Chapter 53: Case within a Case

The next morning, Wang Zhen spent the whole morning in the public study looking through the old case files. At noon, the official on duty brought in a person, who turned out to be a servant of the Zhang family.

The servant presented a stack of invitations to Wang Zhen and said, "Wang Gongzi, your marriage date with Miss Xie is set for the third day of the first month of November, and the woman's family has agreed this morning. The housekeeper ordered the villain to come and deliver an invitation to the prince for inviting the guests. In addition, he helped the prince to measure the size so that he could make the clothes of the groom's officials. ”

Wang Zhen is overjoyed, there are not many days left before the third day of November, and it seems that the housekeeper and the eldest brother are working very hard to help him get married. Wang Zhen hurriedly left his seat and walked to the servant, took the invitation and handed over a tael of silver, and said, "There is Brother Lao running." ”

The servant took the silver and thanked him, and then helped the king to make a good size, and then withdrew. Wang Zhen looked at the invitation and was overjoyed!

In the afternoon, Wang Zhen was looking through the old case file, and the official on duty came in and said: "Lord Wang, Lord Liu is invited in the court?" ”

Wang asked, "Brother Tai, what is Lord Liu looking for me?" ”

Yacha arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency will know when you go." ”

Wang Zhen did not dare to slack off, and immediately followed the yacha to the court. There were three people kneeling above the public court, and Liu Yi sat behind the public case and worried.

Wang Zhen stepped forward and said, "My lord, my subordinates have arrived." I don't know why the adults sent someone to find their subordinates? ”

Liu Yi said: "Wang Qian, you came just in time!" Accompany the judge to listen to the trial! ”

So Liu Yi ordered someone to set up a small case on the left side of the public case, and let Wang Zhen accompany him to the trial. After Wang Zhen entered the case, he sat down, and the three people kneeling in the hall told the truth of the matter again.

The three people in the hall received the order, and the old man kneeling in the middle spoke first, and said: "Tell the lord, the old man's surname is Zhuang, his name is rich, and he has opened an antique shop in Jiankang City." Lao Yu has always had the habit of taking a nap, and when he returned to the store after his lunch break today, he found that a priceless antique vase in the store had been broken. The two guys in the old shop argued and blamed each other for it. The old man couldn't be sure who broke the old antique vase, so he had to pull two guys to ask the adults to judge! ”

As soon as the old man's voice fell, the fat man kneeling on his left hand side followed closely and said: "My lord, the villain's name is Zhang Bao, and the villain saw Li Bin's hand slipping when he wiped the vase at noon, and accidentally broke the vase. Please be enlightened! ”

Li Bin looked quite nervous, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Liu Yi and Wang Zhen, heard Zhang Bao's slander, and said angrily to the ground: "Zhang Bao, you spew blood!" Obviously, you wanted to steal the shopkeeper's antique vase and was startled by me, and it fell to the ground because I couldn't hold it steadily! ”

Zhang Bao retorted: "Obviously you broke it, but you still don't admit it?" ”

Li Bin said with a smile: "I dare to swear to the sky, you broke it!" ”

So the two entered the argument mode of you and me. The two of them insist on their own words and there is no third-party witness, and it is really difficult to conclude this case.

Wang Zhen saw that Li Bin's kneeling posture under the hall was a little weird, most of the center of gravity was on the right side of the body, and the left calf was separated outward, which only played a role in balancing the body.

Wang Zhen then interrupted the quarrel between the two and asked, "Li Bin, do you have a disability in your left leg?" ”

Hearing Wang Qian's question, everyone in the yatang looked at Li Bin's left leg. Li Bin was so inferior that his face was flushed, and he hurriedly pulled up his clothes to cover his left leg, still bowing his head and not daring to look at Liu Yi and Wang Zhen in the court, but his voice said with a little resentment: "Back to my lord, the villain broke his left leg when he climbed a tree when he was a child, and he had no money for treatment, so he was left with this disability." ”

Wang Zhen nodded, left the case to Liu Yi's side, and said in his ear: "My lord, there is another secret in this case, please go to the inner hall with me to discuss." ”

Liu Yu then said: "Zhang Bao, Li Bin, who broke the antique vase, you know in your own hearts, this mansion now gives you time to reflect on your sins." If the government still persists in rhetoric and refuses to admit guilt when it returns, it will be severely punished when the government finds out the truth. You guys do it for yourselves! ”

Liu Yan stopped to observe the expressions of the two, and then patted the hall and said, "This mansion will temporarily withdraw from the court, and it will be tried later." ”

Liu Yi and Wang Zhen retreated to the inner hall.

The king asked, "Who do you think broke the antique vase?" ”

Liu Yi said: "That leopard has a relaxed expression and is full of confidence, it must be his doing!" Li Bin looked nervous and quite afraid, I am afraid that he is often framed and bullied by Zhang Bao on weekdays. ”

Wang asked: "The adults obviously know the suspect, but they can't close the case and sentence, so we have to find another way." ”

Liu Yan asked puzzledly: "What do you mean when you just said that there is another hidden story in this case?" ”

Wang asked: "My lord, I have been looking through the unfinished old case files for the past two days. I remember that two years ago, there was a rape, murder and robbery case in the woods on the outskirts of Moling County, because there was no one and no physical evidence, and the case has not been solved so far, and the murderer is still at large. Only some deep and shallow footprints were left at the scene, of which the right foot was deep and the left foot was shallow. ”

Liu Yi said: "You mean that Li Bin is the rapist and murderer?" ”

Wang Qiandao: "Maybe it's Skynet's recovery, judging from Li Bin's fear of the court and his physical characteristics, Li Bin is very likely to be the murderer." ”

Liu Yi said: "But there is no evidence in this case, and there is no physical evidence, and two years have passed, how can we make Li Bin confess?" ”

Wang asked: "Just now I asked Li Bin in public if he had a disability in his left leg, and he was very concerned, and there was also resentment in his reply, which showed that he was very angry at my public exposure of his physical defects, and he was a person with strong self-esteem. If Li Bin wants to admit to rape, murder and robbery, he must be given a choice between rape, murder and robbery and destroying other people's property by breaking antique vases. ”

Liu Yi said: "The crime of breaking the antique vase is light, he must choose to break the antique vase!" ”

Wang asked: "No! Li Bin has a strong sense of self-esteem, and he will not admit what he has not done. And he has a deep grudge against Zhang Bao, and it is even more impossible to take the blame for Zhang Bao. ”

Liu Yi thought for a while and said, "You first show me the case file of the rape, murder and robbery case." ”

After reading the case file, Liu Yi returned to the court with Wang Zhen.

Liu sat down after the case and asked, "Zhang Bao and Li Bin, have you two figured it out?" Do you want to take the initiative to confess or do you want to be interrogated by this government? ”

Zhang Bao and Li Bin bowed their heads and knelt down in the hall, without saying a word.

Liu Yi said: "Okay! Since you want this house to hold a trial, this house will do as you wish. ”

Liu Yi was shocked and asked, "Li Bin, how long have you been working in Zhuang Fugui's antique shop?" ”

Li Bin lowered his head and replied: "Back to the adult, the villain has been working with the shopkeeper for five years." ”

Liu Yi asked: "What is the content of your work on weekdays?" ”

Li Bin said: "Open and close shops, clean up, deliver and collect." ”

Liu Yi asked: "How far is the delivery range?" ”

Li Bin said: "The entire Dongyang County. ”

Liu Yi asked: "Li Bin, do you remember the little woman in the woods on the outskirts of Moling County in the summer two years ago?" ”