"Get a few wet towels and put them on the shelf, ready for the master to wipe the sweat later."
"Put two iced sour plum soup on the koan."
"Remember to freeze a few watermelons in the well, we'd better take this one."
There was still a period of time before the future, but the yamen had already been busy in the lobby, and they were sweating profusely, but their faces showed the happiness of the rest of their lives.
On the contrary, there were a few shirtless idlers in the side hall, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot.
Seeing that things were being cleaned up outside, the headed yamen went to the side hall, tapped a ruler on the wall, and shouted loudly: "Brothers are all awake, put on your clothes and go out to work! "
"I know Mr. Li."
"It's not time yet, why are you acting like a reminder?"
"My God, does this thief have to heat people to death?"
The side hall was full of complaints, and all the 'idlers' scolded, put on soap robes and square scarves, and took water and fire sticks from the bottom of the wall.
It turns out that these few are the unlucky people on duty today, and it is no wonder that they were so leisurely and comfortable, but no one was jealous of them.
You must know that the yamen's soap robes are coarse cloth clothes, which are much more stuffy than the silk official uniforms, especially when they stand in two, they may not be able to move for hours, and the taste is really painful.
When they were in the lobby, then Bantou Li urged again, "There are buckets of well water at the door, so go wash your face and wake up and take a nap, and give me some energy when I go to the hall, if anyone dares to make a fool of yourself in front of the master. , don't blame me for not being sympathetic!"
All the yamen responded weakly, put fire and water sticks on the silent plaque, rolled up their arms and rolled their sleeves and went outside.
However, he said that he was still a long way from the bucket of well water. The two yamen in front suddenly stopped, and their four eyes were twinkling.
It turned out that when the lobby was just set up, Mr. Xu was taken outside again. At this time, he was sweating like a pulp from the poisonous sun, and the green skirt of the green was already torn through most of it, tight and wrinkled, wrapped in a youthful A woman's unique enchanting curve.
In addition, half of her sleeves were torn off, revealing a section of white porcelain-like arms, like a leopard peeping in a tube, like a leaf knowing autumn, which made people more and more imaginative, only the spring light at the bottom of the skirt, the brain made up all kinds of charming and beautiful. general color.
So and so, but what kind of well water is there
All the yamen officers were in high spirits early, and they talked loudly:
"What a handsome little woman, how could she murder her husband?"
"Nonsense! How many ugly women murdered their husbands these days?"
"Brothers, if the adults are to execute the punishment later, you have to come close to me first, like such a tender and white woman, I have never..."
"Go away! It's decided that today will be my prison sentence..."
Talking about the commotion, they did not know how to insult Xu several hundred times with their eyes, and then under the urging of Li Bantou, everyone reluctantly returned to the lobby.
Because of this delay, Sun Shaozong walked out from the back hall with his head held high, and he took a seat at the back of the koan. He waited for Qiu Yunfei and Sun Chengye to arrive at the left and right auditoriums with their pen, ink, paper and inkstone, respectively. Then he slapped the gavel suddenly and shouted: "Come here, bring the plaintiff and the defendant to the court"
"Mighty~Wu~"
The yamen, who were still full of wretchedness just now, immediately shouted in a righteous manner.
In the sound of gongs and drums, I saw seven or eight people coming in, men, women and children, all of them looking like they were filled with righteous indignation. It was obviously Song Changgeng's uncle's family.
Before these people could kneel in a mess, the two yamen escorted Mr. Xu in again.
Originally, I wanted to bring her to the front and kneel, but when I saw Mrs. Xu coming in, a woman in the middle rushed up, scratching her teeth and claws, and scolded: "You shameless little slut, pay it back quickly. My father, Geng, is here!"
After watching for a while, he first swept the performances of everyone in the hall into his eyes. Seeing that the remaining two middle-aged women were also a little bit eager to move, Sun Shaozong hurriedly slapped the jingle and shouted: "Come here, take this The mad woman roaring in the court will be dragged out by this official!"
The two yamen were also scratched by the old woman a few times, and when they heard this, they grabbed the old woman with their backhands and dragged them out like a dog.
"grown ups!"
The old woman was dumbfounded, raised her neck and screamed: "I am the master of suffering, I am the master of bitterness! I am... "
When her harsh voice drifted away, Sun Shaozong asked indifferently, "I don't know who you are waiting to sue and what grievances are you going to sue?"
Seeing that there was a disagreement, his mother-in-law was dragged out. Sun Changgeng's uncle was in a relationship, and when he heard the eldest master's question, he hurriedly kowtowed carefully: "Back to the eldest master's words, the villain Tian Dahai, today is to Sue this little bastard... Sue this Xu family for murdering her husband and taking the life of my nephew Song Changgeng!"
After hearing this, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Mrs. Xu: "Ms. Xu, is what Tian Dahai said is the truth?"
Xu Shi hesitated for a while with tears in his eyes, and then murmured, "The woman didn't mean to kill him, it was just a coincidence, and I don't know why..."
"grown ups!"
Before she could finish her sentence, a middle-aged woman behind Tian Dahai pointed and sneered: "This mother-in-law is clearly lying, if it wasn't for her random gestures with a kitchen knife, the Song family Dalang would still be able to catch up. Can't you hit the blade?"
After this accusation, Mr. Xu became more and more panicked: "I... I just wanted to scare him, no... "
In fact, in Sun Shaozong's view, the argument between the two is completely meaningless, because according to the ruling of the Great Zhou Law, those who "fight and move the blade" and cause death will all be punished as intentional homicide.
That is to say, regardless of whether Xu's intention was or not, as long as she killed someone with a sharp blade, she would be considered to have done it intentionally—and although 'killing her husband' is lighter than 'murdering her husband', it is also a decisive decision. death penalty.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong didn't bother to listen to them entangled in this matter, he observed it for a while, and then asked with a pun: "Xu Shi, so you are confessing to the murder of your husband Song Changgeng?"
He deliberately emphasized the words 'my husband Song Changgeng'.
That Xu Shi was still stunned for a while, then suddenly realized, and cried: "Master Mingjian, that person... That person is really not my husband!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman who just opened her mouth rubbed her back and straightened her back, and scolded like a cockfight: "What a poisonous woman! I saw it with my own eyes! Now I killed someone, but said that he was not your husband-in any case, you are the one who decides the relationship?!"
The woman took the lead, and the men and women of the Tian family also shouted in unison. Some scolded Xu Shi for being stubborn, and some shouted for Song Changgeng, and the lobby suddenly became a mess.
slap~
After carefully observing for a long time, Sun Shaozong suddenly threw the jingling tree heavily, and the shaking sour plum soup jumped high - because of the lessons from the past, everyone in the Tian family was afraid that he would drive people out again, so they were so frightened that they obediently shut their mouths.
Then Sun Shaozong said coldly: "You're going to make a fuss when you wait, and when I ask you about it, it's not too late for you to talk about it."
After speaking, he asked the Xu family again: "You said that the deceased was not Song Changgeng himself, but what evidence is there?"
"This… "
Xu shi lowered his face, and said in a hopeful manner: "He... he used to have a bland taste, but now he likes to eat heavy food, and his body is much darker and thinner than before, and... and... "
"Xu's!"
Seeing what she said, it was nothing but trivial matters. For a person who had been missing for four years and who had died without evidence, it was really not conclusive evidence.
In addition, she was hesitant in her words, as if she was covering up something, Sun Shaozong immediately raised the volume and said solemnly: "If you can't provide strong evidence, I am afraid that this official will only sentence you to 'killing your own husband'. !"
Saying that, he gave Sun Chengye a wink.
Sun Chengye immediately replied: "According to the laws of this dynasty, killing a relative's husband should be punished by hanging, beheading, beheading and other punishments as appropriate."
After a pause, he made a four-word summary: "It's all death sentences!"
Hearing these four words, Mr. Xu suddenly collapsed to the ground, but then he bounced up again, ignoring the sudden tremors in his chest, and said anxiously, "Sir! The women have evidence, and the women have evidence!"
"Because this thief is very familiar with my family's affairs, and his appearance is similar to my family's husband, so the little woman did not suspect that he was a fake until last night..."
Speaking of this, Mrs Xu struggled for a bit, and finally gritted her teeth: "It wasn't until I shared the bed with him last night that I suddenly discovered something was wrong. My husband's... That object was very stubby, where he But it's a slender one!"
"Even if you haven't seen it for four years, that object... that object won't change its length and thickness out of thin air, right?!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, not to mention everyone in the Tian family, even the yamen on both sides couldn't help but whisper.
No wonder she had been secretive before, if it wasn't for the moment when her life was at stake, who would tell others about it
"What a silver woman!"
Sun Shaozong was waiting to order everyone in the hall to be clean, when Tian Dahai suddenly jumped out from behind, but this time it was a young man in his early twenties, and he scolded him sternly: "Brother Chang Geng has already been killed by you, How dare you betray him like this!"
"Brother Chang Geng has been home for more than two months, and you are a serious husband and wife. How did you find out what's strange until last night?"
"Besides, while Brother Chang Geng isn't around, you, a silver woman, secretly don't know how many men you have hooked up with. You measure those things all day long. I'm afraid you can't remember what Brother Chang Geng looks like?!"
"you you you… "
"Xu's!"
Xu's face flushed with embarrassment and was about to argue a few words, but he heard Sun Shaozong ask in a deep voice: "Don't pay attention to this person's foul language, tell this official first, what you just said, what you usually look like. What's the difference?"
The usual way
Xu shi was stunned for a moment, only to understand what this meant, so he blushed and shook his head: "It doesn't seem to make much difference, but when you go to bed..."
"Bah!"
Sun Shaozong gave a low drink and said with half-truth angrily, "Now that Song Changgeng's death has no proof, you just say what he looked like when he went to bed?! Could it be that he deliberately amuses his official in order to get rid of his crime?!"
After a person dies, the body will gradually stiffen, but the place can no longer stiffen, so it is a proper death without proof.
"People's women dare not, people's women absolutely dare not!"
Xu Shi was frightened and grabbed the ground with his head and cried: "The woman really had an argument with him because she noticed something wrong last night..."
She was crying and complaining here, but everyone in the Tian family praised 'Master Qingtian' with eyes like lightning, and saw through this poisonous woman's sophistry at a glance.
slap~
The two sides were quarreling with each other, when Sun Shaozong suddenly threw the jingtang wood again and said solemnly: "Xu Shi, you said that you found something wrong and that you started arguing with him. Then, did you mention it in your words at that time? 'Impostor' thing?"
"I mentioned it, I mentioned it!"
As if he had caught the life-saving straw, Mrs. Xu hurriedly said, "When I was arguing with him, I mentioned this a few times, and it happened to be heard by a beggar outside the door. If the adults don't believe it, just ask the beggar and find out!"
Thanks to the book friends 'The lonely dream is hard to come true, the next Chen Jinnan, the dream into the Liao Zhai' for the reward.