Chapter 228 The life is saved!
The doctor came over and checked the pulses of the five poisoned people, then asked the villagers kneeling beside them: "Have you induced vomiting in them at home?"
"Yes, they ate a few bites of the cakes and suddenly their stomachs started to ache and they rolled over. We realized that the cakes were poisonous and immediately helped to dig their throats to induce vomiting. They vomited a lot and the stomachache was relieved, but they are still unconscious now."
Upon hearing this, several doctors knelt down to report the condition to the county magistrate: "Sir, these people did not eat much delicious cakes, so the poisoning was not serious. In addition, they induced vomiting in time. Judging from their pulse, their lives are saved."
"Let's prescribe some medicine and try it out. As for how well they can recover, we'll have to observe them after they wake up!"
The county magistrate was relieved when he heard that there was no danger to life. These were five lives! He waved his hand and said, "Doctors, go and prescribe the medicine."
Then he knocked the gavel a few times: "After investigation, it was found that the person who poisoned Xu's pastries was Luo Dashan, and the mastermind was Xue Mei. Now I am here to pronounce the verdict."
"Considering that the lives of the poisoned are guaranteed to be safe, Luo Dashan and Xue Mei are sentenced to compensate the five poisoned people and Xu's Bakery with fifty taels of silver each. Luo Dashan is sentenced to exile a thousand miles away, and Xue Mei is sentenced to exile two thousand miles away."
When Luo Dashan heard about the exile, he kept comforting himself in his heart, saying that at least his life was saved! Woohoo! Mom! Dashan is sorry for you! Your son can no longer be filial to you!
When Xue Mei heard the result, she burst into tears: "Sir, please spare my life! I will never dare to do it again!"
Then, she went over like a madman and hugged Shi Baozhu's thighs: "Sir! I don't accept it! He was the one who came up with the idea, why didn't he judge it?"
"He's the one who harmed me! He was the one who came after me, and I won't accept it! Haha...haha...Sir, kill him now!!"
Shi Baozhu desperately tried to break free from the entanglement of this crazy woman. Humph, everything he did was so difficult to catch and no one could find out. Even if they did, he still had the county magistrate, his cousin-in-law, with him. He was not afraid at all! !
County Magistrate: "Come here, take Luo Dashan and Xue Mei away!!"
"I don't accept it!! Haha... Sir, you are protecting Shi Baozhu!! Oh my God!"
The county magistrate said: "You are talking nonsense! Take her away immediately!"
"Yes, sir."
After the police took Luo Dashan and Xue Mei away, everything finally calmed down!
"The poisoning incident at Xu's Bakery has now been resolved. The person who poisoned and the mastermind have received the due punishment. This matter is now over. I'm dismissing the court!!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi immediately stood up and said goodbye to the county magistrate. He was about to leave, but just as he stood up, a voice rang out:
"Sir! I have a complaint to file!"
The county magistrate, who was about to leave, had to sit back down after hearing this: "Who is coming? What's your grievance?"
"I am He Juan, a commoner, and I have a daughter, Bai Yiyi. I want to sue the owner of Yunlai Restaurant, Shi Baozhu. He first raped my daughter, and then he sent people to kill her to silence her because he was afraid that we would file a complaint with the government."
"Woo woo! My daughter fought against five people sent by Shi Baozhu alone to give an old woman like me time to escape, and finally died tragically at their hands. Sir! You have to do something for me!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Baozhu immediately knelt down and cried out, "Sir, this man is talking nonsense. I have never done such a vicious thing. Sir, please investigate!"
Upon seeing this, the county magistrate signaled Xu Zhiyi and the people who had nothing to do with the case to leave, then he looked at the kneeling He Juan and asked, "He Juan, do you have any evidence?"
He Juan: "Sir, I have here a jade ring that Shi Baozhu accidentally dropped when he defiled my daughter. It has Shi Baozhu's name on it."
"Also, when they sent people to kill my mother and me, I have memorized the faces of the five people. I know how to draw, so I drew portraits of the five people before I came to file a complaint!"
"Sir, if you check them one by one, you will know whether these five people are Shi Baozhu's men, and in which shop he made the jade finger."
"More importantly, I have a witness. The evidence shows that Shi Baozhu did come to my house on the night my daughter was raped. The witness is outside right now."
The county magistrate signaled He Juan to present the portrait.
When Shi Baozhu heard this, his hands couldn't help but tremble. He kept comforting himself to stay calm. There was obviously no one there that night. He had observed it long ago. This so-called witness must be fabricated.
Moreover, he did not send five people to silence the witnesses afterwards. To deal with two weak women, five people were not needed at all. He clearly only sent two people.
After the county magistrate finished looking at the portrait, he knocked on the golden wooden door and said, "Call the witness!"
An old man in his seventies came in, knelt down and said, "I, Wei Jincai, greet you, Your Excellency."
"Wei Jincai, have you seen Shi Baozhu?"
"Yes, on the night of the 12th month, probably after midnight. I was on night watch and passed by He Juan's house, and I saw a man sneaking out of He Juan's yard. In the moonlight, I could see the man's face clearly, and he looked exactly like the man kneeling beside you now."
County Magistrate: "Wei Jincai, that means you didn't see Shi Baozhu defile Bai Yiyi, you just saw him coming out of the house, right?"
Wei Jincai: "Yes, but there was indeed a woman crying in the room at that time."
Shi Baozhu, who was standing by, heard this and kept thinking, "Sir, I am innocent! Wei Jincai also said that it was after midnight. Maybe he misjudged me and wronged me!"
Wei Jincai: "I didn't see it wrong. The moon was very bright that day. Although I am old, my eyesight is very good. If you don't believe me, you can bring the needle and thread up to me. I will prove it on the spot."
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate suddenly felt a headache. He felt that the matter was definitely related to Shi Baozhu, but given his relationship with the county magistrate, it was really difficult for him to make the final judgment!
At this moment, the officers and constables who went to dig up the corpse came back!
"Sir!!! There is urgent news!!"
County Magistrate: "Present it quickly!!"
"Sir, a total of five bodies were dug out from the hillside next to the town gate. The reason they were discovered was probably because the heavy rain yesterday washed away the soil!"
"Also, a jade pendant was found in the hand of a corpse. The victim was holding it in his hand, and... and there was a surname on the jade pendant. The surname was... Shi!!"
Shi Baozhu's heart pounded when he heard this. Five corpses? ? The five people he sent out from his mansion had no news until now. Now five of them just died, and they had a jade pendant with Shi's surname engraved on it. How could this be such a coincidence? ? ?
County Magistrate: "Mr. Lin, is there any reason for the time of death of those five bodies?"
Coroner Lin: "Your Excellency, the five people died around the 15th of last month. One of them was stepped on the chest, causing internal injuries and died. The other four were beaten and then stabbed in the heart. The faces of the five deceased were mostly rotten. They were not familiar to the deceased, so it is difficult to recognize their appearance."
"The painter is now reconstructing the approximate appearance of the deceased. We will soon know who the five deceased are!!"
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