Volume 1 Chapter 270 Counterattack 1
"Plaintiff, this official will ask you a question first, why didn't you and your master pick up the goods at the agreed time?"
The attendant's heart skipped a beat twice when he heard this question, and this question had been ignored by everyone before, and it should be said that it was deliberately ignored.
He Yansan also secretly shouted that it was not good, they didn't expect this link, because they had no legitimate reason, it was the time they deliberately delayed.
But the retinue's mind was still spinning quickly, and he immediately thought of a perfect reason.
"Lord Qiqi, the master said that since he came to Jiujiang, he would go out and shop more often to see if he could find anything else worth shipping out to sell.
In those days, the grass people and the old man often ran out to stay in Jiujiang for a few more days, so they sent someone to deliver a message to the two stewards, and also paid the money for storing the goods."
The follower was not lying, and he was not the one who went to deliver the message that day, and that he was right.
"I wonder where you visited? What impressed you about the places and people? Where do you live?"
Zhao Ting is not so easy to fool, he went down with a few questions in a row, and directly stunned his entourage...
The itinerary of the master and servant before the accident was something they had not investigated, and all their arrangements were focused on the aftermath of the accident.
The entourage was dumbfounded, and he stammered a little when answering the questions, and even changed his title to his own name:
"Hey, my lord, we've been there, we've been to Xianghua Village, and Bishan Village. The deepest impression is that there are so many flowers in Xianghua Village, and the mountains and paddy fields in Bishan Village are so beautiful, and I will stay at the homes of my fellow villagers along the way."
The entourage racked their brains to come up with these two places, because these two villages are indeed the two most famous villages in Jiujiang.
Xianghua Village has a large sea of flowers, which is a place where large families like to go, whether it is to buy flowers or go to enjoy flowers, it is a good place to go, and the people in the village make a living by selling flowers and dried flowers.
Bishan Village has a peculiar geographical location, where there is a Bishan Mountain, but there is a large plain under the mountain, and the rice produced is so famous that it almost became tribute rice for a time.
The reason for the entourage barely passed, but Zhao Ting had been an official at the bottom for so many years, how could he be fooled so easily.
"Where did you stay when you came? When did you go out and return to Yongding County? You said that the two stewards of the Xu family once came to look for you, where did you live at that time? Where did you hide after that?"
Zhao Ting asked a few questions in a row, and the cold sweat between his entourage's foreheads continued to bubble out, and he couldn't stand steadily, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Seeing this, He Darksan knew that it was not good, and quietly left from the crowd, intending to go back and destroy all the evidence, and be ready to evacuate Yongding County at any time.
"Return, Lord Hui, we have been living in, always staying at the house of a friend in the city.
When the two stewards came to us, we had just returned from a trip and had not yet returned to our place of stay, so we had been hiding at my lord's friend's house ever since."
"Where's your friend's house? What is the approximate population? What kind of business is it? How long have you been in Yongding County?"
Zhao Ting had more than one question every time, disturbing the thoughts of his entourage step by step, even if it was something that really happened, it might take time to recall.
Not to mention that their preparation was not particularly sufficient, mainly because they didn't expect Xu Yunjin to invite Zhao Ting.
originally thought that as long as Jiang Baiyu helped, the final result of this matter would be not much different from their plan.
The entourage stumbled and made up another pass, only to see that Zhao Ting arranged a few yamen to find out the truth, looking at this scene, he felt that his heart was about to jump out.
He could only hope for now that his accomplices would hear what he said and set up their home as he had said it would be.
"And what time of day did you meet?" In what place? Were there people around?"
Now the entourage really doesn't know how to make it up, the first answer is easy to make up, and the second can also count on accomplices.
The third one has no choice, because Kang Lian and Fan Yuanqiao are both there, as long as the time and place he said are not the same as them.
And if they have a witness, their lies will be self-defeating
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Thinking of this, the entourage's mood was completely disrupted, and the hair on his forehead was wet, which was frightened.
"What, bad memory? Do you want this official to wake you up?"
The entourage racked his brains to think of a reason, and Zhao Ting asked angrily.
Although he was a little clever, in the face of the angry officials, his natural awe made him fall to his knees with a pop.
"Hmph, come on, take him down and keep him under strict guard."
Zhao Ting snorted coldly, and the entourage was dragged out with a desperate expression, and the onlookers were shocked by this scene.
Although they were not very smart, they could see that the entourage was lying.
Suddenly, the people outside the door began to chatter.
And Zhao Ting's trial has a peculiar point, whether it was tried in the county government in the past, or later in the government office, he never forbade the people to discuss the case.
Several times, when he was stumped by an unsolved case, he only figured it out after listening to the voices of the people, and this time it was the same.
After a long time, when the onlookers finished speaking, Zhao Ting called out Kang Lian and Fan Yuanqiao.
After comparing the time points of the plaintiff and the defendant, it was found that the two had only found a "wealthy merchant" to report the case and went to the dock to pick up Xu Yunjin to leave the workshop.
The rest of the time, the two spent the rest of the day outside the two burnt workshops from morning to night, and spent the evening in makeshift sheds outside.
The people who cleaned up the wreckage there during the day were their witnesses, and it is unknown at night, but the attendants could not tell the time and place of their meeting, so this also proves that the attendants lied.
After that, Zhao Ting repeated his old tricks and interrogated all the witnesses, the first one was Da Niu and his sister.
The two children, who had never seen such a scene, cried profusely and told all the things that someone had bribed and accused them of framing Kang Lian.
Jiang Baiyu couldn't help but want to laugh out loud when he watched the two from the side, no wonder Ah Jin deliberately picked this brother and sister, it turned out that both of them were masters of acting.
Xu Yunjin and Han Shaozhi have a good relationship, and they have met Da Niu and Da Ya several times, so they still know their brothers and sisters very well.
To put it simply, the appearance is honest and steady, but in fact they are two comics.
These words caused another uproar, and everyone discussed fiercely:
"It turns out that Steward Kang was really framed, these two brothers and sisters, they really know people and don't know their hearts."
"That is, now that the innocence of Steward Kang has been proven, he can not be exiled, and the family of three can live a good life."
The two women were quite disdainful of the Da Niu brothers and sisters in their words, and they were happy that Kang Lian had cleared their suspicions.
"What is the purpose of the people behind the scenes, isn't it just to blackmail the Xu family's money and kill people and frame them, it's really vicious."
Xu Yunjin and his people in the crowd once again guided everyone to think about the purpose of the people behind the scenes, and everyone was also thinking about this issue after listening.
Inexplicably, they felt that the power behind them was monstrous.
On the other side, He Dian San knew that it was not good as soon as he returned to the house, the house was too quiet, and he wanted to escape when he turned around, but was stopped by Old Man Zhuang.
"So you're going to leave soon, not going to sit in prison?"
He Darksan looked at him with a wary face, "Who are you?"
"Hehehe, old man, I won't change my name, I won't change my surname, your grandfather is too."
After the old man Zhuang finished speaking, he took the lead in making a move, and He Yingsan felt a strong attack, and he almost used what he had learned all his life to dodge.
As a result, he was caught in no less than ten moves, and this is the strength of Old Man Zhuang when he went all out.
"Don't worry, our Yongding County prison is very good, you will definitely like it if you go."
After that, he knocked He Yansan unconscious, and then carried the person back to the county office.
At this time, the trial was also at the last moment, and at this time they also encountered hard stubble, and the medicine boy insisted that Kang Lian had gone to buy arsenic and cream.
And it was night at that time, so no one around Kang Lian except Fan Yuanqiao could prove where he went, Fan Yuanqiao as Kang Lian's colleague and
Friend, it is also possible to make false confessions.
Therefore, the matter came to an impasse, and in the end, Zhao Ting gathered everyone in the public court and stood full.
At this time, Xu Yunjin had someone tied up and went to court, that person was wearing an ordinary cloth clothes, and his hands and feet were tightly tied, and he was one of He Yansan's younger brothers.
In addition, Yuan San was holding several folded clothes in his hands.
Everyone felt very strange when they saw this scene, who is this?
"Lord Zhao, this person sneaked into Steward Kang's house day and night, but what he didn't know was that the county lord had been arranging manpower around Kang's house.
So I caught people at the first time, thinking that I knew that no one in Steward Kang's family had stolen some gold and silver jewelry, but I didn't expect that he would only replace the only few outer robes that Steward Kang had at home."
After Xu Yunjin finished speaking, he asked the yacha to present a few outer robes, and Zhao Ting looked through them and found that a small corner was missing from the hem of each outer robe.
"Since the wife of Steward Kang gave birth, the two husbands and wives have been living in the dyeing workshop with their children, so they only have a few sets of changes of clothes at home.
After the fire that day, the husband and wife did not have time to buy a new one, and after returning home, they kept changing and wearing the few clothes they always had at home.
Unexpectedly, this was taken advantage of, and the fabric on Steward Kang's body found in the secret passage of Yuefu Restaurant was not scratched off by something when he went upstairs.
Instead, someone had already damaged his clothes, so no matter what Steward Kang was wearing that day, the murderer would be able to take out the rags of his clothes."
As soon as Xu Yunjin's voice fell, everyone outside the hall was suddenly shocked, it turned out that the physical evidence came from like this, these people are really not simple.
And the eyes of Jiang Ping and Jiang Mu behind Jiang Baiyu were full of fear, their people actually fell into the hands of the county lord of Wenle.
Xu Yunjin ignored everyone's reactions and continued:
"That night this man tried to get all his clothes new, but he was caught by the men who were lying in ambush with the lord of the county, and followed him to a house in the county, which, as coincidentally, was the house where their master and servant were borrowed.
The clothes in this bag were originally meant to be thrown into the fire and burned, but they were changed by my people."
When Xu Yunjin talked about the house, his entourage was already pale, and he no longer had the strength to stand properly, and his legs fell to the ground as soon as he was weak.