Although Tang Ning has seen a lot of detective dramas similar to "Young Bao Qingtian", "Da Song Ti Criminal Officer", "Detective Di Renjie", and "Shi Gongqi Case", Tang Ning has seen a lot of them in his previous life, but he has personally experienced the plot in the TV series, and it is the first time in his two lives.

This is a case of human life, and throughout the ages, cases involving human life have been unbelievably big.

And in this case, his cheap father-in-law is in trouble.

Tang Ning read all the files last night, and the case was not complicated, nor was it so tortuous and bizarre.

The deceased, a small man with a family property outside the city, was found dead in his home a month ago.

After many days of investigation and visits, the suspect was finally locked on the son-in-law of the dead Zhao Yuanwai.

Zhao Yuanwai has no children under his knees, and only one daughter with his deceased wife, if Zhao Yuanwai dies, the family property will naturally be inherited by his daughter and son-in-law, according to common sense, Zhao Yuanwai's son-in-law, this man named Xu Jie, has enough motive to kill, but the problem is that on the night of Zhao Yuanwai's death, Xu Jie has a perfect alibi.

He was drinking with friends that night and came back late.

The case is found here, according to the past practice, as long as Xu Jie is tortured to extract a confession, with the torture methods of this era, unless he is a person with a very strong mind, if Zhao Yuanwai is really killed by him, it will not be long before the prisoner will be unable to help but confess.

That's where his cheap father-in-law got into trouble.

Ever since he offended Lingzhou Thorn Shi because of marrying his daughter, the other party regarded him as a thorn in the flesh, waiting to catch him.

This case happened in Yong'an County, involving a major case of human life, and Lord Shi strictly ordered the Yongxian County Order to solve the case within a time limit, which is understandable.

At the same time, the imperial court has rectified the cool officials in the past two years, and strictly forbade the local county officials to abuse the heavy and torture them into tricks.

Therefore, when a serious case is tried, there will be local people standing outside the hall to observe, once the heavy punishment is used, in front of everyone's eyes, violating the ban of the imperial court, the Lingzhou assassin will have enough reasons to move him.

But if there is no punishment and no evidence can be found, the prisoner will definitely not be recruited, and there is a murder case under his jurisdiction, and the murderer cannot be caught for a long time, and the Lingzhou assassin has a reason to move him.

This father-in-law is really a sin......

Tang Ning sighed, mourned in his heart for his cheap father-in-law, and began to record.

Above the court, Zhong Mingli's face was extremely gloomy, he looked at the man in the hall, and asked, "Xu Jie, you said that you were drinking with your friends that night, but apart from the two of you that night, were there any other witnesses?" ”

The man knelt in the hall, his face was bitter, and he said in a loud voice: "Back to my lord, the villain drank at Wang Er's house that day, and there was no one else around him except Wang Er. ”

Zhong Mingli looked at the other person kneeling beside Xu Jie and asked, "Wang Er, Xu Jie said that on the night of the fifteenth day of last month, the two of you were drinking at your house, and he didn't leave until the time of the child, is there such a thing?" ”

Without waiting for Wang Er to answer, he raised his voice again and said, "If you think about it, let's talk about it, if you cover up a person who is guilty of a big murder case, you will be punished according to the same crime!" ”

Wang Er, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled, glanced at Xu Jie beside him, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the adult, what the villain said, everything is true, and I hope the adult will see it!" ”

"Okay, then you tell the official what kind of wine you drank that day and what kind of food you went down to!"

"I drank home-brewed rice wine, and I drank two taels of pig's head meat......"

……

In the corner, Tang Ning looked at the two kneeling under the hall and shook his head slightly.

He had read all the files all night yesterday, and he had asked this question countless times, but the two of them, Xu Wang, had obviously colluded in advance, and they couldn't ask anything at all.

Or, this Xu Jie was wronged at all, if so, this case is even more tricky.

He put down his pen and rubbed his stomach, feeling a little hungry.

This has been tried for almost an hour, and there has been no progress in the case at all, and the meal has passed......

It's okay if he doesn't rub it, but when he rubs it, his stomach suddenly makes a "gurgling" sound.

The case had already entered a bottleneck, the county magistrate's face sank like water, and the others were also trembling, not daring to make a sound, and the sound of Tang Ning's stomach screaming was particularly obvious.

Zhong Mingli's gaze looked into the corner and met Tang Ning's eyes.

Since experiencing extreme hunger last time, Tang Ning has become very afraid of hunger, and he is a little worried that his father-in-law will not even miss lunch if he drags it out like this again?

The case reached an impasse again, Zhong Mingli was already depressed in his heart, he didn't know what he had eaten in the morning, and his stomach was also overturned, he looked at Tang Ning and said: "This official went out for a while, there was no record of anything just now, you can ask the two of them again now." ”

After saying that, he held his stomach and left in a hurry.

Downing could replay his memories at any time, and he didn't have anything to ask, but he still took a pen and paper and walked out of the corner.

The officials standing on both sides looked at Tang Ning who came out, with a strange look on their faces.

The nerdy aunt in Zhong Countyling's family, they have all heard of him, and it is rumored that he is rigid, only knows how to study, locks himself in his room all day long, and turns a blind eye to beauties like Miss Zhong......

There are also rumors that the reason why the uncle of the Zhong family is so cold to Miss Zhong is because he can't get up in the morning......

Tang Ning held a record booklet in one hand and a pen in the other, and walked in front of Xu Jie.

"On the fifteenth of last month, you were drinking at Wang Er's house?" He asked, flipping through the booklet.

"Yes, the villain drank with Wu Er that night, and only left when he was young." Xu Jie nodded.

"What kind of wine did you drink, what kind of food did you eat?"

"The rice wine brewed by Wang Er's family is drunk, and the wine is served with two taels of pig's head meat......"

Tang Ning took a pen and paper to record, and the officials around him were bored, and they had listened to this question and answer countless times.

Tang Ning looked at Xu Jie and continued to ask, "Is the pig's head meat delicious?" ”

Xu Jie was stunned and nodded again: "Okay, delicious......"

"Where did you buy it?" Downing asked again.

"Zheng Butcher in East Lane."

"Is the price of Zheng butcher selling meat fair?"

"Justice, fairness......"

"Does Zheng Butcher usually bully the market?"

"No, no ......"

"Zheng Butcher has a nickname called Zhen Guanxi, do you know?"

"I don't know."

"Does Zheng Butcher know that you killed Zhao Yuanwai?"

"I don't know ......" Xu Jie subconsciously wanted to answer, but he was shocked into a cold sweat, and immediately said: "My lord, the villain didn't kill anyone!" ”

"Don't be nervous, wipe your sweat first, I'll just ask." Downing smiled and closed the book.

He turned around and walked two steps, then suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, it was the fifteenth day, when you left Wang Er's house, the moon must be very round, and it must be very bright outside, right?" ”

Xu Jie just breathed a sigh of relief, and was stunned at first when he heard the words, and then immediately nodded and said: "Yes, the villain remembers very clearly, the moon that night was very big and round, and it was very bright outside......"

"You're lying!"

Tang Ning's tone suddenly changed, pointed at him, and said sharply: "The fifteenth day of last month was obviously cloudy, where did you see the big and round moon!" ”

The young scribe's face changed from indifferent to cold, and Xu Jie was stunned on the spot.

Tang Ning looked at Xu Jie, and his voice raised again: "Why are you lying, saying, what were you doing that night, did you kill Zhao Yuanwai!" ”

Xu Jie's body trembled, and he broke out in a cold sweat again, and hurriedly changed his words: "Adult, it's the villain's mistake, the villain was drunk that night, and he can't remember it clearly, but now I remember that there was no moon that night......

Tang Ning squatted down, looked into his eyes, and said, "I just talked about ...... just now, but in fact, there was really a moon that night. ”

Xu Jie shuddered, and even cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he changed his words again: "My lord, the villain was drunk that night, and I don't remember if there was a moon......

"The statement is vague, repeated, spitting, there must be something to hide, what are you doing in your heart?"

"Small, the villain has no weak heart."

"What are you shaking or sweating without a weak heart, ...... you look so haggard, you haven't dreamed of Zhao Yuanwai these days, right?"

"No ......" Xu Jie sweated like rain, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

Tang Ning's tone changed suddenly, and he shouted: "Tell me honestly, what the hell were you doing that night!" ”

When he shouted loudly, even the officials in the public court were startled.

Xu Jie was even more heartbroken, and said in a panic: "Adult, villain, villain was really at Wang Er's house that night......"

"Dare to quibble!"

Tang Ning interrupted him and waved his hand violently: "I'm not asking about the night you killed Zhao Yuanwai, I'm asking about the night before you killed him!" ”

"I ...... the night before I killed him"

The words just now were full of flaws, the young scribe was aggressive, Xu Jie's forehead was sweating like rain, his heart was almost broken, he was short of breath, and he hurriedly explained......

Halfway through his explanation, his body suddenly shuddered, and his voice stopped abruptly.

……

Zhong Mingli came back from the thatched house, his body was happy, but his heart was still bored.

If there is no result in this case today, Dong Tingshi's side doesn't know how to embarrass him. He sat back on the main seat, only to find that the public hall was quiet, he looked at Tang Ning below, and wondered, "Why don't you ask?" ”

Tang Ning turned his head, arched his hand slightly, and said, "My lord, I'm done asking." ”

Crash!

As soon as his words fell, a monstrous uproar suddenly broke out in the originally silent public court!

A servant looked at the limp prisoner, touched his companion next to him with his shoulder, and asked, "Did he confess ------ just now?" ”

The companion beside him was still trying to remember whether there was a moon on the night of the fifteenth day of last month, and when he heard this, he wondered, "What did you say?" ”

The official looked at the people who were already boiling outside, and knew that he had heard correctly.

This case, which has tormented them for nearly a month, was solved in a few words from the Zhong family's aunt?

Is this still the nerdy aunt of the Zhong family?

His eyes looked at the young man standing in the hall.

Up and down the hall, all eyes couldn't help but look over.

Tang Ning stood in the hall and breathed a long sigh of relief------ the case is solved, he should be able to go back to dinner, right?