Chapter 514 Digging Your Own Grave
"My eldest daughter-in-law had a difficult labor for two days. After the baby was born, she took one look at it and died."
Everyone present listened with gnashing teeth, and the Marquis of Zhenbei suppressed his anger and continued to listen.
"My eldest son's legs were broken, and his wife and children were all gone. He was so depressed that he jumped into the well in the middle of the night when we were not paying attention..."
The second son of the Lin family and his wife supported the two elderly people. The two young children, who were wearing thin clothes and looked pale, also cried softly.
People are all made of flesh and blood. For a moment, there were cries of grief outside the county government office, and everyone started to blame the Qian family.
"And our family. I am from the Guo clan."
Two gray-haired elderly couples walked out of the crowd, followed by two women pulling young children.
The old man in the lead was crying with tears and snot.
"My Lord, I originally had a little girl in my family who was quite pretty. The Qian family asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to her several times, but my family refused."
"Who knew that Qian Ming was so resentful that he took my daughter and daughter-in-law home when they went to the county to buy cloth."
"By the time my daughter-in-law came back and asked people to look for her, my little girl had already been... raped by that beast Qian Ming."
"The Qian family threw down five taels of silver and asked my daughter to become Qian Ming's concubine. But my daughter couldn't bear the humiliation and hanged herself the same night she was taken home."
“My two sons couldn’t bear to see their sister die tragically, so they went to the Qian family to argue. But Qian Ming brought officials to my house.
My eldest son was beaten by Qian Ming so badly that he still can’t get out of bed. My youngest son resisted and was thrown into jail, and he hasn’t been seen since. ”
"My husband and I, along with our daughter-in-law and children, have nowhere to file a lawsuit. We don't even know whether our youngest son is dead or alive."
"Please, Lord, help us!"
"Please have mercy on us, my Lord. Please make a decision for our family!"
The two families had already broken down in tears as they spoke, and the onlookers were also wiping their tears, expressing their deep sympathy for the two families' plight.
Zhenbei Hou clenched his teeth, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
People kept coming forward to tell about the Qian family’s evil deeds, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Some had their land seized by the Qian family through trickery, and some were daughters taken away by Qian Ming to be concubines.
Even some people from Luocheng came forward to appeal for justice, most of whom were accused of accepting bribes and suppressing other people's businesses.
For a moment, the inside and outside of the county government office were filled with people kneeling to seek justice.
"Mr. Qian, you and your family are awesome!"
When the onlookers saw the expression on Marquis Zhenbei's face, they knew that he was speaking sarcastically, and he was extremely angry at the moment.
You have to know that only a small number of people are crying out for injustice. We should say in advance that there will be more people coming forward to testify against Qian Ming's crimes.
Zhenbei Hou waved his hand and said to Zhao Zihui: "Anyone who has been wronged should go to my subordinates and let them register your address and the injustice you have suffered."
"Since we want to investigate and judge clearly, I will definitely not wrongly accuse anyone."
The words were obviously directed at the Qian family, and the Qian family had already been frightened by the corrections made by others.
Zhu Baoju seemed to want to struggle some more and cried out at the top of her voice.
"It's not us, it's really not us. The Gu family came to threaten us today. They ordered these people to deliberately slander my family. All this has nothing to do with our family!"
"Who is speaking?" Zhenbei Hou pretended not to know her identity and asked.
"I am a commoner, Ms. Zhu, from the Qian family."
"Who are these people?" Marquis Zhenbei looked at the people who came in behind Zhu Baoju.
"These are our family members. They can prove that the Gu family just went to our house to threaten us."
Zhenbei Hou smiled faintly, but then his expression changed suddenly.
"That's just in time for everyone to be here."
"Someone, put all the members of the Qian family in jail."
The officers in the yamen were still a little hesitant, but the leading officer hesitated for a moment and then immediately led his men to rush forward.
And this person was none other than Qin Jun, who had had an encounter with the Gu family.
The sudden action of Zhenbei Hou caught everyone off guard, and Zhu Baoju asked while crying.
"My Lord, I am here to complain about my grievances. Why are you doing this?"
Zhenbei Hou had a cold face and shouted, "You bold and cunning woman, so many people are telling the Qian family about their crimes, how could you, as a member of the Qian family, not be involved?"
"My Lord, I have really been wronged. Why did you arrest me?"
"Well, let me ask you, is anyone in your family injured?"
Zhu Baoju stood there in a daze and shook her head.
"Did any of them hit you?"
Zhu Baoju gritted her teeth and shook her head again.
"They didn't do anything, and none of you were injured. Why are you crying foul here?"
Most of the people present had been bullied by the Qian family. Some had been beaten, or even worse.
The Marquis of Zhenbei glared at her, and Zhu Baoju was about to open her mouth, but was suddenly silenced by his cold eyes.
These officers had followed Qian Ming in doing many bad things. Now Qin Jun led them to put Qian Ming's family in jail, and everyone was terrified.
The current situation is that the county magistrate has to listen to the Marquis of Zhenbei, so they naturally have to act according to his mood.
In addition, Qian Ming and his family have done countless things, and his official career is probably over here.
They are just small officials, so naturally they obey whoever has the highest authority.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two daughters-in-law of the Qian family wanted to run away with their son, but were stopped by the villagers of Yongfeng Village who were watching.
Seeing this, Ran Qingxuan flipped the shackles on his wrists, and the hanging iron chain instantly strangled Tian Ying's neck.
When they pulled the people back, a group of them instantly fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
After all the Qian family members were sent to jail, Qin Jun stepped forward to remove the shackles from the two men.
"Mr. Gu, Madam Gu, Li Yanqi next to you gave Qian Ming fifty taels of silver. Now he is a member of the county government..."
Ran Qingxuan rubbed his wrist and thanked him implicitly.
Then he looked at Li Yanqi, who was hiding in the crowd, trying to reduce his presence.
"My Lord, this man is also a member of the Qian family group, and as far as I know, he just bought the official position today."
"No, I didn't..."
The Marquis of Zhenbei hated this kind of person the most. Hearing this, he said coldly, "It was him just now. He pointed his finger at me and spoke rudely. How dare he buy an official position with money?"
Li Yanqi was trembling all over and his face was pale. He had seen the fate of his uncle's family, and he...
"Cut off his hand that is pointing at me. After the evidence of the Qian family's crimes is counted, all of them will be tried together."
"Okay, okay, okay."
The onlookers shouted "good" three times, and the Gu family, who had been worried for a long time, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
The crowd dispersed. Marquis Zhenbei stayed in the county government office to discuss other matters with Tang En, while the villagers of Yongfeng Village urged the Gu family to return to the village.
Unexpectedly, before the villagers could say a few words of thanks, the second sister-in-law's exclamation was heard from the kitchen built in the backyard.
"Sixth brother's wife, come and have a look, your third sister-in-law has fainted."
"Ah?" The Gu family was in a panic. Gu Yanjing quickly ran to the kitchen and carried the person outside, followed by Ran Qingxuan to take the person's pulse.
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