Chapter 157 Convict him based on his words?
Originally he was planning to help Lai San. After all, he was Quan Ye's man, and Quan Ye had given him a lot of silver to please him. So in this town, as long as Quan Ye didn't kill anyone, he would turn a blind eye.
But now that he knew that the woman in front of him had a relationship with the county magistrate, he certainly couldn't offend the county magistrate, so he could only use Lai San as a scapegoat to please the girl!
"Girl, then tell me what Lai San did. As long as it is Lai San who made the mistake first, I, the constable, will definitely make the decision for you fairly."
Lai San, who was standing by, heard this and looked at Constable Yu. He came in front of Constable Yu with a pig-like face and excitedly asked Constable Yu to look at him hard: "Woo woo, Constable Yu... Constable, it's me, Lai San! Master Quan's little brother, don't you recognize me?"
Xu Zhiyi looked at the situation and immediately knew that Lai San's backer must be Constable Yu in front of him!
"Captain Yu, no wonder you accused me without any reason just now, so this Lai San is your man?"
"This Lai San took advantage of my husband and I being away for a while and he actually claimed that my mule cart was his. He was provoking me with every word he said, but in my eyes, I felt that he was inviting me to beat him up, so I did it!"
Upon hearing this, Constable Yu looked at Lai San's pig-headed face and immediately became angry. Did he want to kill him? He was so angry that he kicked him to the ground and said, "Lai San, you haven't been locked up in the cell long enough, have you?"
"You are so bold that you actually blackmailed someone with a mule cart."
The other two constables nearby, receiving the eye signal from Constable Yu, hurried over to arrest Lai San.
Lai San was also confused. Why were they arresting him? Constable Yu knew that he was Quanye's man, so shouldn't he stand on his side?
"Constable Yu, that's my mule cart. This woman is blackmailing me! You've got the wrong person!"
When Constable Yu heard what he said, he raised his hand angrily and slapped Lai San hard on the face: "Your mule cart? How do you prove it?"
Well, at this time, the only four teeth in Lai San's mouth were knocked out by a slap, which made him so angry. It would have been bad enough that he didn't get the mule cart, but today he even lost his teeth!
Lai San spat out a mouthful of blood and saliva, and said in a very convinced tone: "It's not fair, then she has no evidence that the mule cart is hers."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked at the constable who was holding Lai San, pointed at him and said, "I have a witness. I came here to escape famine, and it was this constable who escorted me to the village where I settled."
"If this witness is not enough, I can not only tell you everything that was bought on the mule cart, but I can also confront the shopkeeper in the store."
"I have all this evidence, but what do you have? Just your mouth?"
When the constable heard what Xu Zhiyi said, he also spoke up for her: "What the girl said is true. I personally escorted the refugee group that day, and the girl was driving the mule cart at that time."
After these words were spoken, the people around them realized that they almost became accomplices!
"Bah, how dare Lai San just say that the mule cart was his? We almost believed him."
Lai San didn't expect that this woman had a constable to help him testify. It seemed that he had to go to jail today. Humph, he would be able to get out soon anyway. At worst, he could just go in to visit his brother in jail.
Constable Yu: "Miss, I will punish this scoundrel severely and will never let him come out to blackmail people and steal things again."
Xu Zhiyi: "I just hope that next time you won't convict someone without knowing right from wrong"
Detective Yu: "Well, I just didn't recognize Lai San. If I had recognized him from the beginning, and he was a repeat offender, I definitely shouldn't have believed his one-sided words at the first moment."
"So, rest assured, fellow citizens, I am well-known for being fair and impartial as a detective."
He felt that it would be better for him to leave first, so as not to say too much and make more mistakes. Then he waved his hand and said, "Take Lai San back to the government office."
Citizens: "..." Bah, I don't believe you! !
After everyone had left, the guy at the stall next to him came to Shen Wuyou with ten copper coins, feeling very guilty: "Sir, I'm really sorry! I was just forced to do this. If I testified, Lai San would definitely not let me set up a stall in this town."
"But this stall is the life of my family. If I can't open the stall, I won't have any income. We don't have any land at home, so we will have to starve!"
"So, of these ten copper coins, four are what you just gave me, and the remaining six are my apology."
Shen Wuyou: "Since you agreed to my request and accepted my copper coins, you have the responsibility. In the situation just now, you don't need to say anything else, just admit that I did ask you to help watch the mule cart."
"But you don't even want to admit this..."
As he was talking, the guy at the stall suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to help, I just don't dare, I'm sorry, please forgive me"
Shen Wuyou and Xu Zhiyi were both shocked by his actions. What was going on? He didn't scold or yell at him.
Looking at the people passing by, they all turned back.
Xu Zhiyi looked at the boy at the stall with a cold face: "What are you doing? You don't want everyone to come over, and then you play the poor and vulnerable party, and let the people come to condemn my husband and me, right?"
The guy at the stall paused his kowtow when he heard this. No, he didn't want this either.
"Haha! Keep knocking! It would be better if the people all come over, so I don't have to look for someone to judge. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the consequences if everyone knows that you don't keep your word, and you're a businessman, so who would want to stand up to you in the future?"
"By then, you won't be able to run your business anymore."
When the guy at the stall heard what Xu Zhiyi said and saw the people approaching, he was so scared that he quickly stood up.
Then he quickly stuffed the ten copper coins strung on a rope into Shen Wuyou's hand while he was not paying attention.
Shen Wuyou looked at Xu Zhiyi: "Madam, this..."
Xu Zhiyi: "Just take back our four copper coins. We don't want his six copper coins."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyou untied the rope obediently, counted out four copper coins, and threw the rest back to the booth table to the booth boy.
"Let's go back. We've been delayed for too long. Our family must be worried!"
On the way back with Lai San, Constable Yu thought about it and decided to hand Lai San over to the county magistrate for judgment! As for this time, if the Dog Master bribed him to release him again, he would never dare to do it again!
The county magistrate was handling official business when suddenly someone came to say that a thief had been caught. The thief specifically picked on ordinary people to steal and extort money. Was it necessary to open a court for such a small case?
"Put him in jail for two months!"
Upon hearing this, Constable Yu was about to leave when a constable who followed him in reminded him, "Sir County Magistrate, the person Lai San is blackmailing today is the person you personally helped settle in Cuilin Village."
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