The people who were hearing the trial outside the lobby had previously heard Zhao's confession retracted and confessed after being tortured, and then the deceased's mother, Tong, overturned the incident that she had met with Zhao's fornication, saying that it was just a tree shadow and that Zhao was just there. These ordinary people began to talk about it. Now, I heard this Li Laosan also refuted his previous testimony, saying that he didn't actually see clearly that the person at the scene of the body was Zhao at that time, but only inferred that it was her from his clothes, and now that he thinks about it, it shouldn't be, because that person ignored his greetings. As a result, the ordinary people who were listening were in an uproar.

Kang Xian Ling was stunned and looked at Li Laosan who was kneeling below, and even forgot to pat the startled wood to stop the people who were talking loudly outside the hall. It took a long time before he came back to his senses, and repeatedly interrogated Li Laosan, but he still insisted that he was conjecturing, and that person should not be Zhao.

Kang County had no choice but to let Li Laosan be taken down and passed on.

After the person in charge of the autopsy came up, Kang County asked him about the autopsy. He replied, "It was a boy about seven or eight years old, who had been dismembered with a kitchen knife. The severed parts were near the joints of the hands and feet, as well as the skull, and judging from the fracture, the person should not know the condition of the joints, so almost all of them were cut directly on the bones. However, there is a very strange situation in this case, that is, the edge of the kitchen knife used to divide the corpse extracted from the Zhao family does not have any curls and gaps. ”

For the latter part, he didn't say it when he was promoted to the hall last time, but now he said this, which made Kang County's eyes widen again, and said, "What about the kitchen knife?" Where is it? ”

The kitchen knife was ready, and a scribe in charge of the evidence presented it and placed it on several cases. Kang Xian Ling picked it up and looked at it, the dark red blood stains on it were still there, and the blade really didn't have any bends and gaps.

The last time he was promoted to the court, he also showed the kitchen knife, but he just asked the soap to show it to the criminal Zhao for identification, and Kang County Ling didn't let him take it to show him, so he didn't notice this problem at that time. Now it seems that it was. That's the trouble.

Kang Xian Ling said in a deep voice: "If you use a kitchen knife to chop and cut the corpse, will the edge of the knife definitely bend the gap?" ”

"It depends on how to divide the body, if you are very familiar with the joints, the blade is cut from the gap between the joints, then the blade will not be damaged, but in this case, the fractures of the corpse are almost all on very hard bones, including hands and feet, neck, waist rod, a total of six large bones to be cut, of which the leg bone is the hardest, if you want to cut such a bone, the knife will definitely curl or gap."

Xiao Jiading on the side frowned and thought about it, he recalled that the corpse grid of this case had a picture drawn on it, and he had also looked at it carefully, but after all, it was a drawing, and it was drawn with a brush, so it was very rough, only the shape of the hands and feet, and there was no detailed drawing of the severed limbs, so just from the drawing, it was impossible to see where it was cut. Now listening to this pretend, it makes a lot of sense, and I can't help but feel weird.

Now, in this case, except for the defendant's confession, all the key evidence has been overturned, and there are very big doubts about the tools of the crime.

Kang County Ling was a layman in the trial of the case, he just went through the motions according to his own arrangement, and he really didn't expect this situation to occur. He turned his head to look at Xiao Jiading behind him, and when he saw him bowing his head and groaning, he coughed.

Xiao Jiading hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw Kang County Ling looking at him, he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "There are many suspicious points in this case, which need to be further verified. ”

Kang Xian Ling nodded, patted the wood, and said, "Retreat!" ”

Then, Kang Xian Ling got up and walked out the back door with square steps. Xiao Jiading followed him and came to the signing room.

Kang Xian Ling sat down and said to Xiao Jiading, who was standing aside: "What should I do with this case?" ”

Xiao Jiading thought for a while and said, "There are many new situations in the case, and we must investigate them one by one." ”

"Well, you'll be in charge of investigating."

"Yes!" Xiao Jiading returned to his study outside and sat down, thinking about how to start the investigation of this case.

At this moment, Dai Zhutou came, nodded at the door and whispered, "Big brother!" ”

Xiao Jiading hurriedly got up and said, "Dai Tou catcher, come in!" Come in and talk. ”

Dai Zhutou hurriedly came in, stood beside his several cases, and said with a hunch: "Wu Haidong's incident has been investigated, he did give birth to a son two months ago, and his father has only been dead for a year and nine months. He belonged to the widowed son, and I arrested him last night and put him in prison, and after interrogation, he confessed. ”

"Excellent! This rebel is really unfilial! ”

Dai Zhutou said: "In addition, I have also found out several other crimes of his. ”

"Oh? What crime? ”

"This guy is a soft bone, and as soon as he was put on the torture instrument, he confessed everything. said that he did a lot of bad things, not to mention the handling of cases and accepting money, he also had fornication with two women one after another! One of them is still his sister-in-law! This brute! In addition, he also stole other people's things, which were worth several horses of silk in total! ”

Xiao Jiading said: "Has the affair between him and his sister-in-law been verified?" ”

"After verifying, after he confessed last night, we immediately arrested the two women who had fornicated with him, and they confessed without torture. It's true! ”

Xiao Jiading sneered: "Having an affair with my sister-in-law, that will sentence him to 2,000 miles, and now it is enough for him to drink a pot." ”

"Yes, yes, early in the morning, the people in the yamen all knew about it, and they all said that he was a well-dressed **, and he was very happy."

Xiao Jiading patted him on the shoulder and said, "You did a good job!" ”

"Thank you, big brother, for the compliment. If there is any command in the future, the eldest brother will say. ”

"Well, there's one thing I want you to help me with right now."

"What's the matter? Big Brother"

"In the morning of the case of Zhao's murder and dismemberment of his nephew and dismemberment tried by the Kang County Ling Shengtang, several important witnesses have refuted the original testimony. When the time comes, you will take two people with me. ”

"What a shame! I obeyed my eldest brother's instructions and will definitely help my eldest brother do things. ”

After Dai Zhutou left, Xiao Jiading entered the back room and reported the matter to the Kang County Order. Kang County Ling nodded with satisfaction and asked the torture room to handle it quickly.

Xiao Jiading went to the torture room to spread the word, and when the scribes in the torture room saw Xiao Jiading coming in, where was the attitude they had before, one by one, as if they had seen Kang County Ling coming in person, they would stand respectfully, and look at him with a smile, including Xu Justice in the torture room.

Xiao Jiading said to Xu Justice: "Wu Haidong has violated the criminal law and has been arrested. It will soon be transferred to the torture room for trial, and the Kang County Order asked me to tell you that this case must be handled impartially and reported as soon as possible! ”

Xu Juyi nodded in agreement.

Xiao Jiading said again: "In addition, Kang County Ling is not very satisfied with the quality of our criminal room, I hope you usually read more criminal laws and don't handle the wrong case!" We have the power of life and death in our hands, but we can't joke. ”

Xu Justice and the others hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After Xiao Jiading left, the smile on Xu Zhiyi's face was put away, and he said to the scribes in the torture room with a straight face: "Did you hear Xiao Zhiyi's words?" You bunnies, pay attention in the future, don't crash into Xiao Zhiyi's hands, otherwise, Wu Donghai is a role model! ”

The scribes agreed, sticking out their tongues.

Xiao Jiading did not return to the detention room, and he was about to start investigating the case. The few witnesses who recanted their testimony, he didn't plan to question them now, they all retracted their confessions in the lobby, and it is impossible to change the questioning now. He needed to find out the real clues to the case in order to determine whether these people were telling the truth or making up lies.

Xiao Jiading has already thought about how to verify, and he wants to start from the perspective of physical evidence.

The question he was talking about was very important, and he wanted to figure out what was going on. He first came to the physical evidence storage room of the Yamen. The two soaps on duty saw him and quickly got up to salute.

Xiao Jiading said: "The case of Zhao's murder of his nephew that was just tried in the court, has the murder weapon been returned?" ”

Soap Li hurriedly said: "It's sent back, it's already been put away." ”

"Can I go in and have a look?"

The two soaps glanced at each other with some embarrassment, and said with a smile: "The rules of the yamen, this physical evidence room cannot be entered casually......"

"Kang County ordered me to investigate this case, I need to go in and have a look, and at the same time I have to ask you a few questions."

"That's it, that Xiao Zhiyi, please!"

Xiao Jiading stepped in and checked it, the room was not big, and there were large and small boxes inside. Sticking to the words such as a certain case. The soap pointed to the box in Zhao's case, opened it, and sure enough, there was the bloody kitchen knife lying inside.

Xiao Jiading picked it up, looked at it repeatedly, and said to Soap Li: "This evidence, except for the two promotions to show it, has anyone touched it?" ”

"Nope!" Both soaps shook their heads in the affirmative. One of them added: "Except for the ascension, no one usually comes to see these physical evidence. ”

"Is it possible that someone else will come in and drop the bag? Or take it out and use it, replace it with other physical evidence and send it back? ”

"This is unlikely, because no one who comes to collect physical evidence can enter, just wait at the door, and we will take it. And to register. ”

"Hmm,"

Xiao Jiading nodded, thinking that he was going to come in just now, and before he said the instructions of the Kang County Order, although the two of them knew that he was now a deacon, they still didn't let him in. It shows that what they say about others can't enter, this should be true.