"What you saw last night, tell me the truth." Song Yiyao took out the recorded paper again.

"Didn't the slave say that before?"

After Huan'er was taken to the official mansion, she beat the drum vigorously in her heart, but she still refused to give up her chips.

Song Yiyao had already guessed the approximate situation, and simply said:

"You said it, but you didn't tell the truth. You met Chen Shukang in Chen Nanxing's room. ”

Huan'er looked up, her eyes full of disbelief.

Sure enough, guessed correctly, Song Yiyao continued: "Not only do I know, I also know that you want to threaten Chen Shukang with this matter." Give yourself something for it. However, I only want to ask you one thing, have you ever thought about the fate of the tiger? ”

There was a hint of hesitation on Huan'er's face, she hadn't thought about it. But even if it's dangerous, it's the only possibility.

Song Yiyao saw her hesitation, and took advantage of the victory to pursue:

"You never thought that a person who gets angry and can kill his own child. Will you be willing to be threatened by you? Clamped down by you? ”

Huan'er was forced to ask one after another, and her emotions were a little out of control:

"But I just want to take my deed of sale, is it wrong? Have you seen the way they looked at me, do you know what they say about me behind their backs, I am obviously the victim, but they said that I am climbing the high branches, I just want to leave the Chen family, I just want to get back my deed of sale, is it wrong! ”

In the end, Huan'er couldn't cry anymore.

"You testify truthfully, and I will help you with the deed of sale."

"Talking counts?" Huan'er raised her head slightly, her eyes were hazy with tears, which was a little bit innocent at this age.

Song Yiyao said with a sigh:

"Why should I lie to you?"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Song Yiyao, the left waiter, and Tang Jingruo, the Marquis of Mingyuan. There is also the Dali Siqing who is afraid of being invited by the Yiyantang of the Criminal Department, and the specifications of this time to observe the jury cannot be said to be weak.

Imperial City Mansion Yin sat on top of the public hall he was familiar with, nervous and trembling.

The onlookers were crowded, and there were people who didn't know asking about the people around them.

"What kind of case is going to be tried today, and so many big officials are here?"

"You don't know this? The Chen family, who made a fuss two days ago, had a murder! His eldest son was killed, and this is the one who will be tried today, and it is said that it was his own father who was arrested. ”

"No, how can a father kill his own child!"

"How can you say this kind of thing?"

Chen Kongqing and Ziniang stood at the front of the onlookers, looking sad.

Seeing that the time was up, Imperial City Mansion Yin held the startling wood and cleared his throat. "Ascension!"

"Might~Wu~" The two rows of officials shouted in a low voice.

The onlookers immediately fell silent.

After spending one night in prison, Chen Shukang was much haggard. After being taken to the public court, his eyelids lifted, and when he saw the high-ranking officials he didn't know, he came to the slightest spirit, and knelt down to cry out for grievances.

"Chen Shukang, you are suspected of killing parents and children, can you plead guilty?"

"I still hope that the adults will see that the white-haired people sending the black-haired people have made the grass people feel heartbroken, and Lord Song still slanders the grass people again and again, which is a personal vendetta in the communiqué!"

"Bold! What does this matter have to do with Lord Song, don't you want to quibble here. ”

When the Imperial City Mansion Yin heard his words, his heart was almost frightened, and he slapped the shocked wood and scolded angrily.

In fact, he was all to blame for this, and he felt that there was no other trace found at the scene of the bizarre crime, and he heard them say that it was the revenge of evil ghosts. hastily thought it was a ghost and bewitching suicide case, and reported it to the Criminal Department. Otherwise, how could Chen Shukang have the opportunity to touch porcelain here.

"Your Excellency has wronged you." Chen Shukang hurriedly shouted another word of injustice.

Guan Yu, as the person who participated in the whole investigation, stood in the court and took out the evidence one by one and presented it:

"My lord, here is the testimony, on the night of the deceased's death, a witness saw Chen Shukang in the deceased's room, had an argument, picked up a vase and smashed the deceased's head. After an examination, the deceased had a wound on the back of his head, and there were blood stains and broken porcelain pieces under the soft collapse of the room. ”

"What witness, witness, you let her come up and confront me!"

"Bring a witness!"

Huan'er took a deep breath, moved the lotus step, and walked to the court.

Chen Shukang didn't remember who she was when he saw Huan'er at first glance, and after recognizing it, he preemptively said:

"You, what kind of favor have you taken from others to frame me!"

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but think crookedly, and the eyes of many onlookers had already caught a glimpse of Song Yiyao. As a person who investigates this kind of case, if someone does something and has any shady scenes, then this person is the most suspicious.

Huan'er ignored his words and directly began her own narration.

"That night, I passed by the corridor outside the eldest young master's room, and heard the eldest young master arguing with the old master in the room.

"You unfilial son, you have to make me angry to death one day. Say, why did you make Mr. angry today, do you know how hard I worked to invite him? Chen Shukang stood in the room and asked.

"There's no why." Chen Nanxing sat there and didn't stand up, his voice was faint.

"What the hell are you trying to do with all this fuss every day?"

Chen Shukang endured the anger that was about to soar to his head. Obviously, a few years ago, he was the favorite child of all the gentlemen in the academy, and his poetry writing was excellent. Although naughty and well-behaved. When did this change?

"Then how did you say my mother died?"

Chen Nanxing pointed at Chen Shukang, his emotions were out of control.

Again, every time there is a quarrel, this matter will be brought up. Does this matter? Chen Shukang said impatiently:

"How many times have I told you that your mother's death has nothing to do with me, it doesn't matter! She was worried about dying of illness, haven't you already secretly checked it! ”

Chen Nanxing continued to ask:

"It doesn't matter, a person who is in good health will suddenly have a serious illness and die at home. And so coincidentally, after you married that woman? It's okay, so why don't you wait for me to come back and bury her in such a hurry? You say! ”

Chen Shukang's eyes were red with anger, his hand held on to the table next to him, and his breathing rose and fell.

What is the use of this unfilial son?

"I saw the old man pick up the vase and hit the young master's head. I was so scared that I saw it and ran away. The next day, I learned that the young master was dead. ”

Huan'er was relieved after saying what she had seen that day.

So that's the case, after listening to her words, the whole house was in an uproar. It turned out that Chen Nanxing had refused to give up investigating the cause of his mother's death, Chen Kongqing and Ziniang held each other's hands, and their expressions were the same nervous.

Imperial City Mansion Yin had to make a shocking sound again.

Her account also has those evidence. reminded Chen Shukang of the night he didn't want to recall. Chen Shukang was like a mad lion, suppressed by two officials, unable to get close to Huan'er.

"You are talking nonsense, if you saw it, why didn't you report it that night!"

"Because I didn't expect you to kill your own son."

Huan'er frowned and ducked back two steps, retorting. In the future, she will no longer be a member of the Chen family, so there will be nothing to be afraid of.

"In addition, the physical evidence also included broken porcelain pieces and blood stains in the deceased's room, as well as the clothes worn by the deceased that day, which were finally found under Chen Shukang's bed."

Guan Yu said, and the officials in charge of physical evidence presented them one by one and displayed them in the court. The clothes were stained with blood and had handprints on them, which was shocking.

"All the human and material evidence, Chen Shukang, are you still unwilling to admit your guilt?"

Imperial City Mansion Yin slapped the shocked wood again and asked. I thought it was seamless, but in the end it was full of loopholes. Chen Shukang knelt down again, and his eyes lost their sparkle. He still wanted to quibble, but the bloody clothes were right in front of him, so what was there to quibble.

"Chen Shukang, do you know what the real cause of Chen Nanxing's death is? He didn't die under that vase, he just fainted, and the real cause of his death was suffocation. In the beginning, if you had called the doctor to save him, he would not have died. ”

Seeing that Chen Shukang was on the verge of collapse, Guan Yu struck at the right time.

Chen Shukang looked at Guan Yu in disbelief, it turned out that he had a chance. But he still made the wrong choice.

Often, big mistakes come from the germination of a small evil thought. And once the evil thoughts sprout, they cannot be contained. Maybe it's because of the blood, or maybe it's because of the anger that makes him lose his mind.

At first, just because he was angry, he picked up the vase and smashed it on the head, just a moment.

But when he saw him lying on the ground covered in blood, Chen Shukang immediately came up with regret and fear, he killed someone, he killed his son.

Later, he thought of the girl who committed suicide in Jianghuai. He took off Chen Nanxing's bloody clothes and worked hard to wipe away the bloodstains. moved Chen Nanxing to the bed, wrapped it in a thick quilt, returned to his room, brought a vase, and disguised the scene. He didn't sleep all night, and he couldn't help but wonder if there was anything missing.

He thought that he could hide it in this way, and even pretended to be sad and fainted on the spot. But the evidence was found one by one. The legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. His quibbles pale in the face of bloody evidence.

It wasn't until this moment that he really regretted it. Regret not controlling your emotions. I regret doing so many wrong things.

"I pleaded guilty, and I had an argument with him that night, and I made this big mistake in a fit of anger."

Because of his confession and confession, the crowd exploded again.

"My own son can do it, is this still worthy of being a father?"

"Who's to say it isn't! It's terrible to have such a dad on the stall. ”

In front of the crowd of discussions, Chen Kongqing lowered his head and was heartbroken, and Zi Niang had already begun to cover her face with a handkerchief and cry quietly.

"Chen Shukang, you killed your parents and buried the evidence of the crime," now that he confessed, Yin of the Imperial City Mansion cleared his throat and wanted to announce the verdict.

"My lord, there is another case that can be done together with this case." Guan Yu hurriedly stopped the Imperial City Mansion Yin's sentence.

"Does it have anything to do with this case?" Imperial City Mansion Yin didn't expect such a thing and asked.

"This case is a case of Chen Shukang, the second son of the Chen family, and Chen Wang's murder five years ago. Killed Chen Nanxing's mother. ”

Guan Yu pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve again. Present the way.

Suddenly hearing his name, Chen Kongqing and Zi Niang were panicked, and they were caught by the officials in the court before they even had time to react.

"During the search of the deceased Chen Nanxing's room, we found evidence collected by the deceased. And the witness was found. ”