The handkerchief was taken out in public outside. Given the similarity between the two handkerchiefs, everyone couldn't take a closer look, and they would definitely believe the guard's words more. In such a noisy environment and unexplained disputes, there is no way to calmly prove that the guards are cheating. If the guards run away in great pain, the matter will be even more unclear. Women are so unfair.
But now Xu Zifan has brought the matter to the court, and it is not clear that no one is allowed to leave, no one is allowed to make noise, and there is a special embroidered mother appraisal. Naturally, everyone can listen to their confrontation and see how things develop.
Xiu Niang carefully compared the handkerchiefs of Lin Ruonan and the guard, and quickly picked out many differences. Even the embroidery techniques were similar, not the same. After a while, Xiu Niang asserted, "Sir, these two embroidered handkerchiefs are not made by one person, the traces of this embroidery are more like imitations."
The copy that was copied was naturally the bodyguard's one. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he insisted: "Sir Mingjian, this embroidered handkerchief is indeed given to Caomin by Lin Ruonan, otherwise, how could Caomin get this kind of embroidered handkerchief? It's totally unreasonable to wrong her."
Xu Zifan snorted softly, "It's really unreasonable for someone you don't know to do such a thing, so I suspect that you have other plans, and even accomplices conspired, and your plans are very big."
The county magistrate felt a headache at his remarks, and frowned: "Xu Zifan, you are so suspicious, do you have any evidence?"
Xu Zifan bowed and said, "Your Excellency, today Caomin encounters this strange incident, and he is very puzzled by this person who wronged his wife. After thinking about it, Caomin has two guesses. He cared about the woman's reputation, slandered the woman's innocence, made the woman despair, had nowhere to go, and even committed suicide. No matter what kind of thing, it was easy for him to secretly kidnap people, and then fake the woman's shy suicide. Surely no one will check carefully, and he can make a fortune through this. Looking at the embroidered handkerchiefs and speeches that this person took out, there must be accomplices.
Second, Caomin guessed that this person maliciously slandered Xu was ordered by others, and deliberately wanted to destroy the reputation of his wife and provoke a discord between our husband and wife, and the days to come would not be satisfactory. "
The escort shouted: "I don't have it! Sir, Caomin doesn't, what Caomin said is true!"
The county magistrate slapped the shocked hall, "Quiet!" He looked at Xu Zifan and asked, "Have your husband and wife become enemies recently?"
Xu Zifan and Lin Ruonan looked at each other, and Lin Ruonan immediately thought of Lin Ruoshan, "My lord, the Minwomen had adopted children before they got married, and they didn't get along very well with their original parents and siblings. A few days ago, the Minwomen's younger sister, Lin Ruoshan, was there. There is a big ugliness in front of the cloth workshop, if you talk about enmity, the women most suspect Lin Ruoshan."
Someone outside the door gasped, unable to imagine that Lin Ruoshan, a little girl, would frame her sister in this way and destroy her innocence. If it was really what Lin Ruoshan did, then it would be really a scorpion's heart!
The county magistrate asked about Lin Ruoshan's farce that day, but any clues would naturally be investigated. What's more, Xu Zifan's suspicion is reasonable. After he exaggerated it like this, it is very inappropriate to simply close the case. With so many people watching outside, this matter must come to the fore.
The chief escort of the escort's escort office and several escorts who were familiar with him were called for questioning. All of them said that they did not know that the escort had a relationship with the Lin family daughter, and they had never heard of the escort having a relationship. I often hear him say that if the family has no permanent property, he will not be able to marry.
Soon, the officer found 22 silver notes from the guard's house, and the four members of Lin Ruoshan's family were also brought to court.
Except for Lin Ruoshan, the three members of the Lin family were very angry. When Lin Yaozu saw Lin Ruonan, he scolded: "What are you at ease? Why do you provoke the officials yourself? What are you doing with us? Usually, you say that you have adopted it and don't communicate with us, but now something has happened. Pull us up, or die yourself, don't drag us!"
"Quiet!" The county magistrate frowned, Lin Yaozu's attitude was in response to the words of the Lin family and Lin Ruonan's revenge, and he was more suspicious of the Lin family.
Lin Ruoshan's face was pale, she had never been to court in her life, and she was the main messenger again, so she was terrified. The bodyguard couldn't help but look at the four of them while shouting injustice, trying to see if it was one of them who gave him the silver ticket. However, the appearance of the two of them fell into the eyes of the county magistrate, but it was really suspicious.
The county magistrate questioned where the escort got the twenty-two silver notes. Previously, the escort kept saying that he was earning money from darts, but the chief escort and other escorts were there. As soon as I asked, I knew that he had never had a hard time. He was the only one in his family. He also drinks and eats meat, and never treats himself badly.
In this way, his words were untenable, and even the onlookers whispered, adding to their doubts about him.
Twenty taels of silver is not a small amount. For ordinary people, it is a lot of money. The escort couldn't explain the source of the silver note, so he was sweating profusely.
Lin Fu suppressed his anger and respectfully said: "Sir, this is a dispute between this person and Lin Ruonan. Lin Ruonan is Caomin's niece. This matter has nothing to do with Caomin's family, please enlighten me."
The county magistrate glanced at Lin Ruoshan, Lin Ruoshan lowered her head and could not see her expression clearly, but her collar was wet with sweat. Why are unrelated people so nervous? It really doesn't look like it's ignorant.
He patted the jingtang wood heavily, and sternly questioned the escort: "What is your intention? Is it really as Xu Zifan said, setting a trap to sell women to make money? Those 22 taels of silver bills should be stolen money, please explain quickly. , where is your comrade?"
This is a serious crime, and you should go to jail! The escort finally couldn't take it anymore, and he fell on the ground and said in a panic, "Sir! Your lord Caomin knows that he's wrong. Caomin has indeed wronged Lin Ruonan, but Caomin was instructed. Someone gave Caomin 22 taels of silver and let Caomin destroy it. After losing Lin Ruonan's innocence, he also promised to give Caomin 32 silver bills after the matter was completed. Caomin and Caomin were obsessed with money, and when they were tempted to figure it out, they agreed. Caomin also wanted to use the money to marry a wife and have children, and settle down. Karma. My lord, Caomin really knew that he was wrong, please forgive me."
The county magistrate scolded: "Who is the chief envoy? Quickly recruit!"
"Caomin really doesn't know, my lord, that person was wearing a hat that day. Caomin only knew that it was a woman, but he didn't know anything about the others." Dare to hide it.
The county magistrate kept paying attention to the reactions of the four members of the Lin family when he spoke, and noticed that Lin Fu, Wang Shi, and Lin Yaozu were all gloating about misfortune, not like knowing, while Lin Ruoshan was tense and kept her head down, very suspicious.
He asked the escort when and where did he meet the woman with the cap, and asked the guard to describe in detail what the woman was wearing that day. The escort accidentally asked him to do this kind of thing that day, and he was very curious about the woman in the hat. He really observed it carefully and explained it in great detail.
Xu Zifan saluted and said, "Sir, Caomin has a bold request. I want to paint a picture. I also hope that the image of the woman in this mouth can be easily found."
"Yes." The county magistrate waved his hand and agreed, and immediately someone brought a bookcase for Xu Zifan to paint.
Xu Zifan sketched the general image with a few strokes, and at the same time, Shaohua showed on the virtual screen the image of Lin Ruoshan wearing a cap and giving the escort a silver ticket. Xu Zifan drew it according to the image, how could it be different? The escort was startled when he saw the finished portrait, and hurriedly pointed at the portrait and shouted, "It's her! It's the woman in the painting who instructed Caomin, that's right!"
Lin Ruoshan's face turned even paler, why didn't she know that Xu Zifan was so good at drawing, and only listened to other people's descriptions and drew her? If it weren't for the woman in the painting still wearing a hood, she would have fainted!
The county magistrate suddenly asked Lin Ruoshan, "Daughter Lin, where were you at that time, and who can testify."
Lin Ruoshan was taken aback, she didn't understand why she was asked about her, and she couldn't say what she said, "Minnv... Minnv's day, that day..."
Seeing this, Mrs Wang was stunned for a while, her complexion changed slightly, she guessed that she was doing the trick, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Sir, the little girl was with the woman that day..."
"This official didn't ask you, be quiet. Lin Ruoshan, but you instigated someone to maliciously slander Lin Ruonan? Come on!"
"Minnv, no Minnv, wronged, wronged, my lord!" Lin Ruoshan had never seen an official before, she was very happy to know that the wine she brewed was sold to the county magistrate, but now she was frightened when she was questioned by the county magistrate. Faceless.
Handling a case depends on clues, but experience is also very important. The county magistrate combined the cause and effect, and he thought that Lin Ruoshan was the most suspicious. Seeing that Lin Ruoshan was very frightened, she ordered the official to go to the Lin house with Xiu Niang to search.
The officer quickly brought back a dress and hat, which matched the portrait drawn by Xu Zifan. There are also scraps of fabric and embroidery threads found by the embroidery mother, all of which are the same as the embroidered handkerchief of the guard. In addition, the official found an ordinary purse in Lin Ruoshan's room, which contained thirty-two silver bills.
These were conclusive evidence in ancient times, the county magistrate snorted coldly, "Lin Ruoshan, what else do you have to say?"
In order to escape the crime, the bodyguard pointed at Lin Ruoshan and shouted: "Yes, it's her, she instructed me, I'm just an accomplice, she's the mastermind, she came up with all the ideas, and she gave me the handkerchief too. Yes. Also, she asked me to say that Lin Ruonan and I have a private life-long relationship for more than three years, and told me several things about Lin Ruonan. I never had the chance to say it. If it wasn't for my own family, who would know what Lin Ruonan is like? Troubled? It's her! My lord, Caomin was wrong for a while, Caomin was at fault, but she is the culprit, lord..."
The yamen on both sides of the court tapped the ground with wooden sticks to quiet him. The escort didn't dare to speak out, and the people who were exclaiming and discussing outside the door also kept their voices, only Lin Ruoshan lay on the ground and shivered, her teeth chattering and said, "Sir, the people's daughter has been wronged, it's not me, it's not me, I didn't, the girl was wronged..."
The county magistrate said in a deep voice, "Lin Ruoshan and Lin Ruonan have always had grudges. Lin Ruoshan has a vicious mind and instigated others to destroy Lin Ruonan's innocent reputation. He will be fined 22 taels of silver to compensate Lin Ruonan, hit 20 big boards, and executed!"
The two yamen stepped forward to pull the person, Lin Ruoshan screamed and fainted, but after being hit by a board, she immediately woke up from the pain, screaming and wailing endlessly.
Wang Shi suddenly burst into tears, "What a sin, how could this happen? How could this happen?"
Lin Fu covered his face with his sleeves, feeling deeply ashamed, and wished he could find a seam to dig in, while Lin Yaozu had a happy face and was very happy in his heart.