A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 227 Facing Bo in Court

The Chen family members were startled by the sound of the gavel and kowtowed to beg for mercy, "Sir, please calm down. Please spare our lives."

On the other hand, Song Ning knelt straight after entering the court, and always looked neither humble nor arrogant. The county magistrate couldn't help but look at her with respect.

"Ms. Hang Song, I want to ask you, are the servants in your house the Chen Laoer and his wife, villagers of Tianan Village in Liukou Town?"

"Sir, that's right."

The county magistrate pointed at the Chen family and said, "Do you know that those two old people are the parents of Chen Laoer, a servant in your house?"

"I know that Mr. and Mrs. Chen have confessed to me."

"Then, the two elders of the Chen family sued you for forcing their son and daughter-in-law to sign a contract to sell their bodies, but did not give them money. Do you agree or not?"

"Your Excellency, I will not admit to anything I have not done." Song Ning sneered, "Besides, even if I sign a contract to sell myself, I can't give them the money. How do they know that I didn't give them the money?"

"Of course you won't admit it. If you hadn't forced me, my son and daughter-in-law would never have sold themselves into slavery. You bullied my son because he was honest and upright, and you still dared to quibble when you didn't give me money." Stimulated by Song Ning's words, Old Lady Chen forgot the county magistrate's warning just now, and started yelling at Song Ning again.

"Silence." The county magistrate angrily slammed the gavel and shouted, "How dare you, a shrew, disrespect the court and ignore my words. Come, slap her in the face."

Soon a constable came forward and slapped Old Lady Chen twice. Just hearing the sound, Song Ning felt happy.

Old Lady Chen became obedient instantly, while the two men in their family knelt there trembling, not daring to say a word for fear of angering the county magistrate.

At this moment, they couldn't help but regret coming to this yamen. They didn't know whether they could get the money from Chen Laoer and his wife for selling their bodies, but now they were getting beaten.

Song Ning sneered in his heart. These people are simply ignorant of the law. They don't understand anything and don't even ask beforehand. They dare to blindly run to the court based on their ignorant ideas. I don't know whether to say they are fierce or stupid.

Outside the gate of the county government office, Zhou Huan's carriage slowly stopped. Hang Shuheng got off the carriage and saw Wang Jin who was waiting there.

"Detective Wang."

"Hang Tongsheng, you are here, please come with me!" Hang Shuheng is one of the owners of the house, so naturally he can be present.

His face was icy as he followed Wang Jin into the main gate, crossed the front yard and came to the door of the court. He bowed and said, "Your Excellency, Hang Shuheng, a student from Shangtang Village, wishes to see you."

When Chen Laoer and his wife, who were waiting outside the door for a summons, saw him coming, they felt relieved. With the young master here, everything should be fine. But thinking about it the other way around, Chen Laoer couldn't help but sweat for his two elders and brothers. At the same time, he felt very embarrassed. On one side was the master who could hold their lives in his hands, and on the other side were relatives with whom he had little affection.

In the court, the county magistrate was still a little puzzled and asked the head constable beside him, "But what does this matter have to do with the student named Hang from Shangtang Village?"

Downstairs, Wang Jin walked in and said, "Your Excellency, Hang Tongsheng from Shangtang Village is the husband of this Hang Song, and the owner of that house."

The county magistrate suddenly realized, "Spread it."

The people who were watching outside the court made way for him, and Hang Shuheng passed through. When he stepped over the threshold, he saw the beautiful figure kneeling upright in the court, and anger arose in his heart.

Song Ning heard footsteps and looked back. Looking from the inside out, with the light behind her, his figure seemed to be walking out of the light source, and then he knelt straight beside her.

"I am Hang Shuheng, your honor." After he finished speaking, he lowered his hand and quietly shook Song Ning's hand before letting go.

"Mr. Hang, you have some connection with the government office." The county magistrate said with interest. He had a good impression of this student named Hang.

When the county magistrate saw Hang Shuheng, he thought of the losses he had suffered at his hands, and felt unhappy. He echoed in a different tone: "Sir, I also think that this Hang Tongsheng has a great affinity with our government. It seems that everything is related to him."

"Your Excellency, it is my honor to be able to establish a relationship with the government." Hang Shuheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The county magistrate thought it was quite interesting to talk to this young man. He smiled and pointed at the Chen family members on the other side as if chatting casually. "Those people are villagers from Tian'an Village, Liukou Town. They sued you for forced buying and selling, forcing people to sign a contract to sell their bodies without paying them. What do you say?"

When the Chen family members saw that the county magistrate actually knew the person they were suing, they thought that this was the end of them, and that the county magistrate would definitely cover up for the other party.

However, Hang Shuheng did not make any excuses, but only said: "Your Excellency, they are the ones who sued me, and I do not need to defend myself. As long as they can provide evidence to prove that I forced the sale, I will let you deal with it. If they cannot provide evidence, please make the decision for me and give me justice."

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows and looked at the Chen family, "You are suing them, do you have any evidence?"

Evidence, what evidence? Isn't it the government's job to collect evidence? No one told them that they need to find evidence themselves when they file a complaint with the government! If they can find evidence themselves, why do they need to go to the government?

The Chen family members were all confused and speechless.

Seeing that they had been unable to answer for a long time, the county magistrate could not help but bang the gavel again, "I will ask you again, do you have any real evidence? If you don't have any evidence, it is purely a false accusation, and I will have to beat you with a stick."

When they heard they were going to be beaten with a stick, the Chen family members kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Sir, please spare our lives, sir, please spare our lives."

Old Lady Chen cried and said, "Sir, we just want to get back the money our son and daughter-in-law earned from selling themselves. We, as their parents, didn't even get a penny from selling ourselves, and my good son has become someone else's slave."

"Have you ever known when and why they sold themselves into slavery? Without knowing anything, you dare to come to the government office to waste your time and occupy government resources." Hang Shuheng sneered and bowed to the county magistrate, saying, "Sir, this matter is ultimately because the servants in my house were caused by their sons. I think that the right and wrong can be determined by summoning Mr. Chen and his wife to the court for questioning."

"If all else fails, we can go to the county government office and ask the pawnbroker to come over. These two people were bought by me from the government office. The indenture was signed by the pawnbroker's manager at the pawnbroker's office. The government office and the government office should have both on file."