Song Xiangyu interjected: "In fact, Wang Zhutou is not to blame for this, the two families were very emotional at that time, especially the Wang family, five or six brothers were touching their fists and wanted to go up and do it, if it wasn't said that Wang Zhutou was dragged away, the two families had to fight, and he fell because he couldn't stand on his feet and fell, how could he blame Wang Zhutou, the brothers felt very wronged." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and asked, "Does this boss have any other injuries besides the back of his head hitting the bench?" Did the two sides fight at that time? ”

Wang Yi shook his head and said: "At that time, it was mediated in the courtyard of Zhang Laohan's house, the courtyard was compacted with mud and relatively smooth, and Boss Zhang only hit the back of the head, and then he did repeated inspections, and he didn't find any other injuries on the body, so Wang Laohan's family decided that I dragged down Boss Zhang and knocked him to death, and asked me to accompany the burning and burial of silver and punish me." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "As the head catcher, you see that the two families are ready to fight each other, of course you have to come forward to stop it, this is your authority, it is understandable, however, if you miss and kill someone in the process of performing your duties, you must also be punished, "Da Ming Law" stipulates: 'If the person who negligently kills or injures someone, he is allowed to fight and kill and injure, and he will be redeemed according to the law and paid to his family'. Therefore, if it is verified that it was you who pulled down Boss Zhang, and it was his head that hit the bench and injured him to death, you must be convicted of 'fighting and killing and injuring', of course, you can redeem your sentence. ”

Wang Yi asked cautiously, "Do you want to ...... How much silver? ”

"According to the law, redeem the silver twelve taels and four cents."

Wang Yi sighed, he caught a month's worth of food silver is only 700 Wen, these twelve taels of silver will almost use up his income for a year and a half, of course, it is very heartbroken, but he feels even more aggrieved, if it is really caused by his own drag, then the money should also be out, but in his opinion, there are many things like hitting a bag with his head, how can he die, and he still pulled him down by mistake in order to prevent the two sides from fighting, and he felt very wronged.

Meng Tianchu said to Cai Zhixian: "The top priority now is to find out the truth about the death of the deceased, and ask Dong Weng to call Wang Laohan and his second son in to discuss the autopsy and investigation." No one else is allowed to come in. Meng Tianchu knew that what he was most afraid of in this kind of mass incident was coaxing, and if there were many people coaxing together, anything could happen, so only two people were allowed to come in.

Cai Zhixian immediately called someone to the yamen to call Zhang Laohan and his second son Zhang Laoer in, and knelt down and kowtowed to the flower room.

After Cai Zhixian introduced Meng Tianchu's identity, Meng Tianchu said to Zhang Laohan: "The death of your son Zhang Boss, what is the cause of his death, it must be autopsied to find out, I want to hear your opinions." ”

Zhang Laohan's second son spoke loudly and said in a rough voice: "What else are you investigating?" My brother is usually as strong as an ox, and he is not sick, but after being hit by that blow, he died, was it not the king who fell on his head or what? If you don't do it again, tomorrow we will carry the body to the prefect's yamen to complain, and see how long you can protect him!" ”

Meng Tianchu's face sank: "What you said is not right, it has not been tested, how do you know that it was the collision that killed your brother?" Maybe someone poisoned it? Maybe your brother Yang's life is at that moment? ”

"Impossible! My brother has always been at home, he has never been anywhere, how can he be poisoned, as for Yangshou, who can say for sure what my brother's Yangshou is? Do you want to find a fortune teller to do the math? ”

"Hehe, although Yang Shou can't say for sure, but whether he was poisoned or murdered, he knew it at a check, you pushed back and didn't let the autopsy experience the corpse, could it be that there was something wrong with it?"

Hearing Meng Tianchu's big hat buttoned down, Zhang Laohan hurriedly waved his hand at his son, stopped him from speaking, and said to himself: "My son is dead, why are we poisoned?" Since he said that, in order to show his innocence, the old man agreed to dissect it. ”

"That's good! Carry the body into the yamen mortuary, the master personally dissected and examined, and asked Dong Weng to supervise on the spot, Zhang Laohan, your father and son, Wang Zhutou, Song Zhukuai, and the four of you to be witnessed. How is it? ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Zhang Laohan took his son to the yamen to carry the body into the mortuary. Taking advantage of the availability, Meng Tianchu, accompanied by Cai Zhixian, went back to the inner office to see the accommodation arrangements.

Hangzhou is a rich place, so the yamen is also very magnificent, this internal government is very large, Cai Zhi County allocated to Meng Tianchu's family to live in the courtyard is also very large, is a garden in the garden. There are all kinds of commonly used furniture inside, Cai Zhixian's wife Tang Shi and Xia Fengyi are standing on the living room platform talking, and the servants assigned by Tang to help settle down are busy cleaning up.

Seeing that Meng Tianchu and Cai Zhao were back, the two hurriedly greeted them.

Xia Fengyi's face was a little excited, and she called out affectionately: "Xianggong, you're back!" Mrs. Cai has sent a lot of servants to help us with the housework. I also dialed an old chef surnamed He for us, who was responsible for helping us cook, and Mrs. Cai also sent an old mother, Han, to be a person to clean up the yard or something. It's so gracious. ”

This is the first time that Xia Fengyi has left home to live in a foreign country, and has come to a new environment, and the people who greet her are so hospitable, so naturally she can't help but be curious and a little excited.

Just now, Xia Fengyi and Feiyan only waited in the courtyard for a while, and then they were taken into the inner office to settle down, and then Mrs. Zhixian brought a large group of servants to help clean and settle the house, speaking kindly and enthusiastically, Xia Fengyi knew that Meng Tianchu, the famous master of the penalty, was successful, and couldn't help but be happy for him.

Meng Tianchu saw Xia Fengyi's delicate face and eyes flashing with excitement, and thought that this little girl was really beautiful.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly bowed down and thanked Cai Zhixian and his wife. Since the servants were cleaning up the house, the four of them had to stand in the courtyard and talk.

Meng Tianchu saw that Lao He Tou and Feiyan were also busy cleaning up, so he beckoned Feiyan over and asked him to bring his forensic evidence investigation box, and then told Xia Fengyi that he was going to investigate the case.

As soon as Xia Fengyi heard that he had just arrived, he had a job, obviously Cai Zhixian was very important to him, and he couldn't help but be happy for him.

Cai Zhixian and Meng Tianchu came out of the inner office and came to the mortuary. The Yamen mortuary is in the southwest corner of the Yamen, next to the Yamen prison. There are windows on three sides, and the light is very bright.

The corpse was parked on a board bed in the middle, covered with a white sheet, Zhang Laohan and Zhang Laoer, father and son, stood on one side, Wang Yi, Wang Zhutou and Song Xiangyu stood on the other side. Zhang Lao Er stared at Wang Zhutou with his eyes, as if he was about to burst into flames. Wang Zhutou looked depressed and drooped his head.