Chapter 898: Su Song's attitude

This corpse text was still set when Su You knew Kaifeng Mansion, Su Song took it and nodded.

The manager joined the army and said: "Then we will restore the tomb, Amitabha, these slaves who rebelled and defiled the master's family will have a rare good end." ”

Just as the officials were about to cover the coffin, Su Song raised his hand and said, "Wait! ”

Everyone looked at Su Song, only to see him with a calm face: "Since the coffin has been opened, let's investigate it more carefully and thoroughly, don't wait until there is a suspicion in the future and disturb the peace of the deceased." ”

The manager was a little hesitant to join the army: "Da Yin, the Chen family is still a decent person, and Chen's mother was personally taken care of by the official family back then......

Su Song looked serious: "It is precisely because of this that the iron case must be completed." ”

The manager nodded and handed the corpse to the corpse: "Then go ahead and check it thoroughly!" ”

This would have to cut off the clothes to expose the skin, which was obviously a great loss of dignity for the scholar's family.

But fortunately, the Chen family has already locked all the locks, and they are not afraid of the bitter lord crying or anything, so they first used scissors to cut Chen's mother's funeral clothes, and then untied Chen's mother's clothes layer by layer.

After all the inspections were done, there didn't seem to be any other problems, and the manager looked at Su Song with a blank look: "Da Yin, look ......?"

Su Song had been staring at it just now and said, "The head hasn't been checked yet." ”

With such a serious official, the manager had no choice but to check his head when he joined the army.

He checked from behind Chen's mother's ear, pressed his temples, the back of his head, and opened his hair to check his head, everything was normal.

He raised his head and waited for Su Song's next instructions.

Su Song was far downwind, and his nose was also covered with a veil, and he had been carefully watching the movements of the man, and then asked, "What about the mouth and nose?" ”

He had no choice but to open Chen's mother's jaw, check her throat and upper and lower jaws, and then take out a probe and pierce Chen's mother's nasal cavity to explore.

When it was time to pierce Chen's mother's second nostril, she raised her head in a panic: "Da Yin, there is something wrong in the nasal cavity of the corpse!" ”

Su Song said in a muffled voice: "Take it out!" ”

He took a pair of tweezers, reached into his nostrils, pinched something, and slowly pulled it out.

Everyone was horrified to see that a rusty little black object was gradually pulled out of Chen's mother's nose.

Then it grew longer and longer, and it turned out to be a long iron nail!

Mother Chen was crucified! This is absolute murder!

Back in Kaifeng, Su Song immediately handed over the new progress of the case to the Military Patrol Court and continued to push the sheath.

Soon, the slaves and maids of the Chen Mansion couldn't bear it, and confessed, "The maids are poisoned by medicine, and they will not die, and they will be nailed to their heads at night to mourn." ”

However, in the case, what role did Chen Shiru and his wife Li play, Su Song believes that it is necessary to continue to investigate.

The Li family and the mother-in-law have always been at odds, and they did say to the maids, "The doctor will be mourned for a day, and you should be paid a generous salary", and the confession from the Li family and the maid Gao Shi was: Gao and other servants were instructed by the housewife Li to poison the Zhang family with poison first. Unexpectedly, Zhang's poison did not die, and then, at night, they drove iron nails into the old man's nostrils, causing the old man's death.

Su Song thinks that there are many doubts in this case, first of all, the motive for the killing.

What contradictions can make a daughter-in-law motivate her to murder her mother-in-law? Li's confession was to use this to make Chen Shiru "Ding's mother worried", unwilling to let her husband continue to be an official in that remote mountain city and small county, and hoped that he would return to Beijing for reunion.

This reason is far-fetched and important, and it involves the question of whether Chen Shiru knows or not.

In fact, there are 10,000 ways for officials of the Great Song Dynasty to go to the local area if they want to go to work. Otherwise, Su You was in Kuizhou back then, and now in Jiaozhi, he will not be so hard, facing a shortage of manpower.

If you want to reunite, Chen Shiru can also take Li to the post.

Taking a step back, it seems understandable that the Li family really instigated the servants to kill their mother-in-law and find one or two servants to conspire, but it seems to be a little deranged when so many servants say this kind of "strategy" in front of them.

And a session of women, it seems that she is a little too bold.

The biggest possibility is that someone secretly instructed Chen Shiru, the head of the family.

The origin of this Li family is not ordinary, Chen Shiru is the son of Chen Zhizhong, and the Li family is the daughter of Li Zhongshi who was waiting for the Chaotian Zhang Pavilion.

And Li Zhongshi is the grandson-in-law of the old prime minister Lu Yijian, in other words, the current Tongzhi Privy Council, Lu Yijian's son Lu Gong, is the uncle of the Li family; Li's mother is the niece of Lu Gongshu.

Therefore, although the case is still under investigation, rumors have spread in Beijing.

Although there is no evidence pointing to Chen Shiru to prove that it was his instruction, the people of the Great Song Dynasty hated such things, and they were in the house of Haoqiang, so for a while, there was a tendency that not killing Chen Shiru was not enough to make the people angry.

However, Su Song insisted on principles, so there were rumors in Beijing that Su Song intended to accept the invitation of the powerful to exonerate Chen Shiru.

The people below are already a little unbearable, and during this time, the people of Kaifeng Mansion go out, and it is almost a market where everyone shouts and beats.

The manager is very aggrieved when he joins the army, Fu Yin is not getting along with everyone, and he is also getting along with himself, so he has to handle the case impeccably, why bother?

Nowadays, there is a saying in Bianjing City, there are more bullshit things in rich and noble people, and all of them are chopped up if they are dragged out, and there may be wrongs in them, but if they chop one after another, there will definitely be a leak.

This statement is ridiculous, because it is entirely based on speculation, but it is very marketable.

Seeing Su Song enter the government, he joined the army and stepped forward: "Da Yin, now there are terrible rumors, if it goes on like this, it is not easy to take measures......"

Su Song glanced at him: "The law is not lenient from person to person, and things are not different from situation to situation; The law is based on fairness, and the truth is the first. ”

"As long as you enforce the law strictly and sentence with a public heart, you will definitely be able to handle this case well."

The manager of the army continued to report: "Although Chen's wife Li resented his mother, she did not explicitly use poison. and did not personally inflict harm, and was improperly executed according to the law. Chen Zhengru did not know about this and should be punished more lightly. ”

Su Song shook his head: "This reasoning is not appropriate, and the push is not fine." ”

"If Chen and Li don't know, why is the funeral so hasty? Even if you don't know beforehand, you don't know afterwards? If you know, for the sake of the so-called family decency, you dare to cover up such a big case? Confessions before and after, why do they circumvent this? ”

"If Chen and Li are innocent, according to common sense, even if they don't ask, can't they defend themselves? Is it possible that this is an escape from the heart? Please investigate again and sentence him in accordance with the law. ”

Joining the army had a difficult face: "Da Yin, do you want to ...... Torture? Under Miki, what words can't be sought? ”

Su Song looked at his subordinates a little speechlessly: "I want you to be serious, not to ask you to accept the invitation to interfere with the judiciary, nor to ask you to bend into a trick." ”

"Everything must be spoken with evidence, and there must be no flaws in the trial, otherwise others will attack each other with this, and no one will be able to escape."

"It is a matter of human life, and you cannot wronged a good person, but you cannot indulge a bad person in vain. Whoever has a flaw in this, and that is to give authority to others, and this is also for the preservation of yourselves, you see? ”

The sweat on the head of the manager of the army came down, and he quickly bowed his head: "Yes, yes, the next officer will go and investigate in detail." ”

After joining the army, the official presented a letter, and Su Song opened it, which was written by Xin Huaguang, the wife and brother of the central governor, who expressed concern about Su Song's situation.

Because yesterday, the eunuch beside Zhao Ji went over and told him: "Your Majesty is very concerned about this case, and thinks that the Li family has lost all conscience, which is a great evil and should be punished severely." Quan knows that Su Song of Kaifeng Mansion is your in-law, you have to tell him, to understand the will, don't violate the sacred heart......"

Su Song put the letter away, sorted out the case file, and went to the palace gate to wait for the court.

After the early dynasty, Zhao Ji really left Su Song and asked about the progress of Chen Shiru's case.

Su Song reported on the trial of the case, and Zhao Ji nodded: "If it weren't for Aiqing's carefulness, this case would have almost been in vain." ”

Su Song arched his hand: "This minister's duty is within its boundaries." ”

Zhao Ji said: "But it also caused a lot of trouble...... Some courtiers said that Qing wanted to indulge Chen Shiru and his wife, but I didn't dare to believe it. However, what Chen and Li committed is a great evil of human morality, and it should be strict and not indulgent. ”

Su Song got up and arched his hand: "The capital is heavy, and there are many powerful people. My emperor trusts me, and the ministers dare not be lazy. Whoever is guilty of sin, the ministers will pay the blame, and they will be commanded to be fair, not to be serious. Those who are afraid will fall into the law of the land. ”

"Therefore, the case minister neither dares to be lenient nor serious, but can only tell the public and bring him to justice."

Su Song's attitude reminded Zhao Ji of the time when he refused to appoint Li Ding, so he had to remind him: "The Chen family has been an official for many years, and there are many relatives and friends in the court, and there must be many intercessors." Aiqing must enforce the law strictly and not be moved by intercession. ”

Su Song also knew what Zhao Ji had in mind, so he lowered his head and said seriously: "The minister should be like this." Ranchen's insistence has always been for the sake of the country's law, and not once because of personal feelings. ”

It was too difficult to talk about this day, Zhao Ji could only smile bitterly and let Su Song leave.