I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 133 Saw it

Snap, thump thump thump

As soon as the gavel sounded in the hall, the water and fire sticks of the servants on both sides tapped the ground in unison, and the "mighty" sound came out again.

The discussions of the people in the court were suppressed again, and everyone saw more and more witnesses being summoned to the court one by one.

All the doctors who had treated Madam Zhu were questioned one by one, and half of them noticed something unusual when taking her pulse, but they all pointed it out. When they questioned her pulse, they were repeatedly diverted by Mr. Geng who was accompanying her. After that, the couple never visited her for a consultation again.

Shen Xiaoye and his uncle whispered, "Look, these doctors who have doubts will definitely have more patients in the future."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the crowd behind her announce the clinic where several doctors were working.

When the two medical experts came to the hall to confirm Madam Zhu's pulse, many people's eyes lit up, "Doctor Sun of Qianjin Hall, a great master with a history of hundreds of years."

"Dr. Qian from Renhetang can diagnose a person's pulse with a hanging thread!"

"Why didn't Madam Zhu look for them before?"

"Hey, one is traveling outside, and the other is on duty in the palace. It's hard to hire them normally."

Listening to these whispers, Shen Xiaoye asked behind him: "Lu Guan, how did you invite them?"

"Just find the old imperial physician." Lu Guan replied as a matter of course.

Shen Changsui reminded them to listen carefully.

In a short while, not only did the court come up with evidence that Mr. Geng never asked anyone else to make medicine for Madam Zhu at home, but two monks also testified that they had personally seen Mr. Geng following the sweeping monk in Long'an Temple to feed the snake.

What's worse, some people have proved that before Geng Juren got married, he had asked a matchmaker to propose to a daughter of an official in the capital, but was rejected.

Later, they married into the Zhu family. Actually, at the beginning, they wanted to marry a son-in-law, and the child born would carry on the Zhu family's incense. But for some reason, there was no written document. This was witnessed by the middleman at that time.

At this moment, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Mr. Geng did not want his child to have the surname Zhu, so he did not allow Zhu to have a child.

Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but praise: "The government office is so efficient.

We just reported the clue, and we found all the witnesses overnight."

"What do you think? A Shuntian prefecture governor under the emperor can keep his position without some ability?

The two Beijing County constables under his jurisdiction can all be used by him. "As soon as Lu Guan finished speaking, a young man squeezed out of the crowd and raised his hands to complain:

"Your Excellency, I am Zhai Gang, the general flag of the Daning Guard, and I am suing Geng Shiyong for seducing my sister-in-law, Wan, while my brother was on guard at the border, and for taking away the Zhai family's lotus fish cinnabar clay inkstone, which has been handed down from generation to generation.

There was a chip on the corner of the inkstone, which had been decorated with gold by my ancestor. There was a hidden pattern of the word "翟" on it. The boy had just returned home from the border to visit his relatives, and only then did he know that Mrs. Wan had returned to her parents' home because her brother had died on the battlefield, and the inkstone was also missing.

After several unsuccessful visits, I finally learned the truth from an old friend. I hope you will investigate it.”

"Is the gap at the tail of the fish?" a scholar at the front suddenly asked.

Zhai Gang nodded: "That's right."

"Geng Shiyong, didn't you say that you paid a high price for that inkstone?" the scholar rushed into the hall and questioned.

However, Geng Shiyong sat in his armchair, wrapped up his cloak, and said with a wry smile: "This is slander."

"Is it to slander you by throwing dirty water on your deceased brother?" the scholar asked back.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a while, the scholar turned around with gritted teeth and said to several companions: "Do you still want to support him?"

If someone is involved in a sex scandal and it is only spread privately, people may say that he is a romantic scholar, but if it is made public, it will bring bad reputation.

What's more, they had indeed seen Geng Shiyong showing off the gold-inlaid inkstone.

Several companions looked at each other, then followed the scholar out of the crowd.

Their departure, on the contrary, confirmed that Geng Shiyong had snatched the precious inkstone by clever means.

On the other hand, the petition had been sent to the prefect's desk, and the prefect had read it and passed it on to his assistant.

After reading it, they all looked unhappy. It was clearly written that Wan's husband had been guarding the border for two years and had not returned, but she had committed adultery with Geng Shiyong under the pretext of going out to worship Buddha.

Several officials exchanged opinions and decided to find the inkstone first.

Shen Xiaoye stood on tiptoe to see Mr. Geng's condition, but was held down by her uncle. She asked, "Is this true? There is such a thing."

Lu Guan nodded: "It should be true. Guard Chen and I ran into him when we went to Tu Hutong to verify the news.

I thought he was also a resident there, but I didn’t expect he was from Wan’s in-laws’ family.”

Moreover, Zhai Gang’s appeal might not necessarily be accepted by the government office, and it might be put to the Daxing County Court for trial.

In fact, if Madam Zhu's carriage had not just arrived at the government office, her case would have also been tried in the Daxing County Office.

Sure enough, the prefect said that the case should be filed separately and sent people to look for the dirty things.

But this short period of time also made everyone in and out of the hall look at Mr. Geng with suspicion, and many people questioned and despised him.

Moreover, when Uncle Hang presented another witness, saying that Geng Shiyong had embezzled his wife's dowry and had a child with a former engaged woman who had lost her husband less than a year ago in the countryside under the name of husband and wife, he loudly proposed to break up the relationship, which instantly won unanimous support.

"There's no need for us to go up, right?" Lu Guan asked.

Shen Xiaoye didn't know either, but she saw that the prefect was already questioning Geng Shiyong.

With all the evidence and witnesses, he had no way to deny it, and both parties were sentenced to divorce.

Even though they were not husband and wife, Zhu's case of assault was sentenced according to common practice. After paying the bail, she could go home for the New Year.

The only drawback was that the prefect had no power to revoke Geng Juren's academic title on the spot, nor could he punish him with caning. He had to report to the relevant officials for a decision, and he could only be sentenced to return the marriage certificate and pay a fine.

Lift it high and put it down gently.

This is probably the reason why scholars in ancient times competed to pass the imperial examinations.

The lively hall soon dispersed. Shen Xiaoye stared at the empty hall in a daze and shook her head, "Leaving aside Zhou Wenchen's family background, if Mr. Geng had not committed the previous crime and insisted on sentencing Madam Zhu, would she not be able to escape death?"

"In theory, yes. The world ethics protected by today's criminal law is that the husband is the leader of the wife." Shen Changsui did not mention the part about the ruler being the leader of the ministers.

At this time, Lu Guan, who was standing with him, patted him and said, "Shen Heng, look at that yamen runner on the left step, does he look familiar?"

"Call me Shen Changsui." When he turned his head, he only saw the back of the yamen runner leaving.

But he had some guesses in his mind, so he said to the two of them, "Let's talk about it when we get home."

However, he did not hear the voice transmission from Little Black Cat to Shen Xiaoye: "I saw several people, they were the first to guard Lu Guan."

The Guard Bureau? I see. They are the only ones who can thoroughly investigate the case in just one night. It seems that the emperor also thinks that Lady Zhu, who only hurt people, should not die.

Unfortunately, the criminal law remains unchanged, and there are only a few "Mrs. Zhu" in the world who could happen to be met by the emperor.

So, what’s good about time travel?

"Xiao Ye, hurry up. I see Brother Geng and the old man waiting for us outside the gate." Shen Changsui turned around and urged her.

At least, she has her closest relatives around her.

"I see." Shen Xiaoye shook off all distracting thoughts and quickened his pace to catch up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked out of the government office gate and hadn't spoken to her grandfather, she saw Mrs. Zhu, who was waiting for her with a basket of vegetables.

After she nodded and smiled at the other person, she nodded heavily. Mrs. Zhu's anxious expression disappeared, and she smiled at her and left easily.