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Chapter 116 The Future Pillar of Daye

When the group arrived at the government office, the doctor from Huichuntang was already waiting at the gate with his medicine boy and a medicine box.

"Dachun, carry this old man to the hall. I'll go and ask Master Ma to come over. Doctor Li, please help me find out why this old man was poisoned and do your best to save him. I think his condition is not good."

Yang Dapeng made all the arrangements and ran inside in a hurry.

Doctor Li didn't waste any time. He nodded and followed Dachun into the lobby, and the group followed him in.

"Brother Dachun, please lay the old man down in the side hall. We can call the coroner to check on him later so as not to affect the county magistrate's investigation."

Dachun responded and carried Fu San's father to the side hall.

Doctor Li knelt beside him. He first pulled open the old man's eyelids and looked at him, then pinched his mouth open and looked inside. Finally, he knelt on the ground and began to hold his breath and concentrate on taking his pulse.

"Wujia, quickly prepare a emetic and bring it here! Sir, please bring a bucket here to prevent these filthy things from polluting the county government office." Doctor Li opened his eyes and instructed the little pharmacist who followed him.

When Dachun went to invite them, he had already roughly told them what was going on. The medicinal materials they brought were quite complete. The little medicine boy named Wujia received the order and quickly took out the medicines from the medicine box and prepared them.

The old man drank the medicine and his face immediately became distorted. The medicine boy helped him to bend over and vomit into the bucket. The vomit was black and mixed with some blood, and the hall was filled with a foul stench.

Seeing his father's face and Doctor Li's anxious look, Fu San also began to get anxious. Of course, he was not worried about his father, but he was afraid that what he had done would be exposed and he would have to go to jail again.

"The county magistrate is here!"

Following Yang Dapeng's call for help, some officers quickly stopped the onlookers outside the hall. The rest of the officers stood on both sides of the hall and chanted "威~武~" in unison. The county magistrate walked from the side aisle and sat down in front of the desk.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin had only seen this scene on TV, so they were a little shocked to see it in person. When everyone around them knelt down, the two of them stood there in a daze. It was only when several children frantically pulled their pants that the two of them reacted and knelt on the ground with a plop.

They used too much force and made a loud noise, causing the two men to grimace in pain. Even County Magistrate Ma looked over here.

Unlike the others who lowered their heads and dared not look at the county magistrate, the two of them stared at the county magistrate out of curiosity, for he was a living ancient official.

Magistrate Ma was about forty years old, of medium build, with a white face and a beard. He wore a scarlet official robe, his hair was tied up and he wore an official hat, looking not very majestic.

Seeing these two women staring at him, Magistrate Ma felt a little uncomfortable. He put his hand to his mouth and coughed heavily: "Who are you here, and what are you suing for?"

Before Fu San and the others could speak, Li Huaiyuan, who was stopped outside the hall, shouted, "I want to sue these two women for poisoning this uncle's father!"

Fu San shuddered when he heard the man's voice, turned his head and pouted at him, "Shut up, you living father! You are my living father!"

Magistrate Ma looked in the direction of the voice and waved his hand to signal the officer to let him in: "Who are you? What does this have to do with you?"

Li Huaiyuan ignored Fu San's winks, dusted off the non-existent dust on his body, and walked forward with his head held high, like a proud rooster.

"The student is Li Huaiyuan, a student of Yongding Academy. This matter has nothing to do with me. As a future pillar of Daye, I cannot bear to see the weak being bullied, so I volunteered to file a lawsuit on behalf of the father and son to uphold justice."

When these words came out, County Magistrate Ma frowned. This Yongding Academy hasn't produced a juren for many years, and it's still a pillar of Daye. Besides, nothing has been concluded yet, so how can you uphold justice?

But now is not the time to worry about this. County Magistrate Ma nodded to the chief clerk and signaled him to start recording.

"Okay, then who on your side will speak first?"

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin knelt on the ground, folded their arms over their chests and sneered at Li Huaiyuan: "Since this scholar thinks that we two sisters are murderous for money, please speak first."

They are not competing for the first place, but just want to see what other tricks the future pillars of Daye can come up with.

"Humph!" Li Huaiyuan curled his lips at them, "Sir, these two women are not staying at home to take care of their husbands and children, but are out in the open doing business, which is ruining the atmosphere of our Daye..."

"Bang!" Magistrate Ma couldn't bear to listen any longer, and slammed the gavel before he could finish speaking, stopping him from saying the next word.

"Li Huaiyuan! I asked you to state the facts. What does it have to do with you? What's wrong with them doing business? There are many women doing business on the street now. How can it be considered a corruption? Hurry up and state the facts of the case!"

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were almost dying of laughter, they thought he was going to use some big trick, but it turned out to be this.

Frightened by the gavel uttered by County Magistrate Ma, Li Huaiyuan did not dare to continue talking about their business.

"Sir, these two women sold poisonous ice powder on the street, causing the old man to be poisoned. After the incident, they showed no remorse and refused to admit that there was something wrong with their ice powder. Instead, they falsely accused the old man's son of blackmailing them. For doing such a heinous thing, Sir, I request that according to Article 82 of the Daye Law. Criminal Law. Human Life, those who intentionally cause injury but not death shall be sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and three years in prison!"

Wow, this is directly convicting them.

Judging from the county magistrate's expression, I guess he was cursing him in his heart. He asked you to state the facts, and you became the judge. Do you want to go up and sit in that position?

"Li Huaiyuan, just state the facts and I will make the decision!" County Magistrate Ma warned Li Huaiyuan again.

"Yes! Sir."

This time, Li Huaiyuan agreed readily and turned to look at Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin triumphantly.

The two of them recalled frantically, wondering if these two old women had offended him before, why did this man act like he had a grudge against them.

The conclusion of the recollection is that I have never seen this person before and he is simply sick.

Magistrate Ma turned his head to Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin again: "Madams, do you have anything to say?"

Zheng Yuan kowtowed to Magistrate Ma again and then spoke.

"Sir, I am Zheng, 34 years old, from Laohuaiqing, Zhonghe Town. I want to sue Fu San for instructing his father to frame my sister and me for our business, which has had an extremely bad impact on our reputation and caused us heavy losses. I also want to sue Fu San for being unfilial and unfraternal. In order to frame us, he forced poison into his old father's mouth, putting his father in danger, but he has no regrets."

"Sir, I am Duan Shi, 35 years old, from Laohuaiqing, Zhonghe Town. I am suing Li Huaiyuan, a student of Yongding Academy, for making unauthorized assumptions and defaming my sisters without knowing the whole story. My sisters and I are in this ice jelly business, and our reputation is extremely important. Li Huaiyuan relied on his status as a student to slander us, causing extremely bad effects. Sir, my sisters and I are really wronged! Please seek justice for us!"

After saying that, the two of them kowtowed together again: "Please, sir, make the decision for us!"

Magistrate Ma nodded in satisfaction, and turned to look at Li Huaiyuan. You are a scholar, but you are not as clear as the two village women. You don't even know how to put the complaint. These two women are not bad. Most people are trembling with fear when they go to court. These two women are calm and can even put forward their demands with reason and evidence.

Li Huaiyuan didn't expect that the two women would sue him. He was unable to react for a moment and stared at them blankly with his mouth wide open.

"Okay, I have received your requests. Fu San! Do you have anything to say?"

The county magistrate slammed the gavel again, scaring Fu San, who was kneeling on the ground pretending to be a quail, but now that things have come to this, he can only gamble that they will not find out what he did, and he will insist that it was Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin who killed his father.

"Sir! I have nothing to say. Please make the decision for me and my son!"