After the hall demonstration, Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, snorted coldly, and then slapped the startled wood, and asked who was kneeling in the hall, why he was complaining, and where was the paper...... asked three questions in a row, all of them were loud and full of official authority.

The young woman in the plaintiff's seat knelt on the ground, holding the paper in her hand, crying, and said in a sad voice: "The people's daughter Liu Mengshi, a native of Wangpo in the temple of Twenty Miles Pavilion. What the people's daughter sued today is this ruthless wolf couple! After speaking, with hatred in his eyes, he glared at the middle-aged couple next to him.

The middle-aged couple was glared at by her, and immediately trembled with fright, and waved their hands again and again: "We didn't kill the person!" The county magistrate ...... Wronged...... We really didn't kill people...... Lord Qingtian...... Be sure to call the shots for the small people! As the couple spoke, they kowtowed to Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county.

At this time, Cao Bin came over, took the paper in Liu Meng's hand, and handed it to Song Ting's hand. Song Ting was slightly surprised, but quickly figured out the joints, and looked at the paper, and after reading it, his heart was full of waves.

The facts of the case as set out in the pleadings are:

At noon yesterday, Liu Mengshi came back from washing his clothes by the river and found that his son Liu Mou'er was missing, and he couldn't find him anywhere. She called her relatives and neighbors to look for her, and it was not until the evening that she finally found Liu Mou'er's body in the well in front of Wang's house.

Because Liu Mou'er and the Wang family had a dispute a few days ago, Liu Mengshi slapped the Wang family boy in person, so she suspected that the Wang family and his wife were jealous and deliberately killed her son, so she asked the village scholar to write a lawsuit and sue the Wang family and his wife to the county office.

"Sure enough, it's a murder case...... Song Ting frowned slightly after reading the pleadings, walked into the warm pavilion of the trial, and relayed the case to Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county.

After listening to Song Ting's retelling, Wu Ruxiong also frowned, and whispered in Song Ting's ear: "We are officials, what we are most afraid of is this kind of murder case...... Master Song, how are we going to judge now? ”

Song Ting bowed down and whispered in his ear: "You just have to follow the process of trial, and if you encounter something that is not decided, it will not be too late to ask me again......

Wu Ruxiong saw that his master was confident, and he added a little confidence to his heart, and asked loudly to the audience: "What are the names of you and your wife?" Where? ”

The couple who kowtowed, after listening to the question of Wu Ruxiong of the county magistrate, hurriedly stopped kowtowing, and the man said: "Back to the master's words, the villain's surname is Wang, his name is Wang Fugui, and he is from Wang Po in the temple of Twenty Miles Pavilion." The woman said: "The Han family, the queen of the people, is Wang Fugui's Hun family."

These two are the Wang couple on the paper.

Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, suddenly slapped the shocked wood, glared angrily, and asked loudly: "Wang Fugui!" Wang Han's! Did you and your husband conspire to kill this ...... Liu...... Liu Mou'er? Recruit me truthfully, if not, I will be punished! ”

When he heard the words "Great Punishment Waiting", Wang Han's face suddenly turned white with fright, and he cried: "Master! The grass people have been wronged...... The grass people never thought of killing Liu Mou'er! Then Wang Fugui even kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead was bleeding, and he defended loudly: "If the villain wants to kill Liu Mou'er, why should he throw himself into his own well?" Look at the blue sky, the old man Mingjian, ah......"

"Presumptuous!! No noise!! Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, slapped the startled wood, and the two rows of officials in the audience immediately shouted "Wei...... Wu ......", knocking the water and fire sticks on the ground.

Wang Fugui and Wang Hanshi immediately shut up, didn't dare to say a word, their bodies trembled slightly, and they waited for the county magistrate to speak.

Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, immediately sneered and said: "If it weren't for the two of you killing that Liu Mou'er, who else would have such a holiday with that Liu Meng's family?"

"Your Excellency! We really didn't murder Liu Mou'er! Lord Wang's Mingjian ...... "Wang Fugui and Wang Hanshi kowtowed again, knocking their foreheads until they were oozing blood, leaving blood stains on the floor......

"Dare to quibble! Replay me with 20 boards!! Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, took out the bamboo tube fire stick angrily, as long as the fire stick landed, this order could not be taken back.

Seeing this, Song Ting already knew that this Wu Ruxiong was a fool who didn't know how to try cases at all, except for using torture and power, his brain didn't know how to use it at all, seeing that he was going to be in a hurry to use torture, he hurriedly laughed and said: "Lord County, please wait a minute......

Wu Ruxiong had already held the fire stick in his hand, and suddenly heard Song Ting say this, he hurriedly turned his face to look at him, seeing that he was calm and confident, he knew that he must have a way to try the case well, and most of the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, his face was much happier, and he said, "Oh, does the master have anything to say?"

Towards Wu Ruxiong hugged his fist, Song Ting walked down a few steps from the stage, first saw Zhong Shuyi sitting on the side and burying his head in writing, Zhong Shushu suddenly looked up at him, with a little surprise in his eyes.

Song Ting walked up to Liu Mengshi and asked, "Liu Mengshi, let me ask you a few questions." You must answer truthfully, and you must not say anything in vain. ”

Liu Mengshi kowtowed and said, "The people's daughter will never tell half a lie."

Song Ting asked, "How old is your Liu Mou'er this year?" What is the physique? How to get into a dispute with the royal kid? Please come one by one. After speaking, he glanced in the direction of the scribe Zhong and motioned for him to write them all down. Scrivener Zhong nodded.

Liu Mengshi said: "My son is nine years old this year, he has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he ...... after his father left" Speaking of this, he choked up, "After his father left, our orphans and widows lived hard lives, who knows...... but he will always be bullied. ”

Sighing, Liu Mengshi continued: "My son is talented and intelligent, he is an old gentleman in the village, and he also praises him for his good poetry writing, poetic talent, and a good seedling for reading." Her voice suddenly became excited, "Because of this, the children of every family are prejudiced against my son. On weekdays, he either stole his things or ganged up to bully him. When I went to school, I had my husband in charge, but when I got out of school, they ...... He bullied my son unscrupulously......"

As she spoke, her eyes turned red: "I wash people's clothes, disassemble and wash bedding on weekdays, earn two copper plates, buy rice and salt, and provide for my mother and mother to live...... I can't take care of my son all the time. A few days ago, when I came back from outside, I bumped into the boy of the Wang family in front of the slope and grabbed my son's throat, saying 'I must kill you', seeing the boy's fierce appearance, I couldn't help but be angry, so I rushed up and slapped the kid. Who knew that his father and mother happened to bump into him, and he was stunned and said that I beat his child, but it was obviously his child who bullied my son first. ”

Speaking of this, her voice became desolate, and the tears in her eyes began to snap and fall: "I had a big fight with the Wang family husband and wife, and Wang Han pointed at my nose and shouted: 'I want to kill you'...... Woo woo woo woo ......" Speaking of this, she couldn't help it and cried bitterly, "My son is usually taught by Mr. etiquette, and he won't fight back when others beat him...... What the hell did he do wrong? My poor child...... "She cried and mourned, and the pain of losing her son made her heart like a knife, and she almost fainted.......

The audience at the entrance of the lobby gradually increased, and after listening to Liu Meng's cry, they wept one by one and were sad to see. Everyone cast sympathy for Liu Meng's light, but for the Wang couple, they were angry, deeply indignant about what happened to the orphans and widows.

Song Ting could naturally understand Liu Meng's suffering, but his duty was to find out the truth, not let the truth be swayed by emotions. He is not an audience, he can't substitute for the audience's emotions, so he can't see any expression on his face, and walked up to the Wang couple again, pointed at Wang Han and said, "Next, I'll ask you." You can't have half a lie, or else you will be punished, you see? ”

Wang Han nodded hurriedly: "Understood, understood."

Wang Fugui's eyes looked at his Hun family, he wanted to say something, but he stopped talking, and Song Ting pointed at him: "I didn't ask you, you don't say a lot." Otherwise, you will be punished for your sins as well, you see? ”

Wang Fugui nodded and said, "The villain understands!"

"Hmm." Song Ting snorted lightly, pointed at Wang Han's and asked, "Just now Liu Mengshi said that you once threatened to 'kill Liu Mou'er', I ask you now, have you said this?"

"I ......" As soon as Wang Hanshi spoke, Wang Fugui secretly bumped his arm, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "My lord Mingjian, the folk girl has never said such a thing!"

Song Ting had already seen through the tricks of the couple, and said sharply: "Wang Han, I want to remind you." According to my "Great Liang Law", a threat is only twenty rods as a warning; And deliberate murder is to pay for life. You'll have to think about it. ”

"No, no, no! The folk girl has never said such a thing! Wang Hanshi couldn't understand the meaning of Song Ting's words, and hurriedly shook his head.

Wang Fugui listened to Song Ting's words, thought about it for a while, and seemed to understand a little meaning, but he didn't dare to determine what he was thinking.

"Good!" Song Ting walked up to Liu Mengshi again and asked, "Since the two of them have denied that they ever threatened to kill your son, do you have any other witnesses who can prove that Wang Hanshi once said such a thing?"

Liu Mengshi raised her sleeves to wipe her eyes, there was a bit of pear blossoms with rain, she forcibly restrained her sadness, thought about it, and muttered blankly: "Other witnesses ......" After thinking for a while, she finally shook her head.

"Okay." Song Ting turned to the three-foot platform, picked up the shocking wood and patted it, and said loudly: "There is neither evidence nor witnesses to prove that the Wang family and his wife are the murderers of Liu Mou'er, so ...... Isolated evidence is not established, and there is no suspicion of guilt. The Wang couple is naturally innocent, Wang Fugui and Wang Han...... Let's go! You can go now! ”

"This ......"

Not only was the audience stunned, but even Wu Ruxiong, the county magistrate, was also stunned. What is the isolated evidence that is not established, and the suspicion of guilt is never established? This case is clearly the most suspicious of the Wang couple, and the two of them were taken to prison for a few days, and then tortured, so they were naturally recruited. He didn't understand what his master was doing, and he just wanted to speak......

"I can testify!" Suddenly, a middle-aged blind man with his head hanging down came out of the audience, he was on a wooden crutch and holding an old dog in his hand. Led by the old dog, he approached the lobby and said loudly, "I can testify that Wang Han said that."