Hu Fan was also a little confused. Why, Chen Xiaobei had become a bully running rampant in the village.
He looked at He Laoqi doubtfully.
He Laoqi was also confused. After all, he was not familiar with Chen Xiaobei. He was introduced by the Liu family.
He cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Jia, this is a court. If you dare to talk nonsense, you will be punished."
Mrs. Jia cried and said, "Master, he is the one who scared my son so much that he dared not return home. I, I will fight with him."
As he spoke, he stood up and was about to pounce on Chen Xiaobei.
Fortunately, He Laoqi had quick eyes and quick hands and stepped forward to block Chen Xiaobei.
Jia Fan was shocked when he saw it.
"You are not allowed to roar in court, otherwise I will take action."
He Laoqi looked at Chen Xiaobei and asked, "Is this happening?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head.
"Then do you have any witnesses?"
Chen Xiaobei slapped his head and said yes, witness, Chen Ping is outside, ready-made.
"Go back to Master Qi. The few people sleeping on the donkey cart outside are from the village protection team. They can all testify for me."
He Laoqi glanced at the policeman next to him, and soon, Chen Pingping and three others were brought in.
As soon as they came in, the three of them knelt down and kowtowed to Hu Fan. Maybe they didn't expect that they would have to be called in for questioning after they came to eat steamed buns.
When he saw the three of them coming in, Chen Yutian was a little dumbfounded and gently tugged on Jia's clothes.
Jia was the evil one and complained first, "Yes, the three of them teamed up with Chen Xiaobei to frame my son as a thief."
Originally, you only threw dirty water on Chen Xiaobei, and maybe there was a chance of survival, but now you don't even let Chen Ping go, how can they let you go?
Chen Ping raised his fist towards Hu Fan and said loudly, "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, I am the captain of the Hetou Village Protection Team. My name is Chen Ping."
"This old woman is obviously a bad person who complained first. His son Chen Ermao ran into Chen Xiaobei's house at night to steal, and we caught him red-handed."
"I wanted to lock her in the village until dawn and send her to the county government, but she escaped in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, the old woman actually had evil thoughts and hired a murderer to kill Chen Xiaobei. Fortunately, someone saw through it and caught her first.
Already."
Chen Ping said this, if the matter ends here, it will be an attempted murder at most.
But at this time, Jia had completely lost her mind. She pointed at Chen Ping and yelled.
"What makes me have evil thoughts? It's not your grandfather who is the head of the village who forces us to do this..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yutian felt that his secret was about to be exposed, so he quickly grabbed Jia's arm.
"I'm afraid you are crazy. You dare to say such things in court."
How could Chen Ping be willing to do anything? He had no idea what was going on behind the scenes, so he naturally wanted to speak for his grandfather.
"You are such a slanderer, and you actually put all the blame on my grandfather. I think you are really crazy."
After saying that, he turned to look at Hu Fan and said, "Your Majesty the County Magistrate, her son Chen Ermao is in the village on weekdays. He is uneducated, idle, and stealing. You can go to the village and ask about this."
"Chen Xiaobei just got married a few days ago and brought some dowry, but he was targeted by Chen Ermao. When he went to steal, we blocked him at home. These villagers can testify."
Hu Fan nodded.
"Ms. Jia, if you tell the truth now, it may be too late. If you persist in your obsession and I find out, you know what consequences are waiting for you."
Mrs. Jia kowtowed to Hu Fan, "Lord County Magistrate, what I said is true. It was really Chen Anbang, the head of the village, who told us that only by killing Chen Xiaobei can our son return to the village."
Hu Fan nodded, "So your son did go to Chen Xiaobei's house to steal something."
Jia still wanted to argue, but Chen Yutian next to her quickly stopped her, "Master Qingtian, we did something wrong indeed. My son went to his house to steal something. Later, the village chief said that he would send it to the county.
I secretly released him in the middle of the night while the village guard was asleep."
"I hired a murderer out of dissatisfaction, it has nothing to do with the chief."
Chen Yutian said these words against his will. But now he can only say this because he clearly understands the meaning of those words before leaving.
Just then, a commotion was heard outside, and then someone hurried in.
"Let me report to the county magistrate that a group of people have come outside, saying they are from Hetou Village."
Hu Fan glared and said, "It's nonsense, how can you be so noisy?"
"Sir, they said they captured a bandit and brought him to the county government."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobei's mind instantly flashed to the scene last night.
The person who bumped into me was not from Hetou Village? Could it be him?
Not to mention that Chen Xiaobei's inference was completely correct, this kid hid in Qingniu Mountain all night.
He waited until daybreak before returning to the village as if nothing had happened and went straight to Chen Yutian's home.
At this time, Chen Yutian had already been taken away by He Laoqi.
Seeing that no one was at Chen Yutian's home, the bandits pretended to ask neighbors about their whereabouts.
Finally, someone reported it to the village protection team.
This kid ran away as soon as he saw the village protection team. Doesn't this show that he has something evil in his heart?
After Chen Daqiang took the man away, he met Chen Anbang again.
It just so happened that Chen Anbang had just returned from the countryside. He also wanted to know the progress of the matter, so he offered to take them to see the official.
…
Hu Fan listened to the report and waved his hand, and soon someone came in with another bandit.
When the bandit saw that Yang Dazhi's head was covered with blood and his body was beaten to pieces, he was frightened and knelt there with a grunt, begging for mercy.
"The county magistrate has mercy on me, the county magistrate has mercy on me."
Hu Fan lay on the ground and slapped the crowd, "Who is your last name? Why did you come to Beishan Village? What do you want to do? Tell me from the facts."
This boy was quite happy pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. "Sir, my name is Ding Laosan. I'm going to Hetou Village with Yang Dazhi to draw a route map on Qingniu Mountain. By the way..."
He turned to look at Yang Dazhi and continued, "By the way, I killed a man named Chen Xiaobei."
Ding Laosan described the situation last night. Sure enough, as Chen Xiaobei had guessed, the boy ran out quickly when he heard Cui Hongyu shouting, and was bumped into by Chen Xiaobei.
Hu Fan looked at Jia and said, "He hired a murderer to kill someone. The evidence is conclusive. What else can you say?"
At this time, Jia was willing to risk everything, and shouted loudly with eyes wide open, "Master Qingtian, I just said that everything was ordered by the chief Chen Anbang."
When Chen Ping heard this, he was very angry and said, "Your Majesty the County Magistrate, my grandfather is outside. Just call him in and confront this guy face to face."
Hu Fan nodded and made a gesture to He Laoqi.
Soon Chen Anbang was brought in.
At this time, he was also panicking, but he forced himself to calm down and bowed to Hu Fan, "Chen Anbang, the head of Hetou Village, has met Magistrate Hu."
Hu Fan pointed at Chen Yutian and Jia, "Do you recognize them?"
"Back to the county magistrate, these two are villagers of my village, so I will naturally recognize them."
"Well, they said they hired a murderer to kill Chen Xiaobei because of your instructions. Is this true?"
Chen Anbang's heart skipped a beat, his eyes became cold, he swept across Jia's face and then looked at Chen Yutian.