Heroine: The beginning starts with gambling on the wife with two hundred kilograms of rubbish

The young man looked at Song Tingran gratefully, with stars in his eyes. He wanted to marry to support the family, but he also wanted to find someone of at least the same age.

Chang Yuqiao glanced at the young man. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to look again and hid behind the official.

Lu Sanhao immediately ordered them to go down and tell them that the transaction was not established and everyone had to be taken back for inspection.

I got 300 Wen back from Matchmaker Zhang and gave them back to the girl in her forties. She was also grateful, because if there were any problems with this group of people, she would be involved.

"Song Tingran, you also need to go back with us."

"no problem."

I also found a few people in the front row at the scene and went back to the government office to inquire about the situation.

Up in the lobby, Matchmaker Zhang was sweating profusely and knelt on the ground. Even her words were unreasonable, but she kept shouting that she was wronged and refused to plead guilty.

"Sir, I'm really just helping people in the village find good families and arrange good marriages. Is this also illegal?"

"It's not illegal to say you're close to nature, but there's something wrong with your household registration. It's been checked. I advise you to tell the truth."

Matchmaker Zhang's body started to tremble and she kept wiping the cold sweat from her forehead. She turned her head to look at the young men she had brought with her. She was scolded by the official and immediately fell to the ground, not daring to look around any more.

County Magistrate Ding looked at the nearly twenty young men and said to them: "Please explain things clearly. The matchmakers in this chapter know each other."

All the young men knelt down, and one young man wearing shabby clothes whispered, "Sir, we know each other."

"Let me be clear, what does it mean to be acquainted?"

"That's right, many villages near our home suffered from insect infestations, and the family couldn't afford to eat. This person said that he was a relative of the Wang family in the east of the village, and was specialized in the matchmaking business, so he came up with this idea, saying that he could marry anywhere. Marry, the living conditions here are good."

The fourteen-year-old young man from before also kowtowed on the ground.

"Sir, this matchmaker in Zhang said that the gift money should be at least two taels of silver. But when she got here, she changed her story and said that the market is like this. We are not familiar with the place and don't understand these things. We can only accept our fate and nothing else. I don’t know anymore.”

Other young men almost all say the same thing.

Magistrate Ding probably understood and looked at Song Tingran.

"What evidence do you have that proves there is something wrong with this Zhang matchmaker? You can submit it."

"Sir, the common people have no substantial evidence."

Matchmaker Zhang suddenly sneered and looked sideways at Song Tingran.

Lu Sanhao looked at Song Tingran as though he was scrutinizing, feeling incredible. Without evidence, he dared to let his husband go to the government office to hire someone?

Magistrate Ding: "Song Tingran, you must know that false reporting to officials is also a crime."

Song Tingran saluted calmly.

"Master Ding, ordinary people don't dare to report to the official. I really feel that there is something wrong, but I can't check it directly. That's why I asked my husband to report to the official. I'm here to delay time and ask for your understanding."

"Then say it."

"Yes, sir. Although the common people don't know which village in the south this group of people come from, no matter which village they are, the journey must be time-consuming and labor-intensive. The family is plagued by insects in the south. This gift money is life-saving money... ..”

Song Tingran paused for a moment when he said this, and looked at the feet of the young men.

"Since we are waiting for help, we have to walk here and back again. The time is immeasurable. Whether the gift money will not be returned is one thing. When we go back, whether the people at home are still there is another thing."

Magistrate Ding and Lu Sanhao also saw the clues. The faces of these young men were clean, and although their clothes were shabby, they were also tidied up. Only the shoes were in tatters.

Magistrate Ding's expression changed, and he waved his hand, asking Song Tingran to stand back and look at Matchmaker Zhang.

"You can say it yourself, or after the torture."

"Sir, I am just an ordinary citizen. I told those lies just to make some money. If it doesn't work, I will send it back to them, and send it back immediately."

"I don't know why I'm wrong! What's the difference between you and a flower girl? Come on, please put down the top ten cards first."

Matchmaker Zhang was completely panicked. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Sir, I said, they did come here. I took the bullock cart, but it was also to save some money. The money saved in this way will make their family better off."

Magistrate Ding did not speak, but asked the official who had checked the household registration to come forward.

"Master Qi, we have found this person. He seems to be a habitual criminal who is wanted. He has been traveling around all year round and has harmed many people. Because most of them are from poor families, there are few reports. Some time ago, there was a young man from a wealthy family over there. After being beaten up by his family, he ran out to the street in anger and asked Matchmaker Zhang to kidnap him and marry him. When the rich man reported the crime and found him, he could not look back. This incident caused a sensation. When the local officials investigated, they found out that the poor man had been kidnapped and married. Many people were killed. This person’s household registration is fake, but his features are similar.”

Matchmaker Zhang knocked hard on the ground and said, "Sir, these things were not done by me, they were not done by me."

Lu Sanhao walked over and pulled the small package she carried with her. In an instant, scattered on the ground were fake household registrations.

One shot and another location, plus the constant forgery of household registration, no wonder he has never been caught.

The young men were all panicking. They thought they were going out to find a good family to exchange money for the sake of their family. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be liars. When the time comes, they will not be able to go back, and neither will the gift money.

Matchmaker Zhang could no longer argue and looked at Song Tingran fiercely.

"Forging household registration, committing fraud, and embezzling money. If you add up all these things, you will probably spend the rest of your life in jail. However, if you tell who helped you forge the household registration, it may be able to reduce your guilt a little. .”

County Magistrate Ding slowly led him to believe that forging household registration is not a trivial matter. It must have an official seal. With so many seals of local officials, there is a lot going on.

"Sir, no one helped me forge it, I carved it all myself..."

"Not telling the truth!"

"Sir! What I said is true. I used to be a carpenter..."

Master Ding looked at Matchmaker Zhang. She had thick calluses on her hands, like traces left by years of hard work.

But just in case, Magistrate Ding immediately asked someone to bring tools. Surrounded by more than a dozen official officials, Matchmaker Zhang tremblingly carved out another official seal.

"You have this skill. If you use it in the right way, your life will be very good. It's a pity."

"Sir, please let me live."

Magistrate Ding did not refuse or agree. He just asked her to write down where these young men's homes were and the bad things they had done in the past. Lu Sanhao recorded them.

"Is there anything more? Have you said it all?"