them, three girls." Erni fanned her nose with her hand, "What are you cooking? It smells so bad."
"Yangrong Pills." Ying Bao stirred the medicine jar and asked, "What did Chen Changping say?"
"What else can I say? Just accept it. He doesn't dare to throw the kids out."
Erni gloated: "This is great. He has to support five girls by himself. Hehe, I guess he won't even have enough food to eat."
Chen Guanglu’s eldest daughter is nine years old this year, the second daughter, Chen Tiantian, is only eight years old this year, and the youngest is probably four or five years old.
With the addition of eight-year-old Chen Zhao and ten-year-old Chen Wan, Chen Changping's family is now in for a lively time.
Chen Guanglu's house and household were sold by his elder brother Chen Da, leaving only ten taels of silver for his nieces, saying it was for their future living expenses.
Chen Changping separated from his two brothers and lived on his own. Chen Laoshuan was completely disappointed with his second son and had no intention of supporting him.
Without his land and money, Chen Changping could no longer continue his studies. He just stayed at home copying books to earn a few cents to support his family.
In March, when Yingbao was riding her deer for a stroll, she saw several girls from the Chen family coming to the south slope to pick ground vegetables and ferns.
Among these girls, only Chen Wan looked happy. She took the time to teach sisters Chen Daya and Chen Tiantian how to identify wild vegetables.
Chen Tiantian pouted, reluctantly picked a handful of wild vegetables and threw them into the bamboo basket, then sat on the ground and refused to get up.
Chen Zhao couldn't stand her behavior and sneered, "You are not a lady from a wealthy family now. If you don't work, you won't have anything to eat."
"It's all because of your mother!" Chen Tiantian suddenly exploded, pointing at Chen Zhao and angrily scolding: "If it weren't for your mother's mess, how could my family have been in trouble?"
Chen Zhao was speechless and tried to defend himself: "Didn't your parents take two hundred taels of silver from my family? If they weren't greedy for money, would your parents have stood up for you?"
"Hmph!" Chen Tiantian turned her head and saw a little girl riding a deer in the distance, and suddenly she became angry.
He picked up a piece of dirt and threw it over there, cursing, "Unlucky star! It's all because of you, this disaster!"
Life was going well for the family, but after they met this unlucky star, they have not had a single peaceful day since then.
Yingbao was riding on the back of a deer and did not come over. She looked at the girls from a distance and had a strange feeling in her heart.
I don’t know if they will have the same smooth sailing in this life as in their previous life.
Han was sentenced to three years in prison. Will Chen Xu be born two years later