Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Meng Zhen never imagined that Deng Yuming would die like this.Obviously yesterday afternoon people were still sitting in his room gossiping:

"Old Meng, I'm going to be a father again, why aren't you happy for me, it's uglier than crying."

"Old Meng, I'm here to rub your luck, so that the possibility of my having a son will be greater."

"Old Meng, you are talking about you, why every time I come to your house, you don't have a good face, it looks like I owe you millions..."

"Old Meng..."

On Mengzhen's way to the county government with the official post, what Deng Yuming said yesterday went straight into his ears, as if he was still in front of him.

The snow that fell yesterday stopped this morning. Looking around, the sky and the earth are all the same color, and it is all white.

The streets in the county town are mainly paved with bluestone slabs. The streets have been swept clean. Heavy snow is piled up under poplar trees on both sides of the street. Meng Zhen passed under a locust tree. Thinking of Deng Yuming's death, he still feels suddenly.

Two quarters of an hour later, the county government court.

When Meng Zhen was brought in by the guards, many people were already kneeling under the courtroom, including Meng Hong, Ah Qing, their family members, Deng's family, and even the old doctor who treated Deng Yuming yesterday.

Meng Zhen has the reputation of a scholar, and he does not kneel when he sees an official.He saluted the county magistrate sitting in the hall, and the county magistrate asked him to tell the truth about Deng Yuming's fall yesterday.

Meng Zhen didn't hide a single word, and detailed everything that happened after Deng Yuming came to his house yesterday afternoon.After hearing this, the county magistrate turned his eyes to the old doctor kneeling in the hall, "Is what he said true? Deng Yuming died because of a fall, nothing else."

The old doctor kowtowed and said: "My lord, the magistrate, what this master said is true. Master Deng did fall on his head, and the blood bruised, so he died naturally."

The county magistrate has already asked the old doctor this question once, and the reason why he asked again is to verify that what Mengzhen said is not false.Immediately, the county magistrate knocked on the board: "Since that's the case, what else can your Deng family complain about?"

The members of the Deng family were Deng Yuming's eldest wife and their daughter and son-in-law.Last night after the doctor and the Meng family left one after another, the eldest wife of the Deng family ordered her servants to make medicine and fed it to her master herself. Afterwards, she stayed by the bed and cried for a while, then went back to her room to rest.

In the middle of the night, the maidservant who was guarding Deng Yuming suddenly came to report. The master suddenly woke up and babbled nonsense, then kicked his legs and lost his breath.

Mrs. Deng cried and came to his master's room. The house was full of female relatives. When the master died suddenly, she was flustered for a while and didn't know what to do.

It was the mother-in-law next to her who reminded her to call her daughter and son-in-law who were also in the county to come back. People cannot be resurrected after death, so think about how to divide the family wealth.

Mrs. Deng was an uninitiated person. After hearing what the mother-in-law said, she quickly called her daughter and uncle.The daughter stood in front of his father's body and couldn't stop crying, but the uncle asked: "Mother-in-law, father-in-law came to our house a few days ago with a fish. At that time, people were alive and well. Why do you say nothing? What happened? thing."

Mrs. Deng wiped her tears while telling the story of Meng's family sending Deng Yuming back. Her master fell at the gate of Meng's mansion, was sent back at night, and died the next night.

The uncle was full of doubts after hearing this: "Well, why do I feel that the death of my father-in-law is strange? Their Meng family only said that his father-in-law fell in front of their house, how did he fall, who knows if they moved his hands and feet."

"This..." Mrs. Deng was also puzzled, "Master Meng and your father-in-law have been friends for many years, there is no need to harm your father-in-law."

"He's not harmed, who knows if other people have." The eldest son-in-law said, "Furthermore, his father-in-law's death is unknown, so we can't just let it go, we have to ask someone for an explanation. Mother, let's report to the police immediately. "

Just as Mrs. Deng had listened to her mother-in-law and asked her daughter-in-law to come back, she also listened to her son-in-law. The next day, she was accompanied by her daughter and uncle to the county government to appeal for grievances.

The magistrate of the county heard the family's cry and was busy with officials to bring the defendant, and by the way, the doctor who treated Deng Yuming.

Before Mengzhen came, the county magistrate had already interrogated Meng Hong, the doctor and others. Now that Mengzhen came, he combined the words of the plaintiff and the defendant with the words of Mengzhen, and came to the conclusion that, Deng Yuming accidentally fell down the steps of the Meng Mansion, which was an accidental casualty, and the defendant did not constitute the crime of intentional injury.

"My lord..." Uncle Deng did not give up, and kowtowed, "My lord, Caomin's father-in-law died suddenly. You can't just listen to the one-sided words of Meng's father and son and judge them innocent. When they sent Caomin's father-in-law back yesterday, Caomin's father-in-law was already gone. Save personnel, who knows how Caomin's father-in-law fell into a coma, and whether they did it."

The county magistrate: "Didn't the doctor say that your father-in-law has a bruise on the back of his head, which was obviously caused by a fall. Even if you suspect that someone has tampered with it, you have to have a basis. What is their motive for harming your father-in-law? Or murder, you have to say the same thing, and you can't let the official judge randomly. Moreover, catch thieves and seize stolen goods, take people and collect evidence, what do you use to prove that your father-in-law was murdered by Meng's father and son. "

"This..." The uncle of the Deng family was a little embarrassed when asked, "It is that Caomin's father-in-law was not killed by them, but he also fell at their door. The Meng family's father and son are more or less involved, please make the decision for Caomin's father-in-law .”

The magistrate of the county was hurt by this man's repeated rhetoric. He has been the county magistrate of Xianghe County for nearly five years, and he has tried countless cases and disputes. , They couldn't accept it for a while, and insisted on asking for an explanation.

It's just that life and death are life and death, which cannot be determined by human efforts. The Deng family has to produce evidence if they want to question the Meng family father and son. Locked up and tortured into tricks.

"Well..." The county magistrate hummed heavily, "According to what you said, if your father-in-law died at the door of Meng's house, the Meng family would have to be responsible. Does that mean that someone will die at your door one day in the future? It's your family's fault. Moreover, your father-in-law died in his own home, so he couldn't fall on the head of Meng's father and son."

"Your Excellency..." The eldest uncle of the Deng family cried and knelt down. At this time, the uncle who went to the Deng family for an autopsy went and returned. The county magistrate interrupted him and asked the uncle, "What was the result? Why did the master of the Deng family die?"

Wu Zuo reported: "Except for the bruise on the head, there is nothing wrong with the rest of the body, and there is no sign of poisoning. It is determined that he died from the fall."

Now the eldest uncle of the Deng family had nothing to say, and the county magistrate dropped the gavel heavily and withdrew from the hall.

The Deng family came out of the county government with a suffocated breath, thinking that the county magistrate deliberately favored the Meng family.Speaking of which, the magistrate of the county has some selfish intentions. The magistrate of the county and the eldest son of the Meng Mansion, Meng Qing, are old acquaintances. Meng Qing is doing business in Xianghe County, so he must visit the government mansion, and he has given the mansion a lot of benefits. Seeing that Meng Qing was honest and warm-hearted, the county magistrate had a good impression of him and his family.Moreover, the Meng family father and son are indeed innocent in this case, so how could he punish the Meng family indiscriminately because of a few crying complaints from the Deng family.Calling for a trial is just a formality.

Unaware that the father and son of the Meng family, who were favored by the county magistrate, came out of the county government office. Mengzhen's books and utensils were still in the school, so Meng Hong called a carriage to take his father back to school.

When I arrived at the school, it happened that the morning class had just ended.Some students surrounded Mengzhen and asked him why he was taken away by the officials, and he was fine.

Meng Zhen waved his hand: "It's nothing." He asked them to go about their own affairs, and don't surround him, there are too many people and it's too noisy.

After the students had dispersed, Deng Bowen came over quietly and asked, "Uncle Meng, what's the matter, what happened to you, why were you taken away by the officials?"

Meng Zhen took a look at Deng Bowen, thinking that Deng Bowen was Deng Yuming's nephew, and Deng Bowen should cry for mourning when Deng Yuming died.But Deng Bowen was still in the school, and his face and demeanor were the same as usual, without the slightest hint of sadness, so he knew that Deng Bowen probably didn't know about Deng Yuming's death.

Moreover, the relationship between uncle and nephew is not very good, and they don't usually move around very much. It's normal for Deng Yuming not to know.

"Bowen!" Meng Zhen thought for a while, and decided that it would be better to tell him the news of Deng Yuming's death.

"What's the matter, Uncle Mun?" Deng Bowen asked.

"Your uncle is dead." Meng Zhen whispered.

"What?" Deng Bowen was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Uncle Meng, are you joking? I saw my uncle a few days ago, holding a birdcage in his hand, humming a little song , don’t mention how comfortable you are, how could you die.”

At the end of the talk, he had already suppressed his smile, Meng Zhen had a serious face, and his serious look didn't look like he was joking.And Mengzhen never lied to him.

"Uncle Meng!" Deng Bowen trembled when he heard the words squeezed out of his throat, "You are really right, my uncle is dead. Why did he die so well?"

Deng Bowen suddenly felt very uncomfortable. Although his uncle's family was not in harmony with theirs, they were all surnamed Deng. They were connected by blood, broken bones and tendons. How could he not be sad when this person left suddenly.

Deng Bowen's nose was slightly sore, and tears welled up in his eyes.Meng Zhen patted him on the shoulder, and told him the ins and outs of the incident, as well as the fact that he was summoned by the magistrate.

Deng Bowen wiped away his tears, got up and bowed to him: "Thank you, Uncle Meng, for letting me know that this matter is not your fault, Bowen went home first." Meng Zhen watched Deng Bowen leave the classroom door, and in the afternoon class, he was never seen again People.

Deng Yuming's death was caught off guard, and as a "friend", Meng Zhen should go to pay homage.Early the next morning, he was accompanied by Meng Hong to Deng's house.

But the door stopped them, saying that their eldest wife ordered him not to let his Meng family step into the gate of their Deng's house.

Meng Hong saw that this family had a bad attitude, and they were completely different from when they came the night before yesterday. He thought to himself, this family is really ungrateful. Not even a funeral.

It was also fortunate that Deng Yuming was sent back at that time, otherwise he would be carried back to their home, Deng Yuming died in their home, and with the attitude of the Deng family, their home would have to be demolished.

"Father, they won't let us in, let's go." Meng Hong went to pull his father, but Meng Zhen didn't move, and said to the doorman: "Is Deng Bowen inside, please go and inform, Meng Zhen is here with his son Tribute."

The door said horizontally: "Not here, hurry up, our eldest wife said that your family will be unlucky, ask us to stay away from you, don't be unlucky to us."

"Hey..." Meng Hong was very angry when he heard this, and he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to punch this guy, "My young master has always been called happy when he grows up, but it's the first time he was called unlucky today, I think It's unlucky for your Deng family, otherwise, it's your master lying inside..."

"Meng Hong!" Meng Zhen scolded, "Don't be too quick to talk, since we can't get in, let's go."

Meng Hong hurriedly supported his father, and when he turned to leave, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Wait a minute."

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