The more he thought back to what Xu Yuanlu had done before, the more convinced Chen Ying became of this judgment.

He has demonstrated in person twice and pointed out doubts on several occasions. Now that I think about it, it is not so much that he is questioning Chen Ying, but that he is using an alternative way to point out the loopholes in Chen Ying's testimony.

Behind the screen, there was a brief silence, and then, Emperor Yuan Jia's gentle voice sounded: "Cao Qing, Zhao Qing, what do you two think?" ”

The two hurriedly got up, and Zhao Wuyi took the lead in speaking: "Weichen seconded the proposal." ”

This is on Xu Yuanlu's side.

However, he quickly added: "However, Weichen thinks that it is against the ancestral system and a violation of the law for ordinary people and women to go to court. Wechen asked His Majesty not to do things for the sake of momentary pleasure. ”

As an imperial historian, he must fulfill the responsibility of admonishment, Zhao Wuyi has always been proud of this, and he has pursued it to the end, and the reason why he has achieved a high position is also related to his tendons.

Generally speaking, a person with a tendon is more upright and less likely to form cliques, and the result is that people hate ghosts, and the more so, the more he dares to admonish anything.

"What Zhao Qing meant, I understand." Emperor Yuan Jia was very gentle and authentic, but he was not angry.

Zhao and Xu both expressed their attitudes, and Cao Zilian couldn't help but speak, so he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this case is still negotiable, and Weichen does not dare to agree with Miss Chen's statement. ”

He slightly accentuated his tone, trying to make his voice and expression heavy: "This case happened at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the house of the first-class duke, which really shocked the government and the opposition. If the case is not solved, what kind of face will we face to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Limin? ”

At this point, his expression changed from heavy to serious: "The original evidence in this case is conclusive and the confession is complete, Wei Chen thinks that he can't just rely on Miss Chen's words to let go of the murderer and make this case an unsolved case." Your Majesty, please think twice. ”

Weichen seconded. Zhao Wuyi actually seconded the proposal again.

This time, he was biased towards Cao Zilian.

He took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen also believes that although Miss Chen's demonstration and verification prove that Ziqi is not the murderer, however, Miss Chen has not pointed out the real murderer. According to the Great Chu Law, if the real culprit is not revealed, the person referred to in the personal evidence, physical evidence, and confession must still be detained in prison and cannot be released home. ”

Some of the clauses in the "Great Chu Law" are indeed relatively vague, and what Zhao Wuyi said is not groundless. If you really want to pick them one by one, just because Ziqi fell at the scene of the murder with a knife is enough to convict her.

Behind the screen, there was silence again.

Xu, Cao, and Zhao all stood and waited for the holy judgment.

"Actually, the folk girl hasn't finished the demonstration yet." A clean voice sounded, like a light penny breaking water, knocking out ripples in the silence of the room.

There was a low chuckle from behind the screen.

Obviously, this was sent by Emperor Yuan Jia, but it was still He Shun'an who came out to speak.

The old eunuch walked out of the screen, his face full of wrinkles was tense, and he couldn't even pull the ravine: "Your Majesty will continue to demonstrate with Miss Chen." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia's two oral instructions to Chen Ying were all ordered to demonstrate.

Even the most unresponsive person can taste it now.

His Majesty the Emperor is supporting Miss Chen now.

For a while, Chen Ying became the attention of everyone again, and the meaning of the Taoist sight was different.

Now that the Son of Heaven has spoken, the three adults have nothing to say, and they all return to their seats.

Chen Ying stepped forward and bowed, and said slightly apologetically: "Forgive me, three adults, the demonstration of the Minnu is divided into two parts, the first part is intended to clear Ziqi's murder suspicion, and this part has ended." Then there is a second division, which is the speculation of the people's daughters on the real murderer. ”

She straightened up slightly, looked at the three chief judges in turn, and looked calmly: "In addition, the folk girl has a little personal thoughts, which will be explained in the third part. Please wait for Your Majesty and the three adults, and the maiden will make preparations first. ”

She returned to her original position, removed Qiao Xiaodi No. 1 and No. 2, as well as Zhou Jiuniang No. 1 and No. 2, and asked several officials to help, and carried "Qiao Xiaodi No. 3" and "Zhou Jiuniang No. 3".

"These two paper figures are used to assist in the second part of the speculation of the real murderer." Chen Ying explained the authenticity, and pushed with his hands respectively, and the two paper figures did not move at all, which was obviously quite weighty.

The weight of these two paper figures is the same as that of Qiao Xiaodi and Zhou Jiuniang. The folk maidens also installed a pedestal underneath to give them the stability of a human being on both feet. Chen Ying finally explained, and then returned to the front of the hall.

"Next, the folk girl will invite a helper to come and demonstrate, and ask a few adults to answer."

Xu Yuanlu didn't say much, only waved his hand, and the official immediately ran away.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Ying walked to the side of "Little Brother Qiao", pointed at his neck, back and chest with a wooden stick, and said, "The folk girl just proved that the knife wound on Little Brother Qiao was not caused by Ziqi. But could it be a tall man? The people think, most likely not. ”

She paced a few steps, with a deep groan: "I don't know if a few adults have noticed that the strangulation on Junior Brother Qiao's neck is very weird, the force is even, and the trend is very unusual." ”

"The officer has noticed it too." Xu Yuanlu said in a deep voice, his eyebrows tightened: "As far as this official knows, most of the wounds on the back of the throat are in the shape of a 'one' scar at the throat joint. However, in this case, the strangulation marks are centered on the laryngeal segment and extend evenly to both sides, such as branch branches, which is very rare. ”

"Lord Xu." Chen Ying smiled at him.

The strangulation on the neck of the younger brother Qiao is in the shape of "V", with the laryngeal joint as the center and extending to both sides, which is very weird, Xu Yuanlu is worthy of being an old criminal, in one sentence.

Chen Ying felt very strange at the moment, as if she had returned to the world of Mr. Detective, discussing the case with experienced police officers or prosecutors.

"The folk girl has asked someone to demonstrate many times, and no matter how hard the throat locker exerts, the scars are different from those of Little Brother Qiao. Later, the folk girl suddenly thought of a possibility. Chen Ying's face showed a strange expression, as if even she herself was surprised by this inference.

The woman wondered, could this scar not be caused by the lock of the arm and throat, but by some other way? It's just that when the minnu thought of this, the three-day period was approaching, and the minnu didn't have time to verify it, so she could only rush out the No. 3 paper figure of Qiao Xiaodi and Zhou Jiuniang first, and asked someone to find a helper. ”

Her voice stopped.

For the officials who had just gone down had already been converted.

He didn't come back alone, he was followed by someone.

Following a boy, to be exact.

There was a slight discussion in the hall.

What is this well-judged case, why do you call a boy to do it?