How do you know that as soon as the person who persuaded left on the front foot, Luo stepped into the gate of Jing Zhao Yin's mansion with his back foot, and told Xiang Gong how he was killed by Chang Qingqiu with a handful of snot and tears, and begged Jing Zhao Yin Chen Shi to make the decision for her.

Chen Shi approved Luo's condition and ordered the official to summon her to the hall for questioning.

Roche knelt on the ground, pretending to be grief-stricken.

Chen Shi said sharply: "Who is the surname of the woman in the hall, and if there is any grievance, tell me quickly!" Luo wiped his tears with his long sleeves and choked up: "The folk woman Luo Shi married the carpenter Ma Xiaoqi as his wife, and the husband and wife have a deep relationship. My husband and the foreman Chang Qingqiu have always had a grudge, and I don't know what his heart is, last night I invited my husband to drink, my husband did not return overnight, this morning the woman went out to look for it, and found one of my husband's bloodstained shoes on the road. If he hadn't killed my father-in-law, who else could there be? Please make the decisions of the people's women! ”

As he spoke, he held a shoe above his head.

Chen Shi listened to Luo's story, and thought: This woman was sick and weak, and she cried so sadly, and her father-in-law's bloody shoes were used as evidence, so there would be no falsehood, so he ordered Chang Qingqiu to come to the court.

Chang Qingqiu was feeling angry at home about the early morning incident, when suddenly two officials broke in and couldn't help but say that they would take him and leave. Chang Qingqiu knew that it was Luo who sued him, and there was a panic in his heart, but he was a foreman after all, so he quickly calmed down, thinking: Don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. What is my heart empty? So he walked into the Jingzhao Yin Mansion with his head held high.

Chen Shi was shocked, and asked sharply: "Chang Qingqiu, you are so bold, you dare to murder a worker because of a quarrel and a trivial matter, and now there is human and material evidence." What else do you have to say? ”

Chang Qingqiu heard the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly kowtowed to plead: "The villain is wronged, and the villain and Ma Xiaoqi don't care about each other even though they have raised the bar. But it's not a big deal, villains never dare to kill. Besides, the villain had reconciled with him last night, and if the adults didn't believe it, the workers could testify. ”

Chen Shi said loudly: "Witness! ”

After a while, several carpenters were brought to court.

Chen Shi asked, "Where did you drink last night?" Recruit from the truth. The carpenters replied in unison: "If you go back to your lordship, drink at the foreman Chang Qingqiu's house." Chen Shi asked again: "Why are you drinking?" ”

The carpenters replied, "Chang Qingqiu is our leader. Ma Xiaoqi is our partner, and they don't care about each other, so we prepared wine and food and took Ma Xiaoqi to the permanent chief's house to drink. that they may be reconciled. ”

"What happened next?"

"The little people were very happy to see the foreman and Ma Xiaoqi reconcile, and they drank a lot of wine until late at night."

"Ma Xiaoqi is walking with you?"

Not really, the little ones were glad to see them drinking. left Ma Xiaoqi and left. I want them to talk to each other individually. I don't know when Ma Xiaoqi left, and the villains didn't tell half a lie. ”

Chen Shi asked Chang Qingqiu again: "When did Ma Xiaoqi leave?" Who can prove it? ”

Chang Qingqiu replied: "After the workers left, the villain and Ma Xiaoqi drank a few more bowls, and fell asleep because they were too strong to drink. Ma Xiaoqi was also drunk, when he left, the villain lady knew. ”

Chen Shi sneered: "Joke, how can your lady be a witness?" Boldly Diao Min, do you think this official is easy to fool? You have not been in contact with the deceased for half a year. Can a bowl of wine dissolve it? It is clear that you took advantage of the opportunity for the workers to know that the two of you were reconciled, and deliberately let the workers go first. then drunk Ma Xiaoqi, followed him, and killed him on the way home. But you were clever but were mistaken by your cleverness, and you didn't expect to leave one of the deceased's shoes on the side of the road when you hid the body, and the official didn't wronged you, right? ”

Chang Qingqiu shouted that he was wronged.

Chen Shi was furious and ordered the officials to be punished. Poor Chang Qingqiu came down with a stick three times, and he was already dying, but he still refused to give in. Chen Shi saw that he was about to die if he was put on the stick again, so he had to be taken into custody and tried again another day.

Besides, Luo went home from the official office, put on heavy filial piety, and pretended to handle the funeral of the minister. She invited monks to chant sutras for Ma Xiaoqi, and she cried while burning paper, and fainted several times due to excessive grief. After a few days, even the neighbors who usually hated her shed tears.

When Chen Shi learned of this, he took pity on Luo even more, so he gave Chang Qingqiu a heavier punishment every day. For a few days, he was tortured to the point of flesh and blood.

Chang Qingqiu's daughter-in-law, Wang, came to visit the prison, and Chang Qingqiu said to her: "It seems that Chen Shi, a faint official, must put me to death, but I died unjustly, and let the Chang family be infamous with me, I am really unwilling." After I die, you have to contact your co-workers to avenge me......"

After speaking, the couple hugged their heads and cried.

The next day, Chang Qingqiu confessed in court, saying that he was insulted by his subordinates, and he was indignant, and took advantage of the opportunity for his co-workers to drink together to murder Ma Xiaoqi.

Chen Shi saw Chang Qingqiu's confession, and hurriedly asked where Ma Xiaoqi's body was hidden.

Chang Qingqiu was originally wronged, how did he know the whereabouts of the corpse? Chen Shi was anxious to close the case, so he ordered the official to be sentenced again.

Chang Qingqiu was afraid of torture, so he had to make up a place to avoid the pain of this flesh and skin.

So he said: "That day, I followed Ma Xiaoqi and killed him halfway through the knife and threw the body in a nearby toad ditch. ”

After hearing this, Chen Shi immediately sent two experienced servants to search for the body, and once the body was found, the case could be closed.

One of these two servants is named Zhou Cheng and the other is Wang Ling, and they have been in charge of autopsies in the yamen for more than ten years and have never missed. The two of them received an order from the Inspector and immediately searched for the location provided by Chang Qingqiu. The location of the hiding body was made up by Chang Qingqiu, where did the two of them find it? Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling searched for a day and didn't even see a corpse, and when they saw that it was getting late, they had to go back to the yamen to report to Lord Chen Shi.

Chen Shi had already reported to the Criminal Department as a token of merit, boasting that he had solved this mysterious case. Prisoners may be executed as soon as the body is found.

Hearing Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling's report, Chen Shi thought to himself: I have already shown my superior, if I can't close the case immediately, once my boss asks about it, won't it tarnish my reputation?

So he angrily rebuked: "You two heard the location clearly this morning, why can't you find it?" You will not be able to help, and you will be given ten days to find the body, otherwise you will be punished with favoritism. ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling complained in private: "The place where the body was found has been carefully searched, even if it is a grace period of 100 days, it will be in vain." ”

Chen Shi was notoriously strict with his subordinates, and if he couldn't find the corpse, he would never forgive.

So, Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling searched for the ditch countless times, the stones that should be lifted, and the soil that should be turned over, were still empty-handed, and the two had to beg Chen Shi for a few more days. (To be continued......)