Quick travel to save a miserable life

However, no matter how the county magistrate interrogated him, Wang Xiuyuan only admitted that he had knocked out Lai San with a stick and did not beat him to death. Moreover, he also identified his wife Lin, saying that she was the one who killed his mother and Lai San. murderer.

Everyone in the county government was extremely speechless about this.

They had already inquired about Mrs. Lin's situation before. The neighbors of the Wang family all said that Ms. Lin was a submissive woman. She had been married into the Wang family for many years and never said anything to her mother-in-law and her husband's orders.

Moreover, the Wang family's household needs and the expenses for Wang Xiuyuan's education also come from Lin's embroidery income. Such a virtuous woman can be slandered by her husband!

Because Wang Xiuyuan was always in a state of excitement, with an angry expression, crazy words, and incoherent words, coupled with her groundless slander of his wife, everyone felt that he had gone insane due to continuous stimulation.

Crazy is crazy, since he killed someone, he must pay for it with his life.

As a result, Wang Xiuyuan was deprived of his fame, thrown into prison, and sentenced to death by Queen Qiu.

Generally, the autumn festival is placed before the winter solstice, and it has to wait until after frost at the earliest.

In addition, the official document of the death sentence must be submitted to the Fucheng and Beijing Ministry of Punishment for review twice to confirm that it is correct before an execution order can be issued. Therefore, if everything goes well, Wang Xiuyuan will be dead in three months at most.

The entire case took a total of three days from the filing of the case to the sentencing, which was unprecedentedly efficient.

Later, Lin Hui learned that at this time, an imperial envoy came to conduct an unannounced inspection. The county magistrate, Mr. Huang, was originally dissatisfied with the murder case that occurred under his administration at this time. He felt that it was simply a smear on his face, and he was worried that the superiors would hear about it and take action against him. I had my own opinions, so I was particularly active in questioning the case and pronouncing the verdict quickly, which is why I am so efficient today.

Wang Xiuyuan was temporarily imprisoned. Lin Hui and Wang Ziming were ordered to stay at home and were not allowed to go out at will except after being summoned to the county government for questioning on the first day.

When Lin Hui returned home, she made mourning clothes for herself and her two children, hung white lanterns at the front door, and with the help of neighbors, she set up a simple mourning hall in the main room.

Lin Hui, as the daughter-in-law, and Wang Ziming, as the eldest grandson of the eldest son, both had to wear the same clothes as the Wang Liu family. Yao Niang, as the granddaughter, had to wear the same clothes. They were both made of burlap. The only difference was whether they were hemmed or not.

The reason why there was no funeral was because she wanted to wait for Wang Xiuyuan to come back. Although Lin Hui knew that he would never come home again unless it was to collect his body, the neighbors didn't know.

On the surface, she still had to wait for Wang Xiuyuan's son to come back to bury Mrs. Wang Liu, so Wang Liu Mrs. Wang had been holding a funeral in the main room of her family for the past two days.

When the county government posted a notice announcing the verdict of Wang Xiuyuan, everyone knew that there was no chance of anything left, and that Wang Xiucai would never come back.

Lin Hui took her two children to hold a simple funeral for Wang Liu, and dug a hole next to Wang Xiuyuan's father's grave and buried them simply.

Wang Ziming had been in a daze these past few days, lost his mind, moving slowly, and his eyes were lifeless. Every move he made was following Lin Hui's instructions. He was like a puppet and no longer as smart and smart as before.

It wasn't until he heard Lin Hui said that he was going to see his father in prison that Wang Ziming's eyes became slightly disturbed, and he looked at Lin Hui with pleading eyes, wanting to go with him.

Lin Hui originally didn't want to take him there, but she looked pitiful at the child.

What he thought was a peaceful family suddenly suffered drastic changes. His grandmother hanged herself after being humiliated, and his father was sentenced to beheading for murder. Two people he sincerely respected and trusted suddenly had to learn from him. Disappearing from life, how can this prevent him from losing pain.

So, Lin Hui entrusted Yao Niang to Aunt Jia's care as usual, and took Wang Ziming to the prison.

After Lin Hui gave the prison boss a dime of silver, she was able to go to see Wang Xiuyuan with the food she had prepared.

Since Wang Xiuyuan was sentenced, he stopped shouting and became quiet. Because he was a death row prisoner, he was able to be alone in a cell. However, he just huddled in the corner and did not move for a long time.

However, in just a few days, the originally high-spirited Wang Xiucai became unkempt and unkempt, and became like a beggar on the street.

When Wang Ziming saw his father like this through the bars of the cell, he felt extremely distressed. He rushed over and shouted: "Father, father, I am Ziming, and I am here to see you."

But Wang Xiuyuan remained indifferent, not even changing his posture against the wall.

With tears in his eyes, Wang Ziming cried and said, "Father, look at me. My mother and I are here to see you."

Hearing the word "mother", Wang Xiuyuan finally had a slight reaction and murmured to himself: "Mother..., mother...where did mother go?"

When Wang Ziming heard this, he couldn't help holding the fence and crying: "Father, my grandmother passed away. Father, I don't want you to die. Father, you don't want to die!"

Hearing the word "death" from Wang Ziming's mouth, Wang Xiuyuan suddenly became excited: "Death, all die, Lin's death, Lin's death, Lin's death!"

Wang Xiuyuan looked excited. He suddenly stood up from the ground, looked around blankly, and murmured to himself: "I didn't kill him, it wasn't me. It was Lin who killed him. Lin, don't kill me, don't kill me!"

Suddenly, he saw Lin Hui standing at the door of the cell. His face suddenly changed. He was so frightened that he squatted down with his head in his hands and shouted: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

Wang Ziming looked at his father who was in a state of confusion and talking nonsense, and cried like rain.

This commotion had already attracted the guard in the prison. The guard held a whip in his hand and said to Lin Hui dissatisfied: "It's very gracious to let you come in to visit. Why are you making such a fuss?" That’s right, the time is up, get out quickly!”

Lin Hui had no choice but to give the guard another dime of money with a smile on her face, promising not to make any more noise.

The guard warned them a few more times, telling them not to make any noise, and then left with satisfaction.

Lin Hui silently handed the food in the basket to the cell through the gap in the fence, but Wang Xiuyuan showed no reaction. He squatted in the corner with his head in his hands, not even looking this way.

No matter what Wang Ziming said to him, he would not answer any more. When the guard came to urge him again, the mother and son had no choice but to leave.

When Wang Ziming returned home, he was still immersed in sadness. It was not until he heard that Lin Hui said that he was going to school to withdraw from school that he asked in disbelief why.

Lin Hui replied calmly: "The family has no money and can no longer support your education."

"Mom, can't you make money from embroidery?" Wang Ziming couldn't help asking.

"Mom's eyes can no longer see clearly. You can't do too much embroidery in the future, otherwise you will soon go blind. You are ten years old and you are our eldest son. In the future, your father will be gone and you will be the only male in the family. , you have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supporting the family, and my mother cannot support you for a lifetime." Lin Hui said patiently.

"Grandma is gone, and my father will be gone soon. I have no books to read..., wuwu..." Wang Ziming began to sob again.

Lin Hui had a headache. She didn't realize that this child loved to cry so much!