Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Just as the stalemate was about to begin, the yamen runners came over. It turned out that the yamen runners had gone to Wafang Village, but found nothing. Thinking of Xiao Wan's words, they rushed to Dahuaishu Village.

It happened to be the person who went to see Zhao Lizheng last time. When Zhao Lizheng heard it, he quickly took people to look for him, and finally found the Zheng family in front of the workshop.

After the bailiff explained the situation, he took the Zheng family away and went to the Jiyuncheng County Government Office.

The Zheng family was dumbfounded. What was going on? In order to get a divorce, Xiao had actually gone to the county government office to sue them. This Xiao family was quite courageous.

Old Man Zheng and Zhou were furious and angry. They were ordinary people who had been bullying in Wafang Village all their lives. How could they dare to really see the officials? The mayor was like a god.

Seeing the yamen runners urging them, the Zheng family had no choice but to follow them to the Jiyun City County Yamen. They were trembling with fear, almost fainting, and hated the Xiao family with gnashing teeth in their hearts.

The yamen runners finally brought the Zheng family to the court of Jiyun City County Government. It was their first time in the court and they were trembling. The yamen runners on both sides of the court knocked the ground with water and fire sticks, making a solid sound, and they shouted in unison, "Mighty."

The Zheng family members were so frightened that they immediately fell to their knees, shouting "Master.

Zhao Wenqing slammed the gavel and demanded in a stern voice, "Who is kneeling in the hall? Tell me your name!"

The Zheng family was frightened again and answered quickly.

Zhao Wenqing continued, "You are Xiao's husband's family. Xiao is now suing you for trafficking a decent woman and selling her to a brothel. Is this true?"

"Sir, it's unfair, we didn't do it. Xiao, how could you be so cruel to wrongly accuse us?" Zhou cried out in injustice and looked at Xiao Zhen'er with vicious eyes. Old man Zheng also stared at the Xiao family with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, Old Man Xiao and Mrs. Liu stood in front of their daughter and stared at the Zheng family without giving in.

"Mom, I'm fine. Let me tell you." Xiao Zhen'er said softly to her parents, then turned to the Zheng family and replied to Zhao Wenqing.

"Sir, I've been married into the Zheng family for two years. I've worked hard all year round, which led to my miscarriage. I've also been beaten and scolded all year round, and my body is almost broken. That's all fine, but they actually want to sell me to pay off Zheng Dashi's gambling debts." Xiao Zhen'er said angrily.

"Nonsense, when did I agree to let mother sell you?" Zheng Dashi yelled unhappily, and the Zheng brothers also agreed.

Zhao Wenqing slammed the gavel, and the Zheng family became dispirited again.

"Is there any evidence?"

"Your Excellency, there are witnesses. They are the madam and the pimp of Yicui Tower." Xiao Zhen'er said without fear.

Zhou was shocked when she heard this. How could it be possible? How could they know this? She had even kept it a secret from her family and had already received the deposit.

How can this be good?

No matter how scared Zhou was, what was coming was coming.

When the madam Li Mama and the pimp of Yicui Tower saw the county magistrate, they knelt down and saluted. Zhou was so frightened that she fainted.

Zhao Wenqing asked sternly, "Are you two buying and selling the decent woman Xiao?"

"Your Excellency, we didn't. We did buy a peasant woman named Xiao from the Zheng family, but the Zheng family said that Xiao was bought by the Zheng family and then sold to us, so we bought her now."

"Your Excellency is wise. We would never dare to break the law." Mother Li and Turtle Gong kowtowed and cried out for justice.

"The Zheng family said they have never done any business with you. Look at everyone in the hall. Who is the one who did business with you? Is there a contract?" Zhao Wenqing asked.

"Yes, there is a contract, sir. It was her, Zhou, the Xiao she sold. She told me that Xiao was the one she bought, so I agreed to buy her."

Mother Li turned around and saw Zhou, and quickly pointed at her and said, "Sir, this is unfair! This old woman is wrongly accusing me. I didn't do that."

"Hey, you don't have it? I have a contract here with Mrs. Zhou's fingerprint on it. You will know once you check it." After saying that, Mother Li handed over the contract in her hand.

Immediately a bailiff took it and presented it.

Zhao Wenqing looked at it carefully and saw that the contract stated that Zhou had sold Xiao Zhen'er and collected a deposit of ten taels. He was extremely angry and asked someone to take Zhou's fingerprints for comparison, and they were indeed consistent.

Zhao Wenqing slammed the gavel and shouted angrily, "How dare Zhou, you dare to buy and sell decent women? What is your crime?"

The Zheng family was shocked. Zheng Dashi didn't expect that his mother had already sold Xiao and received a deposit, but he didn't know about it. What should he do with his gambling debts?

Old Man Zheng and his sons were even more shocked. Why didn't the old woman discuss it with them?

Only then did Zhou realize the seriousness of the matter. She was so scared that she fell to the ground and shouted, "Sir, I won't dare to do it again, I won't dare to do it again."

Unfortunately, it was too late. According to the laws of the Yuan Dynasty, "Anyone who buys, sells or traffics innocent people shall be sentenced to fifty lashes of the stick, three years in prison, one year of hard labor, and a fine of fifty taels of silver, which must be paid within three days. Otherwise, the government will forcibly auction off the land and houses under his name."

After hearing this, Zhou and Zheng's family cried and begged for mercy. Apart from anything else, who could come up with the fifty taels?

Old man Zheng slapped Zhou in the face and gasped in anger. Fifty taels, it would bankrupt him.

The sons looked reluctant but did not stop their father. After all, because of their mother, their family had not yet divided the property, and the fifty taels had to be paid from the public. This way, their family would suffer a loss, and they might even have to lose everything.

The sons of the Zheng family were all holding a grudge and were determined to split up the family business after returning home no matter what!

The Xiao family felt very happy and relieved to hear this. They finally got rid of their anger!