According to the laws of Dongling State, widows who have lived alone for three years are not allowed to remarry. If they have an affair with another person, they will be treated as adulterers. The woman will be drowned and the man will be imprisoned for ten years.
The original plan was for Han Wen to stand up and say he would sue Su Liuer and the old bachelor for adultery, and then Zhu Dagui would stand up and speak well of Su Liuer, asking Han Wen to let her go, and Han Wen would then demand that Su Liuer, a person who violated moral standards, should no longer do business in the town.
Finally, I hope my family can take over Su Liuer's business naturally.
A country woman would definitely be extremely panicked when she heard that she was going to be sued in the government, and in a hurry she would do whatever they said!
Can--
What is the situation now?
As soon as Su Liuer finished speaking, Captain Zhang, who had been invited to sit in the corner early in the morning, stood up. As soon as he came out, the old bachelor was so scared that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
"No, I didn't! I didn't have an affair with her! I didn't!"
Captain Zhang was naturally not included in Zhu Dagui's original plan, and the old bachelor was naturally not afraid of being convicted, but now Captain Zhang was walking towards him with a knife, and he was immediately scared to death.
There was naturally a reason why the old bachelor couldn't find a wife. He was extremely lazy, had no skills, and was very timid and incompetent. He often had no food to eat. Liu'er, who couldn't even eat enough herself, once gave him a hot sweet potato in winter.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be surprising if this old bachelor really starved to death.
That winter was very cold, and many people died of starvation or freezing.
But this kind of timely help was completely forgotten by the old bachelor in the face of ready-made money.
Captain Zhang had already walked up to the old bachelor and said sternly,
"I heard everything you just said. You and Madam Su committed adultery three times, each time at your house, at night. Everyone heard it clearly. Come back to the yamen with me!"
The old bachelor was thin and weak, and Captain Zhang could lift him up with one hand. This feeling of being dominated made him even more panicked, and he quickly stretched out his hands and tightly grasped Captain Zhang's hands.
Then he shouted loudly: "It was Zhu Dagui who asked me to do this! It was Zhu Dagui! I did this because I accepted fifty coins from him! I didn't even touch her. I'm not guilty. Don't arrest me, don't arrest me and put me in jail..."
As he shouted, the old bachelor burst into tears. He was indeed a coward and incompetent person.
Zhu Dagui knew something was wrong and wanted to run away, but was stopped by the force that had been prepared long ago.
"Captain Zhang! Zhu Dagui is here!" Ying Li shouted loudly into the restaurant.
When Captain Zhang saw him coming, Zhu Dagui didn't dare to run away. He never expected that he would actually have to deal with people from the yamen!
"Are you Zhu Dagui? Come in!"
Zhu Dagui walked in holding onto the door frame, his legs trembling with guilt.
Captain Zhang said impatiently, "Hurry up and come here!"
"Hey hey!" Zhu Dagui responded twice and hurried forward with a cowardly look.
The frightened old bachelor pointed at Zhu Dagui and cried to Captain Zhang, "He was the one who told me to come and cause trouble today. He said he wanted to ruin Madam Su's reputation and stop her from selling her magical grass honey so he could take over this lucrative business! It was him! He arranged everything!"
"Stop talking nonsense, you old bachelor! Captain Zhang, this is pure slander and frame-up. I don't know anything about what he just said. I'm an educated person, I wouldn't do that!"
The identity of a scholar is very useful in this world, and Su Liuer also knows this.
So she said to the old bachelor, "Even if you don't have evidence, I believe a scholar wouldn't be so shameless as to harm me. Besides, she's the second brother of my deceased husband, so she shouldn't harm me."
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