Duan Fei frowned and looked at him, and a few of the other people who were listening to him also made a noise, Duan Fei hadn't said anything, Qian Rujing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had already slapped the hall in shock, and shouted: "No noise is allowed in the public court, and if there is any interjection to disturb the questioner, give me a stick to beat it out!" ”

The officials shouted in unison, suppressing the chaotic voices, Qian Rujing raised his hand to Duan Fei and said, "Lord Duan, please continue." ”

Duan Fei re-asked what he had just said, and Zhou An replied, "That day...... My brother didn't go to bed directly as usual, but asked his sister-in-law to get some wine and food to drink in the room, and then asked his sister-in-law to go next door. ”

Duan Fei groaned for a moment, and Su Rong suddenly whispered in his ear: "My lord, ask him if he is engaged, or if he has a beloved woman." ”

Duan Fei tilted his head slightly and asked, "Zhou An, do you have a favorite woman, or a wife who is engaged but hasn't passed the door yet?" ”

"It's boring to ask these questions that can't be beaten with eight poles, it's boring, you have become a big official before you have any hair on your mouth, there must be a problem, what do you see, you can't talk about it? Don't chase me, I'll go myself. The man who had just interjected shouted, and left the criminal department before the officials threw him out.

Under the instigation of that person, the people in the hall also talked about it, Qian Rujing was shocked, and shouted: "Don't make a noise, although this Lord Duan is young, he has already solved a big case, you should have heard that the murder case of the prisoner in Shangyuan County two months ago was solved by Lord Duan in less than half an hour, Lord Duan's ability is undoubted, the public hall is majestic, and there are 20 canes for vexatious troublemakers!" ”

Just when Lord Qian explained Duan Fei's origin to the people, Duan Fei turned his head and glanced at Su Rong, Su Rong nodded at him, turned around and left from the corner gate, although there was no evidence, but Duan Fei felt more and more suspicious about this case, and the person just now was also very suspicious, Duan Fei sent Su Rong to check his origin.

When Lord Qian signaled to Duan Fei again, Duan Fei arched his hand at him and said, "Lord Qian, this official feels that this case is quite suspicious, can you temporarily withdraw from the court, and I will discuss it with the two adults in the back hall?" ”

Qian Rujing nodded, patted the shocked wood and said: "Leave the hall for the time being, if you don't go to the court for retrial, come on, take the prisoner back to the prison and take care of it!" ”

Duan Fei, Qian Rujing, and Lin Xiyuan came to the back hall, and after retreating, Qian Rujing asked, "Lord Duan, has you found something?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Yes, there are many doubts in this case, I suspect that this Zhou An was framed, this is purely a feeling, don't the two adults think that everything is too coincidental?" Moreover, why did Zhou An kill his eldest brother? Plotting against his property? At that time, he had a knife in his hand, and he could have killed his eldest brother's son together, so the theory of plotting property could not be established, and after looking through the case files, I didn't see anyone say that Zhou An and Zhou Deng had any hatred, and the origin of the knife was unknown, Zhou Deng's wife said that she had never seen it, why didn't Suzhou Mansion find out the origin of the murder weapon? ”

Qian Rujing flicked his beard and bowed slightly, and said, "This is indeed a little strange, what does Lord Duan ......mean?"

Duan Fei said resolutely: "The relevant witnesses, testimony, and exhibits in this case have to be re-interrogated and reviewed, and thoroughly investigated, what do the two adults think?" ”

Lin Xiyuan couldn't help but say: "Master Duan is responsible for the position of supervisor, and it is natural to have this requirement, but ...... How sure is Master Duan? Three years have passed since the crime took place in Suzhou, and it is not easy to summon witnesses. ”

"I ......" Duan Fei pondered for a moment and replied: "I can say that I am ten percent sure, or I can say that I am not sure at all, because there is no evidence at present, and my suspicions are all based on speculation, although I believe in my own judgment, but after a long time, no one knows if I can find out something." ”

Lin Xiyuan sneered: "In that case, why should adults take risks? Isn't it a new official who takes office, and the first fire wants to burn up in this case? ”

"Don't be rude to adults." Qian Rujing scolded, and then said to Duan Fei: "Lord Duan, Lord Lin is straightforward, please don't take it to heart, this case is full of human and material evidence, it is too difficult to overturn the case, adults should not waste too much thought about it." ”

Just when Qian Rujing scolded Lin Xiyuan, Duan Fei also glanced at him in surprise, a small official from the eighth rank is not much faster than the catch of no grade, and he dares to talk like this in front of the fourth-rank member of the Holy Grace Zhenglong, his brain is funny?

Hearing what the chief judge of the Criminal Department said, Duan Fei frowned, and said awe-inspiringly: "Human life is at stake, my lord, please give me some time, if I can't find out anything, it's not too late to close the case." ”

Seeing Duan Fei's positive face, Qian Rujing sighed and said: "The future is terrifying, no matter what, I will help you press this case for a few days, at most five days, there is no conclusive evidence, it is best not to summon witnesses until the last resort, because this is almost telling others that we want to overturn the case, if it is not resolved in the end, we will be very troublesome." ”

"Okay, if I can't find any clues favorable to Zhou An within five days, I will come back and ask the two adults for their guilt, time is urgent, and the next official will leave." Duan Fei said goodbye to the two, turned around and left, Qian Rujing shouted in surprise: "Come back, Lord Duan, you can't just leave, at least you have to wait for the afternoon to finish the hall, you have to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hand over, and another adult will come to hear the trial, Lord Duan, do you really plan to go to Suzhou to investigate the case in person?" There has never been a precedent before, but I'm afraid that Lord Duan will not be able to go as an official, Lord Duan, you have to think twice. ”

Duan Fei gratefully saluted Lord Qian and said: "Thank you Lord Qian for your advice, I won't go to Suzhou in person for this case, I'm afraid that I will make a mistake, I have to ask Lord Qian and Lord Lin to help delay it during this time, once I get the conclusive evidence, I will rush back immediately." ”

Qian Rujing sighed: "Human life is at stake, this Zhou An has repeatedly retracted his confession and sued regardless of life and death, I am also deeply puzzled, let's give him a chance, Lord Duan, there is either no problem with this case, or someone is manipulating it behind his back, be careful when you go to Suzhou." ”

Duan Fei thanked him again, after the ascension to the hall in the afternoon, everything was as before, and the prisoner was brought up lively, Qian Rujing casually asked a few irrelevant questions, and then patted the case and said: "Master, I'm a little tired, and the court will retry this case tomorrow......"

The people in the hall were clamoring, but Qian Rujing didn't hear it, Duan Fei turned around, found Shi Bin and the others, and said, "You go home immediately and prepare your bags and horses, and when I come back, I will leave immediately." ”

Shi Bin asked, "Brother Fei, where are we going?" Do you want to go to Suzhou? Where is Miss Sue? Aren't we waiting for her? ”

"She'll go back and find us, and she won't have to wait for her." Duan Fei led the officials back to the Imperial Inspectorate, and went to see the Imperial Envoy Wei of the Zuodu, after explaining the situation, the Imperial History of the Zuodu thought about it, and only promised to let him go to Suzhou in a private capacity, Qian Rujing had a word first, Duan Fei was not reluctant, and after Duan Fei left in a hurry, the Imperial Historian of the Zuodu Wei sneered, and said in his heart: "Self-righteous and self-righteous guy, don't let you touch a bag, you are still the official to block your way, relying on the emperor's support is great?" I'll see how long you can run rampant! ”

Duan Fei didn't know that his immediate boss looked at him like this, he returned home in a hurry, Su Rong was already waiting for him, and there was also a guest at home.

Duan Fei met with Su Rong in the back house first, Su Rong didn't wait for him to ask and said: "My lord, I followed the man out, I saw that the man hurriedly returned to the inn, and saw a person, they spoke very carefully, did not reveal the history, only said that there was a problem with the case, a young officer who tried the case seemed to have some ability, if he was allowed to investigate, I was afraid that an ironclad case would really be overturned, in the afternoon, another person ran to see the person, saying that the trial would start in the afternoon and then he would leave the court, just afraid that there would be a problem with the case, The man finally made the decision to come out with a box of things, and I followed him back in a short time. ”

Duan Fei didn't care about the ridicule in Su Rong's words, he frowned and said: "What kind of character did Zhou An unconsciously provoke this week, he didn't let it go after three years, and he even sent so many people to guard it, it's really not simple, okay, I'll go and meet this gift giver first." ”