Chapter 43: Atonement
After the dog finished eating the cock, he stretched out his tongue, licked his mouth, shook his head and tail, and walked out of the yard. Everyone looked at it, but no one stopped him, and let it walk out of the yard.
Seeing the dog leaving the yard, Qi Jinsi hurriedly said, "Hurry up, follow it and see where it goes!" As he said that, he followed him out in person, just behind the dog's tail.
Yang Ze said, "Whose dog is this? Have you ever agreed on the price? But don't let the owner bear to bear it. If the dog dies and the owner says the government bullies people, it will be troublesome!"
County Magistrate Luo said: "Mr. Xiao Yang, don't be so worried. Don't say you are buying their dogs. Even if you force a levy, what can you do? If anyone doesn't accept it, doubling the corvee service, it depends on whether he accepts it!"
The idle man who caught the dog came up with a grudge and was proud of being able to speak to the second master. He said, "Don't worry, the second master, this dog looks like a wild dog, not caught from someone else's yard."
Everyone followed the dog out of the yard, and everyone followed him wherever the dog went.
It looked like a wild dog. I don’t know where it came to Lijia Village. The villagers didn’t claim it. The dog was walking around the village, smelling here and there, and when he walked to the corner, he even split his legs and peed. It seemed that the dog was full, wandering around the village, digesting food!
Everyone could only follow, and there was no other way. In the whole village, as long as they didn't go out, they knew about this. Everyone in the village followed. In addition, the officials and idle men, there were more than 200 people, all of whom remained silent, fearing that they would disturb the dog's stroll, so they followed quietly and followed Lijia Village.
The dog was still walking and stopping. After a while, he walked to a big tree and found a cool place. The dog lay down under the tree, stuck out his tongue, and panted. It looked at the people not far away. Maybe the dog was also puzzled, why so many people followed it today, but fortunately no one took the dog beater!
The dog was lying in a shaded place, but everyone stood in the sun, sweating, and continued to look at the dog. But the dog seemed to be full and had enough strolling, and was a little tired, so he simply lay on the ground, closed his eyes, and started to sleep!
More than 200 people watched the dog sleep, and no one moved the place. Even if they were thirsty, they would not leave for water to drink, fearing that the front row would be occupied.
At this time, it was getting late, and some farmers had already started to finish work and go home. When they passed by, they saw a large group of people standing around a tree, not knowing what they were doing. So, out of herd mentality, they were also standing outside, tiptoing and looking inside.
Some people asked, "Hey, what are you doing? What are you looking at?"
The person in the front row replied: "Look at the dog, there is a dog under the tree."
The man asked again: "What's the good looking dog? What kind of dog is that?"
"A sleeping dog, the officials are watching, of course we have to follow us!"
The person who asked the question hissed. Master Guan was looking at a sleeping dog. There must be a mystery in this matter. He should take a look at such a profound matter. So, more and more people watched, three layers inside and three layers outside. Everyone couldn't even care about going home for dinner, and had to wait for a result here.
In the front row of the crowd, Qi Jinsi's forehead was sweating. He wiped the sweat and whispered to Yang Ze: "It seems something is wrong. Why didn't this dog react at all after eating that rooster? Isn't the problem lies with the old chicken? The chicken is non-toxic?"
Yang Ze was also sweating profusely, and he said, "Wait a little longer, I may not have digested it!"
Not far away, the eldest sister of the Yang family's heart became colder and colder. The dog was fine, which meant that she had something to do. If the reason could not be found out, then her grievances would not be washed away. Not only would she be executed, but her reputation would also be corrupted. As a mother, she is not thinking about life or death, but her own children.
If she is convicted, what should the children do? With a mother who murders her husband, the sons will never be able to hold their heads up for life, and the soon-to-be-born grandson will find it difficult to be a human being in the future, and they will not even have the identity of a good child.
At this time, her youngest son squeezed to the side and looked up and said, "Mom, aren't we going home yet?"
The eldest sister of the Yang family squatted down and said to the youngest son: "Mom wants to go far away and go to a very far place. You may not be able to go home in the future. Good boy, you should listen to your grandparents and brothers in the future, read more books, and don't be blind like your parents."
But the youngest son pulled her and cried, "Why can't my mother go home again? I won't let my mother go, and I won't let my mother go!"
The eldest son Li Datian and the second son Li Shoutian also surrounded them, and their daughter-in-law also came, and the eldest daughter-in-law was still tall and tall.
The son and daughter-in-law knelt down to the elder sister of the Yang family. They also felt that the case might not be found out. The dog has not moved yet and looks comfortable sleeping when he is full. But this means that the mother will be convicted. There is no reason not to be sad as a son. After losing his father, he will lose his mother. This is just such a tragedy in life.
The family started crying, and Li Datian cried, "Mom, name your unborn grandson!"
Li Shoutian also said: "Mom, no matter how the government judges you, you are our good mother. We will never believe that you have harmed your father!"
The Li family aunt also came here at this time, and she was crying. Such a tragic incident happened at home. Her son was gone and her wife was gone. She was old again and she had really been here for the past few days.
The eldest lady of the Li family took the hand of the eldest sister of the Yang family, looked at the wound on her hand, and cried, "Sister, since you married into my Li family, you have always been filial to us, and are good to Dalang. I didn't expect that this would happen. Although my mother-in-law is old, she is not confused. I feel that this is not what you did. As long as you make it clear, we are still a family."
The old couple Yang Zhe also came over and cried around their daughter. They didn't believe that their daughter would harm their husbands, but now things are hard to explain, and they are extremely sad.
Just next to them, Old Man Li Zong stood. He had not come over. He just looked under the tree and heard his family crying. He slowly turned his head, looked at his daughter-in-law, and then at his wife and grandson. After a long time, he suddenly stomped his feet, took a few breaths, and walked towards Qi Jinsi as if he had made up his mind.
When he arrived, the old man Li Zong bowed to Qi Jinsi and shouted: "Master, we will not sue this case. We will withdraw the complaint. The people will not procur the officials. We will solve the matters of our Li family by ourselves!"
Qi Jinsi was overjoyed. It would be best if he could withdraw the lawsuit. He said, "Do you want to open a ancestral hall and leave the matter to the clan?"
Li Zong still shook his head: "If we don't open the ancestral hall, we will take care of our own affairs and we don't need others to take care of it."
Yang Zeqi said: "Didn't you have to tell me before? Why have you changed your mind now?"
Li Zong said: "There was something that happened to Dalang before, and Cao Min felt sad and thought a little extreme, but now he calmed down, it was different from what he thought before. His daughter-in-law has been in my family for many years. How could we not know what kind of character? She would not do this, so she won't sue it!"
Qi Jinsi was overjoyed. It would be the best thing to have such an ending. He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's it. If you withdraw the lawsuit, we will let your daughter-in-law go, and this matter will be given up!"
He was afraid that old man Li Zhuang would regret it, so he pulled Yang Ze and said to Luo County Wei and others: "Go back to the yamen, go now! Let Li Yang quickly release them and let their family reunite!"
Naturally, County Magistrate Luo would not talk too much. If the boss has orders, how dare he not obey? The servants are also afraid of trouble. As the saying goes, it is best if there is nothing wrong. In this lawsuit, they cannot get any benefits. If they can go home early, their wives and children will be on the warm bed, so how can they talk too much!
The officials were about to slap their butts and leave, but the large group of idle men who watched the fun stopped. They went out of the city to watch the fun. In the eyes of others, they were full and full of leisure, but in their own eyes, watching the fun also requires physical strength, and everyone worked very hard!
Some idle men shouted: "Sir Qi, why are you leaving now? What should you do if the dog is not awake yet!"
It’s really hard to carry any pot. Qi Jinsi was in a hurry to leave, and someone even mentioned the dog to him! This time, Master Qi couldn’t bear it anymore, and immediately took out his official power and turned around and shouted: “The bold and unruly people dared to talk nonsense. Who was shouting just now? Stand out and speak, and let me see who you are!”
The talkative idle man dares to scream in the crowd, but if he wants him to speak, he will not have the courage to do so. A good bad guy will not be angry with a bad official. If you ask me to come out, I can't come out. It depends on what you can do!
Qi Jinsi snorted and turned around and said, "Let's go back to the city. I don't want to stay here for a while!"
Yang Ze also glanced at the dog. After so long, the dog didn't move. It seemed that he was sleeping heavily. So many people gathered around him, shouting and shouting, but they didn't even startle it, and there was no one looking up to see the crowd.
If the Li family doesn't sue, Yang Ze will naturally not be troubled. He has no grudges with the eldest sister of the Yang family, so why do he have to kill him? His mother is kind and filial to his son. As long as his family is unwilling to pursue the matter, the case will end here.
Yang Ze, Qi Jinsi and others left Dashu and walked back to Lijia Village, intending to take a carriage back to Guazhou City.
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting behind me: "Oh, this dog is dead, this dog has long been dead, and I thought it was sleeping. No wonder it has been moving for so long!"
Yang Ze and Qi Jinsi stopped at the same time. Looking back, they saw several idle men standing under the big tree. One of them lifted the dog up, grabbed the tail and lifted the dog into the air, shaking it constantly, yelling while shaking!
Yang Ze said, "What's going on? Go back and take a look." As he said that, he quickly walked back to the big tree.
Qi Jinsi was also very happy and followed him back. The death of the dog means that her husband is still poisonous, which is equivalent to directly proving that Li Yang did not murder his husband, and that she was indeed wronged. If this is true, wouldn’t he even reverse the case of an unjust case? This is a great contribution and it is enough to get the title of Blue Sky at the end of his career!
It turned out that those idle men didn't see any big fun and went out of the city in vain. They felt very disadvantaged. I don't know why they felt this way. No one forced them to come, and I don't know where the loss was. Since they felt that they were at a loss, they had to make some money back. So a few idle men saw that the officials and officers had left, so they went to catch the dog and planned to catch them for a meal of dog meat. Isn't this time the city not out in vain?
But when they went to the tree, they kicked the dog first, but the dog didn't get up and barked, and his body was tilted to the side. The idle man was not afraid of being bitten by the dog. He went up and held it down, but found that the dog's body was already cold and had already died. The idle man then lifted it up and shouted.
Chapter completed!