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Chapter 117 Wrapped Cerebellum

"Doctor Li, please come over and answer the question. How is the old man?"

Doctor Li knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid this old man is not well. Judging from his pulse, he must have been poisoned by arsenic. I have just prepared medicine for him to vomit it out, and I have asked the official to take it to the coroner for examination. But this arsenic must have been drunk for a long time. My medical skills are shallow, and I am afraid that I can't save his life."

As soon as Doctor Li said this, the atmosphere in the hall became heavy. Everyone in this city knew that Doctor Li of Huichun Hall was the best doctor for treating poisoning. If he said he couldn't cure it, then this person was probably really doomed.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin felt a little uncomfortable. After all, this was a living person. Arsenic, that is arsenic trioxide, a highly toxic substance. It seems that this old man is in danger.

Li Huaiyuan became excited again when he heard this.

"Sir! You have to do something for this poor old man. These two women are so cruel that they used such a strong poison to murder an old man!"

His face was filled with grief and anger, and those who didn't know would think that the person sleeping on the ground was his father.

On the other hand, Fu San, who was kneeling beside him, had a panicked look on his face and his eyes were rolling around, but there was no trace of sadness on his face.

Ma Zhiming had been a county magistrate for half his life and had tried countless cases, so how could he not see that Fu San had a problem? Moreover, Fu San had been in jail for a year for theft and had just been released recently. He also had a long history of bad deeds and had to report to the county government every few days.

Looking at Li Huaiyuan who was still talking there, Ma Zhiming really wanted to rush down and shut his mouth.

"Hey, you! The matter is not clear yet, why are you convicted here? Otherwise, I will let you sit in this position."

Seeing the county magistrate getting angry, Li Huaiyuan immediately shut up.

He turned around and saw Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin looking at him as if he were a fool, and the crowd around him pointing and whispering at him. He wondered how these illiterate people dared to laugh at a scholar like him.

Just as he was about to speak, Magistrate Ma did not give him the opportunity.

"Zheng, Duan, please tell us the whole story from beginning to end. You must not conceal or lie."

Ma Zhiming didn't want Li Huaiyuan to speak anymore and interrupted him directly.

"Yes, sir. My sister and I came to the county town to sell ice jelly today. Fu San followed us when we entered the city. The officer guarding the city can testify to this indirectly. When he followed us, he was stopped and questioned by the officer. He said that he did not bring any ice jelly today, so the officer let him into the city. Then we... this old man snatched our ice jelly bucket himself. The ice jelly fell on the ground, and he picked it up and ate it without caring. The elders and villagers outside the hall who saw what happened can testify to this..."

Zheng Yuan spoke calmly and clearly, telling the whole story in full and in chronological order. He did not mix in his emotions and just stated the facts.

"Well, the matter is explained very clearly, and there are relevant witnesses. Yang Dapeng, who is guarding the city today? Go and bring him back." Zheng Yuan's description without personal emotion made Ma Zhiming very satisfied.

"Yes! Sir, the person on duty today is Lin Biao. I will go and bring him back right away." After receiving the order, Yang Dapeng quickly ran out of the government office.

"Duan Shi, do you have anything to add?" Ma Zhiming turned to Duan Minmin.

"Your Excellency, I have nothing to add."

"Fu San, what about you? Is what Zheng said true?"

When Fu San heard that they were going to call Lin Biao, his back was already wet and his calves were shaking.

But he could only utter tremblingly: "My Lord, I am innocent. I didn't... I didn't."

"Sir, these two women are corrupt and hawking their wares on the street. They must be the ones..."

"Shut up!" Ma Zhiming could no longer bear it. "What's wrong with you? Did I ask you to speak? If you keep talking, you are corrupting women's virtues. Does this have anything to do with today's case? From now on, if I don't ask you to speak, you should shut up. If you keep talking nonsense, I will punish you for disturbing the court."

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin wanted to stand up and applaud the county magistrate. They realized that this scholar was not trying to uphold justice. He was simply obsessed with feudal ethics and believed that women should stay at home to take care of their husbands and children and should not go out to do business.

It seemed that she wanted to speak for Fu San, but in fact, every word she said was about how showing up in public was corrupting the moral character of women.

After being yelled at by the county magistrate, although Li Huaiyuan cursed the county magistrate in his heart for being disrespectful and disrespectful to scholars, he did not dare to act rashly. He kept silent and knelt aside.

"Are there any people in the back who are willing to testify for these two women?" Ma Zhiming pointed his finger at the people watching outside the hall.

Immediately four or five people stood up.

The man who had just spoken for them said, "My Lord, I was right beside them when it happened, and the facts are exactly as the two ladies said. The two ladies said that the remaining ice jelly had been reserved, but the old man not only refused to listen, but also rushed over to grab the ice jelly bucket. Even though the ice jelly had already fallen to the ground, he still put it in his mouth without caring."

"That's right. After just two bites, the old man fell to the ground and spit out blood. Even arsenic can't be so fast!"

"That's right. I'm afraid the old man had eaten it a long time ago, just waiting to frame the two ladies. Unexpectedly, the two ladies refused to sell it, so he forced his hands on it and overturned the ice powder bucket to put it in his mouth."

"Yes, his father fell to the ground, but Fu San didn't even think of sending him to the clinic first. Instead, he kept asking the two women to pay him fifty taels of silver, or tell him how they got the ice. How can there be such a filial son!"

"Pooh!"

......

For a moment, the hall was in an uproar, and the onlookers had already guessed the truth from their various conversations.

Fu San was sweating profusely, but Li Huaiyuan still looked like he was the only one sober among the drunk. He wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but he couldn't because of the county magistrate's gag order, and his cheeks turned red with anger.

How disgraceful! How disgraceful!

At this time, Yang Dapeng also came back with Lin Biao. The two of them stood in the hall and saluted the county magistrate together.

"grown ups!"

The surroundings were still noisy. Ma Zhiming clapped the gavel in his hand and said, "Silence! Silence!"

The crowd's chatter slowly died down.

"Lin Biao, these two women said that this Fu San followed them into the city gate this morning. Is this true?"

On the way, Yang Dapeng had already told Lin Biao about the situation, and Lin Biao recalled the situation at the city gate in the morning. The five of them were carrying buckets and buckets, which was really eye-catching. When they saw Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin, they had remembered everything.

"Sir, it is true. When the brothers were on duty today, this Fu San was already wandering outside the city gate. Because of his past record, I thought he was going to steal someone's purse, so I kept an eye on him. But he was honest this morning, just standing aside and not making any moves. He didn't follow the five people into the city gate. But I didn't care at first, and I checked him and found that he didn't have anything on him, so I let him go. Now I think it is indeed suspicious."

After Lin Biao replied, he stood aside.

"Fu San, there are witnesses now at the city gate and at the time of the incident. What else do you have to say?" Ma Zhiming was almost certain that this was a drama directed and acted by Fu San himself.

Although Lin Biao also stood up and testified that Fu San had been following them since morning, Fu San still held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Sir, I am innocent. They are not the only ones who can go through the city gate. I just happened to follow them into the city. It doesn't prove that I took arsenic to poison my father. He is my biological father. How could I be so cruel? Dad..."