Chapter 89: Arguments
Xiao Jiading glanced at Xing Xuzhong and said with a smile: "Xing Zhiyi, you believe that the Wu family is manslaughter, may I ask, what is your basis?" Is it evidence in the case? ”
When Xing Xuzhong was in the county government, he was the deacon of the county lieutenant Deng and had read the case file of the Wu family's murder of the Liu family. Xing Xuzhong felt that he wanted to say something about Xiao Jiading's words, but he had no choice but to nod. Because if he shook his head, first, it would be contrary to the facts, and second, since he had not read the file, he would not have grasped the true facts of the case, so what he just said about determining that Wu was manslaughter was a groundless speculation. So, on the trade-off, he could only nod.
Xiao Jiading continued: "I also believe that Xing Xuzhong, you have read the file of this case, because when this case was reported to the Kang County Order, County Lieutenant Deng had not yet been arrested by the supervision of the imperial history, and you were still Deng Quansheng's ruling clothes, and the opinion signed by Deng Quansheng on this case should be your opinion after review, right?" Deng Quansheng agreed with the verdict drafted by the torture chamber and sentenced Wu to death for intentional homicide. You had this kind of opinion at that time, why did you go to the state capital to be a deacon, but it became an opinion of manslaughter? ”
Xing Xuzhong said expressionlessly: "My opinion at the time was originally manslaughter, and Deng Quansheng asked me to write it as intentional homicide, so the opinion I wrote was intentional homicide." ”
Xiao Jiading was stunned, this is obviously a lie, Deng Quansheng doesn't understand the law at all, it all depends on this Xing Xuzhong, in a sense, his Xing Xuzhong's opinion is Deng Quansheng's opinion, I can't imagine that this old boy is so reliant! At the moment, he sneered and said, "It doesn't matter, it's intentional homicide." Or manslaughter, let's just look at the dossier materials. ”
Xiao Jiading opened the dossier. Turning out the corpse compartment, he read: "Check the deceased Liu." There were seven knives in the body, including three in the neck! Head and face in one place! The rest is in the arm. INTERVIEWER What kind of negligence can cause such damage? Could it be that the scissors in her hand are seven knife edges? Otherwise, stabbing the deceased seven times in a row, isn't it intentional and what? ”
Xing Xuzhong was still expressionless, and said, "Those wounds are when the Liu clan grabbed the Wu clan. I bumped into it myself. ”
Xiao Jiading was simply dumbfounded, if you want to say who is the sword and pen officer who turns the clouds and rain, except for this Xing Xuzhong, who reverses black and white, Xiao Jiading really can't think of anyone so shameless. Although he sometimes likes to mix the water when he is acting for a case, he has never reversed black and white like this.
However, deal with such shameless people. Xiao Jiading has also experienced a lot in his career as a lawyer in the current society, and he did not panic, smiled coldly, and said, "I bumped into it?" Not to mention the testimony of so many eyewitnesses present, it was always Wu who stabbed Liu for a while. Judging from the corpse grid, it can also be seen clearly - the three knives on Liu's neck are in the front, side and back. A knife in the face, on the front. One knife is in the lower back, and the other two knives. respectively on the forearm and palm. If it is according to what you just said, then the Liu clan should have changed the posture of his body indefinitely to hit the scissors in the Wu clan's hand? Moreover, the four knives are on the head and face, and many witnesses have proved that Wu Shi was holding the scissors in her right hand at that time, and the blade was on the outside of her little finger. Jump up and bump? If she lowered her hand, she was holding the scissors in her backhand, and the blade was facing behind her, how could Liu Shi hit her scissors? Did she tell Wu to stand still, and then she ran behind Wu to hit it? ”
Xing Xuzhong's face was slightly embarrassed, and then he returned to normal: "The two sides were grabbing, it was very chaotic at the time, and I couldn't say it clearly." ”
Xiao Jiading sneered: "What about the Wu family's own confession?" She has always admitted that because she was angry, she stabbed Liu Shi in the head and body with scissors, just to kill the fox. She herself admitted that it was intentional homicide, why did she become a manslaughter when she came to you? ”
"In the case of Zhao's murder of his nephew, Zhao also admitted to the murder first, and later retracted his confession."
But in the end, it still proved that she did kill someone! That was after Liu Xiangzheng bought off the county lieutenant Deng and coerced and enticed the relevant witnesses before retracting his confession. - By the way, speaking of which, by the way, Tang Sima was very concerned about the case of Deng Xianwei's corruption and perversion of the law, and once asked me to report directly to him. At the same time, I was instructed to ensure that we fully cooperate with the Supervision of the Imperial History to thoroughly investigate this case, and find out if there are any other people who have corrupted the law, and we must investigate to the end and will not tolerate it! Of course, although Xing Zhiyi is Deng Quansheng's Zhiyi, I still believe that you are innocent and will not get involved. Hey. ”
Hearing this, Xing Xuzhong's face changed slightly. Bow your head and say nothing.
Zhong Facao and Gu Justice's faces also changed color slightly, they naturally knew that Xiao Jiading's move out of Tang Lin at this time was a warning, if this case insisted on reversing the black and white verdict, then he would stab this case to Tang Lin. Now judging from the evidence, Xing Xuzhong's statement is indeed too far-fetched. If this case is forcibly overturned, I am afraid that the supervision of the imperial history will intervene in the future, and it will be unclear.
Zhong Facao said slowly: "It is normal for the case to be controversial. Since the case is still in Shaocheng County, let Shaocheng County decide the case by itself, judging from the facts and evidence introduced by Xiao Zhiyi just now, I am also inclined to agree with Xiao Zhiyi's characterization and determine intentional homicide. - Gu Justice, what do you think? ”
Gu Jujuji hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes." The lowly office also agreed. ”
Zhong Facao said: "Don't talk about the Wu family's murder case, this is not something to be discussed today, let's continue to talk about the case of the daughter suing her mother-in-law."
Xiao Jiading had no choice but to move Tang Lin out, this Wu clan deliberately killed the weak Liu clan, and these officials even ignored the facts and wanted to exonerate her, and they could imagine with their toes that it was the result of Su Laocai's bribery. How can he turn a blind eye to such a reversal of black and white judgment. However, he couldn't directly hard top, and he couldn't directly lift Tang Lin out of the threat to sue or something. Instead, while clarifying the facts of the case and explaining the evidence, with the help of Tang Lin's concern about Deng Quansheng's case, Tang Lin was skillfully put out and let the other party understand that it was not that they could do whatever they wanted, and there were still people staring at them.
His trick really worked, and the three of them all backed down, and moved on to today's topic, that is, Su Yunxia's case against her mother-in-law.
This case was just a beginning, and it was interrupted by Gu Justice, and now it continued, Xiao Jiading was worried that they would not be able to find their way back at once, so Xiao Jiading read the previous article again and explained: "Although Article 44 of the Fighting Lawsuit clearly states that children who denounce their parents will be sentenced to hanging, this is only the first part, and there is a later part, which reads: 'That is, the grandson, stepmother, and loving mother kill their father, and the adopted person kills their own life, and listens. - Please pay attention to the latter sentence, which says that if my adoptive parents killed my biological parents, I am allowed to make a complaint. Specific to this case, the available evidence has proved that Su Yunxia is not Su Laocai's biological daughter, but was pregnant and born after being raped by Cai Laoshan, a villager in the same village, before her mother Liu was included in the Su family. Therefore, the Wu family she denounced was not her mother-in-law, at best, she could only be regarded as an adoptive mother who raised her since childhood. According to this law, an adoptive mother can be accused of killing her biological mother. Therefore, we are ready to issue a not-guilty verdict and release Su Yunxia. ”
When talking about Wu'er's murder case just now, Zhong Facao and Gu Judicial both listened very seriously, but when it came to this case, although they were also serious, Xiao Jiading could clearly feel that they were absent-minded. When he finished speaking, they didn't let Xing Xuzhong on the side explain the relevant laws for verification, nor did they ask Xing Xuzhong's opinion. Just nodded.
Zhong Facao said: "Very good, after finding out the facts of the case, how to deal with it, since this Su Yunxia is not Su Laocai's daughter, this Wu family is not her mother-in-law, killing her biological mother, of course she can accuse,—— kill her own mother and not let the accusation, how can this work?" Even if it is the adoptive mother who kills the murderer, the adoptive mother is not as good as the biological mother. Therefore, this law Cao fully agrees with the proposed judgment of Shaocheng County. Gu Justice, what about you? ”
Gu Judicial hurriedly laughed and arched his hand: "Yes, yes, Fa Cao's analysis is meticulous, it is completely in line with the provisions of the criminal law, and he agrees with it and agrees completely." ”
"Well," Zhong Facao looked at Kang County's order, "Then this case will be sentenced according to your intentions." ”
The stone in Kang County's heart was put down. He nodded in agreement.
Zhong Facao said again: "Kang County Order, you came just in time today, if you don't come, this official is also ready to let you come." ”
Kang Xian Ling hurriedly asked respectfully, "What does Zhong Facao command?" ”
"Recently, there was a case that involved two counties in this state, namely your Shaocheng County and Tongyi County in Meizhou. It is unclear whether there are other counties involved. In the spring of this year, there were also two cases of rape, murder and robbery of property in Tongyi County, Meizhou, and after comparison, it was found that the modus operandi was very similar to the three cases that occurred in your county, so after reporting to the King of Shu to decide, the three cases in your county and the two cases in Shaocheng County, Meishan Prefecture were investigated together. Tomorrow morning, please go to the state capital with the person in charge of the investigation of this case in your county. At that time, the relevant personnel from Tongyi County, Meizhou will also come, and they will be studying the case in detail at that time. ”
Kang County Ling nodded in agreement, thought about it, and said: "This ......, there is a problem, this case was previously led by Deng Quansheng, but now he has been convicted and imprisoned, and he is locked up in the yamen prison of the state capital, and the new county lieutenant has not yet been appointed, who should take the lead ......?" (To be continued......)