embarrassment for man and wife

Zhuohua's sudden attack on wanting to invite the county lord obviously shocked Li Dai, and also completely shocked Li's mother-in-law, who was still yelling at the door, and even forgot to cry and play.

Lan Shi was also a little stunned. Looking at Zhuohua's strong and sinister appearance, she suddenly felt that this nephew was completely different from the soft-hearted and simple person in his memory. I forgot to say anything.

Yu Xia reacted quickly, and immediately reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about! How could my father and mother murder grandpa! Those are my own grandfather, my parents' biological parents!".

"I'm talking nonsense?" Zhuohua raised an eyebrow at Li's mother-in-law: "She kept cursing my grandfather's words, and I wasn't the only one who heard it. Could it be that I am deaf? Their ears are also deaf, and they heard it wrong? ".

"Nonsense! When did I curse your grandfather!" Granny Li suddenly came back to her senses, and immediately glared at Zhuohua with a sullen face.

Zhuohua nodded: "You didn't curse grandpa, you just wished grandpa would die sooner, and you" his eyes swept over Li Dai and his wife: "Since grandpa is sick, as sons and daughters-in-law, you should pay grandpa to see a doctor It is a matter of course to get a doctor and get medicine, but you cry poorly and have no money to me, a junior, which makes me suspicious, after all, the whole village knows about my brother-in-law being an official in the capital."

"Don't slander my parents!" Yu Xia was furious: "When did my parents ask you for money! Grandpa has become ill like this, it's fine if you don't come to visit as a junior, now I've called you over, you I still suspect that my parents have ulterior motives here, and I think the person with the most ulterior motives is you! I have been in the village for so long and I haven’t seen you come to visit grandpa once! Now that grandpa is sick, you will really beat me up!”.

Zhuo Hua didn't want to talk more with him, but just sneered: "If it's a backlash, the county master will know when he comes over."

Yu Xia gas exploded.

Li Dai also panicked, but he looked at Zhuohua with heartache, as if he had been greatly wronged: "Zhuohua, I know that some unpleasant things happened between me and your parents before, which made you juniors It's affected to some extent, but you can't just put a shit bowl on my head just because of this, that's my father! It's my own father! It's fine if you don't visit your grandpa since you returned to the village. At this time How could you be so wronged to me!"

"That's right, Zhuohua, Uncle Yao knows that when your uncle becomes an official in the capital, we ordinary people will not be able to climb high, but you can't hurt our hearts like this. Your grandfather has become so sick, and you If you don’t want to come over to see your grandpa, is it wrong for us to ask you to come over to see your grandpa?”.

They said one sentence to each other, and they were just about to say that they were dying. Zhuohua's head hurt from their arguing, and he didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he turned and walked towards the yard, and saw many curious neighbors around the yard of Li Dai's house. , Zhuohua walked to the edge of the mill, found a chair and sat down, and said to Li Dai and others: "Don't say that I was a junior with a vicious heart and wronged you, do you husband and wife swear in front of the villagers that you have never Didn't murder grandpa!?"

As soon as Zhuohua's words came out, all the folks outside the courtyard who stretched their necks were in an uproar, and they all couldn't help talking in a low voice, they couldn't believe that Li Dai and his wife would do such a heartless thing Come.

Li Dai didn't back down either. He even had a forbearing and aggrieved face. With red eyes, he walked into the courtyard and bowed deeply to the people outside the courtyard: "Dear folks! Neighbors! What happened to my Li family today must be All the folks have heard a thing or two, and know a lot. I, Li Dai, still want to tell the neighbors here. Although I, Li Dai, used to be an asshole and ignorant, but now I have reformed myself. A few days ago My father accidentally fell into the quagmire outside, and he couldn't move or even speak when he came back. My wife and I have been taking good care of my father. Seeing my father become so sick, I really miss Zhuohua. That's why I had the cheek to invite Zhuohua to come and visit his old man, but I never expected..." Li Dai's eyes turned red when he said this, and he seemed to be unable to continue.

Lan Shi was also wiping away her tears, she didn't speak to everyone like Li Dai did, she just turned her head to look at Zhuohua with a sad face: "Zhuohua, since you came back to the village until now, you haven't visited once, why? Uncle does not blame you, who made our two families have such a big misunderstanding, but your grandfather, that is your own grandfather, he loved you since childhood, and he treated your parents better than anyone else, how could you bear to let go He doesn't care, even if your uncle became an official in the capital, and your family has become prosperous, you shouldn't forget your ancestors and ignore your grandpa. Now, now you have wronged me and your Uncle Yao so much. If you really don't want to Come here if you say yes, we will not force you to come here..."

The couple sang and sang together, so that the villagers outside began to point and point at Zhuohua, Zhuqing was very angry, but when he looked at Zhuohua again, he just looked cold and did not speak, Zhuqing was a little bit Suspicious, she turned her head to look at Hongye, seeing Hongye also sneered, and Zhuqing suddenly... lost her anger.

Li Dai saw that he had said almost everything, and Zhuohua didn't say anything. He took a deep breath, and said with a somewhat righteous look: "Fellow folks, I, Li Dai, have completely changed my mind since the accident happened, but Zhuohua doesn’t believe me, here I, Li Dai, swear to the heavens in front of everyone! I, Li Dai, have never done anything to offend my father, not at all! If I did! Then let me die!”.

"Father!" Yu Xia looked at Li Dai in shock, he wanted to say something but couldn't say anything, he could only turn his head to look at Zhuo Hua bitterly: "Li Zhuohua! My father even swore such a poisonous oath, you should be satisfied Let's go!".

Zhuo Hua just looked at him indifferently: "We will talk about everything when the people from the county government come."

"Li Zhuohua! Don't bully people too much! If you really call the people from the county government, even if my father didn't do something! You will be misunderstood by the villagers! What's more!" Yu Xia gritted his teeth: "What's more, no one in the village Knowing that your uncle is a magistrate in the capital! If you conspire with the county government, wouldn’t my father have to be tortured? You really want to force my father to death!”.

Outside the courtyard, the folks who heard these words couldn't help but shake a little bit. After everyone talked a lot, an elderly aunt couldn't help persuading: "Zhuohua, I think it's okay, your uncle Yao He made a poisonous oath to prove that he did not dare to do such a thing. I am afraid there is a misunderstanding in it. If everyone says let it go, let’s not disturb the county government.”

"Yeah, yeah, if you have something to say, just let it go. Why bother to make such a fuss? Besides, your Uncle Yao really knew he was wrong, so just give him a chance."

Zhuohua didn't take what these people said to heart, he still had the same attitude, waiting for the people from the county government to come over.

However, Zhuohua was lucky. The county magistrate followed the village head to inspect the harvest of the people's farms in the village today. Because it was almost time to pay taxes, the county magistrate was worried about the people's harvest, so he made a special trip here in person.

The county magistrate of Tao Cheng, since the incident of Ziqing being wronged last year, the county magistrate has been dismissed and investigated by the chess king Ba Shao. The new county magistrate is young, in his early twenties, and his surname is Zhou. Although Ling has been in office for less than a year, the people in the city and the countryside have a good reputation for him.

When County Magistrate Zhou and the village chief came over, he was wearing casual clothes, his head was still stained with weeds, and even the bottom of his trousers was stained with mud. He must have worked in the fields with the villagers. When he came over, the villagers around him became quiet, and they all looked at him.

Zhuohua also got up and approached the county magistrate Zhou and bowed: "Caomin Zhuohua, I have met the county magistrate."

"It's just..." before he opened his mouth, County Magistrate Zhou found the weeds on his head. He coughed lightly in embarrassment, and after picking up the weeds, he asked, "You are the one who wants to sue? What happened?".

Zhuohua cast a glance at Li Dai and his wife, and explained his doubts to County Magistrate Zhou in detail. County Magistrate Zhou did not frown slightly, and raised his eyes to look at Li Dai and his wife. The Tai couple couldn't help stepping forward to shout out their injustice, and then talked about their grievances with Zhuohua, and insisted that it was Zhuohua who wronged their couple.

People on both sides have their own arguments, County Magistrate Zhou's face darkened, and he just said indifferently: "I have my own opinion on this matter, if I find out that someone has falsely accused me of fooling me, I will punish the twenty big boards first! ".

Li Dai's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't speak again.

Zhuohua didn't respond either.

Magistrate Zhou directly bypassed the two of them, walked into the room by himself, and began to check around.

There was a lot of trouble here at Li Dai's house. After a while, even a few uncles rushed over after hearing the news. At this moment, outside the yard of Li Dai's house, there were already people from the village standing there. It took a lot of effort for the boss to squeeze in, and as soon as he entered, he saw Zhuohua, Li Dai and his wife standing aside, and the faces of several uncles were gloomy, and almost all of them walked towards Zhuohua.

"What's going on here? What happened again?".

Zhuo Hua immediately stood up and bowed to several people, and then told about today's events, including what Grandma Li said to Grandpa, Zhuo Hua did not hide anything.

The third uncle has a hot temper, and he was completely angry when he heard this, but he was worried about the county magistrate Zhou's investigation inside, so he didn't immediately yell at Li's mother-in-law.

The village head stood in the middle, he looked at Zhuohua, then at Li Dai, and finally he just shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Everyone waited in the yard for half an hour before County Magistrate Zhou came out from the backyard. He was holding a bag of dark things in his hand, which exuded a faint sour smell. When he saw that thing, it was time. It's been a long time, especially the white mold has grown on it, it can be seen that it has been hidden for at least three days!

The appearance of this thing, not to mention the ugly face of County Magistrate Zhou, even the faces of everyone around him changed, while Li Dai's feet were weak and he was almost untenable, while Zhuohua was staring at the bag in disbelief. , I just feel cold all over...

A yamen servant moved the table forward and put it away, and the magistrate of Zhou spread the things on the table, and then looked at the crowd: "Is there a doctor here?".

Among the "yes" crowd, two people walked out. One was older, about sixty years old, and the other was younger, about forty years old. Both of them were doctors in the village, and they were also known to everyone. One was named Liu. One is Liu Quan, and the other is Wang, Wang Qing.

Magistrate Zhou nodded to the two of them: "You two, come over and have a look, what is this medicine for?".

The two stepped forward, took out the needle bags they carried with them, and began to fiddle with the contents to check. The more carefully they checked, the more ugly Li Dai's face became.

After a while...

"This is the medicine for treating bruises."

"But there is an extra flavor of avocado grass in it."

Magistrate Zhou frowned: "Avocado grass?".

The two people looked at each other, and finally the old Liu Quan replied: "This kind of avocado grass is slightly poisonous and cannot kill people immediately, but long-term use will cause great harm to the body, and this medicinal material Inside, black wolfberry and avocado grass complement each other, taking the two at the same time will easily cause the illusion of a stroke, making it difficult to distinguish for a while.”

Zhuohua's heart suddenly tightened, and he blurted out and asked: "Then, can this person be saved if he eats it?".

"This..." Probably because he had witnessed what happened before, Liu Quan looked at Zhuo Hua but was speechless.

Wang Qing sighed lightly, and said for Liu Quan: "If you eat this person, you can always get well after taking care of him slowly, but Zhuohua, your grandfather is getting old, it's hard to say whether he can hold on, just give him Nurturing the body to expel those poisons, without good medicinal materials, is also impossible... ".

Zhuohua immediately said: "The medicine is not a problem! As long as it can save my grandfather!" Zhuohua bowed heavily to the magistrate of Zhou: "Master county magistrate! I wonder if this package of medicine can determine the crime of Li Dai and his wife?" .

Before County Magistrate Zhou could speak, Li Dai yelled: "I didn't! Don't blame me! That's my father! That's my father, how could I harm him!".

He yelled like he was insane.

Magistrate Zhou frowned slightly, and said to Zhuohua, "Just this pack of medicine is not enough to prove that he deliberately murdered his own father."

"That……".

"Don't worry." County magistrate Zhou comforted Zhuohua, and then he gave some instructions to the yamen servant behind him, which made everyone look at each other for a while.

The county government took orders to leave, and the county magistrate Zhou asked Li Dai about other things. Although they were all trivial matters, Li Dai answered incoherently, and the cold sweat on his face seemed to be very flustered.

It was getting dark, and the yamen servant who left just came back, and at the same time he brought a person, the person saw the symptoms, and almost knelt down in fright, the county magistrate Zhou turned cold, looked at the person and asked, "Zhao Pestle! Li Dai said that all the herbs he picked for his father were picked from your medicine shop, so there is such a thing!".

"Yes, yes!" Zhao Chu immediately replied: "At that time, the young one gave him the medicine, because there was an extra avocado grass in the prescription, so he murmured a bit, but the guest's matter was too small to dare to take it. Ask more."

Magistrate Zhou asked again: "Have you brought the prescription?".

"Take it with you, bring it with you, the little one."

Afraid of getting burned, Zhao Chu hurriedly took the prescription from his bosom and handed it over.

County Magistrate Zhou took it over and looked at it, his face sank a bit, his hand subconsciously touched the table, only to realize that this is not in the courtroom, there is no gavel, slightly embarrassed, County Magistrate Zhou lightly With a cough, he looked at Li Dai again.

"Li Dai! What else do you have to say!?".

Li Dai's knees softened and he completely knelt down.

Lan's and Yu Xia's neighbors were subconsciously shouting for injustice. County magistrate Zhou thought of his incoherent answers when he questioned Li Dai earlier, and now that even the prescription and witnesses came out, magistrate Zhou's face was very gloomy. However, he did not decide the case hastily, but ordered the yamen servant: "Come here! Take Li Dai into custody first! The trial will start tomorrow!".

It can be seen that all these matters have almost been settled seven or eight points. The surrounding villagers were all in an uproar. Li Dai knelt there and moved his lips slightly, and finally closed his eyes suddenly, and passed out completely. In an instant, Li Dai The house was in chaos, and the cries were ear-piercing.

Zhuohua stood watching from the side, he didn't feel happy, he just felt uncomfortable, and it was really uncomfortable, before he could breathe out, he closed his eyes, and fell down, scaring Hongye and Zhuqing to rush to the ground He supported him, and a group of people also surrounded him, fearing that something might happen to him...