Eight commemorates that surging first time

  Four bailiffs from Luoshui County rushed into Wang's house, and with a flurry of activity, they brought the heavily pregnant Liu to the public hall. The commotion from the Wang family's argument attracted many people, who followed the noise to the long-abandoned government office entrance, where they crowded in to see what was happening.

  Some are watching the excitement, some want to see what this female county magistrate is like, and others are disdainful, just waiting to see a joke. Everyone's attitude is different.

  Liu Yimou walked into the court with his head held high and his chest out, amidst the loud and somewhat off-key shouts of "Wei Wu" from the four bailiffs, who were excitedly yelling at the top of their lungs. He sat upright under the high-hanging plaque with the mirror-like inscription.

  Bang! The judge's gavel struck the desk, "Who is in court!"

  "Miss Liu Yue'e..." The frail figure of Miss Liu shrank under the hall, not daring to lift her head, and all that could be seen was that her abdomen was indeed swollen.

  Liu Yimao furrowed his brow for a moment, and suddenly felt a pang in his heart. His tone also softened slightly, "Look up..."

  "Your Honor, I know I'm guilty, please don't beat me anymore. Grant me a quick death!" The woman knelt on the ground and wept softly.

  "This official orders you to lift your head, Liu Yu'e! The crisp voice carried an inexplicable majesty. Liu Yimou gritted her teeth, 'You still have your own child in your belly, how can you lightly speak of death? It's said that a tiger does not eat its own son, this woman truly has a ruthless heart!"

  "Huh?" The trembling figure of the Liu woman paused, everyone said that what was in her belly was a demon spawn, everyone wanted her and the child in her belly to die, this was the first different voice she had heard since her shameful affair was exposed.

  "Say it again, lift your head up!" Liu Yimeng's patience was starting to wear thin, did she have to be rude and unreasonable for the culprit to listen?!

  "Yes, sir." However, he saw that the woman had already slowly lifted her head, with red and swollen marks on her cheeks, covering up her originally delicate face. Her eyes were completely red, with tears sparkling in them. She reached out to wipe away her tears, but half of her arm was exposed, covered in lash marks.

  Liu Yimiao took a deep breath, her face changing between light and dark. "You're pregnant, it's not easy for you to kneel down, stand up and answer me!" She ordered expressionlessly, "Someone, help her up."

  "Thank you, sir!" The Liu lady tearfully bowed and, with the support of Da Huang and Da Sun, stood up straight, holding her belly.

  Outside, however, it was a different story. Some people who had connections with the royal family had already begun to stir up the crowd. The air was filled with insults and curses, including words like "whore" and "corrupt official". Suddenly, a cripple appeared out of nowhere and rushed into the hall, grabbing Liu's hair and pulling her outside while shouting obscenities. "You cheap woman, get out of here and stop embarrassing me! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

  At this time, the screams of the Liu family, the shouting of the people outside the hall, made a loud noise. Liu Yimeng's face turned darker and darker, and he couldn't control the scene even by banging on the shock wood. Finally, he shouted loudly, "Bring someone to drag away this lawless commoner who broke into the court, and give him thirty big slaps!"

  Four great detectives, you watch me and I watch you, but dare not take action. "This is a family matter of someone else's household..."

  "What are you still standing there for, all consequences will be borne by my young lady!" Jiao Hua glared at the embarrassed Xiao Li and shouted loudly, "Watching a woman being beaten and still standing idly by, if you don't have the guts then don't call yourself a man!"

  Liu Yimian nodded slightly, although Jiao Hua always liked to use herself as a shield, but this time she really said what was in her heart.

  Just as the four catchers' minds were gradually relaxing, Liu suddenly let out a miserable cry. It turned out that her crippled husband's crutch had struck her abdomen, causing her to crawl on the ground with cold sweat pouring down, while he was still punching and kicking without any mercy.

  What can be tolerated and what cannot! Just as Liu Yimao was furious and about to jump over the desk, and the four big catchers were also red-eyed and ready to pounce, a dramatic scene unfolded once again.

  A young man in his twenties suddenly jumped out from the doorway, eyes wide with anger, and rushed in like a madman, grabbing the cripple's collar and pulling him to the ground, pounding him with huge fists that rained down like raindrops, causing the cripple to shriek like a slaughtered pig.

  Everyone including Liu Yimeng was stunned, until Liu got up from the ground and begged desperately "Aqing stop fighting", then people came to their senses. The Wang family who had been surrounding the door, seeing their own family member being beaten, immediately rushed forward regardless of gender or age, and for a time the sounds of fighting, cursing, and crying were all mixed together...

  Liu Yimou rubbed his forehead, rolled his eyes and shouted at the four bailiffs in a somewhat exasperated tone, "What are you four still standing there for?! Hurry up and help!"

  "But, Master, which side should we help?" Little Li asked with a pitiful blink of his eyes.

  "Of course, help the weaker side, otherwise who would want your help!" Liu Yimiao waved her hand, and the four great catchers, after receiving the order, did not hesitate this time and immediately rushed over in unison.

  Liu Yimiao sighed, propping up her chin to gaze at the chaotic scene below, feeling a bit overwhelmed. She had anticipated that something like this might happen, but reality was even worse than she had imagined. She was powerless to intervene, and her words carried no weight, so she couldn't calm down the troublemakers.

  "Right! Jiaohua, quickly help Mrs. Liu into the house, lest she gets hurt." Grandfather's words were to first rescue the pregnant woman, let the others make a ruckus, as long as no one loses their life it's fine!

  "Ah, okay", Jiao Hua nodded and quickly followed Liu Yi Mo to go pull out Liu Shi from the crowd.

  At this time, the fighting crowd was divided into two groups. One group of men surrounded Ah Q and the cripple, trying to pull Ah Q down from the cripple's body. The other group of women and children were using their hands and mouths at the same time, scolding Liu Shi as a "lustful woman who will not die well", while scratching, pinching and tearing at her body.

  Liu's hair was disheveled and her face was distorted, her hands covering the fetus in her abdomen as she wailed in despair.

  Liu Yimeng suddenly became furious, her eyes flashing with a fierce light. She rushed over to the middle-aged woman who was struggling the most and slapped her in the face. Then she lifted her foot and kicked the woman's chest with all her might. "All of you stop it! You bunch of shrews and cheap women! Don't think that I, your superior, can't handle you!" She was so angry that she forgot to use her official tone, instead using the same tone as when she was a courtesan.

  But those women who are used to being spoiled all year round will not buy this set, seeing their own men at home, they don't put this famous but useless female county magistrate in their eyes at all.

  "How dare you hit me, you stinky little girl who doesn't stay at home and behave yourself, but instead runs out to lose face and not follow the rules of a virtuous woman! Dare to hit me!" As she spoke, the woman shifted her target first, pouncing on Liu Yimeng again, tearing and pulling at her. And there was also a half-grown child who took advantage of Liu Yimeng's inattention, grabbed her arm, opened his mouth and bit down.

  Liu Yimian was in so much pain that she almost cried out, her official hat fell to the ground in the chaos, her long hair scattered and was roughly pulled back, tears welled up in her eyes but she struggled not to let them fall.

  More embarrassing than being chased into the pigsty by Jiao Hua, Liu Yimeng's usual calmness was completely destroyed by her anger, she clenched her delicate fist and fought back with all her might, her rationality lost in an instant.

  Jiao Hua was stunned, almost thinking she was dreaming. Given Miss's usual personality of stirring up trouble wherever she went, at a time like this she should have retreated to the side to watch the commotion while fanning the flames, so why did she instead foolishly bring the fire upon herself?

  She can't afford to think carefully now, after coming back to her senses she turned around and ran into the kitchen, a moment later with a spatula in one hand and a vegetable knife in the other, "Who dares to touch a single hair of my family's young lady? Watch me chop her up to feed the dogs!"

  She let out a hysterical scream, her face twisted in fury as she charged into the crowd with her hands raised high, scaring many people half to death. The woman who was originally fighting with Liu Yimeng immediately panicked and retreated, fleeing in all directions while still shouting loudly, "Murder! Murder! The corrupt official is ordering his underlings to murder!"

  Thus, the first trial of Luoshui County's newly appointed female county magistrate, Liu Yimeng, came to an end in a not-so-perfect manner.