The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"What did you say?" Looking at Lin Xiao's confident look, Feng Nian got angry. There were witnesses and evidences everywhere, but he still dared to deny it. He was really a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"Sir, I said, I didn't kill anyone." Lin Xiao straightened his back and said it again calmly.

"You have all the evidence and witnesses. Do you think I can't convict you if you don't admit it?" Feng Nian shouted.

He gave Tang Zhongbai a look, and Tang Zhongbai understood and shouted to the crowd, "Zhao Daniu is here."

Zhang Chuncao suddenly raised his head and turned to look in the direction he was shouting. He saw Zhao Daniu raising his hand and squeezing forward from the crowd, and responded loudly: "I'm here."

Guan Tiexin, who was beside him, protected him, and everyone saw this and made way for him.

Zhao Daniu walked to the front of the hall, knelt down next to Zhang Chuncao, kowtowed to Feng Nian, and said loudly: "I am Zhao Daniu, the husband of Zhang Chuncao."

"Okay, let me ask you. Do you know the person kneeling in the hall?" Feng Nian pointed at Lin Xiao and asked.

Zhao Daniu looked up and down and said, "I wonder if you can let him stand up?"

Feng Nian signaled the officers to come forward and pull up Lin Xiao, and even pulled him around for a while. Tang Zhongbai asked Hu Daxin to hand the officers two pieces of black cloth, one to wrap around his head and the other to cover his mouth and nose.

Zhang Chuncao was so scared that she hid behind Zhao Daniu, with her face pressed against him, not daring to look up, and trembling all over.

Zhao Daniu jumped up excitedly, "It's him, it's him. That night, when our family was rushing back to our hometown in Yangguan, this man stopped us. He also took away the wooden hairpin on my wife's head. He threatened us and made us admit the Lin family's murder and wait for the officials to arrest us. If we don't do what he said, he would kill our whole family. It's him, please help us, sir."

Zhao Daniu knelt down again and kowtowed to Feng Nian.

Feng Nian glanced at Zhang Chuncao who was shivering behind Zhao Daniu, and her reaction was self-evident.

"Lin Xiao, do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Excellency, they didn't even see the man's face clearly, so how can they say I did it?"

His words immediately angered the people who were watching the trial outside the hall, and they all scolded him for being shameless.

Some people even took off their shoes and threw them at him, unwilling to bear the severe cold.

Everyone followed suit, and in a flash, the hall was filled with the villagers' smelly shoes, and the entire hall was filled with a strange smell.

Feng Nian rubbed his nose. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in all the years he had been trying cases.

Jiang Muxia had already pulled Zhang Chuncao to the side and was secretly laughing at the chaotic scene.

The scene suddenly fell into chaos again.

Tang Zhongbai led the officers to stop people from throwing shoes, and asked people to pick up the shoes in the hall.

Tang Zhongbai walked up to the villagers holding his shoes and shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone calm down, the weather is too cold, everyone put on your shoes, don't get cold."

He put the shoes on the ground, "Whose are these? Take them yourself, don't throw them away. County Magistrate Feng will make him confess his guilt. If everyone gets angry, they will fall into the trap of the bad guys."

He shouted until his voice became hoarse, and the villagers finally quieted down.

Feng Nian's eyes were black after such a long time of fighting. He had no time to deal with Lin Xiao. Now that there was evidence, he could be convicted even if he disagreed.

He was about to ask Lin Xiao to sign his name when someone in the crowd shouted, "Master Feng, I want to be a witness. Is that okay?"

Everyone looked at the person who spoke. He was wearing a moon-white robe, standing tall with a solemn face. In his arms was a thin, pale-complexioned boy. Next to him was a middle-aged woman wearing a silk dress, with a well-proportioned figure and a kind face.

Fuzi followed behind them, holding a wooden box in her hands.

A burly man in the crowd saw the boy and his face changed. He exclaimed, "Isn't this Zhuzi? I saw him alive and kicking yesterday at noon. How come he has become like this after not seeing him for so long?"

Everyone sighed.

When Feng Nian saw the person coming, he quickly stood up and bowed to the woman, "Madam Jiang, long time no see."

Everyone's expression changed slightly. Who is this woman that could make the county magistrate treat her with courtesy?

Madam Jiang smiled slightly and returned the greeting, "I hope you are well, Brother Feng."

She glanced at Jiang Muxia who was kneeling in the corner, and a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes.

They stood in front of the hall. Feng Nian glanced at the young man in Xu Da's arms and asked in confusion: "Master Xu, this is..."

Xu Da sneered, "Thanks to Lin Xiao, the child was given poison. Although his life was saved, his body is ruined."

"It's him again? Lin Xiao, you still don't admit it? I know this child too. As far as I know, it was Young Master Wei who placed him beside you to serve you." Feng Nian slammed the table and yelled, "You are so cruel to a child who serves you, let alone others?"

"Sir, you said he served me, how could I do anything to him? He must have been instructed by someone else to frame me." Lin Xiao didn't take Zhuzi seriously at all. How could a mere untouchable dare to ask him to plead guilty?

Xu Da said, "Fuzi, open the wooden box and let him see it. Does he recognize it?"

Fuzi opened the box and showed the contents: several long needles as thin as hair and a few small porcelain bottles. At the bottom was a letter with only two words on the envelope: "Personally addressed". It was sealed with wax and a white bird feather was attached to the wax.

Feng Nian looked at it and asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Xu Da said, "This was found in his secret room. The long needle was poisoned, and the porcelain bottle contained the poison he often used. Madam Jiang has tested it, and it is the same poison as the one in the pillar. We came here to accuse him of wounding someone without reason and poisoning someone to death. As for this letter, Your Excellency needs to read it before making a decision."

Lin Xiao glanced at the box and laughed, "If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext."

After saying this, he grabbed the letter from the bottom of the box and stuffed it into his mouth. The officers quickly grabbed his neck and pried open his mouth, but he was so fast that he had already swallowed the letter.

Tang Zhongbai was angry, but there was nothing he could do to him.

If he doesn't plead guilty, he won't sign the petition, and if he can't sign the petition, he can't be convicted.

His actions made people more suspicious about the contents of the letter.

There must be a huge secret in the letter.

After Lin Xiao swallowed the letter, he knelt crookedly in the lobby, his face pale, his head hung, and he stopped making any more excuses.

The lobby fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Lin Xiao didn't move. Tang Zhongbai felt something was wrong and pushed Lin Xiao forward. As a result, he fell to the ground with just this slight push.

Tang Zhongbai went forward to check and found that there was blood at the corner of his mouth and his face was ashen.

The person has no breath.

After working hard for a long time, this is the result.

Feng Nian was so angry that he slammed the table and roared: "The murderer committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Jiang Muxia and Zhang Chuncao were released in court, and the Lin family's property was confiscated."

Tang Zhongbai felt very aggrieved. They had used so much manpower and sacrificed a brother's leg, only to have Lin Xiao commit suicide in court? He could not accept this result.

He should be tortured with thousands of cuts in public, despised by all the people in the county, and punished with capital punishment.

Feng Nian walked down the hall and respectfully invited Madam Jiang to sit in the back house.

There was cheering in the hall; the evil man was finally dead.

Tang Zhongbai squatted beside Lin Xiao and observed him carefully. His face looked peaceful and there was a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth.

Did he really commit suicide?

"Young Master, what's wrong?" Tang San asked.

"Find a coroner. I don't believe he committed suicide."