Tongyu County.

Early in the morning of the first day, Zhang held a court trial to personally try the adultery murder case.

In the hall of the county government, Zhang Xu, as the chief judge, sat on the main seat, and the rest of the officials such as Lin County Ling sat aside with different faces.

After Zhang Shu picked up the shocking wood and knocked it hard, he said loudly: "Take people to commit the Min family, and people will commit Ran." ”

The officers of the county government dragged two frail men and women to the court and left them on the ground.

Zhang was able to see this, until the two of them were in prison, and they must have been tortured.

In order to be able to continue the trial of the case, the officer helped the two men up and gave them two chairs.

"You two are the Ran Clan, Ran!"

The unkempt woman raised her head and looked blankly at the young man of this culture in front of her.

After such a long period of torture, she has long lost hope in life, and her mental state has reached the verge of collapse.

"Bold criminal, why didn't the Shangguan answer your questions?"

Chu Yan scolded sharply.

And Lin Xianling on the side glanced at Chu Yan coldly.

Zhang Yu raised his head and asked Chu Yan to sit down.

"The Ming family, this official is the king's personal order, and he is here specifically for your case, I hope you can tell the truth about what happened, and the law of Daqi will not wronged a good person, nor will it let go of a bad person."

When the woman heard this, her eyes finally regained a trace of brilliance.

There were two lines of tears in the corners of her eyes, and finally her emotions were as uncontrollable as bursting the embankment, and she knelt on the ground and cried.

"Official, I didn't kill my husband, I didn't kill him! I didn't kill! ”

"Since you didn't kill it, then why did your husband die?"

Zhang Shu said in a deep voice.

"I don't know, I don't know, it's him, it's him, it must be him who killed my husband, I fought with you."

The woman looked like crazy, and her eyes were red and she rushed towards Lin Xianling.

Lin Xianling was taken aback when he saw this, and subconsciously hid backwards.

But the servants on the side subdued her with quick hands and feet, put one foot on the woman's calf, grabbed her hair and pressed her to the ground.

Zhang Shu glanced at Lin County Order thoughtfully.

"Shangguan Qincha, this woman must be crazy, Xiaguan doesn't know her husband at all, Shangguan is aware of it!"

Lin Xianling was shocked.

"The case will be investigated by the official, and the official will not wronged anyone, so it is better for the Lin County Order to sit down and watch the official hear the case."

Zhang Shu said in a deep voice.

Lin Xian Ling gritted his teeth, bowed his head and said, "Yes!" ”

The subdued woman's mood has stabilized a lot, but she is still sobbing quietly.

"The Min family, this is the county government, the place of the imperial court, I hope you can vain what you are doing, and if something happens again, whether you are guilty or not, this official will not spare you."

He was still crying.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu didn't pay attention to the woman who was about to collapse, but looked at another man sitting on a chair with an unchanging face.

"You're Ran!"

The man raised his head and looked at Zhang Xu, and sneered: "So-and-so is Ran, if you want to kill, you will kill, if so-and-so frowns, he is not a man." ”

Zhang Shu was a little surprised to see this, he never expected this person to have such a reaction, and asked: "It is reported that you retired in the Hongwu period, this matter is true." ”

Ran said coldly: "A certain Hongwu enlisted in the army for three years, followed the general to fight in the south and the north, fought the barbarians, fought Xia Qi, I can't imagine that I have fought for the Great Qi all my life, not only did I lose a leg, but now I have to be treated like this, if the court is like this, a certain one only wants to die quickly, my soul wants to go to Chang'an to ask the king, whether the peace and prosperity he promised to our brother Paoze, and the Daqi that everyone is fair to everyone is true."

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Zhang Yuyan's face turned grim when he heard this, and he immediately got up from his seat and gave a military salute to this veteran of Qi State with a non-standard standard.

Regardless of whether this person has committed a crime or not, he deserves this gift for fighting for Daqi for so long.

Seeing this, Ran closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were already slightly red.

"Ran! This official asked you, according to the facts of the case that this official knows, you committed adultery with her because of your coveting the beauty of the Min family, and after her husband found out, you and the Min family killed your husband, and this matter is true. ”

Zhang Shu said in a deep voice.

Ran Wenyan was suddenly excited, and he got up suddenly, but his leg was disabled, and he fell to the ground again.

Ran lay on the ground fiercely, his eyes were red and said: "Fart, Lao Tzu is a dignified Qi soldier, how can he do such a thing." ”

"Okay, then let me ask you, where were you on the thirteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Hongwu?"

Ran gritted his teeth and recalled: "Just after the end of the year, I was going to discuss with my wife to go to the town to rent a cow, and wait for the spring to open up some more land.

After arriving at the town office, I left the county office after renting the cattle.

Early the next morning, two messengers came, and they said that I had killed someone, but they did not let me explain at all, and after beating me down, they put me in a cell.

By the way, on the thirteenth day of the first month, this Lin County Order was also in the town.

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When Zhang heard this, he looked at Lin County.

"Lin County Order, what he said is true."

When Lin County Ling heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly defended: "Shangguan, he lied, although I was not in the county that day, I didn't go to Sanchuan Town. ”

"And where did you go?"

Zhang Shu said coldly.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan had nothing to do that day, so he took his entourage out of the city to hunt."

"Oh! Chu Yantong, do you know about this. ”

Chu Yan hurriedly said: "Shangguan, Lin County is lying!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Xian Ling looked at Chu Yan viciously and said in a panic: "Shangguan, Chu Yan framed me!" Please be clear! ”

Zhang Xu ignored Lin County's words, and asked Chu Yan: "Where is Lin County's order lying, and what punishment will you have for the crime of false accusation." ”

Chu Yan ignored Lin County's eyes that wanted to eat people, and said to himself: "Shangguan, Lin County's order was indeed not in the county seat that day, but it was definitely not to go hunting, because that day the official went to see Lin County's order out of the city, but he didn't carry a bow and crossbow, and he was in a carriage, not a horse, how could it be like this if he was hunting." ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he slapped the startled wood violently, and shouted: "Bold Lin Feng!" Dare to deceive the official. ”

Lin Xian Ling saw the sweat on his forehead and hurriedly said: "Shangguan, that day the official did not go out to hunt, but... But... ”

"And what?"

Lin County's order was stirred.

"Instead, go down... Go... I went to find a woman. ”

"Which woman?"

Zhang said.

"Yes... It's a widow in Songzhen, and her name is Shu! ”

Zhang Shu said coldly: "Someone! Go and bring this person in. ”

At this time, Lin Xianling's face couldn't help but be relieved.

"Lin County Ling is a local official, and he already has a wife and concubine at home, what are you doing looking for that widow?"

Zhang Shu said coldly.

"This... This... It's just because the widow is a person from the same tribe as Xiaguan, and then because of the imperial court, I went to Chang'an, the tribe is no more, and Xiaguan and this woman separated, and then Xiaguan came here to take office, and met this woman by chance, and wanted to marry her home, but this woman's husband died a year ago, according to the law, the daughter of the widow shall not remarry within three years.

But the lower official didn't hold back the thought of this woman, so... and this woman became husband and wife.

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