Xu Yuanlu kept sitting with his eyes down, and he didn't seem to hear the conversation between Cao Zilian and Chen Ying.

At this moment, he finally half-raised his eyes and swept towards Chen Ying.

The eagle-like sharp eyes shot straight at Chen Ying, scrutiny, suspicion, and shock were all in this glimpse.

Chen Ying's heart was slightly cold.

"I'm done." Xu Yuanlu lowered his eyes again, his voice was very light, as if casual, but the words changed abruptly: "However, this is in the official's court, and there is a rule for the official to try the case, and Miss Chen had better keep it in mind." ”

He didn't raise his eyelids, and said indifferently: "If the evidence you present is not enough to convince the official, the official will punish you." As for what the offence is, it depends on the details, do you understand? ”

"The folk girl understands." Chen Ying replied.

The common people who have no official position and no position to give evidence in the public court have indeed violated the "Great Chu Law".

However, Xu Yuanlu's statement is also not accurate.

"Lord Xu, the folk girl would also like to remind you here, please pay attention to your wording." Chen Ying raised her eyes to look at him, with a frank expression:

"Your statement is wrong, and it is obvious that you are putting this court and the "Great Chu Law" under you. In fact, no one in this world can be above the law of a country, not even a member of the three ranks. ”

Below the courtroom, there was a slight inhalation.

It was issued by some low-ranking errand soldiers.

Since it is a trial, they are naturally indispensable to be present, and there is still a need for some prestige guards above the court, and there are more than 20 officials standing under the court, and what Chen Ying said obviously surprised them.

Xu Yuanlu was also surprised.

He looked up and saw a pair of clean, calm eyes.

There is no fear, no calculation, no pride, no pretense of justice.

Very calm gaze.

Just like the owner of these eyes, he said what he thought in his heart without any waves.

Xu Yuanlu narrowed his eyes.

Cao Zilian looked at him unexpectedly, his eyes showed interest, and he went to see Chen Ying again.

The face in the hall is expressionless, and the face in the hall is upright, and he can't distinguish the depth for a while.

Cao Zilian lowered his head and served tea, his hand was still in the air, and Xu Yuanlu's voice rang out: "Miss Chen, let's start." ”

He said unhurriedly, and his eyelids drooped again.

Cao Zilian frowned at the tea cup.

It's normal if you don't have a seizure, the Guogong Mansion hasn't been lowered yet, and Yu Wei is still there. The ups and downs of officialdom are not until the last step, no one can say.

Chen Ying bowed upwards and asked someone to carry her evidence.

Seven or eight life-size paper figures, lined up in columns, some tall and some short, the name of Qiao Xiaodi is written on the tall face, and the words "No. 1" and "No. 2" are also marked, and the short ones are written with the name of Zhou Jiuniang, and they are also numbered.

There was another inhalation in the hall.

Obviously, these paper figures are used to replace Brother Qiao and Zhou Jiuniang. It's just that the paper figure is not very lucky, and I don't know what this Chen girl is going to do when she takes it out?

"Three adults, these paper figures are not evidence, but auxiliary tools to demonstrate the scene of the crime, as well as the arguments and assertions of the people." Chen Ying explained, took out a ruler-long, red lacquer, and cloth cover thin wooden stick from his sleeve, and pointed at the taller paper figures:

"Brother Qiao is seven feet three inches tall (one meter seventy-two), and when he died, he stepped on bamboo clogs, and the bamboo clogs were one and a half inches high, so these little brother Qiao paper figures were seven feet four and a half inches tall (one meter seventy-four), which was the same as when he died."

She pointed to the short paper figure in the air: "Zhou Jiuniang was also wearing bamboo clogs when she died, so these paper figures representing Zhou Jiuniang are six feet seven inches tall (one meter five eight), which is the same height as her when she died." ”

After explaining, she turned to the hall, her eyebrows and eyes were cold and clean: "Next, the folk girl will use them as auxiliaries to explain several doubts about the deceased's injuries. ”

The paper figure at the front of the line, marked as "Little Brother Qiao's No. 1", was brought to the front of the hall, made him turn his back to the three chief judges, and pointed with a wooden stick: "First of all, let's look at Little Brother Qiao, he has five stab wounds on his back, which are located in these places. ”

When the three high-ranking officials stared, they saw five red dots painted on the back of the paper figure, two of which were at least the size of a baby's fist, which was very eye-catching.

"According to the records, the folk girl marked the location of these five stab wounds on the paper figure." Chen Yingxuan clicked on the five red dots, focusing on the two largest ones: "These two stabs are the deepest, penetrating through the chest, so there are two corresponding bleeding points on the chest, which are listed in these two places." ”

She turned the paper figure to the front, and two red dots were also marked in the corresponding positions on the paper figure's chest.

"The first suspicion I want to mention is the two most serious knife wounds." Chen Ying said, facing the paper figure to the side of the three chief judges in the hall, holding the shoulder of the paper figure and breaking it gently.

"Bang", there was a soft sound, and the paper man's arm, along with a small part of his upper body, was actually broken off by her.

There was a murmur from the hall.

"This is glued on, so that you can see clearly the trend of this fatal wound through the cross-section." Chen Ying put the broken part aside.

Such a bizarre display method is really unprecedented, and even Cao Zilian dropped the tea bowl and opened his eyes to look at it.

Peeling off a section of the upper body of the paper figure reveals a cross-section, on which several neat, curved lines are drawn with gray paint.

"This is a picture of ...... Human ribs? Zhao Wuyi was the first to say.

Chen Ying smiled and bowed: "Lord Zhao is right. She leaned over the paper figure and pointed to the first fatal wound on his back: "This is one of two serious wounds, adults, please see, this knife is inserted between the fifth and sixth ribs in the back." ”

She reversed the paper figure, facing forward, and pointed to a bleeding spot on the paper figure's chest: "A knife went straight into the heart, penetrating through the middle of the fourth and fifth ribs, and formed a bleeding point in this part of the front chest." ”

After that, she showed the cross-section of the paper figure, and pasted one end of the wooden stick to the insertion of the wound, and the other end to the penetration, and the three of them looked sideways: "Adults, please see, this knife is not a straight line, but a diagonal line, from the back to the front of the chest, oblique upwards. ”

She took out the charcoal she had prepared a long time ago, connected the end to the end, and drew a line with an arrow, in the shape of a "↖".

Later, Chen Ying demonstrated the second fatal wound again, and also came up with a "↖" diagonal line.

"What does that mean?" Cao Zilian frowned impatiently, clasped the table upside down with one hand, and made five micro-sheets: "There is always an imbalance in manpower, when killing people, it is straight or oblique, and the injury is not neat, is there a problem?" ”

"It's a problem, and it's a big problem, and I'll show you right away." Chen Ying glanced at the hall, then pointed to a thin official and asked Xu Yuanlu: "Lord Xu, can you ask this official to come up and do a favor?" ”

Xu Yuanlu nodded and did not speak.

Chen Ying asked the official to step forward and said in a harmonious voice: "Don't be afraid, I just want to ask you to make a demonstration, your height is about the same as Ziqi, please do me a favor." ”

The officer muttered something and stood aside timidly.