Chapter III: Adjudicators
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"Master." Chen Jinbao stepped forward to make a gesture to the county lord.
"I've heard about it, but how long do you think it will take for this case to be solved?"
"Back to the master's words, this subordinate can't say clearly."
The county magistrate stroked his beard, then turned his head and said to Chen Jinbao, "Three days is enough for you." ”
Chen Jinbao's eyebrows twisted, and he hugged his fists and replied, "Master, this ..... The lower officials didn't dare to guarantee that it would work. ”
When the county master heard this, he smiled and said: "Jinbao, when your master was still in the yamen, the official said that he would solve the case in a few days, and he would solve the case in a few days, and the time limit was always too long, and there was no such thing as a time limit not enough." ”
When Chen Jinbao heard this, he thought to himself, what are I doing with so much if I have the level of a master.
"Master, this, Xia Guan really can't be compared with "God Catcher". ”
"Hmph, Jinbao, you have to know, why do you want to be the head catcher when you are so young, it all depends on the fact that you are the only apprentice of the "God Catcher", not to mention that you can be better than the blue, at least you have the true inheritance, and our county is the largest county within a radius of hundreds of miles, and the people's livelihood is higher than other counties, and you as the head catcher of this county naturally has to be ten times or even a hundred times stronger than that of other small counties. “
"This ........" Chen Jinbao was speechless for a while.
"Jinbao, you must not think that the official is harsh, at first the official did not believe that a murder case could be solved casually, but since seeing your master, the official has changed his mind, that is really a strange person, even the prefect knows about this, and you will naturally not be bad as a close disciple of this person."
Chen Jinbao listened to this, he really didn't know what to say, he understood that it was not the county master who wanted to deliberately harm him, it was completely because the master's fame was too great, and even others blew him a little god.
"The subordinate obeys." Other than that, Chen Jinbao had nothing to say.
At this moment, a servant ran in and stepped forward and said, "My lord, the head of the card, the person has already brought it." “
"Okay, ascend!"
With a long and mighty sound, the county lord came to the lobby, and shouted with a startled face: "Who is kneeling in the hall?" “
The family member who was kneeling in the hall trembled and immediately slammed his head on the ground and said: "My lord, the villain's name is Sun Ji, a native of Sunjia Village, Qingyuan County, and he works as a handyman in the account office at Liu Yuanwai's house in Xicheng. “
"Do you know why this official let you here?"
The family slammed his head on the ground again and said, "The villain doesn't know, the villain doesn't know." ”
"Smack!" A startled sound was taken down again, which scared the family again.
"Today, the family surnamed Zhou outside Xicheng died tragically, and it was you who came to report it, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it's the official of the villain."
"You saw what the family was like, tell me the truth."
The family knelt and stood up, and said: "Back to the adult's words, the villain ran to his house to collect the land rent, his family has two houses, the old lady lives in the middle of the house, the villain every rent is paid by his old man, so the villain knocked on the door of the house in the yard as soon as he went, his door was not closed tightly, the villain knocked a few times and no one answered, so he simply pushed the door open, and was startled when he saw that a dead man was lying at the door with blood, and the villain was so frightened that he sat on the ground and sat back a few steps back. When I looked up, I saw a man hanging himself from a tree, and when the villain got up and shouted murder! The villain wanted to run to report to the official, but he had to tell him the people at home first, so the villain ran to the house of the eldest brother of the Zhou family, and when he saw it, another person was lying on the ground with blood, and then the villain ran to report to the official. ”
After speaking, Jia Ding kept kowtowing violently.
"Smack!" There was a shock, and the frightened family stopped kowtowing.
"Sun Ji, this official asks you, do you see clearly who the three dead are?"
Jia Ding thought for a while and said: "My lord, the villain was frightened at the time, I didn't see who it was, except for the hanging villain who remembered that it was his grandmother, the two people lying on the ground didn't dare to come forward to admit it." ”
The county magistrate stroked his beard and said, "Hmm...... Are you sure? “
The family slammed his head on the ground again and said loudly: "What the villain said is true, there is no half-truth, the lord is the master for me." “
"Smack!" A startling sound went down again, this time louder than any before.
"You really see it so true, it really makes the officials feel confused."
The family knocked his head harder and asked the county master: "What do you mean by this, adult, villain doesn't know." ”
The county magistrate stroked his beard, and then said, "Sun Ji, this official asks you, where did the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family hang herself?" “
Without thinking about it, the family said, "My lord, the grandmother of the Zhou family hanged herself on the tree behind the old lady's house.....!" “
The family reacted, and subconsciously covered his mouth with his hand, there was no need to interrogate again, and all the family members were recruited.
"Smack!" A startled wood came down again, and the family didn't kowtow, but was just scared.
"Bold fanatic! It seems that you also found out, you just went to knock on the door, found the dead body sitting on the ground, looked up and saw the hanging daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, you are really a god, your eyes can see through the wall! “
"Oh, my lord spares my life!!" The family slammed his head on the ground, and he didn't dare to look at the county master.
"Smack!" A startled sound went down again, and this homecoming Ding didn't dare to stop kowtowing.
"A bold minion, you dare to talk nonsense in front of your own officials, and honestly confess, did you kill the person?"
"Oh, my lord, the villain will never dare!"
"Knock knock", the sound of the family kowtowing was unusually crisp.
"Smack!" Another shock.
"Sun Ji, this official asks you, you originally went to Zhou's house to collect rent, and it was a matter of course to find the body, but why did you find the body that you couldn't find?"
"Villain...... Villain ........"
The county magistrate stroked his beard again and said: "Sun Ji, this official reminds you that the Zhou family has its back against the mountain, and no matter which way you go to the Zhou family from the master's house to collect rent, you will not be able to go to the back of the house and then to the main gate first, so if you want to explain, you must explain clearly why you go around to the back of the house as soon as you arrive at the Zhou family, or why you will go around the back of the house when you see the corpse in the house." ”
"This ...... Villain ......."
"Smack!"
"Dare to distract the people! Honestly confess that you killed the Zhou family? ”
"Oh, my lord, the villain didn't kill anyone, the villain recruited it, and the villain recruited everything he knew."
The county magistrate stroked his beard with a smile, and the method Wang Fugui said worked.
"Sun Ji, what else are you hiding from your official, come quickly." 、
"If the villain returns to the adult, the little one is tongjian with the grandmother of the Zhou family."
As soon as these words came out, the county magistrate was stunned, and all the yacha present were also stunned, and after a while, the county magistrate who reacted was shocked and smashed the table.
"Boldly Diao Min, he is still talking nonsense to the official, and he doesn't want to think that no matter how poor the Zhou family is, he is also a rich farmer, and no matter how clumsy his daughter-in-law is, it is impossible to take a fancy to you as a subordinate minion! If you don't truthfully invite Hugh to blame the official for punishing you. ”
"Oh, my lord, the villain didn't lie, it's true, when the villain ran to his house to collect rent, he found that there was no one in the yard and field, and the villain wanted to see if the grandmother of the Zhou family was not there, so the villain didn't go to the front gate and went directly to the back of the grandmother's house of the Zhou family, but the villain looked at the window, there was no one inside, and then the villain was ready to run to the window of the old lady's house to see, just ran to the back of the house, and saw the grandmother of the Zhou family hanging there, and the villain was frightened at that time, The villain was worried that the Zhou family found out about the relationship between the villain and her, so she hanged herself, and then the reason why they were not at home was to find the villain or report to the official, the villain was very scared, so he wanted to take some of his family's softness and escape from the county, at that time the villain wanted to go directly into this room to get it, at that time the villain looked at the window at the back of the house for a long time, and after making sure that there was no one inside, he wanted to climb in through the window, but the window was locked, so the villain wanted to go to the front window to see if there was a lock, Then he walked to the main entrance from the gap between the two houses, and before he saw that the window was locked, the villain found that the main door was not closed tightly, so he went directly from the main door, who knew that when he opened the door, a corpse fell at the door, and there was blood on the ground, the villain almost fainted, and he didn't dare to go up to see who it was, the villain relieved himself and thought that maybe this person was the eldest brother of the Zhou family, he knew that the villain and his daughter-in-law were fighting, one was killed and the other hanged himself, thinking of this villain is more sure that the family reported to the official, But the villain saw the corpse at the door really didn't dare to go forward, so he was going to go to the big brother and his room to get something, originally planned to take the road with the big grandmother tongjian, that is, the window behind the house, just turned around and found that the door of the house was not closed tightly, so he pushed the door directly in, and saw a lot of blood, a person lying there, scared that the villain didn't want to take anything, the family died three, it must be a homicide, so the villain even crawled to report to the official. O Lord! What the villain said is true, and there is no half a lie! Please check it out with the Great Master of the Blue Sky."
At this moment, Chen Jinbao's master and apprentice, who had been listening outside the public hall with their chins in obsession, both had expressions on their faces that they thought of something.
"Master, we haven't bothered with the two windows in that room, maybe there really is something in those two windows."
"Come on, if there was a problem with those two windows, it would have been reported a long time ago, and you don't have to think that those windows must be locked."
"Hmm...... But to be honest, master, the two rooms are really similar, no, it should be said that the layout is exactly the same, there are only two windows, one in front and one in the back, the front window is on the left side of the room, and the back window is on the right."
"Hmm...... And the left side of the old lady's house is the old lady's house, the right side is the house of the youngest son Zhou De, the house on the left of the eldest son's house is the stove room, and the room on the right is the bedroom of the two, hmm........ Could this have anything to do with the case?"
"Smack!" There was a startling sound, which startled Chen Jinbao's master and apprentice.
"Bold fanatic! Since you have fornicated with her, has she not said anything to you?" The county magistrate asked loudly.
"Adult, the villain didn't say half a lie, she only said that her man blamed her for not being able to conceive a child, and there were many things to hide from her, and she was an outsider at home, oh yes, once we were drinking, she was drunk and seemed to say something about treasure or something, and the villain asked her not to say anything, and then, we were lying in bed, so the little one didn't care."
"Did you have an affair with her in her house?" The county magistrate asked.
"Yes, the villain is inconvenient, she said that every month at the beginning of the tenth and twenty, these two days the brothers will take the grain and eggs at home to the market to sell, by the way cut a few catties of meat back, the brothers are done to play, are back at night, these two days the old lady has no work to do, sleep in the afternoon, the villain is generally in the afternoon when there is nothing to do, almost to the time of the meal."
"Hmm..... The official asked you, how long have you been having an affair with the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family?"
"It's been four months."
"Smack!" This sound was shocking, and the family smashed on the ground.
"Someone!"
Several officials stepped forward and shouted, "Here!"
"Put this person in prison for the time being, and then release it after this case is solved"
Several officials shouted, "Yes!"
When the family heard that they were going to be imprisoned, they panicked and shouted, "My lord! My lord! The villain has recruited it truthfully! My lord! My lord! Spare your life!" The sound slowly fades away as the person walks away.
Outside the court, Chen Jinbao's master and apprentice began to discuss again.
"Fugui, it seems that we need to go back and search again."
"You're right, master, there are a few things that you can't solve if you don't understand this case."