Based on Yue Su's experience, suicide and homicide can of course be seen at a glance, and when he came to the scene, he immediately concluded that Zhang Dong and his wife were forcibly hung up with their hands and feet tied, and there were traces of rags on their mouths. He ordered a detailed search and found twenty taels of silver at the bottom of the stove.

Guo Kai identified the corpse and determined that Zhang Dong was the one who cut off his tongue, and then went to examine Gong Liang, the same, and found twenty taels of silver under his pillow.

"For twenty taels of silver, the family name was ruined, and I don't know if they regretted it before they died." Yue Su snorted coldly and said to Jiao Can, who accompanied him: "Since the two of them are your subordinates, you should be a little tired, let your people carry the corpse to Yizhuang, and also give them a long surname, this is an example." If such a thing happens again in prison, see how this official treats you. ”

Jiao Can already knew what was going on, and the two jailers took bribes to cut out the prisoner's tongue, although he didn't know it before, it really scared him into a cold sweat. This matter should be put on hold in the past, and it is not called a matter, there are many tricks in the prison, and there are not one or two people who die inside. But now this adult's methods are so severe, it can be described as vigorous and resolute, just one day after taking office, he cleaned up Sun Dacheng and Ma De, and now there are offices in the yamen, each of them is worried, for fear of touching the mold and throwing away the good errand.

Jiao Can hurriedly received the order and asked the messenger to carry the corpse to Yizhuang, and held an extraordinary meeting in the afternoon of the same day, teaching him a hard lesson, so that his subordinates would be honest in the future.

The two jailers were killed, along with their families, and Yue Su also sent people to investigate in the neighborhood, but unfortunately no one knew who did it. He expected that the root of everything was all on Guo Kai, and as long as the gap was opened from him, it would be revealed.

Back at the county office, Yue Su did not interrogate Guo Kai publicly in the lobby, but took him to the back hall and interrogated him alone.

"Guo Kai, the official asked you, can you write?"

It's a pity that all Yue Su saw was Guo Kai shaking his head weakly. In those days, the state did not carry out literacy work, and there were many people who were illiterate.

Yue Su pondered for a moment, and immediately shouted: "Ask the master to bring me the file of Guo Kai's murder of his wife." ”

Tie Qiu took the order and left, and after a moment's effort, he brought the master book, and the master book presented the file to Yue Su. Yue Su flipped through a few pages and said, "You immediately take Yu Yu to Poplar Hutong on Shima Street and bring all the residents there to the court." Especially a person named Zhou Ting, he must bring it to this official. ”

It turned out that the address mentioned by Yue Su was Guo Kai's home address before he was imprisoned, and there were detailed records in the file. Of course, I wanted to ask Guo Kai's neighbors about it, and the one named Zhou Ting was the first person to prove that Guo Kai killed his wife, saying that at noon that day, he heard the husband and wife quarreling at home, and later heard the sound of hitting the wall, but he didn't see it with his own eyes. As for the physical evidence, there is none, only that Guo Kai pushed his wife to the wall and died, leaving blood stains on the wall.

After a quarter of an hour, Yue Su took Guo Kai to the main hall to wait, and soon, Tie Qi brought more than 30 people, including men and women, old and young.

As soon as these people went to court, they hurriedly knelt down for Yue Su, and even called the grass people to see the master.

Yue Su asked everyone to get up, stretched out his hand to Guo Kai, who was standing on the side, and asked, "You all know this person." ”

"The grass people know." Everyone in the hall answered almost in unison.

"What's his name?"

"Guo Kai."

"Good." Yue Su nodded, and said, "This official will ask you again, which of you is named Zhou Ting." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, no one admitted it for a long time, but there was still a descendant who finally said: "My lord, Zhou Ting has moved." ”

"Do you know when you moved and where you moved?" Yue Su asked again.

"I moved away after the year, and I didn't say hello to everyone when I moved, so I don't know where I moved."

"Don't you all know?"

Some of the people in the hall answered that they didn't know, and some shook their heads. Seeing this scene, Yue Su could already conclude that Guo Kai was wronged. Otherwise, how could Zhou Ting move for no reason, and the move happened to be after Guo Kai's murder of his wife was over.

"This official asks you again, what is the relationship between Guo Kai and his wife before his death, you must answer truthfully, otherwise you will not blame the big stick in the official hall for being ruthless!" After speaking, Yue Su knocked on the startled wood heavily, and then the servants on both sides immediately shouted Tang Wei, "Wei...... Wu ......"

When the people of Pingtou saw this formation, the timid ones were already trembling with fright, and they saw Yue Su pointing at a middle-aged woman and said, "You answer first." ”

When the woman saw her, she shuddered with fright, and hurriedly said, "Great, great...... Guo Kai and his wife usually have a harmonious relationship, and the husband and wife are affectionate, and they have never seen them quarrel. ”

Yue Su pointed to an old man, and the old man's answer was roughly the same as the meaning of the previous woman, which was also the love of husband and wife, and they respected each other like guests. Yue Su asked everyone in the hall one by one, and the answer was still the same.

"According to what you said, since Guo Kai and his wife are so affectionate, why did they murder his wife, could it be that you were deceiving this official?"

Yue Su deliberately raised his voice, causing everyone to kneel down together, and shouted, "The grass people don't dare." ”

"I don't dare." Yue Su said solemnly: "This official asks you again, on the day Guo Kai killed his wife, did you find anything abnormal?" ”

Hearing this, the behavior of the people in the hall changed, some still knelt honestly, and some looked left and right, looking at each other, but everyone's performance was hesitant, as if they knew something, but they didn't dare to speak clearly.

Yue Su knew the thoughts of these small people, and he should know some inside information, for fear of offending someone after saying it in front of everyone, and then being aspired. He was born as a policeman, and when he encountered this situation, he knew how to deal with it, and said with a smile: "Come on, bring them all into the back office, six people in a room, without the permission of the official, you are not allowed to move around without permission, let alone speak." ”

After speaking, Yue Su led Guo Kai straight to the back hall. As instructed, the servants put the men in the back office so that they could be guarded. After a while, Yue Su passed the word, asking him to raise a hall from the first room.

The first to go to the hall was a middle-aged woman, and as soon as she saw Yue Su at the door, she immediately knelt down and said "the people's woman Tian knocks to see the eldest master".

Yue Su asked her to get up, and then said: "Tian, the official just asked in the lobby, did you find anything abnormal on the day Guo Kai killed his wife, seeing that you were hesitant and hesitant, as if you knew something, but you were afraid of it." Now that the official is arraigned alone, outsiders will not know, I hope you can tell the truth, you can rest assured, if there is anything in the future, your own official will make the decision for you. ”

Tian lowered his head silently, as if he was struggling in his heart, Yue Su understood it, and said: "Guo Kai, this official knows that you are wronged, but it's not that this official doesn't want to call the shots for you, now you have seen it, even your neighbors don't want to tell the truth, so how can this official help you." ”

Guo Kai is not a fool, he saw Tian's reaction clearly, and he was very anxious, so he couldn't speak. Yue Su provoked him, he was even more anxious, rushed to Tian's front in a few steps, "plopped" and knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and screamed "uh-uh" in his mouth.

Tian didn't expect Guo Kai to be dumb, and at this moment, he was still kneeling in front of him so pitifully and begging for himself, and he couldn't help but shed tears. She helped Guo Kai up, turned her heart sideways, and cried: "My lord, if you can really make decisions for the people and avenge Guo Kai's grievances, why don't you say it truthfully." ”

"Bold Tian, you don't believe in this official, if this official doesn't want to wash away his grievances for Guo Kai, why save him on the execution ground. What do you know, and tell me the truth! ”

Seeing Yue Su's righteous words, Tian thought that he was really a good official who was in charge of the people, and he no longer concealed it, and immediately said what he knew.

It turned out that the case of Guo Kai's murder of his wife was known to all the neighbors, and Guo Kai was wronged to the extreme. Guo Kai's wife Zhang is quite good-looking, and there are also etiquette, and a small family can marry such a daughter-in-law, which is already a creation for several lifetimes. After the two got married, they really raised their eyebrows, their husbands sang and their wives followed, and their neighbors were all envious. But the Guo family is poor, and there is still an old mother who is seriously ill, and it is impossible to make a living just by pointing to Guo Kai alone, so the Zhang family often sits outside for large families to wash and mend work.

A few days before the incident, the Zhang family was doing needlework in Wufu, going to Wufu during the day and returning home at night, but nothing happened. But suddenly one day, just after noon, Zhang was carried back by two family members of the Wufu, and many people looked carefully, Zhang was dead, with a large wound on his head, and a lot of blood was shed.

Guo Kai and his wife were in love, and when he saw that his wife had died inexplicably, he filed a complaint in the lobby, and the former county magistrate indiscriminately beat the plaintiff into a defendant, saying that Guo Kai killed his wife, framed the martial arts, and intended to blackmail money. Among them, a neighbor Zhou Ting testified first, insisting that he heard Guo Kai and his wife arguing at home, and later Guo Kai killed his wife in a fit of rage. After the county order sentenced Guo Kai to prison on the spot, the news reached Guo's family, and Guo Kai's mother couldn't afford to be sick and died in a few days. Maybe it's also evil retribution, not long after Guo's mother died, the county magistrate also fell seriously ill and died soon.

Tian said it was true, Yue Su and the golden cicada on the side couldn't help but be moved, and Guo Kai was crying to death.

"Unexpectedly, this case is related to the martial arts family again, it seems that this martial artist has really done all the bad things. I didn't cure you last time, but Skynet is restored and not leaked, do you think that if you cut off Guo Kai's tongue, this official will not be able to find out the truth? This time, this official will definitely deal with you again, so that these small people know what it means to be right! ”

Yue Su pondered for a long time and said, "Do you know the two servants of the Martial Mansion who carried the Zhang family home?" ”

"Folk women don't often walk around the streets, they don't know each other, maybe others can know them."

Yue Su nodded, and finally said, "Sign and pledge the Tian family." ”

The clerk's office had already written the confession, took it forward and asked Tian to draw it, press the handprint, Yue Su asked her to step back, and then send others in for questioning.