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Ji Gang was anxious: "Your Majesty, just by virtue of these zombies and corpse spots, you can't overturn this case." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Yang Qiuchi said: "Not only these two pieces of evidence, but also other evidence for Weichen. He pointed to the wounds on the corpse and said, "Your Majesty, please see, these wounds are all formed after death, and they are wounds after death." Only the wound in the back of the heart is a premortem wound. ”

Ming Chengzu leaned in and looked at it for a long time: "What's the difference?" ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "If these wounds are cut before death, the blood soaked in the human tissue is tightly bound to the tissue by the cellulose net, so it is not easy to wash off with water, on the contrary, if it is cut after death, it is easy to wash off." ”

Ming Chengzu didn't understand it very well, but when he heard Yang Qiuchi say it so magically, he turned his head and ordered the eunuchs around him to bring a basin of water.

Soon the water came, Yang Qiuchi pulled out the embroidered spring knife inserted in the corpse, and then washed all the wounds with water, sure enough, only the blood red in the tissue of the wound in the back of the heart could not be washed off, and the other wounds were washed into a miserable white.

Ming Chengzu thought it was very interesting and observed the wounds one by one with interest.

Yang Qiuchi continued: "In addition to this criterion, there are other criteria. Pointing to the wound in the back of his heart: "Your Majesty, please see, this wound is obviously open, indicating that it was created before death, and other wounds are not, or not so obvious." ”

Ming Chengzu looked at it and nodded.

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the wound in the back of his heart and said, "Your Majesty, please take a closer look around this wound, there are red and swollen areas, this is inflammation of the wound, and there are no other wounds after death." ”

Ming Chengzu Rongma has fought countless battles throughout his life, and he knows that the wound is inflamed and swollen, but it is not clear whether the wound cut after death is red and swollen. This comparison looked, and sure enough, I couldn't help but nod again.

Seeing that Ming Chengzu nodded again and again, Ji Gang was a little anxious, and said, "Then the wound in the back heart was also stunned." ”

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "The wound in the back of the heart punctured the heart, and the person must have died on the spot." Could it be that Yun Su stabbed him in the back of the heart four hours ago, and two hours later, this corpse ran to Mianchun Tower by itself to let Yun Su continue to cut him? What's more, the wound in the back of the heart was stabbed by a double-edged sword, not by the tip of a single-edged knife. ”

Ji Gang sneered: "What nonsense are you talking about, you also stabbed with the tip of a blade, what's the difference?" ”

"Hehe, if you say you're fat, you'll gasp, and if you say you're ignorant, you'll have a runny nose right away!" Yang Qiuchi sneered again, "You thing that doesn't learn and don't have skills, come here and open your eyes and take a look, there are two acute angles on both sides of the double-edged sword stab wound in the back heart, and the wound stabbed with the tip of the embroidered spring knife in the front chest is blunt and sharp, that is, one horn is bald!" ”

Ming Chengzu made a careful comparison and nodded again. Ji Gang also came over to take a look, the two of them fought on the battlefield and had seen countless wounds, but they had not carefully studied the difference between the wounds formed by the blades, the so-called interlaced lines are like mountains, listening to Yang Qiuchi's analysis, only then did he notice that the two were indeed different.

Ji Gangwu said to himself: "This ...... These zombies, corpse spots, what wounds are created before and after death, what wounds are of different shapes, etc., are not all said by you alone, I have never heard anyone say it, or let's ask Zuo to ask and see if they know! ”

As for the difference in the shape of the wound, he should know it, because the section on "Killing" in the "Record of Clearing Grievances" has a description of the wounds formed by common murder weapons, although it is not so detailed. However, there is no research on the timing of the formation of zombies and corpse spots, so they do not know. It's not easy to argue with him, seeing that Ming Chengzu seems to believe it or not, and he must prove it to them. Facts speak louder than words, and it's best to find a corpse and examine it.

Thinking of this, Yang Qiuchi said: "Your Majesty, what Wei Chen said is true, if you don't believe it, you can find a death row prisoner for testing, and you can be sure." ”

In addition to believing seven or eight points in the shape of the wound that Yang Qiuchi said, Ming Chengzu was also skeptical, after all, it was the first time he had heard of it. And the stakes are so high that it really needs to be examined. said: "Okay, according to what Yang Aiqing said, find a death row prisoner for testing, do you have a death row prisoner in Tianfu?" ”

Yang Qiuchi remembered the files of the death row prisoners he had read in Yingtianfu during the day, and said, "Yes, but it has not yet been reported to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for review." ”

"Is the evidence conclusive?"

Yang Qiuchi thought for a while and replied: "Among these death row prisoners, one of them was executed in a vengeful manner, and he killed someone in the street in full view of everyone, and was immediately caught red-handed. There are many pedestrians on the street who directly witnessed it, and I confessed, and the evidence is conclusive, and the rest of the cases still need to be verified before we can decide. ”

"Okay, then use this death row prisoner to test, tomorrow at noon, the execution will be carried out in the execution ground in front of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. I'm going to come and see it for myself. Ming Chengzu paused, and said, "This case does not need to be reported to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and the file will be directly brought to the execution ground at noon tomorrow, and I will approve it immediately." Also, give his family some money to burn. ”

Yang Qiuchi bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Ji Gang sneered: "Lord Yang, if the test is not consistent with what you said, you are guilty of bullying the king!" Hey. ”

Yang Qiuchi also sneered: "Without diamonds, I wouldn't have done this porcelain work!" It's you, Master Ji, if the test matches, you are also guilty of deception! ”

"Where did this official come from to deceive the king?"

"You faked the scene, blamed others, reversed black and white in front of the emperor, and caused the emperor to almost kill the son of King Miao by mistake, what is it not to bully the king?" Yang Qiuchi said coldly, "Also, how did this corpse come from?" Who stabbed a man to death? How could the stunned embroidered spring knife run to this corpse? Who are those unidentified thugs? This official will check them one by one, and whoever did it knows best! The consequences should also be clear! ”

Ji Gang said sharply: "The surname is Yang, you check me?" I want to check you out! You ......"

"That's it! What is the surname Yang surnamed Ji, what kind of fame! Ming Chengzu frowned and shouted, "You two are my important ministers, and you are in charge of the Jinyi Guard for me, and you are still fighting in the nest all day long!" Let others see the joke? Just now, I was using knives and guns outside the noon gate of the palace to do something! Want to rebel? ”

Ji Gang and Yang Qiuchi heard that Ming Chengzu was angry, and they both bowed down and didn't dare to speak.

Ming Chengzu said with a gloomy face: "From now on, the two of you are not allowed to check each other again, I believe that neither of you will rebel, nor will you do anything that violates the king's law, so if I hear any of you report each other's mistakes, I will not only not listen to them, but also beat him with a hundred court rods!" Then send him to the Inspectorate for the crime of resisting the decree! Do you understand? ”

Ji Gang bowed and said, "I understand, Weichen obeys the order." ”

Yang Qiuchi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Wechen is investigating the murder of Xue Dudu's concubine, and Wechen suspects Ji ...... Commander Ji is suspected of committing a major crime......"

"That's it! Didn't you catch that Lin Yuan is the murderer? Just cut off his head, as for who instigated it, don't check again! In the future, the inspection of Jinyiwei's law and discipline will only stop below Ji Aiqing, understand? ”

Yang Qiuchi had no choice but to bow down and say, "Yes, Weichen understands, and Weichen obeys the order." ”

Ming Chengzu turned his head and said to Ji Gang: "Ji Aiqing, you also remember, in the future, the picket of hundreds of officials will also stop at Yang Aiqing, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to investigate further!" It is also forbidden to use any excuse to investigate and punish Yang Aiqing's family or subordinates. Do you hear me? ”

Ji Gang hurriedly bowed down and said: "Wechen heard clearly, Wechen remembered the emperor's teachings." ”

Ming Chengzu glanced at the two of them, and said coldly: "If you dare to fight against my will, touch your own heads first!" With a flick of his robe, he turned and walked away.

Both of them looked quite embarrassed, glanced at each other, arched their hands, and led others away.

Coming back from the palace, it was already the fourth watch. Yang Qiuchi asked Nangong Xiong to take people to Yingtianfu Yamen to notify the prison keeper, prepare a beheading meal for the death row prisoner, and escort him to the execution ground of the Ministry of Punishment. And prepare a sword and a rusty spring knife for testing. At the same time, inform the head catcher Zhan Zheng to do a good job of guarding the court.

Yun was stunned and escaped death, and he was naturally grateful to Yang Qiuchi. Yun Lu was even more elated, pulling Yang Qiuchi to talk and laugh. It wasn't until Yang Qiuchi said that she would get up early the next day to set up the execution ground and wanted to squint for a while, that Yunlu returned to her princess's mansion.

On this day, Song Yun'er went to bed, the two went to bed, but they couldn't sleep for a while, Song Yun'er snuggled in Yang Qiuchi's arms and said, "Brother, the emperor won't let you check Jigang, what can I do?" ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "I still have to investigate, just check quietly, I can't report it directly to the emperor, the hundred court canes are not a joke, and there is also the crime of resisting the decree." We can't afford to take that risk. After ascertaining the facts, report them through other channels. ”

Song Yun'er said happily: "Yes, anyway, what we check is the truth, and it's not like him, he will only make up lies and deceive people." ”

Yang Qiuchi stroked her smooth skin and said in a low voice: "Yun'er, brother can't sleep, it's almost dawn, I'm going to arrange the execution ground at dawn, what are you doing in this gap?" ”

Song Yun'er grinned and replied shyly: "You can do whatever you want!" ”

"Okay!" Yang Qiuchi turned over and pressed Song Yun'er under him...... The next morning, Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er got up in a hurry. Yunlu has already arrived. Yang Qiuchi asked Yun Xuan and Yun Lu to wait at home, and rushed to the noon gate to participate in the inspection before midday.

Subsequently, Yang Qiuchi first came to Nanzhen Fusi, called Ma Du and Niu Baihu, and instructed them to immediately send people to search around to find out who the hundred or so people who attacked Yun Xuan and them that night were, and who the corpse was.

Ma Du and Niu Baihu already knew that Yun Du was beaten by hundreds of unknown people and was wrongfully murdered. Jinyiwei was beaten, and this face was embarrassing, and Ma Du and the two immediately mobilized all the eyeliner spies to check everywhere.

Then, Yang Qiuchi took Song Yuner and others to Yingtianfu Yamen. Zhan Zheng reported that the law field had been prepared, and the prison supervisor also reported that the prisoner's decapitated meal had been eaten.

There was still some time before the end of the day, Yang Qiuchi interrogated the death row prisoner, re-examined the case, and there was no doubt, so he was relieved.

The prisoner's family also notified him, and Yang Qiuchi instructed the yamen tent to give his family a burial silver. Let them see each other for the last time.

After the time arrived, Yang Qiuchi drew a red hook with a red pen and ordered him to be escorted to the execution ground of the Ministry of Punishment. Then, he got on the official sedan chair and took Song Yun'er and Nangong Xiong's escort team to the execution ground of the Criminal Department.

Because the emperor is coming, there are Ouchi guards all around.

Yang Qiuchi called the executioner over and told him how to carry out the execution, and the executioner was very surprised when he heard that this time he did not cut off his head but stabbed the back of his heart with a sword, and he would cut a few more knives on the corpse two hours later, and he didn't know what kind of punishment this was. But don't dare to ask, the old man of the mansion Yin ordered such an execution, it must have a deep meaning.

After a while, Ji Gang also came with the escort, and of course his lame nephew followed, shaking his head and looking behind Yang Qiuchi, only to see Song Yun'er with a sneer on his face, but not Liu Ruobing, very disappointed.

Ji Gang went to the pergola and saw Yang Qiuchi, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Yang, come early." "The night before, Ming Chengzu had already issued a strict order not to allow the two of them to fight in the nest, otherwise, according to the anti-decree, this discipline would become fast, and they would greet each other with a smile, as if nothing had happened between him and Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi was not good at this kind of face changing technique, so he just arched his hand and didn't speak.

Immediately afterwards, the second prince Zhu Gaoxu also came to the execution ground, presumably notified by Ji Gang. After Zhu Gaoxu went to the pergola, he glanced at Yang Qiuchi and snorted in his nostrils. Yang Qiuchi just arched his hand and didn't bother to take care of him.

At three o'clock, the emperor came to the execution ground in a golden canopy sedan chair. Went up to the prison and beheaded the pergola. Yang Qiuchi presented all the files of this death row prisoner to Ming Chengzu.

Ming Chengzu looked at it very carefully, nodded after reading it, and the eunuch Siyin handed over the jade seal. Ming Chengzu stamped a treasure seal on the sealed document (i.e., the execution order) and handed it to Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi took it, walked to the entrance of the stage, and said loudly: "The emperor has issued a sealed document, and he will be executed at noon!" ”

When noon came, when the Tianfu supervisor came to report, Yang Qiuchi picked up the token and threw it off the stage, shouting: "Poke the report!" ”

People's prison beheadings are all "beheading and reporting", and it has become a stab at this point, which sounds a little funny.

Yang Qiuchi had already told the executioner the location, angle and depth of the stab, and after the executioner received the order, he held the sword in one hand, walked behind the kneeling death row prisoner, shouted, raised his hand and stabbed the death row prisoner in the back of the heart.

After all, he is a full-time executioner, and he is very accurate, and the strength of this sword is just right, the position is accurate, and a sword pierces the heart. The death row inmate just snorted and threw himself to the ground.

Yang Qiuchi ordered the corpse to lie flat, so that the location of the corpse spot would be the same as the corpse that Ji Gang used to frame Yun Xuan, so that it could be compared.

When Ming Chengzu saw that the execution was over, he said to Yang Qiuchi: "I will go back to the palace first, mend the knife when Shen Shi, and send the two corpses outside the noon gate at the time of the execution, and I will personally examine them." ”

Yang Qiuchi bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys!" ”

Ming Chengzu drove back to the palace. After Ji Gang also left his nephew Ji Yi to supervise him, he also went back. The second prince, Zhu Gaoxu, also left.

I still have to wait for four hours on the execution ground, and I have nothing to do, so Ji Yi cranked the folding fan in his hand, limped over, and saluted Yang Qiuchi with a smile: "Yang Hou Ye, dare to ask why the girl who came with Hou Ye last night didn't come?" ”

Yang Qiuchi glanced at him and said lightly, "What is the son asking for?" ”

Ji Yi said: "After inquiring last night, I learned that the girl's surname is Liu, she is the concubine of the Hou Ye, and she has just given birth to a young master to the Hou Ye. Right? ”

Yang Qiuchi snorted in his nostrils: "If the son has something to say, just say it." ”

Ji Yi folded his fan twice, glanced at Yang Qiuchi with some embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "I fell in love with this Liu girl at first sight, so ...... So I want to ask you...... I don't know if the Hou Ye is willing to cut his love and let Miss Liu as a concubine - you can rest assured, as long as you are willing to cut your love, even if you offer a sky-high price, you will never bargain! ”

In ancient times, the status of concubines was not much stronger than that of Yahuan, and the so-called "concubines were bought and sold", so concubines could be bought and sold casually or even given away. No wonder Ji Yi would ask Yang Qiuchi to resell Liu Ruobing to him.

Yang Qiuchi smiled coldly, stared at Ji Yi and said: "For you, the concubine room may be just a piece of clothing, a dog, and a horse, which can be bought and sold at will, but for this official, it is a close family like a sister." Would you sell your sister for money? ”

Song Yun'er also said coldly on the side: "Their Ji family has no heart and lungs, and it is unknown whether they will sell it!" ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded: "This kind of thing can only be done by those heartless beasts, and this official will not do it." ”

Ji Yi's face was flushed, his expression was very embarrassed, and he begged in a low voice: "Master Hou, I really like Miss Liu very much, and I also ask Master Hou to cut his love, if Master Hou is not short of money, he can do something else." After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "A few days ago, my uncle received five new beauties, from all over the country, although they are not as beautiful as Miss Liu, they are also as beautiful as flowers, one in a thousand." I'll talk to my uncle, will you exchange these five for Miss Liu with Master Hou, okay......? ”

With a snap, Yang Qiuchi slapped heavily on the table, and said to Ji Yi with a calm face: "Shut up!" In the eyes of your Ji family, women are not human beings but animals, can they be exchanged casually? ”

Ji Yi was a little surprised: "This concubine and maid are almost ...... compared to livestock."

"Fart! Are you Ji family fucking humans or animals? ”

Ji Yi's face changed, but he asked for help, he didn't dare to get angry, and still begged in a low voice: "Hou Ye, I really like Miss Liu, and I beg Hou Ye to cut his love, if Hou Ye doesn't like to exchange women, it can be used for something else, as long as Hou Ye makes a condition - even if you want the stars in the sky, I will find a way to get it for you, my uncle has promised me last night, and I will ask for Miss Liu at all costs." Therefore, as long as you can make a condition, Master Hou, we can do it - there is nothing in this world that my uncle can't do. ”

Without waiting for Yang Qiuchi to speak, Song Yun'er had already sneered and said, "Okay, there is one thing that you can get, maybe you can marry my sister!" ”

Yang Qiuchi was slightly stunned: "Yun'er ......"

Song Yun'er waved her hand to signal him to leave it alone, and said to Ji Yi: "How is it?" ”

Ji Yi was overjoyed, took two steps forward, bowed down and said, "Thank you, girl, what do you want me to do?" I'll be able to do it! ”

(To be continued)