Lin Meng looked at the woman who had been silent, and could not help but urge her: "If you have any grievances, just speak out today. You just stand there and say nothing. Can your eyes kill people?"
The woman was furious. If looks could kill, Lord Mo would have been killed by her thousands of times. She took a deep breath and knelt down in front of Lin Meng: "Sir, you have to make the decision for me."
It turned out that the corpse brought here was the young lady's husband. The two were very much in love and grew up together as childhood sweethearts. However, things don't go as planned. Her husband was beaten to death by Mr. Zheng's men just because he liked the style of a chair in her husband's hand.
After listening to the little woman's story, Lin Meng was stunned. Beating someone to death just for a chair style was too cruel.
The people around were also surprised: "Just for a chair style, why don't you just give it to me? Why would you rather be beaten to death than give it to me?"
He's still thinking about money even though his life is gone! It's no wonder that other people think this way. The young woman looked at the person who was talking and cried, "Do you think my husband doesn't want it? My father-in-law is sick and needs money for medical treatment. That kind of thing has been sold, and my husband is a trustworthy person."
"Besides, my family also needs money. My father-in-law only needs 20 taels of silver to see a doctor. Mr. Zheng is so rich that he would reward a servant with more than 20 taels of silver, but he took away my family's life-saving money. Now my husband is dead, and my father-in-law just passed away two days ago because he had no money to see a doctor."
"My mother-in-law also followed my father-in-law because of this blow. I was the only one left in the family. If I hadn't been thinking about my husband's body, I would have followed him and died early."
This little woman's fate is really tragic. This family is broken up. This Mr. Zheng is really a sinner. Lin Meng looked at Zheng Huafeng with a bit of unkindness in his eyes.
People like them who are straightforward in the underworld look down upon such people the most. It is simply a sin to destroy other people's families for a little money.
Qian Jiujiu suddenly spoke up: "This kind of thing, for this Mr. Zheng, is probably nothing worth mentioning. He beat someone to death and took over the body, using it to wrongly accuse other people. This is really making the most of it."
Mu Yexiao could tell that Qian Jiujiu's voice was full of anger. She was angry, and he was angry too. The court had already sent people from the Bai family as imperial envoys to investigate unqualified officials, but now it seemed that the force was not enough.
Lord Mo was a little panicked. The people he invited from the Supervisory Committee were not on his side at all. If this continued, he would not be able to protect his brother-in-law.
"Okay, are you telling the truth, little woman? Or are you taking advantage of the opportunity to frame someone? This man was clearly poisoned by hot sauce."
The young woman stared at Lord Mo, her eyes wishing she could eat his flesh and drink his blood: "No, my husband never eats hot sauce, he has a very simple taste. Our family has never bought hot sauce either. To be honest, this is all your fault, you dog official."
"If you hadn't indulged your brother-in-law and allowed him to do so many evil things, the people of Rongcheng wouldn't have such a hard time. You will get your retribution sooner or later."
Lord Mo was so angry that he slammed the gavel and said, "How dare you to commit treason. Come, give me fifty lashes of the cane, and hit me hard."
Lin Meng was shocked. This was a plan to kill her and silence her: "Lord Mo, what are you doing? She is a weak woman. If you give her fifty strokes of the cane, she will still be alive."
"Master Lin, what you said is that you martial artists do not understand the rules of our court. This woman did not follow the rules and dared to insult me. She deserves to be beaten. Although you are from the Supervisory Committee, you only manage martial artists. This woman is an ordinary citizen and is under the jurisdiction of our government."
This is very straightforward. This woman is under my jurisdiction and has nothing to do with you. Even if I beat her to death in the court right now, you can't do anything about it.
Although some yamen runners sympathized with the young woman in front of them, it was a pity that since the adults in their family had spoken, they had no choice but to take action.
He went straight forward to pull the woman away, but was knocked over by Lin Meng: "Enough, who said she is under your jurisdiction? You invited me here to take care of the affairs of this lady and Magistrate Mu. Now that she has been handed over to us, she is under our jurisdiction."
"This woman is the most important witness. She proves that the body is her husband. He was beaten to death by Zheng Huafeng, not poisoned by Fang Xiaoxi's hot sauce. Fang Xiaoxi is innocent. As an official appointed by the court, you condoned your brother-in-law's evil deeds. This is already irrefutable evidence of your guilt."
Lord Mo laughed, "Lord Lin, you are joking. Even if the evidence is solid, can you still arrest me? You are not qualified. You only care about martial artists, not officials appointed by the court. What's more, I am the prefect, a fourth-rank official of the court. What can you do to me?"
Lin Meng had never seen such a shameless person, and he was a court official. Was the person who chose this person as a court official blind
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, but he had to admit that what she said was true. Standing in front of the young woman, he finally said angrily: "Yes, I can't do anything to you, but I can catch your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law can be arrested if he breaks the law."
Lord Mo was dumbfounded. If his brother-in-law was really captured, his wife would definitely fight him to the death: "You dare."
Lin Meng was already looking at the people around him: "One of you go up and take Zheng Huafeng away."
When one of them was about to step forward, Lord Mo became anxious: "Quickly stop them and don't let them take the person away."
Lin Meng frowned, "Master Mo, are you really going to die and still not give up? Yes, I can't arrest you directly, but I can report you. You will be captured by the court in a month at most. Why don't you take care of yourself first and go against me and hinder my arrest?"
Zheng Huafeng was also dumbfounded at this time. What was going on? The people hired by his brother-in-law didn't help his brother-in-law, so why did they arrest him instead
Lord Mo sneered: "No matter what you say, don't even think about touching me here today, and don't even think about taking my brother-in-law away from me. Since you've said that you won't let us go after you leave, then very well, none of you can leave today."
Fang Xiaoxi laughed when she heard this: "Master, is this Lord Mo sure that he has no problem with his brain? He asked Lin Meng and the others to come over because they can't deal with us, right? Where does he get the confidence to leave us all here? It's so funny."
Not to mention Qian Jiujiu also laughed when he heard this: "I find it funny too, your name is Lin Meng, right? Very good, no need to waste time talking to him, just take him down and put him in jail. My husband will be in charge here for the time being, and a new official will take over within three days."
Lin Meng was stunned. He knew that Qian Jiujiu was a big shot, but he was not sure which big shot he was. Does what he said count
Qian Jiujiu took out a sign and said, "Didn't you have an order from the Supervisory Committee? Seeing this token is like seeing the emperor. No matter what the other party says, you must not disobey. Now I have given the order, go and do it."
Sure enough, after seeing the token that Qian Jiujiu took out, Lin Meng knelt down directly: "Long live the emperor."
Qian Jiujiu hummed, "Stand up, arrest the people. All of you yamen runners, arrest them first. Then Lin Meng will lead people to investigate these people and find out if they have done anything evil. Then release them. Those who have done evil will be charged with the same crime as Yu Mo."
The yamen runners had never thought that one day they would be the ones locked up in the cell. After Qian Jiujiu gave the order, Lin Meng sent his people to bring more people over to take control of the yamen here.
Mu Yexiao also sent a message to ask the secret guards to come out and help manage the affairs of the government. Qian Jiujiu looked at the young woman and said, "You can take your husband's body back now. Bury him as soon as possible. Also, don't be too optimistic and wait to see the consequences of the evildoers!"
Lord Mo looked at Qian Jiujiu: "Who are you? Why are you qualified? You are going to rebel and go against the fate of the court..."
He was caught before he could finish his words. When Lin Meng's men arrived and the secret guards came out, there were about ten of them in total.
A dozen people went to the backyard of the yamen and took the prefect's wife directly to the prison. Thus, Lord Mo and his family were reunited in the prison.
Madam Mo was still a little confused: "Husband, what is going on? Why are we being thrown into jail? Don't you have the final say here?"
Lord Mo looked at Madam Mo and didn't know what to say for a moment. Madam Mo was the daughter of a local tycoon. When he first came, he also wanted to work for the people and became the prefect.
When did it become like this? Oh, yes, it was because he married Madam Mo. Madam Mo's dowry was very large, which made his life go from poverty to wealth in an instant, and his living standard was directly improved.
Then he gradually got used to the change from poverty to luxury. Because he was grateful to his wife, he loved his brother-in-law and became what he is today.
He himself has children, but his children are much more well-behaved than his brother-in-law. Madam Mo was still asking, and Lord Mo came back to his senses: "Madam, we are done this time."
He didn't blame his wife, it was because he didn't stick to his heart that it became like this. It was his fault, Lord Mo squatted on the ground with his head in his hands in pain.
Mrs. Mo also truly loved him, otherwise she would not have married him with such a rich dowry and turned to look at her younger brother.
"Did you get into trouble outside again? Did it implicate your brother-in-law?"
She knew her husband well. He would only lose his mind when he loved her family. Zheng Huafeng did not think he was wrong: "This time I offended someone I shouldn't have offended."