Early the next morning, the county magistrate held a court hearing on Chun Sheng's kidnapping and extortion case.
Zhou was escorted to the county seat the night before, that is, after Chunfeng left the cell.
Zhou really wanted to thank herself for arriving relatively late, otherwise with Chunfeng's anger yesterday, even she wouldn't have been able to escape.
Originally, Mrs. Zhou was still dreaming about getting rich and receiving silver rewards the day before, but she didn't expect that a few government officials would suddenly rush in at dusk and arrest people immediately.
Only then did Ms. Zhou realize that the matter had been exposed. Even though she was very courageous when planning the plan, she almost wet her pants when she saw that the official came to arrest him.
He just stayed there stupidly, and was dragged away by the officials. There was no one who even cried out for injustice or resisted.
Uncle Chunfeng, on the other hand, stopped in front of the two government officers: "Wait a minute, gentlemen, what's going on? Why did you take the person away? There has to be a reason to arrest someone, right?"
Boss Duan said it very politely. This was a member of the official family. He didn't dare to mess with him casually, but he had to find out what was going on.
"What happened? Ask your mother-in-law. He kidnapped your nephew and almost killed your nephew. He also demanded a ransom of one thousand taels of silver from their family. Do you think we should arrest him?"
One of the leading yamen servants looked at Mr. Duan and said coldly, and then sarcastically said without mercy: "You are really a poisonous woman. You can even kill your own nephew. Be careful of the day you are killed." I'll give you my life, too."
After hearing what the yamen officer said, Boss Duan's expression changed again and again, and he looked at Mr. Zhou again.
As soon as he saw Mr. Zhou's panicked look, he knew that what the Yamen said was most likely true.
There was no sound immediately, and Zhou was taken away like this.
The three Liuxiang siblings on the side were also frightened. It seemed that their father was not prepared to interfere with their mother's affairs.
This is not okay. If something happens to my mother, her future reputation will be ruined.
With a vicious mother, who would dare to marry their daughter
"Dad, you can't ignore mother. If something happens to mother, what will I do in the future? What will I do with my brother? My sister is still so young!"
Liu Xiang threw herself in front of Boss Duan and cried.
Boss Duan didn't speak, he just sat there silently, lowering his head and thinking about something.
"Dad, please speak, Dad..." Liu Xiang continued to shake Duan's arm.
Liu Yun, the youngest at the side, was already frightened and whimpering in the corner.
Duan Qiusheng also looked at Boss Duan pitifully.
Boss Duan raised his eyes and glanced at the three children, sighing helplessly.
Why did I marry such a stupid woman who couldn't afford it
There was no way, for the sake of the three children, he had to take care of it even if he didn't want to.
But the key is whether he can take care of this matter. It has already been brought to the county government.
But no matter what, he had to give it a try, so Mr. Duan entrusted the two children to the neighbor next door, took Liu Xiang, packed some money and rushed to the county seat...
The county magistrate sat high in the lobby, and the gavel on the case snapped.
The officials below all shook their staffs at the same time, shouting "Might... Wu..."
This scene is exactly the same as the scene in modern TV series, but at this moment, Chunfeng has no intention of enjoying it.
"Who is here?" As soon as the voices of the government officials stopped, the county magistrate's classic opening words, which have remained unchanged for centuries, came from the hall.
"Chongfeng, a commoner woman, and He Wanqing, a commoner woman, are going to sue Duan Zhou of Qingshui Town today for instructing Zhang Dashan and a group of people to kidnap others, extort money, and murder people."
Chunfeng and Chunfeng Niang took a step forward, knelt down and spoke in love.
"Well, come on, bring Mrs. Zhou to the court!" The county magistrate gave the order, and Mrs. Zhou was escorted up.
A sleepless night, coupled with worries and frights in her heart, made Zhou suddenly look much older and haggard.
As soon as Mrs. Zhou knelt down, she heard the county magistrate say kindly: "Ms. Duan Zhou, someone is accusing you of instigating kidnapping and extortion, and you are guilty of harming people's lives."
"No, no, sir, you are unjust. The civilian woman is not, no!" Ms. Zhou cried out for herself in shock and fear.
She didn't want to go to jail or live a life of darkness. She didn't want it, so she thought about it all night long.
The result of her decision was that she must not admit this matter, she must not admit it, otherwise her life would be over.
"No? Zhang Dashan and his gang have already confessed. How dare you deny it? Do you want me to torture you before you recruit me?" The county magistrate glared at Mr. Zhou.
When she heard that she was going to be tortured, Mrs. Zhou's heart trembled and she hurriedly said: "She is really not a civilian woman. Sir, you know better. It is the matchmaker who instigated me, not me."
"Oh, there is another person who is instigating it? You should recruit it from the truth!" The county magistrate raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that there was a hidden secret in this.
"Yes, at this time, we originally wanted to start from Qingshui Town to propose marriage to their young master. The young master of the Xiang family has been suffering from urinary problems since he was a child. It is said that he will not live to be twenty years old. This young master is already eighteen this year. , the Xiang family wanted to find a girl to carry on the family line, but they heard that it had to be a girl with a good fortune. It happened that my eldest niece had such a horoscope. When the Xiang family found out, they sent the matchmaker with a thousand yuan. I went to propose marriage with two silver coins, but my brother-in-law didn't agree, but the matchmaker was greedy for the silver reward she promised to my family. The matchmaker found a peasant woman and came up with a plan to kidnap her, but the peasant woman didn't agree. But the matchmaker used my daughter's reputation to threaten me. The peasant woman had no choice but to kidnap the second daughter of her family. She asked them for the one thousand taels of silver, but she just knew that they couldn't afford that much money. I wanted them to be forced to agree to the Xiang family's marriage. Unexpectedly, they kidnapped the wrong person and injured my nephew by mistake. This was really not the fault of the civilian woman. She just introduced Zhang Dashan to the matchmaker. I know. The peasant woman didn't instruct them to kidnap anyone. It was just the matchmaker who was greedy for the one thousand taels of silver. The peasant woman was wronged. Please tell me."
Mrs. Zhou cried and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and shouted that she was wronged.
It seemed like he was unjustly accused, but Chunfeng already knew everything through Xuan Yi's investigation.
Chunfeng sneered at Zhou's acting there. No matter what, Zhou could not escape today. Not only could she not escape, she would also give her a bloody lesson.
As soon as the county magistrate heard this, he immediately sent people to arrest the flower matchmaker.
"You said you didn't instruct them to kidnap anyone, so why do they say you instigated it and that you discussed it with them?"
The county magistrate looked at Zhou suspiciously and asked.
"This... the flower matchmaker must have given them a benefit. If something happened, they would say it was me who instigated it, so that she could get away on her own." Ms. Zhou thought for a moment.