Ji Zhibai thought for a moment, and gave a look to the official beside him, who nodded and left quickly.

Fang Yingwu in the side hall saw that Fang Yun was shipped out, and immediately went to contact the officials to cooperate with Fang Yun to try the case.

Because it is related to Ji Zhibai, the county Cheng Tao Dingnian and others will come.

Not long after, the relevant officials came to the court, and irrelevant officials also appeared outside the door of the lobby, and the current county magistrate took office as the county magistrate, which was a once-in-a-lifetime show, and even Fang Yun's staff and Yang Yuhuan were outside to listen.

The Legalist scholar in charge of the trial of the torture hall has already been presented.

Soon, Fang Yun returned with Ao Huang and made it to the seat in the middle of the court.

Ji Zhibai sat on the chair on Fang Yun's left-hand side.

Fang Yun slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Take the suspect Gou Yu to the court!"

"Wei ...... Wu ......"

The officials on both sides struck the ground with water and fire sticks, making a chaotic but majestic sound.

Ji Zhibai, who was sitting on the chair, flashed a strange color in his eyes, at that time, someone said that Fang Yun had implemented this change in the yamen, and he didn't care about it, but when he was there, he felt that an invisible coercion was surrounding him.

This kind of behavior can actually mobilize the power of official authority!

Soon, two officials were holding a young man in shackles.

Ji Zhibai saw the decadent appearance of the eldest son of the former Wang clan Gou family, his expression moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Fang County Order, Gou Yu is a child, and wearing torture tools will inevitably damage the name of the scholar. ”

Fang Yundao: "Gou Yu hired a ruffian to kill people, and he killed his half-brother, and then he was suspected of colluding with military officials to kill innocent worker Zhu Yueming. ”

But the law says so. Torture must not be used against scholars. "Ji Zhibai said.

"Although the shackles are instruments of torture, their purpose is to prevent dangerous people from committing crimes, and they are not punishments, and they are not punishments. What's more, Ning'an is a pilot of the Torture Palace. Fang Yundao.

Ji Zhibai still wanted to argue with Fang Yun in the court, but as soon as he heard the words "Trial Palace", he shut up and was silent.

Fang Yun's eyes left Ji Zhibai and looked at Gou Yu, but in his heart, he was just a private visit. encountered a few bullies, and those bullies confessed to other murderers in order to atone for their crimes, and finally not only implicated a future head of the Wang family, but also involved Ji Zhibai, the chief judge of the murder case.

After Gou Yu was locked up in prison, the head of the Gou family came to the door to plead, and Fang Yun invited the head of the Gou family to a room where no one was, and told him the truth about his wife and the cowherd of Hualou who gave birth to Gou Yu.

The head of the Gou family almost fainted in anger, and thanked Fang Yun after being angry. For the treatment of Gou Yu. The head of the Gou family was very conflicted and didn't say anything.

When I first met Gou Yu, he was in excellent spirits and had the temperament of a scholar. But after just a few days, Gou Yu became very decadent, and there was no longer the slightest brilliance in his eyes, as if he had been worn away by prison.

Fang Yun was shocked. Said: "Gou Yu, you once confessed to buy a murderer to kill your half-brother Ai Weijiang first. also created the illusion that Zhu Yueming killed Ai Weijiang, and deceived Master Ji at that time, as for why Zhu Yueming died in exile in the end, you don't know. Is this right?"

"There is no objection to this. Gou said.

Fang Zhibai looked at Ji Zhibai, who was very calm, and said, "Master Ji, the county has read the file of this case in detail. There are some matters in this county that are unclear, and I hope that you will answer them one by one. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. Ji Zhibai straightened up, leaned back on the back of the chair, and stared at Fang Yun.

"This is a murder case, and the file shows that when you tried the case on the fifth day of the seventh month, a witness said that he had seen Zhu Yueming pass by the murder scene in the second half of the night on the third day of the seventh month. So, in the second half of the night of the sixth day of the first lunar month, you personally went to the scene of the murder to confirm that what the witness said was true, and ordinary people could see the side of the person's face through the moonlight. Is this true?"

Ji Zhibai nodded and said, "It is clearly written and true." ”

Fang Yun looked directly at Ji Zhibai's eyes, and said word by word: "On the sixth day of the seventh month, the moon has set in the first half of the night, even if it is a half-saint, it is impossible to see the side face of a person through the 'moonlight'!

Ji Zhibai was stunned for a moment, and then pretended to be calm and said, "Let this official think about it for the time being." ”

Everyone present was also puzzled for a moment, recalling the moon phases of those days, and quickly realized that what Fang Yun said was right.

The ordinary officials didn't have anything, they just felt that Fang Yun's vision was powerful, but those Fa family members and old officials who were often involved in the case all looked at Fang Yun with disbelief.

The whole file is so complicated, Fang Yun was able to find a problem from the insignificant word "moonlight", it is really unbelievable, and those famous officials in history who are famous for judging cases like gods are nothing more than that.

Many people looked at Ji Zhibai, recorded in black and white, and Ji Zhibai could never use a mistake as an excuse.

After a while, Ji Zhibai sighed lightly and said: "I wanted to verify it in person in the second half of the night that day, but I couldn't bear to oversleep, and I felt that the witness was credible, so I made up such a thing, and after returning to Beijing, I will ask for guilt and accept punishment." ”

"Credible, come here, bring the witnesses of that day! I would like to ask Master Ji, a notorious habitual offender, a bully who bullies the neighborhood, and confesses to being one of the four murderers who participated in the murder of Ai Weijiang. Could it be that Lord Ji did not read the identity documents of the witnesses?"

The bully walked up, his head bowed, and said nothing.

Ji Zhibai gritted his teeth and said: "I was busy with official business that day, and I was in charge of a county for a few months, and many processes were negligent, and when I questioned the witnesses that day, I didn't look at the identity documents. This is my omission. ”

Some people looked at Ji Zhibai with disdain, it is impossible for a dignified jinshi to have such an omission, the matter could not be simpler, it is obvious that Ji Zhibai and Gou Yu colluded.

Then, Fang Yun unceremoniously pointed out the entire twelve unreasonable places in the case, and Ji Zhibai did not have any reasonable excuses, so he could only keep saying that he was negligent and did not let go, that is, he did not admit that he teamed up with Gou Yu to frame Zhu Yueming.

If this is the case, in the end, he can only be convicted of the crime of dereliction of duty and fined for several years, even if the heaviest punishment is only a demotion to the rank of official, and he can still serve as the principal.

Fang Yun said mercilessly: "Omissions, mistakes? Just one case is full of loopholes, did you come to Ning'an County to be an official, or did you harm people? An innocent Zhu Yueming was killed by you, a faint official who doesn't know how to judge cases!"

Ji Zhibai raised his head and glared at Fang Yun angrily, and said, "Fang County ordered you not to spew blood! This official admits that he misjudged this case, Zhu Yueming is indeed not a murderer, but Zhu Yueming died on the way to the army, and it has nothing to do with this official!"

"Okay, please come to the court. Fang Yun was shocked after speaking.

Ji Zhibai's eyelids jumped, and he was the official who examined the injuries of the people involved in the case. (To be continued......)