Chapter IV: Confession Retraction

After saying all this, Li Lao Liu was silent for a long time, looking at the delicious meal in front of him, his heart was even sour, his father died early, thinking that his mother had worked hard to raise himself as an adult, and there was no need to say more about the various tastes, he originally wanted to save a few more months of silver, so that he could beg a filial daughter-in-law to go home and take care of his wife after the New Year, but now he may not even be able to save his life, let alone marry a wife and have children......

Thinking of this, Li Lao Liu couldn't help but feel sad and cried: "Uncle, now my life is difficult to protect, I just ask you to take care of my mother in the future for the sake of the villagers, nephew, please leave to you!" ”

Seeing Li Laoliu snorting at Song Yi a few times through the prison door, Shen Huan's heart sank, he knew that Li Laoliu was only afraid that everything was already in discouragement, and it was very likely that he would kill himself in prison before he could open the knife!

Shen Huan hurriedly said: "Sixth brother, don't think about it!" Now it may not be to the point of exhaustion! ”

Li Lao Liu was slightly stunned when he heard Shen Huan say this, "Brother, don't comfort me, now that I have signed a confession and been sentenced to death, even if I stay here, I can only live a few more months...... Instead of being taken to the execution ground and beheaded, it is better to do it now, so as not to be embarrassed in public......"

Li Laoliu's words confirmed Shen Huan's previous judgment, and Song Yi was also in a hurry after hearing these words! But he couldn't think of anything to explain Li Lao Liu, so he could only be anxious next to him!

Looking at their appearance, Shen Huan opened his mouth and said: "Uncle, sixth brother, don't worry, in fact, the county master's verdict is not the final verdict, we haven't reached a dead end yet!" Sixth brother, do you know? Even if you have pleaded guilty and been detained, according to the law of our dynasty, all serious criminal cases must be reported to the state government's criminal department, and the criminal department will review and report to the criminal department, and then go to the middle book, and even the emperor can only be considered a real verdict after reading and approving the case! During this period, if the trafficker retracts his confession, he must be remanded for a new trial until the case is beyond doubt! In other words, the county magistrate said that you killed someone, but he didn't really count! You still have a chance to live! Do you understand? ”

Shen Huan's words made Li Lao Liu a little stunned for a while, he didn't know how the imperial court regulations worked, but Shen Huan's last sentence, he heard it clearly!

As long as people see a glimmer of light when they are in a desperate situation, they will firmly grasp it, Li Lao Liu hurriedly asked: "You mean that I still have a chance to live?" That...... So what do I do now? ”

"You have signed and detained, and now if you want to retrial, you must retract your confession!" Shen Huan couldn't help frowning at the end, he knew what it meant to Li Laoliu to retract his confession......

Li Laoliu was stunned...... the word "retracting confession" is not easy for him, because once he retracts his confession, it means that he will go to the lobby again! When he drew the confession that day, in order to save trouble, the county magistrate once told him not to retract his confession easily, and once he retracted his confession, he would be re-brought to the lobby! When the time comes, it will be a meal again! Feeling the faintly painful wound on his body, Li Lao Liu couldn't help but tremble, just this time, he had been beaten half to death, if he went to the torture hall again, maybe he would really be beaten to death......

Shen Huan understood Li Laoliu's thoughts very well, and persuaded him: "Sixth brother, now if you want to live, you can only retract your confession." Think about it, Aunt Li has worked hard to pull you up over the years, and she is always looking forward to you going back to marry him and have children, enjoy the joy of family life with children and grandchildren, and let her live a good life, do you really want to let her send a white-haired person to a black-haired person? Have you ever wondered what would happen to Aunt Li if you died? That really killed her! ”

"I ......"

Li Lao Liu bowed his head and was silent, not knowing how to answer, what Shen Huan said was indeed right, for his mother, he was her life, if he had three long and two short, I am afraid that the old lady would die with him, how could he bear it as a son of man! But when he thought of the torture he was going to face when he retracted his confession, Li Laoliu was never able to make up his mind......

Seeing that Li Lao Liu was so hesitant, Shen Huan was also sweating in a hurry, but he had already said everything he could say now, and now he could only see if Li Lao Liu could cross the threshold in his heart by himself......

Before he knew it, the time for the prison visit was coming, but Li Lao Liu still didn't have any decision, seeing that the jailer was going to drive them away, Shen Huan decided to take a risky move......

"Sixth brother, I know it's difficult, and I won't force you. I will do my best to find out about this case in the next few days! At that time, if you want to retract your confession and complain again, it will not be too late......"

After saying this, Shen Huan and several of them were kicked out of the prison, thinking about those words just now, Song Yi couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Shen boy, it's not that my uncle underestimates you, you have only known reading and writing since you were a child, and you have never been exposed to such a thing, can you do it?" Don't help the sixth child and put himself in, if you have any accidents, uncle, I will go underground in the future, how to explain to your father! Don't be a hero in your head! “

Hearing this, Shen Huan smiled slightly: "Uncle, don't worry, I have been in Beijing to take the exam in the past few years, and I have seen a lot outside, and I will not be reckless!" To tell you the truth, I also helped their county magistrate deal with a case when I was passing through Anyang! So the little nephew still has a little confidence in his heart! Now if you want to rescue the sixth brother, you can only find out this case, especially where did the shopkeeper Wu go after breaking up with the sixth brother, who he met, and what he did, first find out these things. Secondly, ask in Jiangyin City if anyone has come back from Suzhou with the sixth brother. It takes two or three days from Suzhou to Jiangyin, and we have a lot of businessmen to buy goods in Suzhou, and the official road is also very busy, there are not a few merchants and pedestrians coming and going, and it is raining that day, and there must be a lot of vehicles stuck in the mud! The sixth brother is enthusiastic on weekdays, and when he sees someone stuck in the mud, he will definitely come forward to help, maybe he will go together! As long as we find that person, then we can prove that the sixth brother did not have the time to commit the crime, so that we can clear his suspicions. ”

Listening to Shen Huan's words, Song Yi's worries in his heart also eased slightly, it seems that this kid is not lying, maybe he really helped the county master of Anyang deal with the case! This kid finally lived up to his hard work! Thinking of this, Song Yi felt a little complacent, this was the result of his years of painstaking cultivation!

Seeing Song Yi looking at himself silently, Shen Huan was afraid that he would hear some flaws in his words, so he hurriedly continued: "Without further ado! Such! Let's go our separate ways, I will go to the shopkeeper Wu's house to investigate, and Shi will go to the city to inquire if there is anyone who is traveling with the sixth brother, and the fifth brother and the old uncle will go back to the village first to wait for our news! “

"Let's stay and help you."

Song Yi was still a little relieved when he looked at the two little guys with no hair on their mouths, no matter how Shen Huan blew himself to the sky, but in his impression, Shen Huan was still the nerd who didn't listen to things outside the window and only read the books of sages! And his own son, that is a second goods who can take his own shovel to exchange for wine and drink! Let the two of them investigate the case? Can it really work?

Although Song Yi was full of worries, his son Song Shi was full of confidence: "Don't worry, Dad!" I know what you're worried about! You see I'm so old, look at the big dog guy again, the same age as me, and I'm a father this year, can I still be so reliable! ”

Song Yi was right when he heard him say this, and then thought about it, people should always have to go through experience, can he protect them for a lifetime? And listening to this kid's tone just now, eighty percent also wants to get married! When I go back, I have to discuss with my wife and tell him a daughter-in-law! It's good that you can hug your grandson as soon as possible! Unconsciously, Song Yi's attention was shifted to his son's marriage! The worries in my heart were all forgotten, and after telling them to be careful, I went back to the village with the fifth child......

After Song Yi left, the two agreed on a place to meet, and the two parted at the yamen. Shen Huan went straight to Li Lao Liu's shop, Li Ji Silk Village is located on Jiyang Street in the north of the city, it is said to have a history of 100 years, is a rare time-honored brand. In the past, when Li Lao Liu first came to the city, he worked in a rice shop, and the owner of the rice shop looked down on the countrymen, and always changed the way to deduct wages, not to mention, and sometimes there was no meal at work. Fortunately, Li Lao Liu is lucky, he also has the strength to work, and he is more serious and careful in his work, and one day he happened to meet Li Cheng, the big proprietor who happened to come to the rice line to inspect, and since then Li Lao Liu's life is getting better and better day by day, and life finally has hope!

Li Cheng is quite famous in Jiangyin City, not only because he is rich, but also because he is not like those mercenary bad businessmen. In business on weekdays, Li Cheng never deceived the market and abducted him, and what is even more rare is that whenever he encounters a famine, he even gives porridge and medicine to help the township! After a long time, the people in the city called him Li Dashan.

Li Cheng is good at accumulating virtue, the family is also very happy, the two sons are also very competitive, a few years ago they were admitted to the Jinshi, was sent to a foreign county by the imperial court, and became the parent of the people, Emperor Yingzong was alive when he was alive and gave the Li family a decree, which can be described as a glorious ancestor, even if it is the governor of Suzhou, he is polite to the Li family.

Since Li Lao Liu followed Li Cheng to the silk village, the monthly money was raised from two dollars of silver per month to four dollars, Shen Huan clearly remembered that when Li Lao Liu came back from the city in the first month and handed over the silver to Aunt Li, he could make the old man's family happy, and he praised his son for having a good life! Shen Huan still remembered that Aunt Li specially entrusted him to buy a jar for saving money in the market near the village and store all the money in it, but in this case, she was still afraid that she would not be safe, so she actually dug a hole under the stove and hid it, just waiting for more and more money in the jar to marry a satisfactory daughter-in-law to go home, but she didn't expect that Li Laoliu's money was not full, and now he has a life lawsuit......

Li Ji Silk Village was still very busy, and when Shen Huan walked inside, a small servant immediately came to greet him, "Yo! This boy looked at the noodles, is it the first time to come to our store? We have both Husi and Hangsi! The workmanship and materials are satisfactory to you! Some ordinary fabrics are also sold in our store, and there are also services for selling cloth and clothing! ”

Seeing that the little brother was so enthusiastic, Shen Huan was also a little embarrassed, bowed, and said: "Little brother, you misunderstood, I didn't come here to buy cloth, I am a friend of Li Laoliu, I just came back today, and I heard that he committed a life lawsuit, so I came to inquire about what happened."

As soon as these words were spoken, the guys in the silk village suddenly stopped what they were doing, and cast their eyes here, their eyes were full of concern, and the little guy in front of him seemed to be a friend of the sixth child, and he didn't hide it when he heard Shen Huan's intention.

The little guy sighed and said: "Since we are friends of the sixth child, we can't hide it, to be honest, we don't believe that the sixth will kill the shopkeeper!" Although the shopkeeper is not very good to us, and he always thinks about the law and wants to deduct our wages, the owner is really good to us! All the wages deducted were secretly made up for us, not to mention, there was some meat to share with everyone during the New Year's holidays! Whoever is in trouble, the owner will try his best to help! Just for the owner, everyone will not do anything to be sorry for the Li family! What's more, the shopkeeper is the owner's brother-in-law, although he usually has some bumps, but no one remembers him, at most he scolds a few words behind his back......"