Chapter 54: Someone Meddles
"You also saw the situation in the hall just now, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to condemn death in this case." Yu Zhi said thoughtfully.
He was an official of Dali Temple before, and he was quite professional in criminal affairs, and from the current point of view of this case, it is a little difficult to bite Liu Shancheng to death now.
Although there is physical evidence now and there is also a bitter master, Liu Shancheng flatly denied knowing about it, and Lin Zhenzong refused to admit it, just saying that Xiaohuan's death or the actions of the people below had nothing to do with him.
So what is lacking now is human evidence, and if there is no witness, this case will not be true, and now although these two people are imprisoned on the grounds of murder, if there is no breakthrough in the future, this case will be a little tricky.
"Rest assured, the evidence in this case is ironclad, and Liu Shancheng can't run away at all." The man said this with a smile, and then leaned close to Yu Zhida and muttered a few words in his ear, Yu Zhida was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then laughed and nodded with satisfaction.
"In this case, the government is waiting for the follow-up changes, but this case can be said in front of the ugly words, if the matter is really impossible, the government will not arbitrarily judge the case as an official ......of the court." Yu Zhida said meaningfully.
scolded secretly in his heart, Yu Zhida, this guy is clearly both responsible and standing, wanting benefits and being afraid of responsibility.
There is no good thing in this official, and Yu Zhida is no exception, don't look at his sanctimonious appearance, his appetite is really not small, and now he still says such a thing?
can be scolded and scolded, but his face does not show half a point, and he smiles to reassure Yu Zhida. As long as this case is handled impartially, there will certainly be a satisfactory result.
Liu Shancheng and Lin Zhenzong never thought that they would become prisoners after coming to the yamen and were directly imprisoned.
In the blink of an eye, he became a prisoner, wearing heavy torture equipment, and the conditions in the prison were really not good, it was gloomy and cold, and the air was filled with a smell of blood.
Both of them were beaten when they passed the hall, although Liu Shancheng suffered less, but he was pampered and pampered, and after being thrown into prison, Liu Shancheng lay on the ground and snorted, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, where did he suffer this kind of suffering?
"Old ...... Master....... In the next cell not far away, Lin Zhenzong was no better, his appearance was even worse than Liu Shancheng.
"Humph!" Liu Shancheng ignored him at all, and originally according to his intentions, Lin Zhenzong resisted this matter in the hall, so that he would get out of this life lawsuit. Wait for yourself to get out, and then find a way to find someone to deal with after you go back, even if Lin Zhenzong can't get rid of the crime, at least there won't be much of a problem.
Although according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the servants in the family are all hired, but in fact, as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it became a common thing to buy and sell servants, and the servants of the big family were not bought with money? Servants and maids are no different from goods, and their own servants can be taught no lessons, even if they are killed, as long as the hands and tails are cleaned up, it will be fine.
What if it does? This is not a big deal, it is nothing more than spending more money to make a point, at best to find a scapegoat to get a reason for "missing".
But now it's good, but I got involved in such a thing, and I was caught off guard all of a sudden. What's even more odious is that Lin Zhenzong actually didn't admit it in the hall, so wouldn't he be pitted in this way?
Thinking of this, Liu Shancheng was so angry that he knew that Lin Zhenzong was so irresponsible, so he shouldn't have reused him in the first place. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, if it weren't for Liu Shancheng's pain in the buttocks, and the two of them were not locked in the same cell, he couldn't wait to get up and beat Lin Zhenzong out of anger.
shouted twice, master, seeing that Liu Shancheng ignored himself, Lin Zhenzong was also bitter in his heart. Of course he understands what Liu Shan has become annoying him, but he can't help it! Once this matter is admitted, he Liu Shancheng may be fine, but he will be miserable, this is not a trivial matter, he died and the lawsuit was brought to the prefect's yamen, and this matter has already made a big fuss.
If it was someone else who decided the case, it would be fine, and he Lin Zhenzong gritted his teeth and recognized it for Liu Shancheng, but the problem is that the person sitting in the hall now is the prefect Yu Zhida, this Yu Zhida is clearly a guy who does not enter the oil and salt, and he has no contact with the Liu family, once he admits this matter, maybe his little life will be gone.
As for whether Liu Shancheng can save himself after staying out of the range, Lin Zhenzong is not sure, and pinning all his hopes on others, this is not a smart person's approach. What's more, Lin Zhenzong still has his own calculations in his heart, and now that he is dragging Liu Shancheng together, there is still the possibility that the situation will change, even if things get to the worst level, he Lin Zhenzong will not be a loss.
Just thinking about it, there was movement outside, and the sound of the iron door was very clear, and then the footsteps gradually became far and near.
Liu Shancheng turned sideways slightly and looked ahead, and soon a pair of black official boots caught his eyes, and then looked up again, and when he saw the appearance of the person who came, he instantly showed joy and struggled to get up.
"Master Li! Lord Lee, save me! β
It was none other than Li Xun, the same acquaintance of Pingyang Mansion, Li Xun was Liu Shancheng's biggest reliance in Pingyang Mansion, over the years, Li Xun and Liu Shancheng colluded with each other and benefited a lot from the Liu family's business.
Li Xun glanced at Liu Shancheng who was locked in it and frowned slightly, the cell boss moved a chair over and put it down, Li Xun sat down steadily, waved his hand to the cell head, and the cell head left first.
"How did this happen?"
"When I went to the court, I was careless in my speech, and I slapped Master Yu with a board." Liu Shancheng said with a bitter face.
Li Xun sighed, lowered his voice and said to Liu Shancheng: "Today, Lord Yu opened the court, and the official has just learned about this matter, which made you suffer." β
"Understand, I don't have the idea of blaming the adult, I just ask the adult to find a way to save me out, the death of the maid in the family has nothing to do with me at all, it is all done by the slave below in private, I am really wronged!" Liu Shancheng is a smart person, of course he will not offend Li Xun, he only hopes that Li Xun can save himself now.
You must know that Li Xun is the same knowledge, the prefect is the largest in a mansion, and the prefect is the same knowledge below, in modern times, the prefect is the mayor, and the same knowledge is the level of the deputy mayor, and now Li Xun can come to visit him in prison, which makes Liu Shancheng overjoyed.
"Just now, the official inquired about this ......." Li Xun didn't say that he wanted to save him, but talked about the case, and he muttered: "You tell the truth to this official, the death of the maid really has nothing to do with you?" β
With a sigh in his heart, Liu Shancheng smelled an unusual smell from Li Xun's words, how did the maid Xiaohuan die, Liu Shancheng knows better than anyone else, but at this time it is absolutely impossible for him to say that it has something to do with him, and he immediately insisted that he was indeed wronged, and this matter really has nothing to do with himself.
Li Xun's eyes fell on Liu Shancheng, as if he was looking at him carefully, and after a while, he sighed, shook his head again, and said: "Whether you are wronged or not, this official doesn't count, this case was tried by Lord Yu personally, and although the official is a fellow official, it is really difficult to interfere." What's more, since the Lord Yu took office, he has not been close to the official, and the official's words do not have much weight on the side of the adult. β
"If it's just the death of a maid, it's not a trouble, and if the official can't speak, he can find someone else to speak for you. But do you know that this case is not only a trivial matter, but now it also involves other people, so it is not a small trouble. β
"Someone else? Lord Li, ...... other people you are referring to? Liu Shancheng was puzzled, how could a maid get involved with other people? And listening to Li Xun's tone, this is not an ordinary person.
"Didn't you pay attention to the situation in the hall today?" Li Xun asked rhetorically.
Liu Shancheng was stunned for a moment, his mind flew to recall, and he asked tentatively after thinking for a moment, saying that in addition to the bitter master and the master in the hall today, there was also a sitting person, this person looked dressed ordinarily, but he didn't know what he was doing, could it be that Li Xun was referring to this person?
Li Xun nodded, lowered his voice a few points, and said to Liu Shancheng, this person is not an ordinary person, his origin is not simple, he is the manager of the General's Mansion, and he represents the head of the General's Mansion for the sufferer.
Hearing the General's Mansion, Liu Shancheng was confused and asked Li Xun what the general was. Li Xun asked him rhetorically where else could the general's mansion of Pingyang Mansion be, wasn't it the mansion of Zhu Minfan, an auxiliary general?
Hearing this, Liu Shancheng's mouth grew in shock, how could he not have thought that the death of an ordinary maid would have something to do with the auxiliary general? Zhu Minfan, the general of the auxiliary state, is a clan, and since the king of Jiaocheng was removed from the lineage, he is the clan with the highest rank in Pingyang Mansion.
Although the current clan has long lost its actual rights, it is a fact that the identity of the clan is precious, but anyone who has anything to do with the clan, whether it is the emperor, the court or the locality, is treated with caution, but the problem is that a maid, how can he connect the auxiliary general Zhu Minfan?
Liu Shancheng was puzzled, Li Xun told him that even if he was unlucky, the maid Xiaohuan who was killed in the house actually got close to the auxiliary general Zhu Minfan, and Zhu Minfan's favorite Mrs. Ru is the distant aunt and cousin of this maid's mother, although this pro is a little far away, but no matter what, this pro is real.
After the death of the maid Xiaohuan, her parents have been investigating the cause of their daughter's death, and through this relationship, they found the auxiliary general's mansion and begged Zhu Minfan's wife.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Minfan made a move, sent someone to find Yu Zhida, and asked Yu Zhida to handle the case impartially in the name of the clan to find out the truth.
"A clan can let the prefect Yu make a move?" Liu Shancheng was surprised, in his heart, although the clan is noble, it is just an ornament, there are many ordinary clans in Pingyang City, and some clans can't even eat enough, if the government wants to manage it, it will already be managed, and even pretend not to see this, how can it interfere in this case?
"You, how can the affairs of the clan be as simple as you think." Li Xun told Liu Shancheng that other things are fine, but this kind of lawsuit involving human life is not a trivial matter, not to mention that it has something to do with the clan? Besides, the auxiliary general Zhu Minfan is not an ordinary clan, he is the highest rank in the Pingyang Mansion clan, and the relatives of the clan were inexplicably beaten to death, if such a thing is over, then where is the dignity of the clan?
The royal family has always been the most face-saving, and the decency of the clan is also the decency of the royal family. What's more, this matter has not been reported to the Jin Palace, once the Jin Palace, once the Jin Palace, intervenes, there is no need to do anything else, as long as you hand the emperor a fold, the consequences can be imagined.