Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage

Chapter 388: The Autumn Moon of the Four Great Talents(1/2)

Everyone started to talk. The two women who sympathized with Xiaojuan the most went up and pulled Xiaojuan up and asked, "What do you mean? What are you lying to Kaizi? Have you told a lie? Tell us clearly!"

Xiaojuan shouted to Liang Suju in panic: "Miss, save me, Miss..."

The two women said angrily: "They must be in the same group, otherwise why would she shout help? She should be injustice!"

"Yes, my sir, arrest them all for trial."

Several officials were so quarreled by them that they shouted sternly: "Shut up! Since someone has cheated, they will take them back to the yamen to review them clearly, and the relevant people will go back with me."

Liang Suju was completely panicked, shook her head and cried to Chen Xiaosheng, "Zhishan, I didn't lie, I was wronged, Zhishan saves me..."

The six hooligans were arrested by the official commander and they all shouted for justice, saying that Liang Suju came to them, and they were not a debtor at all. The official commander grabbed the few people with a cold face, looked at Liang Suju, and said to Chen Xiaosheng in embarrassment: "Prince Zhu, who is this?"

Chen Xiaosheng frowned and said, "It was an old friend from ten years ago. I met him on the street a few days ago. Their master and servant said that life was very difficult and they wanted to borrow 5,000 taels of silver from me. What I Zhu Zhishan did to my friends is obvious to all, but I am preparing for a marriage now. Where can I help you with idle silver? At that time, I wanted to help them report to the officials and ask the county magistrate to uphold justice for them, but they don't want to, and I can't do anything about it. Who knew that today I met this girl on the street again. She anxiously said that Mrs. Ma was caught by the evil man and knelt down in public and begged me to lend them the money. I had no choice but to ask the neighbors to help, but I didn't expect..."

There were many breathing sounds in the crowd, and they were scared by the amount of 5,000 taels. Ordinary people would never see so much money in their lives. The master and servant really dared to speak. What kind of friend would lend them 5,000 taels to pay off their debts? Chen Xiaosheng has been standing behind the crowd and has never tried to get close to Liang Suju. Even if Liang Suju kept calling his name, no one felt that there was an ambiguous relationship between them. However, when the hooligan just said he was lying to Kaizi, everyone immediately understood that Liang Suju wanted to cheat Chen Xiaosheng for 5,000 taels of money, and they all pointed at Liang Suju and cursed.

The official officer lost his good expression on Liang Suju and Xiaojuan, and took them down and took them to the yamen with the hooligans. Chen Xiaosheng, the man who reported to the officials and the two women were all considered witnesses, so he went to court with them. This matter was a big deal and many people talked about it. When Zhu Xiaolian was curious when he inquired, he saw that it was her and hurriedly said that her brother had almost been deceived, which scared Zhu Xiaolian.

However, after asking the whole story, she knew that Chen Xiaosheng must have exposed the woman's trick. When she passed by the Six Arts Association, she felt that her brother's rejection of his old lover should have been made known to Su Xueyun, so she immediately stopped and ran in.

"Sister Qiuyue, Sister Qiuyue, please come with me quickly. My brother will go to confront the court with someone." Zhu Xiaolian went to pull her when she saw Su Xueyun.

Su Xueyun's face changed and she frowned and said, "What's going on? Who is Zhishan confronting the court?"

Zhou Chen and Wen Zhengming were discussing knowledge next to each other, and they were anxious when they heard this, "Who is the other party? What's the matter?"

Zhu Xiaolian hurriedly said, "Brother is fine, don't worry, it's the money Liang Suju who came back to want to cheat on my brother. It was exposed by my brother. Now it's about to be tried. Sister Qiuyue, do you want to go and have a look?"

Su Xueyun breathed a sigh of relief and knocked her on the head with amused slightest, "You girl didn't say it clearly. I thought what's wrong with your brother. But at least she went to court. Let's go and have a look in case something happens."

Wen Zhengming nodded and said, "Yes, even if you help me." He turned around and hugged Zhou Chen, and said, "Teacher, the people in the yamen are so noisy. Why don't you wait for us in the guild hall to get news. After the case is tried, we will come back."

Zhou Chen thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I won't join in the fun, but if there is any trouble, you can't hide it from me."

Su Xueyun smiled and said, "Teacher, don't worry, if something really happens, you will definitely not hide it from you."

The three of them bid farewell to Zhou Chen and rushed to the yamen. The county magistrate had already been promoted to the hall to start interrogation. The six hooligans and Liang Suju knelt on the ground in panic and kept calling for justice. Liang Suju insisted that the six people were intending to force the good to become prostitutes, and the six people pointed at Liang Suju in resentment and said that she was the commander. The county magistrate asked Chen Xiaosheng what his opinions were, and Chen Xiaosheng explained the story of his encounter with Liang Suju twice and put forward his own suggestions.

"Sir, Mrs. Ma said that her husband owed gambling debts, so he should know which gambling house owed it. It would be better to ask the boss of the gambling house. Besides, Mrs. Ma's husband must still be in Suzhou, so he can also come back to interrogate clearly. As for whether these six people did evil or were instructed by others, just look for someone who knows them to come out and identify them. After so many verifications, we will definitely know who is wronged and who deserves the crime." Chen Xiaosheng said slowly while squirting the fan, very talented.

The county magistrate nodded and said, "Okay, just do what Mr. Zhu said. Come and take the relevant people to the hall quickly."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhu Xiaolian pulled Su Xueyun's sleeve and smiled and said, "Sister Qiuyue, is my brother very majestic? Let me tell you that woman had bad intentions and deliberately bumped into it on the day we bought the betrothal gift. She borrowed 5,000 taels of silver as soon as she opened her mouth, and didn't even mention the IOU. She really thinks my brother is the sucker!"

Su Xueyun smiled, "I really don't have any eyes when I want to lie to your brother. Your brother is very smart."

Chen Xiaosheng looked over and smiled at Su Xueyun. Liang Suju turned around with some emotion and saw Su Xueyun, whose appearance and temperament were far superior to hers. Her hands were tightly clasped together. She bit her lips unwillingly and suddenly said softly: "Zhishan, believe me, how could I lie to you for so many years of love? Even if I am down now, I still remember how good you were to me back then. I...I really didn't lie to you..."

Liang Suju cried and the pear blossoms were raining. Even the county magistrate was a little shaken, wondering if there was any misunderstanding. However, Chen Xiaosheng didn't look at her, but said lightly: "After someone finds evidence, you can find out the truth. Mrs. Ma, please be calm. If you haven't seen each other for ten years, Zhu really doesn't know what Mrs. Ma is now. The Lord will be fair in this matter."

The county magistrate said, "Yes, the witness will be brought soon. Let's talk about any injustice when there are all."

Liang Suju seemed to have not heard the county magistrate say, and kept looking at Chen Xiaosheng sadly, saying sadly: "I don't care what others think of me, I only care whether Zhishan believes me..."

Zhu Xiaolian frowned tightly, pointed at Liang Suju and cursed loudly, "You are a problem! My brother said that he hasn't seen you for ten years and has never known you. You shamelessly told my brother to believe you. Who do you think you are?"

Wen Zhengming said: "Yes, don't think that you could pretend to be pitiful and compassionate here if you knew Lao Zhu before. Ten years have passed, who knows whether you are a good person or a bad person now!"

Su Xueyun didn't check for a moment and asked Zhu Xiaolian to shout out, quickly grabbed her and whispered: "Xiaolian, you are still a girl's house, don't say anything like this."

Zhu Xiaolian said angrily: "Sister Qiuyue, she is too much, I can't stand it."

Su Xueyun patted her hand and said, "Your brother and I will handle it well. Be good, believe me."

Zhu Xiaolian stared at Liang Suju in anger, but she still obediently stopped.

Liang Suju knelt there without a word of quibbling, but just quietly lowered her head and wiped her tears, looking increasingly thin and weak. Some neighbors who came late and didn't know the truth sympathized with her and whispered to her pitiful. Su Xueyun looked at the county magistrate and said lightly: "Sir, the folk girl is Qiuyue, a student of the Six Arts Association. She happened to know a little about this lady. I hope she will accept it."

The county magistrate was worried about the absence of witnesses, so he hurriedly said, "Go to the court to speak."

"Yes, sir." Su Xueyun walked into the hall and said kneeling, "Sir, it's not Mrs. Ma's husband who owes debts and gambles, but this nonsense lady Ma!"

Su Xueyun shocked everyone with one sentence, and the discussion disappeared instantly, so quiet that even a needle could be heard. Liang Suju reacted first and cried bitterly, "Why do you want to wrong me? I, a weak woman, don't even know where the gambling house is. How dare you go in and out of that kind of place? You... you are clearly jealous of Zhishan and me, and speak nonsense in front of the adults."

Xiaojuan cried and shook her head repeatedly, "We Miss did not lie. Master Zhu, you believe her, she will not gamble."

The county magistrate hesitated and said, "This... Miss Qiuyue, can anyone confirm what you said?"

Su Xueyun said calmly: "It's true. Sir, please listen to me. Mrs. Ma is addicted to gambling. Since she married into her husband's family, she has disrespected her parents-in-law and has not served her husband, causing her husband's family to be destroyed. Mrs. Ma is really notorious and has to leave her husband's hometown to live again. However, after she and her husband came to Suzhou, she remained unchanged in her destruction. Not only did she owe a huge gambling debt, she also beat her husband, which made her husband unable to bear it and ran away from home. The gambling house where she bets was Changsheng Gambling House in the west of the city, owing 5,000 taels of silver. Mrs. Ma bet her husband and maids in the gambling house. If she couldn't pay the debt, the gambling house could sell her husband to a coal mine and sell her maids to a brothel."

Liang Suju looked at Su Xueyun in horror. He never expected that she would tell all the things she had hidden, and it was not bad at all. Everyone was upset when they heard Su Xueyun's words. Looking at Liang Suju's weak and pitiful look, he suspected: "No way? She disrespects her parents-in-law and beats her husband? It doesn't look like it."

Wen Zhengming said loudly: "Qiuyue is a student of the Six Arts Association. He is my teacher, Master Zhou, the disciple whom I value most. Qiuyue will never lie. As the saying goes, knowing people but not their hearts. Looking at the poor people may not be really pitiful. I believe Qiuyue!"

Some students who watched the fun immediately agreed, "Yes, Qiuyue has noble character, we all believe in Qiuyue."

With the title of the Six Arts Hall and the guarantees of the students, the people naturally favored this area. Scholars have a high status in their hearts and their words are more reliable than anyone else. Those who sympathize with Liang Suju suddenly turned against each other and pointed at Liang Suju, calling her good at pretending.

Su Xueyun said again: "My dear, the young lady had a relationship with Mrs. Ma's husband. She could draw a portrait for adults to find others."

The county magistrate was overjoyed and immediately ordered someone to set up a table for Su Xueyun to draw. Su Xueyun wrote very quickly, but his posture was extremely elegant. The people who were originally talking about it calmed down unknowingly, as if they were afraid of disturbing her, but they sighed in their hearts that a talented woman is worthy of being a talented woman. Her temperament around her was different from that of an ordinary woman.

Liang Suju saw Su Xueyun quickly drew a portrait of Ma Wenhao. The portrait was exactly the same as Ma Wenhao himself. He felt a thrust in his heart and cried loudly: "What do you want me to do to give up? Zhishan and I are already in the past. When I came back to my hometown, I just wanted to live a good life. I never thought that I would compete with you for Zhishan. Why would you not let me go?"

After finishing the last stroke, Su Xueyun picked up the portrait and blew it, saying, "It's reasonable that it's not loud. Mrs. Ma, the clear one will be clear, and the turbid one will be turbid. Do you think all the testimony will help me frame you? Let's not talk about whether I have that ability. Even if I have it, haha, you are not worthy of letting me mobilize such a group of people."

Chen Xiaosheng helped Su Xueyun dry the portrait and said with a smile: "You take a break first, and the case will be settled when someone testifies. Then we will go to Taibailou for dinner."

Su Xueyun smiled, "Okay."

The intimate appearance between the two stinged Liang Suju's eyes. She thought it was because she hadn't seen each other for many years that Chen Xiaosheng became unfamiliar with her. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaosheng was so gentle and caring for another woman. Their simple conversation was simply slapping her in the face, and even the onlookers began to laugh at her quietly. She and Su Xueyun were in the same place as the clouds in the sky and the mud under the ground. Even if she was unwilling to accept it, she could not change the fact that she was inferior to others. Now Su Xueyun has removed her bottom. She has no choice but to admit it. It's really hateful!

No matter how bad Liang Suju cried, no one paid attention to her at this time. No one responded to anything she said, and that look gradually became annoying.

The yamen runner took the painting and asked everyone if they had seen it. Zhou Wenbin, who had passed by behind the crowd, glanced at him inadvertently, and said for a moment of contemplation: "I just saw this person, he was carrying a bag at the ferry."

Everyone immediately looked at him, and Zhu Xiaolian widened her eyes in surprise, "Zhou Wenbin?"

Wen Zhengming said incredibly: "I didn't expect him to help us, and this person doesn't seem to be that bad either."

After the yamen runner confirmed with Zhou Wenbin again, he immediately ran to the direction of the ferry to look for someone. Zhou Wenbin looked at Chen Xiaosheng and Su Xueyun in the hall, turned around and left expressionlessly. Wen Zhengming subconsciously stopped him, but he didn't know what to say, and said awkwardly: "You, if you have nothing to do, why not finish watching here and then leave?"

Zhu Xiaolian thought for a while and said, "You have helped me, so just wait a while to go to have dinner together."

Zhou Wenbin said coldly: "No, I just told the truth, not to help you, get out of the way."

Zhu Xiaolian said angrily: "Why are you like this? He is kind to treat you to a meal, but you don't appreciate it. Why is this attitude?"

Zhou Wenbin didn't even look at them, "If you don't like it, don't talk to me, get out of the way."

Zhu Xiaolian angrily pulled Wen Zhengming aside and turned her back to him. Zhou Wenbin actually left directly and was not interested in what happened here.

Not long after, the yamen runner who had gone to find someone to come back with a few people, including the owner of the gambling house that Su Xueyun mentioned. The boss is a personal wise man, and he said, "Sir, this woman often comes to the gambling house to gamble, and she does owe 5,000 taels of debt. However, our gambling house is a serious place and will not force a good man to become a prostitute. All this is the woman's own idea. She once said that if she couldn't make up the money, she would sell her maid to a brothel and use the silver to pay off the debt. This has nothing to do with us."

The owner of the gambling house presented the loan note to the county magistrate, with Liang Suju's name clearly written on it. The county magistrate ordered someone to press Liang Suju and press a handprint on the white paper, which was exactly the same as the handprint on the loan note. Some of the other witnesses confirmed that they often saw Liang Suju in the casino, some confirmed that they had seen Liang Suju beat Ma Wenhao with their own eyes, and some confirmed that the six hooligans were just street gangsters and had never done anything evil.

The county magistrate asked Xiaojuan if he knew the truth. Xiaojuan looked at Liang Sujuan in fear and cried and refused to say anything. At this time, everything was clear, and it was not a conclusion of who was the one, but the county magistrate wanted to wait to see if he could really find Liang Suju’s boyfriend Ma Wenhao at the ferry.

Fortunately, Su Xueyun's portrait was very realistic, and Zhou Wenbin happened to see Ma Wenhao at the ferry, and the yamen runners quickly brought the person back. After knowing the causes and consequences, Ma Wenhao was shocked and regretful, and looked at Liang Suju and said, "I only know that you are ruthless and ruthless. I didn't expect you to cheat your old friends and sell Xiaojuan! You... If it weren't for Xiaojuan over the years, how could you live so comfortably? You even want to sell her, it's simply ruthless and hopeless. You have been holding me for so many years and want me to be a scapegoat for you. I have always hoped that you will have a day of repentance. I didn't expect... Now, I must give up you!"

Xiaojuan burst into tears and kowtowed to the county magistrate in anger, "Sir, save me... Sir, I don't want to be sold to a brothel, sir... Help..."

Xiaojuan's crying made everyone present feel sad. Xiaojuan was a maid, and she was selling her body in Liang Suju's hands. She really let her fight and ruin her, and she could not resist at all. Now seeing Xiaojuan's miserable appearance, Liang Sujuan was like an evil ghost in everyone's eyes, with a terrifying face. I don't know who opened the head, but the rotten vegetable leaves hit Liang Sujuan's body, making Liang Suju feel embarrassed in just a moment.

The county magistrate ordered everyone to stop, patted the agglomeration, and scolded: "Ma Liang, what else do you have to say?"

Liang Suju straightened his back, and there was no cowardice on his face. She glared at Su Xueyun fiercely and cursed: "You bitch, how dare you ruin my good deeds? I, Liang Suju, have capsized in the bad luck gutter, but I don't believe that I can't turn over. Please wait, but I won't end up with Liang Suju!"

Chen Xiaosheng's wrist moved slightly, and a piece of broken silver fell on his fingertips. He bounced his fingers and the broken silver hit Liang Suju's pain hole. Liang Suju screamed loudly and fell to the ground and could never get up again. Chen Xiaosheng snorted coldly, "I Zhu Zhishan's wife is not something you can insult!"

"Zhu Zhishan, you...ah---" Liang Suju took a quick breath, and when she recovered, she was about to scold Chen Xiaosheng, but was nailed to her eyes by Su Xueyun's silver needle. Although she was not injured, she almost fainted.

Su Xueyun sorted out her sleeves and said lightly: "You can't bite my Qiuyue's husband at will." She turned around and bowed respectfully to the county magistrate, "The civilian girl has exceeded the rules, I hope you can forgive me."

The county magistrate waved his hand and said, "If you don't know, the criminal woman Liang instructed others to cheat others of money, angered her parents-in-law and beat her husband. This is really unforgivable. Liang was sentenced to be sentenced to fifty boards and sent to the frontier. The maid Xiaojuan was sentenced to restore her freedom."

Xiaojuan raised her head as if she was stupid, and then kowtowed constantly with joy, not only to the county magistrate, but also to Chen Xiaosheng and Su Xueyun, and to all the people watching outside, which made everyone feel unbearable.

The county magistrate looked at Liang Suju coldly and drank too much: "Execute!"

The yamen runners pressed Liang Suju neatly and picked up the board and beat it hard. Liang Suju screamed and cursed. He was soon blocked by someone, leaving only a muffled groan. The board hit Liang Suju, and Liang Suju gradually lost his strength, his hands were weak and he drooped on both sides, his eyes also lost their spirit, and he no longer had the strength to hate others.

Ma Wenhao scolded her for not being a man in regret. He couldn't control Liang Suju and almost made her hurt others. She slapped herself twice. Xiaojuan couldn't bear to persuade her, but was accidentally discovered by Ma Wenhao that there were many signs of being beaten on her arms. The two people who were most persecuted by Liang Suju suddenly felt sad, hugged their heads and cried, and finally supported each other and left the yamen when the case was closed.

Zhu Xiaolian looked at their backs and sighed, "These two people are pitiful, I hope their future lives will be calmer."

Su Xueyun thought to herself that it would be appropriate if these two people could get together. After experiencing such a terrifying life, they would definitely cherish a peaceful life in the future, and even if they were ordinary, they could live a pleasant life.

Seeing that everyone was not in high spirits, Chen Xiaosheng smiled and said, "It's rare to get together. Why not go to have a meal now. It's okay if we have heard of other people's affairs, it's better to take care of them less."

Zhu Xiaolian joked: "The three of us meet every day. Do you want to say that it is rare to get together with Sister Qiuyue? I see that you and Sister Qiuyue are going to have a meal. Master Zhou is still waiting for our news. Brother Wen and I will report to Master Zhou."

Chen Xiaosheng quietly gave Zhu Xiaolian a thumbs up and nodded, "Since the teacher is still waiting, don't let him wait for a long time. Zhengming, remember to send my sister home later."

Wen Zhengming said "Oh", his eyes were a little confused, and he was pulled away by Zhu Xiaolian.

Chen Xiaosheng smiled and shook his head, and said to Su Xueyun: "It's good to have a sister. I always know how to help my brother at critical moments."

Su Xueyun walked side by side with him towards Taibai Tower and joked: "You are so arrogant today, you have become a hero who exposes the scam."

Chen Xiaosheng said with a funny look: "What kind of hero is this? If you want to be proud of yourself, you should be the one who is the one who painted just now, you are really well-painted. I am afraid that after today, your reputation as a talented woman will spread."
To be continued...
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage