Outside the Shuntian Mansion, it was already crowded with people, some of them ran fast, and they had already grabbed the best viewing position in advance, and they were happy to hear and bargain, and finally spent a tael of silver to get to a corner in the front.

Don't underestimate this corner, it's well hidden, and you can see everything in the court.

Hua Jingyao has been in the yamen for several years, which position is good and which position is not good, she knows in her heart, and at a glance, she sees the two thief eyes exposed outside the folding fan in the corner, who else can it be besides Zhao Qian's scum!

In broad daylight, you are a dignified second prince, you want to hide your face behind the fan and dare not see people, you are the little rabbit who pretends to be shy in the small hall.

"Shi Bing, ask that Chen Xiaofu and call the thief from here." Hua Jingyao raised the fan in her hand, hid her face behind the fan, and explained to Shi Bing this and that.

After a while, Yin Shengtang of Li Mansion was different from when he tried the case of Yuan Bofu in Qing, this time there was no screen behind Yin of Li Mansion, and a table was placed under him in turn, and it was not Fu Cheng Qin Wei who was sitting, but the eldest prince Zhao Zhen!

Some of the onlookers have seen the eldest prince, you must know that the murder of his wife in Xianghuo Hutong has not been hot for a few days.

So the position of selling one tael of silver just now instantly rose to three taels, and the position of selling two taels of silver directly rose to eight taels!

The officials who maintained order couldn't help but look happy, Hua Jingyao understood, dogs have dog paths, cats have cat paths, and all the officials in the world are the same, and those who can run over to grab a good position at the first time are eight out of ten who hook up with the officials.

The first to go to the court was Cheng Qinwei of Shuntian Mansion, who briefly recounted the time from receiving the report, to the time he took people to Shanshui Lane, and then to the discovery of the body in Fengyang Academy.

The next person who was brought up was Zhang Ruoxi, the suspect in the case. Zhang Ruoxi is highly respected among scholars, but the people only know that he is a mountain chief, by the way, the family seems to be an official.

Although he stayed in the cell of Shuntianfu all night, Zhang Ruoxi's robe was not even wrinkled, he was tall and thin, his face was clear, he had a meritorious reputation, he did not have to kneel, his waist was straight, and he stood in the public court, like an independent crane, calm and arrogant.

In the face of Qin Wei's dictation, Zhang Ruoxi's thin lips were pursed and he didn't say a word.

Li Fu Yin asked: "Mr. Zhang, it has been confirmed that you have two houses in Shanshui Lane, one is where you live now, and the other is the one next door that rescued people, Mr. Zhang, may I ask what is the relationship between the people rescued in the house and you?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi finally spoke, his voice was cold, without a trace of temperature: "That is indeed my house, the little girl is sick, she has been living here, but she was snatched from the house by gangsters yesterday, Lord Yin, Zhang also has to report the case." ”

Qin Wei said: "Since Mr. Zhang admits that the person who lives in that house is Ling Yan, this is easy to do." ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand at Yin Gong of the Li Mansion and said, "Please let Miss Huada, the informant of this case, testify in court." ”

Hua Jingyao, a young lady of Huada, appeared in the lobby of Shuntianfu as a witness for the first time, and she was also a witness in the murder of his wife, but it was in Xianghuo Hutong.

As soon as she appeared, the onlookers outside the yamen exclaimed, originally I had only heard that the body of the murder of his wife in Xianghuo Hutong was found by Miss Huada, but the case was tried in Xianghuo Hutong, and what I saw with my own eyes was limited to people in Xianghuo Hutong.

But now I saw it with my own eyes, and Miss Huada really appeared.

I remembered it all of a sudden, the murder of the Hua Wu girl who made a fuss a while ago, and the dead Hua Wu girl seemed to be the sister of this Hua Da girl.

This delicate and expensive Miss Huada is involved in the case again?

Not only was the case involved, but even the body this time was dug up by her.

"Lord Qin is right, I asked people to report the crime, both times", the little girl's voice was like a yellow warbler out of the valley, crisp and pleasant, "My father lives in Zhelu Lane, and it is a coincidence that I met this cat." ”

Hua Jingyao clapped her palms, and the little fox walked out with the cat in her arms.

"This cat is the key witness in this case, no, the cat."

Hua Jingyao took the cat from the little fox, untied a strip of cloth from the cat's neck, the official came over, Hua Jingyao put the strip of cloth on the tray, and the official first presented it to Li Fu Yin, and then presented it to the eldest prince.

"My lord saw that there were two words written in blood on this strip of cloth, help. So according to this strip of cloth, I peeled back the cocoon and found the person who sent this cat here, my lord, please pass on another key witness in this case, Miao Hong, a student of Fengyang Academy! ”

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An hour later, several witnesses came to the court one after another, in addition to Miss Huada, Miao Hong and his cat, as well as Jiang Houde, who dug up the body, Lao Cangtou in the mountain house that covered the moon, Shi Ding, who rescued Miss Zhang Qi, and Uncle Chang and Aunt Chang, who opened a shop, and of course, Zhang Twelve Shao and Gong Sixth Young Master who volunteered to be witnesses.

The onlookers listened with straight eyes, and people kept handing out the news.

Academies, secret passages, mysterious corpses!

Rainy nights, murders, and escaped girls!

Scholars, ancient houses, cats who repay their kindness!

At this time, Luo Yanzuo, a well-known man in Shuntianfu, came up to the hall and said: "After an overnight inquest by the lower officials, this corpse is a woman, aged 40 to 50 years old, and the time of death is more than 50 days. ”

A woman in her forties?

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Isn't that Cai Niangzi?" ”

Someone shouted again: "Miss Zhang Qi should be allowed to go to court, she is also a witness!" ”

Hearing this, Miao Hong's face in the court changed slightly, and the last thing he wanted to happen still happened.

He is also famous, and he doesn't have to kneel, at this time he gave a deep salute and said to Li Fu Yin: "My lord, Miss Zhang is sick and can't go to court, please bear with me." ”

Zhang Ruoxi, who had not spoken again, snorted coldly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a mocking smile.

Hua Jingyao observed the words and looks, and hated to give him a kick, whether the Xiuxiu girl was born to him or not, his appearance was that he was sure that Xiuxiu was like a child, and his testimony was unconvincing.

Without waiting for the Yin of Li Mansion to make a shocking sound, Hua Jingyao preemptively said: "May I ask Mr. Zhang, where is the Cai lady next to Ling Yan?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi was stunned by her question, her eyes narrowed slightly, she looked directly at Hua Jingyao, and said lightly: "Cai Niangzi is just a subordinate, a few years ago, she rolled up the little girl's jewelry and personal belongings and didn't know what to do, this matter involves the little girl, besides, the things she stole are not worth much silver, so she didn't pursue it and let her go." ”