180 He Deserved It
“Old Master Du’s reminder is right, it was my negligence. It’s just that when I thought of the nature of this case, I was filled with righteous indignation and forgot the proper process.”
He immediately glared at Qin Shi and added, “This guilty woman has repeatedly provoked and stirred up trouble. She even brazenly fabricated the crime of ‘adultery’ and slandered her eldest daughter-in-law, Lady Qin, as well as Du Zhongheng’s innocent reputation. Her actions are despicable, and her heart should be punished!”
“Now this official’s sentence is as follows. The original sentence should have been more severe than yesterday’s, but considering her old age, the same sentence of half a year, the same fine of silver ten liang, and a public apology to Lady Qin and Young Master Du.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a gurgling sound from Qin Shi’s throat, as if there was phlegm stuck. Then, she screamed, “Oh my God, how am I going to live!”
Before she could finish his sentence, she had already collapsed to the ground. She had actually fainted from fear.
“Mother, Mother, don’t scare us, Mother!”
“Mother, what happened? Please wake up!”
“Grandma, grandma, what’s wrong!”
The four people of the second branch of the Qin family rushed forward and threw themselves to Qin Shi’s side and began to cry. The entire court echoed with their cries, which was particularly ear-piercing.
“Why are you crying? This is a court, not a mourning hall, not a place for you to wail! If she had known that this day would come, what would she have done when she was making up lies to slander others? You deserve it and you still have the face to cry!”
The county magistrate harshly rebuked.
He was partly angry because he had missed another opportunity to make things difficult for Mo Ruyue, but partly because he was doing it on purpose for the Du couple to see.
“Old Master, my mother really didn’t mean to slander that mo Mo Ruyue. It’s just that ever since she married over, she has always been dissatisfied with her husband and incited Eldest Brother’s children to be estranged from us. So when mother heard that she brought a man home, she was anxious and angry, so she ridiculed her.”
“Old Master, I beg you to look into the details. Mother is already so old, how can she bear the disaster of being imprisoned? Please spare her!”
The second son of the Qin family, Qin Xu, seemed to have a sudden idea. He pleaded with the county magistrate repeatedly. Although his words were still slandering Mo Ruyue, they were much more organized than the disgraceful words he had said in the past.
“Old Master, we weren’t incited by mother. Although Mother didn’t treat us well, everyone in the village saw what she did to us and remembered it in their hearts! However, Grandma and Second Uncle’s family never cared about us from the beginning to the end. Everyone remembers this.”
Da Bao took a step forward at this moment and said with a powerful voice.
Before this, Grandmother and Second Uncle had come to our house to steal things and were caught on the spot. If Mother didn’t care about our feelings, they would have been sent to the authorities.
“Second Uncle, why are you still saying such things? Why don’t you ask your conscience and think about whether you can teach Qingyuan and Qingfei well? ”
As soon as Da Bao spoke, Magistrate Liu’s head started to hurt.
However, after Da Bao said this, Qin Xu was obviously dumbfounded. Although he only glared at Da Bao fiercely, he could not say a word to refute. It was obvious that what he said just now was true.
“I’ve always carried out the law impartially. If I didn’t have sufficient evidence, how could I have casually concluded a case? Since you’ve shouted for me to look into the details, now you want me to spare her? Do you really think that you can change the laws of this dynasty as you please?”
After hearing the county magistrate’s words, Qin Xu no longer made a sound. He also fell to the ground like his wife and child, wanting to cry but no tears came out.
Now that the case had come to a conclusion, the next step was to put the prisoner in prison, and then the prisoner’s family would start to raise money. Finally, when the fine was paid, they would publicly apologize to the “victim”.
Although the Du couple came a step late to submit their complaint and didn’t care about the compensation, they absolutely couldn’t miss the step of a public apology. Not only did Qin Shi have to apologize, but Wang Luosheng from yesterday also had to do the same.
The time was set for three days later, which happened to be the day that Mo Ruyue would give medical services. As long as it was her turn to give medical services, Huichun Hall would be crowded with people. At that time, Qin Shi and Wang Luosheng would be brought to the entrance of Huichun Hall and have them apologize to Mo Ruyue and Du Zhongheng in public.
Seeing that the Qin family’s prison was set in stone, when he mentioned compensation, Qin Xu had other thoughts.
In any case, the Du family didn’t care about that bit of compensation. The ten taels of silver had to be paid to Mo Ruyue, so if he begged for a while and delayed it, he might be able to repudiate the money.
However, these words could not be said in court, so he would have to wait until after the court to go and beg her.
At this time, Qin Shi had already woken up. She had fainted because of a moment of anger. However, when she woke up, everything had already been settled and there was no room for change.
She was dejected and dragged away by the bailiff. She had to wait three days for her family to gather the money before she could formally apologize to Mo Ruyue.
The county magistrate finally settled the case and secretly heaved a long sigh of relief.
Every time he investigated Mo Ruyue’s case, he would experience a process of happiness and sadness. This time was no exception. He didn’t know when he would be happy from the beginning to the end and when he would be able to see Mo Ruyue’s arrogant appearance.
However, Yingluo, this wouldn’t be an extravagant hope, right?
As he announced the closure of the case, the court trial ended. Mr. And Mrs. Du were the first to turn around and leave. The county magistrate saw this and immediately followed.
“Old Master Du, Mrs. Du, can you come with me to the study at the back for a chat?”
He walked up to the couple and asked with a smile.
Now was the best time to get close to these two. Usually, there was almost no chance to even meet them, so how could he let it go so easily?
“County Magistrate, we husband and wife are just commoners now. If it wasn’t for seeking justice for my son, we wouldn’t have returned to this sad place. Now that the matter has been settled, we must continue our journey.”
“There will be many trifling matters to attend to, so I won’t bother you anymore.”
Old Master Du spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although he called himself a commoner, his tone was not humble at all. His expression carried a faint disdain, which was particularly harsh to the county magistrate’s ears.
“Old Master Du, this official only wishes to offer a cup of wine to express my apologies to the two of you. Previously, I was almost deceived by that old woman, causing the two of you to misunderstand this official. I hope that the two of you can give this official some face.”
The magistrate suppressed the anger in his heart. He was the master of the county, but he had been stepped on twice. How long was he going to endure this humiliation?
The reason why he was sucking up to Old Master Du now was because he wanted to use his remaining connections to help him continue to climb up, even if it was just a step forward.
However, this Master Du actually embarrassed him in front of so many people. He had clearly lost his official position, yet he was still so arrogant.
Although he had been criticizing him in his heart, he knew that he had the right to be arrogant. Even if he resigned from his official position, his background was still there. How could he really be a “commoner”?
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