Wu Xiangqi said: "Zhao Lizheng, are you back?" I heard that you asked Wei Bao's people to go last night? What the hell is going on? Could it be, Wei Bao suspects that you killed someone, right? Outrageous. Isn't this a rush to the doctor, wanting to climb people indiscriminately? ”

"No, no, maybe Lord Wu misunderstood, Wei Gongzi didn't doubt me, but asked me to talk about something." Zhao Kehu smiled embarrassedly, naturally he would not admit that he was regarded as a suspect. And Wei Bao has already been humble to him, didn't Wei Bao say it? was originally using him as a cover, and he didn't treat him as a suspect in the first place.

"Oh? So nervous? What do you have to talk about in the middle of the night? Wu Xiang smiled: "Is the case at hand an eyebrow?" I was about to go to Wei Bao's to check it out, and it was time for the deadline I had agreed with him. ”

Wu Xiang never believed that Wei Bao had a way to find out the real culprit.

Zhao Kehu got out of the carriage and sighed: "Wei Baocha's case seems to be a bit eyebrow-raising, you can go, don't delay the adult's affairs." ”

"Got eyebrows?"

"Have you found out who committed the crime?"

"Who's the murderer?"

"How did Wei Bao find it?"

Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu, and Wu Xuexia were all taken aback and couldn't help but ask questions.

Zhao Kehu knew that Wei Bao didn't like people to talk in private, so he had to say: "I really can't say this, I just know a little bit, there is a key suspect who has been locked by Wei Bao, and he has been detained by Wei Bao's people, as if he has obtained important evidence." Lord Wu should go and see it for himself, I can't say it, it's not good to talk nonsense. ”

Wu Xiang saw that Zhao Kehu said solemnly, and even more half of the letter was suspicious, "It seems that Wei Bao really found evidence and found the person who was suspected?" Let's go, let's see. ”

Zhao Kehu sent Wu Xiang and the others away, and there was some drumming in his heart.

Although Zhao Kehu was ninety percent sure that Hou Lixing was likely to be the real murderer after Wei Bao told him about Hou Lixing's suspicion, Zhao Kehu was very uncertain about whether Wei Bao could finally condemn Hou Lixing's crime to death.

When Wu Xiang and the others arrived, Wei Bao happened to get good news.

One of Zhao Kehu's close entourages was broken through by Lin Wenbiao!

It's not that this entourage confessed, but that he couldn't answer Lin Wenbiao's words.

Lin Wenbiao mainly started with the whereabouts of these people and interrogated them about their whereabouts during this time, and this person couldn't explain what he was doing when he went to Yongping Mansion several times?

"Your lord doesn't have any relatives and friends in Yongping Mansion, even if he says tolerance, he is still in Shanhaiguan, and it is still understandable to go back and forth between Shanhaiguan and Weijiazhuang, what have you been to Yongping Mansion for a few times?" Lin Wenbiao asked.

This is the second time that Lin Wenbiao has interrogated this person, because he feels that this person can make a major breakthrough, so he directly invited Wei Bao over, and Wei Bao also sat next to him and listened, and Lin Wenbiao was still mainly responsible for interrogation.

The Hou Lixing's retinue recognized Wei Bao and said in horror: "Master Wei, I really just went to Yongping Mansion to buy things, and I didn't do anything else, isn't it okay to go out to buy things according to the laws of Wei Jiazhuang?" ”

"What are you buying?" Wei Bao asked.

The man hesitated and said: "I didn't buy anything, our lord likes some porcelain, only Yongping Mansion has better porcelain, and he will let me go to see it from time to time." ”

Wei Bao and Lin Wenbiao glanced at each other, obviously not believing this person's words, Wei Bao smiled indifferently: "Then what porcelain did you buy back?" You name it, and we'll have people look it up now. ”

When the man heard this, he panicked even more: "I didn't buy it, I just looked at it, I haven't seen any good goods recently." ”

"Don't hold on, Hou Lixing has already said it, you are not the main culprit, say it, I can get you lightly." Wei Bao Road.

The man's eyes flickered, and he didn't know if Hou Lixing really said it, what did he say?

"Wei Gongzi, I really don't know anything, what are you asking me to say?"

"Do you still need me to talk about your killing of Zhao Laosi and his son, as well as Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law? I said it's different from you. Say it, you're a capital offense! By speaking out on your own, you can alleviate your guilt. Wei Bao said.

After Wei Bao finished speaking, he took a sip of the tea that Wang Qiuya poured for him, and looked not in a hurry.

"Now it's Gongzi who talks to you personally, don't you know what's wrong, there is no such shop in this village." Lin Wenbiao also didn't look in a hurry.

The man was trembling with fright, his face was covered with sweat, and the weather was already very hot, but his body was hot and cold, and he was about to faint at any moment.

"Come on, it's not a big deal! You didn't sleep with Zhao Lao's fourth daughter-in-law, you were just Hou Lixing's follower, whatever you did, you just followed, and now you take the initiative to report it, which is a credit. Childe will redeem you and your family and live a peaceful life in Weijiazhuang! Don't be afraid of anyone's retaliation. "Lin Wenbiao slowly and leisurely continued to pour 'chicken soup'.

"I, I said." The man closed his eyes and opened them violently: "Give me some water to drink first." ”

Lin Wenbiao nodded, personally went out of the torture room, poured a cup of tea outside, and came back to Hou Lixing's retainer Hou Dayan.

Hou Dayan's hands were handcuffed.

Weijiazhuang already has its own handcuffs, Wei Bao completely imitates the modern style design and manufacturing, of course, the style is ugly, the workmanship is not so exquisite, the principle is the same, every policeman has handcuffs and batons, the baton is wood, because the Ming control iron control is very strict, the handcuffs are also made of solid wood, but very strong, even the martial arts with real kung fu can not break free from the handcuffs with strength.

Hou Dayan held the teacup in both hands, drank all the firewood and water, and said: "Did the master kill Zhao Laosi and Zhao Laosi's son, I don't know, I only followed the master after last spring, and the old man had two personal entourages left, and I and another person came up." But I know where Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law is. ”

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, sure enough, it was not much different from what he had guessed before, Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law was really not dead, if Hou Lixing killed all the people, and dismissed all the followers who knew before, or killed them, this case really became an unsolved case that could never be solved.

"Where's his daughter-in-law?" Lin Wenbiao asked. This is very important, although Hou Lixing's testimony is very powerful, but after all, it is not as powerful as Zhao Laosi's woman's testimony, because Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law is one of the parties to this case, and there are various indications that she has had a relationship with Hou Lixing.

"In the capital city of Yongping Prefecture." Hou Dayan immediately said an exact address: "I will go to see it every ten days, sometimes by myself, sometimes with the master." The lord left a woman from his family to guard Zhao Liu's family, which was a small courtyard that the lord bought in Yongping Mansion, which was very deserted, and outsiders didn't know that Zhao Liu's family had never shown up. ”

Wei Bao secretly wondered that it was no wonder that the list of huge rewards was released, and there was no movement when he went out, and after a long time, Hou Lixing did a very meticulous job, and he didn't worry about leaking information at all, fortunately, now that Hou Lixing is locked up, he is the real murderer, otherwise Hou Lixing's follower, or Hou Lixing's clan woman who is responsible for guarding Zhao Liu's wife, if he doesn't rebel, he will never find Zhao Lao's fourth daughter-in-law.

Lin Wenbiao hurriedly solicited the opinion of his son, and after getting Wei Bao's consent, he immediately went out and sent someone to Yongping Mansion to escort Zhao Laosi's wife and the person who Hou Lixing sent to take care of Zhao Laosi's wife.

"Are there any others?" Wei Bao asked.

"No, I know so much, Childe, I haven't done anything. Just go to see how Zhao Liu is doing every once in a while? Just give her and the caretaker some food. I don't think our lord has much interest in that woman anymore, and if it were a little while, she would either be sold to the kiln or killed. Hou said with big eyes: "Childe, is what you said just now counted?" Will I redeem my family? Will we continue to live a peaceful life in Weijiazhuang, right? ”

"That depends on your performance, and we'll talk about it when this case is over." Wei Bao finished with an expressionless face and walked out of the torture room.

Wei Bao knows that no matter whether it is an ancient case or a modern case, the difficulty is to find out the murderer, once the murderer is determined, it is not difficult to deduce the entire case, the difficulty is to find evidence and find witnesses.

Even if all the evidence and witnesses are complete, conviction is the biggest problem in history.

Unless in modern times, there are direct video footage of killings, and powerful and wealthy people, even in the case of ironclad evidence, may still get into the loopholes of the law and rely on powerful lawyers to quibble, so as to get away with the crime.

At this time, it is not called a lawyer, but a lawyer.

The eight-character yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money.

The word "eight" is a funnel shape, there are many rules for entering the yamen to complain in ancient times, even when the officials are ruling and clearing, the subordinates sue the superiors are restricted, mainly the difference between officials, good and cheap, and people in the lowly nationality cannot sue the good people (civilians), and the good people sue the officials is the same reason.

What's more, when the ruler was almost there, the chief official ate the plaintiff and the defendant. After calculating it, make a complaint, no matter if you win or lose, there is no one in the court, and most of them will end up bankrupt in the future.

Although the complete case has not yet been learned, and it is not known how Hou Lixing killed Zhao Laosi and Zhao Laosi's son, but just based on the matter of Hou Lixing and Zhao Laosi's wife, Wei Bao's punishment of Hou Lixing has been justified.

The reason why Hou Lixing wanted to go to Wei to command the embassy was because there was an unwritten rule that the yamen rarely punished the landlord class.

However, Wei Bao hopes to solve it locally, and this case was solved by him, and Wei Bao is hoping to erect a model with this and leave a good model for Weijiazhuang's legal system construction.

Otherwise, when it comes to the Wei Command Envoy, nine out of nine will acquit Hou Lixing.

The reason why Hou Lixing wanted to buy Wei Bao with a lot of money before was because he knew that Wei Bao was strong, Wei Bao decided that he was guilty, and it was very likely that he would not send him to the Wei Command Envoy.

In the township, a person with the right of the patriarch Li Zheng has the right to determine the life and death of a person if the evidence is sufficient, and even sometimes, even if the evidence is not sufficient, but there are many ordinary people who deserve to die, the person with such rights as the patriarch of the township can also directly execute people.

Wei Bao's power is much greater than that of the patriarch and Li Zheng, especially this kind of weathering case, which is not tolerated at the time, and he is fully capable of solving Hou Lixing in Weijiazhuang.

"Wei Gongzi." Wu Xiang personally took people to the Weijiazhuang Police Station, and after being allowed to enter, he came in to see Wei Bao.

"Lord Wu." As soon as Wei Bao saw Wu Xiang, he took the initiative to get up to greet him.

"Wei Gongzi, I heard that you solved the case? Who is the murderer? Wu Xiang asked.

"It's Hou Lixing." Wei Bao gave a general account of the case, and showed his fingerprints and several witnesses.

Wei Bao used fingerprint technology to lock on to the suspect of Hou Li's behavior, which caused Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia to be surprised.

Wu Xuexia was very interested in fingerprint technology, and carefully compared the fingerprints obtained at Zhao Laosi's house shown by Wei Bao with Hou Lixing's own fingerprints: "This is the handprint taken from Zhao Laosi's bed?" Can you still remove a mudra from wood? ”

Wei Bao did not hide the process and technology of how to obtain fingerprints in detail.

Industrial technology should be kept secret, but these technologies, Wei Bao does not want to keep them secret, and even wants to popularize them to the entire Ming Dynasty, if it can improve the case rate of Daming because of the popularization of fingerprint technology, Wei Bao is happy to see it, how many unjust souls will be caused by unjust, false and wrongful cases?

"Master Wei, this is the first time I've heard of this method, your knowledge is really profound." Wu Sanfu praised from the bottom of his heart. Since the last time Wei Bao wanted to use his classmates to promote Weijiazhuang's 'good deeds', Wu Sanfu has always felt that he owes Wei Bao, so he thinks a little more highly of Wei Bao. And fingerprint technology really makes Wu Sanfu admire very much, anyway, he has never heard of it, nor has he heard of any place in Daming, any person, who has used this kind of technology, if it is promoted, it can indeed help many cases be solved smoothly, so as not to form unjust, false and wrongful cases, and form unsolved cases.

Wei Bao smiled slightly and said modestly.

Wu Xiang said: "Master Wei, just by relying on his handprint, he can't convict Hou Lixing, right?" At most, it shows that Hou Lixing has been to Zhao Laosi's house, which seems to be nothing. ”

Wei Bao said: "Not only that, after determining that Hou Lixing is the biggest suspect in this case, we made a surprise interrogation overnight, and called all the people close to Hou Lixing, as well as the descendants of the Hou family, to inquire, just now an important clue was discovered, there is Hou Lixing's personal confession, I know where Hou Lixing hid Zhao Lao's fourth daughter-in-law, I have sent someone to pick up people." ”

Yes?

Even the witnesses have been found?

Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia were all amazed at the efficiency of Wei Bao's subordinates.

They sent people to keep an eye on the development of the case every day, knowing that Wei Bao had not made any progress yesterday, who knew that he had just slept after a while, and by today's three-day deadline, Wei Bao had made such a big breakthrough?

"Wei Gongzi is really a good means, when Zhao Lao's fourth daughter-in-law takes it over, along with Hou Lixing and other witnesses, let me take it away, this matter is directly managed by the Wei Command Envoy." Wu Xiang said.

Wei Bao had already roughly expected that Wu Xiang might cut off his beard.

Wei Bao's idea was to try Hou Li in Weijiazhuang, and sentence him in Weijiazhuang, he had already thought about it, this must be the death penalty, murder for evil deeds, and the occupation of wives, the crime is unforgivable.

On the one hand, it can have the effect of popularizing the law, and on the other hand, it can also make money.

The reason why Wei Bao didn't take the 3,000 taels of silver promised by Hou Lixing in his eyes was mainly because, if Hou Lixing was publicly executed in Weijiazhuang, Hou Lixing's personal property would be confiscated, all of which would be his, and he still cared about the bribe of 3,000 taels of silver?

Wei Bao's law has the death penalty, and next, a slightly lighter than the death penalty is a suspended death sentence, and a slightly lighter than a suspended death sentence is a fixed-term imprisonment.

Weijiazhuang's "Rules" stipulate that the maximum sentence for a single crime is 15 years, and the maximum sentence for multiple crimes can be 25 years.

The maximum controlled release must not exceed three years, the maximum short-term detention must not exceed one year, the maximum must not exceed 20 years where the total sentence is less than 35 years, and the maximum must not exceed 25 years where the total sentence is 35 years or more.

Where there are several crimes where a supplementary sentence is given, the supplementary punishment must still be enforced, and where the type of supplementary punishment is the same, it is to be enforced together, and where the types are different, they are to be enforced separately.

If Wu Xiang is allowed to get people to the Wei Command Envoy, not only will he not get any benefits, but if the Wei Command Envoy acquits Hou Lixing, it will also be a huge blow to Wei Jiazhuang's popularization of law.

Because Weijiazhuang determined Hou Lixing's culpability, but Wei Commander and Envoy released the people, the common people would definitely think that the local laws were useless, the yamen was still the largest, and the yamen was still biased towards the interests of the rich, and Weijiazhuang's laws would be useless.

"Lord Wu, I'm just afraid that this is not in accordance with the rules, right? Hou Lixing did such a thing, in any township, the local people have the right to deal with it directly, this kind of person, if not immersed in the pond pig cage, should be burned to death. Wei Bao said.

Wei Bao's refusal was also expected by Wu Xiang, "Although the law of the Ming Dynasty supports the folk customs of the township, as the commander of the Shanhaiwei, I am the commander of the guard, don't I catch up?" The Wei Commander must be bigger than you in Jinshan or Houmafang, right? Isn't it more natural to put it in the higher-level yamen? And this matter is not small, it involves a Li Zheng, and it should be handled by the Wei Command Embassy Hall. I only need Hou Lixing, as for Hou Lixing, if Hou Lixing really has an adulterous affair with Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law, how to deal with Zhao Laosi's daughter-in-law is up to Wei Gongzi to arrange it himself. ”

"What is Master Wu going to do?" Wei Bao asked directly. Although he coveted Hou Lixing's family property, Wei Bao mainly sought justice for the deceased, and if Wu Xiang affirmed Hou Lixing's capital crime, Wei Bao would not force it.

"Well, it's hard to say now, such a big case should be the chief soldier and horse of Mingshan Customs, and the commander of Lord Yang. I can't jump to conclusions, but don't worry, Master Wei, you will definitely be held responsible. Wu Xiang was scheming and vague.

Wei Bao shook his head and said: "If this is the case, I will not release the person, now Hou Lixing has been conclusively incriminated!" If you commit a crime, you will be punished, and if you commit such a serious crime, you deserve the death penalty! ”

"Wei Gongzi, the death penalty is not so easy to set, it has to be reported to the Criminal Department, and after the Criminal Department approves it, it can be put in the autumn to be beheaded. This point, Wei Gongzi is a talented man, he should be able to think of it, right? Wu Xiang said: "But Wei Gongzi, please rest assured, he will definitely be responsible, and he will give an explanation to the people of the entire Liaoxi." ”

"Wei Bao, don't be embarrassed!" Wu Sanfeng couldn't help but scolded: "You are not an official or a famous person, relying on your thin assets, you are arrogant, and you want to point fingers at the affairs of the yamen?" ”

Although he received a lot of bribes from Wei Bao, Wu Sanfeng didn't take Wei Bao seriously at all, no matter how much bribes he had, he could only do things for a while.

Wei Bao glanced at Wu Sanfeng: "Master Wu, you speak politely!" ”

"How about I'm not welcome?" Wu Sanfeng came over directly.

"The French Open is magnificent but not leaky, and no matter how powerful it is, it can't stop the mouths of the people! If the commander of the guard wants to indulge Hou Lixing, I will announce the case to the public today! Wei Bao also went back directly, dealing with Wu Sanfeng, Wei Bao held the handle in his hand.

It is easy to judge a case and difficult to adjudicate a case, Wei Bao understands this principle and knows how to deal with the government.

"You dare!" Wu Sanfeng said angrily: "What are you? Give you three points of color, and you will open a dyeing workshop? How to judge the case, that is a matter for the yamen to worry about, and it is not your turn to ask the little people. ”

"Sanfeng!" Wu Xiang listened to Wu Sanfeng's arrogant speech, and in front of Wei Bao, he couldn't scold Wu Sanfeng, so he interrupted Wu Sanfeng's nonsense.

"I don't want to get into trouble with anyone, but from the perspective of justice and upholding legal principles, I don't hesitate to offend anyone!" Wei Bao was full of righteousness, and said with a majestic face: "This person, I won't let go of me!" ”

Wu Xiang frowned, he didn't expect Wei Bao to be so horizontal.

Wei Bao is actually not afraid of local forces, Weijiazhuang has a certain ability to resist, as long as he doesn't leave Weijiazhuang, no one has to buy too much face.

Moreover, from Wei Bao's refusal to return the Wu family's gold, to Wu Xiang's dispatch of a team of officers and soldiers to be stationed in Weijiazhuang, the contradictions between the two sides have long been semi-public, but Wei Bao has been compromising for the sake of preserving his strength.

But now it is a matter of legal fairness, and Wei Bao does not hesitate to face Wu Jiagang.

Wu Sanfeng was confused by Wei Bao and pointed at Wei Bao's nose to speak, but was stopped by Wu Sanfu, "Big brother, listen to what your father says, don't mess around." ”

Wu Sanfeng suddenly thought that it was now in Weijiazhuang, this was Wei Bao's territory, and Wei Bao had many people under him, so he shut up.

Wu Xuexia also said: "Big brother, you are angry." ”

"You all go out first, and I'll have a few words with Wei Gongzi alone." Wu Xiang said to Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia.

Although Wu Sanfeng was not happy, he still agreed with Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia, and then withdrew.

Wei Bao led Wu Xiang to the large conference room where he temporarily worked, and said to Wu Xiang: "If Lord Wu has anything to say, there is no third person now." ”

"Master Wei, I won't let you get involved in Hou Lixing's affairs anymore, it's actually for your good!" Wu Xiang said.

Wei Bao's eyes flickered, good for me? You Wu Xiang, you are an old fox, your mouth is really powerful, but it is for my good? "If Lord Wu has anything to say, please say it directly, I'll listen to you."