Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Yang Dong was afraid that Yang Wu would say something irreparable, so he answered for him: "My son is fine..."

"Let him speak for himself!" Chen Shao shouted coldly.

Yang Wu looked at Yang Dong in panic. Yang Dong lowered his eyebrows and reminded him in a low voice: "You told the adults the truth. Just walk properly. He ran over and knocked you to the ground for no reason."

Yang Wu's mind was already a mess. Hearing his words, he immediately repeated them: "I was walking on the street and he suddenly ran over and knocked me to the ground. I asked him to help me up and apologize to me, but he refused."

Chen Shao gave Yang Dong a warning look, "On which street were you walking peacefully and he knocked you to the ground?"

Yang Wu subconsciously looked at Yang Dong again.

Yang Dong was about to "remind" him again, but Chen Shao slammed the gavel hard, "If you dare to disturb the court again, I will drag you out and execute you!"

Yang Dong shut up immediately.

Yang Wu didn't dare to look at him anymore, and could only rack his brains to answer: "Right, right on the street in Qingshui Town."

"Are you sure it was on the street in Qingshui Town?" Chen Shao asked.

Yang Wu nodded randomly, "Yes, it's on the street in Qingshui Town."

"Okay." Chen Shao asked immediately, "Were there many people on the street when he bumped into you?"

Yang Wu suppressed the urge to look at Yang Dong and answered with effort: "Not many, not many people."

"According to my understanding," Chen Shao's voice was chilled, "people from the village or the township go to the town to buy and sell things, and they always go there when there is a gathering. Was there a gathering on the day he bumped into you?"

Yang Wu couldn't remember. Since he had said that there weren't many people, it definitely wasn't a gathering. Just as he was about to answer, Ji Tang said before him, "That day was a gathering!"

Chen Shao looked back at Yang Wu, who said in panic, "Then, that's a rally."

Chen Shao followed his words: "Since it is a rally, how many people are there on the street?"

Yang Wu was about to cry, "A lot, a lot."

"Since there were so many people," Chen Shao pressed on, "Since there were so many people, how did he suddenly run over and bump into you?"

"He, he..." Yang Wu didn't know how to answer, and instinctively, he looked at Yang Dong again.

Feeling Chen Shao's gaze on him, Yang Dong cursed him in anger. In recent months, although he had asked others to mediate with the Ji family, he also taught him in secret how to deal with the situation if the Ji family sued Chen Shao. But he didn't say a word that he should say, but kept saying things that he shouldn't say like a bamboo tube pouring out beans!

"Dad." Yang Wu became anxious after not hearing Yang Dong's voice for a long time, and could not help but yell at Yang Wu.

Yang Dong was so angry that he wanted to slap him twice, but he had to say: "Reporting to the Lord..."

Chen Shao interrupted him and asked coldly, "Were you there when Ji Quan bumped into him?"

Yang Dong was about to bite the bullet and answer yes. After all, it had been many years and she had no way to verify it. But Chen Shao seemed to have expected it and said, "You'd better think about it before you answer. What will happen if you lie to me? I think the Wen family, the Zhu family, the Gu family and the like are the best answers."

After a pause, he continued: "As for whether I can find a witness after so many years, you can try."

Yang Dong immediately changed the subject and said, "Only Xiao'er and Yang Feng were present."

"Since there are only two of them present," Chen Shao said bluntly, "let them answer."

Yang Dong said politely, "Yes."

After warning Yang Dong, Chen Shao looked back at Yang Wu: "Tell me, how did he bump into you?"

Yang Wu panicked and suddenly remembered what Yang Dong had reminded him of last night. He immediately replied, "He ran back and knocked me to the ground! Yes, that's it!"

"He's talking nonsense," Ji Neng retorted. "I've inquired about it. It was Ji Quan and he who both liked the bamboo-carved mask. Ji Quan bought it before him. He wanted to take it away, but Ji Quan didn't run away. We chased each other and ran around the town several times. Before I found it, Ji Quan tripped in the bamboo forest, and the two of them rushed over and assaulted him!"

Yang Wu said in a hateful voice: "I didn't want to beat him to death, I just wanted him to give me the bamboo carved mask. He refused to give it to me, so I accidentally hit him a few more times. He couldn't help hitting me, don't blame me!"

Yang Dong collapsed to the ground with a deathly pale face.

Chen Shao glanced at him and then looked at Yang Feng.

Yang Feng hurriedly knelt and took two steps to the side, and quickly distanced himself from the matter, saying, "My Lord, it was he who beat me, it was all him who beat me, I didn't do anything."

Seeing that Yang Wu did not refute, Chen Shao turned to Yang Dong and asked, "Did you take the initiative to find Lu Dayou and let Lu Si take the blame for Yang Wu?"

At this point, no matter how much he tried to explain, it was useless. Yang Dong closed his eyes and regretted not giving the two hundred taels of silver. However, he could admit that Yang Wu had killed Ji Quan, but he could not just admit that Lü Dayou had done it: "Lü Dayou still owed me thirteen cents for the coarse cloth. I went to him just to give it a try, and I didn't think he would agree."

"No matter what your reason was, you did find him." Chen Shao said coldly, "Tell me, how did you come up with the idea of ​​letting Lü Dayou's son take the blame for Yang Wu, and how much silver did you promise to Lü Dayou?"

"It was Lei Lao San who sold tofu who told me." Yang Dong sold people without hesitation, "I promised to give Lu Dayou ten taels of silver?"

Chen Shao asked: "How did Lei Lao San come up with this idea?"

Yang Dong: “I don’t know.”

Chen Shao: "Then repeat to me word for word what he said when he gave you this idea."

Without thinking, Yang Dong repeated what Lei Lao San had said when he came to give him advice.

Chen Shao couldn't help but look at him a few more times before asking, "Since Lei Lao San suggested that you pay 20 taels, but you only promised to give Lu Dayou 10 taels?"

Yang Dong said bluntly: "Ten taels of silver is enough for their family to use for two years. Two years of good life in exchange for Lu Si's life is not a big loss."

Chen Shao's eyes darkened slightly, "Why do you think it's not a big deal to exchange two years of good life for Lu Si's life?"

Yang Dong said confidently: "They can barely afford to eat. Without my ten taels of silver, they wouldn't survive for more than two years."

"Without your ten taels of silver, they won't survive for two years," Chen Shao sneered and ordered Fu Jiu, "Go and invite Lu Dayou out!"

Yang Dong's body suddenly stiffened. He followed Fu Jiu into the side hall with his eyes, and then stared at Lu Dayou trembling as he came out of the side hall. His face turned pale: He had always thought that it was the Ji family who sued him, but it turned out to be him!

This old immortal!

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have given them even ten taels of silver!

Lu Dayou, the white-haired old man, had not fallen asleep. When he heard Yang Dong's voice, if he had not been afraid of Chen Shao, he would have almost rushed out to confront him. At this moment, he came out of the side hall and saw Yang Dong from a distance. He hurried over and stabbed the stick hard, saying, "You still want to lie in front of the adults! You promised us fifty taels of silver back then. My fourth son took the knife for your son, but you turned your face and refused to recognize me. Do you still have a conscience?"

Yang Dong said ruthlessly: "You said that I promised fifty taels of silver, what evidence do you have?"

"You..." Lu Dayou was so angry that he was shaking.

Seeing him like this, Yang Dong couldn't help but become more aggressive and said, "As long as you can produce evidence, I can give you the remaining 40 taels now. If you can't produce evidence, I will sue you for slander!"

"you you……"

"Please be clear-headed, sir." Yang Dong ignored him and turned around to Chen Shao and said, "Lü Dayou is lying. I suspect he was deliberately instigated by someone!"

Chen Shao said: "Then tell me, who instigated him?"

Yang Dong looked at Ji Quan's family: "I suspect it was the Ji family who instigated him!"

Ji Quan's family looked at the anxious Lu Dayou coldly and did not help.

In their view, the fate of Lu Dayou's family was entirely their own fault.

When they suddenly heard Yang Dong accusing them of instigating Lu Dayou, they were unable to react for a moment.