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Chapter 69: Acquittal
Lord County Magistrate sighed softly: "Since there is still a witness card, then bring it up."
Ji Yu quickly looked outside, wanting to know who is the witness?
I saw one of the dozen or so soldiers walk out, cupped his hands and said: "Young Chen Dabao, I have met your lord."
"Bao'er?" A woman among the sufferers asked in surprise, "You are Bao'er?"
The man nodded and said: "Yes, mother, I am Bao'er, and I am not dead."
Ji Yu was a little confused about the situation for a moment, he glanced at Fourth Brother, and then at Captain Jiang.
Isn't this the sergeant who came with them?
Why do you call the Lord of Suffering "Mother"?
The woman got up and hugged Chen Dabao, crying loudly, "Son! Mother thought you were dead?"
Chen Dabao hugged the woman and was about to cry, but was swept away by Captain Jiang's sharp eyes, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I can testify that the bounty hunters were all wounded and killed by tigers, not like An Family brothersrelation."
The County Magistrate and the plaintiff's lawyer were shocked at first when they saw that the woman who suffered from the misfortune had identified with this person, and then their faces turned ashen.
A few of the sufferers were also terrified, lying on the ground trembling.
Suddenly one of the surrounding people asked Chen Dabao loudly, "Who are you? Why do you know these things?"
Chen Dabao let go of his old mother, tore off his clothes, turned around, and showed the wounds on his body to everyone.
"Because I was one of the bounty hunters at that time."
Ji Yu stared at him dumbfounded, and then at Fourth Brother.
Could this person be the one taken away by Captain Jiang?
Doesn't it mean that it is almost dead?Didn't die?still alive?And became a member of the Huaishan Army?
An Si quickly put away the surprise on his face, smiled at Ji Yu, and then looked at Captain Jiang with gratitude in his eyes.
Chen Dabao showed the tiger's palm print on his body to everyone, and said loudly: "I can testify that all ten of us were injured by tigers, and have nothing to do with Brother An Family. Even..."
He suddenly said loudly: "Instead, we were hired to kill the An Family brothers. Someone paid us to go into the mountain, in the name of hunting leopards, followed the An Family brothers, and looked for opportunities to kill them. Unexpectedly, just as we were about toWhen we shot, the tiger suddenly appeared and threw us down..."
He explained the whole story in detail.
The people onlookers suddenly felt like a frying pan, they were shocked and chattered non-stop.
Another asked: "Who hired you to kill people?"
Chen Dabao turned his head to look at the County Magistrate: "It's a member of the An family brother, the big house of the An family."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar again.
"Elder An Family? Isn't it Lord County Magistrate's cousin?"
Lord County Magistrate's face was ashen, he let out a long sigh, stood up and said: "Since you are my relative, I need to avoid it."
Ji Yu sneered, what a "dodge"!
The county magistrate withdrew from the hall, and Bo, the magistrate of Tongju county, and several adults were interrogated together.
Ji Yu was very nervous, he was afraid that these few people would also be bought by the An family's big house and pervert the law for personal gain.
The judge slapped the gavel, and said in a deep voice, "Mrs. Chen, since your son is not dead, why did you come to sue Brother An Family for shooting your son? Isn't this a false accusation?"
Chen Dabao's mother knelt down and cried out: "My lord, it is clear! I don't know what my son has done, but one day, someone came to us and said that my son was killed by An Family brothers. As long as we kill AnBrother Family, give us fifty taels of silver for the burial..."
Tong San looked at the rest of the sufferers.
These people all changed their words: "My lord, we don't know anything! Someone told us that our son/father/brother was killed by the An family brother..."
The judge looked at Zhang Tian and other five witnesses.
Seeing that the county magistrate had left, these people were frightened, kowtowed and begged: "My lord, it's none of our business! Someone forced us to say this..."
The judge looked at Wu Zuo again.
Wu Zuo also knelt down and said the same thing: "My lord, the little ones are all forced, the arrow wound was only fixed after death..."
Seeing that all these bitter witnesses changed their words, Ji Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
With these testimonies, it is impossible for them to be judged even if they want to bend the law for personal gain, under the eyes of everyone in court, right?
Several adults deliberated, and finally passed the sentence with a slap on the gavel: "Now the case is clear, brother An Chengsi and An Chengru of the An family are not guilty of shooting and killing the bounty hunter, and they are acquitted in court!The murder case will be retried at another day!"
The gavel fell, and the yamen servant stepped forward to undo the shackles and anklets on Brother An Family.
Ji Yu burst into tears uncontrollably, ignoring all the people in the room, and rushed towards An Si: "Fourth Brother..."
An Si hugged him, choked up and said, "Brother Yu..."
It's only been a day, but An Si feels like it's been a lifetime.He was tormented with fear, fearing that something would happen to his Brother Yu.
It's all right now, his brother Yu Yanzheng and Li Yu have returned safely.
Tong Jingyuan was also very excited, and moved to An Wu's side, as if to hug him.
But An Wu refused to let him hug her.
What are the two men hugging?
But he also knew that Brother Jing Yuan must have contributed a lot to their brother's troubles this time, so he bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Jing Yuan."
Miss Zhuang stared at Captain Jiang, and wanted to go over to talk, but seeing her father was there, she quickly retreated into the crowd.
But although Mr. Zhuang is old, his eyes are still very good, and he saw his girl who left a book and ran away disguised as a man at a glance. He was so angry that he quickly grabbed her, shook his beard and said, "Go back!"
When his mood calmed down a bit, An Si loosened his arms, stroked Ji Yu's haggard face, choked up and said, "Brother Yu, I made you suffer."
Back and forth from Qing City to Huaishan, Brother Yu, a little brother, did not know how he found Jiang Xiaowei and the others.
Ji Yu was about to smile and say that he didn't suffer at all, when he suddenly saw Fourth Brother's bloody fingers, he was startled and grasped: "Fourth Brother, what's the matter? They tortured you?"
An Si quickly withdrew his finger and smiled: "It's okay, it's just a small injury."
Ji Yu didn't believe it, and wanted to lift his clothes to see if there was any injury on his body. An Si grabbed his hand, smiled and shook his head: "Brother Yu, let's see when we go home."
Ji Yu's heart ached like a twist, and his heart was filled with anger.He knew that he knew that these people would do something wrong.
Seeing that Ji Yu's handsome face was wrinkled in distress, Jiang Xiaowei interjected, "A martial arts practitioner, a little injury is fine."
An Si hurriedly turned to him, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Brother Jiang!"
Captain Jiang also cupped his hands in return: "You're welcome, thank you is also your husband..."
Ji Yu, who was so heroic and fierce all the way, became shy now: "If Captain Jiang hadn't understood the righteousness and acted resolutely, how could things go so smoothly?"
He looked for Miss Zhuang again. Without Miss Zhuang's help, things would not have gone so smoothly.
But after looking for it for a while, there was no one there, so became anxious, where did Miss Zhuang go?
"Fourth brother..." He was about to say that Miss Zhuang was gone, but Tong Jingyuan who was beside him hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, don't panic, sir has brought Miss Zhuang back."
Ji Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.That's good,
Seeing that they were still crowded in the courtroom, Tong Jingyuan laughed and said, "Don't stand here and talk, we'll talk about it when we go home."
An Wu also reacted, and quickly greeted the soldiers of the Huaishan Army and everyone in Peach Blossom Village: "Go, go to my house, and let everyone clean up!"
An Sijiyu looked at each other and smiled.
go home!
They had just left the Yamen, and Tong Jingyuan's men actually set off firecrackers.
Not only at the gate of the yamen, but also on the way back to Ping An Lane An Family, the sound of firecrackers continued, attracting countless passers-by to watch.
Ji Yu was shocked by this situation.What is Brother Jingyuan doing to engage in such a big fight?
The mastermind behind the scenes is the county magistrate, even if the fourth brother Xiao Wu is fine at the moment, what can he do next?
Will the County Magistrate do something wrong again?Will An Family's big room be dying?These are all troubles!
It's not good to set off firecrackers in such a big way?
But Tong Jingyuan said proudly: "I just want to let all the people in Qing City know that Zi Yan Xiao Wu is a clean and innocent tiger-fighting hero, and all the ghosts and ghosts will be put in prison!"
An Si naturally knew Ji Yu's worry, and held his hand tightly and said in a low voice, "Brother Yu, it's okay. Now that things are going on, the bigger the trouble is, the harder it will be for them to end."
Ji Yu looked sideways, and saw that the An Family brothers were all straight with their backs straight, calmly accepting the attention and pointers of the neighbors.
Suddenly relieved, what are you afraid of?
The situation was so critical this time, didn't they survive it?
Now everyone knows that the big house of the An family hired a murderer to kill the An family brothers, and even falsely accused the An family brothers. He would like to see how the county magistrate will end up?
After returning to Ping An Lane, Mother An Liu Fulang, who had already heard about it, came out to welcome her.
Mother An hugged An Family brother and cried until she almost fainted: "Cheng Si Xiao Wu...you are finally back..."
Liu Fulang hugged Ji Yu and cried tearfully: "Brother Yu, you are back..."
Ji Yu patted Liu Fulang on the back, and comforted him in a low voice: "Mum, I'm back..."
Back at An Family, the servants of the family made tea and served snacks to entertain the guests, while Tong Jingyuan's people went to the restaurant to buy vegetables and wine.
After appeasing Mother An, Liu Fulang, An Family brother Ji Yu, Captain Jiang, Internal Head, Village Chief Qiao, and others went to the main room, talking about the unwarranted disaster this time.
Village Chief Qiao gritted his teeth and said, "This time, Zhang Tian and the others will be driven out of Peach Blossom Village."
Tong Jingyuan sneered and said, "They are ungrateful and perjured, and they will have to spend a few years in prison."
Captain Jiang blamed himself endlessly: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't explained the matter clearly to the Yamen in the future, such things would not have happened."
An Si shook his head and said: "Brother Jiang, you don't need to blame yourself. You are also involved in military affairs and have to go back to Huaishan. Besides, Dafang wants to harm our brothers, and there are ways."
An Wu got up and cupped his hands, saying: "Our brothers also want to thank Captain Jiang for his great kindness!"
While they were talking, Mr. Zhuang rushed over with Miss Zhuang who had changed back into women's clothes.
Ji Yu An Family brothers got up quickly.
Ji Yu took Miss Zhuang's hand and went to Westinghouse to talk, and Brother An Family invited Mr. Zhuang to sit down for tea.
"Miss Zhuang, does the master blame you?" Ji Yu was worried about this.