Chapter 67: Brother-in-law, you are confused
"Quiet!" Mr. An said with a majestic face, "There are still doubts about this case. Don't judge easily. When..."
"What did you say?!"
An exclamation interrupted Mr. An's unfinished words. He looked over with a dark face and saw Fang Bao staring at Dr. Sun with a shocked expression, his eyes almost bulging out of his head.
Fang Cailian was in a daze and her face was as pale as a dead man's face.
Mr. An was displeased and asked, "What's the fuss about?"
Old Doctor Sun crossed his hands and bowed, "Sir, this girl is already one month pregnant."
Everyone:? ? ?
Didn’t you just get bullied today? Why are you pregnant?
Shopkeeper Ge said anxiously: "It's impossible, I must have taken the wrong pulse!"
"I have been practicing medicine for forty years, and I am still able to detect the Xi pulse accurately." Dr. Sun was unhappy when someone questioned his medical skills in person. "If you don't believe me, you can ask other doctors to diagnose together."
Shopkeeper Ge didn't want to offend Dr. Sun, so he apologized and said, "I was quick to speak, please don't blame me sir. I believe in your superb medical skills."
He secretly glanced at Fang Cailian, who was thin, with a mixture of joy and sorrow flashing in his eyes.
Mr. Sun snorted coldly, "I can't bear your trust. I'd better ask you to invite a few more doctors to come back and check the pulse together, so as not to miss the case due to my fault."
Mr. An has already sent someone to invite him. He wants to see what surprises await him in today's case.
Three well-reputed doctors in the city were invited back by the government officials. The three of them took turns to check Fang Cailian's pulse. The final conclusion reached was consistent with that of Dr. Sun, and it was indeed a positive pulse.
If Fang Bao hadn't helped her quickly, Fang Cailian would have fallen to the ground.
She raised her hand and gently stroked her still flat belly, biting her lower lip, her heart filled with panic.
This kid shouldn't be here.
"She is pregnant out of wedlock, who is the adulterer?"
"Indecent and shameless!"
"What a yellow flower girl, it turns out that she has a pair of tattered shoes! This Lu Xiucai picked up someone else's tattered shoes, and I feel so embarrassed for him."
"Maybe the adulterer is Lu Xiucai?"
"Oh, the two of them got together so early? That talented lady must be so unlucky."
The people whispered and speculated on the identity of the adulterer.
Mr. An is also curious.
Ahem, he's not gossiping, he's just trying to investigate the case.
"Fang Cailian, I would like to ask you, who is the father of the child in your belly?"
The people were silent for a moment. No matter outside the court or inside the court, everyone looked at Fang Cailian, waiting to hear the answer.
Fang Cailian's hand hanging by her side grasped the hem of her skirt, struggling and hesitating in her heart.
Shopkeeper Ge looked at her with concern and advised, "Don't be afraid Cai Lian. You were just deceived. Just name the person and I will make the decision for you."
Fang Cailian raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes filled with clear tears sliding down her cheeks, her voice was as light as catkins, "Do you really want me to say it?"
"Of course." Shopkeeper Ge's eyes flickered, he looked away slightly, and said sternly, "We can't let the villain who deceived you go unpunished."
Fang Bao looked at the expressions of the two people and felt that something was wrong.
Fang Cailian wiped away her tears, raised her head and took a deep breath, "Okay, I'll say it."
"It's him!" She raised her hand and pointed at Lu Chengjing, "He is the child's father."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
With so many people present, is it difficult to find someone who takes the blame?
Caught him alone, right?
Shang Wan whistled and said jokingly: "Not bad, we have a wife." "Already have a wife." Lu Chengjing pinched his round and plump cheeks, not paying attention to the other party's identification.
He didn't care, and others couldn't care less, especially Fang Bao, the elder brother, who wanted to pounce on Lu Chengjing and bite him to death.
Shopkeeper Ge took the opportunity to give Lu Chengjing eye drops in front of Mr. An, scolding Lu Chengjing for being inferior to a beast, and how pitiful Fang Cailian was.
The common people no longer dared to stand in line easily, and stretched their necks to watch silently.
After Shopkeeper Ge finished his complaint with a dry mouth, Lu Chengjing said: "Sir, I have a question that I would like to ask Miss Fang to clarify."
Mr. An was annoyed and waved his hand to tell him to hurry up.
"Miss Fang, you said that the child in your belly is my flesh and blood. Do you dare to ask me when and where I met you?"
Fang Cailian lowered her eyes and said, "On the ninth day of last month, I was in Qingfeng Pavilion."
Hearing the words "Qingfeng Pavilion", Shopkeeper Ge was startled, and a bad premonition suddenly emerged in his heart.
Lu Chengjing's eyes darkened and he looked deeply at Fang Cailian.
Shitou's eyes twitched. His brother-in-law actually went to Qingfeng Pavilion that day. He didn't follow because he was going to the study to deliver paintings.
It's over, it's over, it can't be true, right?
Xiaohuan saw that he had a different look on his face and looked at him suspiciously.
Shitou quickly adjusted his expression, not daring to look in Shang Wan's direction. The scene of Lu Chengjing being beaten half to death by Shang Wan and being thrown to the wolves automatically appeared in his mind.
Hey, hey, brother-in-law, you are confused!
"On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year last month, I did go to Qingfeng Pavilion." Lu Chengjing said slowly, "However, before I entered the gate of Qingfeng Pavilion, I was taken away by a friend and went to Yunshuizhai to taste tea."
Mr. An: "Who can prove it?"
"In addition to friends, the shopkeeper and clerk of Yunshuizhai can all vouch for me." Lu Chengjing said, "In addition, the two of us made tea and discussed poetry that day, and my friend wrote the poems we collaborated on on the wall. , on a certain year, month and day, your Excellency will send someone to Yunshuizhai to investigate."
Mr. An immediately sent someone to inform Qiao Yu'an, and also sent Shan Dajun and Shen Qi each to Yunshuizhai and Qingfeng Pavilion to make inquiries.
Xiaofei was worried and turned his head to look at his shopkeeper for comfort, only to find that shopkeeper Ge was actually sweating.
Qiao Yuan came very quickly.
When he heard that Lu Chengjing had committed adultery and was being tried at the county government office, he rushed over as if his buttocks were on fire, and happened to meet the government servant who reported him at the door.
"Sir, I can testify for Lu Chengjing." Qiao Yu'an's voice was loud, "On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the two of us stayed at Yunshuizhai for most of the day. After having lunch, we went to the Lu's house. It wasn't until dusk that I left the Lu's house. leave."
"Lu Chengjing didn't go out during the trip, so it's impossible to go to Qingfeng Pavilion to meet this girl. There were many students from the county school who saw the two of us that day, and they can also testify for Lu Chengjing."
He chattered a lot, fearing that Lu Chengjing would be wronged.
After saying that, he glared at Shang Wan. That day, Shang Mingming came to the study to see Lu Chengjing. Why did he just look at him and not say a few words of help?
Shang Wan was stared at inexplicably by him and gave him a pair of blank eyes.
Qiao Yuan: Huh! This woman is of no use at all, it’s up to him to save Chengjing.
Shan Dajun came back not long after leaving, holding a pile of jujube paste cakes in his hands.
A yamen servant reached out to take it.
Shan Dajun dodged, "Go, go, I'm not here to eat for you."
Mr. An thought that Shan Dajun had deserted in the middle of his errand, so he even brought the cakes to the court. Just as he was about to scold him, he saw that many of the jujube cakes were stained with mud. He felt strange and kept silent.
"Sir, when I came back, I encountered a group of wild cats. They surrounded me and insisted that I take these jujube mud cakes back to the Yamen before I leave." Shan Dajun handed them over so that Master An could take a closer look, "This is strange. Please let me decide.”
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