Shocked Tang Mu solemnly patted it, and the officials around him also began to be mighty, but a few of them looked familiar, probably taking into account Chang Yi who appeared last time, and were a little absent-minded.

Although the prefect also investigated some of these fancy things after he came, he didn't know the identity of them, only that they had a lot of background.

But no matter what, he is in line with the principle of impartial law enforcement, after all, he has reached a bottleneck in climbing to the position of the prefect, and he needs an excellent opportunity to enter the capital or be transferred to a better place to serve, maybe today is his opportunity.

The prefect thought so, and at this time Shen Xi had already stepped forward: "Your Excellency has not yet investigated clearly, and you dare to ask your Excellency if there is any evidence to indicate that the two of us killed Master Zou?" ”

Shen Xi's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, making the government officials who had been talking about them put away their fingers and wait for the judgment of the prefect.

The prefect seemed to have expected Shen Xi to ask such a question, so he replied: "Mrs. Lu, don't be angry, this official is just talking about things, after all, you and Lu Gongzi are also free, and they are not escorted to this county office." ”

Shen Xi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his heart still met a sensible person?

Lu Qingyi stood up at this time and said: "Since this is the case, it is a matter of affairs, should the prefect also call everyone related to this matter out to confront him, so as to show justice." Otherwise, wouldn't it be unjust to interrogate the two of us for no reason? ”

Lu Qingyi's words are very reasonable, and there have been a group of people who have seen their faces throughout the ages, and the group of spectators shouted: "Wronged, wronged." ”

Hearing what the other party said, the prefect also felt that it would be a bit too much not to call people out, he waved his hand to the next head, and someone shouted at the top of his voice: "Please ask the deceased's wife Zou to come to the court, please invite the deceased's son Zou to the court, please invite Lin Tong, the head of the Lin family, to the court, and invite the three people from the Lin Mansion to go to the court." ”

All the eyewitnesses and the injured party were called out at once.

Shen Xi watched from the sidelines, waiting for the soldiers to come and cover the water.

I only heard Mrs. Zou shout when she came to the court: "My lord, my lord died unjustly, please be aware of it, and give my lord justice." ”

The prefect hurriedly reassured: "Don't worry, this official will definitely investigate this case thoroughly." ”

Just when they come here, they will think that this prefect is a good official who does things for the people.

I only heard the prefect ask: "Lin Tong, this murder happened in your mansion, and you should explain what happened to show your innocence." ”

When Lin Tong heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Lord Qiyu, I and the old man of the Zou family were originally in-laws who were about to get married, but who knew that such a Lu family would be killed halfway, and Lin Lin of my family was taken away.

I was discussing the matter with Master Zou, and I saw these two people climb over the wall and enter the hospital, sneak into the study where I prepared a rest for Master Zou, and kill him while I was preparing tea. ”

As he spoke, he wiped his eyes and said that he was very sad about Zou Shuhuan's death. 90 look

Shen Xi couldn't help but argue when he heard Lin Tong's explanation: "What you said is full of loopholes, Lin Lin is voluntarily going with us, how can you say that you are kidnapping, plus what reason do I have to harm Master Zou, there are countless people in the huge mansion of the Lin Mansion, is it your turn to make tea in person?" ”

Shen Xi's words were exquisite, and the words he said made the prefect couldn't help but bow his head and think about it slowly, as if every doubt was indeed a problem.

Lin Tong was choked up and hurriedly explained: "My lord Mingjian, I'm not talking nonsense, there are witnesses and physical evidence." ”

Saying that, two of the maids stood up tremblingly, as if they were frightened by this situation, but they still stubbornly said: "Lord Qiyu, Xiao Ju and I had just finished entertaining the Zou family master that day, and were about to go back to the room to sleep, when we saw the two of them climb over the wall and enter our Lin family's house, and they also picked this up. ”

The maid who seemed to be a little bolder took the initiative to say, and the one next to her kept nodding, and the subordinate who assisted the prefect in handling the case immediately took it and transmitted it to the prefect when he saw the evidence presented, and the jade on it was transparent, and there was a chic Lu character engraved with it, which was Lu Qingyi's jade pendant.

The consternation in Shen Xi's eyes did not escape the eyes of the prefect, and the prefect who only listened said: "The human and material evidence are all there, do you have anything to say?" ”

Shen Xi opened his mouth and said: "Of course there is, this jade pendant was lost by my father-in-law a few days ago, and it was taken away by Chang Wen, and now that it has fallen into the hands of the Lin family, this matter is afraid that it will be complicated." ”

Saying that, Shen Xi looked at Lin Tong, those eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, which made Lin Tong's heart suddenly, as if everything in his heart had been seen through, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, but his heart was about to collapse Shen Xi's heart was even stronger.

Who was present didn't know who Chang Wen was, the Chang family alone only had a royal lineage, and Chang Wen set off a storm in Huainan even bigger, and Shen Xi could not help but guess the identity of Chang Wen's quality inspection.

But where did Mrs. Zou, who was on the victim's side, think so much, seeing Shen Xi's words, which attracted the prefect's deep thought, she couldn't help jumping out and pointing at Shen Xi and shouted: "You don't use strong words here, who can't arrange stories, don't think that I haven't investigated anything, you are a storyteller, tell you, killing is to pay for your life, you give back my master's life!" ”

said that Mrs. Zou didn't care about anything, and she was going to do something to Shen Xi directly above the county government.

Lu Qingyi stretched out his hand and took Shen Xi behind him, and his tall body blocked Mrs. Zou's personal attack, and the prefect was shocked to see this, and only then did Mrs. Zou regain some consciousness.

"Zou, you honestly listen to the case, don't disturb the court." The prefect spoke solemnly.

Seeing that his mother was said, Zou Jian, who had not spoken, stood up and spoke: "My lord, the little one doesn't know where he offended the Lu family, let the Lu family hit my Zou family so far, the little one has been beaten several times, and his body has not healed yet." ”

Zou Jian's accusation instantly won the sympathy of the public, and even the forensic doctor came up to examine the injury on the spot, in addition to the nakedness of the face, there were bruises, and all over the body were beaten scars, which made people a little miserable, even Shen Xi couldn't help but sigh: "This Fu Chuan is really ruthless." ”

But thinking of what Zou Jian did, she couldn't sympathize, and poor people must have something to hate.

The prefect obviously favored their side, and the human and material evidence were all there, and the prefect was about to judge the case: "Mrs. Lu can't acquit you based on your words alone, but the evidence can't be judged that you killed Master Zou with your own hands, so you are now being taken into prison and retried at a later date." ”

As he spoke, he was about to retreat, but Lu Qingyi saw that the other party's cards had been played, so he spoke at this time: "Slow!" ”