After the defeat of Qi Honglie's family, Hu Youkuan, the official of the torture room, saw the wind and steered, and immediately presented the case of Qi Hongfu to Liang Wensheng, the lord of Zhizhou.

Liang Wensheng opened the case file and read it carefully, and the plaintiff's complaint said that his daughter was taken captive by Qi Hongfu's family in the morning, and he got the news that his daughter died of a violent illness in the evening. On the same day, the Qi family buried the body, and was severely beaten by the Qi family because the plaintiff asked for an open coffin for an autopsy, accusing Qi Hongfu of killing his daughter.

The post-mortem document is not clear, only saying that the deceased was bleeding from his seven orifices, his chest and abdomen were broken, his clothes were stained with blood, and he died of a suspected severe disease. It was accompanied by a family member's testimony, saying that before the deceased died, he bled from his seven orifices, screamed miserably, scratched his abdomen with his hands and bled continuously, and then vomited blood from his mouth and died.

Liang Wensheng served as the magistrate of Yanjin County for six years and had many homicides. Such a testimony is full of loopholes, the post-mortem document is unknown, and thinking of the Qi family's power in Juzhou, he feels that the deceased is definitely not as simple as dying of a violent illness!

Liang Wensheng ordered someone to call Zhuang Wenxuan and handed him the case file to read. Asked directly: "Zhuang Officer, Lord Lin once said that you are thoughtful and good at judging doubtful cases. I wonder what you think about this case? ”

Zhuang Wenxuan thought for a while and said: "My lord, judging from the current file, there are at least three doubts in this case. ”

"First, the deceased entered Qi Hongfu's house to his death, but it was only an hour, and the deceased's relatives were hurriedly buried without letting the deceased's relatives see the body, it is obvious that the Qi family is deliberately hiding something."

"Second, the autopsy document written by the deceased is vague, saying that the deceased's chest and abdomen were ruptured, but how it was broken, whether it was cut by a knife or torn by hand, did not say, and it looked like he wanted to say and stopped, as if he was hiding something, and as if he was hinting at something."

"Third, the most suspicious thing is the testimony of the family. It is said that the deceased scratched his abdomen with his hands and bled incessantly, which seems to support the theory that the chest and abdomen were ruptured. But when you think about it, it's impossible. How much strength and endurance does a woman need to scratch and tear her chest and abdomen? So I think the guy is lying. ”

Liang Wensheng listened to Zhuang Wenxuan's analysis and couldn't help nodding. praised and said: "Zhuang is not thoughtful, he is a master of judging cases, and the case is so thorough that it is enough to make Qi Hongfu have nothing to say." ”

At this time, a miscellaneous servant came to Santang to report and said, "I want to see my lord." ”

Liang Wensheng smiled and said to Zhuang Wenxuan: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives." He must have come to see me for the Li Cuiying case. ”

"My lord is right, the Qi family is weak, Zhang Tongzhi asked for leave, the Qi Yu family was arrested, and the atmosphere of the yamen changed very quickly."

Jiang An came to the third hall, knelt down on his knees, and said, "My lord, the villain is guilty!" ”

Liang Wensheng and Zhuang Wenxuan glanced at each other and said, "What are you guilty of?" ”

"The conclusion of the autopsy in Li Cuiying's case is untrue. My lord, at that time, the Qi family was powerful, and my subordinates were forced by the Qi family to make false conclusions, and I was really helpless. After finishing speaking, Jiang An took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "This is the real autopsy document, and I have signed the affidavit." Please take a look. With that, he presented it with both hands.

Liang Wensheng took the document and put it on the case instead of reading it. said to Jiang An: "You can keep the real autopsy documents, and now you are repentant, which shows that your conscience is not clear." Get up and speak. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Jiang An cried with joy, thanked him and stood up, standing respectfully under his head, waiting for the question.

"Jiang An, tell me about the real autopsy conclusion of Li Cuiying's case." Liang Wensheng asked.

"It's my lord. According to the inquest of Li Cuiying's body by his subordinates, two conclusions were drawn. ”

"First, Li Cuiying's virgin *female* membrane was ruptured, and there were blood stains on her lower body, and there was a silver hair in her mouth, so it can be judged that the deceased had lost her body shortly before her death. Whether it is a forcible * rape or a smooth * rape cannot be judged by the corpse alone. ”

"Second, the deceased died when he was pierced through the heart by a sharp weapon in the chest, and the skin on the outer edge of the wound was broken, so it was judged that the sharp weapon was a dagger more than a foot long. The perpetrator was so powerful that the dagger was all inserted into the body of the deceased. If the deceased committed suicide, it would never have been able to do so, let alone pierce the heart. So the conclusion is that someone pierced the heart with a dagger and died. ”

After listening to Jiang An's conclusion, Liang Wensheng asked him to step back first. Then he signed a summons for detention, ordered the head to go to Xiahe Village to detain Qi Hongfu and the family members who had given false testimony, and warned Qi Hong's family and his subordinates not to go out and to follow the summons.

After Zhuang Wenxuan listened to Jiang An's autopsy conclusion, he was thinking rapidly in his mind, analyzing and reasoning to restore the scene of Li Cuiying's rape and murder, and gradually came to a conclusion in his mind. After the arrester left with the detention summons, Zhuang Wenxuan began to recount his analysis conclusions.

"My lord, according to the statement of the plaintiff's complaint, Li Cuiying was forcibly taken to Qi Hong's house by the Qi family, and died in less than an hour. It was impossible to convince the deceased to do something in such a short time. In addition, if the deceased is willing to do something with the other party, then it is impossible to be killed immediately, so the rape of the deceased is the only reasonable conclusion. ”

Since it was raped, and the deceased's mouth found male pubic hair, it can be seen that the deceased was humiliated by the other party putting his lower body in his mouth. The deceased was so humiliated that he would have resisted. In this case, the easiest way to resist is to bite the other person's lower body. And after the other party is bitten, he must be extremely painful and hateful, so he quickly kills the killer and kills the deceased. Of course, this is just speculation, but it is not too far from the truth. ”

"Qi Hongfu relies on his brother to be the richest man in Juzhou and the chief of grain. did whatever he wanted, forced to buy and sell, occupied a large amount of land, and instigated Ding Ou to beat others. In the yellow book, the tiger was faked, and the people were harmed, and the people were extremely angry. There were more than a dozen complaints against him in the yamen. Adults may wish to use this murder case to completely eliminate the influence of the Qi family in Juzhou. ”

Zhuang Wenxuan had already figured out Liang Wensheng's thoughts, so he made this suggestion to him.

"Qi Hongfu is full of evil, and heaven does not tolerate it, so he should have been eliminated a long time ago. But now there is no evidence to prove that he did it, and if he grits his teeth and refuses to admit it, there is nothing he can do about it. Liang Wensheng sighed.

"My lord, if you want to find evidence, you can start from these aspects. The first is to verify the correct body, as long as he is found to have injuries to his lower body, he can be convicted of rape. Second, look for eyewitnesses, testimonies, and evidence of his murder from among his wife, concubines, and subordinates. Again, find the doctor who treated him and look for evidence from Qi Hongfu's statement of his condition. ”

The next day, Liang Wensheng interrogated Qi Hongfu in the second hall, and now he has more than a dozen complaints against Qi Hongfu in his hands, and Jiang An's autopsy documents, and a crime of rape cannot escape. Therefore, Liang Wensheng is full of confidence, coupled with an official robe, sitting in the lobby without anger and self-authority, full of aura.

But he didn't expect that after Qi Hongfu was taken to the second hall, he didn't have the slightest panic. Since he is the grain chief, he can sit on an equal footing with the officials, but the governor does not have the right to dismiss the grain chief, and can only be dismissed by the household department after reporting to the household department for approval. It was Qi Hongfu who found a seat and sat down without fear, crossed Erlang's legs, and waited for Liang Wensheng's question.

Liang Wensheng looked at him sitting arrogantly in the hall, without the slightest consciousness of a prisoner, more than his aura of trying the case, and he couldn't wait to pick up the shocking wood and shoot him to death at once. Although by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the grain chief was not as high as that in the early Ming Dynasty. But Taizu's preferential treatment of the grain chief has not been abolished, and others do not take the grain chief as a cadre, but he takes it very seriously. Liang Wensheng in the hall had no way to take him.

Liang Wensheng held back his anger, picked up the complaints at hand and asked him: "These complaints are all accusations against you for forcibly buying and selling land, instigating and conniving at the family to beat the people, deceit, panic to report the people Ding Zhuang, and levy more taxes and grain, can you plead guilty?" ”

"Confess your sins, I've done these things in the past few years. But that was also to collect food for the court. ”

"You forcibly bought the people's daughter Li Cuiying to be a slave at home, but is it true?"

"It's true, his family can't pay the tax grain, so I asked Li Chengjiang to sell his daughter and pay the tax and grain. It was also to collect food for the court. ”

Liang Wensheng looked at his arrogant face that didn't care, even the clay sculpture was a little earthy. So he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Then you forcibly raped Li Cuiying, also to collect grain for the court?!" ”

Knowing that Qi Hongfu was not ashamed, he replied lewdly: "Hehe, that little girl looks very smart, so I didn't hold back for a while, so I went on it." ”

"And then, you killed her?"

"Yes." He casually agreed. In an instant, he suddenly woke up again, and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, I didn't kill it." At that time, he bit my lower body, and I took out a dagger to scare her, and when I thought of her rushing at me, I couldn't dodge, so she threw herself on the dagger and committed suicide. She committed suicide, not me. ”

"Then your family testified that she died of a violent illness, how do you explain it?"

"At that time, I was afraid that I couldn't tell clearly, so I asked the family to give false testimony."

At this point, Liang Wensheng couldn't continue to ask. He felt a deep sense of frustration, no, this is not scientific. The trial is not like this, it should be that the prisoner refuses to admit it, and the eldest man snapped in the hall and shouted, "Are you recruiting?" The two classes of officials shouted in unison "mighty ......", if the prisoner still did not recruit, and then the old man threw the fire stick, the two classes of officials began to play the board. This is the routine of the promotion of the court.

But today it didn't use anything, and I didn't even shoot the shocking wood, so I poured beans into the bamboo tube, and I did all the tricks.

Lord Liang had no choice but to temporarily detain him. Before leaving, Qi Hongfu said: "Lord Liang, I have already stipulated when I was facing the great grandfather that the grain chief can pay silver to atone for his crimes. Please ask Lord Liang to help me calculate how much silver I need to pay for these sins. ”

After speaking, he clenched his hands into fists and floated away.

In this way, a vigorous promotion of the court was over. Back in the inner hall, Liang Wen was so angry, did he let Qi Hongfu escape like this? He confessed his sins like this, and then handed over the money? He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.