Chapter 381, The Real Hammer

"You, what do you think my Qiao family is? You arrested my Qiao family members without any evidence?"

Even a calm person like the old man couldn't bear to see his child like this.

The injuries on the housekeeper Qiao's body have not healed yet. The broken hand is still wrapped in a bandage. The bruises on his face have not even disappeared, tightly wrapping his fat face.

In such a miserable state, he was rudely taken to the court for trial!

The old man Qiao was worried, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He could only vent his anger on Xia Wanwan.

Xia Qianhui slowly raised his feet and stepped forward, saying,

"This prince did not arrest your Qiao family for no reason. It's just that when this prince was visiting incognito, he occasionally heard complaints from the people. It said that a family had been looking forward to having a daughter for many years, but because the daughter was pretty, the local officials, the Qiao family, forced her to be a child bride."

"That family originally gave birth to three sons in a row, but in the end they only had one daughter. She was supposed to enjoy all the love in the family, but she was forcibly taken away. The evil people used their status as officials to suppress them. In the end, a few days ago, their daughter's body was sent back home, and the grandmother was heartbroken and died on her sickbed. That family had nowhere to complain, so on the way to the capital, they met this prince."

"This prince started to investigate the matter, so he transferred people from the government to go to the Qiao family to find out the truth. Unexpectedly, he encountered the butler Qiao killing two girls and several people, so he was arrested here." "

Master Qiao, if this matter is not investigated and the people are not given an explanation, this prince will not be able to stay in Hezhou with dignity."

Xia Qianhui slowly told the story.

It was a coincidence.

These things were exactly what he and the Royal Grandmother and the Royal Concubine Dowager encountered when they first came to Hezhou. Later, they happened to beat up Butler Qiao.

Later, the Royal Grandmother sent comfort to that family and said that she would definitely make a decision for them.

It was just that the Royal Grandmother's status was too noble and it was inconvenient for her to show up, so she arranged for him to meet with the Ninth Prince and staged the incident of arresting Butler Qiao at night.

After the story was told, Secretary Qiao's face was solemn and slightly sad. "Your Highness, I have never heard of child brides since I learned to read. I am afraid there is some misunderstanding about this matter!"

"Misunderstanding? This prince saw it with his own eyes. Your housekeeper wanted to beat the two girls to death and forced them to go back to be child brides for the housekeeper's son. When your housekeeper did all these evil things, he used your official position to oppress the people! You call this a misunderstanding?"

Xia Qianhui's face was serious, and he pointed at the hand of housekeeper Qiao, and never let it go.

"My lord, I went with the eldest prince to arrest people, and I saw it with my own eyes!" Captain Xiao said at this time.

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then two girls came in, supporting each other.

Facing the crying and pointing of the two girls.

Butler Qiao suddenly lost his backbone. He looked at Grandpa Qiao and said with trembling lips, "Grandpa, Grandpa, you have to believe me, I bought these girls with my own money!"

In his eyes, he already regarded these girls as his own property, so he naturally felt that he was right.

Grandpa Qiao's eyes were deep.

These two children had complained to him before, so he could immediately conclude that they were slandering because they couldn't stand the hardship.

"Sir, the words of these two girls are not to be believed. They were bought by housekeeper Qiao, so they are naturally people of the Qiao Mansion. The two children couldn't bear the hardship, and they wanted to escape but failed, so they started to slander."

Suddenly, the girl shouted loudly, "Housekeeper Qiao and his son forced us into the Qiao Mansion. After entering the mansion, not only did they beat and scold us, but they also had to serve Master Tianci to sleep. Master Tianci has a habit of biting people. The wound on my face was caused by him!"

When she said this, she was trembling all over.

Yes, she was afraid.

She was afraid of other people's eyes, and she was even more afraid that more people would know her unbearableness.

In this era, a girl's innocence is more important than her life, not to mention Hezhou, which favors boys over girls!

But the opportunity to give her justice is right in front of her, and she can't give up.

The sister who committed suicide was still so young.

The beautiful sister in front of her could have become a peerless beauty, but her leg was broken.

For herself and the remaining two girls, she had to seize this opportunity.

She reached out to pull her collar, but was stopped by the sister with a broken leg beside her.

"Sister Sheng, no, don't show your body to others..." She cried.

But Sheng Yue shook her head, "We only have this one chance. If we can't convict this beastly father and son, even if we get away, there will be girls who will continue to suffer such injuries."

"This damn Hezhou is unfair to us girls. If even I don't dare to say it, then what justice is there in the world!"

After that!

Sheng Yue pulled open her collar and exposed her shoulders and neck.

She was only eight years old, and her face was fearless.

Everyone looked over, and the scene before them made them clench their fists, especially Zhong Youyan, who felt that her heart was about to be replaced by dense stabbing pain.

She took off her outer robe, wrapped the girl and held her in her arms.

The girl, who looked strong, was actually trembling.

"Did the lord see it?"

Xia Qianhui turned his head away. Although the girl was still young and still had underwear to cover her body, the scene just now really made him feel uncomfortable.

The neck and shoulders were not only bitten marks, but also whip wounds with the skin and flesh turned over.

It can be said that there was no good skin on the exposed areas.

It is conceivable how many beatings the girl had suffered before she committed suicide in despair.

Zhishu Qiao was filled with bitterness. With red eyes, he kicked Butler Qiao:

"You beast! Because you grew up with me, I never had any problems with you. Even if your parents favored your child, I turned a blind eye. I never thought that you would use my position to oppress the people and abuse girls! I will not forgive you!"

"I didn't! They slandered me!" Butler Qiao's face twitched in pain.

But he couldn't do anything to Zhishu Qiao.

"He did!"

Sheng Yue shouted again, "All the whip wounds on my body were caused by him. After serving Master Tianci to rest, we were taken to his room. He humiliated and whipped us, saying obscene words and using cruel methods..."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to search Butler Qiao's room. In the third secret compartment of the bookshelf, there is a bundle of thorny wooden whips!"

As she spoke, tears as big as beans rolled down her cheeks. Her tone was so sad that it made people shocked and angry!

She was only eight years old!

A beast!

A complete beast!

"Sir, this whip was found by the eldest prince." Captain Xiao presented the wooden whip. It was also when they came to the government office that Master Zimu asked them to search for it. Unexpectedly, it was used all of a sudden.

Zhishu Qiao looked at the wooden whip, his eyes were about to burst, and his heart was surging for a long time.

In his home, under the protection of his father's official position, his family's housekeeper and his own parents actually did so many evil things.

No wonder, no wonder!

No wonder one time, when he and his father were discussing something, a little maid suddenly cried and asked to see him.

His father forcibly sent him away, and the reason was not valid.

Now that I think about it, my father should have known about the child bride at that time.

Qiao Tianci's child bride was covered up by his parents and housekeeper Qiao, and his parents even protected Qiao Tianci with their lives.

Why is this?

An amazing idea slowly sprouted in his mind!

Could it be that Butler Qiao is...