Chapter 389: Chapter 383 Sue Them
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zhao Chuchu looked outside. The light from the torches slowly moved toward the direction of the yellow mud depression.
In the morning, they would be able to seek justice for the parents of the original owner of her body.
Be it Zhao Baotian or Old Man Zhao, they would pay the price for their actions.
Even if the government did not give them the death sentence, she would ensure they would suffer painful torture till the end of their lives.
Xie Heng and the others only returned in the morning.
They were all covered in dirt and mud.
Niu Le spoke first, saying, “Chuchu, your parents’ graves were blasted open. However, strangely, even though the coffins were exposed, they were undamaged. Da Lang did not allow us to touch them, so we tidied up the surrounding soil. You can discuss with Da Lang how you wish to proceed with this.”
Xie Heng said, “Let’s go to court first. For their graves to suddenly end up like that, it might actually be true that they died unjustly and want to seek justice.”
“Hmm, I share the same sentiment. Second Uncle Niu, may I trouble you to take a look at my parents’ graves? Don’t let anyone touch them. I will follow Da Lang and the others to the county office. Oh, by the way, breakfast is ready. Go eat first. All of you have been busy all night.”
Zhao Chuchu was very calm. After she said this, she went into the kitchen and emerged with several trays of buns. There were meat and vegetarian options.
“Did you spend all night making these?” asked Niu An.
“No, Da Lang made them. I merely warmed them up over the steamer. Come and eat.”
The others did not hold back. After a night’s work, they were indeed hungry. They washed their hands and ate the buns.
While Zhao Chuchu waited for them to finish, she went to find an ox cart. Old Man Zhao and the rest of the Zhao clan were tied up and loaded onto it.
Madam Yang cursed, “Zhao Chuchu, don’t you fear the wrath of the heavens for treating us in such a manner?”
“If it weren’t for the fact that I would need to pay with my life for murder, I would kill you right now. I will definitely get to the bottom of my parents’ deaths. Whoever murdered them will die a painful death,” said Zhao Chuchu in a cold tone. “Madam Yang, it would be best for you to have nothing to do with my parents’ deaths.”
Madam Yang angrily said, “What madness is this? How can you blame me for them falling ill? Zhao Chuchu, I have already avoided you as much as possible. Why do you still insist on finding fault with me?”
“You must ask your third son about what he has done. He himself said that he poisoned my parents.”
“He… he has hysteria. I feared being looked down upon, so I never revealed this fact. Your parents died of illness. It had nothing to do with us.”
Madam Yang was still stubborn and reluctant to admit it.
Yesterday, they had been locked up separately. Madam Yang actually did not know much about what happened after.
However, she would never admit that Zhao Baolin was poisoned.
Before this, Zhao Baotian was actually not afraid.
Now that he was loaded onto the ox cart, he finally began to feel terrified.
Wouldn’t he be doomed if the government discovered he had administered the poison?
Zhao Baotian did not want to die; he wanted to live.
Madam Liu was definitely not going to take the blame for him. His only remaining hope lay with Old Man Zhao, Madam Yang, and Zhao Baogen.
Zhao Chuchu seemed to have guessed what he was thinking. She blindfolded him and separated him from Old Man Zhao. She did not give him any chance of colluding with the latter.
Zhao Baotian was about to lose his mind.
“Chuchu, I know nothing about your father’s death. Before you were married off, wasn’t I the one who treated you the best in the family? I secretly gave you food. Could it be that you have forgotten about it? How can you treat me like a murderer now?”
Zhao Baotian was like a headless fly, trying his hardest to find a way out for himself.
Zhao Chuchu found him irritating. She grabbed a handful of dry grass from the side of the road and gagged him.
“If you have anything to say, wait until we meet the County Magistrate. I do not wish to hear any of your sophistry and nonsense. If I have falsely accused you, I will naturally make it up to you.”
“Mmph…”
“Let’s go.”
Zhao Chuchu personally drove the cart. Along with Xie Heng, Niu Tongsheng, and the others, they headed into the county town.
Old Man Zhao and the rest of the Zhao clan members kept squirming all the way, attempting to free themselves from their restraints and escape.
The knots that Zhao Chuchu tied could not be undone even by Niu An, let alone Old Man Zhao and the others.
Zhao Chuchu drove the cart very fast. It was so bumpy that those at the back began foaming at the mouth. They almost thought they wouldn’t make it to the county office alive.
The sound of the drum reached the courtyard of the county office.
County Magistrate Qiao quickly changed into his official uniform and came to the court.
Old Man Zhao and the others had already been thrown onto the court floor by Zhao Chuchu and were kneeling.
When County Magistrate Qiao saw Zhao Chuchu and Xie Heng, he was shocked. However, he steeled himself. With a slam of his gavel, he asked, “State your name and your case.”
“Lord County Magistrate, I am Zhao Chuchu, a humble housewife from Lengshui Village. I wish to sue Zhao Dashui and his clan for poisoning my parents. Lord County Magistrate, please get to the bottom of this case and give my parents justice,” said Zhao Chuchu. She summarized the events of the previous night and even surrendered the two packets of poison that they found on Zhao Baotian.
County Magistrate Qiao was alarmed. He immediately summoned the physician over to validate that these two packets were poison.
The physician came swiftly. In a short while, he confirmed that one of the packets contained arsenic. As for the other packet, the physician claimed he was not knowledgeable enough to know what it was. However, he was certain that two of the medicines mixed into it were fatal poisons.
Due to Zhao Chuchu’s medicinal skills and high-yield rice seeds, County Magistrate Qiao held her in high regard. He had even asked for her background to be investigated.
Hence, he knew about her parents passing away while she was still very young.
However, he never imagined that after so many years, she would suddenly bring her grandfather and other family members tied up to the county office, suing them for murder.
County Magistrate Qiao was not stupid. However, this was his first time handling such a case, so he was perplexed about where to begin.
His advisor reminded him, “Officer, Zhao Chuchu has already been disowned from her clan. You only need to handle this like a normal case.”
County Magistrate Qiao regained his composure and ordered the guards to ungag the Zhao clan members.
When Old Man Zhao and the others saw him, they were already shaking. They had no imposing aura at all.
Only Zhao Baotian seemed relatively calmer than the rest.
Along the way, he had thought deep and hard. He told himself that he could not lie. Things were not yet hopeless. As long as he handled the situation carefully, he might still be able to make it out alive.
Zhao Baotian knew that Old Man Zhao would definitely not take the blame for him. Right now, his only hope was with Madam Yang.
He hoped that Madam Yang would help him for his son’s sake. He would definitely burn a lot of paper money for her so that she could live well in the afterlife.
“Officer, I have been falsely accused. Big Bro died of an incurable disease. No one poisoned him. Chuchu herself is ill. She claimed she dreamt of her parents and is adamant that we poisoned them. Officer, please settle this matter for us.”
Zhao Baotian kept kowtowing miserably and pathetically.
Upon hearing this, Old Man Zhao and Madam Yang also spoke.
“Officer, after we cut ties with Zhao Chuchu, she has always borne hatred against us for past events. She wants to see all of us dead. Zhao Baolin is my son. As a father, how could I possibly poison him? Please investigate this clearly, officer.”
“Zhao Chuchu is sick. She is mental, and her words are not to be trusted.
Officer, please do not be fooled by her. She wishes to use you to get rid of us. That way, she can seize the fields of the Zhao clan and claim them as her own.
Officer, please help us.”
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