Yue Su asked the other neighbors one by one, and it was not until dusk that he finished asking them all. Those who saw it at the scene answered honestly and signed it. The situation described is basically consistent with what Tian said. When asked if he could remember the two servants who carried the Zhang family home, let alone it, there are really people who know, everyone who often hangs on the side of the street knows that these two boys are the thugs of the young master of the martial arts, one is called Cui Gui, nicknamed the ghost; The other is called Diao Liang, nicknamed the white-eyed wolf.

After letting the people go home, they said that they would send a messenger to invite them to the church tomorrow morning for questioning. asked people to take Guo Kai to the back office and find a room to rest. Then the facts of the case were written to the prefect's yamen, and the suspicious points were written one by one, and it was noted that Guo Kai had his tongue cut out in prison, and the two jailers who did it were killed, and the case needed to be retried.

When they had dinner with Jin Chan and Tie Qiu that night, the two unanimously said that Guo Kai must have been wronged, but they couldn't figure out why Zhang died. Yue Su said with a smile: "This matter is not difficult to do, see that I will bring the Wufu family to the case together to find out the truth." ”

Yue Su has been a policeman for so many years, and there is also a set of how to interrogate prisoners, and whatever ancient people saw in the "Record of Clearing Grievances" was regarded as a treasure, but in Yue Su's eyes, it was all outdated things, and modern police tried cases, and there was no need at all.

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Early the next morning, Yue Su woke up, finished breakfast, and came to the lobby with Jin Chan and Tie Qiu. The order summoned the three classes of officials, and with an order, they sent a fire sign to mention people, let Tong Xuan and Jin Chan take the lead, and take eighty people to the Wu Mansion, and bring the Wu Family Mansion to the lobby together. He also instructed a few errand officers to pass Guo Kai's neighbors to the lobby.

In broad daylight, the messenger came to the door to pick up people, and even if the martial family was cross, they didn't dare not go. Doing it with the errand officer, etc., don't look at Yangshuo County, there are only a hundred or so fast catches, but there are also soldiers and horses of the Inspection Division, which are all ordered by the county, once the fight starts, it is estimated that a stick of incense can be rushed, and the Wufu must not be slaughtered.

There are hundreds of people in the Wufu, and all these people were taken away. Such a big movement has already alarmed Yangshuo County, and the surrounding people have rushed to join in the fun, and those who live far away heard the news and came in a hurry. The Wu family is the largest family in the county, and the people of the county government have always been respectful to the Wu family, and this time it can be said that it is a feat to escort everyone in the Wu Mansion to the court.

The people flocked to the county office, following behind, to see what the eldest man wanted to do.

Although the public hall is not small, it is impossible to accommodate more than 100 people, and many servants of the martial arts family are standing outside the hall, and the people are gathered outside the second gate, and the crowd is impassable.

At this time, Yue Su ascended to the lobby, sat down on the public case, and knocked the shocking wood hard, and the officials on both sides immediately shouted loudly: "Wei ...... Wu ......"

As soon as Tang Wei shouted, the neighbors of Guo Kai's family were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the people in the Wufu Mansion were also timid, the maids and mothers-in-law all knelt down, but the family thugs only knelt down half, and some saw that the old man and the young master did not kneel, so they stiffened.

"In the public court, in addition to being famous, no matter whether you are justified or not, you must kneel down to the official, those of you who are standing must have merit and fame." Yue Su looked coldly at the person who didn't kneel in the martial family, and suddenly shouted: "Do you know what it is to pretend to be a meritorious person in the lobby!" ”

Wu Kui knew that this time Yue Su was real, and now it was different, if he didn't bow down like last time, he would probably be humiliated in front of the court and beaten on the board. had to kneel on the ground, he knelt, who dared not kneel, and quickly knelt down, the only one who did not kneel, only Wu Bin, who was standing next to Wu Kui.

Yue Su pointed to Wu Bin and asked, "Who are you, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" ”

"Returning to my lord, student Wu Bin, isn't he a showman, I don't know if the adult wants to check." Wu Bin said calmly.

Seeing Wu Bin so calm, Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "It's not necessary. Then he asked loudly: "Which of you is Cui Gui and which one is Diao Liang, stand up for this official." ”

The voice settled, none of the people below stood up, Yue Su waited for a moment, and when he saw that no one got up, he said angrily: "Didn't the martial family call Cui Gui and Diao Liang?" ”

"Lord Hui, there were indeed two servants named Cui Gui and Diao Liang in the mansion, but two months ago, they were expelled from the mansion for stealing in the mansion." Wu Bin said with a smile.

"So where is their home?" Yue Su asked.

"These two people were homeless people in the streets, and they didn't have any families, and when they saw that they were pitiful, they were accepted into the house. Who would have thought that not only did they not know the thanksgiving picture, but also made a chicken and a dog steal, which is really chilling. If you don't believe me, please check it out. Wu Bin still replied calmly.

"According to you, no one knows where these two are now?" Yue Su stared at Wu Bin.

"It should be so."

Yue Su glanced at Tong Xuan who was standing on the side, and said, "Tong Zhutou, can all the martial artists be brought to the hall." ”

"My lord, my subordinates have sent people to search twice to make sure that all the people in the mansion have arrived." Tong Zhou bowed and replied.

Yue Su nodded, and then said, "All the men will go to the lobby and stand in a line. ”

Above the lobby, Yue Su is the sky, and the martial artists had no choice but to do so, and honestly went to the outside of the lobby to stand in a line. Yue Su said to Jin Chan at this time: "You take Guo Kai's neighbors out to recognize people, you don't have to answer in person if you are not there or not, take them to the back office and ask them one by one." By the way, bring Guo Kai up and let him recognize it. ”

Yue Su did this because he was afraid that these people would be afraid of the martial arts family, afraid of retaliation, and would not dare to tell the truth.

Jin Chan received the order, asked someone to take Guo Kai with him, led Guo Kai's neighbors out to recognize people, and then went to the back office to interrogate one by one. As a result, the answer was very uniform, and it was really none. Even Guo Kai shook his head.

After Jin Chan recovered, Yue Su pondered for a moment and said, "You guys kneel here first, and the official will go to the back, Jin Chan, you come with me." ”

After speaking, Yue Su left his seat, and after coming to the warm pavilion with Jin Cicada, he whispered a few words in his ear.

"My subordinates understand." Jin Cicada nodded repeatedly.

Yue Su smiled with satisfaction and led him back to the lobby. sat back in his place and said to Wu Bin: "Wu Bin, you said that Cui Gui and Diao Liang were expelled from the mansion two months ago, and if you want to come to your mansion's account books, there should be no record of their salaries. Jin Zhutou, you should take the Wufu account office to his mansion now to get the account books and let the official check them. ”

"Yes."

The bookkeeper of the Wu family is an old gentleman in his fifties, since he is a bookkeeper, he must be dressed differently from ordinary servants, Jin Chan immediately pulled it out, ordered ten catchers, and escorted him to the Wu Mansion.

Wu Bin really didn't expect that Yue Su would have such a hand. Yesterday, I heard that Yue Su mentioned Guo Kai's neighbor, and in the evening Wu Bin sent someone to inquire, and someone said the content of Yue Su's questioning, so for the sake of insurance, the two hid. It's just that I didn't expect this old man to have this heart and eyes, and he wanted to check the account books on the house. The monthly money for these two months is clearly recorded in the account, and of course there are also the names of Cui Gui and Diao Liang.

Seeing Yue Su like this, he had to think about excuses in his heart.

After a stick of incense, Jin Cicada re-charged the account room, holding a large stack of account books in his hand.

Putting the account book on top of the official case, Jin Chan came to Yue Su's side and whispered a few words in his ear before retreating to the side.

Yue Su picked up the top book with a smile on his face, flipped through it from the back, until he turned to the front, and suddenly threw the account book at Wu Bin fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Wu Bin, you are so bold, you dare to deceive the official in the court." You said that Cui Gui and Diao Liang were dismissed two months ago, but they still have their monthly money in the past two months, as well as their autographs, how do you explain? ”

"Returning to my lordship, perhaps...... Maybe the accounting room made a mistake......" Wu Bin prevaricated.

"Mistakenly, could it be that the autographs of the two of them could also be mistaken? The signatures of these two people in the last two months are exactly the same as the previous signatures, do you think that if you have a meritorious reputation, you can talk nonsense in the lobby and deceive the official? Yue Su was even more excited in the end, knocked on the startled wood heavily, and shouted: "This official will get rid of your reputation in the court." Someone! Pull Wu Bin aside for me and hit the forty boards hard to set an example! With that, the four fire sticks had fallen to the ground.

"Yes!"

Now all of Yue Su's servants have seen the methods of this great master, who dares to be disobedient again, as long as they dare to say half a word, they will be fired immediately.

"Your Excellency...... The students were wronged, and the students did not know about it......"

Although Wu Bin shouted in his mouth, the messenger only recognized the fire sign, and at that moment, four messengers stepped forward, pulled Wu Bin aside, pressed him to the ground, picked up the board and greeted Wu Bin with a "crackling".

Wu Bin is also a person who knows martial arts, but how dare he resist in the public court, he still knows each other with his body, and he stiffens down forty boards, but his buttocks are also beaten and his flesh and blood are blurred. Wu Kui on the side was heartbroken when he saw his son being beaten, but he didn't have the slightest way, his eyes glared at Yue Su fiercely, and it was estimated that he already had the idea of eating Yue Su alive.

"Wu Bin, this official will ask you again, where are these two people now?" Yue Su asked loudly.

Wu Bin endured the pain, raised his head and replied: "At the beginning, I had already sent a message to expel these two people from the house, but I did not announce it publicly, presumably because the account office did not know, so that these two people fraudulently received two months' monthly money. It's true that I haven't seen these two people for two months, and I hope you will see them. ”

"Are you fooling a three-year-old with that? If you don't recruit from the truth, Hugh blames the official for being ruthless. Someone! Prepare for the clamping stick! ”

In the public court, the punishment is also very particular, especially the heavy punishment of the clamp stick, which generally cannot be used lightly, but this is only for honest officials, like some bad officials, who often use this to bend into tricks.

Yue Su's use of Wu Bin's stick is indeed justified, you gave false testimony in court, you should beat you, now the evidence is conclusive, you still dare to deny it, this is not looking for a beating.

"Slow down, adult!" Just as the messenger threw the stick into the hall, the bookkeeper of the Wu Mansion suddenly shouted.

Yue Su glanced at him and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

"My lord, Cui Gui and Diao Liang are indeed not in the house, and I received the monthly money for those two months." After speaking, the bookkeeper walked to Wu Kui's side and cried: "Master, it's all the old slave's bad, the old slave didn't know that these two people were expelled from the house by the young master, and they made the monthly money of these two people in the account. The old slave was obsessed with money for a while, so he imitated the handwriting of the two of them and took the monthly money privately. In the last month, seeing that the old man and the young master didn't notice it, their greed rose again, and they received the monthly money of the two of them again, and I hope that the old man will forgive his sins. ”

"You dog slave, but you killed the old man and your young master......" Wu Kui immediately burst into tears, grabbing the shoulders of the bookkeeper and shaking them back and forth.

"Smack!" Yue Su slapped the public case and said loudly: "Shao is acting in front of this official, do you say that the monthly money of the two of them was claimed by you or by you?" The handwriting on it is exactly the same as before, can you imitate it? ”

"My lord, I can't hide it, I have been doing the accounting office for many years, and many people in the house can imitate it, if you don't believe it, you can demonstrate." The bookkeeper affirmed.

"Good!" Yue Su said loudly: "Give him pen and paper!" ”

The clerk's office immediately took a pen and paper and asked the account room to write the names of the two people, and after writing it, it was presented to Yue Su, who asked people to pick up the account books and compare them.

In fact, this bookkeeper has really done a lot of things in the house to collect monthly money, many servants and short-term workers in the house, some of them were dismissed after not working for a month, because they were afraid of the samurai, and they did not dare to come to receive the money, so this bookkeeper made the salary, imitated the handwriting, and received it privately. The names of Cui Gui and Diao Liang have long been familiar, and they are not difficult to write, so it is not difficult to imitate. I said it in court today, but I was afraid that the old man would find out that he would settle the account, and then he would be able to make a contribution, so why not.

Yue Su took a deep breath, put the paper aside, and asked, "Accountant, since you fraudulently claimed the monthly money of the two of them, why didn't you say it earlier, but only when the official was about to be punished?" ”

The account room had already thought of a rhetoric, and immediately said: "My lord, if I didn't say it before, I was afraid of being scolded by the master, but when I saw the young master being beaten, my conscience was really uneasy, so I dared to spit out the truth, please know it." ”

"Hahahaha......" Yue Su laughed and said, "What a good slave, a good conscience is really uneasy." ”

After that, Yue Su didn't say much, and turned over the martial family's account book. The people kneeling below didn't know what Yue Su meant, but they didn't dare to say more, so they could only kneel honestly. After a long while, Yue Su finally said, "Whoever names are all given to this official to stand up." ”