Chapter 659: Tang Chu was murdered
"My lord, look, this footprint, look at the position of the footprint, and the way he stands!" Ge Tong made a gesture on the side according to the footprint.
It's a pity that Ge Tong's posture lasted less than three seconds and couldn't hold it.
"He should have a support point, otherwise he won't be able to hold it at all under the shift of the center of gravity." Meng Yan Road.
"Your Excellency is absolutely right, if he catches this place with his hand......" Ge Tong tested, "but it doesn't seem to work, based on his height, his arms are not so long?" ”
"What if there was a rope sticking out of it?"
"It's possible!"
"Find someone who is about the same height as Master Tang, and let's do an experiment." Meng Yan said, "It's a reconstruction of the scene." ”
"When is the site reconstructed?" Xing'an asked.
"It is to revisit the scene of the death to infer the cause of death and what happened at that time." Meng Yan explained.
"Is this the same as the real thing?"
"We can only do a restore based on the clues we are waiting for, and if new clues are added, maybe there will be changes, so this is just an inference, with the help of this, we can find and find more useful clues." Meng Yan explained.
"Since it's useful, let's do it." Hung Yen expressed its support.
"Who saw Lord Tang's death in the cell at that time?"
"Lord Qiqi Qincha, the jailers of this county were not allowed to go near the death row that night, and it was found that Lord Tang committed suicide and was also under Guo's father-in-law, and our jailer did not enter the death row, so none of us knew what happened in the cell." Ma Weiran said.
"In this way, it was Guo Gonggong's subordinates who found out that Master Tang committed suicide in fear of sin. They were the same ones who transported Lord Tang's body out, and you didn't go in until the end? ”
"Afterwards, they sealed the death row, and they didn't release it until they left."
"So they said that Lord Tang committed suicide?"
"Yes."
"Father-in-law Xing, you heard it, the so-called Lord Tang committed suicide in fear of sin. In fact, they are all Guo Gonggong's subordinates, what did he say about his performance to the imperial court, and the subordinates of the Yi County and the government officials all saw Master Tang hang himself, and they are willing to testify? Meng Yan smiled coldly.
"Zhizhou Zhao Lie, Lord Zhao has arrived!" Just as Meng Yan ordered the scene to be reconstructed, a voice made them turn around.
An official in his forties, dressed in a purple robe, with a handful of goatee under his chin, hurried down from the palanquin and trotted all the way over.
"Xiaguan Yizhou Zhizhou Zhao Lie knocked to see Lord Qincha!"
"Zhao Zhizhou is here?"
"The lower officials didn't know that Lord Qincha was coming. If you can't greet you in person, please forgive your sin! Zhao Lie lowered his head and said.
"Okay, this official is just passing through Yi County, if it weren't for Lord Tang dying here, this official wouldn't have stayed here." Meng Yan Road.
"Lord Qincha is serious." Zhao Lie hurriedly replied.
"I heard that Ma Weiran, the county magistrate of Yixian County, was suspended because you participated in the impeachment together?" Meng Yan asked.
"It's Xiaguan!"
"This official should ask for advice, what crime did Ma Xianling commit, do you want to join him?" Meng Yan asked.
"This ......" beads of sweat came down from Zhao Lie's forehead.
According to reason, Meng Yan is not qualified to ask about this matter. But Ma Weiran's suspension was obviously implicated in Tang Wei's suicide case, which seems to be Meng Yan's responsibility. There's nothing wrong with him intervening.
"Do you want the official to take out the recital you presented to the ministry and read it for you?" Meng Yan snorted coldly.
"No, don't, Lord Chincha!" Zhao Lie's frightened soul was scattered, and the crimes he had for impeaching Ma Weiran were all illusory, and they were completely chasing after the wind and shadows. Fabricated.
He didn't do it on purpose, but if someone asked him to do it, he didn't dare not do it, otherwise, his black gauze hat and future would be gone.
"Lord Zhao. Is there something wrong with you? ”
"Something, no, nothing, nothing!" Zhao Lie was so frightened that he didn't know how to speak, and Lord Qincha's aura was too strong, not inferior to that Guo Gonggong, or even stronger.
"It's okay, what are you doing here, could it be that you, the Zhizhou, just go shopping and play every day?" Meng Yan snorted coldly.
"No, no, Lord Qincha, the lower officials heard that you are coming to Yi County, and I came to see you." Well, I finally said something awkward.
"The official is here to investigate the case, what are you doing here, wasting the official's time." Meng Yan snorted in displeasure.
Belch......
Zhao Lie was stunned for a moment, above the officialdom, there are still such people, who completely disregard decency and affection.
"Okay, if you are willing to stay, just stay aside, don't hinder the investigation of the case, if you don't want to, sit in your sedan chair and go back to your yamen to rest." Meng Yan waved his hand, which means, what do you like, why do you go, Lao Tzu has no time to take care of you.
Zhao Lie's face was red for a while, white for a while, he had never been humiliated like this, he was also a six-rank Zhizhou, a parent official, and he was ignored like this?
Ma Weiran, who was dismissed by him, was treated better than him, and he followed Qin Cha and was busy.
"Jiang Xiancheng!"
"The lower official is here, Lord Zhao." Jiang Xiancheng hurriedly moved his steps and ran over.
The actor who was about the same height and weight as Tang Wei was quickly found, and the death row was also ready.
A handguard was placed under the actor's chin, and a new belt was found to hang him from the iron railing in the wind tunnel.
"My lord, no, you can't hang it at all, unless you find someone who is a head shorter than him!" Wang Dong shouted inside.
"So, if Lord Tang wants to hang himself with a belt on the iron railing of this ventilation hole?"
"Unless Master Tang strangled himself to death!"
"Strangulation?"
"My lord, I thought of it!" Ge Tong was silently surprised.
"Tell me?" Meng Yan asked.
"My lord, it's better to do it, and you'll understand it at a glance!" Ge Tong said excitedly.
"Good!"
"Inside, wrap the belt around your neck and throw it out of the wind tunnel!" Ge Tong shouted.
After the man inside did so, the belt was then thrown out.
Ge Tong grabbed the belt with both hands, and then pulled his body back suddenly, and the one inside found the official who played Tang Wei. Immediately screamed.
His feet were lifted off the ground, half of his head was stuffed into the ventilation hole, his neck was stuck in the hole, and he couldn't move!
Everyone understood that the posture that Ge Tong had just stepped on was completely consistent with the footprints found under the wall of the ventilation hole.
That's why it's a force that makes a difference. The so-called suicide by hanging is actually artificially strangled to death.
"My lord still remembers that there are scratches on the back of Lord Tang's neck, but they are not strangulation marks of ropes, right?"
"Well, I remember."
"It should be left by the friction at the mouth of this wind tunnel."
"There is this possibility, but if he is killed, Lord Tang should be able to resist, how can it be so easy to be killed by someone with such a complicated method?"
"Who sent the food that night, Lord Tang?" Meng Yan asked.
"Also, you don't have to be one person to kill. Maybe he still has helpers, two, three are possible! Ge Tong also chimed in.
"If you want to confirm whether Master Tang was killed by him, you have to wait!"
"Wait?"
"This official has already revised a book, and sent it to the capital in an urgent manner for 600 miles, and detained the officials and other relevant people who were guarding Lord Tang that day and sent them directly over." Meng Yan explained.
"It turns out that Lord Meng has long suspected that Lord Tang was murdered?"
"Whether it is murder or not, the official does not dare to make a conclusion. But the possibility of him killing is very high. Meng Yan said.
"Does it make a difference?"
"Of course there is a difference, he kills a lot. Premeditated murder is only one of the circumstances, and the official has no evidence and cannot make a conclusion casually. Meng Yan explained.
"Master Meng is really cautious."
"Human life is at stake, this investigation and trial must not be sloppy, this is related to the lives of many people." Meng Yan said solemnly.
"Taught!" Xing'an heard the words. Suddenly changed his face to a strict face, faced Meng Yan, solemnly bowed his hand, and bent down to salute.
"Father-in-law, this can't be done. I can't help it! ”
"With Lord Meng's party, Xing'an really benefited a lot, and today I learned that the rumors before the adults are really worthy of their reputation!" Hung Yen Road.
"Gonggong Xing is polite, this official is ashamed!"
"People in the officialdom call you the butcher of officialdom, but the common people call you Meng Qingtian, today Xing'an knows that Lord Meng's rigorous attitude towards handling cases can turn over the unjust case of Bai Suxin in one fell swoop, and the reputation of Qingtian is absolutely not false!"
"This is the principle of the official handling the case, emphasizing evidence and ignoring confessions, confessions are said by people, and sometimes they deviate from the truth for various reasons, but the evidence is real and you can't erase it, so the evidence speaks to be the most convincing." When Meng Yan said this, he also reminded the other officials present that there were many unjust, false and wrongful cases due to subjective factors?
I hope these people can listen to it a little, it is a little, it is better than regretting it after making an unjust, false and wrongful case.
"That's it for the reconstruction of the scene, Ma County Order, it's noon, the official is the east, let's have a meal together?"
"How dare you let Lord Qincha break the bank, the lower official will order someone to prepare ......" Zhao Lie heard it and hurriedly came over and said.
"No need, the official has already ordered someone to prepare!" Meng Yan waved his hand lightly.
"Lord Qincha, can the lower officials be lucky ......" Zhao Lie came up and said without giving up.
"Lord Zhao, this official is investigating the case, not a treat to eat, you have something to say, it's okay, get out of here!"
Zhao Lie's face instantly swelled into the color of pig liver, in front of so many people, Meng Yan actually didn't give him half of the face, and directly bombarded people, isn't it a great shame?
"Lord Meng, this Lord Zhao is also Yizhou's parent official, why don't you call him along?" Hung Yen Road.
Xing'an also felt that Meng Yan was a little too much, even if he was an ordinary person, it shouldn't be such an attitude, not to mention that he was still an official of the imperial court, isn't this insulting?
"Okay, let him go, if he doesn't go, come and take down Zhao Lie, the governor of Yizhou!" Meng Yan snorted coldly.
He didn't want to arrest people now, but this Zhao Lie was really uninteresting, and if he had to come up, he would be embarrassed to take people on the spot.
"Surnamed Meng, what do you want to do?" The wolf-like brocade guards rushed up, pressed Zhao Lie to the ground at once, took off the black veil, and took off the official robe.
"Master Meng, you are ......?"
"Zhao Lie, after Lord Tang's sudden death, you rushed to Yi County, did you go to see Guo Jing first, and then summoned Ma County Order to talk, what did you say to Ma County Order?" Meng Yan asked coldly.
Zhao Lie instantly sweated profusely in horror. (To be continued......) R1292