As soon as Cui Tingshi asked, everyone in the hall also wondered in their hearts, many old experts couldn't tell the difference, why could he, an ordinary person, tell the difference.

Zhou Youcai seemed to have thought of the answer early in the morning, although he was still a little flustered in his heart, but he still quickly responded: "Back to the adult's words, the villain did not see it, this matter is also strange, this necklace was originally bought for my mother-in-law, rewarding her for adding a boy to the Zhou family last month, continuing the incense of my Zhou family, but I didn't expect to accidentally fall and damage the necklace, the villain is heartache, and accidentally found that the damaged place is a little wrong, and there is something white exposed." ”

"The villain knew that the gold was not such a color, so I carefully picked it out to see that it was lead, and the villain knew that he was deceived, so he went to ask Cao Fu, who bought jewelry with me, and he panicked when he saw this, so we asked Jin Duoxuan's shopkeeper to help check and test, but he didn't check it out, saying that he was not sure, we were ruthless, and asked him to help cut it, and the problem came out."

When Cui Tingshi heard this, he looked back at the jewelry presented by Zhou Youcai, and sure enough, there was a broken position that was uneven and squeezed together, obviously not cut or cut out with scissors, so he couldn't help but nod secretly.

"Sun Duotian, Qian Li, how did you two find out that there was a problem with the jewelry?" Cui Tingshi turned his head and began to interrogate the other two people.

"Back ~~ Back to the adult's words, the villain is Cao Ge's cousin, today I was in the market ready to pull a few feet of cloth to make clothes, I didn't expect to meet my cousin in a hurry, under careful questioning, I knew that there was a problem with the jewelry of the Jinyu family, and I wanted to buy one for my own family, so I hurried home and took it to the nearby Jin Duoxuan to check, and sure enough, there was a problem, so I immediately ran to the yamen to prepare to sue the Jinyu family, and my cousin was also there at that time, so they came with me."

"Qian Li, what about you, how did you find out that there was a problem with the jewelry? Could it be that you are also a relative or neighbor of one of them? ”

"Big~~ Your Excellency." Qian Li hurriedly kowtowed: "The slave ~~ The slave family doesn't know them, and it's not a relative, but at that time I was in Jin Duoxuan to buy jewelry, and I saw that one after another people came to identify the jewelry, and the jewelry of the Jinyu family was appraised. ”

With a "snap", Cui Tingshi slapped the shocked wood violently, and shouted fiercely: "Shut up, you can't make noise in the court, without the approval of the official, no one can speak indiscriminately." ”

This time it was so urgent and loud that Qian Li shrank his head in fright, his body was agitated, and he knelt down in a proper manner, not daring to say anything more.

"Someone is coming~" Cui Tingshi shouted.

"Adult, villain." Two officials in uniforms and swords at their waists were waiting next to them early in the morning, and when they heard this, they immediately knelt down on one knee in front of the hall to receive the order.

Cui Tingshi threw a slip on the ground: "Go, call Jin Duoxuan's shopkeeper to come and testify." ”

"Yes, sir." The two officials picked up the order and hurriedly went to get someone.

Jin Duoxuan is at the end of Jinshui Street, not far from the Yamen, just a moment of gongji, a little old man who is more than half a hundred years old but in good spirits is brought to the front of the hall.

"Villain Zhao Jingui, see Lord Thorn." As soon as Jin Duoxuan's shopkeeper Zhao arrived in front of the hall, he didn't say a word, knelt on his feet, and respectfully kowtowed three times.

"Zhao Jingui, the official asked you, did a few people come to your store to inspect the jewelry today?"

"Yes, sir."

Cui Tingshi asked, "Look at it, but the four people kneeling in the hall." ”

Zhao Jingui raised his head, glanced at it quickly, and then lowered his head and responded: "Back to the adult's words, it was these four people, when they took the jewelry to let the villain check, the villain checked it, and found no problem, but it was not sure that it was true, and then they took the initiative to ask the villain to help them cut the jewelry, but they didn't expect to really find a problem, someone used lead instead of gold, and the way of stealing gold was very clever, and the villain did not dare to call the shots, so he persuaded them to report to the official." ”

"Alright, you can step aside." Cui Tingshi turned his head and said to Liu Yuan: "Liu Yuan, now that the human and material evidence is there, you, what else is there to say." ”

Liu Yuan's face was a little solemn, but he shook his head and said: "My lord, now it's just their words, the villain has always been law-abiding, and there is no problem of misconduct, the villain has the courage to take a look at those pieces of jewelry." ”

As a defendant, take a look at the evidence, this is also a very reasonable request, after Cui Tingshidian agreed, the two officials took four trays and put a lot of cut and broken jewelry, in front of everyone, Liu Yuan picked up the jewelry of the boat and looked at it, only to see him put the jewelry in his eyes, his eyes wide open, and the expression on his face was a little complicated.

"Liu Yuan, have you finished reading the evidence?"

Liu Yuan said loudly: "Back to the adult's words, the little one has already finished reading." ”

"Any objections?"

"Yes~~" Liu Yuan resolutely denied: "My lord, the villain has already seen it, there are four pieces of jewelry here, a hairpin, a necklace and two bracelets, only the hairpin, the necklace and one of the bracelets are from my Jinyu family, but there is a bracelet that is not from my Jinyu family." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, everyone thought that Liu Yuan would do everything possible to push and push, but they didn't expect Liu Yuan to admit it simply, is this an admission that he is cheating?

"Oh my God, he really did."

"Now that the evidence is overwhelming, does he not admit that he can do it? It's better to suffer a little less, that big punishment is not a good taste."

"It seems that some people say that he wants to roll up a sum of money and leave, this thing is true, my God, I also bought one, what should I do?"

"No, if he wants to run away, then why did he spend a lot of money to buy a big house?"

"This, that's hard to say, but if you can buy a big mansion worth eight thousand taels, how did you get this silver, you have to discuss it carefully."

"Golden Jade Family, Return, Return ~~~~"

"Return, Return~~~"

I don't know who called for a return, and many people who bought the jewelry of the Jinyu family and followed to see the end of the matter shouted all of a sudden, the little lady was pale, gritted her teeth, and wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything, and Du Sanniang's face on the side was not much better.

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the startling wood knocked the head of the case again, and Cui Tingshi was furious: "Shut up, above the public court, where is it said that you are making noise here, and if there is any more noise, hit the ten boards and then expel them from the yamen." ”

As soon as Cui Tingshi's words fell, two wolf-like officials walked to the hall and looked at everyone with fierce eyes, as if whoever made any more noise would immediately be caught and killed as an example, so frightened that everyone hurriedly silenced and did not dare to shout loudly.

After making the people in the hall stop the noise, Cui Tingshi's face turned cold: "You mean, three of these four are ornaments that you faked, can you confess your guilt?" ”

Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "No, my lord, the villain means that there are three pieces of jewelry from my Jinyu family, yes, but one of them is obviously a false accusation, taking other unknown jewelry, pretending to be the jewelry of my Jinyu family." ”

"Oh, tell me which one is fake."

Liu Yuan pointed to one of the bracelets and said, "My lord, this piece of jewelry is obviously not from my Jinyu family. ”

Qian Li's face changed, because what Liu Yuan was referring to was the evidence presented by Qian Li.

"My lord, I am wronged, this bracelet of the slave family was indeed purchased from the Jinyu family, when I bought the bracelet, I bought it with my sister, and she can testify for me." Qian Li was anxious, and hurriedly called out for injustice.

Liu Yuan sneered: "Who knows if you have a replacement halfway." ”

"Shopkeeper Liu, you can't spray people with blood, is it easy for the slave family to save some silver as a woman? Not only did you sell me fake ornaments, but now you don't recognize it, God, where is the reason, my lord, you want to be the master of the slave family~~~" Qian Li began to cry and scream above the court.

"Shut up, you can't make noise in the court, and if you make any more noise, you will immediately slap your mouth!" Cui Tingshi was most annoyed by someone crying, and when he heard this, he impatiently asked Qian Li to shut up, looked at a few people in the hall, and didn't know how to try it for a while.

Several people said that the Jinyu family sold fake jewelry, and Liu Yuan admitted that the jewelry was from the Jinyu family, but he had done tricks, and one of them was someone else who wanted to frame him, and it was really hard to judge who was right and who was wrong.

"My lord, as the so-called interlaced is like a mountain, now the two sides insist on their own words, and it is difficult for us to judge, why not put the people of Yangzhou Jewelry Industry Association and people with a reputation in the jewelry industry to assist in handling the case, in this way, who is right and wrong, we also have a basis?" Zhao Sima, who was sitting at the bottom to assist in the interrogation, saw that Cui Tingshi was embarrassed, and immediately offered a plan.

Cui Tingshi's eyes lit up, nodded to his henchman, and then patted the shocked wood, and threw down an order sign: "Come on, call the first chapter of the Jewelry Association to this official to assist in handling the case, and also call Chen Chang from Yumanlou." ”