The conspiracy of the courtyard

The man from the Military Control Commission stopped smiling and said:

"Comrade Chen Ping, this is the case. Things may be a little complicated, so please listen carefully.

Qin Baogen refused to admit it and joined forces with Qin Huairu's family to defraud Jia Dongxu and his mother.

Moreover, according to Qin Baogen's confession, he did not know the Qin Huairu outside and said that she was an imposter. Qin Baogen's accomplices who were arrested also said that they did not know Qin Huairu.

Qin Baogen instead accused the Jia family mother and son of colluding with Qin Huairu to hide the real Qin Huairu for other purposes. Do you understand?"

"Okay, I see. The girl outside is not called Qin Huairu. Her name is Qin Erni. Qin Baogen should know this name, right?" Chen Ping didn't hesitate to point out her identity.

Qin Baogen immediately became alert and looked like a madman.

"You said she was the girl who sold herself? No wonder I haven't seen her. How could she marry into the city? And what about Qin Huairu? She must have been hidden by them just to marry into the city.

I report, the government, I report them. Haha, I am innocent, it was Erni's family who deceived me into marriage, yes, and kidnapped Qin Huairu. I report, I have merit, you can't arrest me, let me go quickly.

You all heard it, please let me go, I really didn’t do anything, I just came here to look for…”

The military control committee immediately stopped them and said loudly:

"Shut up, there's more to you than just this one incident. Take him away and wait until he calms down before asking him."

Then he smiled and said to Chen Ping: "This is easy to understand. How about troubling Comrade Chen Ping to talk to Qin Erni again?

The main thing is that she started crying before we even asked her. We don’t have any female comrades here, so we can only trouble Comrade Chen Ping. What do you think?”

Chen Ping agreed without hesitation. She also wanted to find out what was going on.

Soon Qin Huairu was brought in, still looking at Chen Ping with resentment. Chen Ping didn't care about her hostility at all and said:

"Qin Erni, do you think you are great? You saved Qin Huairu? You think you are smart? You fooled everyone? You think you are innocent?

Do you care about everyone? Do you feel so pathetic? No one understands you? Do you feel helpless? No one helps you?

Then let me tell you, Qin Erni, you are shameless and robbed Qin Huairu of her marriage. You are stupid and think that no one can see through your tricks?

Wait until you go out and ask your mother-in-law. She already knew that you were not Qin Huairu, and she just cooperated with you. You are guilty, and your crime is unforgivable. Marrying someone else is a fraud, it is deceiving the government, and it violates the country's marriage law.

Qin Erni, when I heard that you sold yourself to a rich man, I felt sorry for you and thought you had ruined your life. Today I understand that you have been so scheming since you were so young. I admire you.

You sold yourself to the rich man not because of your parents, right? You sold yourself to the rich man so that you could have enough food at his house, right? Haha… awesome. Not only did everyone sympathize with you, but even your parents were grateful to you.

Don't be surprised. I've also been through a famine, so I know exactly what you're thinking. Did you ask your brother to steal food? And you even signed the contract out of spite?

Hehe…Are you afraid that your parents will forget your kindness? Or are you afraid that your master will kick you out? I heard that many farmhands were kicked out that year.

You were the one who took the initiative to find a matchmaker, right? You were the one who took the initiative to marry her off, right? It was also your idea to let Qin Huairu elope with her lover, right? Did you suddenly decide on this when you saw that Jia Dongxu's family was well off? Haha...

You are so scheming that you have already targeted her. Okay, even if you don't admit it, I can find evidence. Just take the blame if you want."

After Chen Ping finished speaking, he said to the military control committee members

"Comrade, have you written down what I asked just now? Go check the whereabouts of the fake Qin Erni, and everything will come to light. As for her, she used me as bait in order to seize property and attempted to commit fraud.

This is no longer a matter of marriage fraud or substitution, but a real crime of fraud. Kidnapping a woman to run away from home is a crime of trafficking in women.

There is also the crime of colluding with bandits. The three crimes are punished together. I guess you can go and earn peanuts. That’s all I know. If there is nothing else, I will leave first.”

When she stood up to leave, Qin Erni knelt on the ground without covering her face. She first burst into tears and then cried loudly, no longer caring about her image. She cried and said:

"I'll tell you everything. Huairu and my brother had an affair, and I went to Huairu's house to propose marriage. We had agreed, her family accepted the betrothal gifts, and set a wedding date. But a few months ago, her family said that the matchmaker in the village wanted her to go to the city for a blind date, and she also sent the betrothal gifts back."

Seeing Qin Erni still kneeling on the ground, Chen Ping pulled her up and asked her to sit down.

"My family couldn't think of a solution. Huairu asked me to go on a blind date for her, saying that the matchmaker in the city had never seen her, and as long as I said yes to the matchmaker, it would be easy to coax her into marrying. If she liked him, I would marry her to the city, but if she didn't, I would turn her down.

As a result, Dongxu fell in love with me. We rejected the matchmaker several times, but he insisted on marrying me. We were afraid of being exposed, so we said the bride price was too high, hoping to make him give up.

But the matchmaker went back more than a month later. In fact, she had never met Huai Ru's family from the beginning to the end. She had always contacted the matchmaker in the village. When the matchmaker told her family about the high betrothal gift, they exchanged the engagement cards immediately.

Before the wedding, we were still afraid of being exposed, so we decided to give it another try. So we asked for a sewing machine. We really didn't intend to cheat money, so we wanted Dongxu's family to cancel the engagement, but who knew that his family actually agreed. Besides, we didn't even see the betrothal money, we gave it all to Huairu's family.

I couldn't think of a solution, so my parents knelt down to me again. I didn't agree at first. They are my family, why should I pay for it? Later I figured it out. Instead of being harassed by my family every day at home, it would be better to marry to the city and cut off contact with them.

Yes, I admit that I had planned it all when I was a child, but I was forced to get married this time. I just wanted to leave that cannibalistic home.

As for Huairu's family and Tiger Village Chief Qin Baogen, what they are doing here and what they did before, I really don't know." Qin Erni roughly recounted the whole process in a confused manner.

"Well, Qin Erni, please think about it again. Is there anything you missed? I'll take Comrade Chen Ping out first." The military control committee member did not give Qin Erni a chance to speak and directly took Chen Ping out of the room.

"Comrade Chen Ping, how much do you think she said is true and how much is false? My last name is Ma, just call me Xiao Ma." Xiao Ma asked directly not long after they went out of the door, because he thought Chen Ping was definitely an expert in questioning, so there was no need to be polite.

Chen Ping thought for a while and said:

"It's half true and half false. The story is true, but it should be her who instigated it. As for the method, there is no need to worry too much. She is a smart person and can't find any evidence. Besides, I was just trying to scare her. I don't even know if she is guilty of those crimes. Haha."

Xiao Ma laughed dryly and said, "How much do you think she knows about Qin Baogen?"

Chen Ping replied without hesitation:

"She knows a lot, but she won't tell you. She will only guide you to investigate on your own, and in a direction that is beneficial to her. There is no need to fight to the death with a girl.

I suggest you take her to the hospital for a physical examination. I see she wants to vomit but doesn't dare to. She might be pregnant. If you use her or the child's safety as an excuse, she should be more cooperative. Even if she doesn't cooperate, you have to let her go.

In fact, her problem is not that big. There are many people who plot marriage in the countryside. As long as Qin Baogen is nailed to death, he is a disaster. Okay, then we will leave."...