After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

The Zhang brothers worked for three days and arranged everything, including the coffin, white hemp, and the cemetery.

Then he was invited to Jingzhao Prefecture.

Lord Cen slammed the gavel, and the bailiffs all struck the court sticks.

"mighty!"

"Today, I am here to hear the case of the carriage losing control and the death of the old man of the Zhang family."

"Bring Fang Tong and his wife and the Meng family guards to the hall."

The three of them came out under the protection of the yamen runners.

None of the three knelt, but stood and saluted.

"Fang Tong, Qian Fengping, you two were riding in a carriage home when it lost control. You two didn't know why, and when you got off, the horse's head was chopped off, and Old Master Zhang had already passed away. Do you have any additional information?"

The couple shook their heads and said no more.

A bailiff brought a confession and asked them to sign it.

"Meng family guard, you fly over and kill the horse to stop it from going berserk. Make sure it doesn't hit anyone in the process. Do you have any objections?"

The man in black shook his head and signed as well.

The three were asked to stand aside and listen to the public trial that followed.

"Bring Wu Laogen, Laicai, and the groom to the hall."

"Greetings, my lord."

The three men were treated very differently. They had shackles on their hands and feet and had to kneel and bow.

Ceng Gong nodded.

"Horseman Chen Er, according to your confession, you followed Lai Cai's orders and fed the horses with intoxicating grass?"

"Yes." The groom responded tremblingly.

"Then where did you get the horse-drunkenness grass, and when did you start feeding it to the horses?"

Ceng Gong spoke majestically.

"Drunken Horse Grass, yes, Laicai gave it to me. I fed it to the horses early in the morning on the day of the snack competition."

The coachman glanced at Laicai secretly.

Ceng Gong smiled and asked, "Laicai, where did you get the horse-drunken grass?"

"The master told me to go to Heshun Hall and buy it. When Lord Fang and his companions came to Beijing, it was our master who arranged the carriage, so it would be easier to start by tampering with the horse."

Laicai was much calmer than the groom and spoke in great detail.

"Oh? Lord Fang doesn't have a car at home?" Ceng Gong was curious.

After all, he is a ninth-rank official, so he can't be too shabby.

Without waiting for Fang Tong to respond, Lai Cai said, "Your Excellency, it was our master who kindly invited us. He also said that Mr. Fang is quite frugal and would gladly agree if we told him that he wouldn't have to prepare fodder and pay livestock taxes when entering the capital."

Hiss! This isn't thrifty, it's stingy.

The onlookers all felt that this Lord Fang was very down-to-earth and very much like a relative of theirs who usually liked to take advantage of others.

Ceng Gong was silent for a moment before asking, "Master Fang, is that so?"

Fang Tong said stubbornly, "Yes."

But he glared at Wu Dongjia, you bad friend, you said bad things about me to the servants behind my back!

As a result, he lost all the dignity of a ninth-rank official.

Wu Dongjia lowered his head obediently and pretended to be innocent.

Complaining about things like this can satisfy you if you do it behind someone's back, but if you get caught, you have to bear the embarrassment yourself.

"But if a horse eats the Drunken Horse Grass, it will become ill within half an hour. It takes quite a while to get from the Wu family to Wanbao Tower, and the dim sum competition took nearly three hours."

"Chen Er, you don't go to Wanbaolou specifically to feed the horses, do you?"

Ceng Gong asked loudly.

Chen Er broke out in a cold sweat: "This is my first time doing something like this, and I'm scared, so I only put a little bit of Drunken Horse Grass. Maybe that's why the effect is slow."

"You are quite clever, taking such a big risk for your brother-in-law. But I have received news that your sister gave birth today and has already died."

Cengong stared into his eyes.

Chen Er's pupils shrank: "Impossible, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, didn't you hire the best midwife?"

He turned to Laicai and couldn't help screaming.

Wu Dongjia raised his eyebrows, his personal servant had quite a few secrets.

He didn't even know that Laicai was married.

He thought he had seen countless people and had the ability to judge people, but in the end he fell into such a trap.

Laicai felt cold all over and had a bad premonition rising.

"Yes, Master Cen, Chen Damei's matter has nothing to do with this case."

"What a jerk! He's questioning me in court! Come, drag him out and beat him!"

Two yamen runners immediately covered Laicai's mouth and dragged him out.

Ceng Gong glanced at the people in the hall before saying, "I have found out that Chen Er has an older sister. They have been dependent on each other since childhood. In order to take care of Chen Er, his sister delayed getting married."

"After Chen Er signed a ten-year contract and went to the Wu family to feed and raise horses, the siblings' lives began to improve."

"Once, Chen Daxi came to Wu's house to bring a change of clothes for his younger brother. Unexpectedly, Laicai was attracted by her beauty and raped her."

"Chen Er wanted to kill Lai Cai, but was stopped by his sister. Lai Cai said that he would marry Chen Da Mei as long as she gave him a child. Coincidentally, Chen Da Mei soon found out she was pregnant, so Chen Er endured it."

"Some time ago, Lai Cai found Chen Er and said that he was attracted to Chen Damei and had come to his senses. He would marry her regardless of whether the baby was a boy or a girl."

"Using this as a condition, I bribed Chen Er to admit that he had fed the horse with the intoxicating grass."

Chen Er's face turned pale, but he retorted subconsciously.

"That's not the case. My brother-in-law said it was the master's order."

Ceng Gong sighed.

"Poor Chen Er, you don't know that Lai Cai, relying on his position as Mr. Wu's personal servant, bullied the maids in the mansion. There were three maids who were defiled by him!"

"Chen Damei has noticed it for a long time, but she didn't dare to tell you because she was afraid that you would offend Laicai impulsively."

"Impossible!" Chen Er collapsed, his eyes red.

How could this happen? Did Laicai cheat him?

Lord Cen said nothing, just raised his hand.

Three maids were brought up.

Their confessions clearly showed that they were deceived and defiled by Lai Cai.

There are also people who don't believe in Lai Cai, or hate him and never want to marry him.

But they didn't dare to speak out. If a woman's body was damaged, how could she survive?

Wu Dongjia frowned and looked at them. He had no idea that he had such evil slaves at home.

Qian Fengping felt a little sympathetic towards them. In this world, women should be more able to protect themselves.

"Lai Cai won't marry Chen Damei, so he hired a midwife to tamper with Damei's birth... and then just say it was an accident."

Cengong continued.

"Ah!" Chen Er went crazy.

He got up and wanted to go outside to settle the score with Laicai.

But he was held down by two yamen runners and could not move.

After he calmed down for a while, Ceng Gong spoke.

"Chen Er, at this point, why don't you tell the truth?"

Chen Er's eyes were bloodshot and tears were dripping down his cheeks: "Can I collect my sister's body?"

"As long as you tell the truth, I can give you a chance to meet Chen Damei." Lord Cen said.

"I, I'll recruit."