Tianshi Farming Daily

After hearing this, the jailer quickly opened the cell door and brought the two out.

"When you two come to the court, you can answer whatever your lord asks. If you lie, you will not be forgiven." Ge Butouci warned solemnly.

But Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo neither said yes nor nodded in agreement.

Just as the jailer was about to yell, Butou Ge stopped him and took the two of them away.

The jailer spat on the ground, "If you still dare to come back, see if I won't skin you two."

When Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo arrived at the gate of the court, Butou Ge handed them over to the two yamen servants, turned around and left.

The yamen servant asked them to kneel in the middle of the courtroom and wait. Gu Lingze raised his hand and flashed it in front of their eyes. The two yamen servants were stunned for a moment and then came back to their senses.

"Just kneel here and don't move." After speaking, he stood aside.

Zhao Chengmo glanced at Gu Lingze, they were still standing here, why is that yamen servant...?

Gu Lingze made a mouth shape, telling him not to pay attention, and then handed him a talisman paper for him to stick on his body.

Gu Lingze felt that he could kneel on his knees to the Taoist ancestor, and on his knees to kneel to the master.

But it doesn't make sense to be bound by feudal ethics now, so he came up with this trick.

After a while, other yamen servants also came in with court sticks and stood neatly in two rows on both sides of the courtroom.

mighty……

Yao Zhifu and the other two came in from the back hall and sat in the courtroom.

He patted the gavel, and asked loudly: "Who is kneeling in the hall, please report the name."

"Grassman Zhao Chengmo."

"Grassman Gu Lingze."

"Did the two of you have a quarrel with the deceased Zou Yingguang five days ago and injured him?"

"Yes." Gu Lingze admitted generously.

Yao Zhifu did not expect Gu Lingze to answer so simply, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"What is the conflict?"

Gu Lingze narrated the events of that day in an orderly and clear manner.

Zhifu Yao nodded after hearing this, and was about to speak when suddenly there was a sound outside.

"Nonsense!" The shouter came in aggressively, passed by the two people and gave them a vicious look.

"Zou Guangmao, the official of the Qing Dynasty, pays his respects to Your Excellency." After speaking, he bowed and bowed.

Prefect Yao frowned slightly, looking a little unhappy, but he immediately raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty Zou, you don't need to be too polite."

After Zou Guangmao straightened up, he immediately turned to look at the two of them.

"Bold and unruly, you dare to talk nonsense in order to get rid of the crime, you..."

Yao Zhifu cleared his throat and interrupted Zou Guangmao's aggressiveness.

"I understand Master Zou's loss of his son's heart, but this case happened in Beiyong Mansion, right and wrong, I can make my own judgment."

"My lord, you can't just listen to this glib little guy's one-sided words. My family's servants were also present that day, and I asked you to call them up."

Yao Zhifu looked slightly cold, but he still nodded to the pushing officer beside him.

The pusher took two steps forward and shouted towards the door: "Bring the slaves of the Zou family to the court."

Several people bowed their heads and were brought to the hall by the yamen servants. After kneeling down, they told about the events of that day.

The whole thing came to their mouths, and Gu Lingze and the others relied on force to force Zou Yingguang to give up the room he had booked before. When Zou Yingguang refused, Zhao Chengmo fought violently.

Gu Lingze sneered, and said, "You mean, Zou Yingguang was beaten to death by us?"

Zou Guangmao said angrily, "You still want to quibble now?!"

"Since it's so serious, why didn't you report it to the authorities on the day it happened?" Gu Lingze retorted.

Just as Zou Guangmao was about to speak, he continued to ask: "Furthermore, it has been five days since this happened. If Zou Yingguang had a serious illness before or was beaten again, would it be our fault?"

After asking this question, an angry Zou Guangmao gritted his teeth at Gu Lingze with deep hatred, but Zhifu Yao nodded after hearing this.

Zou Guangmao suddenly turned around and cupped his hands, and shouted loudly: "Master Yao, I think these thugs are very stubborn, and they won't recruit without punishment."

"Come here! Bring me the instruments of torture."

Prefect Yao picked up the gavel and slapped it heavily on the table, said 'quiet', then stood up and walked to Zou Guangmao.

"Lord Zou, you and I are both officials of the imperial court, so I give you some convenience, but now you repeatedly obstruct my trial, then I will not try it today."

"Come on, take them both back to the prison and keep them under strict supervision." As soon as the words fell, the two yamen servants stepped forward and walked out holding the arms of Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo.

Before Gu Lingze turned around, a piece of yellow paper fell from his sleeve. Before anyone could see it, Zou Guangmao stepped on it.

"Master Yao, you are deliberately covering up the prisoner!" Zou Guangmao pointed at Zhifu Yao angrily.

"Master Zou said carefully, the two of them have not been convicted yet, so they cannot be called criminals." Facing such accusations, Yao Zhifu replied indifferently.

Zou Guangmao laughed back angrily, nodded and said: "I will tell you what the prefect Yao said and did today, and let him report to the imperial court, and I ask you to take care of yourself." After speaking, he threw up his sleeves and walked out.

The Tongzhi at the side came up, and said cautiously: "My lord, Zou Guangmao's younger brother is the right deputy capital envoy of Zheng Sanpin, we can't afford to offend him."

Prefect Yao said calmly, "It's okay."

At night, the jailer who had previously clashed with Gu Lingze and the others was changed, and before leaving, he threatened.

The two remaining jailers stood at the door, and Gu Lingze called out softly, "Brothers, please come here."

"What's the matter?" The jailer came over and asked impatiently.

Gu Lingze fumbled in his sleeve, took out a piece of silver and handed it to him.

"With this little money, I invite the two big brothers to drink, and I also ask you to bring us two quilts to cover us."

The jailer touched his chin, took the silver and looked at it, then put it in his arms, and said 'wait'.

After a while, the jailer threw in two dark and damp bars and said, "Let's just cover it." Then he turned and left.

Zhao Chengmo frowned slightly, took off his robe and handed it to the other party.

"What are you doing?" Gu Lingze looked at him inexplicably.

"This quilt is moldy. If you sleep cold, this is for you."

"Who's going to sleep, you idiot." Gu Lingze couldn't laugh or cry.After finishing speaking, he turned his back to the door and took out the key chain in his sleeve and shook it at him. Gu Lingze raised his eyebrows, and Zhao Chengmo nodded with a smile.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, the two yamen servants had already drunk all kinds of meat and eight vegetables. Gu Lingze handed over the keys to Zhao Chengmo and asked him to try them one by one.

He turned around and rolled up the grass on the ground and stuffed it into the quilt. Just after finishing, he heard a click behind him, and the lock was opened.