TSBFL Chapter 75
Chapter 75.1: 狡辩
[Sophistry / Make Excuses]
People in the Zhou family panicked when Zhou Qing was taken away by the officials. As soon as Zhou Qing and the others left, Zhou Da Niang, who had just been stopped at the side and was scared silly, reacted by giving her daughter-in-law a slap on the face who had just opened the door. She looked at her with a trembling voice: “Just now, who asked you to open the door?”
Zhou Qing’s wife was slapped in the face by her mother-in-law, but she didn’t dare to resist her even a little bit, she could only cover her face silently, bowed her head and didn’t say anything. Sound of weeping gradually came out from under the shadows covered by her hair.
Zhou Da Niang’s questioning voice and Zhou Qing’s wife’s crying voice broke the calm of the entire courtyard, so that the original night that had become silent because of the arrival of the official police gradually restored its movement.
Zhou Da Niang looked at the woman’s weeping, and felt that if she had not opened the door to those fierce officials, her son would not have been taken away by those people. With resentment in her heart, she began to hit Zhou Qing’s wife again. The force in her hand was heavier and heavier than before.
“You’re the bad luck star, if it wasn’t because you brought bad luck to your husband’s family, how could my son be taken away?”
“No, not me, I really didn’t mean it.”
The sharp and unkind cursing sound and hoarse crying sound mixed together made the side who had been thinking about this matter, Butler Zhou, gradually frowned, finally as if he could not stand it, he reprimand loudly: “You all, shut up!”
Hearing this roar, Zhou Da Niang stopped her hand movements and looked at the man standing next to her, as if she suddenly reacted, she immediately pounced on him, grabbed his sleeve, and cried out to him as she said:
“Big brother ah, Zhou Qing is now arrested by the officials. You must find a way to save him out ah! Zhou Qing, no matter how no good he is, he is the only son and heir of the Zhou family now, something (bad) can’t happen to him ah!”
Zhou Family’s manager listened to the piercing shouts beside him, his originally wrinkled brows screwed up more and more, and finally his whole face looked a little bit grim, and when his patience finally ran out, he threw down hand of Zhou Da Niang that was hanging on to him with a forceful fling of his arm as he looked at her and roared:
“I’m going to go to the Yamen right now to enquire about what had happened, you stay at home and be quiet, don’t make any more trouble!”
Zhou Da Niang was confused by his maneuver, the spirited energy from earlier was also removed, looking at Manager Zhou with a somewhat awkward expression, she cautiously said, “I know already.”
After Butler Zhou finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out, and didn’t even give the beaten woman next to him a single glance from start to finish.
***
Inside the Yamen,
Zhou Qing looked at everyone standing above the Yamen, a look of upset gradually appeared on his face, countless thoughts gradually rose in his heart, followed by the denials of it one by one.
Impossible, impossible, Zhou Qing felt that what he and his uncle have done this time; he had arranged things properly enough, so it’s impossible to be exposed by others.
While Zhou Qing let his imagination run wildly underneath, the county magistrate sitting in the courtroom slapped the wooden block, sending out a ‘bang’ sound, and then looked at the frightened man below the court of law, asking in a cold tone, “Who are you (What is your name)?”
Zhou Qing saw the county magistrate looking at himself. He didn’t dare to make any other guesses, and could only tremble as he said, “My…my name is Zhou Qing.”
“Zhou Qing.” The County Master’s majestic voice resounded in the not-so-spacious hall, “Do you know what this official has called you here for?”
Zhou Qing shook his head in panic.
The County Magistrate snorted coldly, pointing towards Chen Xing and the others standing next to him. His tone was somewhat heavier, “Do you recognize who they are?”
Zhou Qing looked at Chen Xing, who was glaring angrily towards him, as well as Gu Lang, who was staring at him with a flat expression next to him. He didn’t know what he was thinking about. He immediately shook his head like a rattle drum, “No, I don’t know.”
“Do you know what will happen to you if you lie in front of a court official?”
Chen Xing looked at Zhou Qing, who had started trembling because of the county magistrate’s words, and thinking about him falsely accusing himself, he also ignored the fact that it wasn’t his turn to speak yet so he directly pointed at him and said angrily, “He’s lying. He obviously even fought in our shop the last time he was here, yet this time he’s going to say that he doesn’t know us.”
“You, you fart (lie)!” Zhou Qing’s heart became more and more flustered as he listened to Chen Xing’s words, his eyes flickering as he didn’t dare to look at him, but he still spoke plausibly and volubly (in self-justification); defended himself loudly as he refuted him.
“Whether I have lied or not, one only needs to ask the others who were present that day then they will know.” Chen Xing looked at the man who had come here and was still trying to weasel his way out of the situation, resorted to sophistry and without being polite at all as he accused, “Now that I’m going to invite those people to come, do you dare to confront me?”
“I’m not, I didn’t, don’t falsely accuse me.” Since coming to this hall, Zhou Qing’s mood hasn’t been good. At this time, when he heard Chen Xing’s words, he talked even irresponsibly, “You, this little Ger, do you still have dignity or not? Don’t always think of planting those charges on me. I don’t know those accounts at all!”
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