Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Shen Xi calculated the time and should come out to conclude the case. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shen Xi does not intend to drag on this kind of case overnight, once the charges of Song Kuang and others cannot be implemented, then all sides will put pressure on him the next day, because unstable people's hearts are likely to lead to civil unrest.

Before Shen Xi left the inner hall, Jing Yue came in and said, "Lord Shen, a few people came from the back door of the mansion, holding a waist card and saying that they want to see you, the waist card ...... No one has seen it before, so I'm here to ask you for advice. ”

As he spoke, Jing Yue handed a waist card to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi looked at it carefully, not to mention that Jing Yue didn't know him, he also felt a little unfamiliar, it seemed to be a pass waist card for entering and exiting the Jingzhao Yamen, this kind of special waist card used by the Yamen was usually carried by people who worked on errands in the capital.

"Bring people in."

Shen Xi put the waist card on the table and sat back on his seat.

Not long after, Yu Niang, who was dressed in men's clothes, walked into the back hall under the strict guard of Jing Yue and two guards, Yu Niang felt that she was being stared at like a thief, and she didn't feel a good feeling, she walked to a place two feet away from Shen Xi and stopped, bowed her head and saluted: "See Lord Shen." ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "It's really in response to that sentence, where do you not meet in life, the Jade Boss hasn't returned to the capital yet." Come, give a seat! ”

Yu Niang tucked the hem of the scholar's clothes, used it as the corner of her skirt, saluted, and said, "No need, Lord Shen, there are some confidential official letters handed over to you here, I don't know ......"

Shen Xi waved his hand and motioned for Jing Yue and the others to go out, Jing Yue stared at Yu Niang, with a bit of defensiveness on his face, and said hesitantly: "Your Excellency, ......"

Shen Xi didn't say anything, and with another wave of his hand, Jing Yue could only lead people to retreat.

Although Yu Niang is skilled, Shen Xi doesn't have to guard against her, she is also a member of the court, but Yu Niang's status is very low, even if she speaks loudly in front of him, the governor, she may be condemned.

Shen Xi asked, "Does the Jade Master have any official letters to communicate with this official?" ”

Yu Niang said: "It is the result of the slave family's investigation in Guangdong in the past year, mainly about the situation of local officials killing good people and taking meritorious deeds, please take a look." ”

As she spoke, Yu Niang took out a scroll from her arms and walked towards Shen Xi. If she didn't know, she thought that she was going to come to the set of "Poor Daggers", but she didn't dare to stay in front of Shen Xi, and took the initiative to retreat after putting the scroll on the table.

Shen Xi curiously picked up the scroll and opened it to see that it recorded the details of the people who were killed, such as household registration, time of death, time of impersonation, and coercive measures taken by the government...... It was recorded in great detail, but this was not what Shen Xi wanted.

Shen Xi took a general look at it and said approvingly: "The jade master has worked hard and made great achievements, and the official has thanked him here first." ”

Yu Niang said: "Lord Shen, the slave family knows your thoughts, whether you can prove Song Kuang's guilt or not, they will kill him, and use this as a sacrifice flag for the war against the bandits in the north." But have you ever wondered how to explain to the court afterwards? ”

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "This official is doing things to suppress bandits, for the benefit of the people, why do you need to explain to the imperial court?" In other words, can the copywriting of Yu be used as evidence that Song Kuang and others were corrupt and perverted the law to kill good people and make meritorious deeds, and give an explanation to the imperial court? ”

Now Yu Niang has nothing to say.

Even if Yu Niang finds the information of civilians who were framed as robbers by the magistrate, it cannot prove that these things were done by people in the official government, and even if it is finally verified, she can calmly shirk it, and it is not difficult to find a substitute ghost in the officialdom. And Shen Xi is leading the troops outside, and if she suspects who is guilty, she can cut it first and then play it, and it is indeed much more convenient than her in investigating and handling cases.

Shen Xi is not just a suspicion now, but there is no conclusive evidence yet.

"Then Lord Shen is going to kill and make the people dissatisfied?"

Yu Niang said with a somewhat questioning tone, "Although the Song Governor has evil intentions, but the people are in the dark, how can the adults explain to the people?" ”

Shen Xi sighed lightly: "What the Jade Master said is that even if some things do not need to be explained to the imperial court, justice is in the hearts of the people. This official is only trying the case, even if he used the sentence before, how can he ever say that he will be beheaded without conviction? ”

"Huh?"

Yu Niang looked at Shen Xi with some surprise, and when she saw the confident smile on Shen Xi's face, she knew that it was her villain's heart to live in the belly of a gentleman, she just felt that Shen Xi could not get the conclusive evidence of Song Kuang and others' crimes, so she guessed that Shen Xi used the authority to kill first and then play.

This is also because Yu Niang has been investigating the local area for nearly a year without results, and Shen Xi has been in Huizhou City for less than three hours, how can he investigate the case to the bottom of the matter?

Also, Song Kuang and others will not admit to killing good and risking their merits, and their confessions are destined to fail.

Human evidence, physical evidence, and confession are the three major elements of the verdict, Shen Xi has nothing, and he wants to get a confession to convict him, and what Yu Niang sent is only one-sided physical evidence, which actually doesn't help much.

Shen Xi stood up and made a gesture of please: "If the Jade Master has time, he might as well go to the front lobby to hear the trial to see if the official has abused his power!" ”

Yu Niang saluted: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

She really wanted to see how Shen Xi could convict Song Kuang and the others of the case, and convince both the criminals and the people.

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In the lobby of the mansion, Shen Xi said that he would come out in half an hour.

But now that the time has come, after the soldiers maintain order and let the people stop making noise, Shen Xi has been missing for a long time, and the suspects kneeling in the lobby are all moaning in pain...... The previous Tiger Chair hurt them a lot, and they were afraid that they would face the next round of Tiger Chair, or some other torture.

"Silence! Adults ascend to the church! Jing Yue shouted.

Immediately, the soldier acted as a messenger issued a "mighty" call, in the expectation of the people, Shen Xi walked out of the inner hall, and Shen Xi came out with a white man, but this man did not follow Shen Xi to the back of the desk in the lobby, but stood still at the curtain connecting the inner hall and the lobby.

As soon as Shen Xi sat down, Song Kuang shouted at Shen Xi: "Shen Xi'er, use the punishment before the court, or use the punishment on the officials of the imperial court, where is the law of the Ming Dynasty?" This official wants to see the imperial history, and he wants to sue the court, accusing you of bullying the king! ”

Shen Xi propped his head with his hands, looking at Song Kuang as if he was enjoying a monkey show, and was a little speechless for a while...... Where did you "deceive the king"? If I don't have some vouchers in my hand, do you think I will really come to Huizhou Mansion rashly? What a hat would dare to buckle on my head!

The noisy shouting in the lobby was mainly due to Song Kuang's arrogance, which triggered a strong backlash from officials in the government. Jing Yue frowned, raised his head, and immediately rushed up, and an officer and soldier covered Song Kuang's mouth and asked him to stop making noises.

But Song Kuang was quite violent, and he directly moved his teeth and bit the hand of the officer and soldier covering his mouth, and the blood flowed, but the officer and soldier endured the pain and did not let go of his hand.

Jing Yue immediately stepped forward to ask Shen Xi for instructions: "My lord, this surnamed Song is arrogant and rude, and the last general will beat him up to see if he is honest." ”

What you want to convict now is Song Kuang's capital crime, if he doesn't resist, he will be restrained, if it is useful to beat him, can I not use it?

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "No need to fight, just plug his mouth with a cloth and pull it aside." ”

Soon, Song Kuang was gagged and dragged to the side like a dead dog.

Shen Xi was shocked: "Bring a witness!" ”

"Mighty ......"

Several plainly dressed people walked slowly into the lobby, there were four people, three men and one woman, two of them kneeling in front, and one man and one woman in the back seemed to be husband and wife.

All four are between twenty and thirty years old.

"My lord, you have to be the master of the grass people, the whole family of the grass people was killed by the people sent by the prefect Yamen, and then they were convicted of betraying the country...... Woo, all the heads have been chopped off, and the bones have not been returned! A young man kneeling in front of him who looked very shrewd said in a loud voice.

As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar. There were about two or three hundred onlookers present, and there were even more people waiting for news outside the yamen. But before everyone could turn their dissatisfaction into anger, the Governor had already found witnesses to testify against the crimes of the prefect's yamen.

Shen Xi's expression was not shocked, and he asked: "You haven't told the official yet, who is the surname, and when you come up, you will tell the government yamen to kill you, can you know the law of the Ming king?" ”

The man cried: "The grass people know that the people will first scold the officials with a cane, and the adults just let people beat them, and the grass people will never say anything!" ”

"Okay, backbone."

Shen Xi took out the lottery chip, but he just played with it in his hand, and did not throw it, "This official will dispense with your twenty rods first, if you can solve the confusion in the heart of this official, this official will not be guilty in the past, but if there is a cover-up in his mouth, he will not be forgiven!" ”

The man tilted his head and said, "My lord, may I ask." ”

Shen Xi nodded and said, "This official asked you, how did you know that the person who killed your whole family was ordered by the prefect's yamen?" ”

"Lord Hui, all this is what the grass people have seen and heard with their own eyes. That evening, when our family returned home from farming, there was no grain in the rice jar, so my father and mother asked me to go to the cellar in the backyard to pick up the grain and come out to grind rice. As soon as I got out of the cellar, my eldest brother suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cellar, saying that there was a caravan of horses passing by outside, and immediately the knight looked unkind, and told me to hide in the cellar for a while, and then covered the mouth of the cellar with straw and reeds. ”

"Not long after my eldest brother left, there was a sound of fighting in the front yard, and then my father, brother and sister-in-law, and several younger siblings screamed one after another. I hid in the cellar, almost paralyzed with fright, but in order to know the life and death of my loved ones, I still mustered up the courage to lean into the vent of the cellar and look out. ”

"After about a quarter of an hour, there was a rustling sound outside, and after a few more moments my eyes came into view, and I realized that they were struck by the walls and the ground, and that there were blood stains on their bodies and weapons. I pondered it and found out that those people were looking into my house for a secret hiding place, and I was so scared that I was urinating. ”

"Fortunately, my eldest brother kept the cellar under wraps, so they didn't notice me. It is estimated that after the inspection, I felt that my family was dead, and those thieves were relieved to speak in the place facing the vent, saying that the prefect personally explained that things should be done neatly and neatly, and there must not be a single living ......"

"After the others left, I was afraid that they would kill the carbines, so I didn't dare to come out. After a night, there was still no movement outside, and the villain crawled out of the cellar tremblingly, and found that there was no corpse left in the house except for bloodstains, and after a few days, the government posted a notice saying that my family was a gangster and had been killed on the spot. The villain has nowhere to seek revenge, so he can only hide everywhere until he is found by someone sent by the adult! The young man said, and began to wipe away his tears.

The words were said in an orderly manner, the people were extremely moved when they heard it, and the officers and soldiers were also indignant, but Yu Niang felt that it was too nonsense.

killed 12 members of your family, and instead of leaving the scene of the crime in a hurry, he said that it was done by the prefect and yamen near your hiding place, as if he deliberately wanted you to hear, how careless must these murderers be?

Yu Niang couldn't help but look at Shen Xi, believing that these witnesses were arranged by Shen Xi, so there was such a statement...... She led people to look for nearly a year but didn't find a live case of killing good and impersonating merit, and Shen Xi came to Huizhou City for only two hours, and found four witnesses? It's so unreliable!

Shen Xi asked the other three again, and the Confucian scholar kneeling in front of him said roughly the same as the young man, but he heard that the movement in the front yard was wrong, and he escaped by hiding in the mezzanine of the wall of the house, while the husband and wife behind him said a little tortuously.

The husband said that he was studying abroad and took his wife back to his hometown, but he was kidnapped on the way, killed their servants, and took them to the cottage in every way.

They inadvertently learned that these people were having an affair with the prefect's yamen, and finally they found an opportunity to escape at night.

After hearing these words, Yu Niang felt that Shen Xi's methods of planting false accusations were extremely clumsy.

However, the common people, officers and men present were already furious, and the more ignorant the people, the easier it was to be confused by one-sided appearances and to be agitated.

The scene was riotous, Shen Xi was shocked, and asked several witnesses in the hall: "This official asks you, if you catch the thief who blocked the road and robbed and killed people, can you identify it?" ”

"Back to adults, even if the students die, they will not forget the appearance of these people! Please make your decisions for us! The couple kowtowed to Shen Xi.

"My lord, if you can see those thieves, the grass people will definitely not admit their mistake!" Young people echoed the words.

"Okay, come on, bring someone to the court!"

Shen Xi gave an order, and this time the people who were blocking the courtyard in front of the lobby to watch the excitement automatically gave way to a passage, and more than a dozen people with big flowers and black hoods on their heads were escorted by officers and soldiers to the hall of the government office.

When he arrived at the court, Shen Xi waved his hand, and the soldiers in charge of escorting took off the hoods of these people, who either had tattoos on their bodies or scars on their faces, and they all had horizontal eyebrows and eyes, and they knew at a glance that they were definitely not good.

"That's him! The people who have turned into gray grass recognize it! The scholar in the husband and wife pointed to a rugged man with a cross scar on his face in the crowd and said through gritted teeth.

"That's right, it's them, kill my whole family!"

The young man pointed at the group with a flushed face, his expression extremely painful, and he did not know when tears had filled his eyes. (To be continued.) )