roccoschili Chapter 192 Going to court
Chapter 192 Going to court
The patrolman here had tears in his eyes and was about to try to persuade them when he heard a sharp voice.
"You lowly people dare to slander my father. You are blind. Just wait. I will put you in jail today."
Su He nodded with satisfaction. Yes, the villain's assist made the whole plot more perfect.
The police officer glanced coldly at the shouting Xu Lian'er and said, "Whether you go to jail or not is up to our magistrate to decide. The others are not qualified."
Fortunately, Xu Lian'er still had some rationality. When she saw the people from the yamen speaking for the group on the first floor, she immediately fell silent.
Wang Liang was smart. He immediately looked up and said to the policeman, "Sir, arrest me. It has nothing to do with my family. My grandfather is old and will die if he goes to jail."
The police officer assured Wang Liang with a gentle look, "Our magistrate is the most fair. As long as you are innocent, no one will go to jail. Don't worry."
After saying this, he ordered people from both sides to go to the yamen.
Only then did Xu Wansheng realize that something was wrong and that they were the victims.
"Sir, this is the case. Our family is here to celebrate my daughter,"
"I am not the county magistrate. If you have anything to say, save it for the court. Now follow me. You come up first and I will count. No one can be left behind. Behave yourself."
The patrolman spoke coldly to Xu Wansheng.
Xu Wansheng could only swallow the bitterness in his mouth and honestly move forward with his family.
Here, Wang Jingui also carried his father on his back with the help of Wang Liang. Everyone lined up silently, with two people forming two columns waiting to go ashore.
The policeman nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Xu Lian'er and others who were reluctant and cursing, and his expression suddenly turned bad.
Xu Wansheng had been paying attention to the patrolman's expression. He immediately turned around and stopped Xu Lian'er and the complaining relatives. He thought the patrolman's expression would improve, but he became even angrier.
"Since you are the leader, you should have spoken up earlier and see what kind of people you are! If you don't behave yourself, you will be beaten with ten boards in court before you answer. Although I am not the county magistrate, I can still decide on the ten boards."
Xu Wansheng could only agree honestly, the situation was not favorable for them now. He now regretted very much that he did not arrange for someone to inform his daughter that they had arrived. If his daughter could ask her son-in-law to take care of it, they would definitely win.
At least the lost silver can be compensated by Hongyun Trading Company.
There was one thing he really didn't lie about, this time he really lost 200,000 taels of silver.
Su He and others were unaware of Xu Wansheng's psychological activities. Their female relatives were in the middle, and Zheng Da and his group were at the end.
The three people in the front row, the young grandfather, had not finished their play yet. The young grandfather was still arguing with his son and grandson.
"My son, you must listen to me. When you go to the government office, all the responsibilities are put on me. I am old, and I will die if I die. You are still young, and the family depends on you two. Take good care of your grandmother in the future, and don't let her starve."
The onlookers who were walking nearby were all crying. It was so sad. What on earth could have made them so scared?
"You are from outside, right? Tell us what you have done wrong and maybe we can help you."
An enthusiastic old man had followed them from the dock until now. Looking at their curious look, if the little grandfather and others hadn’t told him, he would have been so anxious that he would have jumped up and down.
"It was a family on the same ship with us. Their silver was stolen. They accused us of being thieves and said their son-in-law was a wealthy man in Guangyuan, so they asked us to pay the silver honestly."
When people around me talked about losing money, they all got very excited. It was just like saying someone was defrauded in modern times. Everyone asked about the details with great interest.
"How much silver was stolen?"
"How did the thief get on board?"
"Didn't any of you notice?"
"Which ship did you take? My relative is going to take a ship next month, and I'm going to tell him not to take your ship."
The faces of the crew members in the front turned black. Wasn't this a discredit to their Hongyun Trading Company? How would they make money from now on?
"Alright, alright. All outsiders please leave. Both parties should send a few representatives to enter the court together. The others should wait in the side room."
The patrol officer drove away the local people around and ordered Xu Wansheng and his grandfather to select someone.
Su He nodded to Boss Feng and others who were looking over, and followed her grandfather into the court.
Xu Wansheng called Manager Wang to join him.
Everyone waited at the door for a while, and after hearing someone calling for people to come in, people from both sides walked in with their heads lowered.
The magistrate in the court was called Ge Zhongheng. He heard that there was a friction between a hundred people, which was a large number, so he came to try the case in person.
"Start with the old man in blue on the left and tell us what happened."
The old man in blue was the grandpa. Su He looked at him worriedly, fearing that he would not know how to speak when he got nervous.
Unexpectedly, the young grandfather was calm and came up to apologize.
"Sir, my name is Wang Erming. My waist is a little twisted, and I need my son to support me. Please forgive me, sir."
County Magistrate Ge nodded and was not angry.
"It was like this. I saw the boat approaching the shore, so I rushed to get ashore. As a result, I bumped into Mr. Xu and twisted my waist. Mr. Xu insisted that I was a liar, and Mr. Xu's daughter threatened to put us in jail. My son and grandson were so angry that they argued with them, and a conflict broke out between the two sides. That's what happened."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Ge remained expressionless and immediately asked Xu Wansheng to answer.
"Wang Erming said that he twisted his waist after bumping into you. You think he's a liar, is that right?"
Xu Wansheng lowered his head and answered respectfully, "Sir, I am sure I did not hit Wang Erming. They are blackmailing me."
"Are you saying that Wang Erming is pretending? His waist is not sprained?"
"Yes, my lord."
Magistrate Ge turned around and told the constable to find a doctor.
"Is this the reason you two had a conflict?"
Hearing the magistrate's question, Xu Wansheng stepped forward and said, "Sir, I want to sue the people from Hongyun Trading Company. They stole my silver and goods, which are worth two hundred thousand taels of silver in total."
Hearing about so much silver, County Magistrate Ge became excited, as this was a big case.
"Tell me from the beginning."
"Yes, sir. It all started when my eldest daughter gave birth to a son. I took my whole family to celebrate my grandson's full moon. In addition to 100,000 taels of silver, we also had at least 100,000 taels of goods, which filled the cargo hold of the Hongyun merchant ship. As a result, our whole family was drugged the day before yesterday, and all the silver and goods were stolen. To be honest, sir, in addition to visiting my daughter and grandson, we also planned to move to Guangyuan, so we sold a lot of our property. Now it's all stolen. How can we survive!"
Xu Wansheng was absolutely expressing his true feelings at this moment; he had become extremely poor overnight.