With an order, Chang Zhiyuan was taken to the lobby. He has been removed from the shackles and is only shackled.

He had already been to the court of Shangqing Academy, and it was not the first time that he had gone to the court in Kou Qing's palace, but it was the first time he had seen such a scene as the trial of the three divisions, and when he saw the public hall that seemed a little crowded but more majestic, this child's face turned white.

Yao'er waited for Wei Chunchun to verify his identity and fulfilled the various procedures for arraignment, and then said to him with a pleasant face: "Chang Zhiyuan, don't be afraid. Today, the three law divisions will be tried, and you will confess all the things you have had since you met the deceased Simon Yi, and there must be no falsehood. ”

"Yes! I...... When I was on Tanabata that day, I went to Dingding Street with my mother to play......"

As soon as Chang Zhiyuan said a word, Zhao Hui, who was in charge of the Shangqing Academy, interrupted him with a frown, and said: "Chang Zhiyuan's murder is July 14, what does it have to do with Qixi Festival?" Just tell me that the killing happened that day! ”

Chang Zhiyuan trembled and said: "Yes, I ...... that day"

"Wait!"

Yao'er also stopped him and said to Zhao Hui: "Brother Zhao, if there is no Qixi meeting, there will be no murder on July 14, the two have a great relationship, this section should not be omitted!" ”

Zhao Hui said frankly: "If Chang Zhiyuan was not born thirteen years ago, and he did not have the crime of murder now, according to the long history, shouldn't he tell his resume and life from childhood to adulthood?" ”

Yao'er shook her head and smiled: "This is wrong. But in a case, there is either one cause and one effect, or many causes and one effect, or many effects and one cause, or one cause and many effects, or many causes and many effects. There is also a distinction between necessary cause and effect and accidental cause and effect, and we are the judges. The first step is to clarify cause and effect. The Qixi incident is the cause of a series of tragedies, how can you not mention it! ”

The lawsuit of the Chang family children is just an introduction. This lawsuit is actually a lawsuit between the three legal divisions. This lawsuit has finally begun!

Zhao Hui snorted heavily. Said angrily: "This case, the Shangqing Court has already tried it, and Kou Qinggong has also tried it, so there is no need to interrogate it from beginning to end. ”

Yao'er spread her hands and said: "According to what Master Cheng said, then we don't need to mention the prisoner to the court, just you and I each take out the interrogation records of this yamen, and everyone can take a look?" ”

Zhao Hui said angrily: "This official is saying. Choose what matters! ”

Yao'er said in a loud voice: "This official thinks that this is very important!" ”

The envoy of the imperial envoy was busy and said: "Okay, okay, since Changshi thinks it is necessary to ask again, then just try it again." ”

Zhao Hui said with disgust: "So, is your imperial envoy going to stand on the side of Kou Qing Palace?" ”

Su Changfeng was furious and said, "How can this be reasonable! The official is saying that since one of the two of you thinks it is necessary and the other thinks it is unnecessary, then it will only take some effort to try again, but in your opinion, the prisoner is not allowed to make a statement. Changshi has to say that you are sloppy in handling the case, weighing the two sides, of course, it is appropriate to try it again, how can you call my imperial envoy and Kou Qing Palace standing together? ”

Yao'er hurriedly explained: "The two of you are angry." Don't get angry. Why did the three divisions of the trial institute come? It is to ask our three divisions to review together and finally unify their opinions, so in the end, our three legal divisions must all stand on one side. Why bother over this? ”

Zhao Hui and Su Changfeng snorted coldly at the same time. With a flick of his sleeve, his head twisted to the side.

Yao'er coughed. Said to Chang Zhiyuan: "Chang Zhiyuan, you speak slowly." Don't be in a hurry, don't miss a place. ”

The more Zhao Hui listened, the more wrong it became, this case was tried by him when he was in the Shangqing Court. At that time, the confessions of the father and son were not different from now, but they were very different. It's the same because things are exactly the same, and it's different because it'...... He's talking too much now!

When he was in Shangqing Academy, Chang Zhiyuan's confession was very simple, that is, he and his father were burning paper for his deceased mother, and his father had a quarrel with Ximen Yi in anger, and the two fought, he was shocked and scared, and stepped forward to pull the shelf, because he was young and weak, he was thrown away by Ximenyi, and picked it up......

Now the process is the same, only some descriptive words have been added, such as the father was "choked by the throat," "his face was red and almost suffocated", he was thrown on the coffin, "easily" grabbed the spirit card, and hit it a few times "indiscriminately", and after Ximen Yi fell to the ground, he "suddenly discovered" that there was blood in the back of his head......

just added a few adjectives, giving people the feeling that his father was going to be strangled to death by Ximen Yi in the fight, and he stepped forward to persuade but was powerless to stop it, and in a panic, he picked up the spirit card, just to stop Ximen Yi from committing murder......

Of course, Zhao Hui knew what these key words meant at the time of the verdict, and he immediately questioned these details very sensitively, although his appearance was solemn, and his face was even more terrifying, and Chang Zhiyuan was shocked by him, his face turned pale and trembled, but he never changed his words about these statements.

Zhao Hui's repeated confirmations made these small details more obvious in the confession transcript.

Yao'er didn't teach this Chang family kid to make a false confession, this kind of honest and young child with little knowledge, if you teach him some false confessions, there is no need to use torture at all, those experienced judicial officials only need to use a little interrogation skills to find out the truth.

Haruka'er ...... It was just a little inspiration for him.

The father and son of the Chang family are clumsy people, or, with their quality, they don't know what to say and what to say when they confess. In addition, the scene at that time was too intense, and as insiders, they would definitely ignore some things, so when they confessed, they could only talk about a rough process dryly, and this time, others could make a big fuss about the details.

Yao'er interrogated the father and son in the second hall a few days ago, back and forth, upside down, in fact, there was only one thing: inducing excavation!

Yao'er excavated all the details that his father and son had overlooked, and helped them perfect the blank parts that his father and son could no longer remember, in the repeated inquiries, prompts, hypotheses, and speculations.

The details that were excavated by Yao'er were originally their experience, but they were negligent. Or I don't feel the need to confess, but now I think about it and say it. Of course, they won't change their tune.

Based on their confessions, Yao'er helped them add things to the blank area of their memory in prompts, assumptions, and speculations. It naturally became their memory, and they were convinced that it was undoubtedly what they had seen and heard, and that you could not prove that they were lying, even if you had a lie detector.

Zhao Hui was a little unsteady, but Chang Zhiyuan's confession did not conflict with his confession in the Shangqing Academy, it was just more detailed, what doubts could he raise? Questioning why Chang Zhiyuan's confession in Kou Qing Palace was more detailed than in Shangqing Yuan? Then we can only come to the conclusion that Kou Qinggong is cautious in handling the case, and the Shangqing Court is hasty in asking about the case!

What's more, it is impossible for the Imperial Embassy to help him stand on his feet, and the Imperial Embassy advocates a light sentence. Therefore, Su Changfeng's shot must have been at the time of sentencing, and at that time, he and Kou Qinggong were given a light sentence and a long sentence. At present, he will never pull Yao'er's hind legs.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hui had to hold back, and when Chang Zhiyuan retreated and took Chang Lin to the court, the same problem as Chang Zhiyuan appeared, and his testimony became more delicate and perfect.

When he confessed in Shangqingyuan, he only said that he was addicted to gambling, but when he gambled with Ximenyi, he owed a huge debt and could not repay it, so Ximenyi proposed to ask his wife to stay with him to pay off the debt. And under Yao'er's repeated inquiries. Some of the points that Chang Lin ignored that would help reduce his son's sentence were excavated one by one.

For example, Chang Lin specifically mentioned that he had never seen Ximen Yi when he was gambling before; He also mentioned that he was poor because of poverty. The amount of money gambled was not large, but this generous young man was willing to gamble with him, and repeatedly lent him money to make him gamble; Another example. When Ximen Yi couldn't ask for a debt and asked him to use his wife to pay off the debt, he once asked the other party how he knew how his wife was beautiful. The other party once replied that he had seen it on the streets of Dingding and on the side of the Jade Bridge......

In this way, Chang Lin's answer confirmed Ximenyi's previous charges of molesting Cheng's lady on the street and setting up a game to cheat gambling by his wife.

Zhao Hui's heart became anxious. But at this moment, it is the trial of the three divisions, and it is impossible for him to torture Chang Lin.

Zhao Hui's eyes rolled, and he thought in his heart: "Yao'er is scheming, naturally in order to exonerate Chang Zhiyuan." However, even if Ximen Yi molested the lady of the Cheng clan and set up a game to lure Chang Lin to gamble for money, he was just obsessed with lust and misbehaved. Chang Zhiyuan's murder is always a fact, and now it seems that he can only fight according to the law when sentencing! ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Hui simply gave up the idea of entanglement in confession, he listened to Chang Lin's testimony with his eyes half-closed and half-closed, and the relevant laws slowly passed through his sea of knowledge, and his mind settled down again.

Su Changfeng on the other side has long been recuperating, so far, all the evidence is favorable to the commutation, of course he will not raise any questions, because the imperial envoy Tai he represents is the one who proposed the commutation, and what he is waiting for now is the moment when the sentencing is discussed.

"Take Chang Lin down!"

After Yao'er finished ordering, he arched his hand to the left and right: "Two brothers......"

"Huh?"

Su Changfeng perked up and said, "Do you want to start discussing sentencing now?" ”

Yao'er smiled and said, "It's already halfway through, let's have lunch first!" ”

In the morning, the sky was still sunny, and in the morning, when the case was being tried, the sky gradually became cloudy, and when it was time to eat at noon, it actually began to rain lightly.

Zhao Hui, the head of Shangqing Yuan, and Su Changfeng, the imperial envoy, and his attaché had lunch at the kitchen of Kouqing Palace, and then went to the second hall with Yao'er and others to rest and chat.

At this time, the rain was heavier, and under the dripping eaves outside the signing room, several yacha looked up at the sky boringly, and the rain gradually condensed into a rain curtain, gathered from the eaves, flowed to the bottom of the corridor, and splashed rain flowers in a small pool of water, and died with life.

In the second hall, the three chief judges of Yao'er, Zhao Hui, and Su Changfeng sat casually, chatting back and forth. Don't look at their sabre-rattling in the court, as long as it is beneficial to their own position, even if it is a sentence or a word, they must fight back and forth, and never give in, but at this time they are leisurely and comfortable.

Several people talked about a wide range of topics, from the income and expenditure of money, grain, and fields, to the officials of various prefectures and counties, and even the local people's customs and so on. Chatting and chatting, Zhao Hui and Su Changfeng talked about some of the big and important cases they presided over the judiciary and dealt with over the years.

Yao'er naturally couldn't interject in these topics, so she became a deaf companion.

The bell rang in the afternoon, Zhao Hui smiled, and a solemn aura began to fill his eyes: "Changshi, let's go to the hall, right?" ”

Yao'er also smiled, but she felt a little smiling: "The facts of the crime are already clear." Next, the three of you and I should negotiate on the sentencing and come up with a verdict that is convincing to the king, the court, and the people. The official suggested, let's discuss it in these two halls, what do you two think? ”

Zhao Hui and Su Changfeng glanced at each other, and said in unison: "There is nothing wrong with it, so ......." You don't need to sit upright, let's take it easy, hahahaha......"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the three of them suddenly fell silent, and the sound of rain seemed to come from outside the hall at this time...... (To be continued......)