TSBFL Chapter 105.1: 審問
[Interrogate]
In addition to the concerned parties present, the surroundings of the courthouse were also crowded with people who had come to watch the fun, staring at the several people in the center of the hall with a pair of curious eyes, their eyes continuing flashing with curiosity.
The originally fierce Chen Ling Er, after hearing Gu Lang’s words, immediately froze. Those pair of beautiful eyes looked straight at Gu Lang, seemed to be unable to understand what he was talking about, murmured: “What are you talking about?”
Gu Lang is not here to waste words with her, seeing her like that, he also did not say anything more, straight to the county magistrate, in front of the county magistrate sitting at the top. Toward the county magistrate, he arched his hand and said aloud: “I am standing here today to file a lawsuit, Miss Chen, the fourth who burned the shop, I hope that the county magistrate seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (perceptive down to the minutest detail), to uphold the justice for us the common people!”
Hearing Gu Lang’s words, Chen Ling Er’s body was shaken, openly lifted her head to look at him, her eyes were full of shock. No, it can’t be, she thought that things were done secretly, it was impossible for Gu Lang cs to know it.
Chen Ling Er comforted herself in this way, but looking at that side of the Gu Lang who pledged in all sincerity; vow solemnly. In her heart, another secret thought is surfaced, that is, Gu Lang they know, they know what she had done.
“Bullshit!”
Not waiting for Gu Lang to say something, not far from the hall, someone issued a loud rebuke, and then they heard him continue to say: “My daughter is just a woman, how can she set fire to the shop? I think you are clearly harboring a grudge against my Chen family, which is why you are making such indiscriminate slanders.”
Everyone followed the voice and looked, only to see that the person who retorted was that Old Master Chen, he was now glaring at Gu Lang with his eyes glaring fiercely, as if he had some deep hatred toward Gu Lang.
Surprisingly, Gu Lang did not lose his temper when facing Master Chen’s accusation, instead, he showed a look of watching a good show, “Oh, since that’s the case, then Master Chen might as well tell me why I, as a common people, why am I fret over trifles as to go against your family?”
Master Chen only felt that the eyes of the people around him were all focused on him, there was curiosity in those eyes, there was measuring, and there was even a little bit of mockery, he suddenly had a thought that he absolutely could not tell the truth, after all, that was not something honorable.
However, when Master Chen met Gu Lang’s smiling but not smiling gaze, his originally suppressed anger rose once again. Gu Lang is just a poor scholar, or a poor man without family background, why should he, a rich man in the city, be afraid of him? Thinking clearly about this point, Chen Lao Ye also did not look at Gu Lang, but turned his head to look at the county magistrate on the hall, arched his hand, “County magistrate, I did not want to say these things, but this Gu Lang is really too deceitful, so I have to make things clear.
Our Chen family and the Gu family were originally old friends,so many years ago, they also arranged marriage for their family’s children, but Gu Lang stayed away for many years, came back and with their family has long become estranged. My daughter was not willing to marry him, so I agreed to it because I love my daughter.
But later, considering the peace between our two families, he married another Ger instead. Who knows that he has always harbored a grudge against me for not marrying my daughter to him, which has led to today’s incident?
Although the person married to him was not to Gu Lang’s liking, we still honored our promise. Who knows, so long ago, he not only still has a grudge against this incident, but also made up this kind of lie to defame my daughter, is really shameless to the extreme. I hope that the county governor sees the light, and returns justice to my daughter ah!”
Chen Xing was listening to this half-truth, half-false, confound black and white (confuse right and wrong), but the original cause of this matter, their wrong way to blame it to Gu Lang, he was so angry as he clenched his fists. In the beginning of what happened, no one is more clear than him, it is because of this, listening to the words of Master Chen, he felt that Master Chen is that shameless to the extreme.
Just when Chen Xing can not help but want to open his mouth to confront Master Chen, he felt his hand was gently patted by someone, he turned his head to look over, only to see Gu Lang is staring at himself, in the sight of his look over, he also slowly shook his head towards himself, as if to indicate that he should not be impulsive.
The moment Chen Xing hesitated, the upper head of the County Magistrate’s authoritative voice, he only heard him faintly say: “Chen Bing Sheng, can you be responsible for what you say?”
Chen Bing Sheng is the Old Master Chen’s name, but at this time, hearing the County Magistrate’s words, Chen Lao Ye do not know why his heart surfaced a rather bad feeling, but he still think that people like Gu Lang who has no power and no influence, can not turn over the stormy waves, so he stubbornly refuse to admit mistakes or defeat and said: “This ordinary person, willing to be responsible for my own words.”
The county magistrate nodded and then turned his head to look at Gu Lang who was standing there and asked: “Gu Lang, is what Chen Bing Sheng said true?”
Gu Lang glanced at Chen Lao Ye, saw his eyes staring at him, without fear, stood out, said aloud: “This student is willing to use my status as a candidate as a guarantee, what Old Master Chen said is definitely not the truth. I returned home, knowing that I am not destined to Miss Chen, so I personally went to the door to withdraw the marriage, only hoping that the Chen family could return the bride price given by my family in the past. However, the Chen family refused and married Chen Xing to me. I have no objection to this, nor do I have the slightest thought of Miss Chen.”
The moment Gu Lang’s words came out, the crowd burst into an uproar. After all, what is the status of a jǔrén, compared to ordinary people, is the existence of a little bit close to becoming an official or master. It is hard to find them, and the only two who are now in the county are now in their forties, and are well respected in the local community.
Gu Lang was only in his early twenties, and if he could further his learning or pursue advanced studies, his future would be unlimited. However, such a person, but now is using his own identity to gamble, the people in the hall can not help but believe his words more, looking at Old Master Chen’s gaze is also particularly complicated.
However, Chen Lao Ye did not have time to take into account the gazes of the people around him, and only stared at Gu Lang in front of him, incredulously said: “You, you are Jǔrén (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the provincial level)? Since you have such an official rank, why didn’t you disclose a bit of it when you first came to my Chen family?”
The old master of Chen questioned like this, his heart is also incessantly angry, do not know what he is angry about.
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