The expansion of the Wei Youtian case brought about an unexpected benefit, that is, the opposition forces temporarily died down, allowing the dredging of the Wusong River to proceed smoothly.

Hai Rui was ordered to temporarily take the order of Kunshan County to try important cases, and Gui Youguang had to pick up the full burden, but fortunately, Hai Rui had completed all the preparatory work in the early stage, the people were in place, and the materials were complete.

Merchants from all over the world have also arrived in Suzhou City one after another, waiting for the day when the city is opened, but there is no movement for a long time, which makes people anxious and have different opinions, which is really not a good phenomenon.

Shen Mo naturally knew this situation, but if Wang Zhi had no news for a day, he would not be able to open for a day, although no one had ever asked for this, but it was a tacit agreement between the two parties.

So what Shen Mo has to do now is to appease all parties and let everyone wait quietly. So he invited celebrities every now and then and held a banquet, which seemed to be singing and dancing, but in fact, it was to reduce everyone's anxiety.

But some people don't want him to live in peace, so they have to jump out and block him...... If you want to ask who is so lacking in morality, who else can there be besides Su Song and Lu Douyin?

On behalf of the Heavenly Patrol, he has the right to intervene in all criminal cases in the Susong area, supervise the trial, and even change the verdict. After hearing about Wei Youtian's case, he drove to Suzhou to urge Shen Mo to handle the case impartially and dig deep into the culprit behind the scenes...... The rhetoric is high-sounding, but he just saw that he would return to the nurse gate, and he didn't dare to punish the Xu family, so he just waited for the opportunity to impeach him.

For this annoying mung bean fly, Shen Mo couldn't slap him to death, Suo turned a blind eye and didn't hear it, he argued with him, he did his own thing.

After five days in this way, Xu Ge Lao of Yanjing finally sent a letter, he politely thanked Shen Mo for his maintenance, but he had no idea about this matter, and said that he had written to ask his family, if there was indeed such a thing, let them immediately and unconditionally hand it over, and let the government deal with it.

Looking at this righteous letter, Shen Mo couldn't help sneering in his heart, he never believed that Elder Xu Ge would not know anything about the affairs of the family, nor did he believe that the Xu family would give up on it, because arrogance is a common disease of this kind of big family, they will not easily bow their heads to the magistrate, I am afraid that even Elder Xu Ge does not want to make Xu Wu confess his guilt easily, so as not to give the political opponent an excuse to attack.

Sure enough, under pressure, the Xu family handed over Xu Wu, but invited Song Shijie, the world's No. 1 master known as the 'King of Cases', for him, determined to win the lawsuit.

In the south of the Yangtze River in June, the heat is unbearable, and the scorching sun seems to be about to roast people's skin. It is said that such a ghost weather, the common people can be cats, and they can't wait for a little sunshine not to get wet, but today is strange, the people of Kunshan County, with the hot and hot head, gather outside the county government from all directions, as if rushing to the temple fair.

Because today, the sensational Wei Youtian case is about to be tried publicly! The first 200 people will be eligible to enter the county government office and observe the trial. For the common people who lack entertainment, the attraction is no less than Wei Liangfu's Kunqu Opera, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rushing.

But apparently most of the people came late, some people lined up at the gate of the county yamen on the fifth watch, waiting for the opportunity to enter, and when the yamen opened, the officials counted the releases, and when they reached two hundred, they were never allowed to go in, and the rest of the people could only sigh with joy, but they refused to disperse, wanting to wait for someone to come out and tell what happened inside...... As for the 200 lucky people, they followed the official to the county office and waited outside the hall, and after a while, the county lord ascended to the court, and the plaintiff, the defendant, and the defendant's strong man, the famous Song Shijie arrived, and they were shocked and opened the court to ask the case!

Hai Rui asked Wei Youtian who he was accusing and what grievances he had? Wei Youtian said the accusation that had been repeated many times again. Of course, this is also the first time that he can accuse Xu Wu, the Inspection Department, and even the Kunshan County Order Zhu Qianshou in person!

However, Song Shijie completely denied the plaintiff's accusation, and he argued: "Master Mingjian, this Wei Youtian's accusation is purely false!" It has been proved that his son was not injured, only the back of his head, so the injury is untenable, most likely he accidentally slipped and fell to the back of his head, obviously trying to blackmail Xu Wu! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Hearing what he said, Wei Youtian said angrily: "I saw with my own eyes that day, Xu Wu and the people of the Inspection Department beat my three sons to the ground and beat them for a quarter of an hour, why can't they detect the injuries!" ”

"What's the matter?" Hai Rui said in a deep voice.

An obscene old man was summoned, it was the Kunshan County Ya's puppet, Hai Rui asked him what the truth was, and he said: "There is only a fatal wound on the back of the head, and there is indeed no other wound, it seems to have fallen to death." ”

"Where is the corpse now?" Hai Rui said in a deep voice.

"It has been collected and buried." He replied.

"Can you promise you're not lying?" Hai Rui looked at him coldly and said.

A nervous look flashed on his face, and he barely calmed down: "The villain dares to guarantee!" ”

"Good!" Hai Rui turned to Wei Youtian and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"Sir, he's a liar." Wei Youtian kowtowed and said: "When there are many villagers working in the fields who see it, you can ask them!" ”

"The official will ask," Hai Rui nodded slowly, "If you have to do it as a last resort, can you agree to open the coffin for an autopsy?" ”

At this time, it is said that after the deceased is buried, the family does not want to be disturbed anymore. But Wei Youtian had a heart and must seek justice, so he nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

"Good! Without further ado, this case will be tried in Weijiazhuang! Hai Rui patted the wood and said, "Move immediately!" ”

A good vigorous and resolute Haigang Peak, immediately took the third class of officials out of the county, and went in the direction of Weijiazhuang, the common people have never seen the county lord sitting high in the county government to ask about the case, but they have never seen Hai Rui go to the countryside to open a court like this, they are very curious. Those who were idle and good-looking and lively followed them out of the city, and there were as many as five or six hundred people.

When I arrived at Weijiazhuang, it was already past noon, and Li Zheng got the news early, waiting outside the village, and when I saw the team of the old man, I was busy paying respects.

Hai Rui asked him to get up and said, "Do you still know me?" Li Zheng looked carefully, only to find that this old man was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Ten days ago, the foreigner who was arrested by you reported to the Inspection Department was me." Hai Rui said expressionlessly.

As soon as this remark came out, it was finally on the number, and Li Zheng kowtowed again and again in horror, scolding himself for having no beads in his eyes, and asked the lord to spare his life.

Hai Rui said lightly: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it is a capital crime to detain an official of the imperial court. Even if the official is unharmed, he will have to have 200 rods and be exiled for 3,000 miles. ”

Li Zheng was bluffed by him into sweating, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "I just acted on orders, please see that the villain has the old and the young, and spare his life!" "I hit my head harder, and I broke my forehead.

"On orders? Whose orders were taken? Hai Rui asked, squinting.

"Lord Hui, it's Cai Inspector ...... of the Inspection Division" Li Zheng sobbed: "He said that if there are suspicious people, we must report it quickly, and we all have to listen to him, how dare we disobey." ”

"Cai Inspection." Hai Rui asked the Kunshan inspector who had just arrived, "What's going on?" ”

"Go back to the lord, it's for the ......" Cai Inspector's eyes wandered, and when he saw Song Shijie lip shape, he suddenly said: "In order to prepare for the Japanese, I caught the Japanese at the beginning of the year, so the lower officials ordered the township to be vigilant and report it immediately if it was suspicious." ”

"I see." Hai Rui nodded, pointed at Wei Youtian and said, "I'm here to ask you, do you know him?" ”

Inspector Cai looked at Wei Youtian for a long time, then shook his head and said, "Lord Hui, I don't know, I haven't seen it." ”

"Have you seen him?" This was indeed asked by Wei Youtian.

"Nope." Wei Youtian said: "It was the people below him who came that day. ”

"Gather your men." Hai Rui ordered Cai to inspect the Dao, and asked Wei Youtian to go to the village to find someone to testify, of course, both of them were followed by officials, so as not to cause trouble.

After a while, both sides came back, Wei Laohan led seven or eight villagers, and Cai Inspector took more than 30 crooked melons and cracked dates, all standing in the courtyard of Hai Rui's trial and accepting his questioning.

Hai Rui first ordered the people from the Inspection Department to line up in a row, and asked Wei Youtian to find out the few who beat people, but who knew that Wei Laohan walked back and forth a few times, but still did not find anyone. Disappointed, he said to Hai Rui: "My lord, it's not here......"

"Is this all you have?" Hai Rui asked.

"Lord Hui, except for a few who have quit, they are all here...... Cai Inspector said: "You also know that these people are poorly treated and stressed, and they are not the official establishment of the imperial court, so if you want to leave, I can't control it." ”

Seeing that he pushed three or six five, and it was clean, Hai Rui had no choice but to ask Wei Laohan: "Can the people you brought prove what happened that day?" ”

Wei Laohan nodded and said, "Yes, their land is next to my house, I saw it that day." ”

At this time, Song Shijie interjected with a sneer, and said to those old men: "This is above the court, you have to be responsible for every sentence you say, it's not okay to talk about it," he squinted his eyes as he spoke, and said with a threat: "Let's talk about it after you think clearly, the consequences of slandering the Xu family are serious!" ”

In fact, there is no need for him to threaten, a few honest farmers have already been threatened by those people in turn, looked at Brother Wei apologetically, shook their heads and said: "It's been too long, and I can't remember it clearly." ”

Wei Youtian was anxious when he heard this, grabbed the villager's hand and said, "How could it be?" It was Qingming that day, let's go to the field to go to the grave together, and when we came back, we said that we would work for a while, and we would go to my house to drink at noon! ”

"Brother misremembered." The villagers whispered: "We went back after sweeping the tomb that day, where can we still work?" ”

Wei Youtian was like being hit hard, staring blankly at the familiar and unfamiliar relatives and friends of the past, and muttered, "How can this be? Will this happen? ”

Song Shijie suddenly became energetic, pointed at Wei Youtian and said, "My lord, have you seen the true face of this person?" He's a deranged fanatic, who thinks everyone is hurting him! Such a complaint is like a mad dog biting someone! Not only can you not listen to it, but you have to be severely punished! ”

The king is worthy of being the king, if he sits in the hall with another person, I am afraid that he will really be moved by him and treat Wei Youtian as a psychopath.

It's a pity that the person sitting on the stage is Hai Rui! It is Haigang Peak, which treats the poor as warm as a spring breeze and treats the rich as cold as winter.

This Hai Daren, who has a hatred for the rich, was not bewitched by Song Shijie at all, and said gently to Wei Laohan, who was at a loss: "Don't panic, it seems that you have to resort to the last resort." ”

"......" Wei Laohan was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, my lord, open the coffin!" My dead son must have thought so! ”

"Well," Hai Rui nodded, "Without further ado, let's go." ”

Hai Rui's resolute action caught Xu Wu and the others off guard, and Song Shijie had no choice but to say: "Slow ......"

"Do you have any objections?" Hai Rui glanced at him and said, he was extremely disgusted with these masters and lawyers, and naturally he didn't have a good face to show them.

"My lord, the villain has been on an errand in the yamen for many years." Song Shijie arched his hand and said: "I know that the coffin is the residence of ghosts, and the living are not allowed to move without permission, otherwise they will be retributed by ghosts." If you have to open the coffin, you have to choose at noon, when the yang energy is at its peak, when the ghost is the weakest, and the coffin is dead, so that we can be safe. Saying that, he looked at the sun in the west and said: "Now that it is getting late, the yang energy is declining, and the yin energy is rising, it is the time when the yin ghosts are getting more and more powerful, and you can't move the tomb anymore!" ”

At this time, people are superstitious, and they are terrified when they hear it, and their backs are windy. Seeing them cowering one by one, Hai Rui was angry. He believes in Confucianism, firmly believes in righteousness, and gods and ghosts, so he is not afraid of ghosts and gods, and is about to teach his frightened subordinates a lesson, but then a thought pops up again, so he eases his face and slowly nods and says: "Although ghosts and gods are ethereal, I would rather believe in them than believe in them." He waved his hand and said, "It's up to you, the coffin will be opened at noon tomorrow!" ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Song Shijie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: "It can be regarded as a delay." ’

So the trial came to an end, and Hai Rui instructed the cadres not to miss the next question, and then took his men back to the county seat.

Song Shijie and Xu Wu naturally acted alone, and when no one was around, they asked Xu Wudao in a low voice: "That dead ghost, is it cremated or buried?" ”

"I don't know." Xu Wu said in a sullen voice: "I didn't expect there to be so much trouble, so I didn't care so much." ”

Song Shijie shook his head helplessly and said: "Do it, just do it cleanly, or you will be obedient to the people, and save everyone trouble." ”

Xu Wu asked, "Then what now?" ”

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what happens, find a way to destroy that grave at night and steal the body." Song Shijie thought about it and said: "Wait until you sleep in the middle of the night, don't let people find out." ”

"Okay, I'm good at this." Xu Wu came down to his senses, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Go in person tonight!" ”

"Stupid!" Song Shijie scolded: "How can this kind of thing be done in person? Don't tell me you don't know the tomb robbers! ”

Xu Wu said: "Know a few ......"

"Let them go!" Song Shijie said angrily: "Give more money, let them hurry up, don't make a mistake." ”

"Oh, I see." Xu Wu was trained to lose his temper, and whispered: "I'll send someone to invite a master." ”

"Hmm." Song Shijie nodded angrily.

Entrusting the task to the two most famous tomb robbers in Kunshan, Xu Wu and Song Shijie, they waited anxiously at home until dawn the next day, without the slightest reply.

We can't wait any longer, because Lord Hai has already sent someone to urge me.

The two had no choice but to get into the car, and when they arrived at Weijiazhuang, thirty miles outside Kunshan, it was already close to noon.

The carriage did not enter the village, but turned to the west of the village where the tombs were densely packed, and the people of Hai and Yigan were already waiting.

It's just that, in addition to those people from yesterday, there are also a few men who were tied up and kneeling on the ground, which made Xu Wu and the two of them tremble.

The two saluted Hai Rui, and Song Shijie asked carefully: "Dare to ask my lord, who is on this ground?" ”

Hai Ruicai said slowly: "Thief, tomb robber." ”

Song Shijie sighed in his heart, knowing that yesterday's plan was foreseen by the other party, and he caught it! Xu Wu also secretly rejoiced there: "Fortunately, I didn't go in person." ’

"But this matter is very strange." Hai Rui said slowly: "Why did I say yesterday that I was going to open the coffin for an autopsy, and someone came to dig the Xu family's grave in the middle of the night?" ”

"Maybe it's a coincidence, right?" Song Shijie said with a dry smile.

"Coincidentally? This is also a coincidence, that is also a coincidence, where is there so much coincidence in one case?! Hai Rui lowered his face and said: "This is obviously someone who intends to obstruct the opening of the coffin and cover up the truth!" As he spoke, he slapped the wooden body and said, "Duh, you tomb robbers, who instructed you behind your back?!" ”

The tomb robbers hesitated for a moment, then heard Hai Rui slap the alarm again, and further threatened: "This official is not good, since he is not engaged in recruitment, he has to be punished!" ”

There was a wolf-like servant, holding all kinds of torture tools and stepping forward, pressing the tomb robbers underneath!

"Execution!" Hai Ruihao didn't give the tomb robbers a chance, so he gave the order!

(To be continued)