Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 787 You must remember what kind of era this is!
The next day, in the Fuliang government office, several servants carried a man into the main hall. Two women knelt there beside him, crying their hearts out. The older woman cried out, "My son is innocent," while the younger woman just wailed.

At this moment, Acting Magistrate Zhu Zitao came out and sat in the hall. When he saw the person below who was barely breathing, he couldn't help but frown.

The man was lying on the door panel, his lower body exposed and covered in blood and gore. The sight made the county magistrate, who was also a man, frown and feel somewhat uneasy.

This made him sit up straight, his expression becoming somewhat serious. He knew this was an extremely malicious assault; if it weren't for the medical school's advanced techniques, it would have been tantamount to murder.

"Stop crying and sobbing, tell me your grievances quickly!"

Then the older woman spoke up: "Yesterday, my son was walking home at night when he was suddenly attacked by a villain. He beat my son severely, and then... he cut off my son's... sob sob sob..."

The old woman was sobbing and nearly fainting when she got to this point. The magistrate was shocked to hear this. He thought that such a wicked person had appeared under his jurisdiction, and if the matter were investigated, he would probably be held responsible.

So without hesitation, he immediately ordered people to begin investigating and summoned the suspect to court to speak.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Bean Sprout was sitting there coldly watching her daughter: "Stretch out your hand."

"I won't stretch it out! I did nothing wrong!"

Kasyapa's personality was a perfect inheritance from Bean Sprout. Even though Bean Sprout was so angry that her lips were trembling, she still couldn't change her stubborn daughter.

Xiao Wu, who was standing nearby, knelt down and said, "Please don't punish my sister. It was my fault. Please punish me instead."

"What does this have to do with you? Get up!" Bean Sprout frowned. "If we don't punish her today, who knows what other heinous things she might do in the future?"

"That person has only himself to blame!"

"Even if it's your own fault, you have no choice but to do this." Bean Sprout slammed his ruler on the stone table: "Kneel down!"

"No!" Kasyapa retorted, his neck stiff like a fighting rooster. "I did nothing wrong!"

The heavily pregnant Bean Sprout was so angry that she held her waist and took several deep breaths. On the contrary, Xiao Wu rushed forward and rubbed her waist while crying.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside. One person said, "We are here on orders to invite the person in question to the court for questioning. Please do not obstruct us, or we will be punished according to the law."

The guard outside sneered, "Produce the official documents, or no matter how much you plead, you won't be able to take a single step inside."

"Are you all going to resist the law?"

"If you've resisted, you've resisted. You don't even have any official documents, so what law do you have to rely on?!"

Seeing the tension looming at the door, Bean Sprout snorted coldly and poked Kasyapa's head hard with his finger: "Look what trouble you've caused me!"

After saying that, she looked up and shouted, "Let them in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards made way for him, and then several constables came in. Although they were quite hostile when they confronted the guards at the door, they were relatively polite when they saw Douyazi.

“We have been sent here by the acting magistrate to invite you to the court.”

"Okay." Bean Sprout slowly stood up and grasped Xiao Wu's hand: "I'll go with you."

When she went out, she said to the guards around her, "Keep a close eye on the young lady. I'm going to confine her to her feet for three days."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kasyapa's indignant shouts came from inside: "What right do you have to confine me! You're only bullying me because Father isn't here!"

These words made Bean Sprouts so angry that her teeth chattered. How long had the child she had raised with all her heart spent with her deadbeat father? Now, things had turned out differently; she wasn't close to her at all.

"It's definitely better to have a dog than to have you."

Douya was so angry she was about to cry, but Xiaowu was there to support her and said softly, "Master's wife, don't be angry. My sister is just young and doesn't know any better."

"She doesn't understand? She understands better than anyone else!"

At this moment, Douya was furious, but she was too lazy to argue with her daughter anymore. She got into the car and took Xiaowu with her to the county government office with the officials.

The county government office was still the same one, but now a lot of people had gathered at the main gate. After all, everyone was curious. Murder, fighting, theft, and robbery were nothing new, but being beaten in the street was incredibly novel. If you missed this, you might never see it again in your life.

When the carriage stopped, Douyazi led Xiaowu down, and the onlookers gasped in unison. They had no idea that such a beautiful woman had appeared in this place. The older one, though pregnant, was even more captivating, while the younger one, though young, was undeniably charming and beautiful.

It's hard to tell if they're mother and daughter or sisters; they certainly make one's imagination run wild.

However, when the two of them walked into the yamen, those who were close by dared not comment, simply because the woman who looked like a lady had too much murderous aura. Just a glance from her eyes could make people's hearts tremble, which was quite frightening. It was obvious at a glance that she was not a gentle and virtuous person.

They arrived at the courtroom. The acting magistrate scratched his face. He didn't recognize Douyazi, or rather, he only knew the founding Duke Dugu Dayun, but not the pregnant Dugu Douya. He couldn't help but think that the two men below were the villains who had killed a lazybones in the street. "This..." As a grown man, he didn't know how to phrase his question, but duty called, so he had no choice but to proceed.

"you……"

"Yes."

Before Douyazi could even hear him finish speaking, he immediately replied, "The wounds on this villain were inflicted by my guards."

"Ah... ah?"

The acting magistrate was caught off guard, and even the onlookers outside sighed in surprise. The man who had been stripped of his leash began to wail on the ground, while his family members cursed him.

"No noise is allowed in the courtroom!" Before the magistrate could even speak, Douyazi turned his head and glared, angrily shouting, "It's not your place to speak here."

Good heavens, everyone from the county magistrate to the common people was shocked, and for a moment they didn't even know who the presiding judge was.

"Ah...yes." The acting magistrate nodded and said, "No noise is allowed in the courtroom."

Now, not only did the family members dare not speak, but even the surrounding people fell silent, with only the chirping of spring insects and the distant shouts of boatmen faintly heard.

"Then may I ask, why did you commit such a violent act?" The acting magistrate had no choice but to take it seriously: "You know that a country has its laws, and even with a thousand reasons, such a violent act is not justifiable."

"it is good."

Douyazi pulled Xiaowu to her side and said, "My daughter is here. Ask her what's going on."

Xiao Wu was a little flustered at first. She looked back at her master's wife and received Douyazi's approval and unyielding look. Xiao Wu then steeled herself and told her everything that had happened yesterday.

She recounted everything from being approached by this man on the street to him following her all the way into her home, and finally attempting to take advantage of her.

After he finished speaking, discussions arose among the people. Xiao Wu was indeed very handsome, and when they heard that he had a younger sister at home yesterday, their gazes toward the lazy man changed.

"Impossible! My son is of pure and good character, how could he do such a thing? Your Honor, you can't just listen to this little vixen's one-sided story. Maybe this fox spirit seduced my son and demanded money from him, which is why she did such a heinous thing."

The old woman's voice was shrill, causing Douyazi to frown. The acting magistrate was also scratching his head, as it was impossible to make a definitive judgment on the matter at the moment. With both sides sticking to their own versions of events, evidence was needed.

Just then, Xia Lin and his group returned home. As soon as they entered the house, Jia Ye came over to complain, saying that her mother had bullied her in this and that way.

"Where's your mother?"

"I was arrested along with Sister Wu."

Before Xia Lin could react, his brothers, including Zhang Jianzhi, were already preparing to grab their weapons and storm the execution ground. The most enraged was Tuoba Shang, who unbuttoned his clothes, brandished two watermelon knives, and charged out: "Damn it, they've dared to bully me! Today I'll see who dares to bully my sister in front of His Highness the Crown Prince of Great Wei! Brothers, follow me and charge out!"

Xia Lin kicked him aside, then took a sip of water: "Put down that watermelon knife and come with me."

The group quickly arrived at the government office, where they found it already packed with people. A little inquiry would reveal what had happened inside.

"I heard that someone harassed Little Wu yesterday, so Jia Ye ordered the guards in his household to cut off that person's..." Li Chengqian coughed and lowered his head at this point.

"Excellent, excellent! Kasyapa is truly like one of my family members. What courage!"

“She’s clearly my sister…” Li Zhi looked up at Tuoba Shang with a resentful expression: “How did she become your family?”

"You call your father 'Dad,' and I call your father 'Uncle,' so does that mean your sister isn't my sister?" Tuoba Shang raised his chin: "Oh, what's wrong? Am I not good enough for your family?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant..." Li Zhi was at his wit's end with this rogue: "An elder brother is naturally an elder brother, and will be an elder brother for life."

But when they turned around, they found that Xia Lin was nowhere to be seen. Li Chengqian interrupted their bickering: "Jianzhi, have you seen your uncle?"

"No, he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the clerk in the hall quickly walked to the acting magistrate's ear and whispered, "Sir, the magistrate has returned. He says he wants to personally try this case."

Upon hearing the words "Magistrate," the acting magistrate showed no displeasure, because the magistrate of Fuliang County had never changed from the beginning until now; whoever came was merely acting. The arrival of the current magistrate meant…

“You mean Xia…” The county magistrate immediately shut his mouth: “I know, I know.”

After he finished speaking, he stood up and addressed the people below the hall: "Gentlemen, the magistrate has just returned today and will be taking over the trial of this case."

(End of this chapter)