Chapter 313: Released from prison
"You don't have to be formal, I've been away from Kyoto for a long time, I'm used to being idle clouds and wild cranes, I don't like these red tape, and I came back today as a witness, so you don't have to treat me as a county lord. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Rong Junzi smiled slightly and spoke.
"Zhao Liu has seen the teacher." After saying this, she walked in front of Jiang Ge Lao, and respectfully saluted him, although the Rong County Lord looked only in his early thirties, he was actually forty years old, she was young and wise, and she had the blue eyes of Jiang Ge Lao, and since she was twelve years old, she worshiped Jiang Ge Lao, who was a household servant at the time, as a teacher, and was one of the only two disciples of Jiang Ge Lao Wei.
"In the court, there is no need to talk about this, Lord Qian, since all the witnesses are gathered, let's continue to try the case." Jiang Ge Lao waved his hand and turned his gaze to Qian Weiyan.
"Yang Sanlang, as a key witness in this case, please recount in detail what you saw and heard on October 18 last year." Qian Weiyan was reminded by Jiang Ge Lao, immediately coughed lightly, sat back in his seat, and moved his eyes to Yang Jiazaburo who came in with Lord Rong, this person was Yang Sanlang, who had friction with Xiao Nan and Song Nuo on the boat from Xinyang to Luoyang more than ten years ago.
Yang Sanlang has been in an inexplicable panic since he heard that Lord Rong was also a witness in this case, and he came to testify to Xiao Zixiu, but now the situation has become difficult, and it is too late to regret it. There was another man who came out with them, but I don't know him, so I don't know who he is......"
Yang Sanlang simply recounted what he saw at the time, at first he didn't plan to say that there were other people who were traveling with Xiao Zixiu Qiao, but after seeing Lord Rong, he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he could only tell the truth.
"Yang Sanlang, your current testimony is a little different from the testimony provided by you and the Luoyang investigation officer, at that time, you said that after you saw the champion duke come out, you left with Qiao Zhutou, and where did you go in the end, you don't know, now you say that after the three of them came out, they quickly divided into two roads, the champion went in the direction of Guozijian, and Qiao Zhutou left with the man you don't know, can you tell me, why is there such a big difference between your testimony before and after?" Qian Weiyan glanced at Yang Sanlang and said.
"I, I had some disagreements with the new champion, and I did see him and Qiao Zhutou come out of "Qingjiao Villa" with my own eyes that day, and after the case, I heard Qiao Zhutou say that the new champion refers to people, I, I made the god send me to add oil and vinegar to say a few more words." Yang Sanlang's face turned slightly pale, and he said with an uncomfortable expression.
He said this very smartly, and frankly admitted that he did have a little bit of revenge for personal gain, but his testimony cannot be said to be perjury, after all, Xiao Zixiu did come out of "Qingjiao Villa" with Qiao Zhutou, for this reason, even if Xiao Zixiu was proved innocent in the end, he would be warned and reprimanded by the yamen at most, and it would not constitute the crime of malicious defamation.
"Lord Rong, please recount to us how Xiao Zixiu, the new champion, got to "Qingjiao Villa", and all the details after arriving at "Qingjiao Villa". Qian Weiyan glanced at Yang Sanlang and didn't continue to ask, but turned his gaze to Zhao Liu.
"Everyone must know that the relationship between the new champion family and the king of Shouchun County is not ordinary, the king of Shouchun has been living in the folk since he was a child, and was raised by the family of the new champion, after I know this as an aunt, I am very grateful to the Xiao family, plus many years ago, I hit it off at first sight with the sister of the new champion, it is a friend, three years ago, when the new champion was raised, I had been to their house to congratulate, for this reason, the relationship with the new champion is not strange."
"On October 18 last year, I was looking for the aunt of the Xiao family to have something to do, but at this time the new champion arrived in Luoyang, I found him and asked him to help me bring a letter back to his sister, "Qingjiao Villa" is the Zhuangzi I bought when I first arrived in Luoyang, but later I spent most of my time in Song County's "Yunhu Qingzhai", and this Zhuangzi was handed over to Qiu Zhen to help me take care of."
"Every time I go to Luoyang, most of the time in the "Qingjiao Villa" rest, that day about the new champion to pass, naturally also in "Qingjiao Villa", when we finished talking about business, Xiao Zhuangyuan wanted to leave, I saw that the time was not early, I wanted to stay here for lunch, but at this time, I heard the guard come to report, Luoyang City's Qiao Zhutou came to find Qiu Zhen, I was not familiar with Qiao Zhutou, so I avoided the back room."
"Qiao Zhutou looked for Qiu Zhen and said that it was in the city of public security, and asked Qiu Zhen to manage the Qingjiao Gang's gang more strictly, so that they would cause less trouble, Qiu Zhen and Qiao Zhutou dealt with a lot, the two are very familiar, the new champion is not familiar with Qiao Zhutou, and Qiu Zhen is also the first time to meet, originally to avoid, but both of them said that it is not a big deal, there is no need to avoid, just like that, Qiao Zhu and Qiu Zhen are talking, and he sits in the living room drinking tea without saying a word......"
"After Qiu Zhen and Qiao Zhutou finished chatting, they had something to leave together, Qiu Zhen left, Xinke Zhuangyuan probably thought that he was a man, and it was not appropriate to stay here for lunch, so he left with them, I didn't send them out, I don't know what happened after they went out, but it is certain that in the village, Xiao Zhuangyuan and Qiao Zhutou have not said a word, with the friendship between the two of them, the possibility that Qiao Zhutou will be instructed by him to kill people is extremely low." Lord Rong met everyone's eyes and spoke unhurriedly.
With the testimony of the county lord of Song, in the next two days, Qian Weiyan sent a special person to Luoyang to verify Xiao Zixiu's whereabouts after returning to Guozijian, and found out that Xiao Zixiu only stayed in Guozijian for three days, during this period, he did not meet with Qiao Zhutou, this chapter of murder naturally has nothing to do with him, Qiao Zhutou committed murder, not to mention, and deliberately framed the new champion, the crime is added to the first degree, Yang Sanlang took revenge for personal gain, deliberately induced the thinking of the investigators, and was reprimanded.
After the trial of the two cases, the file was presented to the emperor by Qian Weiyan, Jiang Ge Lao and Lu Yijian, after the emperor read it, he was silent for a long time, and finally announced Xiao Zixiu's acquittal, when Zi Xiu came out of the cell of Dali Temple, Zhao Zhen was waiting for him outside, Zi Xiu returned to Shouchun Wangfu with him, and after cleaning himself thoroughly, he went to Ge Lao's Mansion to thank Jiang Ge Lao.
"Lord Xiao, you don't have to thank me, if you want to thank you, just thank your sister, all this evidence was sent to the old man by your sister before the trial." After listening to his intentions, Jiang Ge gently stroked a few strands of beautiful beard under his chin and said with a smile.