As soon as the county magistrate heard that someone was crying out for Liu Butcher's grievances, he was immediately unhappy, and said: "The human and material evidence is there, and the ironclad evidence is like a mountain. Someone knocked the two out. ”

Lin Mo became anxious when he heard this: "My lord, this is a big case with human lives at stake, if the judgment is wrong, it will affect the adults themselves." ”

The county order was stunned when he heard it, Lin Mo was right, the Xuan Dynasty was very strict about the review of capital crimes, and if the local county order wanted to sentence the sinner to death, he needed to report to the Fu Yin at the next higher level, and wait for the Fu Yin to review it again, and if it was indeed correct, the execution could be carried out.

If the prisoner is about to be executed and complains, the case must be retried and reported directly to the province for direct trial by Lord Assassin, and all the confessions and physical evidence of the death penalty case must be submitted to the criminal department for retention.

In addition, if a major case is involved, the county order has no right to interrogate, and the assassin will preside over the trial, and the government will be juror.

If it is a major militaristic case, it will be directly interrogated by the Criminal Department, and it will generally be tried by the Shangshu or Shilang of the Criminal Department, and the state assassin will be jurified. If it involves the emperor's relatives and lords, it will be tried by the criminal department of Dali Temple and the three halls of the royal family. If the judgment is wrong, the impact on the career is small, and the dismissal investigation will be over.

At this time, Zhao Yu quickly walked out and said, "How about the adult, why don't you let him finish talking before making a judgment?" ”

The magistrate nodded and said to Lin Mo: "Okay, this official will listen to what grievances you have to say, if you can't explain the reason, this official will punish you for the crime of disturbing the court." ”

Lin Mo smiled bitterly, and immediately replied: "Xiaomin is only able to observe the trial, and found that there are several questions in this case, one is that Liu Kui has no direct eyewitnesses to killing his wife, no one has seen Liu Kui kill his wife with a knife, and the other is that there is a problem with the wound, and he also said that it is mainly a wound on the waist, and other wounds are left aside for the time being, if Liu Kui's figure and strength, plus Liu Kui is a butcher, killing countless pigs and sheep, and even once drunk and injured people, if you want to kill Liu Wang's family, one knife is enough to kill Liu Wang's family, why do you have to cut so many knives, This method of killing is more like a person who has never killed an animal and slashes at will in a panic. ”

After Lin Mo finished speaking, he looked at the county order calmly, the county order thought about it, exchanged a few words with the master, looked at Lin Mo again, and said:

"You do have some truth in what you say, so let's do it, this official is in the grace period of three days, Zhao Zhutou is investigating, and you are also cooperating with Zhao Zhutou to investigate, if you can't find more direct evidence, then Liu Kui's crime will not escape, and you will be sentenced to a crime of disturbing the court." As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Mo, and his eyes showed displeasure and suspicion.

Lin Mo felt bitter in his heart, but he had no choice but to thank the county commander.

Liu Butcher was escorted to the prison, and bowed heavily to Lin Mo before leaving. Lin Mo felt that Liu Butcher was grateful to him, no matter what the result was, Lin Mo dared to stand up and vindicate his grievances, which was enough to make him grateful.

Zhao Zhutou walked to Lin Mo's side and took a deep look, said a word, and gathered at the county government office after an hour, and then went to General Town to investigate together, and then left.

Lin Mo saw that everyone was gone, so he was going to leave me, only to find that the scholar who was the first to shout slow down was still looking at him from the side. Lin Mo then remembered to ask who he was, the scholar looked at Lin Mo and smiled, and then Lin Mo realized that this scholar was Miss Ma Er.

Lin Mo hurriedly challenged Miss Ma Er, but Miss Ma Er hurriedly stopped her, saying that she had sneaked out, don't be too public. Miss Ma Er looked at Lin Mo and said:

"In the future, when there is no one else, you can call me Ruo Aya, don't always call Miss Er, it's uncomfortable to listen to. I'll call you Lin Mo, it's more comfortable. Then he showed a lovely smile, and Lin Mo had to do as Miss Ma Er wanted.

Ma Ruoya looked at Lin Mo and said, "What you just said makes sense, how did you come up with it?" Lin Mo smiled bitterly: "Thank you for this, if it weren't for your voice that forced me to be anxious, I wouldn't have been able to say it all of a sudden." Ma Ruoyan blushed and said, "I'm also in a hurry." Lin Mo continued: "Fortunately, this county order didn't go into it, otherwise I wouldn't know what to say." Lin Mo smiled bitterly.

Lin Mo planned to say goodbye to Ma Ruoya, go to have a meal first, and then go to General Town with Zhao Zhutou and them at the gate of the county government, Ma Ruoyan thought about it and turned to leave.

When Lin Mo came to the gate of the county government again, Zhao Zhutou and two officials were already waiting for Lin Mo at the gate of the county office, Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhao Zhutou, and several people set off towards General Town together. When Lin Mo waited for the car to leave the city, he suddenly found that a white-clothed scholar on the side of the road was already waiting on the side of the road.

Lin Mo was a little surprised when he saw it, it was Ma Ruoyan who came. Ma Ruoya greeted Lin Mo and the others when she saw them, and Lin Mo and Ma Ruoyan made eye contact and understood that this was to investigate with herself.

Zhao Zhutou looked at Ma Ruoyan and asked Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, who is this scholar?" Lin Mo glanced at Ma Ruoyan,

said: "This person is my distant cousin, who has received the favor of Liu Butcher, and this time he is also here specifically for Liu Butcher's case, I hope to investigate with us and others, and I hope that Zhao Zhutou will approve it." Saying that, he glanced at Ma Ruoya, and Ma Ruoyan immediately asked Zhao Zhutou. Zhao Zhutou looked at it and did not speak, turned around and set off towards General Town, Lin Mo and Ma Ruoyan also silently followed behind Zhao Zhutou.

On the way, Lin Mo looked at Ma Ruoyan and asked, "Why did you come with you, what if Xin'er noticed that you were not at home?" ”

Ma Ruoya looked at Lin Mo and said a little proudly: "I told her that I am going to the Guanyin Nunnery outside the city to chant in the past few days, there are rules in the nunnery that you can't bring companions, and it is not appropriate to take her with you, so let Xin'er follow the embroidery girl in the house, and I will check her results after I come back, and I won't allow her to go out of the house before I come back." ”

Lin Mo glanced at Ma Ruoya, thinking that this second lady was sometimes witty, sometimes stupid and cute, and some people believed such a lame reason, but after thinking about it, only a little girl like Liu Xin'er who was stupid and completely believed in Ma Ruoyan would believe this lame reason.

Several people didn't say anything all the way, and after arriving in the town, they went straight to Liu Tuhu's house, opened the seal, and several people pushed the door in. Liu's house was a little messy, the tables and chairs in the house were a little overturned, probably there was a fight, and the dried blood stains in the house were very vivid, which seemed to show several people how serious Liu Wang's injuries were at that time. Looking at the blood stains and the faint smell of blood that seemed to remain in the air, Ma Ruoya felt a strong sense of discomfort, her face was a little pale, her right hand was holding the wall and her left hand was covering her mouth, and she had a tendency to vomit.

When Lin Mo saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, Ma Ruoya waved her hand to signal that Lin Mo didn't need to help, Lin Mo asked her to go out first, and Ma Ruoyan shook her head stubbornly.

Lin Mo had no choice but to find a stool for her and let her rest in the courtyard for a while, while he continued to check the scene.

The floor of Liu Butcher's house is paved with bricks, and they are all green bricks, which shows that Liu Butcher's family background was originally good, if it wasn't for the drunken murder later, it is estimated that it would be better than now.

Lin Mo suddenly noticed a yellow-brown mark on the ground, which was a little abrupt. Lin Mo squatted down and touched it with his hand and sniffed it, some faint smells, some familiar but couldn't remember what it was.

Lin Mo and Zhao Zhutou went back and forth at the scene to investigate, but they didn't see anything useful, Lin Mo was a little anxious and a little helpless, seeing that the sky was dark.

A few people decided to eat and rest first and come back tomorrow morning. A few people left Liu Tuhu's house, and seeing that the people who worked outside the neighborhood had already returned, they thought that Zhao En should have started business.

Lin Mo took a few people to his restaurant, Zhao En's wife and the newly recruited guys were busy in the shop, and they were very surprised to see Lin Mo leading a group of errands over, and hurriedly greeted him.

Lin Mo briefly talked about the situation, asked him to prepare some food, and several people sat down and continued to discuss the case. I don't have much to gain today, so I can only look at it tomorrow. Lin Mo was a little anxious in his heart, but he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Zhao En put the fritters and buns on the table, and several people were a little curious when they looked at this fresh interview, so Lin Mo hurriedly beckoned a few people to eat.

Ma Ruoya curiously took one and ate it, and found that it was really delicious, so she ate the whole thing, and several other people began to gobble it up. Zhao Zhutou asked Lin Mo curiously what this was, and Lin Mo smiled and said that this is a fritter, which is the unique delicacy of this restaurant. Zhao Zhutou felt a little sorry when he heard it, and said why not go to Qiannan to open a restaurant, so that he could eat such delicious things in Qiannan.

Lin Mo was a little moved and thought silently when he heard this, and Ma Ruoyan looked at Lin Mo with some thought.

In the evening, Lin Mo arranged for a few people to rest in the inn, and originally planned to open a few more rooms, but Zhao Zhutou refused to let him, saying that it was enough for him and a few officials to live in one room, and then gave Lin Mo money saying that it was food money and hotel money, and his attitude was very tough, and he took advantage of Lin Mo not far away. Lin Mo had no choice but to accept it.

Lin Mo opened a room for Ma Ruoya, after all, a girl can't squeeze a room with herself, Ma Ruoya originally wanted to give Lin Mo money, but later found out that she didn't bring money, her face turned red, Lin Mo waved her hand and said no, just do your best as a landlord, and thank the second lady for taking care of Liu Xin'er.

Then I went back to the restaurant. Zhao En saw Lin Mo and said, "Xiao Mo, these officials are here to investigate the case, have you found anything?" I never believed that Liu Butcher would kill people, and it was his wife who killed them. ”

Lin Mo also shook his head and said: "I don't believe it myself, but now I can't find any other evidence for the time being, the county order only gave three days, and I'm not sure that I can find out the truth." ”

Lin Mo asked about the situation in the past few days again, now the restaurant works in two shifts, people come and go every day, and the business is very good, Lin Mo nodded after listening, and asked Liu Butcher to pay more attention to what the diners say, and tell him if there is anything related to the case.

Then head back to the inn. Lin Mo originally planned to rest in the restaurant, but after thinking that it would be inconvenient to communicate if there was any emergency, he also went back to the inn to rest.

Lin Mo returned to the inn and was about to fall asleep, when there was a knock on the door outside the house, and Lin Mo opened the door to see that it was Ma Ruoya.

Lin Mo hurriedly stepped aside and asked her to sit down, while Ma Ruoyan asked, "Lin Mo, do you have a clue now?" Lin Mo shook his head, after all, Lin Mo was not Sherlock Holmes, and Jin Tian's investigation was not his specialty.

Ma Ruoyan looked at Lin Mo and sighed, and said, "It's okay, there are still two days, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”

Then he said, "What does the restaurant you went to today have to do with you, you are not like an ordinary diner but more like a host." ”

Lin Mo smiled: "Second Miss is really smart, that's right, this small restaurant is opened by myself, now let Zhao En help me with it." "You made that churros yourself, right?"

"Well, I made it on my own whim." Lin Mo replied. "Oh, then why don't you open a restaurant in the southern district, it's much more prosperous than this." Ma Ruoyan then asked.

Lin Mo looked at Ma Ruoyan and was a little surprised, that expression seemed to say that you are not afraid that you are a fool. Ma Ruoya looked at him in surprise, not knowing where she said something wrong.

Lin Mo said helplessly: "No money." Only then did Ma Ruoya realize that she had overlooked the most important thing, and that was money. Ma Ruoya looked at Lin Mo with a serious face and said, "Lin Mo, if you want to go to Chennan or other places, I can help you."