After Tangli left Bai's house, he went to Mu's house again.
When Master Mu heard this, he exploded: "Nonsense! How could Brother Wei be colluding with bandits?!"
Madam Mu was so frightened by his sudden surprise that she grabbed his ear and said, "Of course it's impossible for Wei Qing to do this. Someone is framing him."
Mr. Mu was howling as he was being pulled, and he looked at Mrs. Mu pitifully.
Madam Mu then let him go and rubbed his ears: "Be good, go out and play, I have something to say to Xiaotang."
Mr. Mu was kicked out of the room.
"My mother's family is in Hedong County. My brother has contacts with the county magistrate, so I'm going to Hedong County for a visit." Mrs. Mu said.
"Sister Lan, thank you." Tang Li was deeply moved.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
When Wei Qing got into trouble, so many people were willing to help her wholeheartedly. She was really touched and kept these kindnesses in her heart.
It was rare for Madam Mu to see Tangli like this. She was still a little girl. Usually, girls of this age would still stay in the boudoir, with their parents taking care of everything for them.
Madam Mu patted Tang Li's head and said, "It's just a piece of cake. Go back and have a good sleep. If I see you still looking this haggard again, I won't help you."
Tangli nodded heavily.
Tang Li returned to the house and lay down on the bed without washing. Perhaps he felt a little relieved, and he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
County government office, prison.
It was gloomy and damp, with a musty smell everywhere, and rats often crawled through.
There is a special prisoner imprisoned next to Old Man Yin.
Generally, when prisoners arrive in the prison, they all cry and beg for mercy. They are extremely scared. Some of them sob and cry, some bang their heads against the wall, and show all kinds of excitement and fear.
But this prisoner remained calm from beginning to end.
Old Man Yin observed him for several days. He was a very tall man with a handsome face. He often leaned against the wall, not crying or making a fuss, and was very calm.
Old Man Yin was knowledgeable and had a vague feeling that this person was not simple.
Old Man Yin pressed his face against the wooden fence.
"Hey, how did you get caught?" asked Mr. Yin.
The man glanced at Old Man Yin and said, "I don't know."
Old man Yin curled his lips, thinking that it must be a serious crime, but he just didn't say it.
"I killed someone, and your crime is even greater than mine?" Old Man Yin was still very curious.
Wei Qing fell silent. He truly had no idea. The only thing he was certain of was that someone was trying to harm him.
"It's time to eat! It's time to eat!" the jailer's voice rang out.
Old man Yin listened but had no interest. The food was all rotten and hard to swallow.
The jailer came over and threw a bowl of rotten food to Old Man Yin.
Old Man Yin's eyes followed the jailer because he smelled the fragrance of food coming from the jailer's hand.
Old Man Yin sniffed, it was wine! He sniffed again, it was meat!
All the wine and meat were given to the prisoner next to him.
Old man Yin pressed his face against the wooden fence, staring at the wine and meat.
"Brother, your family must have paid for this, right? Your family must have spent a lot of money on this feast. I never knew you were from a wealthy family."
Wei Qing stared at the wine and meat in front of him, his expression stiffened, and he suddenly lost his appetite.
"Why don't you eat? Are you finally scared? Don't worry, this is not the last meal of execution. I haven't eaten even if you came after me."
"I'm not worried about myself." Wei Qing said.
"Then what are you worried about?"
"I'm worried about my family."
Wei Qing closed his eyes, and the image of his young wife appeared in his mind.
The young wife knew she had been arrested and must have been terribly worried. She couldn't eat or sleep well, and she didn't know where to go.
"If you don't want to eat it, just give it to me." Old man Yin was almost drooling.
Wei Qing walked to the food, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat, and put it into his mouth.
He would definitely eat anything that his young wife had brought him with great difficulty.
Wei Qing ate all the meat bite by bite. He didn't like drinking, so he gave the wine to the old man next door.
Old man Yin held the wine and started drinking, as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
After that, Wei Qing had a pot of wine with every meal, and all the wine went to the old man.
Two days later, Wei Qing was taken out and his case was heard in court.
Wei Qing was brought to the court, and he saw his young wife standing outside the court at a glance.
In a few days, the young wife became thinner and more haggard.
Wei Qing felt extremely distressed.
He mouthed a few words to his young wife: I'm fine, don't worry.
Tang Li's eyes were sore from watching this, how could she feel at ease?
Her man was sloppy and looked dirty. No one knew what kind of suffering he had endured in that prison.
Tangli was more nervous about the upcoming trial.
Tang Li got the news from Madam Mu that the county magistrate had not been in the county government office recently, and the case was being tried by the legal advisor.
Mrs. Mu's family, the Jiang family, had conflicts with the lawyer's family, so she did not intervene in this matter, fearing that she would make things worse and cause the lawyer to deliberately target her.
There were yamen runners in both rows, and Wei Qing was forced to kneel in the middle. After a while, the legal advisor came and sat down next to the county magistrate.
"The County Magistrate is busy with official duties, so this case will be temporarily handled by me. The prisoner is charged with colluding with bandits. Do you plead guilty?"
The bandits were vicious, they robbed food and killed people, and were a great scourge. The people hated them to the core.
As soon as the master said this, the people looked at Wei Qing with hatred.
Wei Qing frowned and said, "I didn't do it. I don't plead guilty."
"Okay, you don't admit your guilt, right? Send someone to bear witness!" said the lawyer.
The witness was brought up. Tang Li looked at the witness and felt that he looked familiar for some reason. After taking a second look, he finally found out why he looked familiar. This person looked very similar to Kong Shuan!
"Master, I am Kong Dazhu, a villager from Kongjia Village. My younger brother is related to this thief's sister by marriage. Because of this relationship, I know about the evil deeds he has done!"
"He colluded with bandits and bullied the people in Yaoshui Town. He would beat anyone who provoked him! My family severed their marriage ties with him because they discovered he was colluding with bandits! As a result, in order to get revenge on my family, he robbed us of all our money and even broke my brother's leg!"
"If you don't believe me, you can summon my younger brother to testify. But he can't get out of bed yet, so I'm afraid he'll have to be carried here!"
"My family are all honest farmers. Because of this evil man, our family is about to be destroyed. Sir, you must help me!"
"Sir, please help me!"
As Kong Dazhu said this, he kowtowed to the master, tears streaming down his face, looking very pitiful.
As soon as he said this, the people looked at Wei Qing with even more disgust, wishing they could skin him alive to vent their anger!
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