Chapter 277 278 Fruit
Upon seeing this, Qi Zhanpeng stood up quickly, bowed and said, "Don't worry, second elder, I will go back and ask my mother to find a matchmaker to propose marriage."
The Liu family brother stopped him and said, "No, you can't leave. If you leave and never come back, we will find you wherever we go. You have to sign a contract as proof that you agree to marry my sister."
Qi Zhanpeng just wanted to leave this place where he had lost face quickly, so he didn't think too much and nodded: "Brother Liu, don't worry, I'll sign it."
The brother of the Liu family turned around and went out. After a while, he took out a deed and asked Qi Zhanpeng to put his fingerprints on it. Qi Zhanpeng's head was dizzy and he was beaten again by the Liu family's father and son. He was so frightened that he didn't look at it carefully. I pressed my fingerprints, put on my clothes and staggered back home. When I got home, I lay in bed sweating profusely. During the night, I started to have a high fever and started talking nonsense.
Yu Shi found out and quickly found someone to grab some medicine and gave it to him to drink. Seeing that he was soaked all over, he changed his clothes and let him sleep. At dawn, a few ruffians broke in, holding deeds and demanding to take over the medical clinic, drug store, house and land.
Mrs. Yu took the deed with trembling hands and read it. Qi Zhanpeng sold the medical clinic, shop, house and land at home for one thousand taels of silver. The money was counted in person when the deed was signed. Qi Zhanpeng would vacate the house at dawn the next day.
Mrs. Yu showed the deed to her son. Qi Zhanpeng looked at it carefully and found that it was not a deed to marry his sister, but actually a deed to sell a house, shop, house, land.
Only then did Qi Zhanpeng realize that he had been set up. He screamed angrily and fainted. Yu was no match for those gangsters and was soon kicked out of the house by the gangsters. When Qi Zhanpeng woke up, he realized that his mother and son had been driven out of the house by the ruffians.
The mother and son had to live temporarily in the hut of the ruined temple. Qi Zhanpeng was just a little bit better, but the Yamen sent someone to tell him that Liu Changgen of Liujia Village came to the Yamen to accuse him of misbehavior during the filial piety period, and the county magistrate had canceled his birth certificate.
Qi Zhanpeng fainted from anger on the spot. Mrs. Yu cried and sold the only jewelry she had on her body, and hired someone to repair the hut. The mother and son lived in the hut.
Qi Zhanpeng slowly recovered under his mother's careful care. All the money from the sale of Yu's jewelry was used up, and he relied on selling some embroidery to support his mother and son's lives. A month later, his family's medical clinic, pharmacy, and farmland became the property of the Holy Hand Church.
The mother and son of the Qi family understood that their family had been plotted by the Shengshou Hall, but the county government and the Shengshou Hall were colluding. They no longer believed in the government office Qi Zhanpeng. They felt that the only way to clear their grievances was to go to Beijing, so they planned to slowly save some money and go to Beijing to file a petition.
After listening to Qi Zhanpeng's narration, Mr. Wen understood that from the time Zhao Cheng took his mother to see a doctor to the end when Qi Zhanpeng was set up, all of this was obviously designed by the Holy Hand Church to seize the Qi family's property, and County Magistrate Yang was among them. Acted as an accomplice.
Mr. Wen patted Qi Zhanpeng who was crying and comforted him: "Xiao Qi, when Xiao Xi comes back, I will tell him what happened to your family and ask him to help you find out the truth. Also, you have not given up on yourself after so many hardships." , you can set up a stall on the street to earn money to support your mother, while studying hard, God will reward your hard work, I believe you will achieve something in the future."
After listening to Mr. Wen's words, Qi Zhanpeng wiped away the tears on his face, stood up, bowed to Mr. Wen and saluted: "Thank you, Doctor Wen, for your teaching."
After Tiezhu and Awei sent Qi Zhanpeng away, they looked at his back and sighed, feeling that the Holy Hand Hall was really nothing. For their own selfish interests, the Qi family was ruined. Such people's practice of medicine was simply seeking money and killing people.
Qi Zhanpeng went home and told Mrs. Yu that Mr. Wen was willing to help him. Mrs. Yu said hopefully: "Peng'er, it seems that this time I can restore your father's and your innocence."
Zhou Jia took Mr. Qian and others to the county government office to check the files at the end of the day. Then he asked Mr. Qian and the scribe to take the fast-moving government servants to stay in the post house, and took Zhaocai to the small house rented by Mr. Wen. After leaving the hospital, I returned to the small courtyard and saw Mr. Wen still writing the pulse record. He asked with concern: "Sir, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
"I'm waiting for you." Mr. Wen put down the pen in his hand and pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down and I will tell you what happened to the Qi family."
Seeing Mr. Wen's serious look, Zhou Jia sat down on the chair. Mr. Wen told Zhou Jia everything Qi Zhanpeng said and told him: "Xiao Xi, go and find out the truth about these things. If Xiao Qi Everything they say is true, and the government should tell the truth to the Qi family and bring to justice those treacherous villains like the Holy Hand who seek wealth and murder."
After hearing this, Zhou Jia remembered that Mr. Qian had read the file to him at the county government office today. Sure enough, it was the case of Qi Zhanpeng's family. "Sir, I also saw the file of this case in the government office. I have asked Zhaocai to take someone to investigate it secretly. , they said that local people said that the Qi family was kind-hearted. When Qi Shilian was still alive, he often gave medicine to poor families who could not afford medical treatment. Zhao Cheng was from Zhaojia'ao, which is a day's journey away from the county. We will go check it out tomorrow. As for the family in Liujiacun, ask Awei to call Qi Zhanpeng early tomorrow morning and ask them carefully."
Mr. Wen looked at Zhou Jia with relief, "Okay, then I'm relieved. You're tired too. Go and have a rest."
The next day, Zhaocai took people to Zhaojia Village. After a visit, he learned from the villagers in Zhaojia Village that Zhao Cheng was a gambler and had never paid attention to his mother. His mother died of illness. A few days ago, I suddenly realized that I had become better to his mother, bought him new clothes, and hired a car to take his mother to the county town for medical treatment. Zhao Cheng’s mother died before she got home from the county town after seeing a doctor. , not long after his mother's death, Zhao Cheng became wealthy and moved to the town.
When the police went to Liujia Village to investigate, they found out that Liu Qiaogu was not named Liu, nor was she a daughter of the Liu family, but He Qiaogu, the daughter-in-law of the Liu family. The family was greedy and lazy, and had a bad reputation in the village.
The daughter of the owner of the Holy Hand Hall was the concubine of Yang County Magistrate Lai Leng County. After finding out this, Zhou Jia understood it and sent people to arrest Zhao Cheng and the Liu family. He also sent people to watch the Holy Hand Hall. Qi Zhanpeng was asked to write a new petition and submit it to the county government, telling Magistrate Yang that he would retry the Qi family's case. Magistrate Yang was shocked after hearing this, but there was nothing he could do.
On the day of the retrial, the county government office was crowded with people. Zhao Cheng and the Liu family confessed that Liu Changqing, the owner of the Holy Hand Hall, instigated them to do it. Zhou Jia sent people to arrest the owner of the Holy Hand Hall, and the Liu family and Zhao Cheng received severe sentences. After being beaten fifty times and exiled for three thousand miles, the Holy Hand Church returned the Qi family's belongings, confiscated the illegal gains of the past two years, and compensated the Qi family two hundred taels. Qi Shilian and Qi Zhanpeng regained their innocence. Liu Changqing was sentenced to death for seeking money and killing people. Magistrate Yang derelict in his duties and suspended his duties. He reported to the court and dealt with it later.
The people watching applauded in unison, and the Qi family's mother and son even cried with joy and kept thanking Zhou Jia. Zhou Jia arranged for the magistrate of Ling County to handle the affairs of Ling County on his behalf, and rushed to Yuncheng with Mr. Wen and his group.