Chapter 102: Ascension to the court
"Hey, what are you doing?" Liu Ziyi hadn't come back to her senses yet, and those catchers had already bypassed her and walked inside.
"Hmph, this little lady, the official asked you, where is Xu Gang? Hurry up and call him out. The man who spoke was dressed in a Tsing Yi official uniform, in his forties, with a mustache, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes from time to time.
Isn't this Huang Qing, the chief bookkeeper of Meishan County? Liu Ziyi followed the sound and recognized the person in front of him at a glance, why did this old man come? Could it be that Sister Ling'er reported Brother Xu to the government? No, if she wanted to report to the official, she should have reported it a long time ago!
"What does this official ask you for!" Huang Qing saw that this woman ignored him, and immediately became angry and shouted.
"Oh, what did you say, my lord?" Liu Ziyi plucked out his ears and deliberately pretended not to hear.
"You" Huang Qing was suddenly a little speechless, he has been an official for so many years, when has he ever seen such a bad man, right! In his eyes, Liu Ziyi is Diao Min, a beautiful Diao Min!
"Report! The suspect Xu Gang brought. ”
Hmph, this official is not as knowledgeable as you are a little woman! Huang Qing secretly comforted himself and walked towards Xu Gang.
"Xu Jieyuan, someone has accused you of being related to the murder of Wang Yuanwai and his wife, and now please go back to the yamen to assist the government in handling the case." Huang Qing's face was still a little unpleasant, and his tone was a little stiff when he spoke.
Could it be that Ling'er finally reported to the police? No, if she wanted to kill me, she wouldn't have stopped last night's sword! Ling'er is a person in the rivers and lakes, and she likes to use the methods of the people in the rivers and lakes to solve grievances, if she wanted to use the power of the government, she should have reported to the officials to arrest me a long time ago! Xu Gang was originally a little disappointed, but after a quick analysis, he was relieved.
"My lord, are you mistaken, I don't even know who Wang Yuan is, how can I kill him?" Xu Gang told the truth, although he had seen the bodies of Wang Yuanwai and his wife, he really didn't know them.
"Hmph, murderers will say that they didn't kill it, whether it is right or not, there is a legal judgment, if you know each other, you will obediently go back with us, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin." Huang Qing's tone was very stern, just because of Liu Ziyi's attitude just now, which made him very unhappy.
Xu Gang shrugged his shoulders helplessly, gave Liu Ziyi a reassuring look, and obediently stretched out his hands to lock the catcher, and returned to the county office with Huang Qing.
"Wei~~~Wu~~~!!"
After Xu Gang was taken to the outside of the county hall and stood still, one of them saw Huang Zhushu give him a look, so he quickly ran into the lobby. After a while, I saw Wang Hanmin, the magistrate of the county, wearing an official uniform, and slowly walked to sit down under the plaque of "Mirror Hanging".
"Take someone to commit it!" Wang Zhixian's voice suddenly came out of the lobby.
Damn, is it me who is the one the county lord shouted to bring? Is this preparing to be directly promoted to judge the case! Xu Gang stood outside the hall and looked around, only he looked like a prisoner.
"Bringing prisoners" followed by the voice of the officials giving orders.
"Let's go in, Xu Jieyuan, hum!" Huang Qing looked at Xu Gang with a sinister smile.
After Xu Gang was escorted to the hall by the two arresters, he was pressed to the ground and knelt down, his head bowed.
Wang Hanmin, the magistrate of the county, was wearing an official uniform and was sitting in the hall, exuding a burst of official authority, and the officials on both sides were holding water and fire sticks, standing in two rows in a neat row, with a serious face.
"Ascension!" Seeing that the prisoner had been brought, Wang Zhixian patted the shocked wood and shouted.
"Mighty !!" Suddenly there was a neat roar from the officials.
"The person kneeling in the hall, this official asks you, on the 26th of this month, there was a murder in the house of Wang Yuanwai in the east of the city, and Wang Yuanwai and his wife were both killed, is the murderer you? Tell me the truth! Wang Zhixian looked at Xu Gang angrily, and shouted again.
I didn't kill anyone at all, and of course I can't just talk nonsense! If I say that I know about this murder case, I will definitely be locked up as a suspect, and how can I investigate the real murderer! Xu Gang frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly made a decision!
"Lord County, wronged~~~" Xu Gang did not answer his question, but raised his head with a face full of grievances, and suddenly shouted out loudly in a long tone.
"Ouch, isn't this Xu Jieyuan? Where is Master Huang's book, quickly find it for this official! Wang Zhixian was shocked when he saw that the person kneeling in the hall was Xu Gang, and Huang sent someone to ask him to go to the court to try the murder of Wang Yuanwai and his wife, but he never thought that Xu Jieyuan had become a criminal!
Before the person sent by Wang Zhixian to invite Huang Zhushu had not yet set off, he saw Huang Zhushu and entered the lobby with a stack of documents and sat on the left side of Wang Zhixian.
"Master Huang, what's going on? How did you get Xu Jieyuan back! Wang Zhixian leaned down in the direction of Master Huang and asked in a low voice.
"Back to my lord, the lower official received a clue that someone saw Xu Jieyuan kill Wang Yuanwai and his wife, so he took him back to the yamen and invited the lord to come to the court for trial!" Huang Qing clasped his fists and gave a salute and explained softly.
Ay! In this case, I can only try it first, and I hope Zhao Zhizhou will not be angry with this official! Wang Zhixian remembered that not long ago, Zhao Zhizhou celebrated Xu Gang's high school dismissal, and today he was promoted to trial as a murderer, if it was found out that Xu Gang was wronged, he really couldn't guess what Zhao Zhizhou would scold himself into!
"If you have any grievances, tell them in detail quickly, and you must not hide them in the slightest, otherwise you will never forgive!" Of course, Wang Zhixian would not listen to Huang Qing's words, and gave Xu Gang a chance to refute himself, and sold his personal favor first.
It seems that Wang Zhixian didn't know about it, it was all planned by Huang Zhushu, and this Huang Zhushu may be the key to solving the case! After Xu Gang glanced at Wang Zhixian, he glanced at Huang Qing again, and secretly analyzed it. Although the conversation between Wang Zhixian and Huang Zhushu was very small, it all entered Xu Gang's ears.
"Returning to the county lord, the little people are really wronged! Master Huang said that I killed some Wang Yuanwai couple, but I don't even know who they are! Xu Gang's face was full of grievances, and he told it eloquently.
"It's nonsense, Wang Yuanwai is Wang Qingbi's parents, and Wang Qingbi has always lived under the same roof as you, how dare you say that you don't know Wang Yuanwai?" Wang Zhixian has not yet spoken, but Huang Zhushu has taken the case.
"Ahem~~" Wang Zhixian faked coughing twice, his face full of embarrassment.
Master Huang also seemed to realize that he was a little rude, so he quickly stood up, and said deeply to Wang Zhixian: "Lord County, please forgive the official for being rude, it was really out of righteous indignation just now, so"
Damn it! Wang Zhixian scolded secretly, forced a smile on his face, and waved his hand lightly at Master Huang, indicating that he did not blame him.
"Thank you, sir!" Master Huang saluted again, then turned around and sat down.
Wang Zhixian looked at Huang Qing's background, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at Xu Gang: "You keep talking!" ”
"My lord, the lower officials think that they should pass on the testimony to the court and confront the prisoner in court!" Master Huang got up and saluted Wang Zhixian and said politely.
You're really going to get an inch! Wang Zhixian took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, nodded slightly to him, looked at the hall again, and shouted softly: "Bring a witness!" ”
It didn't take long for a man dressed in a white Confucian robe and a soft-horned head to stand two or three steps in front of Xu Gang, with his back to him.
Qiu Tianbao, sure enough, it's him! Xu Gang gritted his teeth, squinted his eyes and carefully observed the man in the Confucian robe standing in front of him, and then compared it with the background of the black-clothed man in his mind, the two suddenly coincided together.