Tai Jia

Mrs. Chen bowed slightly, "Back when she left my Zhou family on the pretext that her youngest son was sick, the women never became suspicious at all, and even gave them money. There is a folk saying that a baby grows with the wind, and it changes every day. After giving birth, the woman was injured and stayed in bed for a long time. Because she was afraid of getting sick, she saw her a few times during the confinement period, but never saw her afterwards. Therefore, she never noticed it, and the magpie's nest had already been occupied."

"Then how did you find out?" He Xihua's delicate eyebrows frowned.

Chen's smile is ethereal, "The woman is hurting her body, and she will not be able to give birth in the future. She thinks that Yu'er is the only child in this life, the only hope. I am afraid that he will be cold in winter and warm in summer. I fan him while studying hard. It's getting colder and add clothes for him... In all fairness, Yu'er is eager to learn and progress, and she is extremely filial to her parents. The woman thinks that she has accumulated virtue in her previous life, and God bestowed such a good son on the woman. If the woman had not gone to the county to burn incense that day , I’m afraid I can live my whole life in a daze.”

"That day was the Hungry Ghost Festival. The woman went to the Anhuai Temple in the county to offer incense. She wanted to light a long-burning lantern for her deceased mother. Unexpectedly, she saw a long-burning lantern with Zhou Mingyu written on it. [-]. Same name and surname as Yu'er, even the date of birth is the same! The woman was suspicious at that time, seeing that the lamp had not been filled with incense money this year, knowing that the owner was coming, the woman secretly hid aside. Kung fu pays off , The woman finally got this slut! I worked so hard to bring up her child, but she actually strangled my poor child to death and set it on fire!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen was in tears. If she didn't say what happened next, everyone could guess that it was probably because Mrs. Jiao was heard by Mrs. Chen when she confessed, and she made a fuss about the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

The sound of her crying was really sad, and everyone present felt sorry for her. Sun Xiong noticed that although Zhou Mingyu didn't look up, it was clear that water droplets kept hitting the floor tiles under his feet.

"So it's you!" Jiao turned to look at her, "It was you who sent someone to propose marriage while I was away!"

"That's right, if it weren't for your husband and wife who are both greedy for wealth and honor, and your daughters are even more attached to dragons and phoenixes, how could you agree to marry both daughters into my family?" Chen's eyes were red, "Since you know how to go to the Buddha Xiang, why don’t you know karma?”

"You're going to die!" Jiao Shi looked crazy, and rushed forward to beat Chen Shi.

"Stop her quickly!" He Xihua's sharp eyes had already caught a glimpse of a very sharp hairpin hidden in her sleeve.

Mrs. Chen didn't hide, she just stood there and waited, with an almost relieved smile on her face.

Everything happened so fast that everyone had no time to react, and most of them closed their eyes tightly. Sun Xiong was the first to react and strode forward. At the same time, he heard He Xihua trembling slightly, "Go and find the doctor!"

But they were not as fast as one person, Zhou Mingyu stood in front of Chen, a blood hole was poked on his shoulder, and he was holding on to the hairpin tightly in his hand.

He looked at Jiao Shi blankly, and murmured: "Enough, really enough."

He Xihua said coldly: "The Jiao family under the hall, killing infants first, hurting people later, and openly reckless in the court, the crime is unforgivable. Once the evidence is complete, he will be sentenced to beheaded after autumn. After I report to the court, It is up to the Son of Heaven to decide."

"As for the two ladies of Zhang's family and Zhou Mingyu, although they are chaotic and moral, I don't know about it. Those who don't know, but in the end it hinders morality. This marriage should be annulled and released to the two daughters. Both parties will return the dowry and dowry. Zhou Mingyu is not a son of the Zhou family, so he changed his surname back to his original name, and re-established a household registration book."

No matter according to national laws and human conditions, such a sentence is reasonable, but how to deal with the Zhou family is the real tricky one.

Sun Xiong was also thinking secretly on the side, how would he judge the case if he was himself.He raised his eyes and looked at He Xihua who was sitting upright on it. Although this person seemed to be a model of a gentle gentleman at first glance, but his intuition told him that none of the He family members was easy to get along with.

Zhou Mingyu's injury was roughly healed by a doctor with some medical skills in the yamen, and Jiao, who was pressed to the ground by the yamen servants, was yelling hysterically at Zhou Mingyu, "She has hurt you so far, but you still sacrificed yourself to save her, useless thing, I shouldn't have given birth to you!"

Mrs. Chen had come to her senses, clutching the handkerchief with mixed feelings, and glanced at Zhou Mingyu's bloody wound from time to time.

He Xihua, who sat upright on the table, was silent for a long time, wondering if he was also in a dilemma, and then slowly said after a long while: "As for Mrs. Chen, you clearly knew that they were brother and sister, but you also planned to make the three of them marry in disorder, and even strangled two ignorant and ignorant people with your own hands. Grandson, it’s because of unkindness. I have clearly stated in the criminal law that grandparents and parents who kill their children and grandchildren with weapons will be punished at five years old, and those who beat them will be punished at four years. If you hate and kill babies, I will sentence you to five years of hard labor."

This was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. The country ruled the world with filial piety, and folk grandparents and parents were innocent of beating their children. Even if they were killed by lynching, most of them would be lifted high and put down gently. What's more, the one Chen killed was The ominous deformed baby, they thought Chen was innocent, and there was an uproar in the hall.

Sun Xiong had already identified all the He family members as hard-hearted, so he was not surprised, but seeing He Xihua's fingers tightly clasped on the gavel, he still seemed a little hard to make a decision.

"My lord's enlightenment!" Zhou Yuanwai knelt down on the spot and wailed, "Although my wife has had it, but the grief was too much, and seeing the two deformed children was only a moment of anger, so she did it rashly! My wife is weak, and it is even more so What a tragedy in the world, if she goes to hard labor, doesn’t she want to die? My lord, please do me a favor, I’m willing to go for her!”

Together with Sun Xiong, they all felt uncomfortable, but although He Xihua's eyes moved slightly, he still said softly: "How can the country's laws and regulations be changed easily? I just choose a less laborious job for her."

"My lord," Zhou Mingyu suddenly said loudly, "There are only unworthy children and grandchildren in the world, and there are no wrong parents! The villain is willing to take the blame on behalf of the adoptive mother!"

Chen Shi bit her lip and said coldly: "Although I have raised you, I am not your mother. From then on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other. Just take care of yourself!"

Zhou Mingyu turned to look at her, with tears streaming down her eyes, "I only hate myself for occupying the magpie's nest, and even more hate that I am not your son."

"Not good!" Sun Xiong stared round and shouted loudly.

It was only then that everyone noticed that at some point, Zhou Mingyu had stabbed the hairpin into her left chest, seeing that she was exhaling more and not inhaling.

"Yu'er!" Zhou Yuanwai and Chen Shi rushed over together, holding Zhou Mingyu in agony.

Zhou Mingyu looked at Mrs. Chen, and said angrily, "I only wish my parents a long life."

He struggled again and turned his head to look at He Xihua in the hall, but he was already speechless.

He Xihua got up in panic, and seeing those pleading eyes, he felt sadness, regret, embarrassment, fear, and mixed feelings, and finally he could only nod to him.

Zhou Mingyu opened his eyes, but his breath was gone.