Tibetan Sea Pearl

Mr. Wu has never been so embarrassed. This appearance is not much different from death. He lay on the stretcher and could not move. He let the onlookers gesticulate at him. From the beginning to the end, Mr. Wu simply pretended to pass out helplessly. net.

The yamen was crowded with people blocking the road, and the steward of the Wu Mansion who came with him had a black face. Good things did not go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. How did the news spread so fast? These people are really full and living too much It's too peaceful.

The butler of the Wu Manor stretched his neck and looked out, but the master hadn't come yet. The news spread so fast and spread all over the city, so the master must have known about it too.

Worried that there were too many people onlookers making trouble, and the matter involved Confucian master Wu Daru, the interrogation was not held in the court, but in the back hall of the magistrate.A subordinate official came out of the back hall and ordered two yamen servants to carry the stretcher to the back hall. The person on the stretcher quietly opened his eyes, as long as it wasn't a confrontation in the courtroom, it was fine.

There was a sedan chair parked in front of the magistrate's yamen, Mrs. Wu helped Wu Daru get off the sedan chair.

"Wu Daru, Wu Daru is here." The gathered people greeted Wu Daru one after another and made way for them.

Wu Daru covered his face with his wide sleeves, walked quickly with his head down, as if he had no face to see someone.

When they arrived at the back hall, prefect Lin came down from the hall to check Mr. Wu's injuries, to see if the man's will was clear, and whether he could confront the sufferer.

This time, the sufferers were the two young mistresses of Guangxiao Temple, kneeling alone in the middle of the back hall. There were many people from the Wu family. Wu Daru, the old lady, the housekeeper, the servant, and the housekeeper squeezed the small back hall so that there was no place to stand. It seemed that the two little teachers were too lonely and helpless, so pitiful.

Wu Daru came, and the subordinate officials rushed to give Wu Daru a seat. Wu Daru had a great reputation, and he didn't have to kneel when he saw an official. Because Wu Daru was a Confucian teacher who taught scriptures and Taoism, everyone respected him. When Wu Daru saw Lin Zhifu standing He also stood.

"Wu Daru is really good at teaching children." After checking the injuries, Lin Zhifu took a look at Wu Daru when he passed by Wu Daru.

Wu Daru didn't know how to answer, and he didn't answer or didn't answer.

"Do you recognize this person?" Lin Zhifu returned to the front of the hall, pointed to the person on the stretcher and asked the little teacher who was kneeling in the back hall, "But the person who climbed over the wall and entered the temple without permission on the Buddha Bathing Festival?"

The two young masters raised their heads and looked at the stretcher on the ground. The person on the stretcher was lying on the stretcher with only one head exposed, which was hard to identify. One of the bold young masters stepped forward to identify it, "This is the benefactor. On that day, the benefactor climbed over the wall and entered the temple, and he uttered wild words, saying that the ancient pine came first, and then the temple, and he cut down the tree, and by counting, he would know how old the ancient pine is.”

Everyone in the Wu family looked dignified. What is Guangxiao Temple? It is said to be a temple, but in fact it is full of teachers. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a nunnery. What does the young master of the Wu family do in the nunnery?Also over the wall into the temple.

Before Wu Daru could speak, Mr. Wu felt wronged and turned his head angrily, "I said the words, but I didn't cut down the tree. I have witnesses!"

Mr. Wu said a series of names of several people, and the subordinate officials under the prefect Lin took a pen and paper, and recorded them one by one, and showed the list to the prefect Lin after the list was recorded.

Prefect Lin glanced at the people on the list, and nodded to the subordinate officials.

In addition to the Wu family's little driver and these Wu family members who wanted to avoid suspicion and could not be counted as real witnesses, there were several other people.

There was a commotion outside the yamen, because the interrogation was not in the lobby, most of the onlookers dispersed, and there were still many people who were reluctant to leave. It had been a long time since they had seen the excitement, so it was a pity to leave like this. Seeing the officials came out with the yamen , everyone got up noisily, and not long after, the officials came back with a few witnesses.

Su Yue was also among the onlookers and did not leave. She also believed that Mr. Wu was innocent.

As soon as Su Yue stood on her tiptoes, she saw a thin figure among the witnesses. The young man had a straight back and was wearing clean clothes. Even in this situation, he had a gentle breath and looked forward.

Su Yue recognized that young man as Yang Silang. When Miss Gu Jiu got married in the previous life, Yang Silang wore a big red flower on his chest and rode a white horse to meet Gu's family. The groom's official image was different when he got married. At this time, Yang Silang looked gentle and with the youthfulness that should be at this age.

Yang Silang walked into the back hall under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The owner of the tavern, the waiter in the tavern, Mr. Wu's companion, and Yang Silang told the story of the day of the Buddha Bathing Festival, how Mr. Wu went to the tavern, when he went to the tavern to drink, when he left, and how he left.

"So many people have testified, Mr. Zhifu, you can believe that I am innocent." Mr. Wu propped himself up with his hands, trying to sit up, "I came back from Guangxiao Temple on the day of the Buddha Bathing Festival, and went to the tavern to get drunk. , I will be punished by my father when I come back." After finishing speaking, he looked at himself and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I am now like this, not to mention cutting down trees, even getting up is difficult."

Mrs. Wu hurriedly comforted her youngest son, "Don't get up quickly, the wound will open up again, we have some physical evidence, and the magistrate will return our innocence."

The brave little teacher on the ground jumped up and pointed at Mr. Wu, "Who knows if you have any accomplices? You can't go out, but you were scolded by the teacher that day, and you have always held a grudge."

The subordinate officials stopped the little teacher in time, "We must talk about evidence in everything, and don't talk nonsense if there is no evidence."

Another little teacher, with tears in his eyes, tugged at the sleeve of the standing little teacher, "They are too many and powerful, they are too bullying."

Mrs. Wu said for her youngest son, "Little teacher, there are many people from our Wu family today, but we did not bully the more, the less, or the weak. After the young master came back from Guangxiao Temple, he has been recuperating at home. It can be seen that the matter of your Guangxiao Temple has nothing to do with our Wu family."

Hearing this, the little teacher's tears fell down, and the standing little teacher squatted down and raised her hand to wipe the tears for others, "Stop crying, the magistrate is in charge of us, and we will listen to the magistrate's orders." .”

After the old lady Wu finished speaking, she bowed to the prefect Lin in the hall and saluted, "Master prefect, if there is nothing else, I will take the child back first, the old lady. It has been out for a long time, and the medicine for the injury should be changed."

The subordinate officials below whispered to Zhifu Lin, "Should we let them go back?"

"Everyone, I have almost heard what happened." The magistrate Lin said, "Mr. Wu climbed over the wall and entered the temple. He was scolded by the teacher in the temple and threatened to cut down the ancient trees in the temple to vent his anger. He came from Guangxiao Temple. When I came back, Mr. Wu went to the tavern to drink in a bad mood, and came back drunk, was scolded by my father, and still can’t get out of bed, isn’t that the case?”

Wu Daru and the Wu family have no objection, as long as Mr. Wu is not present, it is fine to put aside the relationship.

"Mr. Wu, let me ask you one last question." Zhifu Lin asked after taking a sip of tea.