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Chapter 118 The Queen of Autumn Asks and Beheads

At this time, two officers came in one after another.

One of the officers was carrying a half-grown child who looked like a waiter, while the other officer walked straight to the desk and handed the county magistrate a package.

"Okay, stop crying, your father is not dead yet." Ma Zhiming knocked the gavel heavily again.

The tears that Fu San hadn't had time to squeeze out remained in his eyes.

"Sir, this is Shi Zhu, a clerk from Baohetang. He said that Fu San went to their pharmacy last night and bought a packet of arsenic." The official replied and stood aside.

"Shizhu, is this true?"

"It is absolutely true, my Lord!"

"You are talking nonsense! I never went to Baohetang to buy arsenic! Sir, this is unfair, this guy must have been hired by them to frame me!"

As soon as the guy finished speaking, Fu San crawled forward using his hands and feet, shouting that he was innocent. He was really scared now.

When the guy heard him crying and saying that he had framed him, he quit.

"Sir, what I said is absolutely true. Although Fu San had his face covered last night, his name was Lin Ada written on the registration book of our pharmacy. But when he was leaving the store, he bumped into a woman and turned around to curse her. At that time, he turned around suddenly and his veil fluttered. I clearly saw his face under the veil."

"Besides, do you think it's okay if you write the fake name Lin Ada?" Shi Zhu took out a ledger from his pocket and presented it to him, "Sir! This is the name list from last night. I saw that he didn't hold the pen with his left hand, so I think the handwriting should be recognizable."

Ma Zhiming signaled the chief clerk to go up and bring up the registration book.

Fu San had a criminal record here before, and there was a document with his signature and seal in the government file. The chief clerk found it and put it together with the registration book. After a careful comparison, it was definitely his handwriting.

"boom!"

Ma Zhiming smashed the registration book in his hand onto Fu San's head.

"Fu San, you are unworthy of being a son! You actually forced your old father to drink poisonous arsenic just to blackmail someone. What else do you have to say!"

Ma Zhiming was really furious. How could there be such an ambitious person in the world, and in his jurisdiction?

"Sir, it's unfair, it's unfair! Even if I bought the arsenic, how can I prove that I forced my father to drink it? Although I am a bastard, this is my father!" Fu San was really panicked, but he still refused to admit it.

Li Huaiyuan was a little confused. It turned out that this person really poisoned his father?

"You are wronged? You still have the nerve to cry out for injustice? Well, then I will let you die clearly." Ma Zhiming was so angry that he almost laughed. This man still has no regrets.

"Coroner, come here and answer the call."

Soon a gray-haired old man trotted into the lobby.

"How is it? Have you confirmed that the poison the old man was poisoned with was arsenic?"

The coroner knelt on the ground and said, "Your Excellency, the poison that the old man was poisoned with was undoubtedly arsenic. After Dr. Li of Huichun Hall and I examined the vomit, we can confirm that the time of poisoning was around 6:45 today."

"It's six quarters past the hour of Mao, and we haven't entered the city yet. Everyone in our village who comes to the market can prove it. Could it be that we have magical powers that can poison your father through the air?" Duan Minmin looked at Fu San sneerfully.

"Did you hear it clearly? Fu San! If you still feel that you are wronged, then take a look at what this thing is!"

Magistrate Ma called the yamen runners and asked them to take the contents of the package to Fu San for inspection.

The bailiff obeyed the order and spread the things in front of Fu San. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin looked and saw a powdered bowl and a powdered kraft paper in the package. The words "Baohetang" were printed in large letters on the kraft paper.

Fu San naturally saw it as well, and immediately collapsed to the ground, knowing that he couldn't escape.

"Oh no! Oh no! Sir, the old man is dying!" The medicine boy hurried over from the side hall.

Magistrate Ma stood up and led everyone to the side hall. Fu San, who was still lying on the ground, was dragged over mercilessly by the bailiffs.

Doctor Li was giving the old man an acupuncture injection, trying to keep him alive.

Seeing his son, the skinny old man stretched out his hand, wanting to hold his son's hand to give him a few final instructions, but he could only make hoarse sounds, like a broken bellows.

Seeing his father like this, Fu San stepped back hard and didn't dare to come forward at all.

In the end, the old man failed to hold his son's hand and closed his eyes with deep concern.

Doctor Li pulled out the silver needle from the old man's body and shook his head weakly at Magistrate Ma.

Many of the onlookers had red eyes, and many women even shed tears.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were also upset. Even though Fu San forced him to drink arsenic, before he died, he was still worried about his useless son.

Magistrate Ma could no longer bear it. With red eyes, he rushed forward and kicked Fu San in the heart.

"Fu San! Are you still human? That's your father! You poisoned him, and before he died, he was most worried about you. When he was dying, he wanted to pull you up, but you refused to go! You are simply a beast..."

County Magistrate Ma was furious, and he started to curse and beat them. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were also furious, and took advantage of the chaos to kick them a few times.

But Li Huaiyuan thought he was fair: "Sir! Sir! Do not resort to lynching!"

"What did you say?!" Magistrate Ma turned around and glared at him with red eyes, "If you say anything more, I'll kick you too!"

This sentence made Li Huaiyuan shut up again.

Seeing that Fu San on the ground was about to be knocked unconscious by the three men, Yang Dapeng pretended to pull County Magistrate Ma away.

Magistrate Ma naturally knew that he couldn't beat him to death, so he just withdrew his foot.

He stepped back, and Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin, whose feet were still raised in the air, looked a little awkward. They awkwardly withdrew their feet that were about to fall on Fu San's face.

Magistrate Ma was extremely angry just now, but now he wanted to laugh when he saw the actions of the two men.

These two women are quite interesting.

Magistrate Ma straightened his clothes and led everyone back to the lobby.

"Fu San, do you plead guilty?"

Fu San had been dragged over by Yang Dapeng and thrown into the hall. He was now frightened out of his wits.

"Sir! Sir! I know I was wrong! I didn't want to kill my father, I really didn't! Please let me go..."

"Let you go? If we let you go, will your old father die in vain? Letting you go will also bring shame to our Yongding!"

Magistrate Ma took out a token and threw it down.

"Fu San of Yongding County, you have falsely accused others and poisoned and murdered your father. This is a heinous crime! According to the Daye Law. Criminal Law. Ten Evils, this county has sentenced you to death and you will be executed in the autumn!"

After hearing the county magistrate's final verdict, Fu San collapsed completely to the ground. A strong smell of urine emanated from under his body. He was mumbling something and looked unconscious.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

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The onlookers shouted loudly that such a person who killed his father and was disobedient and unfilial should be sentenced to death. If this was not in court, he would have been given two rotten eggs to eat.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin also sincerely applauded Magistrate Ma in their hearts. This magistrate was not only a man of character, but also had a clear mind and was able to make decisions promptly. It seemed that he was indeed a good official.

Not long after, the chief clerk had written the confession and brought it to the hall, where he unfolded it and placed it in front of Fu San and read it out loud.

"Fu San, if you have no doubts about the facts in the confession, please sign and seal here." The chief clerk handed over the pen and ink pad.

Fu San kept backing away, hiding his hands behind his back.

County Magistrate Ma was not going to tolerate him, so he ordered Yang Dapeng to pull out Fu San's hand and directly press Fu San's fingerprints on the petition.

After pressing the fingerprints, Yang Dapeng dragged Fu San away like a dead dog and put him in jail.