Leng Yi knew from the arrow that Lin Ling pierced the beam, these entourages were very powerful in martial arts, and one person was as fast as all the arrests in the entire Yamen. And from Cheng Luojie's skill in shooting the big bear, it can be known that the martial arts of the three head-catchers are even more powerful, so you can rest assured that Cheng Luojie and Li Fen are left to protect Zhuo Qiaoniang.

Master Dong asked the torture room to file the assassination case of Lin Lingxing, and then interrogated Lin Ling and made a confession. Lin Ling confessed to the assassination of Zhixian County, but the mastermind behind the confession was still the Lady Gang, and they were bribed to assassinate Leng Yi.

Leng Yi seemed to know this result, he didn't interrogate Lin Ling directly, but just read the confession and didn't care.

Master Dong and Wu Zhutou called all the people in the yamen,

At this time, Master Dong reported a case and asked Leng Yi to sign it. It's a homicide. A woman murdered her husband. The previous magistrate had already been promoted to the court for trial, so the criminal had not pleaded guilty and used a heavy punishment before confessing. He was convicted of death in court. Now, Master Dong has written a closing statement and is ready to report to the prefect for review.

Leng Yi saw that he confessed only after using a big punishment, and muttered in his heart. Carefully read all the cases. After pondering for a moment, he said: "This case is not in a hurry to be issued first, I want to interrogate the criminal again." ”

Master Dong was a little surprised, and said, "The criminal has already confessed, does he still need to be arraigned?" ”

In ancient times, confessions were the king of evidence. As long as the criminal confesses, no other evidence is needed to convict the case. Therefore, Master Dong was very surprised by Leng Yi's interrogation again.

Leng Yi said: "I have some doubts about this case, so I want to be arraigned again." ”

Master Dong bowed down and said, "Dong Weng should be cautious. The student went and brought the prisoner to the second class. ”

"No need, let's just go to the prison for interrogation. I'll just ask. No need to record. ”

Leng Yi and Master Dong went out of the study, and Cheng Luojie, who was in charge of guarding outside the door, didn't ask much, and took Huang Mei and Zheng Yan to follow him and go out of the inner office.

Yin Vulture also immediately followed. Leng Yi smiled and didn't say anything. Take them to the Yamen prison.

The magistrate rarely comes to the prison, and he always takes the prisoner out of the prison to the lobby for trial, and it is really rare to go directly to the prison like today, so he quickly nodded and accompanied him.

The prison is actually not big, just a courtyard, and the dungeon where the condemned prisoners are held. The head of the cell opened the iron door, and the leader led him into the dungeon.

The entire dungeon is cut out of thick bluestone. Prevent criminals from escaping from prison.

In the first room, Lin Ling was imprisoned. He was heavily shackled and had thick shackles around his neck. When I saw Leng Yi and them coming in, I thought it was to interrogate her. Hurriedly sat up straight. Seeing Yin Vulture following behind Leng Yi, he couldn't help but shudder. A look of horror was revealed. It seems that she is apprehensive about Yin Vulture's methods of coercing confessions.

Leng Yi couldn't help laughing, this woman had a righteous and awe-inspiring look at death, but she still couldn't survive Yin Ying's torture. It seems that the means of six doors are really not simple.

Leng Yi's footsteps didn't stop, even if he wanted to interrogate, Yin Vulture was next to him, he couldn't interrogate anything.

When he arrived at the cell of the woman who killed her husband, Leng Yi stood still, and at a glance, she saw a thin woman, wearing a heavy iron chain, because she couldn't carry the shackles around her neck, she could only lean against the wall and use the wall to rely on. Staring blankly at the dark corner of the cell. When he heard footsteps, he slowly turned his head. After seeing clearly that it was Leng Yi, the woman took her gaze back again.

That look made Leng Yi's heart sink. - It was a contempt, the greatest hatred that can be shown to a person who hates to the extreme. What kind of thing made her have such a hatred for Zhixian?

Leng Yi's gaze fell on the woman's hands, which were completely ruined, and all the joints were swollen and bleeding, which was the result of the punishment with pinched fingers. This kind of torture is mainly used by women, and it can crush ten fingers of a woman's slender hand! Few women survive this kind of torture, and it is after this torture that she confesses to killing her husband.

But what about the facts?

What Leng Yi wants is not the conclusion of the case, but the truth of the case.

Leng Yi read the case file and knew that the woman's surname was Li. Leng Yi said: "Li, this county asks you, your husband, did you really kill him?" ”

Lee didn't answer, not even react. Still staring blankly at the ground. This expression made Leng Yi feel even more wrong. Because criminals who really kill people either honestly admit to killing people and strive for a good attitude to get leniency, or they try to escape responsibility by doing everything they can. For such no reaction, it can only be said that she has no hope for her fate, and this disappointment does not come from the despair of killing to pay for her life, but from the extreme resentment of being wronged. At the same time, such an attitude is a big obstacle to the investigation of cases.

Leng Yi must dispel her silent resistance in order to investigate the case well.

Leng Yi said: "Li, if you are really wronged, you can say that this county can also re-investigate this case, and this county will not indulge a bad person, and of course it will not wronged a good person." ”

Leng Yi said this very sincerely and slowly. Give her a time to react.

Finally, Li Shi reacted, she slowly turned her head, looked at Leng Yi, and said, "I said I didn't kill it, do you believe it?" ”

"I believe it!" Leng Yi's words were very sincere, "As long as there is evidence to prove your statement." If you don't have this evidence, the county will also investigate. Now, if the county wants your cooperation, you have to make your affairs clear. And provide clues as much as possible. Only in this county can it be easy to investigate the case. If, after investigation, there is evidence that you did not commit a crime, then the county will naturally return you to a clean slate. ”

Li's body trembled again. She looked at Leng Yi, as if she couldn't believe his words.

Leng Yi said again: "What the county wants to hear is the truth, you just need to tell the truth of the matter." The county will go to check it out. ”

Li suddenly threw herself forward, the iron chain rattled, the thick shackles hit the fence, her body shook a little, stretched out her two hands, and grabbed the fence, not to be precise, but to hold, because the joints of her hands had been clamped, and they were so swollen that they could not bend.

"Wronged! I'm really wronged! Big man! "Lee's voice was hoarse and weak," he said. I really didn't kill my husband! ”

Leng Yi said: "What's going on?" ”

Li said: "I am a vegetable seller. That day, when I came back from selling vegetables, my husband was lying on the bed and said that his heart was very uncomfortable, so I didn't care about cooking and helped him rub his heart. But it didn't get any better at all, and when I saw that my husband's face had changed, I panicked. He said that he would ask for a doctor, but the husband said no, just lie down for a while. But when it came to the palm lamp, it was still not good. The husband said that he was out of breath and asked me to invite Langzhong, so I hurried to go. I invited Lang Zhong and found that my husband was dead in bed. ”

"Dead in bed?" Leng Yi said: "Are there any signs of outsiders entering the murder?" ”

"Nope! I went behind closed doors. I didn't feel at ease because there was no one else at home, so I locked the door. ”

"No one else at home?"

"Yes, my husband and I came to the city from the countryside outside the city to do business. I sell vegetables, and my husband helps people do part-time work. ”

Leng Yi nodded and said, "You go on." ”

Li said: "I heard Lang Zhong say that my husband died, so I cried. I asked someone to write a letter to my in-laws to report the funeral. With the help of my family and friends, I was able to handle the funeral. ”

"Didn't your in-laws come?"

"No, I later learned that it happened that my in-laws' family had gone to relatives, and no one was at home. When they returned, it had been two months. When I got the letter, my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, uncle, and uncle all came, and first surrounded me and interrogated me for a long time, and then ran to the yamen and asked me how my husband died. After asking, he came back and beat me up without asking, dragged me to the yamen, said that my husband's death was too strange, and asked for an autopsy. After the coffin was opened and the autopsy was conducted, I said that I beat my husband to death with a stick, and I really didn't kill my husband! Big man! ”

Master Dong next to him said: "Don't quibble! The coffin was opened for post-mortem review, and it was said that there was a crack in your husband's skull! That's the proof! - You are the only one in your family and your husband, who killed you if you didn't kill it? ”