Chapter 174: Swearing a poisonous oath

(Grabbed out, quite messy, can wait until tomorrow afternoon to read.)

As soon as this remark came out, the scene exploded.

"Could the real murderer be Du Shi? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that she also bought rat poison?"

"It's possible, isn't there a saying called a thief shouting to catch a thief."

"No wonder Du Shi kept holding onto Lü Xiuhua, think about it, having a grudge against the Jiang family, and just happened to buy rat poison, isn't she a ready-made scapegoat..."

For a time, the wind direction reversed, and the eyes of the crowd looking at Du Ruo were full of suspicion.

Such a beautiful little wife, looking quite festive, her heart shouldn't be that bad, right?

Du Ruo was dumbfounded.

When did she buy rat poison, how come she didn't know it herself? Bought it while sleepwalking?

There's something fishy.

"This big brother, you recognized the wrong person, right? I have never been there. Even if I went, there are so many people coming and going every day, why did you happen to remember me?"

"Look at what you're saying." Bao Pi looked at her and smiled. "The little lady is so beautiful, which man wouldn't remember after seeing her?"

Du Ruo: "..." Is it my fault?

Just about to open her mouth to refute, Jiang Li held her hand, signaling her not to be impatient.

Then he bowed to the hall and said: "My Lord, I absolutely believe in my wife's character, please ask carefully, bring the evil person to justice, and return my wife's innocence."

The County Magistrate stroked his beard, also feeling puzzled in his heart.

Originally, the procedure was going well, Lü Xiuhua's suspicion was the greatest, and it would be almost enough to close the case after pulling out the witnesses and testimony.

Who knew that such a change would suddenly occur, making him a bit embarrassed.

With so many eyes staring, for now, he could only bite the bullet and continue the trial.

"Bao Pi, do you know the consequences of perjury? Lightly, you get beaten with boards and rolled on nails, heavily, you go to jail and are exiled, you can't talk nonsense." The County Magistrate reminded.

Bao Pi's eyes flickered, and soon he regained his composure, raising two fingers. "The small one dares to swear to heaven, what I said is true, if there is half a lie, then call me to be plagued by bad luck and die a horrible death!"

Even swore a poisonous oath, it must be true.

The crowd believed his words even more, even Yao Yulan couldn't help but look at Du Ruo sideways, her expression confused.

Others didn't know, but she knew that the Jiang Family's Second Branch had Tie Dan, so it was impossible to have rats.

Since there were no rats, why did the younger sister-in-law buy rat poison?

Could it really be... No, no, it wouldn't be!

"Heaven has eyes, finally the truth is about to come out!" Lin Shenzi took the opportunity to pounce on the ground, accusing loudly, "It was clearly Du Shi who poisoned it herself, but she turned around and framed it on commoner, commoner is unable to defend herself, June snow!"

The County Magistrate looked at Du Ruo again. "Du Shi, what do you have to say?"

Du Ruo smiled faintly. "If swearing a poisonous oath can be used as evidence, then I can too, and everything should have a reason, why would I poison

"Of course it was for the family property." Aunt Lin slanted a look at her, with the air of someone who had seen right through her, "Jiang Cheng is getting on, he'll soon be discussing marriage and taking a wife, and in the future, he'll divide up a portion of the money and land. Of course you'd be dying for him to die sooner."

"And then there's Jiang Wan, a sickly thing since childhood, needing medicine every month, spending money like water. Such a burden, dare you say you didn't want to get rid of her?"

"As for your mother and your cousin, that was just to cover your tracks, so that others wouldn't suspect you."

Speaking of this, Aunt Lin suddenly thought of something and looked anxiously in the direction of the presiding judge.

"My Lord, I remember now! The night the incident happened, because I had eaten a bit too much, I went for a walk nearby to digest, and I happened to run into Du Shi..."

She began to recount it vividly.

It was dinner time then, and it was dark; the road was cold and desolate, and very eerie.

Yet Du Shi was wandering outside alone with a dog.

She felt something was wrong at the time, so she asked casually, and Du Shi said she was out walking the dog.

Walking a dog—she had never heard of such a thing.

Moreover, she specifically warned Du Shi, saying there were a few idlers in the village who liked to run around at night, and since Du Shi was pretty, she shouldn't run into them.

As a result, Du Shi didn't take it to heart at all, and instead retorted with a few sarcastic remarks, then walked away triumphantly with the dog.

"Thinking back on it now, Du Shi was clearly doing it on purpose! She poisoned the water, didn't dare to eat it herself, so she made an excuse to run out, then went back to put on an act, and then used that dog to splash dirty water on me."

The more Aunt Lin spoke, the more excited she became, "My Lord, you don't know, that dog of the Jiang family is exceptionally human, especially obedient to Du Shi. Whatever Du Shi tells it to do, it does, which is why it wouldn't let go of me!"

Du Ruo really wanted to give her a round of applause.

Tsk tsk tsk, it was truly seamless and perfectly logical.

If she weren't the person involved, she would have believed it too.

Wow, when did Aunt Lin become so smart? She had underestimated her.

Sure enough, the onlookers among the commoners defected one after another, turning their spears toward Du Ruo.

"You really can't judge a book by its cover. She grew such a pretty skin, but her heart is black to this extent."

"Even harming her own mother, is she still human?"

"What kind of evil did Constable Jiang commit to have married such a woman, almost causing his whole family to die..."

There were even some bold ones shouting: "Constable Jiang, divorce this poisonous woman! Divorce her!"

For a time, the crowd was agitated.

Seeing this scene, Lin Qingshuang in the crowd was wild with joy, unable to stop the corners of her mouth from rising.

Great, she didn't expect the situation to take such a turn; her mother actually managed to turn the tables with her silver tongue.

Du Shi, I'm waiting to see your end!

"Silence!" the Magistrate shouted, "Anyone who makes noise again will be kicked out of the courtroom!"

The crowd then reluctantly shut their mouths.

Looking at the few people kneeling below, the Magistrate sighed secretly and asked, "Du Shi, do you have anything else to say?"

Du Ruo smiled faintly, "I have nothing to say."

"My Lord!" Jiang Li said with a cold expression, "There must be something fishy about this matter, please give me some time to find out the truth."

The Magistrate nodded, then slapped the gavel, "This case will be retried on another day, court dismissed!"

He paused and then ordered: "Lock up Du Shi and Lü Xiue in the prison together."