Chapter 25: The Truth in the Footprints
Wei Ziyin's expression moved slightly, he looked up at Mu Xiwen, and decided to shut up and listen to her.
"The evidence is the shoes in Steward Yi's hand?" Gong Qi had a shocked expression on his face, and he stammered and asked, "What...... How so? ”
"It's easy, just compare these shoes to my dad's feet."
The official glanced at Gong Qi, and Gong Qi didn't know what Mu Xiwen was planning, so he wanted to close the case like this. But Zhang Xuedao was still watching below, and he couldn't ignore the plaintiff's arguments.
He nodded, and the official stepped forward with his shoes.
Mu Xiwen took the shoes, took off the shoes on Mu Yue's feet, and then stuffed the "dirty shoes" on his feet, saying, "Obviously, my father is wearing these shoes a little big. If you usually wear it, how could my father wear a pair of ill-fitting shoes to go out to work on a rainy day like yesterday? ”
People outside watched the ups and downs of the plot with relish, and commented: "There is also some truth, it is indeed impossible to wear ill-fitting shoes when you go out to work." ”
But there are also those who retort: "What if he just takes advantage of this psychology of the masses?" Deliberately took ill-fitting shoes to overturn the case for himself. How could there be such a coincidence, as soon as he went to the Yi family, something happened to the Yi family. ”
When Gong Qi heard this explanation, he also hurriedly slapped his surprise. "If this is his cunning, it is not impossible to think of changing shoes, and deliberately wear a pair of shoes that do not fit."
Gong Qi thought that he had come up with an impeccable reason to fight back, and was waiting majestically for Mu Xiwen to continue to make excuses, but Mu Xiwen nodded.
"That makes sense, so, can the grass people apply to go to Yifu to have a look? Look at the first scene of the crime, where there is definitely the evidence that the grass people need. ”
"To Yifu?" Gong Qi was about to get angry when she heard it, how dare a mere untouchable person work so hard? !
His eyes were full of fire and he was about to scold Mu Xiwen, but he didn't want Zhang Xuedao, who was pretending to be a passerby, to suddenly speak: "Makes sense!" It's better to go to Yifu and have a look. It would be unfair if there was evidence and the people were not allowed to present it. ”
Zhang Xuedao's appearance looked like an old Confucian student, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the other scholars also said: "Yes! Since the little lady said that Yifu has the evidence she wants, then everyone will go and take a look, so that everyone can be convinced. Anyway, this evidence is in the Yi Mansion, and she can't fake it. ”
Zhang Xuedao opened his mouth, how could Gong Qi have room to refute. He quietly glanced at Yi Qian and Steward Yi, and saw that the two of them were still winning, so he immediately pretended to conform to the public opinion, "Okay, since everyone wants to go and see, let's go." ”
A group of people were mighty, Mu Fuyang carried Mu Yue on his back, Wei Ziyin supported Mu Xiwen, and the rest of the melon-eating people followed behind the parties and rushed towards Yifu.
Along the way, the other residents saw it, and they also gossiped forward and pulled one of them to ask, "What's the matter?" ”
The people who ate melons all the way replied: "There is a little lady surnamed Mu who is fighting a lawsuit with the Yi family." The Yi family said that the little lady's father stole and almost killed him; The little lady countersued the Yi family for ignoring human life and ignoring the law. Now the two parties, under the leadership of the magistrate, went to Yifu to check the evidence? ”
The inquirer was shocked, "So wonderful?" They all said that they would take me to eat melons together, and then followed behind the team. In this way, when I arrived at Yifu, I had already followed hundreds of onlookers.
Although Gong Qi was eager to let the officials drive away those residents, in order to leave an image of Bao Qingtian who "loves the people like a son" in front of Zhang Xuedao, he still endured it.
In order not to destroy the first scene, in the end, the people were stopped by the officials outside the room full of footprints.
At the same time, in order to behave in front of Zhang Xuedao, Gong Qi pretended to order a few onlookers to go in and listen to the trial process together.
Mu Xiwen followed the orderly footprints in the chaos step by step, and the footprints quickly disappeared outside a window.
Steward Yi said: "This is the room where Mu Yue slept last night, you can ask him yourself." ”
She looked back at Mu Yue, and the other party nodded heavily.
"How? Now you have nothing to say! ”
"Stop!" Mu Xiwen looked at Steward Yi with the eyes of a fool, and then pointed to the footprints, "This is the evidence I want." ”
She had already discovered the abnormality when Gong Qi glanced at the onlookers outside the county government twice, and at this time, she also intentionally or unintentionally moved closer to the middle-aged man who took the lead in supporting her.
"These footprints, at first glance, seem to be fine, but in fact they are full of loopholes. Steward Yi also said before that my father injured his leg in an accident, and you may not know that people with lame legs walk differently than ordinary people.
Not only the posture is different, but even the depth of the footprints is different, one deep and one shallow. The footprints here are clearly left by a person with normal feet. ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, a look of admiration appeared in his eyes, he was calm, generous, and meticulous, and he was pure and filial. I didn't expect that there would be such a woman in Anyang County.
Gong Qi's back was already wet with cold sweat, he originally asked Zhang Xuedao to come in because he wanted to compete for his own performance, but he didn't expect that now he would pit himself.
The disdain on Yi Qian's face finally disappeared, and he roared inwardly: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”
Now it was Mu Xiwen's turn to smile confidently, she stared at the other party and said, "Am I talking nonsense, just find someone to verify it." Find a normal person and a person with a leg injury, I happened to see one on the way here, and he was outside watching the excitement, which was very convenient. ”
Under Zhang Xuedao's forced gaze, Gong Qi had no choice but to call the lame man with his conscience.
The man was amazed by this drama of ups and downs and mountain loops, and when he heard that he still had his own role, how could he refuse, and he couldn't wait to add a few more scenes to himself.
The results of the comparison were obvious, and normal people left two rows of similar footprints on the ground after their feet were covered with mud; The lame man left very conspicuous footprints of one deep and one shallow.
"Oh! Papapa-"The crowd who eats melons can't help but applaud when they see the excitement.
Seeing this ending, Gong Qi was also stupid, but the stubbornness in the end still made him find another powerful reason.
"What if it's two people who commit the crime? Mu Yue used it to divert his attention and help another person escape. He still can't clear his suspicion, otherwise how can he explain that there was such a major theft case in Yifu on the first day he entered the mansion? ”
Mu Xiwen's eyes were blazing and he looked directly at Steward Yi who was hidden in the corner, "This, I'm going to ask Steward Yi." Steward Yi, do you think I'm right? For the sake of you and the son of Master Yi's concubine, you have to act in such a play. It's a good graft, wonderful! It's wonderful! ”