The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1126: Talk about the things of those years

Chapter 1126: Chapter 1126: Talk about the things of those years

"My Lord, listen to this simple woman, it was those people, those people who wronged my husband first, it really wasn’t my husband’s fault, they deserved to die, ah, they’re already dead, so why must my husband’s life be taken in exchange for those dead?"

The crowd: "..."

How can this woman be so infuriating, makes one want to clench their fists and punch her to death!

"Nonsense!"

The magistrate shouted once more.

"They deserved to die? How did they deserve to die? In what way did they offend you and your husband?"

Even if they had offended you, that wouldn’t warrant death, would it?

And even if those people truly offended Forensic Doctor Zeng, then Forensic Doctor Zeng and his wife should have brought the matter directly to the yamen, how could they take it upon themselves to kill as they pleased?

"Yes, yes, it was them."

Ms. Nie nodded as she looked towards the people in the crowd.

"It was him, it was them, who refused to lend my husband the silver, causing my husband to fail the autumn imperial examination. In the end, he had to make a living, to survive, he had to become a despised forensic doctor."

The crowd: "..."

What’s wrong with being a forensic doctor, and why is it looked down upon?

These commoners here wish to have some relation to the yamen, yet they have no way to, but at least Forensic Doctor Zeng is in the yamen every day, at least he often has the chance to see the magistrate, right?

Isn’t that good enough?

"Zeng, Ms. Nie, haven’t we treated you well enough these years? What do you mean our family refused to lend you silver?" An old woman supported by others walked out and, shaking, pointed her finger at Forensic Doctor Zeng and Ms. Nie, questioning them.

"Good, you say you treated me well? If it was really good, would you not have lent me the silver, preventing me from going to Jianan City to take the examination?" Forensic Doctor Zeng glanced sideways at the old woman, scoffed, and spoke.

"I failed the examination three years ago, and three years later, how could your grandson pass the imperial examination? It’s clear that your whole family of vampires obstructed my official career. Not taking your entire family’s lives is already showing mercy.

So, I indeed wanted to poison your whole family, if it weren’t for your grandson’s luck, being sent to the countryside, he would have been the first one poisoned to death!"

"You—"

Upon hearing his words, the old woman had a surge of anger stuck in her throat, nearly fainting from the rage.

"Forensic Doctor Zeng, do you say this with your conscience? Where did Old Madam and the master wrong you? Don’t you know very well what happened three years ago?"

The woman serving the old woman immediately stood out and questioned Forensic Doctor Zeng.

"Since everyone is here today, let’s speak about what happened back then."

The woman must have been someone the old woman relied on heavily; seeing her step forward, the old woman did not object.

"That year, you asked the Old Master for five hundred silver taels, claiming you wanted to go to Jianan City for the autumn imperial examination. But you weren’t a scholar from Jianan City, so on what basis did you want to participate in Jianan City’s autumn imperial examination?

Oh, just to save that tiny bit of your pathetic face, you wanted to spend five hundred silver taels to buy a spot for the examination in Jianan City? And on top of that, using borrowed money?

Was our Old Master hit in the head by a donkey to lend you the silver to make such a pointless gesture? Even our young master took the examination here in his own locality, never squandering the family’s silver on frivolity.

Let everyone here be the judge, should our Old Master have lent you those five hundred silver taels back then?!"