"I can't trust the government!" Chen Gui nodded lightly and said the reason.

Lin Haoran had already guessed such an answer, but when he was confirmed by Chen Gui himself, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.

If this jade pendant is handed over to the government at that time, it can become a valid evidence that the jade pendant was kept by the murderer. It's just that this scholar chose not to believe in the government, and he didn't take it out until now, so this jade pendant can no longer be regarded as a piece of evidence.

However, this kind of thing cannot be blamed too much on this scholar. With the continuous expansion of the Ming gentry class, and even the ability to decide whether a landlord official should go or stay, many local officials did not dare to be enemies of these gentry at all. In addition, the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more serious, and it is not uncommon for officials and gentry to oppress the people.

It is precisely because of this that the people at the bottom have lost trust in the local government, and they are not willing to hand over the evidence to the government.

Lin Haoran cleaned up his somewhat bored mood, raised the jade pendant in his hand, and asked solemnly: "How can you confirm that this jade pendant is owned by Yang Kuan?" ”

"The grass people have seen Yang Kuan wearing it, this jade pendant must belong to Yang Kuan, and the villain is willing to guarantee it with his life!" Wang Er raised his head and looked at Lin Haoran, showing an undoubted expression.

Lin Haoran looked at Wang Er's expression in his eyes, but said with a wry smile: "There is no word 'Yang Kuan' on it, even if this Mansion Yin believes you, Yang Kuan can completely say that this jade pendant is not his!" ”

Hu Niu looked up at her brother, nodded thoughtfully, and then turned her head to look at Wang Er and Chen Gui.

A contemplative look appeared on Chen Gui's face, and Wang Er's brows immediately frowned, and he muttered in a low voice that seemed not angry: "My lord, this is really Yang Kuan's jade pendant, and the little one can recognize it clearly!" ”

Lin Haoran saw that the two of them couldn't come up with more evidence, so he put the jade pendant on the case and reproached: "Although this official wants to administer justice for you, it's just that your actions are very reckless!" You found such favorable evidence, but instead of taking out this jade pendant and handing it over directly to the government, you delayed it until today before it was submitted to the government Yin. Even though this Fu Yin believes in the words of the two of you, this jade pendant is not unique, you simply gave Yang Kuan a lot of reasons to justify and shirk! ”

Although he relied on his years of experience in handling cases, he could see that the two did not falsify evidence, but so far they have not been able to provide any effective evidence, and this case cannot be started at all.

As for Yang Kuan's torture to extract a confession, he would not consider it at all. This is not his style of judging cases, but also careless of human life, once the judgment is wrong, then he is no different from an executioner.

The tiger girl's waist stood straight, her pretty brows furrowed tightly, and her cute face looked very focused. While digesting what his brother said, he also turned his head to look at the two kneeling in the hall seriously.

"This is indeed Yang Kuan's jade pendant, don't you want to favor that thief?" Wang Er's head seemed to be missing a string, and he accused angrily.

Sun Jixiang's face changed in vain, and he stood up and reprimanded sharply: "Wang Er, why are you so unreasonable!" This jade pendant can be found everywhere in the capital, not to mention that this jade pendant cannot be confirmed to be Yang Kuan's thing, even if it proves to be Yang Kuan's jade pendant, then he insists that it is something he lost in the past, or that it was stolen by the two of you, what about this matter? ”

The best effect of this matter is that Chen Gui and Wang Er hand over the evidence to the government, so that they can use this jade pendant as a base for investigation, but at the moment, Zhang Gui and Wang Er indirectly destroyed a good evidence.

Wang Er's temper is very strong, but it's not that he really doesn't understand who is good and who is bad. After hearing Sun Jixiang's words, he also woke up like a dream, but tears were rolling in his eyes.

Chen Gui finally understood, and suddenly slapped his head with regret and blamed himself: "It's me who made a mistake!" ”

Sun Jixiang and the others looked at the behavior of the two, although they complained in their hearts that these two people had indirectly destroyed the evidence, but they also felt that there were indeed grievances in the matter, and they also set their eyes on Lin Haoran.

"Please also lend a helping hand, students are willing to serve adults in the future!" After Chen Gui repented, he pinned his hopes on Lin Haoran, and immediately knelt down and pleaded.

Wang Er thought of the big changes in his family, and he also kowtowed with tears: "If the adults can help the villain's family of three to uphold justice, the villain's life will be the adult's in the future!" ”

Sun Jixiang and the others watched the two of them express their attitudes like this, and they were even more convinced that there were grievances in the case, and looked at the two people in the hall with complicated expressions.

However, the two of them also kowtowed, Chen Gui's forehead was not hurt in the slightest, but Wang Er broke his forehead, which shows that scholars still have to be smarter.

Lin Haoran has never been an emotional person, and said impartially: "As the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, this official has to judge the case impartially. I will not favor Yang Kuan because he is a rich man, nor will I favor you because the two of you promise so, everything must be based on real evidence! It's just that you only took out a piece of jade pendant suspected to be Yang Kuan, and this case cannot be accepted by this Fu Yin! ”

When Chen Gui and Wang Er heard this, their hearts sank to the bottom of the lake. They came to the capital with great difficulty, holding the jade pendant that they thought was ironclad evidence, but what they didn't want was such a result.

It's just that they can't blame Lin Haoran, after all, that's the truth. This jade pendant is rare in Puzhou, but it can be seen everywhere in this capital, and its origin has no direction.

Lin Haoran asked Zhang Hu to return the jade pendant to Zhang Gui, and then said: "Although the case of Yang Kuan's murder of the Wang family of three will not be accepted for the time being, if it is true that Yang Kuanqiang abducted your wife Wang, this mansion Yin will not stand idly by." ”

Although the case of the abduction of women is not a big case, it is also a criminal case, and Lin Haoran, the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, is naturally qualified to intervene and even arrest Yang Kuan from Shanxi.

Chen Gui and Wang Er heard that they wanted Lin Haoran to start with the case of Wang's abduction, and their hearts were also happy, Chen Gui immediately pleaded with him: "Please be clear, my wife Wang was forcibly kidnapped by Yang Kuan's evil thieves, and then he made up a ghost and god, and asked Lord Qingtian to uphold justice." ”

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, and asked seriously at Wang Er, who was acting recklessly, "Wang Er, do you think that is your sister?" ”

"Although the villain can only see each other from afar, it must be no different from a sister!" Wang Er replied categorically.

Lin Haoran already had an idea in his heart, but he asked curiously: "If your wife Wang was forcibly kidnapped, then who is the woman who died by the river?" ”