Li Rizhi saw that Jiang Laoshi had an obviously relaxed expression, so he asked in a more amiable tone: "What your brother Jiang Zhonghou said is also reasonable, and you are also suspected of hurting your uncle, although this official believes that this suspicion is very small, but you still have to say, where were you on the night of the crime?" What kind of people are there to prove it? ”

When he heard this question asked, Jiang Laoshi was not so flustered, he said: "If you go back to the county commander, the villain was in the city at the time, because it was too late, so he couldn't get out of the city gate, and he stayed with Master Liu, a stonemason, and Master Liu can testify for the villain!" ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said, "Where does that stonemason Master Liu live, he and you are not related, right?" ”

Jiang Laoshi hurriedly said: "No, no, Master Liu is a stonemason who carved a pair of stone lions for my uncle, because Uncle Villain wants to know whether the stone lion has been carved, so he deliberately let the villain enter the city to urge, and the villain was delayed after entering the city, so he couldn't get out of the city in time, so he had to borrow to live in the shop of Master Liu, a stonemason, and dealt with it for a night, Master Liu knew about it, and he allowed the villain to live in his shop!" ”

Li Rizhi listened to this witness proposed by Jiang Laoshi, although he had not seen Master Liu, a stonemason, but he nodded first.

Because the evidence put forward by Jiang Laoshi is too strong, of course, it is still necessary to summon Master Liu, a stonemason, and Li Rizhi will not listen to Jiang Laoshi's testimony, he will immediately believe it, on the contrary, the stronger and more powerful the evidence presented by Jiang Laoshi, the more suspicious Li Rizhi will be.

The evidence that Jiang Laoshi put forward is very strong, because he said that he lived in Master Liu's shop, not in Master Liu's house.

In fact, even if he lived in Master Liu's house, it could not prove that Master Liu did not lie and did not commit perjury for him.

On the contrary, if Jiang Laoshi really had a motive to commit the crime and really committed the crime, then living in Master Liu's house would be inconvenient for him to act.

A small craftsman like Master Liu is the least courageous.

If there are not enough benefits, or even if there are enough benefits, Master Liu will not dare to perjury for Jiang Honest under the pressure of the government.

So in this case, simply don't let Master Liu commit perjury for him, that is, living in Master Liu's store is the best choice.

Li Rizhi immediately sent someone to summon Master Liu, a stonemason.

Then, he said to Jiang honestly: "Since you live in the stonemason's shop and have not left the city, then this is enough to show that you have no time to commit the crime, and your uncle cannot be the one who killed you, this is very clear!" ”

Jiang Laoshi lives in Master Liu's shop, and this shop is in the city, so on the night of the crime, it means that Jiang Laoshi cannot go out of the city, because the city gate is closed, and it is impossible to make an exception to open the city gate for him because Jiang Laoshi is an ordinary person.

If you want to open the city gate in the middle of the night, you must be a county magistrate, or a county magistrate, or a county lieutenant, and only these three people can order the city gate to be opened in the middle of the night.

And even if the last two of these three people want to order the city gate to be opened, it is very troublesome, and the consent of the county order must be obtained at the same time, and if the county order is not in the city, then the last two people must agree together to open the city gate.

Since Jiang Laoshi can't go out of the city gate, it is impossible to go to Jiangjia Village, and he doesn't need to explain more, which is equivalent to the government filing for him.

If the government says that he went to Jiangjia Village at night, then it is necessary to start an investigation, how did Jiang Laoshi go to Jiangjia Village?

Could it be that the precautions in the city were too unsafe, so Jiang Laoshi went out of the city?

So, since Jiang Laoshi can go out casually from the city, he can deduce that other people can also go out casually? Such as spies, robbers, and so on!

So is it necessary to find out whose responsibility is to be pursued?

The first thing to track down is the guards at the city gate, and then the county lieutenant Cheng Zizi is to be tracked down, and Li Rizhi can't run away from responsibility.

Any other local official sitting in Li Rizhi's seat, after Jiang Laoshi presented this evidence, he must also admit that this evidence is correct, otherwise he will be set on fire and involve himself.

In other words, the evidence presented by Jiang Laoshi is much stronger than the evidence proposed by Jiang Zhonghou.

After Master Liu entered the lobby, he first saluted Li Rizhi, and Li Rizhi asked him a few words normally, and the questions at the beginning were relatively simple.

It's nothing more than that, did Jiang Laoshi really go to your shop to see the stone lion?

Because the stone lion was not done well, Jiang Laoshi did not take the stone lion, is this the case?

Because it was not early at that time, you did leave Jiang Laoshi to spend the night in your shop, so at night, did you go to see Jiang Laoshi?

At the beginning, Master Liu nodded yes, but when he asked this question, Master Liu shook his head and said: "The villain didn't go to see Jiang Laoshi at night, and there is no need to go, the villain's shop is full of stones, nothing valuable, the stone is heavy and heavy, and it is not worth anything, even if the door of the store is not locked, no one will steal it, but the dust where he lives is also relatively large, so letting the second brother of the Jiang family live in the villain's shop is actually a little wronged by him."

But the villain can't invite him to live in his own house, and the family is small and has a female dependent, so it's not convenient for him to live! ”

Li Rizhi then asked: "Then when you went to the store in the morning, did you see Jiang Laoshi?" ”

Master Liu hurriedly shook his head and said: "The villain didn't see him either, when the villain went, it was already dawn, and the city gate was open at that time, and the second brother of the Jiang family naturally wanted to go out of the city and go home, so it was normal not to see the second brother of the Jiang family, and the villain didn't suspect anything." ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said, "Then you go down first, in these two days, you don't want to go out of the city, if the official has a new question for you, you have to go with the rumor!" ”

Master Liu agreed repeatedly, left the court, and went back to his home.

Li Rizhi said to Jiang Honestly: "Since someone testifies for you, then you have no time to commit the crime, and naturally there is no suspicion of committing the crime, the official sees that your aunt is very tired, why don't you help her and go to the wing room to rest, this case will be tried here first, and leave the court!" ”

As he spoke, Li Rizhi waved his hand and asked everyone to leave the court.

So, Jiang Laoshi helped the aunt of the Jiang family, and the two of them stood up together and walked out of the court.

When they walked out of the court, Li Rizhi stared at Jiang Laoshi's shoes, took a few careful looks, and saw that Jiang Laoshi's shoes were covered with dust, although there was no damage, and they looked quite embarrassed, but if you look at the degree of wear, then this pair of shoes should be new, a pair of thin-soled high-tops that are very suitable for walking, the upper is higher than the ankle, which can play a protective role, which is the most favorite shoes worn by ordinary merchants.