Chapter 114: Case Closed
Li Mojin waved his hand, signaling the official to step back, and he patted the shocking wood.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Li Mojin said coldly: "Master Liu, you step aside for the time being. Gao Xiancheng, you have a relationship with Yang Jing from time to time, but do you have anything to say to this official? ”
When Gao Xiancheng heard this, he tried his best to restrain the fear in his heart, and said: "Although Xia Guan has dealings with him, he is just an ordinary friend, and he doesn't know about him. ”
Li Mojin looked at Gao Xiancheng, who was still quibbling, and said, "Li Yi brought someone up." ”
Li Yi, who had gone and returned, brought a small servant dressed as a slave and walked in, and Li Mojin asked, "Do you know this person?" ”
Gao Xiancheng's eyes looked at the little guy threateningly, however, the little guy lowered his head and didn't see it, and knelt directly on the ground to salute Li Mojin and kept his head down and didn't speak again.
Gao Xiancheng wanted to make up a story to prove that this person was no longer a slave of his family, but he was afraid that Li Mojin would treat him like he did to his father-in-law, so he could only say: "He is a horse driver in my family." ”
"What's his name?" Li Mojin asked.
Gao Xiancheng said: "Ah Quan." ”
Li Mojin looked at Ah Quan and asked, "Ah Quan, do you have anything to say to this official?" ”
Ah Quan thought that his brother was doing things for Gao Xiancheng and getting money to save his sick mother, but he never thought that Gao Xiancheng was so ruthless that he would kill his brother, thanks to his brother's precautions, otherwise, his family would be like the Huang Steward's family.
"Gao Xiancheng instructed my brother to kill the Huang Steward's family, the replaced and their families, and last night my brother took the poison given to me by Gao Xiancheng to poison them, and set fire to their home afterwards.
I didn't expect Gao Xiancheng to ...... I will poison my brother as well, however, before my brother went to poison and kill the Huang Steward, he left a small packet of poison and the money that Gao Xiancheng handed over to my brother, saying that if something happened to him, let me take my mother and run away quickly. ”
As he spoke, he took out a small medicine bag and a purse from his sleeve.
Li Yi took it, and then handed the two objects to Li Mojin.
Li Mojin looked at the two objects, motioned for Li Yi to hand them to Gao Xiancheng to see, and asked:
"Gao Xiancheng knows these two things?"
Looking at the two things in Li Yi's hand, Gao Xiancheng's heart became even more panicked, and he refused to admit it on his face:
"The lower officials don't know this thing."
At this time, Mrs. Huang asked, "My lord, can you give the purse to the sinner?" ”
She just blinked her eyes and felt that the purse was a little familiar, but she didn't look closely, if it was really that slut, it would be fun.
Li Yi took the purse to Mrs. Huang to take a closer look, and after Mrs. Huang looked at it, she replied:
"My lord, it was not embroidered by Gao Xiancheng's wife, or her mother, and this embroidery technique is Xia Lan's mother's unique craftsmanship."
One sentence led to speculation.
In the face of everyone's doubts, Gao Xiancheng did not panic at all, but had a new idea.
"My lord, this doesn't mean anything, Ah Quan's brother and my wife's personal maid have made a marriage contract, and my wife once gave a purse to this girl's ring, and it is nothing for Yahuan to leave the purse in the hands of Ah Quan's brother."
Anyway, everyone is dead, and there is no proof of death!
"Really?"
Li Mojin waited for the answer he wanted, and seeing Gao Xiancheng nodding affirmatively, he ordered:
"Someone came to bring Mrs. Gao, Ah Quan's brother and his fiancée."
At this time, Gao Xiancheng knew that Li Mojin was waiting for him here.
When he saw the two of them walk in, Gao Xiancheng knew that he was finished.
The man who came back from the dead came out to correct what Gao Xiancheng ordered him to do, and his fiancée proved that the purse was embroidered by Gao Xiancheng's wife.
Although Mrs. Gao wanted to help Gao Xiancheng, she was threatened by Li Er before she came out, so she could only truthfully say that she gave her purse to Gao Xianling.
Under these testimonies, Gao Xiancheng's face turned pale, but he didn't want to be caught like this.
However, Li Mojin didn't give him another chance, and forced him to draw a confession in front of the evidence.
The case was nearing the end, Gu Jinxiu found that there was nothing for her today, she seemed to be here to watch the play today, and when she was about to leave, she heard Li Mojin's words:
"After yesterday's trial, the official was afraid that Gao Xiancheng and Master Huang would take action, so he sent people to guard the two mansions, so these people were fine. The magistrate is now pronouncing the sentence on these three families......"
At this time, the people outside the hall praised Li Mojin one after another, and Gu Jinxiu raised his head to look at Li Mojin, it turned out that this was the case, he didn't regard life as nothing!
She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, raised her eyes to look at Li Mojin at the top, and smiled at him.
At the same time, seeing Gu Jinxiu's apologetic gaze, Li Mojin breathed a sigh of relief, his guess was correct.
Immediately, his face became gloomy, she hadn't believed him after knowing him for so long, which made Li Mojin very depressed.
When he saw Gu Jinxiu's smiling face, Li Mojin's mood was instantly soothed, and he decided that he must get along with Gu Jinxiu more in the future, so that she could understand him better.
The interaction between the two was only a moment, and Li Mojin began to pronounce sentences on the prisoners in the lobby.
Listening to Li Mojin's sentence on the Huang family, Gu Jinxiu knew that the Huang family was finished.
Master Huang was sentenced to exile because he was an accomplice in the substitution.
Xia Lan's children did not die, Mrs. Huang committed intentional homicide, and Li Mo Jinnian was imprisoned for one year for the sake of her losing her son and helping the government solve the case.
Xia Lan was sentenced to death for killing the eldest son of the Huang family, and was beheaded after the autumn.
Gao Xiancheng was dismissed from his post because of the substitution and intentional homicide, and at the same time, he was also removed from his fame, and he was banned from the imperial examination for life, and was finally sentenced to exile at the border and could not return for life.
Although the head of Huang Village was coerced, but the law was unforgiving, so he was dismissed, Li Mojin remembered his dedication to Huangjia Village, and asked him to pay for the treatment of the injured in the fight between the two villages, and five strokes of the cane, in order to set an example.
Steward Huang and Brother Ah Quan acted under orders, but they were still slaves, and they were not sentenced to be sold, and Li Mojin asked them to be exiled to the border with Gao Xiancheng.
The three replacements made trouble in Yanghe, and Li Mojin sentenced him to exile to the salt field, which was a warning he gave to the Mo family!
The three deputies returned to the Yang River to repair the ditch, and after the ditch was completed, the cane was executed.
In the end, Li Mojin punished the villagers who fought between the two villages by deducting one day's wages.
At the same moment, Gu Jinxiu listened to Li Mojin's sentence while exploring why the survivor was weird, and when she noticed Li Mojin's sharp gaze, she shifted her gaze and looked at Li Mojin inexplicably.
After Li Mojin saw Gu Jinxiu retract his gaze, he announced his retreat and walked directly to the back hall.
Seeing this, Gu Jinxiu walked towards the outside of the county office, but was stopped by Li Er, who was already waiting not far away.
"Gu Gongzi, my lord said that today's lunch will let you go directly to the kitchen of the back office."
Gu Jinxiu thought for a while and said to the son of the housekeeper:
"You drive the ox cart back first."
Waiting for the people to leave, Gu Jinxiu said, "Let's go." ”