Princess Yang also pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It seems that you have guessed it, that's right, the prince, we are going to guarantee you a marriage, you are outstanding, you are a poet in seven steps, and you are proficient in criminal law, the most important thing is that you are the prince's henchman, so if the marriage to be guaranteed is too ordinary, I am really sorry for you." After thinking about it, we thought of a marriage that should be able to satisfy you. ”

Xiao Jiading hurriedly said: "The prince and princess sponsored it, so naturally it can't be wrong." Whose daughter is it? ”

"Samurai!"

"Samurai?" Xiao Jiading's eyes widened, and his heart began to pound.

"Yes, the sister of the Holy Wu Jieyu."

Wu Jieyu? Isn't that Wu Zetian? Xiao Jiading's heart stopped instantly, her sister? Lao Tzu wants to marry Wu Zetian's sister as his wife?

Seeing his stupid appearance, Princess Yang pursed her lips and smiled: "What?" Dissatisfied? If you are not satisfied, I am afraid that you will have to ask the saint for a princess for you. ”

"No, no, no, I don't dare to hope to be a colt! I'm already flattered by this! Xiao Jiading smiled from ear to ear.

The concubines of the Tang Dynasty were not fun, most of them were either cuckolded or beheaded, and few died well. Moreover, when he became the princess's husband, it sounded good in name, but in fact it was simply tofu falling into the dust, and he couldn't blow it or shoot it. It's different to marry Wu Zetian's sister as a daughter-in-law, not a princess, but more potential than a princess. Climbing the big tree of Wu Zetian is equivalent to having a nuclear umbrella in the future. It's just peace of mind!

Of course, before Wu Zetian gained power, he had to be cautious, guard against arrogance and rashness, keep his head in obscurity, and behave with his tail between his legs.

When Xiao Jiading's head was spinning and pondering rapidly, Princess Yang poured another scoop of cold water on him and said, "But." The prince has not mentioned this matter to the saint and Wu Jieyu, because the prince still wants to see if you are worthy of him to come forward to protect the media. You must know that although Wu Jieyu is not the imperial concubine, she has received no less grace from the saint than the imperial concubine, so it is said that this amnesty, which Jieyu can get the emperor's amnesty to celebrate after giving birth to a child? It is enough to see Wu Jieyu's status in the heart of the saint. Such a lintel, if it weren't for the person that the prince valued the most, the prince would not have come forward to protect the media. Looking at it now, although you have done a good job, there is still some distance from the expectations of the prince. It needs to be further proved to the prince. Are you confident? ”

Xiao Jiading understood that this was to pick a bamboo pole in front of the mule and horse's head, tie a handful of tender grass, and seduce the mule and horse to keep moving forward. Hurriedly bowed down and said: "I said, no matter whether the prince has a reward or not, I will do my best to serve the prince and the princess." If you can marry Wu Jieyu's sister as a wife, it will be the grace of the prince and the princess, and of course, the ancestral tomb of our Xiao family will be smoking. ”

This made Princess Yang giggle and laugh non-stop. said: "Okay, it seems that you really like this family business, then I will tell the prince and protect the media with you as soon as possible." lest thou seeest to pierce it. ”

"Thank you! Thank you, Princess! ”

"Don't thank you first, to tell you the truth, the reason why I haven't proposed marriage now, on the one hand, is because the prince and I want to see your true ability again. On the other hand. is also because you are just a little scribe now, if you want to marry the sister of Shengshang Jieyu as a wife, you will have climbed the high branch of the royal tree. Your identity is far from enough, no matter what, you have to have an official and a half-job, so that the prince can speak. Of course, it is best to please the saint and Wu Jieyu, and then this matter will be done. So at the end of the day, you have to work hard and make a career out of it. ”

"Yes, yes, I will definitely work hard for the prince and princess, and I will do my best to die!"

"That's good, in two days, the prince will resume the recording of prisoners, you still follow along, and handle the few cases I gave you. Of course, the cases assigned by the prince must also be handled well. Only if you show your talents more, can you have a basis for the prince to promote and reuse you, so as not to be unconvinced by others. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

After saying goodbye from the palace, Xiao Jiading has been secretly happy in his heart, why did Li Ke think of introducing Wu Zetian's sister to himself? It's really what you want to do, and your wishes come true. It seems that before Li Ke is killed, he must get in touch with Wu Zetian through him and become her brother-in-law, so that he can sit back and relax.

The top priority at the moment is to handle these cases assigned by the princess. However, when he thought of these cases of the princess, Xiao Jiading's head was big again, he had seen all these cases, but if he wanted to handle them well, he really didn't have any certainty.

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The recording continued, and they continued their previous trip to Shehong County in Zizhou.

As usual, Xiao Jiading first undertook the case assigned by Princess Yang, and here, there is also a case assigned by Princess Yang. Li Ke, the king of Shu, chose the route and had fully considered the cases that Princess Yang wanted to handle, so there were one or two cases she wanted to handle at almost every stop. Here's one piece.

This case is a bit complicated, and the facts of the case are as follows: A large Wang family in Shehong County, her daughter was killed at home, and her head was cut off. Mr. Wang and his wife suspected that their son-in-law Fei Jin did it, so they sued the yamen. The yamen investigated the scene and found the bloody palm print of the murderer left at the scene, which just matched the palm of the son-in-law! At the same time, a kitchen knife with a rolled mouth was found, which was identified as belonging to his family. However, the son-in-law Fei Jin refused to admit to death, confessed after the punishment, sentenced to death, and reported to the state government yamen, but he retracted his confession and shouted injustice, and the case was remanded for retrial.

After review, the county government decided to change the verdict to not guilty, because Mr. Wang was a squire with status in the county, and his ancestors had been officials in the Sui Dynasty, so the county magistrate informed him of the matter in advance and solicited his opinion. Master Wang was very angry, thinking that this was his son-in-law Fei Jin spending money to buy off the relationship, so he found Princess Yang through the relationship and told her son-in-law about all kinds of domestic violence against her daughter. After talking to Li Ke, Li Ke felt that there were many problems in this case after preliminary examination, but he was afraid that it was really an unjust case, and said that he could not force the verdict. But Princess Yang felt that Master Wang was very pitiful, so Princess Yang handed over the case to Xiao Jiading, demanding that even if this was an unjust case, she would find someone to cure the son-in-law's crime.

What Xiao Jiading thinks is difficult is the requirement of finding a person to cure other people's crimes, which is to find a bone in an egg. Xiao Jiading was very reluctant to do such a thing. But he had no way to refuse, because this was something that Princess Yang had assigned.

So after he arrived in the county seat, he first checked all the files, and after reading them, he also found out. This case is indeed full of doubts:

First of all, there were several bloody handprints left at the scene, but the appearance was consistent with the criminal Fei Jin, this can't explain anything, there are too many people with the same palm prints, just like there are many people with the same blood type, so the palm prints are the same as the blood type, which can only be used for exclusion and identification, but not for the same identification.

Second, the perpetrator has always pleaded not guilty. He confessed his guilt only after being tortured, and immediately retracted his confession when he arrived at the state yamen, so the authenticity of the confession is questionable;

Third, the kitchen knife at the mouth of the roll was owned by the criminal Fei Jin, which is even more instructive, because the scene of the crime was in the house where the two lived, what is so unusual about having their kitchen knives? Someone else can also sneak in and hack his wife to death with a kitchen knife in their house. Therefore, none of these three convictions have any probative force.

In the end, the criminal Fei Jin put forward a strong evidence to the contrary, that is, the law Cao of the state government yamen carefully reviewed the corpses made by the county government in the first trial. After questioning the relevant work, it was believed that the severed flesh of the corpse's neck was the same as before, the blood was not filled, and the skin was tightened. There was very little blood at the end of the knife, which proved that the head was cut off after death, not the case that the criminal Fei Jin found in the first-instance judgment hacked the deceased to death with a knife, and. According to the autopsy, the corpse did not have any other external injuries, and the true cause of death is unknown. Accordingly, remanded for reconsideration.

The county magistrate was very frightened and called another person to ask. It proves that the statement of the state government yamen is justified. Therefore, the acquittal is prepared.

After reading the file, Xiao Jiading felt that the current evidence was indeed too weak, and there was also a contrary evidence that the deceased was dismembered after death, not hacked to death. But the deceased had no other external injuries, that is, the cause of her death is unknown. How exactly he died is not clear. And since the incident, several months have passed, and the body is only afraid that it has decomposed, and there is no value for inquest.

The biggest loophole in this case is that the body was dismembered after death, which must have been proved by many people. However, the real cause of death was not explored because the county magistrate mistakenly determined that the postmortem injury was a premortem injury when he conducted an autopsy, and it was concluded that the deceased died by cutting his neck with a knife. So much so that the cause of death is unknown. - I haven't even figured out how he died, so how can I say that it was Fei Jin's doing?

Xiao Jiading smiled bitterly, this ancient case was really rough, and such a life-threatening case would be handled like this.

Now it seems that there is no problem with the case itself, and to complete Princess Yang's desire to add crimes, you can only start from somewhere else. So, Xiao Jiading decided to interrogate the criminal Fei Jin first.

He came to the county government on death row and interrogated Fei Jin.

As soon as he saw this person, Xiao Jiading was also uncomfortable, this person looked like the kind of squishy kid with a straw head. According to the dossier, his family is also a well-known rich man in the county, although he is not as wealthy and has an official background as Master Wang's family, but he is also a rich man.

Perhaps it was Zhilu Dao that the case was likely to be acquitted, and his life was worry-free, so Fei Jin looked very relaxed, and even squinted at Xiao Jiading, who was wearing a scribe's robe. This made Xiao Jiading even more angry, and he already had the idea of finding out the fault and curing his sin no matter what.

But this thought just flashed, and he regained his composure, whether he wants to punish the crime, the key depends on whether he is really guilty. If there is really no sin, even if there is a word, you can't add it indiscriminately. This is the principle, not reversing black and white is the most basic legal quality of a legal person.

Xiao Jiading tried his best to calm down, and he said: "I am in charge of the recording of your case on the orders of the prince of Shu, that is to say, how to deal with your case, I need to make a decision based on the verified situation." Therefore, you must honestly explain the truth of the matter and cooperate with me to find out the matter. Otherwise, you're the one who suffers. Did you hear me clearly? ”

Fei Jin restrained himself a little, stood up a little straighter, and his voice was respectful: "Hui Yu Lord, I heard clearly." ”

"Well, you tell me what happened, in as much detail as possible."

"Good!" Fei Jin cleared his throat, "Actually, I am very affectionate with my wife, we never quarrel, that day I went to the fourth uncle's house to drink, but I got drunk, on the way back drunk in the grass, fell asleep, woke up and then went home, just arrived at the door of the house, I saw the neighbors all gathered there, I quickly asked what's wrong?" The neighbor, Mrs. Li, said that when she saw the door of my yard open, she called my daughter-in-law twice, but she didn't hear the answer, so she went in, but she saw my daughter-in-law beheaded to death in the back room, and immediately reported to the official. Now the official is investigating inside. I quickly separated the crowd and went in, and I saw my wife lying on the ground, her head rolling to the side, and there was a lot of blood, which frightened my legs weak. But my father-in-law said that I must have killed him, so the official arrested me. - How could I possibly do that? But the official didn't listen and began to torture me......"

"Okay, needless to say, there are a few questions I want to ask you, and you have to answer them truthfully."

"Good!"

"You said you were drunk in the grass, did anyone prove it? Has anyone seen it? Or who do you see? ”

Fei Jin smiled bitterly: "I'm drunk, how do I know who can prove it?" I came home alone. No one saw it. ”

"Then did anyone prove that you went to drink?"

"Of course there is, the fourth uncle's family married his daughter-in-law that day, I went to eat and drink, and many people saw it."

"Well, did you live alone with your daughter-in-law?"

"Yes! My sister-in-law instigated my eldest brother to break up, and my father and mother were very annoyed with him, and I was annoyed by it, so I agreed, and we split up and lived alone. It's been several years. ”

"When did you get home?"

"It's getting dark."

"Since you said you didn't do it, who do you think was the person who killed your lady?"

"I don't know what to do with this, my lady has no quarrel with the world, a dignified and virtuous person, and there is no entanglement with others, I really don't know who Lu Dao has offended, and I want to do this to her." Speaking of the back, Fei Jin's voice was a little choked, but I don't know what to do, Xiao Jiading always felt a little pretentious when he heard it, maybe it was because he had a bad impression of him from the beginning.

At the end of the interrogation, Xiao Jiading came out and stood at the door of the prison and thought for a long time. Judging from the situation of the corpse recorded in the corpse, the inquest was at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and the corpse had already appeared with slight corpse spots and zombies. Extrapolating the time, the time of death is exactly in Shen Shi, if what Fei Jin said is true, then when he killed someone, he was sleeping in the grass, and there would be no time to commit the crime.

He decided to go to their house and ask the neighbors to see if he could find other evidence of this kid's crimes, so that he could be held accountable for other crimes and complete the task assigned by Princess Yang. (To be continued......)