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Zhao Zhongfu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Guogong, judging from the diagnosis of the imperial doctor and the performance of these girls, the prisoner will not be the Qiqi lady in the house and any of these girls." ”

Gu Shan smiled bitterly: "It's because of this that the old man is even more worried." ”

Gu Shan and Zhao Zhongfu both knew it.

Gu Qiqi Niang was not a prisoner at all. He is more likely to be the target of the prisoner. In other words, the real purpose of the prisoner was originally to kill Gu Qiqi Niang, but he mistakenly hit the auxiliary car and caused the death of nineteen slaves in Gu Qi Qi Niang's house.

Gu Qiqi Niang is just a little girl, and his own identity and importance are absolutely insignificant to the Gu family. Therefore, there must be a deeper reason why the prisoner wants to kill Gu Qiqiniang.

And the reason for this, Gu Shan actually didn't want to know at all. If it weren't for Gu Hai's stupid son, if it weren't for the Gu family, Gu Shan wouldn't want to make a big deal out of it at all.

But now, Gu Shan had to use the power of Jingzhao Mansion to pull out this tumor. Even if the Gu family will be discredited because of this.

As for Zhao Zhongfu and other officials, they had already locked on to their targets in Fang Cai's questioning.

I only heard Zhao Zhongfu say: "In this case, Lao Guogong, the lower officials need to know some information in the house." ”

"Your Excellency's words are serious. Adults, please. ”

Zhao Zhongfu cautiously thanked Gu Shan, and then let Meng Zhao and the others go down.

Such a trivial matter as collecting evidence obviously does not require Zhao Zhongfu to come out in person, let alone such an obvious case. For Zhao Zhongfu, the most important thing for him at the moment is to stabilize Gu Shan and Gu Hai, as for other things, naturally there are people below to do it.

Meng Zhao, the Shaoqing of Jingzhao Mansion, and the left and right judges, the court, and the six Cao below are also veterans of solving cases. Judge Zuo had already taken the relevant officials of Liucao to confirm the identity of the deceased. The dead are all slaves, either born to a family or signed a deed of sale, and they all belong to slavery in terms of status, there are no guest girls, neither good citizens nor lowly status.

This is an extremely important basis for the final determination of culpability and sentencing.

At the same time, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion also made a record of Aunt Cui and Aunt Shen's framing of Gu Qiqiniang, and also made a record of Gu Ning's cheap daughters who did not honestly observe filial piety and mourn.

As soon as he left the wing room and left Gu Shan and Gu Hai's sight, the right judge Lu Yi said: "Do you still need to continue this case?" Isn't it obvious? Uncle Zhongjing's concubines were all beaten, and the servants around him were also sold. So they just have the motivation and the ability. has this motive and this ability, except for the An clan who broke his arm because of the Qiqi lady, the lower officials really can't see that there is a second one. ”

The other officials nodded their heads.

In their opinion, the case is really clear.

Judge Zuo also said: "Yes, my lord, the deceased were poisoned to death, and as for this poison, it is also very easy to find, that is, oleanders that can be seen everywhere in this back garden." ”

"Oleander?" Meng Zhao was taken aback, "Isn't this a highly poisonous thing?" Who grows oleanders everywhere in their house? When Fang had just walked all the way, Meng Zhao also saw oleanders. It's just that at that time, he was still strange in his heart, thinking that he was wrong.

Judge Zuo said: "Before the Gu family gave Zhongjing Bo a funeral, this mansion was still empty, and it was prepared by the Duke of Xiu Guo for his young son. According to the testimony of the housekeeper who was close to Xiu Guogong, there were no oleanders in the house before the widow and children of the former Zhongjing Bo moved into the house. ”

"That ......"

"These oleanders are planted everywhere because Ann likes them."

Oleander is a very easy plant to survive, even if it is a branch, just stick it into the ground, as long as the rain is enough, it can grow a large clump. Coincidentally, it is now May, and this March, April and May are all rainy seasons, and it is also the season for oleander cuttings. During these months, oleander grows rapidly, and it is normal for it to grow from a small branch to a clump.

"It's that Ann again."

"Yes." "Actually, there are four tall oleanders in that Ann's yard, which are said to have been planted ten years ago. On those four oleanders, we found a lot of pruned branches. ”

"In other words, all the oleanders in this house were cut from that yard."

"More than that. I am afraid that the oleanders that poisoned these servant women also flowed from that courtyard. "Because one of the oleanders has a very new wound, it should be these two days." ”

Meng Zhao said solemnly: "It seems that we can close the case." ”

All the officials nodded their heads.

The facts of the case were very simple, the matter was clear, and the people of Jingzhao Mansion closed the case quickly.

But there are two people who can't accept it.

One is naturally Ann's.

An Shi shouted "It's not me" while cursing Gu Qiqi Niang: "...... I knew that when this girl was born, I should have strangled him! ”

An Shi didn't know that his words and deeds made the Jingzhao Mansion affirm his criminal motives and criminal facts.

The other is Gu Hai.

"How could it be ......"

Zhao Zhongfu said: "General Gu, the hostility of the An clan towards the Qiqi lady in the mansion is so obvious, does the general really not know at all?" ”

"But, but, he's the grandmother of the seventy-seven girl!"

Zhao Zhongfu shook his head disapprovingly, and said: "General Gu, please allow the lower officials to remind you, even if the An family is the biological mother of the former Zhongjingbo, in terms of national law, only Mrs. Zun, that is, Mrs. Song, is the mother of the former Zhongjingbo." In other words, your wife, Mrs. Song, is the grandmother of Qiqi Niangzi, and that An is just a concubine. ”

Gu Hai was dumbfounded: "How come?" That, that," Gu Hai suddenly reacted: "So, An's, I mean, what about the crime?" What about the verdict of the Kyozhao Prefecture? Ann's culpability and punishment ......"

"The law is unforgiving." Zhao Zhongfu looked at Gu Hai calmly. In fact, he didn't think there was any favor to talk about here: "Concubines are bought and sold, in the eyes of the general, the An family is the grandmother of Qiqi Niangzi, but in terms of national law, the An family is a concubine, and the concubine is a slave." Qiqi Niangzi is the general's own granddaughter, the daughter of the former Zhongjingbo, and the sister of the current Zhongjingbo, and the master. An's attempt to murder Qiqi Niangzi, if successful, will be a slave and kill the master, which is a rebellion. Now the attempted murder does not constitute rebellion, but only attempted rebellion. ”

The ten heinous ones are rebellion, rebellion, judgment, rebellion, disrespect, filial piety, disharmony, injustice, immorality, and civil strife.

To not constitute rebellion is to not commit a heinous sin of absence.

When Gu Hai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhongfu continued: "However, the motive of An's attempted poisoning of Qiqi Niangzi is conclusive, and the facts of the crime are still undeniable. At the same time, An and the deceased belonged to the same slave status, although they were hit by mistake, but the circumstances were serious and had already constituted an injustice. ”

It is an offence for a civilian to kill three or more civilians who are also innocent.

If An was not a concubine but a good citizen, then he would have killed nineteen slaves as long as he had to be judged for the crime of killing the maid. But the An clan and these nineteen slaves are all in slavery, and the circumstances are serious and the consequences are bad, which has constituted a heinous misdeeds, plus his attempt to poison his master as a slave will only increase the crime.

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“…… According to the law, Ann must be cut in half. ”

Beheading, which is a more severe punishment than beheading.

Gu Haidao: "Yes, but ......"

Zhao Zhongfu stared at Gu Haidao: "General Gu has anything else to say?" ”

Gu Hai hesitated for a long time and said, "Can you atone for your sins?" ”

Zhao Zhongfu said: "Ignorance is a heinous sin, and it is not within the scope of atonement." ”