Chapter 142: Arraignment Designation

It was dark, damp, and there were no one around the corners of a few fat rats.

The arraignment was held in a small hall facing outward, which was still ventilated and did not smell too bad.

The official system of this era is not any that Chu Xujun understands, similar to the pre-Qin, but there are also many differences.

For example, Wei Ling is a general in charge of the military camp, and when he is not patrolling the border, he has the right to arrest and interrogate in Zhongzhou, and the prison officer and the county lieutenant must be present at the same time during the arraignment.

The judge will recommend the punishment to the county lieutenant, and after the county lieutenant has decided, he will file it with the county guard, and if there is a different opinion, he will submit it to the Zhongzhou state guard for decision.

Chu Xujun met the rumored Xu Prison Officer here, the father of Xu Sanniang.

The county lieutenant who cooperated with him would hardly reject any proposal from the prison officer, and he would not look at it and pass it directly, because the Xu lawsuit prison officer has always been very famous and popular in Zhen'an County and even Zhongzhou.

Seeing the beautiful woman beside Wei Ling, the prison officer Xu said solemnly: "There can be no observers in the arraignment of this case."

Wei Ling introduced: "Xu Sui, this is the eldest lady of the Chu family."

Xu Su immediately thought of something, and said in a softer voice: "If you want to visit the Cheng family, we will give you time after the trial."

Chu Xujun saluted: "The little girl is here to testify, Xu Sue."

At this time, a thin-looking literati ran into the hall and saluted, "The villain greets General Wei and Xu Su. The county lieutenant said that he was still not feeling well, so he still asked the villain to come and record it, and presented it to him when he returned."

Wei Ling and Xu were noncommittal.

The recorder turned around: "This is Xie Ao, why didn't you put on the torture instrument?" I think that he was the same person who interrogated Cheng before he came, and he was very familiar with the case.

Maybe this so-called county lieutenant never appeared at all, right?

Wei Ling: "Xie Ao is old, and it is not easy to come over."

Hearing this, the other two people present inevitably had doubts in their hearts.

Cheng's reselling the Chu family's treasury items, she is inconvenient to come forward, if she really wants to choose someone, how can she be an old man?

There is no shortage of large and heavy objects in the old warehouse, and it is better to choose young and strong people for this matter.

Even if it is sold privately, the fewer people who know about it, the better, so that an elderly person will not go to another movers, which will also increase the risk of being discovered.

The three of them knew in their hearts, and at that moment, a jailer brought Cheng to the hall.

Cheng took off her silk and hair ornaments, and only wore a thin white single coat, and she was not tortured in prison, but her face was haggard and sad, and she no longer looked arrogant in the Chu family.

The recorder shouted, "Whoever is in the hall, report your name!"

As one of the three who has no official position, he thinks he has to do the most, and he also likes to play official.

Wei Ling and Xu Su naturally wouldn't fight with him.

Cheng didn't dare to look up, she didn't know who was sitting in the hall, she replied timidly: "The woman is Cheng Shi, the second daughter-in-law of the Chu family."

Wei Ling saw that the girl's expression was wrong, so he added: "Cheng, you have received the Chu family's letter of divorce, and then report it."

Cheng was silent.

The recorder shouted again, "Speak!"

"Enlightened masters, the woman is Cheng Shi, a villager of Heigou Village, Zhen'an County."

The recorder continued to ask, "Yesterday in the case of reselling the Chu family's treasury, you said that you had a gang of murderers surnamed Xie Mingao, but you look up and see if this person is it?"

Only then did Cheng raise his head and look at the old man who had taken off the curtain on the left, in fact, she hadn't seen Xie Ao much, so she looked at it casually: "Yes, it's him."

Xie Ao: "Nonsense! You've never seen me at all."

The recorder also wanted to drink the old man who spoke casually, but was stopped by Wei Ling with a look.

Cheng: "Xie Ao, although we mainly transmit messages on weekdays, since I have handed over so many valuable things to you, I will naturally observe you secretly, so I am very familiar with your appearance. You don't know that, it's normal."

Xie Ao's face was full of wrinkles, and he opened his mouth, obviously having something to say, but he didn't mention it.

The recorder looked at the bamboo slips in his hand and asked, "Xie Ao, Cheng has identified you, helped her resell the things from the Chu family's treasury three times, a unicorn paperweight, a jade Ruyi, and a bronze dagger, can you recognize it?"

No wonder these three are all small things, and Cheng seems to have fully thought about it.

Xie Ao: "Back to the words of the adults, old ...... I have never had any personal contact with Cheng, let alone any transactions to help her resell the Chu family's belongings."

Cheng: "You're lying! It's just that I have been abandoned by the Chu family, and I can't wait to come up and step on it again."

Xie Ao: "You know who lies between us. What kind of message did you say to me, and when and where, do you have any other proof?"

When Chu Xujun heard this, she thought to herself, she is worthy of being a sweeping monk, she wants to come over to help, maybe she is just watching how he wins.

Cheng replied, "Of course I do. The first time was when you asked the maid in the house to send a message, saying that if I didn't come, you would tell the old man about me...... Chu Qiu.

I went to an appointment with you on the rockery behind the account, and it was very dark, and you said that you saw me taking the contents of the storehouse to outsiders. If you don't want anyone else to know, you will have to hand over the contents of the treasury to you for resale, and threaten to make a profit. I agreed, and soon handed you a unicorn paperweight. new

The second time you put bamboo slips in the food box for me, I took another jade ruyi for you. The last time I took the initiative to put the bronze dagger under the rockery, and then I put a bamboo slip in your account book, and I think you took it too."

Xie Ao: "It's very complete. May I ask which maid in the house I was looking for the first time?"

Cheng was obviously stunned for a moment before saying, "She...... I've left the house. I don't know where I'm going."

Xie Ao: "The maid who can go to Mrs. Zhong's side at that time to spread the word must be second-class. May I ask if she was born at home or bought it from outside, in which year and in which month did she enter the house, and in which year and month did she leave?"

Cheng: "It's been too long, I don't remember. When I saw that she casually handed you a message, I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I quit her early."

Xie Ao sneered, "A subordinate who may know your secret, with your wrist, would let her go so easily?"

Cheng couldn't reply, so he kowtowed and said, "My lord, what the woman said is true. You have also seen that Xie Ao is eloquent, and the old woman is cunning, obviously he coerced me first, but now he refuses to admit it. My lord, the woman asked for an immediate search of Xie Ao's residence, and it will definitely be rewarding."

Xie Ao is alone on weekdays, and few people know where he lives, Cheng guesses that he must have other secrets, as long as she asks people to search, Xie Ao will definitely panic. If he panics, he will fall into her trap, and then the Chu family will have to help him, and by the way, he will also make a profit.

The recorder exchanged a look with Xu Su and Wei Ling.

Chu Xujun saw a hint of panic on Xie Ao's face, and the sweeping monk obviously didn't want people to search his territory.

Xie Ao: "My lord, what Cheng said is based on empty words, and there is no corresponding evidence at all. On the basis of her indiscriminate identification, she will search my dwelling, and I will not accept it."

Cheng: "Who says I don't have evidence? I engraved the words in the copper coin I gave you. My lord, as long as you search for it, you will definitely find something."